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This old and well-established Journal has re-
Gently changed hands, and will be conducted
with renewed vigor. 1t will number among its
contributors some of the ABLEST WRITERS
IN THE COUNTRY upon all subjects kindred
to agriculture. The different departments of the
horticultural, Meehani-
cal, Household, &e.-will each be conducted with
a view TO make it the most
VALUABLE AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL
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Every farmer should take 1t. and no one who
who has recently moved into the State can afford
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the most practical and successful farmers and
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the South having large circulation amongst
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Editor and Proprietor.
Office No Columbian Block corner of ThirA
tenth and Gary streets. de 8-tf
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1850 IT..
In THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNI-
i TED STATES for the Eastern District of
Virginia.
In the matter of r. b. Shelburn bankrupt
lin bankruptcy.
At Richmond, on tn 22d day of July, 1872
TO WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN:
Please to take notice hereby, that q petition
has been, to wit: on the 22d day of July, 1879,
filed In said District Court by r. b. Shelburn,
Of Petersburg city, in said District, who
has been heretofore duly declared bankrupt under
the act Of Congress entitled IAN act to establish
uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the
United States" approved March I'd 1867, for
discharge and certificate thereof from all his
debts and other claims provable under said act
and that the 9th day of August, 1872, at 10
c'clockA. NJ, before w w. Forbes, one of the
registers of said court in bankruptcy, at hil
office in Richmond, in said district, is the time
and place assigned for the hearing of the same
when and where you may attend and show
cause, If any you have, why the prayer of the
said petitioner should not be granted
You are also hereby notified that the second
and third meetings of tho creditors of said bank
rupt will be held at the same time and place.
w. W. FORBES,
Register in Bankruptcy
jy 2s-Tusw for the Sd Congl Dist Of Va.
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THE VIRGINIA STATE JOURNAL

Til VIhUINIH DIHIh JUUhNHL
Will be sent to CAMPAIGN SUB
SCRIBERS until the PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION, at the following greatly
reduced rates, upon receipt of the
price:
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FRIDAY EVENING lilly 2e iS72
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ROOFING.

T L. WHITAKER, tr
u. Improved Fire and Water Proof Felt,
Cement, Composition, Gravel, Tin and Slate
ROOFER,
No. 1917 CARY STREET.
BETWEEN THIRTRENTH AND VIRGINIA SrREETs,
RICHMOND, VA.
lie lillian .a.. s's r.. st...s ..s. ..H.H
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T" GRANT and his policy deserve th
very highest credit. "-Hoqace Greeley.
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TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNI
TED STATES for the Eastern District of
Virginia. sn 0fsf#
In the matter of VIM. H. Tyler bankrupt
lin bankruptcy. 80
To Whom it May Concern-The undersigned,
Emmett Crump, of Richmond, city, Virginia,
hereby give notice of his appointment as ASST
gnee OF the estate of VIM. IL. Tyler, of Henrico
county, in said district, who was, on the 18th
day of June, A. ID. ,1ls72, adiudged bankrupt
on his own petition by the District Court of
said district. 1883
Dated Richmond, Va, July IS, 1872.
F. EMMETT CRUMP,
jy 16--T3w Assignee.
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NoTE-The report of the Dispatch, of this
Flowing Match al the State Fair says: sit is a
noteworthy fact that every plowman (some
twelve in number) came forward with a WATT
compliment by the plowman is the highest testi-
monial ever awarded.
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From the Special Correspondent at Columbia, S
g, Nov. 18th, 1871, of the Charleston bail


News.
FLOWING MATCH. f r.
Across the Enclosure in an old field, the plow-
ing Match in progress was watched with interest
by a large number of persons. The entrees were
as follows:
ID. Il. DeSassure, of Riehland, enters pair of
farm mules and a double-horse left-hand Wait
Piow against world-Nat Roundtree, plowrnan.
j. M Crawford, Lexington, enters q double
horse right-hand Watt Pillow.
Leroy Lewis tcolored) Richland enters a
sngle-horse Watt Plow
The above FLOWS and PLOWMEN each re-
ceived the highest premiums awarded then and
there.
All kinds of Plows and Pillow Castings and
Agricultural Machinery and Implements in gen
erai use, kept on hand, with Excelsior Reaper
and Mower. ef
a liberal discount to merchants and wholesale
dealers
We pay the highest market price for good
Scrap Cast Iron.
Send for circulars and price list
WATT & KNIGHT,
No l4h2 Franklin street
% 26-d,sW&W9m Richmond Va.
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RESTAURANT.
HALF AND HALF SALOON,
10 GOVERNOR STREET,

RICHMOND, VA. -
JOHN MARXHAUSEN, PRoPRIEroR.
GOOD LIQUORS AND FAIR PRICES,
Bumgardner and Bourbon Whistles. Best
Ale, Beer and Wines in the MARKET Also, a
fine assortment of the choicest Cigars.
% FREE LUNCH every day, from IL till /
O'clock. NH le--sm
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8. GEORGIA STATE FAIR lat Macon) First
Premium.
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TIE New York EOening Post, published
and edited by the veteran William Cullen
Bryant, has come out strongly for the re-
election of General Grant, and gives its
reasons therefor in vigorous style. In the
management Of the Civil Service it says
that -+....-l. ....f ........ -..-t
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A HOME IN VIRGINIA.

On sale PLANTATIONS, FARMS, SUBUR-
BAN and CITY RESIDENCES, ald TOWN
LOTS. Several FIRST-CLASS ESTATES on
James river, and others in different sections of
the State. Prices low and terms accommo-
dating. W. b. ROBINS,
my 6-d.sw&w3m lila Main street
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163-Invol. fa u.
NITED STATES MARSfIAL'S SALE

l63-lnVol. .te. r.aF
LIMITED STATES MARSfIAL,S SALE
~ OF DRY GOODS, BOOTS, SHOES,
HATS, HARDWARE, &C., &c.
IN FAKMVILLE, VA, AT PUBLIC
AUCTION. ~ .4g
Pursuant to an order of the District Court Of
the United States for the Eastern District of
Virginia. made in the matter of L. Passano &
Son and j. ]. & S. ]. Hunt VS.. Wootton Bro,
banlrnpts, will sell at public auction, on FRI
DAY. the I'd day of August, 1872, at the store
house of said Wootton & Bro, in the town of
Farmvile, their entire stock of goods, consisting
of DRY GOODS, HATS, BOOTS, SHOES,
HARDWARE, &C., sc.
TERMS-Cash.
Sale to commence at 10 o'clock A. M.
DAVID B. PARKER,
jy l9--l0t u. s. Marshal.
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"General Grant at least tried, when he
came into office, to improve it. Mr.. Gree
ley does not know how to try. To improve
the character of civil service it is neces-
sary to select better men; and to do this it
is necessary to have a knowledge of and
appreciation of character. Now, tits pain
fully well known that Mr.. Greeley's
knowledge of character is OF the smallest.
OF this we want no better evidence than
the fact that he is allowing himself in the
present campaign to be managed by such
men as George Saunders, his guest at
Chappaqua, and John Cochrane.
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8. PETERSBURG FAIR-First Premium.
A. NORTn CAROLINA STATE FAIR-Fir.
Premium
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evening State sonrial.

...=a PuBLIRHRn
DAILY, SEMI-wEEKLY AMI WEEKLY
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AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.

HONTINUED TKIUMPHS
FOR THE
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EDWARD DANIELS, Editor and Manager
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TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNI.
i TED STATES for the Eastern District of

Assignee of John O. Watkins, Bankrupt
iy 10-2aw3w Ia-sa.
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FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 26, iS72.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-09-20

Want OF Vitality.

II deficiency OF vital energy ia not disease in its.i
1t is condition which lays tho system open to the at
tscks of all conceivable maadies Night and day wo are
surrounded more less by del sterious Influences No
atmosphere IL entirely pu,r utterly fiee fum
injurious particles while in many localities both are
positively unwhoesome. What defence has the weak,
lsuguid system which the vital principle is deficient
pro luce epidemic and other diseases? None whatever
There is safety in artificial reinforcement Hos
letters Stomach Bitters have beyond all question
vt,yng effect II the forces of the body have
been recklessly expended in o1hausting physical or
mental labor disspated in tho indugences of fast
life this powerful vegetable tonic and corrective will
restore them. II the detective vitality is constitutional
evil it can be remeded to great extent by this wonder
full invgorant At of the year when he airis
more er less improRnated with tn seeds Of periodic
fev.rs IL especially desirable that the digestion should
be perfect the habit Of body regular the liver active
the blood pure and the nerves firm These conditions
the best protection against all disorders and they
conditions which the Bters better adapted than
any other medicinal agent to promote and secure See
to it, however that imitation counterfeit is sub
sttutsd for the genuine article and let all who value
health and have an antpathy to poison beware OF the
local btters made from condemned drugs and Wiley
adult Grated alcohol, which have sprung up like un-
fungi all over the country.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-09-20

lHE IoISoNAoNGERs who advertise
compounds of Fluid Fire and puppent
alk1lles as "balsamic medicines. " "safe
and harmless tones, and genial invig-
Grants, are worthy of being cassed with
the old Barnegat wreckers who kindled
deceptive beacons, in order to decov
mariners to inevitable death. But time
came when the lures of the coast bandits
allied, and time las come when the
vendors Of Filtered Alcohol fail to i'm
press the reading public with belief in
their fictions. 1t is due to that consci-
entlous and able physician, DR.. Joseph
Walker, OF California, to say that he
has largely contributed to this desirable
end, by providing the world with Tonic
Corrective and Anti-Febrile Vegetable
preparation, which accomplishes all that
is mendaciously promised on behalf of
the alcoholic nostrums. HIS CALI
FoRNIA VINEGAR BTrrERs prepared from
botanic productions, now for the first
time employed in the pharmacy of civili-
cation, is the leading tonic in every
State and Territory Of the Union. The
fact that this wonderful elixir contains
no alcohol, no mineral no dangerous
element, IS one of the eau es of its i'm
mense popularity another is that as
stomachlc invigorant, blood purifier,
Alternative, anti-spasmodic and anti. bill
lous medicine, it is as far ahead of every
other preparation as Temperance is
ahead of drunkenness. Com.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-09-20

CoTToN. 1t is estimated that Texas
alone contains land capable of yielding
l3,O0O.0Oo bales of cotton annually /;
that IS, considerably more than is
consumed Mt present Nv the whole civil
zed world. The problem now to he
solved in thu South is not that of pro.
ducing cotton cheap with labor free, but
of improving methods of agriculture ana
cheapening the cost of handling ard of
transportation. Nearly all reports from
the cotton districts promise larger
supply than last year, and it is probable
that prices will tend downward for sew
era] months to come. English con-
sumers seem so think that steady de-
cline in cotton will take place, and that
prices will fall so low that they will be
enabled to resume working full time af-
ter January l, when the American crop
of the year begins to reach Europe. Our
crops to England in 1871 were only about
$50, 900 cwt. less than in 1869. During
1870 and lSu the imports of American
cotton into Great Britain were 10, $685.
935 cwt., and from British India $685.
JUG cwt., showing an excess from the
United Stats du,ing the first two years
OF o,H0,O49 owt. The most important
point established by these returns is that
the staple industry of the South has re-
vived, and is likely to prosper more I'M
der freedom than under the former sys.
tenn of slavery, At present it is crafty
ing to learn that the statistics of tn
trade recently published in this country
ard in England that the south is rapidly
recovering her former position as the
great cotton field of the world. From
the report of the British Commissioners
of Customs for 1871, just issued in Lon
don, it appears that the supply of Ameri-
can cotton in 1871 was 9,273, 80 cwt.,
against $685., 045 cwt. in 1870 and 9, 963,-
300 cwt. in 1860. With these figures the
American statistics tally very nearly
the total production in 1859 60 having
been 4,T69, no bales, and in 1S70-72, f.
ll5, LOT bales. Cotton Planter.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-09-20
A Russian Ghost Story.

In certain village-so the story goe
--thcrb was q girl who hated work bu
loved gossip. So she never spun herself
but used to invite the other girls TO hel
house, where she Toasted them and the,
spun for her. During one of these spin
ming iensts dispute arose as TO which
OIL the party was the boldest.
"Fm not afraid Of anything" said the
lazy-hones.
"Well, then" said tho spinners, oil
you're not afraid, go through the grave
yard into the church, take down the
Holy Picture from the door, and bring
il here"
every WE'LL" said she "I'll bring it,
only each Of You must spin me n distall
full -
Wen, she went to the church, took
down the picture, and brought it home
with her. But then the picture had to
be taken back again, and the midnight
had arrived. Who was to take it
"Go on spinning, you girls, said tho
lazy-bone, "I'll take it back myself,
Tn not afraid of anything !"
So she went back to the church and
replaced the picture. AS she passed
through the graveyard on her return,
he saw n corpse in white shroud sit
ting on tomb. II was n moonlight
night, and everything was visible. She
went up to the corpse and pulled its
shroud off. Its hour for stil ring hadn't
arrived, perhaps.) Then she went home
carrying the shroud with her.
After supper, when everybody had
gone to bed, all Of sudden the corpse
tapped at the window, saying, "Give
me my shroud give me my shroud p
The other girls were frightened out Of
their wits. But the lazy bones took the
shroud, opened the window, and said:
"There, take it p'
"No," replied the corpse, take it to
the place you took it from"
just thena cock crowed, and the corpse
vanished.
Next night, at the same hour, after all
the spinners had gone to their own
homes, the corpse came again, tapped at
the window, and said
"Give me my shroud ~
Well, tho girls father and mother
opened the window and offered the
corpse its shroud, but it cried
"No! Let her carry it back to the
place she took it from
Just then the cocks began to crow
the corpse disappeared. Well, next
day they sent for the priest and told him
the whole story, and implored him to
help them. The priest reflected awhile,
then told the girl to come to mass next
day. SO in the morning she went to
mass. The service begun. Numbers of
people came to it, But just as they were
going to sing the "Cherubim Song" a
terrible whirlwind arose. And it caught |
up the girl in the air, and then flung
her down on the ground. And straight
way the girl disappeared from sight
lothing was ever found of her except
ler black hair.
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The Holly Tree Inn, Boston.

The successful attempt made some
time ago in Boston to establish restau-
rant where the working classes. male
and female could obtain IA substantial
meal at first cost, has led to imitation in
other cities
We now have in the many Holly Tree
Inns Temperance power of vast impor-
lance, To Boston belongs the credit of
inaugurating the movement. As rule.
Inns are located in district swarming
with grog shops, thus giving the idea the
best practical test. With Accommodations
for males and females with excellent
edibles, tea, coffe, chocolate and milk ::
with enticing reading-rooms aud stated
musical and literary exercises, the pio-
neer institution has become Justly
popular.
The name was borrowed from Charles
Dickens. for these resorts were just what
he would most enjoy. His portrait, too,
hangs in every place bearing this invi-
ting name. Whoever has known the
pleasant cafes and inns of the continent
of Europe, will at once understand how
our people will appreciate similar privil-
eyes. Manymen drank whiskey because
they were cold, and whiskey was all
ready for ten cents in the corner store.
Now, when they find coffee all ready for
five cents, aud the reading of the morn
ing paper thrown in. as it usually is,
they of course patronize the place where
they get the most for their money.
When the first Holly Tree took root,
working women stopped at halt-past six
o'clock in the morning to take breakfast
there now and then they would come
for dinner. At last they found too
many men were crowding in it was not
pleasant for them; and there was no
way but to set up second establish
ment. Here the result was the same: so
with the third and fourth. The neigh
borhoods in which these places are loca-
ted gain rapidly in responsibility. Drink
ing shops have been closed in their vic
Unity writs have been served in other
low places. individuals who were slow
ly going down-hill have taken a new
start upward, and wives and children
wear better clothes than formerly, and
sometimes go to the play in the evening
with the father, and oftener to church on
Sunday,
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-09-20

WHAT WAS WANTEp.-A W estern ed-
tor who recently attended female high
school exhibition, didn't like it because
he saw no indication that the girls pos
sessed any of the essentials necessary TO
the making up of good wife. He per
ceived, he says, at a glance that the grad
uatlng girls are soon to be married and
demands that they be taught the chemis-
'ry of the kitchen, the effect of vinegar on
copper, of boiling water on corned beer,
as well as the philosophy of home life
how to get and how to keep servants.
how great happiness may be got from a
small house and a little money. These
are questions, he adds, worthy of much
more consideration than sighings and
longings, and she who has solved the rid
die, has the philosophers stone for her
amulet, has mastered the great problems
of thrifty living, how to extract sunbeams
from cucumbers.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-09-20
Starting In Married Life.

will tell you n story of my own expert
ence in starting In the world. when
was very young and very poor, ! married
very poor young man; he worked out
by the day or by the month, on the farms
and in order that the stormy days should
not consume the income o! the fair ones,
something must be done. What should
IL bel lie had no trade for indoor labor,
except making shingles, Then he had no
shop and it would cost so much TO buy
lumber and build one. Heretofore he had
spent the stormy days like hundreds of
young men in the country, lounging about
public places in the village, or at some
neighbours. He had formed tle habit, and
liked it right well.
"Now, said l. flames, if we ever get
anything ahead, the winter must not con
sumo what the summer yields"
"Iruc," said he, "but what can ! dol
hesitated n moment, looked at the
neatly secured floor of our little log cabin
and snow white recess and window cur
tains, which, by the way, were pieced out
from worn out garments.
sect neighbor Wilson to bring You
some timber, get it sawed, and make the
shingles for half"
Where" said he here in the housel"
"Yes, here in the house," said |.
Year after year passed. In our kitchen
barrels were hoped, chairs were bottom
ed, barley forks were made and sold, and
| used to pack the shingles. And what
of it il did help him saw the small tim
berl All this was done in bad weather,
and the children were growing up enjoy
ing the liberty of making all the litter
desirable, whenever they Were released
from their hours of study. No one on
earth loves neatness better than !; but |
learned, in time, to sacrifice neatness, in a
measure, to prosperity and happiness.
Husband is nervous and irritable by ma
tIre, and it will not do in all cases TO try
to teach old dogs new tricks, so ! have |
picked up after him, boots hats and cloth
Ing, washed and combed him almost every |
Sunday morning, and, as to the boys, they
have made all sorts Of farming implements
in the house when they could not play out
of doors and whatever innocent amuse-
ment they wished to engage in aside from
mental improvement, they have done. !
make many efforts to teach the boys order
about the house, but never fairly succeed.
Now for the result of my course We
have farm of more than hundred acres
well s.ocked; there are several rooms in
our house, but shingles are not made in
any of them. Sometimes when husband
brings in barrel to hoop for our own
Use, tell him to be careful not to scratch
The paint off the -four. Husband is Il
steady, hard working man, and when
night comes, he is at home; the boys, or
rather young men, are honest ambitious,
home loving boys. No smoking cigars or
,aking a glass, or lounging about with
Them. Studous, noble, good and true
hey are.-Rural New Yorker.