Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1872-03-09

A County for sale.

The following announcement of the Sale of
our neighboring county is doubtless from the
iuimitable pen Of Col. Ksnnery:
For the Clarke Courier.
WILDWOOD, CLARKE Co., VA,
February a, 1872.
DEAR COURIER You will please publish
the accompanying advertisement upon the
terms therein set forth, aud obiss,
Your friend, truly,
ONE OF TIE People.
A COUNTY FOR SALE.
The undersigned. special Commissioners Of the
Court of Last Resort, in the cause Of the
Pound Of flesh nearest the heart against
the necessities Of the people, will sell, at public
auction. 70 the highest bidder, in the town OF
Mans iuhumauity to man" upon the arrival
Of one Of those coming events that cast their
shadows before at the hour Of midnight, that
desirable tract Of land known Is Clarke C0un-
~
Said land lies on the road lealing from
buried hopes % the confines of despair
and about half way between the two places,
corueriug opposite the village Of Times that
try meus souls" Il is bounded on one side
by tue road running from said village to a
stream known a Dark and trouble waters,
on another side by said stream until u dissp-
pears i'm one Of those innumerable boys that
threaten 90 :" swamp the whole country" from
said bog the line runs over barren and rocky
region whose principal product is ga sorrows
crown of sorrow cultivated in 1.-the Temem-
brsuco Of happier things" This part Of the
liue terminates in = faint CLEAN Of hope, which
however proves to be only an ignsi1tuous, H.
ducing the unwa-y TO pursue the remaining
boundary over wild moors and tangled moras-
ses until they come agaiu to Times that try
mems souls.
The iutetur OF said tract Of land is ponetra-
ted by a railroad, leading from the town of
Litigation to the city OF Embarrassment, upon
whose track within the last few years there
have been several collisions, which have scat
tered wreck and ruin for miles arouhd. Al
though the citizens Of the latter place do not
receive al equivalent for the products Of their
Toll, borne with all speed to the inhabitants of
the former, they preSiSt in keeping up a con-
slant communication between the two places.
Ia addition % the remarkable facilities at
fordel by this road, Tor txhaustng the reSour-
ces of tie country, there is canal which
bears upon It's wa.ors q multitude q rSons,
who having no particular destination in view,
are toated into the streams Of indecisiuu which
are eventually swallawed upin The "mealstrom
Of destruction" This canal has its beginning
In the village Of Iatenperence, and receives
accession 10 It's volume as 1t passes through
regions where enterprise is suppanted 10y indo-
'~ncs and iCliaerence.
Terms oF SALE.-So much cash in hand as
will pay The cxueuscs If the entire County,
whilst waiting Cor tlH relief so splendldly pro-
missed by Opponents OF ,,e funding bHl-said
relief amounting 20 az least nc dollar and
fifty cents on every five thousand doli-rs worth
Of real estate, OF, 10 he more specific, about IN
cents each TO every man. woman and child IN
The Commonwealth. The rest in fOpr equal
payments. The first when all Offices uuueceS-
sary % the efficient administration az govern
meut shall have been abolished The second
when tie poop.e shall have fully learned that
all plans Cor relief save a determination to
know the worst and o. meet it like men, are
vain and ,lusory. The third when they shall
have learned TO ignore personal friendships in
their choice Of Representatives, and when can
dilatcs for Office cease 10 measure their capacity
10 legisate 10y the fueucy of disparaSement
with which they speak Of those whom they
seek TO s0ppaut, remembering the trite maxim
that the ability to detect faults in others is
widely different from the power {, exhibit per-
lection In ourselves. The fourth when the
General assembly can spare sufficient time from
the discussion Of per-diem aud mileage ques-
t1HS 20 turn BE attention to the solid interests
Of the State
"TOO MUCH LITIGATION.
WAITING FOR SOMETHING TO
TURN Up"
CALLING UPON HERCULES
WITHOUT PUTTING OUR OWN
SHOULDERS TO THE WHEEL"
Special Commissioners.
Richmond papers and all other papers in the
State please copy, and send bills to this Office,
which viii be promptly paid the moment the
next generation consents to be taxed at the
rate OF nine per cent for the payment Of the
public debt Should the scheme. to saddle
posterity with this delightful burden, prove a
failure. as some are SO uucharitable as to sup
pose will be the case, then the Richmond and
other papers Aforesaid. may confidently expect
a priucsly remuneration for their notice of this
whenever the tax upon dogs,
insisted upon by the present Legislature, to the
exclusion Of every other subject Of public
interest. becomes sufficient TO overflow the cof-
f4rS nf tie UulIi, treasury