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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1872-08-08

UNITED STATES INTERNAL REVENUE.
DspUrY COLLECTORS OFFICE, 9th District, Va.
Stanton, July 22d, 1872.
By virtue of Warrant for Distraint, issued 10
the undersigned by B. B. Bolts, Collector 9th Dis
trict of Virginia, will sell at Public Auction, in
the city of staunton,
THURSDAY, 18th DAY OF AUGUST. 1872,
the following described real estate, levied upon
by me, to satisfy claim for delinquent U. S.
taxes. assessed against Henry link, agent &C.,
TO wit:
1st. The undivide interest of Henry link in
the 8. ONE FARM now occupied by Polly link.
End. The und rided interest of Henry link in
the .'Furnace Tract"
The above land is situate in South Bottom
about miles south ofGreenviie.
Terms, Cash. Sale to take place at p. m.
W. II. FRENGER,
july25tds Special Deputy Collector.
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There is quite ''panic" in Baltimore a.
bout the short supply of, water in,the city.
eomc al, the n,anniacfnrn. establishments
.:i.... y Ii i;aA, = ,.l- mi =: as
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HERE! HHEEsE!!-We are now offering
IL to our Town and Country custom ,rs. all
grades of sparkling white. refined and brown
gars syrups, moasses essences and spices, for
the Preserving Season. at very low figures, for
cash. Call on us, every body.
June 27 If POWERS & PRITCHARD
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|. ANTICIPATED WATER FAMINE Mr., Frank
Powers, the Superintendent Of the Cameron
Water Works, Alexandria. Va, has serions
fears Of water famine, and that unless there
is heavy fall of rain by the end of the cur
rent week he would he compelled to shut eff
the water, at least from the bathing and wash
ing apparatus of the consumers The water
is usually forced from the race to the reser-
voir by means of machinery propelled by
water-power, but that, owing to the drought,
has been in possible since tie 14th-4 Of last
June, from which date the steam pump has
been in operation, and now the wafer is so
low that it is feared that this last and only
means of feeding the reservoir will speedily
fail On Saturday evening last the pump was
stopped and the water in the race shut off
untiI Monday morning, BY which time it had
raised only three inches. The water in the
reservoir is only fourteen feet deep. -.4ler-
audyta Gazette,
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Thomas Bassford of Harrisonturg Va, says
Juventas will cure any pains in the back or
weakness, having been entirely cured with one
bottle, and asks the aged to try it.
WAYT s. BROS
aug S-tf Drug store.
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ST-AUNToN. VA.
North Carolina.

1finssssssys August 9. 1872.
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AN EXTRAORDINARY ELoPEMEST.-
Whitehall, Illinois, can boast of "a sensation
second to none in the country On Tuesday
the 3Osh ulr.. John Morrisey and W. A.
Conchman. both married men with numerous
children, eloped with the wife of John Fra
her The last heard Of the fugltlves they
were in jacksonville, bound northward
The result of this is two dlsconsoiate grass
widows, Que deserted grass widower, aud three
divorce suits on the taps. The elopement,
certalnly discounts all others on record. The
guilty woman had no children.
The DROUGHT drought is so great
and prevalent over so large section OF coun-
try, that we hear of large numbers coming
for thirty or more miles down the Rappahan-
mock, up in Fauquier, and for twenty-five
miles up the Plank Road with their grists OF
corn to Myers 4 Bruille's mill in Fredericks-
burg L is quite a sight to take your stand
at this mill and note the sections Of country
that are represented in a single day.-ffed-
erichsbury Herald.
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-Nczp AMcertssea2e1sts.

w oeAA ~ Z iNs' u : ~ "a, ~ pr
Nhes Masonic Choir ofsthe District Of Conulbia
IslnVsmembers) will give grand Concert in the
Hall OF the Deaf. Dumb and Blind Asylum. at
sfannton, Monday evening" August 9th, at 8
O'clock. Tickets so cents aug sit
Gale of House and Lot in Siam.
~ fOM.-As Administrators de bonis NON
with the will annexed of Francis Huff de-
ceased, and by virtue Of the authority vested in
me by said wil will sell at public auction, in
front of the Court house in Stanton on
SATURDAY, the srd day of AUGUST, 1872,
a valuable House and Lot. situated on the west
side of Washington street in the city of Staun-
ton. The lot fronts 50 feet inches on Washing
ton street and runs back 76 feet and has upon
it tolerably good house. This property is bet
FER known as the residence Of the late William
southards, and is now occupied by Geo. Alexan-
der. fs-s
TERMS OF SALE.-Cash on the day of sale
$3.50 and the residue in three equal annual pay
ments, bearing interest from the day OF SALE the
purchaser executing his bonds with approved
personal security for the deferred pay nents, ana
the title retained as ultimate security.
MICHAEL McALEER. Administrator
de bonis non with will annexed of Francis Huff,
deceased.
E NJ. Cushing Auctioneer. july Aids
DISAPPOINTMENT THE above sale is post
poned until SATURDAY next, 10th day of Au-
gust. Sale to commence at O'Clock. p m.
aug Sit NJ McALEER. Admir-.
TUVENTAS-is the best remedy in use for
81 chronic affections of the bladder and kid
neys, gravel, stoppage of water, weakness, brick
Dust deposit, &c. Cures gonnerrhoea, whites.
gleet and spermatorrhosa in very short time.
For suppressed mensus it is certain remedy
Cures the severest paines in the back in two
doses. B. D. AVIS,
Manufacturer, Harrsonburg, Va.
Wholesale agents. Messrs VIM. Fl. Brown &
Co, and Candy CALYPSO s Co., Baltimore. Md.
For sale by DIR. WAYT & BRO.
aug S-tf 4.fa
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q / n made from so cts. Call and examine or
D w u samples sent postage free) for so cts.
that retail quick for $40. r. I. WOLCOTT. 118.
Chatham square, N. Y. 4w.
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DSYCHJMANCY, OR SOUL CHARMING
l. How either sex may tascinate and gain the
love and affections Of any person they choose in
SANITY This simple mental requirement all can
possess, free by mail, for IS cents together with
a marriage guide. Egyptian Oracle, Dreams,
limits to ladies. &c "A queer. exciting book.
100, 600 sold Address I. WILLIAM u Co, Pub
ishers. Philadelphia. 4w
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GOEn A MONTH easily made with STENCIL
DHCU and Key Check Dies Secure circulars
and samples free. S. NJ. Spencer, Brattleboro,
Vt. 4w
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COLLEGE.

Il Salem. va.
Twentieth Session, begins Sept 4th. 1912 Ex-,
penses for 10 months about $500. This embraces,
Board and Tuition, including modern Lapguag es,
as well as all necessary incidental expenses.--.a
Special attention invited to unsurpassed location,
salubrous climate, moral and intelligent commu--
nifty thorough course of study. good conduct Of
students, &c Students in attendance from IA
different States Send for catalogues, circulars;
&C., to Rev. D. F. DITTLE, D. D., President. 4w =
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O',EOOLEeS
OPPOSITION HACK LIHEI
ST.
$500 Z q
Stribling Springs.
Fare Reduced from pc to 81. !
RETURN TICKET GOOD UNTIL USED.
i r Q NJ

RETURN TICKET GOOD UNTIL USED.
A Baggage Wagon will run in connection, so'
that Passengers will have the full benefit of the
ease and comfort of the Hacks
SCHEDULE.
rival of Trains
Leave seiollng Springs at a. m. daily, con-
neepng with trains going East or West
VIM also furnish fine LIVERY at the Springs
at low rates and on shortest notice
My object is to please.
Office at American Hotel, Staunton. = 3
july 25-2m. -l--.a
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Next session will commence September 18th.
For circulars, &C., address Principal. r.os.,
juv 25-4t .,
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-11-24
THANKsGIvISG.

Thursday next is the day set apart foi
Thanksgiving. Governor Brown re-
quests an observance of the day because
the President recommends it. There
was a time when this thanksgiving bust
ness was a State matter. The Governor:
appointed the day for their respective
States. II We remember rightly, the
first Presidential proclamation for thi:
purpose was issued by President John
son. II was part and parcel Of the gen.
eral Radical programme To ignore the
existence Of the States and treat the
General Government as a single, con
solidated nationality. II was an old
Puritan custom, started in opposition to
Christmas = the Pmitans, thinking
themselves the only elected OF
God Almighty, deemed it unbe-
coming to have the same festi-
val day with other Christians, and
more especially the Catholics. The
term Thanksgiving" as the day is at
present observed, is a missioner. 1t is,
in fact, a day of %jollification and ca
rousal. We venture to say there is more
sin committed on that day than on any
other day in the year. But If people
must have an extra holiday, 50 be it.
Grant has willed it, and we can see no
necessity for any GubernatOrial action
in the premises. Good Christians give
thanks every day, and those who are
not Christians cannot be made to do so
any day.
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MONODY ON THE LATE JOHN y.
SALE, ESQ.


Dedicated 70 ue Memphis Bar.
When yon vast neutrality-suspicious.
IN solitary darkness seems 10 sleep;
Who has not paused beside his lonely wave,
In musings sad and silent as the grave2
no mas not felt, nor owned in such an hour
The littleness OF pRn-his -nothingness OF
A conscious worth, and yet a Weakness still,
Beneath the arches OF his vauiting viii?
Then come, ye brothers let no censors cCme)
And stand with me beside a brothers tomb
river
Hath Heaven ordained, has counterpart Grerer.
Rapid in t~hought-in peAetration, deep,
But restless as the waves that never sleep
Yon circling waves, that whirl in giddX eyre,
Flashing the sunshine Of Celestial FIRE;
or like thoss sandbars underneath that move
The varying currents from their course above
In w~hirlpoOls, sometimes eddytng tOthe shore,
Then lost in depths no pttnt0lst can explore.
Such WAS his mind, whose lighter surface
Unconscious Of the depths that urged It
Unconscious he, while many "A willing
That playful surface, only what it seemed
Aye-playful, sportiye, simple as a child,
When festive humor, love, or friendship
smiled;
Bur soused to duty by some suffering cause,
How would he rise TO vindirate the laws!
When Innocence sat trembling at his side,
or conscious Guilt upon his power relied,
How would he seize the salient points Of law,
And DIVE them home, till Judge and jury
saw
How drag TO light those secrets kept by Guilt,
Who thought them buried with the blood IL
split,
Or drag along, in terrible disdain,
witness tangled in q lying chain,
Till Truth had triumphed; then, in playful
mood,
Preached him q sermon, as a pdrS0n WOULD.
1 see him now, as oft we saw him staun-
Majestic in his form-his soul more grEnd;
What eloquence and wit alternate blazed,
TIL Jurors Wept and Judges sat amazed,
While Guilt md meanness. sifted through and
through.
70 the lash his fiery vengeance threw;
iii Innocence looked up alas! no gold was
/. hers,
And paid him-all he asked-her thankful
tears.
Then come e ceuSOrs now that l have done,
But =" let The OuiieLeSS one drsf cast a st0ncg'
Come tell me, though that path ye never trOd,
that goes on bettceeH he parting soul and
COD
Come, Friendship, Learning, Genius, hand in
hand,
his tomb, in solemn silence stand,
Innocence and Poverty draw near
He plead for you-then weep above his bier;
Weep for his faults, and pray that he may find
An AduOcdte more generous dnd kind.
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MISREPRESENTATION

She laidit where the sunbeams fan
Uuscanned upoh the broken wall,
without a tear, without a grOam,
she laid tt near a mighty stone,
Which some ruds swain had happily cast
Ihither in sport long years past,
And time with MOSES bad 0'erlald-
And fenced with many a tall Erass-blade
And all about babe roses bloom,
And viOlets shed their sweet perfume.
There, in its cool and quiet bed,
she set her burden own and fed;
Nor hung, all eager to escape,
One glance upon the perfect shape
That lay, still warm and fresh and fair,
That mOtlouless md soundless there.
No human eye had marked her pass
Across the huden-shadOWed graSs
Ere yet the minister clock chimed seven;
n the innocent birds OfheaVen-
The maybe, ana the rock, whose nest
swings asthe elm-tree waves its crest
And the 1.-THE cricket, and the boar
And huged-limbed hound thai guards the
door,
Looked on, when as a summer wind
That, passing, leaves no trace behind,
All unappalled, barefoot all,
She ran 70 hat old ruined wall.
To "a upon the hin damp earth
For ali She uever knew its WOrth.l
Mid hemlOck rank, and fern, and Ling,
IND dews Of night, that precious thingi
And there IL might have lain forlOrn,
From morn till eve, from eve till morn,
But that, by some wild impulse led.
The mother, ere b turned and fed,
One stood erect and high
Then poured into the silent sky
A cry sOjubilant, 50 strange
That AIice-as b StrOve 20 range
Her rebel rfnglets at her GAS
Sprang up and gazed across the grass;
shook back those curls 50 fair TO see,
Clapped her soft hands in childish glee;
And shrieked-her sweet face AL aglOg,
Her very limbs with rapture shaking
my hen has laid an egg, I know:
And only hear the noise she's making!'
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generous sister cities" After this state
ment we see no necessity whatever for
subscribing a relief fund, and we venture
the assertion that there is actually more
suffering among the poorer classes in
Memphis to-day than in Boston. Very
soon, on account Of the epidemic among
the horses, thousands of men will be
thrown out Of employment, and there
viii be hundreds of opportunities in our
midst for the exercise Of the quality
which, like " a touch of nature, makes
the whole world kin, " but ought to begin
at home and spread abroad.
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ment that this is written the telegraph
tells of the aequittal Of a brother who
I Deliberately shot aud killed the betIayer
OF hi. sister i'm Virginia, and the Judge
fuiou.t.c H9acb said That it was the
common law of this country, made by
I the men OF the country, that it "a ne
I crime to avenge a sisters, wife's or
mothers wrong with death. A jury in
| Philadelphia under very similar circum-
stances only ten days ago acquitted the
murderer. We have seen the same
thing done in Memphis courts. Let
a woman be wronged, and law
itself, and juries and courts all bow
before the majesty Of woman's worth
4 and concede TO her wrongs a degree Of
vengeance that threatens the security
ofIife, and defes codes e~mbodying the
cumulative wisdom Of centuries. DR..
Rose is chivalrous, but chivalry and
good sense, unlike Andy Johnson's De
mocracy and religion, do not always
run on conYerging lines. In any event
let us. as reformers, in a matter involv-
ing everything dear in life, remember
the maxim. "FestiRd leate.n DR.. Rose
says:
EDITORS APPEAL-Allow an old sub
scriber to tender you his thanks for Civ
ing place in the columns of the APPEAL
to the address of Mrs. Woodruff to the
public, but more especially for the puO-
LEGATION Of the truly excellent letter of
Mrs. Meriwether in ~vindicatlon OF the
equal right OF womep to a fair trial be
fore the law. Time was when the pO-
liical rights Of a people were restricted
to the nation as such, but the spirit Of
the age in the person Of Jefferson and
his cO-worthies, broke owe and pro-
claimed the individuality of man, Just
as Luther and Calvin had proclaimed
the equal right of each to the exercise of
his religion. And 50 now, Messns. Ed
itOrs, may We not hope that the day that
Is dawning upon us shall usher in the
revolution that shall clOthe woman, the
better-half, with such measure of right
as shall secure to woman all the rights,
immunities and privileges which are
claimed for the cOarser sex. Justice to
all is the chief cornerstone in natures
great temple, and the want Of this ele-
mentary principle in our political, re-
ligiOus or social fabric must inevitably
lead to chaos. Thus feelingfyou may
Judge how fully / appreciate your lib
in taking the course you have,
and shall esteem = PC n prophecy Of the
coming future, when Ine whole press Of
our country viii be found on the side Of
The suffering, regardless Of the position
they may occupy in the estimation of
the public. Your friend and servant,
ERASMUS 7. IS ]
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THAT was a noble youth who, being
urged to take wine at the table of a IA
nous statesman in Washington, had the
moral courage to refuse. He was q poor
young man, just beginning the struggle
Of life. He brought letters to the great
statesman, who kindly invited him
home to dinner.
"NOt take a glass Of wine?i echoed
The statesman's beautiful and fascina-
ting wife, as she arose, glass in hand,
and, with q grace that would have
charmed an anchorite, endeavored 70
press it upon him.
"No," said the heroic youth, resolute-
~, gently ~repelling the proffered glass.
What a picture Of moral grandeur
was that. A poor friendless youth re-
fusing wine at the table of g wealthy,
famousstatesman, even though profiered
by the fair hands Of beautiful lady.
mo" said the noble young man,
and his voice trembled and his cheek
flushed, 81 never drink wine, but-(here
he Strengthened himself up, and his
words grew .irmer)-if you've got a
little good % rye whisky, / don't mind
trying a snhter!1
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or the sunday Appeal
THE AWAKENING OF SPRING


GUtherz.
BT LTDE MERrWETHER.
The clouds are gathering grey and dread,
And the summers rosy bloom
Has closed It's petals, and cold and dead
Lies in the darksOme tomb:
Hopesare bhghted. and blossoms strown,
Friends are scattered and s0ng-biris flown.
Dust and derkuess and mould haye grOWn
win the chill NovembeFs gloom.
Far In the realms OF ~shadow-land
Ny soul Is wandering,
Faint and dimly is trOoping band
Their ghostly echoes ring
Clearer rises their mystic thyme.
TIL Il bursts 10 a gladstone matln chime,
And there, in her radiant biossom-time,
Lies the Young awakening spring"
Lovely as heaven she slumDers there
IN the fairy haunted den
Blossems peep through her golden hair,
And their wOOing whispers tell.
And my sonl floats backward on pinions
win la5ghi2g cupid, and elm sprite.
q her magic SPELL.
Ont Of the grey November cloud
OF vainly falling tears,
Out Of the chill December shroud
OF deadly doubts and fears;
Gut Of the darkness, cold and gloom
Out Of the shroud, the mould, ths tomb,
Into the Light, and song, and bloom
OF The bloSsom-time Of years.
Out Of the creak, ard clank, and rust
OF f~iendshiP's broken chain
out Of the cold and pulseiess trust
That long in the grave has lain,
Out Of the shadows dim and bieared.
Out Of the forests browns and scared.
Out Of the midnight wild and weird,
Iuto the day again.
Into the day where the skies are bright.
And the daisies blOssUming
CIOthe the meadoWsAn and fields in white.
And the forest arches ring
With a thousand voices wild and free.
my song echoes as jOgously,
And gay as blossom. or bird. or bee
] bask in theg golden spring.
Friends are faithful, and lovers true
As they were in the days ofyore,
And I float through the pearl and rosy hue
That the clouds OF passion pour,
his wttching whispers round me sweep,
Lurtng me up 70 the r-ose-crOWEed steep
Where Hope lies Tapped IN a dreamless sleep
At Fruttion's open door.
hanks my frieudi for a h~eaven-bOrn gift
More precious than gold could be,
A radiant blossom rand, 70 Lift
The shadows Of memory.
Grateful tribute my heart DOurs forth,
Thy HAND has, with magic power and truth
Unlocked the Buntain Of Hope and Youth,
And given the key 70 me
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BY y Il
WhOe'er the starving poor have fed,
To Christ have given needful bread.
Through human wants, and woes and needs
With thousand tongues the Savior pleads.
No fiction this, but truth divine;
ThesOul is Gods eternal shrine;
He stand within the b0som-door,
And feels the hunger Of the o
Why should the proud disown, disdaIn.
The outcast, in her bitter pain,
While Christ the pure, and Undecided,
Home TO his bosom takes His child.
There is no faith whose love is dead:
In vain b formal prayers are said
"rhey who the poor unheedul be"
Our Master saith, abandon Ne.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-11-24

Boston, OF its press, which Is gener-
ally the mouthpiece Of the people, tells
the country very plainly that it needs no
help. The Transcript speaks out boldly
aud TO the point. II says the honest
truth is that the fire has caused no
suffering which the ordinary charities Of
the city are notable and only too willing
to remove. Were the case Otherwise.
boston wouldbave no foolish pTideabout
eceiyingal aid hom its Narm-hearted and
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GOOD SOCIETY.

A lady correspondent Of the Boston
Post, writing from Washington, Dis
trict of Columbia says:
And yet there Is nothing more tame
and utterly insane, destitute OfalI human
interest, than good sOciety.n Look
at good society at the fashionable
watering places and see how nominally
in the pursuit Of pleasure Il seOrns the
object in view. II is too aristoeratie 10
dance, to laugh, to talk width ANNA
ton. Il drives, it dresses, it eats, it
watches others dancing or ENJOYING
themselves, and despises them for being
capable Of underbred excitement. OF
ali people in the world these immensely
rich members Of good society are the
most to be pitied. They have nohuman
interest whatever. The moderately rich
have one object in life, to wit: The
desire to appear richer than they are:
but those who have plenty have nothing
to do but to take care Of their diamonds
and laces. And what a care these, es-
pecially the first, become 10 their own
ers. They must be eternally Kept about
the person. An owner Of diamonds to
the amount Of thousands never dares
trust them of her person. II not worn
Oufwardly, the twenty thousand dollar
necklace is beneath the waist Of the
dress, its cutting and setting g0sding
the flesh, a perpetual reminder that 81
the representative Of fortune, am here,
wherefore cease 20 feel my prieks IL you
dare.u The bracelets, when they must
not be shown, are clasped en- the arms
under the sleeves, and the brooches.
pendants, rings, and head ornaments
are in a muslin bag depending from the
waist. It is a heavy care, is il not9
Where on earth has our literary sister
been? In what part Of creation do the
ladies Of "gOod soeietyH so care for the
iewelry as to carry it 50 concealed about
their persons? Either somebody has
humbugged her OF she has gone where
she ought not to have gone.