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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-12-21
Items.

The Hon. Joseph Medll, in answer to an in
qury as to his reason for requesting a military
force in Chicago during the days succeeding the
fire, says he signed the petition asking for
troops because the immense quantity of stores
collected could not be protected by local forces,
inasmuch as the city in reality'did not own the
stores, and to a great extent the Government
did. @
The next annual reunion of the members of
the New Hampshire Veterans Union, consist
ing of the officers of all regiments of the State
who served in the late war, will take place in
Manchester on the 18th of January next. The
citizens of Manchester will provide a dinner for
the members of the Association ON the occa-
sion, and it is proposed to give grand ball in
the evening.
cit is said that VIM. M. Tweed has no desire
to enter the Kingdom of Heaven since he has
read Rev. XIV. and learned that there will be
Hd1pers there"
visors Tuesday to elect keeper for the Brook
lyn Penitentiary, Hartman, (rep.) charged that
$3S, 600 year were paid to political strikers,
appointed as Court officers, for political SER
vices. Mr. johnson (rep.) stated that $500
were offered Supervisor to vote for the "Rng''
candidate. Mayor Kalbf1eish was for taking up
the charge of bribery, but the election was pro-
ceeded with and the "Ring" candidate was
elected G
On witness in the Ku-Klux trials at Column
bia, G., remarking that he had been taxed in a
Khan in Georgia to contribute to the order Mr.
Reverdy johnson asked what was the purpose
OF the assessment. The witness replied that
ne understood it was to pay the gentleman and
ms colleagues; whereupOn Mr.. johnson, moth
ing abashed, told him he was glad he contribu-
ted to so worthy an object
The last New York swinde exposed is that
OF the collector OF assessments who has pocket
ed half million or dollars in few years. The
present incumbent, one Starkweather, Cover
ernor Hoffman's father-in-law, was appointed
by Tweed in 1867.
The Ontario ministry have rendered their
designations.
The grand jury of Jersey City has commence
ed the investigation of the Fisk Mansfield case
The Fourth National Bank of PHILADELPHIA.
has been put into the hands of a receiver
Capt. earle of schooner Columbia, of Bangor.
was accidentally drowned Tuesday evening in
Connolly is reported quite sick in the Ludlow
st. Jail
Peter B. Sweeney left New York Monday
morning, and it is generally believed that he
has fled to avoid arrest.
Miss Holt, aged 16 years, was outraged and
murdered by some unknown person near Nash
VILE, Hampstead county, Ark, Monday.
Thos. Hurst, of Brooklyn, was assassinated
last night by three men, and his pockets rifled
of $40. He was found in dying condition
The dispatch published yesterday from San
Francisco, stating that the Commercial Union
Assurance Company of London was about to
retire, paying fifty per cent of its liabilities is
promptly denied.
The President has nominated John B. Hay,
consul general at Beirut.
The bark Rosetta Ann of Sunderland for
New York was spoken Dec. 18th, short of pro-
VISIONS and supplied by the bark Hattie G.
Hall, now at Boston.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-12-21
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

NOTICE is hereby given, that the subscriber has
N peen duly appointed and taken upon himself
the trust of administrator of the estate Of
ELIJAH P. LEWIS, late of Portland
In the County of Cumberland, deceased, and given
bonds as the law directs. All persons having de-
mands upon the estate OF sald e ~ lo
estate are called upon to made payment 10
ALBERT W. BRADBURY, Adj Adm II;
Portland, Nov 21st, 1871, uczl-'"
NOTICE is hereby given, that the subscriber has
~ been d. ly appointed and taken upon hersei
the trust Of Administrative OF the estate OF
CHRISTIAN FERDINAND PUDOR, late Of Port
land,
in the County of Cumberland, deceased, and given
mards upon the estate of said deceased are required
to exhibit the same and all persons indebted to said
estate are called upon to make payment to
AMALIA L. PUDOR Am'x.
Portland, Dec 10Th, 1871. dc21 W,-3ws
Office to be Let.
nNE room 19x20, with ante room connected, heat
~ ing including, in second story Of Portland Saw
ings Bank Building. Inquire at the Bank. dc2o-2w
Wanted.
by young man, situation in grocery store, as
- salesman or book-keeper. Has had three years
experience and can furnish best of references.
Address Real Estate and Employment Agency,
35lt Congress St., Portland, Me. dc2ld3t*
Lost.
1--WE of Dec. 10, 1871, on the way to or in City
~ Hall, a Gold Band Bracelet, "Mary" engraved
thereon. Ownership and reward at So SPRING
STREET. Deco St.
Lost.
IN this city, Wednesday afternoon one large red
Il morocco pocket book containing sum of money,
and two receipts with the owners name on same.
The finder by leaving the at the PRESS office
will be suitably rewarded.
GEORGE E. BLAKE.
Portland, Dec 20, 1871. dc2ldtf
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-12-21
BONDS!

SWAN & BARRETT,
Bankers and Brokers'.
100 MIDDLE STREET.
,co2r,r ,,o.ue
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-12-21

SPOKEN.
Oct II, lat 10 90 N, lon 11s 80 W, barque Sierra
Nevada from San Francisco for Iquique.
Nov 26. lat 20 10 N, Ion III w, ship T Foster fn
Liverpool for San Francisco ,-.l.
Dec 15 lat %, lon Il %, sch Chas Sawyer, Portland
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-12-21

Ar at Liverpool 4th, Josephine Marsters, Phladel-
phia. LII
Ar at Cardiff 3D. Rocklght Evans Rotterdam.
Emit out 3D. Chas Fobes, SWEET, for Havana.
Back of Goodwin Sands Sd, Envoy, Berry, FIN Hull
for Mansanila.
At Bristol I'd, Helen Angler, Staples, for Matanzas
Ar at Gale Nov 4, Alaska, Humphrey, Shields.
Ar at Genoa 10th ult, Walter, Stinson, from Phla-
delphia.
Sid 30th, Camilla, Pickett, Palermo.
Sid FIN Havre 3D. John Harvey, Hatch, for Phila-
delphia. aF NJ
Ar at Penarth 3Oth, Elizabeth Cushing Colby FIN
Antwerp.
! Sid FIN Burtisland 4th inst, Kennebec Minott, for
Bremen.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1871-11-07
The Valley Railroad.

We have at last the satisfaction OF announ-
cling that the ong-looked-for Valley Railroad
is now settled fact. On last week the sub
scription Of $1,200,0O0 from the Valley was
finally made and thereupon the subscription of
$1,0O0,0 900 By the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Company, and $l,O0o,OO0 by the city of Balti-
more was also formally made, and the required
thirty per cent in cash actually paid up. This
secures the acknowledging only the particu-
lar location to be selected, and then the work
will be Immediately put under contract.
The Road now has stock basis of $3, 200, 900,
which is not only an unusually large stock ba-
sis, but one which by its very size protects the
stock from being sacrificed to the bondholders.
There are now two corps of engineers in the
field, one between Staunton and Lexington,
and the other corps at Buchanan, in Botetourt
county, near Salem. Between HaTisonburg
and Staunton two routes have been surveyed.
Both are ready to be put under contract, and
the selection depends chiefly upon the liberali-
ty of the land-holders who are interested in the
completion of the road. On one route $40,-
900 have been subscribed and the right of way
has been given for seventeen miles out of twen-
ty-six miles, which is the entire distance. On
the other line only 81 900 has been subscribed,
and fifteen miles right of way has been granted.
Within two weeks the President and Direc-
tors of the Valley Road will be ready to adver-
tise for contracts. The entire route will be let
without delay, and we shall soon have the sat-
isfaction of seeing this important work, which
is to do so much Tor the development of Vir-
gnia and to unite still more strongly the desti-
MES of two sister States, pushed forward with
vigorous energy.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1871-11-07
Iucendiarism in Lewisburg

Within the last eighteen months nine stables
have been burned in Lewisburg, Greenbrier
county, West Virginia, last being the
large stable of Cabell and Vandiver, Proprie-
tors OF the Lewisburg Hotel, which was burn
ed on Wednesday night last. Suspicion fell
upon negro named Bill Smith. On the next
night be deemed it prudent to leave. He was
captured at Lockhart's in Allegheny county,
by officer A. G. Liggett, Sergeant of Lewis
burg. Bill Smith was husking corn at the
time of his capture, and had changed his
name to that of Charley Robinson.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1871-11-07
Religious Revival.

The interesting religious meeting which has
been in progress at Fellowship Church in this
Sunday night last. Rev. S. S. Rider, of Rock
ingham Circuit, of the M E Church, South,
under whose direction chiefly the meeting was
conducted, reports the following results of this
religious visitation :: Forty conversions, and
thirty persons added TO the M. E. Church,
South. The meeting was one of unusual in
terest and the conversions and seekers of re-
ligon embraced many of the most influential
and substantial people Of that portion of the
country. -Rockiaohdm Register.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1871-11-07
State Agricultural Fair,

We are pleased that the State Agricultural
Far was success, both as to the character of
the exhibition and the numbers in attendance.
The Enquirer of Saturday last says: The Fair
has been wonderful success. On the whole
we doubt whether better exhibition and
larger crowd have ever been seen either before
or since the war. Yesterday and day before
were two of the finest days we ever saw-an9
the scene on the Fair Grounds was one Of the
loveliest that the eye of man ever rest cd on
There, in our glorious Indian Sum. mer. the sky
without cloud, the air peri sctly delicious,
scattered over the spacious p' ain. were assem-
bled the manhood and the neautv of this good
old Commonwealth. IT. "a Numbers on Tburs-
day have been estims ted as b;ob as 10000
which, however, we q NOT donbt to he an ex
q n as sucn computations usually are.
oue IL conveys the impression which was made.
1nere IS no POI Int around Richmond which
-oes not exhibit magnificent panorama. The
autumn helds- the wooded heights-the many
tinted hues OF the forest-the spires and roofs
of the city the recollections of the spot-these
were helgF tened by the glories of the day.
All arour i'd the extended track which encircles
the gre unds the multitudes were stretched
dense, mass being collected on seats rising a.
bove each other at the judges stand at the
southern extremity of the grounds, assembled
to witness the trotting match or the hurdle
race. Groups of wel-dressed gentlemen and
ladies' strolling over the intermediate space
the gaping crowds gathered before the tents of
the numerous side-shows-th beautiful horses
drawn up to compete with each other for the
prizes-the stalled cattle--the fine collection of
agricultural iimplements-the crowds that
packed the stands and the galleries and porti-
Goes of the wooden structures which contained
the treasures of art, of the loom, the dairy,
and the various manufacturing industries
noticeable English. Road Engine which was
moving to and fro and challenging universal at
tention-the arrival and departure of the
crowded railway trains-the carriages the
stalls and booths of the vendors of refresh
ments-all these added to one of the most pic
turesque scenes that can be imagined
To-day the pageant departs, and tomorrow
the farmers of Virginia will be housed under
their hospitable roofs until the sun has made
another circuit of the heavens, and the frosts
of autumn and the purpllng woods, shall an
nounce to them again the return of this great
Virginia festival. ad8 b e..
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1871-11-07
New D1REcroRs IN THE VALLEY TURNPIKE

New DIRECTORS IN THE VALLEY TURNPIKE
COMPANY. Maj. Benz G. Patterson, of Har-
risonburg, John Fl. Parkins, and Chas. E. Rol-
Ter, of Augusta, N. B. Meade of Winchester,
and Gen. G. S. Meem, of Shenandoah county
have been appointed Directors by the State to
represent its interests in the Valley Turnpike
Company. These gentlemen supersede A. B.
Trick, Jacob OFT, and others, of the old Direc-
tory. They are active, intelligent, live men,
and will see to it that the interests of this Com
pany shall not be compromised. Rockingham
Register.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1871-11-07
Our Organization.

tend against compact and powerful organiza-
ton. The negro vote especially will be hurled
in one solid mass. Yet. there are those who
object to that Conservative organization which
saved the State before and the only design Of
which is to bring out our entire vote. What
madness! There can be only two parties now,
Conservatives and Radicals. One or the other
you must join. What choice do you make p
Every man who fails to enroll himself 10 the
Conservative organization, acts virtually, how
ever undesignedly, with the Radical party
Lynch Ne,Us.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1871-11-07
Prompt attention to orders. 5sa e
VALUABLE LAND FOR SALE.

v pursuance Of decree of the Circuit Court
of Augusta county, rendered in the cause of Nc
Comb VS.. Thomas A. Turk and others, at the
last June term, [ will sell on the premises on
SATURDAY THE End OF DECEMBER, 1871 at
public sale, to the highest bidder, the tract of
land on which Turk resided in his lifetime, sit
uated in SAID county, on Meadow Run, about 7
miles from Stanton, containing about 25I4
acres, more or less. 1t stands among the first
class farms of the county, has on it a brick man
sion house. Swisher barn, and good improve
ments generally 1t is seldom that such an es-
tate is put up at auction. Sale to commence at
Ii o'clock. laid
Terms-Costs of sale and suit in hand and bal
ance in equal instalments at six, eighteen thirty
and forty-two months, bearing interest, purcha-
serto give bonds with sufficient personal secu-
rity and title to be retained as ultimate security.
no7-tds N1CHO. K. TROUT, com'r
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1871-11-07

The debt of this city is now eleven per cent.
on the whole assessed valuation of property
within the limits of the corporation. This can
not be paraelled in the case of any other city
in the Union. Five per cent. is high figure
to reach. And yet with all this burden on
property and business, with all the money col
lected, the disbursements exceed the revenues
by from one and quarter to two and half
millions of dollars per year. This is the work
of the party in power.-PhI Age.
A specimen of Radical rule.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1871-11-07

John Quincy Adams comes out fat-footed
against woman suffrage. In letter to the
committee appointed by the suffrage seekers of
Massachusetts to obtain the views of the can
didates on this subject he says
''After careful thought and some study |
am firmly and unequivocally opposed to wo-
man suffrage, and shall feel it my duty in the
very improbable contingency of my ever occu-
plying any considerable public Office to stand
by the old immemorial division of activities
and functions which seems to me to be at the
foundation of society.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1871-11-07

The Richmond Enquirer states that there are
three thousand public schools now in operation
in Virginia, costing annually 81 100000. The
Enquirer says 1t has been no holiday at
fair in putting these schemes in operation. =
Our people are poor, and are grumbliDg inees-
sanity about their taxes. For them at such a
time, without murmur, to have undertaken
the education of 100000 children-to furnish
school houses and books, and teachers, and
fuels decidedly no table thing"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1871-11-07

BARN BURNT. We learn that on last Sun
day evening, about dark, the barn of Mr.. John
Trout, who lives on Sinking Greek, Craig coun-
ty, was entirely consumed by fire. MIR. Trout
had just purchased new threshng machine,
and had it stored away in the barn, which was
also destroyed. He also lost about two hun
dred bushels of wheat and about fifteen tons of
hay. The fire is thought to have been the
work of an incendiary. -Roanoke Times, No
Uenaber. Ind
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1871-11-07
Look at this Picture.

The Cincinnati Enquirer, of the 2Sth ultimo,
gives US the following awful picture of affairs
in a sister State which has fallen under Radi-
cal domination. Our contemporary says:
''There is sad state of affairs in Mississip-
pi. The lawless negroes are rioting, plumber
ing and numbering at their own sweet will, and
there is none to modest or make them afraid
The courts being in the hands of mean blacks
and meaner white scalawags, law is virtually
suspended and there is no protection for life or
property. Assassination is rife, and negro ju-
ries acquit negro murderers and turn them
loose upon the helpless community to repeat
their hellish crime. !" 5ss9a
Now, observe the cause of this state Of az
fairs The courts are in the hands of the Rad
icals-''mean blacks and meaner white scala
wags." We have the same issue before us
here-yes, here in Virginia, in this town, and
on the seventh of this month, next Tuesday,
We are to vote on it.
We have ONE HUNDRED County Judges to
elect. Lose the General Assembly, and these
Offices go at once into the hands of just such
men as are degrading Mississippi and driving
her people mad. This question cannot be ex-
aggerated No man can depict, however ar
dent bis imagination the swift ruin that would
follow here on a similar state Of affairs. Think
over this, gentlemen, and come to the polls to
vote in favor of men who will give us pure
Judiciary and save US from the awful extremity
of bringing Judge Lynch on the bench, as has
been done wherever the Radicals hold sway
Look at this picture Come to the polls and
SAVE THE COURTS -NoyoM Nrginian,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1871-11-07

Accounts from South Carolina state that u.
S. cavalry are securing the counties of Spar
tanburg and Union, but they seem to find but
few people to arrest, most of the white males
having fled from their homes. Women and
children are doing all the farm work, and many
fine farms are offered for sale at sacrifice. 1t
is now said that influential Republican lead
matter is pushed too far.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1871-11-07

NEGRO KILLED.-We learn that a negro
man was accidentally shot and killed few
days ago at Christiansburg depot The occur
renee took place as follows: The negro had
loaded shot gun the day previous and set it
aside in the telegraph office, when the tele-
graph operator picked it up and snapped it,
not knowing it was loaded, when it went off,
negro man. He died instantly. -Roanoke
Times Non End -s 4
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1871-11-07
The Two Parties.

There are but two political parties in Vir-
ginia. Every man who means to exercise his
rights as a man must choose between them
There is no middle ground, no reason for inde-
csion, or inaction. Every Virginian-and
when we say Virginian We mean every actual
settler and citizen in the State-owes it to him
self to the community in which he lives, to his
State, and to his country, to take his place In
the Conservative party.
t-tae F5edericEsbu,O Herald
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1871-11-07

MONTGOMERY BLAIR ON THE LAST DEMO
CRATIC DEPARTURE. Hon. Montgomery Blair
delivered speech at Sligo, Montgomery coun-
ty, Md, on the 2lst uIt., 10 which he main
tanned the proposition, first brought out by the
St. Louis Republican recently, that the demo
cratic policy should be to make no presidential
nomination for 1872, but leave an opponent to
the radical republicans to be nominated by the
conservative men of that party. Mr.. Blair
concluded $685.
''Can the leaders of the party in the nation
initiate the self denying wisdom by which the
democratic leaders Of Missouri emancipated
their people from radical thraldom last year,
Will they enable Carl Shurz and other noble
minded true friends of liberty to do for the ma
ton what he did for Missouri? 1t is no longer
a question between parties-it is whether we
shall have as despotic and absolute personal
government as France had under Louis Napo-
leon. Let US adjourn democratic candidacy till
we restore constitutional government, and get
rid of martial law and military domination. y
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1871-11-07

When Gen. Sherman burned Columbia, in
South Carolina, hundred guns were fred by
some of the people of Chicago-then a great
and fourishing city. /, In more Christian spir-
it. as the Richmond Wing remarks, some of
the people of Columbia, from their desolation
and distress, now have sent Chicago condo
lence and dollars Let this be a lesson.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1871-11-07

If you want more reconstruction acts or ku
Klux bills, vote the Radical ticket. Freder'chs-
burg Herald
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1871-11-07

If you want to pay such taxes as are in
posed in South Carolina, vote the Radical tick
t.-Fredericks5ur0 Herald.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1871-11-07
oc17-tds
VALUABLE FARM IN MARKET

" ALG A e AlNI 4 A e Va ES VI a Is "A En-
' Being too old to give attention to my farm,
will offer it at public sale on the premises on
the 28th of October next It lies about 2 miles
from Staunton, adjoining the lands of Kinney,
Smith, Wren and others, contains 200 acres
ninety of which is in timber, and the soil is of
superior quality generally, well adapted to the
production of grass and all kinds OF grain. The
improvements are tolerably good. There is a
cry field orchard of elegant fruit, &c, In addi-
ton to its other attractions its nearness to Saun-
ton makes it very desirable
Terms-One-third in hand balance in three
equal annual payments. with interest, and title
to be retained until purchase money is maid In.
quire of Mr.. n. K. Trout
oc3-tds John IOuP
POsfpOnenenf.-Th above sale is post
poned till the 4th Monday in 'Novem ber-Court
day.When it will be offered for sale in front of
the Courthouse JOHN LoHR,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1871-11-07
q aIzaaDle Farm in

ATaluabIe Farm i'm Markef.--In pur-
v suance of decree of the Circuit court OF
vember 1870, in the cause of Gabriel r. Hite's
heirs, &c, VS.. said Hite's infant, l will proceed
on the premises, on Tuesday. the 10Th day of De-
cember next, to sell at public sale, to the high
est bidder, that very productive farm formerly
owned by said Hite 1t lies near j enning's Gar.
about = miles of Staunton, contains III acres,
has on it a brick mansion house and necessary
farm houses, good fruit fine meadow, water, &c.
Also two tracts of mountain land containing
l79 and SO acres, respectively.
Terms-Costs of sale in hand-baance in three
annual payments, bearing interest from sale, to
be secured by bonds with sufficient personal Sc
curty, and the retaining of title as ultimate Sc
curity. Sale at II O. clock.
no7-tds N. K. TROUT, Com'r.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1871-11-07
DAVID w. KENNEDY
ooI7-5t Guardian %.
1911 -. - u - Executors.
r OST CERTIETCATE Of Stofo StocL- =

IT OST CERTIFICATE of State Stock
Ia A certificate of two thousand $4,000 dol
lars of the debt of the Commonwealth of Vir-
ginia, owned by Mrs. Martha Frazier in her life
time, and standing in her name on the End Au-
ditor's books, and devised to me by will, has
been lost. | have made application at the office
of the End Auditor to have it renewed.
oc3-1m - -''N M SUE ALLEN.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1871-11-07
CLOthI9ag.
Gents Furnishing Goods.

Desirous OF making change in their business
they are determined to run off their stock o.
greatly reduced prices All in need of anvtb;n.
IN tne'r line would do we'll to call before bnv;rr
elsewhere Don't forget the place-Augusta st.,
near the Court house ooa1