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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1871-01-07

Col. S. r. johnson Of the corps Of the shsn-
ando,h Valley Railroad, who Was in our town
{ few days ago, informed US that the locating
Of Engineers had reached poin. seven miles
north Of this place aud are progressing rapidly
with the work. The Col. has gone to Fisher
vile, in Augusta, for the purpose Of comnaenc-
pg the location Of the road from that point
The work goes bravely, and ere long we shall
hear the whistle Of the iron horse along our
beautiful Valley. God speed the day.-Foys
Courier.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1871-01-07
An,ireNv IImntcr.

Solicitor in Matters of Bankruptcy,
HAYING specially prepared for the business
and not being excluded from the United
States Courts; will prosecute. diligently, all ap-
plicaious for the beuedt Of the late Bankrupt law,
committed 20 him.
" He will regularly attend the Federal Court
at Cl4rksbarS, and elsewhere as the cases may re-
cuire.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1871-01-07
VOL. 6O.---VOL. 6, NEW SERIES.l
VIRGINIA FREE PRESS.
TERMS

gss-The FsEE Pass is published weekly at T0o
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ra~THREE DOLLARS If not paid in advance.
re- one Dollar and Fitty Cents for sir months
za-Tbe terms of advertising are, for square,
.one inch or less, One Do'iar and FQly Coat. for
three insertions-arger ones in the same proper
ZION Each continuance Flffy Csaf..
as-No advertisement % De considered BY the
month or year unless specified on the Manuscript,
or previously agreed upon between the parties.
Ess- An advertisement not marked on the copy
OF specified number ofinsertons win be continued
sutu ordered out, and paymentezacted accordingly.
s-REoUIAR ADvERusEVsSIs.-To avoid any
misunderstanding on the part OF the Annual Adver-
tsers it is proper to state di.tney that their pri
vilsge only extends 20 their immediate business
Real Estate Legal and all other advertisements sent
5y them to be an additional charge and no varia-
tioH.
~ Obituary Notices Of more than fveliass viii
ss charged for
JOB WORK--Posters Sale Bills, Circulars.
Cards, &c, executed promptly, neatly, and at fair
prices.
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~ Orders for all kinds Of Merchandise. Salt,
Fish. Plaster. Guano. and the various Fertilizers
aud Farming Implements, promptly hlled.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1871-01-07

When uigscr goes to sleep be turns hi'
whole attention to it, Just as Republi as d,ss
whcn lie begins TO steal.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1871-01-07
PIANOS,

CHARLES NJ STIE1IJGr
AZ ke different F,lirs heid IN the South, IN
october amt N6ren,ber, 1869,
For the Best Pianos over Eight different New
York, Philadelphia and Baltimore, Pianos.
Oyglcx AXD NEw WARsRooW No. o NoETH
LIBERTY ST.. BALTIMORE, MD.
GtTIEFF'S PIANOS have all the latest improve
- meuts, iucl5d.ug the AGRAFFE TREBLE,
Ivory Fronts, and the Improycd French Action,
fully warranted for Fire Years.
Second hand Pianos and Paror and Church Or
gass of my own make, always on hand, from $40
% $500.
Referee who have our Pianos in Sse:-
Gen. z. E. Lee. Lexington, Virginia. Gen.
Robt Ransom, Wilmington, y. c. Gen. ID. ii.
Hill. Charlotte. \. {. Governor John Letcher
Lexington, Virginia. B. +. Harrison, Warren
Ebv. John b. Packet. John Burns, Andrew Al
bridge. Charles Langdon, Thos. c. Lakeland, Dr.
Cordel. Wm. G.. Butler, Thos. y. lsbell, of Jerer-
son County.
Send for Circular containing 70Onanes Of per
sons in the South who have boughtthe Stieh Piano
since the close of the War.
TERMS LIBERAL 4 call is solicited.
December 5, lS69-ly.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1871-01-07

The PUNISHMENT FoR CURIosITY.-Tbnsc
who open letters belonging to friends, uuder
the presumption that they have right to 30
50, may do well 10 take warning by the pun
ishment Of james Warner, Of St. Louis Mo
James. in May. last, opened letter-aldrr-,rI
to bis sister-in-law, and the latter having 'li.-
covered the fact, caused lis arrest lis vuu-
osity altogether will cost him eight month,
confinement
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1871-01-07

Governor Holden, Of North Carolina, GOES
to lis impeachment as If he were going to be
hanged. On Friday be profsssed religion, AID
on Sunday he was to be baptized. lie might
have entertained some hope, even after ho
chose to accept these familiar accompanimenis
Of tb. scaifold but he has cut away all chance
Of safety by securing Ben Butler as bis coun-
sci. Ben wa, the evil genius Of lis client IN
the last Impeachment. trial be was engaged iu,
ssd be is not likely to be more lucky in North
C.rolina-N. T. Herald
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1871-01-07

SAwDUsT AS NASUkE-Tbc common prac-
tice Of throwing this article into the stream.
on which saw-mills and shinglc-mills arc stu
ated, is reprehensible. II would not pay 10
spread it upon muck swamp, but upon nny
sandy land, or light grayely loan, deficient in
vegetable matter, it would prove a good dress
ing, and in time would show good results
The best use we have seen it put to, was bed
ding for animals in stables. Il is an excellent
absorbent, and will keep COWS clean even bet
ter than straw. 1t ia also very light, handy
article in the hennery, aud more cleanly to har-
die than muck in common, open priyy vaults.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-04-30

CT; but the result Is Inevitable, and viii
one day be what the earth is now. On the
other hand, the earth and other planetary
bodies are surely, though slowly, grayi-
tating towards the sun, and, says Sir
William Thompson, mot one can escape
its fiery end.y Will that be sn end, how
ever, since neither matter nor force is
capable of destructionl To resume the
general theory, the writer says:
The inevitable conclusion arrived from
the study of the heavenly bodies-of sun,
earth, stars, meteorites, and nebul9-is
that the unreasonable space is full of
matter of the same kind, but aggregated
in differen. fashions sometimes being
gaseous, at other times cooled sufficiently
to admit of the presence of life as in the
earth and Mars, or, lastly, cold, barren
and lifeless, as in the meteOrites. Whether
the gaseous condition of matter preceded
in any particular case the solid, we can
not tell. So far as our earth is concerned,
the only idea that we can grasp of its
origin is that it was fiery body like the
sun, and that it has been gradually cool
ing from that time down to the present
day. This realization of the steady
change is fundamental doctrine of evo-
lutionism.n
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EXTRAVAGANCE.

This is what the Providence Journal
says, on this fruitful topic:
1t is of no use, we long ago discovered,
to utter any warnings or to preach
any sermons on q subject ike this.
Fashion has done away with economy,
and has subjugated morality and even
Christianity to itself. The ten command
ments are interpreted very much as itmay
dictate, and so is the sermon on the
Mount. But after all it will do no harm
for people to know not only that it costs
a great deal more TO live than it did TWEEN
ty years ago, even though the living be
unchanged, but also that living itself is
growing luxurious and exlraVagant, and
that it consists more and more of empty
show and the grstifactiOn of merely aIti-
fetal wants. These artificial wants are
rapidly multiplying. They grow out Of
the education which we receive as child
rem, out of the civilization which we
have inherited, out of the material inter
ests with which we are so largely engrOss-
ed. The consuming classes in any c0un-
try are growing more numerous and the
producing classes l.ss numerous in their
ratio to each other. The change that is
going on is probably more conspicuous in
this country than in most Others, because
we have never had here any hereditary
class devoted to idleness and luxury.
That it is already putting strain on Our
industrial capabilities is evident enough.
1t is not difficult to fOresee the influence
which it must exert over our character
and destiny as people. No one likes to
think of what this influence will be, or of
the results it will produce in our social
condition.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-04-30

THE New Orleans PicGgune tells q
good story of belle of that city, who,
in company with several friends, was ex-
aiming a fine picture gallery and adj
miring the beautiful paintings as only
the Intelligent and refined admire works
of art. Finally she approached a group
of paintings, in the center of which was
a large looking glass, which reflected the
young lady's full length picture. One of
the gentlemen, pointing to it, said: ''See,
Miss Laura, what splendid picture. {"
eyes, " she said, CHANGING at it hurriedly,
and not perceiving that it was her own
reflection, "it is passable painting, but
the subject is homely." F1ndeed, are
you in earnest2" S'Certainly, quite a
fright" 'Look at it again" She did;
but it is curious to observe that since
then noticeable GOODNESS has sprnng up
between the young lady and her sdmirer.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-04-30
GEOLOGICAL VIEWS.

A writer in the last number of the Ed
inbxTgh ReUielO sums up the latest phase
of geological science, comprising some
sublime and certainly strange views:
First. The new geology finds that the
sun is made of the same material as the
earth, but ia on fire. 1t is ''great fiery
globe, surrounded by al atmosphere OF
intensely heated gases and vapors that
are continually rising or falling, like our
clouds, according to their temperature. :"
Flames of burning hydrogen flare out sew
enty or ninety thousand miles beyond the
dazzling atmosphere of the light.
Second. The stars, so far as they can
be examined, yield similar results as to
the material of which they are composed.
The nebul8 are made up, some of remote
solid stars, but chiefly of such well known
gases as hydrogen and nitrogen.
Third. The planets generally resemble
the earth in form, solidity, and atmos-
phere, in their general relation TO the sun
and his system. Mars, for instance, is
whitened in every one of his long winters,
over the polar regions, by heavy falls OF
snow, which melts away again in sum-
mer.
Fourth. Meteorites, which are small
planets turned out of their course, have
disclosed at least twenty-seven of the ele-
ments found ia our rocks.
1t is held that the earth was once q mol
ten ball, a source of light like the sun.
II is cooling still. The sun, too, is cool
ing; its vast size makes the process slow
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-04-30
s'IONES.o

I knowed a man, which he lived in Jones,
Which Jones is county of red hills and stones,
And he lived pretty much By gettin' Of loans,
And bis mules were nuthin' but skin ana bones,
And his hogs was as fat as his corn-bread pones,
And he had bout thousand acres GLAND.
This man--which his name it was also Jones,
He awore that he'd leave them old red hills and
stones,
For he couldn't make nuthin' but yellowish cot
ton,
And little O. that, and his fences was rotten,
And what little corn he had hit was boughten,
And dinged if a Twin was in the land.
And the longer he swoTe the madden he got,
And he riz and he walked to the stable lot,
And he hollered to Tom to come thar and hitch,
For to enigra e somewhar whar land was rich,
And to qui: raisin' cock buTs thistles and SIGH,
And wastin' there time on the cussed land.
So him and Tom they hitched up the mules,
Psrtestin' that folks was mighty big fools
That nd stay in GeoTgy Their lifetime out
Jest scratching Twin, when all Of em mout
Git places in Texas where cotton would sptout
By the time you can plant it in the land.
And he dry by house whar man named Brown
Was a Twin not far from the edge O. town,
And he bantered Brown for 10 buy his place,
And said that bein' as money was skace,
Aud bein' as sheriffs was hard o face,
Two dollars an acre would git the land.
Iuey Closed al QOllAI anu Ely CtuASg
And Jones he bought him a wagin and tents,
And loaded his corn, snd wimmin and truck,
And moved to Texas, which it tuck
His entire pile, with the best ofluck,
To git thar and git him little land.
But Brown moved out on this old Jones farm,
And he rolled up his brooches and barred his arm
And he picked all the rocks from offn the groun Z,
And he rooted it up and plowed it down,
Then he sowed his corn and wheat in the land.
Five years slid by, and Brown one day,
(Which he'd got so la that he wouldn't weight
Was sittin' down sorter lazily,
To the buIiest dinner you ever see,
When the old oman said sorter doubdngly,
Vans Jones, which you bought his land
And Jones it was, saDdin' out at the fence,
And he hadn't no va gin, nor mules, nor tents,
For he had left Texas afoot and cum
To Georgia to see eff he couldn't get sgm
Employment, and he was lookin' as hum
Bile as eff be had never owned any land.
But Brown he axed him in, ard he sot
Him down to his vittlss smOkin' hot,
And when he'd told his Texas troubles DER,
Jones looked at him sharp and then liz and sWOre
That, whether mems land was rich or poor,
Thar was more in the man than there was in
the land Macon Telegraph,
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pcrplexity. ssYou don't mean to plum
der me of nay yalnables? 20
."Plunder you Can you pay this
debtl'' - ira -
seNo, i can't; no, l won't. .
Chen / have my husbands authority
to say, this property of yours will be
sold by auction, as speedily as possible,
in discharge of the debt; and that
whether he will sue you or not for the
balance, which will be large one, de.
ponds entirely upon your future be.
havior."
"Wby, you abominable woman,
haven't change of linen, nor five pound:
in my purse"
$50 much the better; the lesson win be
the more exemplary. Now, sir, please Il
leave this house. Jobson glaIed at hel
like maniac, but seemed determined moi
to bulge.
eMr. Jones, have the kindness to cal
in the porters Mr.. Frampton directed tC
remain in the passage. Now Thomas,
Henry, or whatever your names are
show this gentleman out of the house,
Infuriate but vain were the struggles Of
the doomed potentate. The hour of de.
feat had struck, his sceptre was broken
and he cast rudely and ignominiously
forth. TO reascend his throne no more fol-
ever"
''My dear Mary-Jane tool" said Mrs.
Frampton, advancing to meet Mrs. Bars.
towe, Mrs. James and their husbands.
'Didn't L tell you / would soon exercise
the evil spirit that so long exerted such
baneful influence over your brothei2"
81 couldn't have believed it," said gen.
tie Mrs Barstowe. "You must be q
witch, Maria u
''To be sure she is" said Mrs. James,
with a significant glance at Mrs. Tramp
tons really beautiful face and figure;
''and of the only potent species-thai
which operates by natural magic"
"There-there-ther that will do, y
replied the lady, smiling and blushiDg
81 have, at all events, sufficient sense to
know that if beauty may temporarily en-.
slave lover or bridegroom, II is only
kindness, gentleness and respectful for.
bearsnce that can permanently attach 8
husband. They are our only lasting spells
of power. owe your brother much, my
dear Mrs. Bsrstowe; aud think in re.
storing him his sisters, and Kidding hin
of knave, ] have given a splendid ear
nest of my desire to repay him. But
come; Charles is expecting us in the
dining and mind, all of you, not 9
word about "victoIy" or triumph;
they are words which CRATE unpleasantly
upon ears masculine. Come"
Thus ended Mr.. jeremiah Jobson'i
"Three Days" He has wisely wasted nc
time in foolish efforts to regain his van
ished sceptre; and the last time l heard
of him he was preparing to ship himself
and very ragged fortunes to the brillian
Californian ''Lsnd of Promise" If naugh
else.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-04-30
BLUNDERs OF BASHFULNEss.

If there is any defect more sirikin g
than another in American character, it is
bashfulness. Young America, in particu-
lar, is painfully affected by it. An in
cident is mentioned by correspondent,
who was desired by his aunt to go over
to neighbor Shaw's and see if he had any
straw for sale for filling beds.
Mr.. Shaw, gays our informant, was
blessed with goodly number of Misses
Shaw, and | therefore felt little timid
at encountering them. To make the
matter worse, l arrived just as the family
was seated at dinner. Stopping at the
doorway, hat in hand, stammered out
''Mr. Shaw, can you spare enough shaw
to fill couple of beds 2"
"Well," replied the old gentleman
glancing around at his large family, and
enjoying my mistake, 81 don't know but
what can; how many will you need 2"
Before could recover, those hateful
girls burst into chorus of laughter, and
l broke for home in cold sweat
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FISH STORY,

From the New Orleans Picayune.
We met q boy on the streets, and,
without the ceremony of asking our
name, he exclaimed
"You just orter been down to the river
while agol"
E'Why9" we inquired.
sSBecause a Niger was in there swim
ming, and big catfish came up behind
him and swallowed both of his feet, and
went swimming along on the top of the
water with him; and they came behind
another big fish, and the niger swallowed
his tail, and the niger and two fish went
swimming about
swell, then WHAT"
''Why, after while the niger swal-
lowed his fish, and the other fish swal-
lowed the Niger, and that's the last saw
of either of them"
Sonny" said we, with feeling OF
alarm for the boy, ''you are in fair way
to become the editor of Radical paper. =
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-04-30
WAR HISTORY.
England and the Confederate
States

The Question as 20 whether Eng.
land Ever Intended 10 Recognize
Southern Hndependence-An An
swer 10 the statement of :Lord
Granville in the English House OF
Lords
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DRS. LYLE q FALK.

B. II LYLE, MD, H.FALK
Office, Edgeheld. Once. IN N Colleye a.
College, no Jefferson street, gorth EashSifIs
HAYE A5SOCIA FED TIKI EI.YEs M THE
H practice Of medicine In the city OF NashVfiIs.
and propose to treat Tubercular Ccnsumutiop,
scrofulous and Nervous diseases by inhajation
runciA sea Ar' jam s1
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-04-30
A POETS DREAM.

Twas golden dream all yellow with light,
Where heecy clouds swan in a sky all bright.
Twas golden dream, as poets all dream,
With never a wave in life'S fevered stream,
With never wave, with never a sigh,
And the glorious sun all gliding the sky,
All gliding the sky, so the poet dreams,
And piercing darR clouds with his sunny
beams,
And chasing all care, and chasing all thought
Of the Earth'S dull way, as if Earth were
Twas a golden dream, where tair flowers
doomed,
And the rosy air with their sweets per-
fumed.
Thus the poet dreams, as his yellow hair
Kisses the pillow in ripples so fair;
AS if molten gold, from his noble head.
Had been poured along his worn, weary bed.
III
With his violet eyes of tenderest hue,
That look as if bathed in their own sweet
dew,
Closed in soft dreams, and so medestly hid
Meath the silken lash and the lily lid,
Oh, blessed are the dreams of q mind so
bright,
Which God illumines with his own great
For the Poet is the favored of God,
Ifeven in life he kisses the rod.
OF sorrow and grief, of gloom and despair,
His beautiful dreams with visions so fair
OF golden-hued clouds and skies of azure,
Where the angels sing in rapsOdies pure,
Is his other world in which he can steal,
And his inmOst soul to his God reveal
What cares = that this sad every day life
Is weary with thorns ofsorroW and strife?
HI closes his eyes, and flowers most fair
Spring up and conceal the thorns OF despair
Fen bed of straw seems the sOf est Gown
That ever was robbed from the whiteSt swan
And his radiant soul throws golden hue
Ger his coarsest meal and his comforts few;
What cares he for gold with his golden tOugEt
Which is brighter far than what gold e'er
bought
What cares he for love, when the softest eyes
a Appear in his dreams cen as stars in the
skies,
And shower their light of wonderful love
Ger his radiant soul from the clouds aboVel
Twas golden dream as poets all dream,
With never wave in life's fevered strea m;
w lth never wave with never sigh,
And the glorious sun all gliding thu sky.
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RAILROADs.


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Q Lightning Express Trains Daily.
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EYES.

A grey eye
Is stiu aud sly;
\ rrguiSh,
Is the brown:
The eye Of blue
Is ever true;
But, in the black eye
Sparkling spell,
Mystery
And mischief DWELL
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CoNNUBTALITIEs

=. sar
IT'S a last pipe Of winter -
Pm smoking alone;
an my lovely companions q
- -. Have bolted and gone asar hra
No spirit of kindred,
Or friendship is nigh. @
To reflect back my laus hter,
They've all said "good-by. -
They have left me, poor lone one,
$3.50 To chew at the stem
OF my pipe;- feel sleepy
And duh without them.
so. wearily shuttle
Ny limbs into bed,
Where an ill-sh8kcI pillow
Feels hard TO my head.
must go and get married
Before grow grey,
Aud the charms of my Jouth
Are all faded away.
FOR when friends have departed,
And every ones flown,
Obi who would inhabit
These chambers alone.
The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1871-10-26

SUCCESS TO VIRGISIA.-We heartily con.
graduate the people Of orr former home
Virginia City, for such an nnmistakable cvi-
dence OF prosperity as the early establishment
OF two first-class daily papers, a commodity
Virginia has tor some time experienced the
want of, aud which her people so highly APP
prcciate. The success Of a newspaper is ire
fiagable evidence Of the prosperous condition
of town, and we take peculiar pleasure in
noting the fact that the Montanian comes to
us this week materially improved in appear
ance, with the announcement that it is now
being worked by steam power, and that on
the 29th inst, the Daily Montanian will make
its appearance-the same size Of the EeleHa
dailies. We also learn by private letter that
Mr.. FL. Brundage, the owner of a complete
printing outfit, and formerly publisher of the
Telegram, will also commence the publication
of a good-sized daily in |: few days. He has
the energy and ability to make it success.
As the Nebraska farmer said of counting i'm
that State, ''psintin's gettin hot in Virginia"
Success attend your efforts, and many green
backs reward the endless toll of your enter
prises. There would have to be much ia
sight to make us embark.