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ELECTRICITY AS A Motive Pow.
rR.-Gcneral Leggett, the new
Commissioner Of Patents, ha 8
placed in charge of special ex
arniner the Improvement i'm ma.
chincry for using electricity as a
motive power, for which caveats
are now being filed. A New Jer.
sey inventor claims that the pow.
or can he, 10y his invention, indefi
nitely multiplied without inc, cas-
ing the size of the battery or the
strength OF the current. He has
here a two-horse power engine,
run by a single cup battery, the
expenses being no greater than
the cost of battery in q country
telegraph Office.
Washington Patriot.
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A CURIoUs SCENE IN COURT

A CUEIoUs SCENE IN CoURr.-
In the Criminal Court in Wash.
ington, on the 2sth instant, quite a
singular scene occurred. Upon
the occasion of the sentence to
death of murderer a feeling re
ference to the mother and sister
of the condemned brought the
wretched man into a state of au.
diable weeping, and, as the Judge
proceeded, lie j imself became
overcome, and, together with the
criminal and many Of the specta
tors, there was a crying time all
round.
Were there none there to weep
for the mother and sister of the
murdered man2 But perhaps
their grief has been assuaged by
the lapse OF time.
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VopeHueu Oh 10 raise money, Tor
the crop would not he marketable
In November, the time first fixed
to collect the tax, consequently
the people would not have money,
nor ceuld they pay the tax If the
corn was ripe, to force the qnanti.
ty which would be necessary 10
pay 90 high n tax, ON tho market
80 early in the season, when al
most everybody would have some
OF their own raising tor present
nse and not forced to buy; it
would not bring moro than TWEEN
ty five or thirty cents por bu.shel.
which would DO rnnious TO the
farmers so the Governor has
done good thing for the people
in posiponing the collection till
March. =
That the Convention has no le
gal power, is admitted by all it's
acts are not sent forth as edicts to
be enforced by pains and penal.
ties. nor are they upheld by the
siropg arm of law and enforced
by the magistracy of the country
over the heads and contrary 10 the
will of the ieople, bnt the Con.
vention came into existence sby
common consent in answer to the
pressing demands and exigencies
of the times and circumstances by
which We are surrounded. Being
unrepresented and powcrless in
the law making power of the
State, burdened by excessive. un.
reasonable, unjust and ruinons
taxation, what is more reasonable
and proper than that we, desirous
to be peaceabie, quiet law.abiding
citizens, should meet and consult
together for the common good.-
As Christians. wo choose and ad.
wise this course, yet we admit
there are many trying, very try
ing, circumstances, and we are not
surprised that natural men,. un
restrained by the direc influence
OF the grace of God, Go sometimes
resort to violence tho great won-
der is that it has not been oftencr
the case.
We would now fain hope that
tie Convention, by its conscrva.
1--we, manly course, its reasonable.
iust demand, its thorough invcsti.
CATION and exposure of fraud and
corruption of all classes of men,
and its wise counsels, will, under
God, exert a power in the land
that will be omnipotent for good
that evil men may be restrained
and a high way cast up in which
all good and true men can unite
in restoring our unfortunate, mis-
guided State to order and good
government, the country to peace,
moderate taxes. and Il prosperous,
happy people. / am, &C.,
j. /. WESTMORELAND.
p. .S.-The convention is not
dead, but a living power, at work.
through it's committees, subject to
be called together at any time.
T T. w
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A GERMAN editor is in luck
twenty four heatlen Ch @ s @
walked into his sanctnm the other
day. through the medium of an in.
terpreter paid cash down Tor Nv en-.
tv four subscriptions to his pa,.ch
The editor wondered greatly What
they wanted OF an English PAPER,
not being able to read II. and was
informed that they took it for the
picture !" in it, the paper having
Cos'ars rat cnt, catarrl cut, a
guano trade mark, and an ulnbreh
Ia picture"
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TuE Louisiana State Register
says, at Fort jackson eighty miles
below New Orleans, is located a
military prison. 1t contains about
one hundred soldiers who have
been tried by military courts, and
sentenced to imprisonment with
hard labor, for terms varying
from two to twenty years. Gen.
eral Sherman has recommended
the transfer of these prisoners to
the State Penitentiary at Baton
Rouge. in case the State authori-
tiles will consent to receive them.
We presume the leasees Of tho
penitentiary will have no objec.
ton tothe proposed arrangement.
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SPARTANBURa.-The Carolin,


Spartan, Of the 1s;h, says:
Titus Cooper, a culored man.
who lived in the ncighburl,o"d of
Glenn Springs, in this County,
was shot and killed n few davs
ago, by colored man, named Geo.
Williams. The cause of the hom-
icidc arose from dispute about
matters connected will h their
work OH the plantation where
they were employed. Titus was a
negro of good character-honest
and industrious. Geo. Williams.
or Geo. Ca:es,) has not been ar,
rested. lie is supposed to have
gone to Haywood County, N. c.,
where his brother is living.
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GENE' AL JORDAN, who, a year.
ago, was the principal C, mmander
OF the revolutionary Cubane. is
now engaged upon the magazine,
and newspaper writing in New
York. He is an old army officer
and is man Of the most varied,
talents.
The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1871-05-24

A GENTLEMAN travelling on a
steamer one day, at dinner, was
making away with a large pud.
ding close by, when he was told
by a servant that it was dessert.
" 1t matters not to me-" said lie,
Il would cat it if it was o wilder.
ncss ~
The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1871-05-24

URGENTLY telegraphic mes
sage was received in London nn
Thursday which left India on The
Friday following The message
was therefore received in Lo: /.
don the day het;re it was sent
from India. The time actually
occupied by the message in trans
mission was fifty minutes. The
sun would require fou, hours and
twenty'six minutes to do the same
distance; and as the message was
sent SOON after midnight. the ex.
traordinary effect is produced Of
Its arriving the previous evening,
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sisosifrros fwo Dollars per annum.
4pv1RrisRnEsfs inserted at the rates O
dollar per square ~ twelve ,Min,on tines
y siss ttPsl or less for the nrst Insertion,
4 cent? cash for the second and third inscr.
bs, and twenty-nvs cents for subsequent
lbrtions: Yearly contracts will be made.
en Advertisements must have The number
H. sstt,ons marked on them, or they will DO
lsrtsd till ordered out, and charged for.
Unless ordered otherwise. Advertisements
y invariably bs Displayed"
Obituary notices. and all matters inuring TO
soe osneht OF any one. are regarded as
lvertisements.
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VOLUME xvHI-~N0. g.

Ram AP1KR GRkAr BArrLEs.-
II was obser, cd during rhe late
war in onr own country, and also.
during the war between France
and Germany, that heavy and
continuous rains invariably tollUw.
ed tho occurrences 81 greaf battles.
The fact has given rise to n,nch
speculation as to the reason of the,
thing, with sort Of general CON.
sent that it resu,fs from concus.
sion OF the atmosphere cansed, by.
repeated discharges of artillery.
But Platarch, in his lite of Caii,s,
Marins, has a sentence which
would seem to indicate this as an
error They say that extraordi,
nary rains generally follow great
battles: whether it is that some
Divine Power purifies the ground
and drcnches it with waters from
Heaven, or that tho blood and Dr.,
trefaction send mp moist and
heavy vapor which c0ndenses the
atmosphere, which is moved and
readily changed to the greatest
degree from the smallest cause.'-
1t is certain that there was no ar.
tillery i'll the time of Marius
(about 100 years before Christ. !
and equally certain that the rains
took place after great battles
What, then, is the true explana-
nation Of the phenomenon
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Why was it, as an old woman
in a scarlet cloak was crossing a
held in which goat was brows.
ing, that a most wonderful n,ets,r
m"rph"sis took places Because
the goat turned to. butter, and the
antique parry to . SCARLET run.
neri
The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1871-05-24

On March 25th, Chill was visit.
ed ny the most violent earth.
qnakc since 1851. Many build.
'ngs in Valparaiso and SANTIAGO
were damaged. The rocking con-
timed throughout the day. At
night people camped th @.
squares and fields.
The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1871-05-24

AN opponent If Woman q
k'ghte," rays it is a grent conv. n.
fence to have women>fnr postnis.
tresses they can not only infui IN
an applicant il there In ~ letter tor
him without looking, but can also
tell him what is i'm Ii.
The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1871-05-24

LADIES are carrying parasols
with long, heavy handles and long
points-using them as walking
sticks and as lady has about as
much idea of using a cane as a
man has Of a fan. it is extremely
lndicrous TO behold the operatios.
First, you're reminded Of a fiat
b"at on the Mississippi, with some
energetic raitsman showing her
along in the mud; then, as. she
comes nearer, prodding the harm
less sidewalk, you think of men
you've seen spcaring eels. till fin.
ally you see she is not acting a
charade, and begin 10 pity her for.
poor blind girl, but all of sud.
den find it's only a girl of the pc.
riod trying TO walk with an over.
grown cane that has a slight erup-
lion of parasol broken out along
lis spine.
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"ir is forty years, my old
friend John. since W. were bow ,n
gether." els it3 Well. don,,
speak so loud, there's that y"up,
widow in the next room e. : '"'e
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>rigiual Communications.
Female Suffrage.
sr ELSIE EARNEST.

Buckingham G. r., Val
l feel quite sure of the fact thar
Puch subject would not be scri-
Ously discussed by the gentlemen
eof this order LoUing c"inmunitv ;
but, lest their debate should lead
some "f the softer sec To think sucl,
Ia thing q cunsun,mariOn devont-
Wy to be wished" am constrained
to give them a few "f my thoughts
upon the snbj.ct. ! belle, that
all true Southern ladies will unite
with me in u protest against the
agitation of such a subject.
l feel no hesitancy in saying
thar woman is not man's equal.
mentally. ] am not ashamed to
acknowledge my infer:ority nor,
do / think it any disparageunent t.,
our sex. We have sernirats aud
distinct spheres of usefulness. and.
if We fill those spheres as we
should, there will he n" jcnlousics
arising frmr conflicting pursuits.
Nature has denied her the physi
cal power necessary tor a rivalry
with man in tire ordinary pursuits
of life. hold the opinion that u
woman has the right to make a
living for herself and those depen.
dent on her, in any homes: way -
IT she haa no one t. provide i"r
her, and Providence seems to de
sign her for pusilion usually fill
ed by man, let her not shrink
from her duty. Woman WAS made
rs helpmeet for man. Had God
intended ncr to be his equal, IN
every particular. he would have
made her, rs lie did man, "of The
earth, earthy." As it was. she
wac taken from his side, ,ha, she
might he ever near his heart from,
nnder IBIS arm that he might shield
and protect her by bis superior
strength.
What was Mrs. Adams occupa.
fion in the garden of Eden2 Was
it to entertain her angel visitors
with complaints that her lord did
. m :" "o, ed""i ''S"s
Werhaps u had been better f"r ns
all had she been permitted to have
fewer privileyes.) Let us see what
Milton says she was doing when
:Auam was expecting All ahSehc
sm .ns TIT,
For Sinn., % ..~or, ' ,s,,. o,, n'o,' p,opa.''
rru. .nn.,it,
To whom thus Adam called.
Haste hi,her Eve, and, worth thy sight, be-
hold,
Eastward. among those trees, what glorio.s
shape
Comes 'hi. way moving
nat s 90 s.. VIZ. ,s 'pssa. @ -
Asuos.no. g, to hs,or - and ,.s.,r. [ '
Our heayenly visitor. -
This was anterior to the mighty
fall, therefore, her housekeeping
was not enj,ined as q punishment,
bnt must have been the part assign.
ed her by her creator. aud she,
very evidently, considered it a la
bor Of love until the arcl, enemy of
thuman happiness tempted her, as
Hc has been doing ever since. to
try to become, even, the equal of
God.
Fanny Fern says that men arc
precious f'1ls snmetimcs. (Par
don me for jumping from. Milton
to Fanny Fern. but, I think The
serpent must have been very sub
tie indeed to know So well that his
snrest way otsslccess lay in attack.
ing tl,eaeeak ~ vessel. / do ma,
,belieyeill,e cUnid have begniled
.man ftf any, ntller fisrsn sban that
9of woman. Ers Paul teiIs IA that
the husband is tic head o. tho wife
as Christ e the head ot ,le
Chnrcl. and. fi,e wife should see
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Sabbath school Closed.

Sabbath school Closed
fhe Sabbath School of ST. Peters
Church was losed on the 8th Of Decem-
Der last. The average attendance Of
SEQ lars and teachers during the last six
months was about 60. 1888 verses of
scripture were recitcd during that time.
$2099 was collected, and ST. ex-
pended for books, tracts sc. The officers
and teachers thought it best to close for
the winter Mr. A. NJ. Smith is Super
intendent, and Joel Borden Asst Supt
Jacob Speigle Secretary, and B. f. Bor-
den, Librarian.
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Al EAI'ISEAl EN- i y.
u sIIssICNERS nEFIcE


NJ "eoDs-ocE, Va Nov. 22a. 1870.
10 Barbara B5wman. Admiai, ty...cr 81 sler-
iier Bowman deceased. Harrison {4illocb
nnrsixIng par'nef Of In risop Gjlloei and
Nm. = ffagei late Partners under name Of
dilioeh aud Fregei, Mark Bid IN his own
right and as administrator az James Rnd
Gle deceased, and Administrator ef Susan
Slower deceased, D lyid RodefFer, james Il
Williams, Executor of Samuel c Williams
deceased, Geo. ". AMI P. w. Naqrudc~ Ad
ninistraors Of Y aIagr1,.ler deceased. p
J travei and George Fgavsl. Comnlainants
Ana J Hotel. Sheriff Com. Ad.
lnlaislrator, de 6onis non 18th the will an
nexed ofJacob Good deceased, Geo. 4 Hmm
Executor Of G 3 Gamnsls deceased
Hotel, Sheriff, Com. ADMINISTERS
tor Of John Sibere deceased, D Ii Walton
Administrator OF JoIu Haas deceased wiz.
ham Oh, VIM A Crawford, G Ii II Keontz
anu Martin, Aslminisraf or Of John Koon,z
deceased, John GatewooJ. Susan StewarA,
Adnlinlstrairix Of 'fm. I Stewart deceas-
Ell, Funkhopser, Sheriff. Com.
administrator OF II s Rair deceased.
isaac Trout, Moses Walton Daniel Burner
Charles Welsh 7 Funkhouser. sh4rif
Com. Administrator of JOSIAH Hell
Ter deceased, VIM. Donaldson. + Shelter.
SAM 6 Stephenson and 7 Moreland.
Executors Of Nal. Moraland DECEASED
hdolph Heller, Executor Of lloritz Heller
deceased, Hotel, Sheriff Com
ADMINISTRATOR Of Hn. Torrey deceased.
ana Ha0n, Sheriff, Com. Al
PENDANTS,
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IN cuANCERY.

The lien creditors OF Japbeth Keller de-
ceased and all others concerned.
You are hereby notified that | have ap
pointed WEDNESDAY. The 2lst DAY Of DECUM-
BER, next, at my Office, to ascertain the liens
on the land Of which Japheth Keller is pos
sessed, the priority of the same, and any 9th
matter deemed pertinent or which either
party may require, required by the decree
Of Shenandoah Circuit Court, rendered on the
29th day Of August, 1870 in fhe above nam
ed cause in which you are parties at whichJ
time and place you required to attend.
Given unner my hand, as Commissioner 0
the said Court, the day and year first afore
said.
Nov 24,-4w. GEO. w MILEY.
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Broadway.
This station on, the 0 A. & NJ. Rail-
road, in Rockingham county, bids fair to
grow into town Of some Dimensions.
Mr.. r. S. Richardson, architect and
builder, has contracted to build two large
dwelling houses and Masonic Hall at
that place. The natural flow of trade
from Pendleton, Highland and Hardy
counties to this place, in the Valley, will,
We have DO doubt. build up this point.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1871-01-05

BUSSABARGER-M Bliznbeth Bussa-
barger, wife Of John Bussabarger died At her
residence in Harrison County. Indiana, or
Saturday night December The I7th., 4. D.
1870. Mrs. Bussabarger was born IN Shen~
andoah County, Virginia, December the 9th,
1901, aged 60 years and u days. Her death
vas Very sudden; she did all of her usual
work, and alter supper was over nd evening
work WAS finished, she sat by the fire, she
was seized with violent cough and sbs said
10 her husband, come and sec how | an
bleeding. The blood was issuing from her
mouth. She then went TO the front door, her
husband followed her, and she sat on he
steps, aad hsr last words TO him we're | am
dying. lie then tried 10 call in some Of his
neighbors but vas not heard. He then ran 10
one Of his seus, and until he got back she was
dead. II The age Of about sixteen summers
she joined The Evangelical Lutls ran Church.
Of which she was true and CONSTANT mem
bar up to her deaik, About the age Of q
years she was married TO Mr. John Bussabar-
ger, which union and love was agreeably
kept, and she raised q family Of eight chi-
dren, three sons and Ave daughters. She
leaves her aged husband Of some seventy one
years, and her only daughter and three sons
and large circle Of grand children aud q
numerous circle Of friends to mourn her
loss. Some time before her death she made a
selection Of the text, which will be found in
PHILIPPIANS irst chapter, 23d and Z4th
verses, from which her funeral sermon was
preached ~ Rev John Mcdonnell, pastor CT
The Reformed Church
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BOWMAN FRAyEL-On 22d ult., by
the same. Vim. William Bowman, to Miss
Sarah G. Frayel both of this county.
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Local Notices.

D. W. PRESCOTT.
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LEVI KELLER.
EDINRUEG, DEC. Esd, 1871
MEssGs. EDITORS (;

MEssGs. ED1ToRs;
l noticed in your paper Of yesterday,
communication upon The Court House ques-
ton, in which the author quotes from the
proceedings Of the county court OF Janusry
1861, IL which nay name appears a mem
Der Of the court, and the impression is left
upon the minds Of the readers that, at that
lime I waa in favor Of this project Of repair
ing the Court House, and / understand that
il has been said that did favor that meas
ure at that time. Such however WAS not the
case As to the action OF TIE full committee.
lave no recollection, and my name does
not appear, presume l was absent but
do recolleet perfectly WELL thai when the mo
ton came up appointing q committee TO re-
port at the May term, opposed it. I remark
ed to the court, that at a time like the pres
en5, when several of our sister States lad
cut loose from the Union, and powerful eff
fort was being made 90 draw the State Of
Virginia into the movement, and q terrible
struggle seemed To be impending, in which
believed that We must become involved that
it was no time 10 think of repairing old
court houses I therefore moved as substi-
tute, that certain amount be appropriated
Tor the purpose Of purchasing arms tor the
volunteer pan;es Of The county.
This motion was lost, voted ag sinst the
resolution to appoint the committee.
1t appears to ne: if the Court House is in
such imminent danger Of falling as rep
resents, it was the duty Of tbs board of Su
perry isors 10 appoiut committee OF srchiects
or builders, outside Of the torn Of Woodstock,
10 survey the premises, and if found so dan
gerous and unsafe, and if ii cannot be Sc
cured by the use Of iron rods &c, than let
he thing be torn down, aud built up anew
from the foundation. As general thing i
is bad policy to patch up old buildings.
Probably whsn this amount Of $4,000 is ex-
pended, then another appropriation Of as
much more will be called for, and when this
amount is expended, and the court room COM
pleted, then we must have a fire proof Clerks
Office, and when all is done, We will have d
patched UP affair at last, an eyssore and
disgrace to the county.
/ kuowI shall be charged with cxtrava
gance in recommending q new court house,
but if several thousand dollars are to be ex-
pended in repairs. would it not be economy
to spend littIe more and put up q good
building
D. w PRESCOTT
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& COMMISSIONERS OFFICE.

COMMISSIONERS OFFICE.
WOODSTOCK, Va, Nov. 22d, 1870.
Tojseac krebs, Samuel Gainslo~, John
Miller, Tobias Eshelman, Levi Iitman Ad
mlnlstrator, Of Jacob Windle deceased, VAL
ley Bank OF Winchester and N Mowery
a -ministrator of Leah Wilson deceased,
Compliments.
And Japheth Keller, Z E stickley, Joseph
heller, Adam Keister. VIM A StradIey, Dan
lei Baker, Isaac Fisher and Abraham Pit
man, Defendants,
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gpAECHTEL, C0CHRANE & Co.
Rs IAGERST0WN, MD.
AGENTS. FOR THE SALE 0FTuE

AGENTS FOR THE SALE OFTHE
Thomas I4efIe's Patent Turbine Water Wheel
and Manufacturers Of Improved Mill Mach ineIy
Mill Burrs, Boiling Cloths &c, &c
Plans, drawings and Specifications furnished
upon application. Also manufacturers Of the
PLANET MOWER & REAPER COMBINED,
patented by VIM. F. Cochrane, formerly Of
Springfield Ohio. The machine is nearly wholly
constructed of iron, making ii durable and
strong. The main frame and cutting box can be
raised by one lever without inconvenience to the
driver whilst sitting upon his seat, providing IA
ciGes for the machine TO pass over stunaps and
other Instructions of greater distance from. the
ground than any other machine. the cutting
apparatus and swathing device can be folded
parallel together and both brought to occupy
compact position behind the driver and the rear
part OF the frame nearly within trail Of the
D RI Y IN G " EELS.
The same can be shipped without detaching any
OF the parts, making it more convenient to be
handled By the merchant or stored away by the
iarmer when the season for its use has passed
Ihd mechanical construction Of the Machine
provides the means OF self adjustment in ali its
MACHINERY SHAFT BEARINGS;
so that by the unscrewing of three nuts from the
cross gurders, the whole mechanism Of the ma
chine can be presented in detail On the field if
necessary, ana any part at once renewed and re-
placed by the aid OF the most ordinary opera
ton, without binding or cramping any part of
the mechanism Of the machine. n fact il is but
the work OF two men to take the machine in de-
tan nom the Shells of the store room and put
the whole together in complete operation ID TWEEN
u minutes time. The machine may be shipped
IN square boxes circumscribng the diameter of
the driving wheels, delivered ON the field, where
the boxes may be opened and in twenty minutes
the machine from detail will be found for at
tachment of the horses
MIR. B. Foltz, Of Springfield Ohio. Of sixteen
years experience in the business, explaining his
opinion OF the superiority Of this machine, says
that without single exception the practical men
and farmers Of that community acknowledge it
to surpaSs . Il other machines and that it must
at an early day assume the position OF the triuiu-
phant machine in the whole World
Sep. l, l670.--tf.