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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1872-06-22
DEFERRED ARTICLES.
An Important Change.

The Philadelphia Post, leading Republican
paper Of the city of brctherly love, heretofore
a Jealous champion of the party, even to the
extent of supporting Hartrauft, comes out in
its Issue Of Friday and declares that it cannot
support Grant. for recollection. Tha issue is
between Gran. and Greeley, and it ayows:-
" Our choice is Horace Greeley" 1t proceeds
to speak Of the convention as body packed
by the Administration, ": he expression ofthe
Presidents will, and in our deliberate judg-
"men:, an insult to American manhood snd
Independence" It reviews the President in
the Summer yein-docs not think him in any
respect fit 10 be President Of the United States
he has proven his unftncss by bis actions
Speaking Of Mr.. Greeley, tho Post, says;
"At the close of the war, when mems pas
sions were hurrying them into e5cesscs, his
was the first voice appraised TO plead for am
nesty 10 the conquered South. His spirit is
now that Of good will and his object is to re-
store peace and unity TO the whole county
His principles are known, his character is pure,
his abilities are great and VIC rejoice that in bis
nomination the opportunity is given to all
Republicans TO vote for President who will
neither be tool. nor a usurper, nor military
hero, nor political compromise for the nero
sake Of success These arc the reasons why
We should vote for Horace Greeley, and this is
tho stand we take as republicans; and now at
the beginning Of the canvass, we predict that
Greeley and Brown will carry Pennsylvania in
November, and that Greeley will be elected the
next President OF the United States"
This Is an important change, aud will prob
ably DO followed by many others. All thesigns
indicate the entire redemption Of tho Key
Stone State in all its departments in single
campaign, through the benign influence Of
tho Cincinnati ent.-Richmond Wing.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1872-06-22

CoMc N HoRsEs.-The following sovereign
remedy for collie in horses is worth just fifty
dollars each to the farmers Of this county
Let them therefore cut tout and paste 1t in
their hats: .. p.
Take ono large horse chestnut, OF buckeye
ball as is called in the South, pOundi as finely
as possible, and boil in three pints Of water
until the three pints are reduced TO quart
Drench the horse with this dccocton as soon az
il j, cool enough for him 70 swallow it. This
remedy has cured horses after all others had
failed and after it seemed that the horse must
inevitably die.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1872-06-22

has,y word from me. 0ftsstimes ny patience
is severely tried, bnt one thought Of iha. hcr
rtlc death to which Harry cane so near
drives tho donop away.
Mothers bear patiently with these lille .nno-
cont ones Aro there not many whose eyes,
resting upon this simple story, arc filed with
bitter tears Of the rccolleciions Of tho unkiud
words, and even blows, TO liitle children laid
away forever who would give all their world
ly possessions, yea, years Of their lives, TO re-
call those hasty words which mado their lips
quivcs pi,ifulIy. and tho eyes dim with tears?
All you cannot have them back. They ara
gone and your sin remains.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1872-06-22
Instructing q Statesman.

Formerly very large, well-knowna and some
what noted billy goat roamod at large in the
streets Of Washington and the newspaper boys,
bootblacks and street imps generally made
common cause against him Henry Clay ney-
liked to see dumb animals abused or worried,
and one occasion, while passing down the
avenue, large crowds Of these nischieyous ur-
chins were at their usual sport. Mr.. Clay,
with bis walking stick, drove them away, Civ
ing them a sound lecture in the MEANWHILE
As they scampered and scattered in every di-
reGtion Billy, seeing no one but M Clay with
In reach made a charge on him. Clay dropped
his cane and caught his goatship by tho horns
The goat would rear up, being nearly as high
as the tall Kentuckian himself, and the latter
would pull him down again. This sort Of
sport soon became tiresomo and he could con-
ceive of no way in which be could free himself
from the two horned dilemma so in bis des-
pera;iOn he sang out to the boys to know what
to DO. One OF the smallest in the crowd shout
ed back: Let go and run, you darned fool y
Clay always maintained that, though he sign
cd the treaty Of peacs &: Client, ys. :ha. rag
gcd boy knew more than he did.
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VOL. 6I.--YOL. Z, INEW SERIESl CHARL
VIRGINIA FREE PRESS.
.ElfNIS

rO-The FREs PaEss is published weekly Q: Tro
Dollars and Fifty Ceat, per aHnrm in adranee.
EC-THREE DOLLARS if not paid in advance.
gso- Oaa Dollar and F.f,y Ceai' for 'is months
Co-Thc terms OF advertising are, for square,
Zone incb) or hess, Oss Dolar aad Fifty Cea's for
three iuseytiors-larrer ones IN the same Propor-
tlon Each continuance FJ,Y CeHt'.
.rS-No adyertiscmeu. 90 be considered by the
month or year unless specified on the Manuscript,
or previously agreed upon between the parties.
rc-An advertisement not marked on the copy
aspcciisd number ofiuserti1us viii be continued
untlordsred out, and payment czactcd accordingly.
-c-RraCLAa ADyrsrsEENrs.-To avoid any
misunderstanding on thc par. of lhe Annual Advo--
tjsers, is proper 90 state distinctly that their Pr.-
vile-c only extends o. their immediate business
Real Estate, Lca, and an other advertisements sent
by them 90 DO au additions, charge, and no var-l-
sion.
a.o- obituary Notice, o,norc :han aveiine' Will
bechagEedior.
JOB WORK--Posters, sale Bills, Cirou'Irs'
Carl &c, executed promptly, neatly, ana A' '-'r
prices.
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The memory should not be Ike q Ohild's
pocket-flled with trash; but ike the ark Of
the testimony, in which the tables Of the law
were laid up. We are very aptto complain Of
bad memories, and they are bad enough, for
they retain what ought to be lost, aud lose
vhss they shoula retain.
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POETICAL.
WE ALL MIGHT DO GOOD.


We all might do COED,
Where we often do i'll
There is always the way,
II there be but the will;
Though it be but word,
Kindly breathed or suppressed,
Il may guard Of some pain,
Or give peace to some breast.
We all might do good
In a thousand small ways
In forbearing 10 fatter,
Yet yielding due praise:
In .spurning all runner,
Reproying work done,
And treating but kindly
The hearts we have WOE.
We all might do good,
Whether lowly or great.
Tor the deed is not gauged
BY the purse or estatej
Ifit be buta cup
OF cold water that's given,
Like the widows two mites,
Il is something for heaven.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1872-06-22

A GOoD SUGGEsTrog.-A writer advises
owners Of plum ueas to suspend 10 each, juIt
after blossoming, several corn cobs which have
been thoroughly soaked in swceteneG water
lie says that the curculio insects prefer these
TO the young fruit, and deposit thsr eggs in
them. They must 10 taken down and burn
ed when the fruit ripens by which ell ths
young insects viii 10 destroyed Thu .4,is
reasonable Try it.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1872-06-22

Do not be above your business 30 matter
what that calling usy b.. bu. strive 10 DO the
bo.: il that !iIs.
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nLD Newspaper OLD Paper leNccp; brown
I and EIcs wanted, for which the highest
Ia CASH. will be paid at the
Nuv. -5. l-II. FREE PRESS OFFICE.
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HOWARD HOUSE.

HOWARD ST, sEAs BALTIMORE ST.,
BALTIMORE, ND.
T1HTS farori,c, well established House Is now
thoroughly renovated, and the Proprietors
trust that by strict personal attention 70 the COM
fort of its Guests, 10 recommend 10 10 = generous
patronage. IL has ample accommodations for 800
guests. and being convenient to thc Railroad De-
pots and stUatedin the business centre Of the city,
presents attractions 20 business men equal 10 any
Hotel in Baltimore. Board $3.50 per day.
d. VILE 4 son, Proprietors,
Formerly Of the Washington House Hagcrs-
town.
July 80, ls70-ly.
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WANTED

0O 600 POUNDS Of WOOL wanted for
GO.OOO which We Will paw the highest
market CASH price.
HlLLEARI, WILSON d. JOHNSON.
summit Point April -, IsI,-3u.
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New Grocery and Confectionery
STORE.

room adjoining the residence Of Humphrey
Moves. Esg., an entirely new stock Cf
GROCEGIIS.
PROVISIONS,
CANNED FRUITS.
CONFECTIONERY, &C,
Embracing commodities common 10 general Gro
oery business. also WOODEN WARE. and he
hopes g. De able n supply many OF the households
of tle town and county. Every article in the es-
tahi-hment is fresh and 4 excellent quality, and
Ni Boz sold at prices that caunot fail O. be regard
ed as 1aortiuE bat small margin for profit
Give me "a call 40 the New Grocery.
IE-Country produce taken in exchange for
Goods.
April 90, 1872. JOHN T. TRCSSELL.
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r0-The FREB PaEss is published weekly q: Tr7
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-03-01

Intelligence concerning the movements
OF the international Society show that a
vast and general activity prevails among
tho members in France. Sections are
forming in all parts Of that country, and
agents of tho society are everywhere in
the provinces recruiting adherents.
From the efforts made to obtain, not
only in France, but in all countries,
exact statements of the strength in men
md money of the society-together with
the fact that its adherents are classified
by categories Of age and capacity-the
belief has been engendered in Europe
that the International is preparing either
for warfare or formidable strike.
The denth of Porfiero Diaz, which hos
boon definitely ascertained, will probn-
bly, put an end to the formidable reyolu-
ton in Mexico. at any rate il is stroke
which his followers will feel severely.
Diaz was ono of Juarez's leading generals,
VAS a candidate against Jnarez in the re-
cent Presidential election, and was de.
fci ted.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-03-01

HOTEL ARR1vALs, February 90 Central
Hote'-Joe McMsckie. Wm Kerr, shelton; "
McGuinnis, city; 7 Bass. Marion; NJ
Il Il; W Goodgion, Laurens; JAS T Joter,
Santuc; Wade Osborn, Benjam Moore,
Chester; D Ruff, .Aston; A Brown, New
York; Barksdalc, wife and son, Missis-
j Lane, Thos Slider, Newberry; John
Burdine, Anderson; II Oliver Spartanburg;
+ u Avignon, New York; H w Parr, Aston.
Nickerson Homse-F Connor, Cokesbury;
L W Perrin, Ninety:Six; VIM Davis, W W
nulow, s DuBo,e, hidgeway; l. Turner,
Miss Turner, Edgefcld; II spencer. Aiken;
l. Bridges, g; Williams, Spartanburg;
Il Steers, Walhalla; SIR and Mrs l. Pat,er.
Ward Whit, RciIvillc Female College,; Wm
lay and wife, Nowbcrry.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-03-01

Our law provides that the defendants
in criminal cases shall be tried by a
Judge and jury. Mr.. Stokes. blessed
above prisoners, has the satisfaction of
remaining untried himself while contem-
plating the trial Of his Judge and his
jury. Some time ago, tho trial of his
indictment was postponed until the
grand jury which found it conld be tried.
And now the trini of that grand jnry is
put of, while the Judge appointed to
preside Mt it is undergoing ''investiga-
tion." Nobody can complain that Car
dozo should have the precedence of
Stokes upon the calendar. For the
crime whereof Stokes is accused is inf.
nitesimally injurious or dangerous to
charged upon Cardozo. TO punish
Stokes. assuming his guilt, would be to
empty bncketful Of dirty water out of
q river. TO punish Cardozo, assuming
his guilt. would bo to purify the river at
its source. BY oil means. let tho foun-
thin of justice be clarified first, and mere
murder looked into afterwards. But the
Intelligent foreigner, who is always sup
posed to be beguiling his leisure by OBJ
serving the procedures of our courts Of
law, would conceive notion, tho re-
verso of flattering, of the administra-
tion of justice among us, when he saw
the trial Of homicide, about the perpe-
tration of which by tho person accused
OF it there was no sort OF question. put
off twice. first to find out whether the
jury which indicted for it was not ille-
gal, and second, to find out whether the
Judge before whom that preliminary
issue was to be tried was fit to sit upon
bench .-Ne,o York World.
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THE MILITARY PnIsoxERs. On Thurs
day last, w. l.. Spencer was received at
the prison here, having been returned
from Columbia; and Nj. s. Bowen has
been released, which are tho only changes
that have taken place within tho past
two weeks.-Yorh'ciNe Enquirer.
The "mistako" of n druggists clerk
caused the death Of tho wife of Col. j.
M. Thornburg, young lady very highly
esteemed, in Nashville, Tenn, on Fri
day.
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WATCH THIEF ARRESTED. y Yesterday
Thomas McGinnis was arrested Mt the
instance of William Call, by whom he
was charged with stealing watch from
the latter last Saturday night. Both
parties arc nowsboys. and were on the
train Of the Charlotte, Columbia and Au-
gusta Railroad, between Columbia and
Augusta, Mt tho timo the robbery took
plnce. Call was asleep when the watch
was taken from his pocket. After his
arrest, McGinnis confessed that he had
taken the watch, and finally wrote O
noto to the person in possession OF it,
directing him to give it up to Call.
IAmguStd COnStuutionaliSt.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-03-01

Not less imperative than the Queens
speech, at the opening OF Parliament,
is the search for Guy Faukes under the
vaults of the House. On the 9Th ult.,
this ceremonial took place. The Lord
Great Chamberlain, with beef.eaters,
marshnlmen and a policeman or two,
made the tour in due form as required,
and, as usual, found not even a can Of
nitro-glycerine or the more deadly "non-
explosive" The vaults under the House
are now devoted to the benifcent work
OF ventilation, and the air is brought
through strained canvas. which excludes
the smut and smoke, is warmed, moist
ened and purified further in other
chambers. and is finally sent up to be ex.
hailed in speeches by the same course
that the wicked Guy sought to send the
Parliament to Heaven. But it adds m
element Of interest to learn that the
possibility of blowing up the British
Constitution yet exists, aud that at the
time of the Fenian scare, the sewers
leading from these chambers, one of
which has its opening directly beneath
the throne, were carefully guarded and
explored daily.
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BEAUTIFUL REFoRM.-The people Of
New York recently overthrow tho Do
mocratic party in their State, and elect
ed what they called Reform Legisla-
ture. It is, however, Republican. They
wanted honest legislation and an end to
corruption. And how has the expert
ment turnod out? The ID has been
swapped for witch, and the fact esta-
blished that if good, honest government
is desired, the Radical party is the last
ono to be looked to for it. as evidence
of the character Of the mon sent to
Albany to reform the government, We
need only quote part Of the heading of o
recent Tribune despatch from that city,
aa follows: Corruption at Albany-The
Diagram Swindle-A Nest OF Thieves
Unearthed-Tammany in Miniature, +"
etc.
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. worthy and venerable gentleman, tells
US that he never heard of the old dam
creating sickness, and that the malaria
which had suoh deadly effect years ago
was attributed to marshes and wet
weather ponds in and adjacent to the
town. and oeased when these were
drained. Finally, if we had nothing
else to go upon, it is an unquestionable
fact that the chances of health are at least
even, between dam at the penitentiary
and one at Geiger's. If the former
would cause malaria. the latter would
produce none the less. There is abso-
lutely nothing-not single rational OBJ
jeotion-against the dam, on the score of
health.
Let US look, now, into the second
plea-the destruction of the quarry.
The Union said. yesterday morning, that
the quarry has cost the State $50, 900,
and that it will be virtually lost by plao-
ing the dam at the penitentiary. We
don't know what is meant by cost. We
presume the author of that statement
took in consideration the cost of quarry
ing the rock which has been already
used. If the rock is not worth the cost
Of quarrying, the sooner the work is
stopped the better. If it be meant that
the State is now out $4,000 for the
quarry, then the State has simply been
made to pay fifteen or twenty times more
than the quarry is worth. General
Alexander stated to the committee, and
he based his estimate on data furnished
by General Stolbrand. that the cost to
the State of supplying the rock neces-
sary to complete the penitentiary from
elsewhere, instead OF the penitentiary
quarry, would not be moro than So, 900
or SO, 900. That is what the quarry is
worth, and no more. What it cost, is
another matter. If more than it is
worth, the fault or crime must rest
at the door of those who engineered it,.
But, aside from all this, there will be
eighteen months, at least, left in which
to work the quarry before the water from
the dam will interfere with it. It will
require, in all probability. two seasons to
erect the dam, as the work cannot be
carried on except at low water in the
summer. The quarry can, We doubt
not, be exhausted in that time. We
hope-and in SO hoping express the
wishes, as we sincerely believe, of seven
| eighths, at least, of our citizens of both
colors-that the bill will pass. We en-
tertain no doubt of the intention of the
Spragues and Col. Pearce to develop the
canal at the earliest practicable moment
and in bona fde manner. They have
invested too largely here to'be only en-
gagged in q sham movement, as some
charge; and we cannot conceive how
they would be consulting their interests
by so doing Business, however, is bu-
siness, and we trust that in granting the
privilege asked, the Legislature will see
to it that q proper limit, as to time, is
fixed, 30 as to have the work commence
this summer and be finished as soon
thereafter as practicable.
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LIST oF'NEw ADVERTISEMENTS.
p. Cantwell-Hay, Fodder, Sc.
Philip Motz-Cotton Planter.
j. @. B. Smith-Savings Bank.
@. Il. Jackson-Card.
Acts of the Legislature.
u. T.. Peixotto &c Son-AuctiOn.
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which has its opening directly beneath
the throne, we're carefully guarded and
explored daily.
THE BILL TO REFUND THE CorToN
TAx.-This bill, of which there has been
considerable talk, was yesterday intro
duced in the House of Represen tatives,
by Mr.. Mckee, who represents a large
planting interest. The bill provides for
refunding in cash. or in bonds issued for
the purpose, bearing five per cent. inte-
rest, the cotton tax paid after the actual
close of the war, in the yeurs 1865, 'G6.
67 and '68. It does not include the tax
paid in 1868 and ga, nor in 1865, before
the proclamation of Andrew johnson
declaring the war ended.
The ground on which the bill will be
urged chiefly is that the imposition of
the tax was unconstitutional and utterly
unlawful This claim is based, FIRST, on
Section 8. of Article I. of the Constitu-
tion. ''No tax or duty shall be laid on
articles exported from any State" Cot
ton is emphatically an article of export.
A larger proportion of the crop is ex-
ported thnn of wheat, rice, corn, tobac-
co. hay, apples, tar. lumber, coal, iron,
gold. or any other product of farm,
plantation, forest or mine. But let di-
rect tux be laid on wheat and corn, and
the West will rally in solid phalaux
against the Congress that does 1t. Let
the dominant party put an export tux on
tnr, and it will subvert North Carolina
at the next election; let it put direct
tax on the other farm products, and the
farmers will very quickly resent it with
condemning ballots. But Congress did
lny and collect an export tax on cotton.
Was it constitutional?
The Supreme Court of the United
States were tied upon the question Of
constitut;onality. stan ing four and
four, 30 that the law was affirmed. From
this decision, or rather failure to decide,
Southern men, through their members,
propose to appeal to Congress.
Secondly. The friends of the bill will
argue unconstitutionality from Section
of Article 1, which provides that "Rep-
resentatives and direct taxes shall be ap-
portioned among the several States,
| according to their respective numbers, F"
to be ascertained by the census; aud
| from Section 8. which declares that "all
duties, imports and oxciaes shall be ami
form throughout the United States. -
This tax. the Southern members will
claim, violates both these provisions
There was no apportionment whatever
OF direct taxes, and there Is plain want
OF uniformity.
Tho dealer in wheat paid, under the
internal revenue laws ut that time, a tax
on gross sales, an income tax. etc. So
did the dealers in coal, hay, salt, tar and
corn. The dealer in raw cotton paid
exactly the same tax, and, in addition,
paid this special tax of three per cent.
per pound on all cotton which he sold.
This is not uniform taxation. 1t is in
excess over the tax paid by any or all
other products. Is it constitutional? Is
it just or equitable? These arc the ques-
tions which the Southern members will
pnt very pointcdly to both Houses. We
state the argument that oil interested
may sec and ponder it. The PROPOSE
ton involves large sum and great prin-
ciplcs. - Washington Chronicle.
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a Bible in the pocket of Massachn-
setts burglar saved him from bullet
fred by the indignant proprietor OF the
house.
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SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD. The
telegraph announces very encouraging
fact in the accession of that celebrated
and successful railroad manager, Thomas
A. Scott, of Pennsylvania, to the Presi-
dency of the Southern Pacific Railroad
Company. and the retirement of this sa-
gacious railroad king from the Union
Pacific. The Identification of Mr.. Scott
with the Southern route is an indication
of the deep impression made by the re-
cent evidences Of the difficulties and i'm
probabilities of the Nolthern route,
and of the result of tho personal obsor-
vations of Mr.. Scott, of the proposed
line of the Southern Company. Now
that it has been demonstrated that rail
road can be constructed to the Pacific,
that the resources Of the country are
adequate to tho execution of such a
work, and that it is IN imperative de-
mand of the people, and especially of
the residents on the Pacific coast, the
great merits, tie necessity and vast supe-
riority Of the Southern route, rise into
prominent Importance.