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9 ALE OF VALUABLE AND Highly
- improved REAL ESTATE, in Rock bridge
county, miles from Licking ton.-The under
signed offers for sale his highly improved and
valuable Fl 1rm, lying both sides of the Valley
Plank road, miles south of Lexington, Rock
bridge .nty, Virginia. The real estate con-
sists of 3S"s4 acres, about 100 acres are in fine
timber and woodland, the balance in high state
OF cultivation. The improvements consist of a
NEW BRICK d WELLING HOUSE
with tin root, porticos, &c, and contains eleven
rooms, and brick kitchen, cistern, ETC. Also
stabling for horses, CATTLE ETC., granary, coach
house, ice house, wood sheds, and every neces-
sary out house. The garden adjoining the dwell
ling house comprises 10 acres, drained and high
ly I'M proved with all permanent beds of fruits,
etc, necessary for market garden. A vineyard
in bearing now of 5000 vines, and an orchard of
1000 trees
The place is we'll watered, and has upon it FIVE
tenant hous es of four rooms each, well finished,
plastered nd painted with stables attached
thereto, so to enable the farm to be convent
emily divide and worked by different purcha-
sers: The ia I'm viii be sold as q whole or will
be divided to suit purchasers. There is upon the
tract quantity of limestone and fine site for
kiln and the fencing is nearly all new and in
line order. For terms, &c, address,
JOHN B. LADY,
or my agent, T. w. HENDERSON,
janlO-tf p q hoy 60 T,ayinoton
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! AND ESHS SAAE.-l will offer for sale
AI privately, until June 18th, 1871 my farm
containing $50 acres, situated on North river,
between MI. Meridian and Port Republic.
There are two comfortable dwelling houses,
stable, corn-crib, granary. dairy and well near
the houses; also aH orchard of select fruit [
suppose further description is unnecessary, as
those wishing to purchase, will examine the land
for themselves
ap25-3t% DANIEL BOONE.
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COMMISSIONERS OFFICE,
Covington, Va, May 10th, 1871.
VIRGINIA Sin the Circuit Court of AL
' leghany county, March term, 1871
Shriver Swope, ct al,
AGAINST
James Burk,
also In Chancery.
James 7. Robinson,
AGAINST
James Burk,
''It is adjudged, ordered
and decreed that these causes be referred to mas
ter commissioner Andrew Damron, with in
structions to make full statement of all liens
and their priorities, on all the estate both real
and personal, including vendors liens, judgment
liens and other liens. both prior and subsequent
to the trust deed in the bills mentioned, the val
ue of the personal property, and the annual and
Zee simple value of he real estate, with any 9TH
er matter specially stated, deemed pertinent by
himself or required to be stated by any of the
parties. And said commissioner is authorized
to proceed after advertising the time and place
successive weeks in the Staunton Spectator a,
newspaper published in the town of Staunton,
and also in the Virginia Gazette, newspaper
published IN the town of Lexington, and also by
posting notices at the front door of the Court
house, and at two other public places in Allie
ghany county. A copy-teste,
JOHN r. PHARR, Clerk
Ns- The parties interested are notified that I
have fixed upon Saturday, June Oath, 1871, at 10
O'clock A. M, as the time, and the Law Office
OF Robert L. Parrish, Covington, Virginia, as
the place at which to execute the duties required
OF me IN the foregoing decree, at which time and
place they must attend.
ANDREW DAMRON,
r1o vvfH dur NIocfx~v
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" AND FOR sALE,-I will offer q

Z AND FOR SALE.-I will offer for sale.
- privately, GA acres of land, 8 or 10 acres in
timber, on which there is a dwelling house and
never-faiiing spring lying directly on the G. &
o. r. r three-quarters of mile from Fishers
vile. The land will be sold in one, two and
three acre lots, or to suit the purchaser. Any
one wishing to buy such property will do well to
call on the undersigned at Fishersville, who will
take pleasure in showing the property.
NJ
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QUANTITY vs.. QUALITY. = Dooley's Yeast
Powder stands pre- eminent in market as being
the only Baking Powder that-is free from iniu-
rious substances. Not only this. but each pack
age contains the full quantity represented while
the quality is far superiorto all others Dooley's
Yeast Powder will produce from twenty-five to
pastry, &C, than those of other manufacsurers''
while it is always convenient to have in the
house. and is reliable and economical. If you
have not tried it, ask for it at your grocer s. and
take no other. MIC
zNas- To THE AFFLICTED Scratch no more =
benson Salalem Broth is warranted to effect a
cure of all those annoving diseases, such as Itch.
Ietterworm, Rlngworm Poison Oak Blotches,
Plmples, and all eruptions of the Skin, no mat
ter how malignant or of howlong standing.
For sale by al dri onisfs -
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~ VALLEY VIReINIAN, Staunton. Virginia,
3. M YosT, Editor and Proprietor.--The VAL
LEY Y IRGINIAN office has been removed to the
new three story brick building, corner of Main
and Augusta streets, over G. c. Wheat's Gro
Gerry and Commission store. Entrance on Au-
gusta street, opposite Bruce's buildings.
uayZ-3t Vin6oafor no,,v
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NeaU Advertisements.

COMMISSIONERS OFFICE,
Covington, Va, May 10th, 1871.
VIRGINIA :-In the Circuit Court of AL
' leghany county, March term, 1871
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There are ninety-nne free school districts
in Va, of which eighty-two have adopted text
books as follows-Ihe entire University Series
have been adopted in sIXTY-THREE DISTRICTS
The entire Select Series have been adopted in
THREE districts.
Sixteen districts have adopted partly the Uni
versity and partly the Select Series.
Seventeen districts have not acted.
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VALUABLE FARM FOR SALE

The undersigned as agents of Boiling r.
Swoope. are authorized to sell that valuable tract
of land containing 4313 acres, known as the
''Swoope Farm" and lying near Swoope's depot
on the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, in Augusta
county, eight miles West of Staunton. The land
is un surpassed by any in the county in produce
tiveness and fertility-there being on the entire
tract no land of an inferior quality. The i'm
provemen,' s consist of brick mansion house
and conven, emit and ample out-buiIdings
Boiling r. Swoope residing the farm will
f snow 1t to peTse rs 9elrHg 10 PSEehnaSe Apply
noI-tf StauntOn Vo
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Va A. M. S1MpsoN. so long and favorably
known to this community in the shoe business,
IS with q. L. WELLER, and will be pleased to
have call from his friends ap25
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lag~ To THE LADIES IF vou wish pretty Gt-
ting, good durable and fashionable shoe, 20 to
Major Newton's cheap store next door to the
spectator Office. Augusta street. He HAS HIS
3HoEs MADE TO ORDER AND WARRANTS EVERY
FAIR. ap4-2m
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N. Borrowing crop of wheat and oats on
the land rasarved
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- @eas- CoNcERNING MoNEY-Holo to sare it
u L.. w ELLER has a store full, and is constantly
receiving, Ladies, Misses and Children's City
maze 6noes. lie guarantees every pair to give
Satisfaction. Those in want of fashionable
shoe and good fit, would do well BY giving
"a nm call. He keeps fine stock of Boots and
Snoes, Hats and Trunks of every style, and sells
DIS goods cheap. His store is opposite Woods
u Gllkeson on Main street a25
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~ sale.-I offer for sale my very desirable
dwelling house and lot situated in one of the
best neighborhoods in the city of Staunton-
me house contains 9 good comfortable rooms,
with pantry, cellar sc.
The lot has 40 feet front, and runs back 200 #.
For particulars apply to
;tpll-H CHAS. e. HAINES
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S. TRAvERS PHILLIPS. j. FRED EFFINGER
ROBERT CRAIG.
gHHELLEPS, EFFENGEEs 81 CRAIG
a ATTORNEYS AND

COUNSELLORS AT LAW,
STAUNToN, VA,
will practice in all the courts of Augusta, Rock
bridge, Rockingham, Allegheny and Nelson
Va Special attention given to collecting
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HOUSE AND LOT FOR SALE In

or my agent, F. w. HENDERSON,
jan10-tf P o box 60 Lexington. Va
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remembered, is in 1854, while the war did not hap
pen until 1857 US that Mr.. Wyllie, the
Minister of Foreign Relations, was a clear-minded,
cool, sagacious diplomatist, and an ardent anneTd-
Zionist - and brings his lengthy history of the an
nexation scheme to an end by stating that the project
sc finally failed by the death of the old King, and the
refusal of his successor to entertain the proposition"
If the spirits of the departed ever read the news
papers, what must be the disgust of the late Minister
of Foreign Affairs to see himself described as " an
ardent annexationist 20
The Herald, in q manner quite characteristic OF
Oregon editors, concludes with a few little pleasant
personalities, by way of an extinguisher:
THE truth is the Individual who penned that is
eager to fill the place which we ELL. He wants to
have control of the BULLETIN. When this paper
started we were requested to give him employment
in the Office. AS We knew him to be utterly I'M
worthy in every characteristic, we refused TO 90
so. Subsequently opportunities to the same. end
have met the same refusal. We have known him
for over twenty years. Our objections to him are
he is a :" rat" among printers his hands are
stained with the blood of a victim he eowardly
shot down he is an migrate who has frequently
turned and bit the hand that fed him be has be-
trayed important trusts committed to him and he
is. in brief terms, an abandoned wretch and a
/ scurrilous old rogue, and we congratulate the
Herald editor in having such an boary old villain
for an associate and a chum. Par mobile trdtrum.
And with this we let the twin calumniators slide
for the present"
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becomes a wild tossing on restless waves OF nie'
ending in shipwreck on some cafe steps, and ultl-
mate rescue by the donkey boys and consequent
demand for salvage in the form of "bucksheesh."
Leaving behind US the pyramids. and the sphynx
-. who sits upon the banks of the Nile. looking
with sad eyes upon the waves as they pass. as II,
when the last ripple had gone by. 1t would open
its stony lips and tell all the secrets it had stored
up through the ages,"-we move out upon inc
tawny waves of the desert. and feel as though we
were again upon the sea. save that this Is dead
dead-dead. So appalling is the silence ana
desolation. that the fowls we have brought with rs,
theupb set free at each encampment. will not go
far from the magic circle of human lie our
pigeons hover close at hand and in the stiffness
of the evening we strain our ear in vain to catch
a sound. Even the i trailing garments OF the
night" give forth no whisper of sound. for in this
ground, and her unshod feet give no sound as they
press the yielding echoless sands. FOR a orieI
time. we are "lost!"-and OBJ, the sweetness of
the CLEAN of our white tents. that after a long
weary search. a gently rising hillock gives to our
straininp gaze. AS we near the bither shores Of
this ocean of sand, brilliant-petaled peoples re-
fresh our sight. and soon reaching GAIA. we pass
through the gates, replaced since the strong man
of old went up to the hill from which we are now
looking down on to the valley of Sharon.
The lecturer spoke of the journey across the
desert to Jerusalem. as an epitome of our journey
through life to the eternal city above. He was
listened to with marked interest and attention
throughout. and all felt that they had enjoyed a
literary feast.
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eompounding of medicines. 1t must be remem-
bered however, that the study of the Materia
Medica will be pursued bythese Hawaiians, under
the disadvantage of knowing no other language
but their mother tongue. But to compel them to
study the dead languages and obtain a thorough
knowledge of chemistry, would be at once to shut
the door against any advancement in the work of
qualification TO serve their perishing countrymen.
We are pleased to learn that under the systema-
tic plan of instruction pursued by DIR. Judd, this
class of Hawaiian medical students is progress
ing rapidly in the required knowledge, and we
expect ere long to hear Of their being instrument
tai of great good among the people, and of becom-
ing the means of Graduating in a great degree,
the baneful prejudices which now exist against
foreign medical practice.
We trust that the next Legislature will give
this subject the full consideration which it's great
Importance demands. and provide the means for
continuing, on a large scale, the good experiment
so successfully begun.
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NJ w
FRIDAY. JULY IA, 1871.

FRIDAY, JULY II, 1871.
Another week Of dullnsss. We have heard oil a uanSac''n
in rea e-tate on Nuuanu Avenue, on private terms
Adams offers al auction to-day, a large assortment OF hne
French goods. that should attract competition
The foreign arrivals since our last have been-otn, brlhsn
sh,nR .aa Monde, from Australia, for Bakers Island IOth,
American barkentine Grace Roberts, from Port IoWnseho'
with lumber; Ilih, American schooner Sapphire, from hong
kong. for Guano Islands North German bark Testa, from Fan
Francisco; 18Th. American bark ATLANTA. from Victoria, b.
C. with Goals. The departures have been-llth, Beau MoHde,
for Bakers Island 18th, VestG, for Hongkong'
We give below a comparative table of the principal domes-
tic exports AT the port Of Honolulu, for the first six months OF
1871 and 1870. as reported by J. A. Hassinger, Esq, Deputy
Collector General Of Customs 1t will be seen that the in
crease of our principal articles of produce is steadily going on
Thar Of sugar. our main staple, shows an increase Of over a
million and a half pounds. Molasses, paddy and rice have
also gone forward in increased amounts, while the export oil
coffee has decreased Isl, 262 pounds This unfavorable show
Of blight in Kona, where it still covers and destroys the trees,
notwithstanding that it has been frequently reported as dis
appearing As TO the probable yield Of sugar for the entire
year, Of which the present shows the export for the first six
months, we venture to assert, on the strength of data in our
possession. that il will exceed that Of 1870.
II able Of the Principal Domestic Exports.
Port of HonoEafu, H. L., for the Sir Months 1871,
as compared NTH the Sir Months 1870.
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Trumps.
BY JOSH BILLINGS.

BY JOSH BILLINGS.
have always noticed when an individual haint
got the ability tew c~riticise judiciously, he dams
i~ndiskriminately.
New York IL a fast place. If a man pulls out
a phuneral procession, Just as likely as not the
whole procession, led by the herse too, will strike
q 2.4O gait and leave him to take their dust.
Ambishen Is like hunger-it obeys no law but
Its own apetight.
There IL no medicine like a good ioke-it IL a
silver coated pill that frolics and pysicks on the
run.
Beauty IL a morning dream which the breakfast
bell puts an end TO.
-fhe man vino never makes any bIuuders will
never rise in the estimatiO Of the world abuy the
reputashun Ov a good guidboard.
Making an entry of charitys on our worldly led
ger IL a sure way to have our whole account
thrown out on Judgment day.
L don't want eny better proof of a good hod-
sarryer than to hear another good hod-carryer
say, He is a cussed phOol and don't understand
his bizness."
Poverty and riches are mere imaginative distin-
eshuns. The man who can eat hiz bread and be
happy IL certainly richer than he who kant eat
unless it Il spread with butter.
Fortune IL like a mirror, it don't alter men, it
only shows them just az they are.
Dandys are hybred, a cross between a fashion
plate and an unpaid taiIor's bill.
Debt IL a trap which a nan sets and bats him
self. and then d-iiheraJeay gels into t..
DIseaze and pill Ehen they enter mans
body, are like two IS. when they undertake
teW se.se his affair compromize the matter
by IL = out the s1t.
One goOd way knoH ov to find Happiness il
not b. boring a hole b &c the plug.
4 De il Ike niro-glyeerire, the best Of ind
kant teii when it IL going to burst and scatter
cOnfushun.
A kicking cow never lets drive until just ~ the
pals full, and seldom misses the mark il . list
so with some mems plumbers.
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THE BosToN DP.-The +" Boston dip" is a
species of dancing related to the g Can-can, - and
a modification of the IS Mabile Waltz or Dip,
the position is very important, as the lady in the
genuine Partisan dance does not touch her feet to
the floor during the waltz. She depends wholly
on her partner, in whose arms she lies while he
carries her around by main force. In the Ameri-
can modification the lady is permitted to keep her
feet upon the floor The couples commence as in
the ordinary waltz. until a sufficient Roadway or
motion is established, when, at a signal, the dip
is commenced. The lady. at the same time, eros
ses her feet, and her partner, by the aid of her
peculiar motion. is enabled to carry her, as it
were, in his arm through the dance. This, al
though seemingly laborious, is very easy. and to
the experienced dancer does not require as much
strength on the part of the gentleman as one
would suppose. The dip movement compels such
closeness of the persons of the dancers as would
be considered highly improper, as the improperly
of it is heightened by a completely of circumstan-
ces or conditions shat need not to be detailed.
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Oahu College.
REPORT OF THE EXAMINING COMMITTEE.

To the Board of Trustees of Oahu College
GENTLEMEN The Committee appointed by you to
examine the classes of Oahu College at the annual
examination held June 18th, 14th, and 18th, 1871,
report that they have attended to the duty assigned
them, and submit as follows:
1. The number of pupils is smaller than it has been
in former years, and much smaller than the merits of
the school entitled it to receive.
2. The department of the scholars, during the exa-
mination, was in all respects commendable. Not an
improperly occurred to mar any exercise. The
gentlemanly and lady-like conduct of all the scholars
gave evidence that there had been good government
in the school.
8. The examination was conducted by the Acting
President Church, Mrs. Church, Mrs. Whitney, and
Miss Chamberlain. Thirteen classes were examined,
the most of which showed good proficiency in their
studies. The recitations in Latin and Greek disclosed
diligence and thoroughness. Those in the higher
Mathematics and Grammar evinced accuracy and
clearness. In a few of the classes there were not so
much readiness and positiveness of statement as there
should have been. Though an improvement in read
ing and spelling was observed, yet it is quite desira-
that a still more earnest attention be given to these
branches of education. The compositions were in ex-
celent taste and judgment.
4. The exhibition was a complete success in every
particular-in music, in the pieces selected in dec
lamation, in the compositions read !; and i'll the fitness
of things, generally. A large audience was much
%gratifed.
5. We can heartily commend the school to its pa
irons and the public. Its influences we feel assured.
are refining and excellent. Parents need not feel
that the manners, the culture, or the studies of their
children are neglected at Punahou.
WALTER FREAR,
CHAs. c. HARRIS,
SAM'L.C c. DAMON,
Ernminin1 Committee.
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The Nile and the Desert.

We have seldom had the pleasure of listening
TO a IN ore interesting sketch of a fragment of eastern
travel than was given to MS last week by the Rev
DR.. Stone, of San Francisco. in bis lecture on
" The Nile and the DESERT We quite agree with
the reverend gentleman when he says that . the
next best thing to seeing things yourself is to use
others eyes" especially if. as in his case, the
actual trase las she faculty of telling in an
agreeable, iiie-lise manner of the wonders he has
see3. The eaflei Is the symbol of Egypt and the
Dee. ont az q means Of transportation, cannot,
according 60 tas dostos 2eoount, be recon-
m%ended; 1t ieiBg necessary, n order to thor
oughiy enjoy r'aing on one, 10 cultivate an extra
joint ii the snail of the back. that$admiis OF &
free rotaI motion, as well as the eseii'a5ofy-
eccentric movement. This takes pras $3.50
even then you must know how 20 get oa boz
feat only equaIled by the complicated one cAser
ting off in safety. Otherwise. we shoaid jaN&e
that a carefully trained camel "a thing the d1e6F
says you never meet) might do for a ride across
the desert, where one naturally does not care
much about keeping up appearances.
Before starting on our desert-trip, we were en-
tertained by a sketch of Alexandria, life ct the P.
d o. Hotel, with the English and Irish character
strongly contracted. and a particularly pleasing
picture of an orange merchant. whose luscious
fruit, induced our party to purchase every day.
Arriving at Cairo, we are introduced to the cab
of the east" the elsewhere much malignea donkey,
without whom travel through the narrow street
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uu ToDer No. q, 7. * a. M:-Meets mt oHi
-; "a Zach month, in Makees bloeX, ~ NJ
= DE- L'OcEASIE LODGE, NO. - -
- ~ Isst Nouiay evening IN eaeh o III - ~
- % CaAPrzF. meets every thru
49, in IoIze ROom Of lie PrO2res de
o. KSIGHTs TEIPLAR, meets SS 800
T61-SI1r ia the month, in Lodge Room L@ H"S
de rOceanie- % z Meets each Tues
EASLAoIaning AZ Odd Fellows Hall, Fort st -
-. TaTTE IOpGE No. /, 10 or III
Saturday evening. on hing st .z.ac Non
"a ESDI, IopGE No. >, l. O-OfG- T.-Aeeue aeh D."
dav evening, on King st Mt LAT. FRIDAY
80 SirNss CsRIsTnS AssOCIATToS.-Me e1, -
~ Z, eaeh Tnouth, at Sailors Home, MeiehAht !.
,f-..-r|5, BESgFrT USIOS-Meets seconI tLci! = >
- In1nIb. AZ Engine House OF Mechanic NO -
Union St ~ .bi-4 Monday evening
HoS0LUIU OLYMPIC tLCB--Aer~ @MH
IN each month, NUuanu ' aleg. IL. Tb,raaay sven.
uoEarrT~ FuF DEPAKTsENT-Meet mrs. hII g. >
"SSo-f...ch month, At Engine House OF Mechanic NO :
uowoIrTr ESorSE Co. NO1.-Meets nrst W eIneSdaS Ven
"' - n each month. at their House, hIngs 81 -
49, T.sTsE 60. No. lie hrst !" ednesud9 ~
- N Zach month. a. their House, Union ST
H.w,u ESGISE 60. No. 4-Meets nrst IueSia! evening
e.ea month. AZ their House. NuuaLu 81 s.. No.,
ppoTrcTr0N HOOK & LADDER 90. No heeLs W
dsy in each month. at their House, mon 81
p,rrvf~ Uosr 90. No. Meet second MondaS evening IA
e.cb month. at their House, King St.
HoSoruLr RIFLE CORPs--Meets nrst FrluAS 'SN" -
eteh month-drT every Friday Night
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SATURDAY, JULY Is.
To
Publishers Notice.

We would call attention to the com
mencement OF Vol. XVI of the PACIFIC
COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER, on July LIST.
Tn. subscription price is $500 per annum.
If paid for in advance, i. e., on or before
the 18th of July for the Island of Oahu, and
on or before the 31st of July for the other
islands, $500.
BLACK & AULD,
Publishers and ProprietOrs.