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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1873-07-22
BE FARM FOR SAFE.

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The undersigned has in hand, for sale,
the farm known as MARTIAL RETREAT,"
formerly owned by George Baylor, containing
$40 acres, lying 6! miles West of Btaunton,
on Bakers creek, and miles South of the Ches
& 0. r. r.
The land is under an improved state of culti-
walton, and well set in grass, with exception of
Is or 80 acres, which is heavily tlmbered.
There are two good MEADOWS, containing
from % to so acres through which passes full
and constant stream of water, and are so situated
that they can be watered from the mill race In
case of drought. The other portion of the farm
is well watered, being open TO i0e neUeT. fcatang
Springs. Fencing all in good repair. There is
a superior two story brick dwelling house, beau
tifuly situated on the place. containing seven
large rooms, together with all the necessary out
buildings, barn, smoke-house, dairy, &C all
convenient.
There is q good chopping mill on the place,
with a0ater poaoer sufficient for good, merchant
mill. A young orchard, with good selection
of fruit, is situated near the house. The place
itself is in u pleasant community, convenient to
churches and schools.
The farm is to be sold privately, and any cor
respondence relating to the purchase of it will
be promptly responded to. or / can be seen per-
sonaly at my office. opposite the Courthouse,
Staunton. PRESTON A BAYLOR,
ap29-tf Agent.
SNOMMFSSgONE SALE of TRACT
v of LAND on South River.-In pursuance
of decree of the Circuit Court of Augusta cOun-
ty, IN the suit OF Palmer VS.. Donoho, the under
signed, as Commissioners, will offer at public
sale, on Friday, the 18th day Of July, 1878, on
the premises. at IL O'clock, A. M, tract of
land lying on South river, in Augusta county,
now in possession of Thos. Nj. Donoho, contain
ing 2I63 acres This land lies we'll, in good
nefghborhood. and is in good state of cultlva-
ton, adjoining the lands Of Mrs. Thomas john
ston and others, aud is known as the Morris Aus
tin farm.
Terms-So much of the purchase money as
will pay costs of suit and sale, will be required
in cash, and the balance in l, 2, 3 and years,
in equal instalments, with interest from .he day
of SALE to be secured by bonds with personal
security and retention of the title as ultimate
until all the purchase money is paid.
ID: s. YOUNG ro,u
jeA-tds N. K. TROUT, 0oii To-
DOTATO ES-Early Goodrich Potatoes at
mara HARPER'S.
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VE0RTjST SAFE OF CITY

VENRTST SALE OF VALUABLEC CIT Y
Il PsDPERTY.-By virtue of a Deed
of Trust executed to me on August 1st 1862 by
Heber Ker and NJ. S. Ker his wife, to secure a
debt of $500 due by negotiable note of even date
with sal d deed to the Virginia Insurance Com
pany, will proceed to sell on
SATUR DAY, THE 23RD OF AUGUST, 1873
in front the Courthouse, at public auction to
the highe. It bidder, for cash. q warehouse and
lot near c.. & o r. 4. and Lushbaughs work.
shops,
The lot contains 3 $50 So, it. and is daily in
creasing in value. Is conveniently located and
easy of access The property will be shown by
undersigned, who can be found at his law office
in Courthouse alley
iy22-tds S. TRAVERS PHILLIPS.
DUI-L'S EXT. SARSAPARELLA,
ID Upham's Pile Electuary,
Uphams Fresh Meat Cure for consumption.
For sale by OFT & STABLER,
at the Red Front Drug Store,
VXTHEAT! WHEATI!-The highest M ar
w ket price FOR prime WHEAT, by
iuIy22 BAKER BROS.
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NERs' SALE
u of Valuable Land.
TN HTG IT, Nh NOTTNTV

IL
By virtue Of decree of the Circuit Court of
Highland county, rendered at its May term,
1878, In the chancery cause OF Barrett & Higgins
ct al. VS.. Devier u Bruffy ct al. we WILL as
commissioners therein named for the purpose,
offer for sale at public auction, on
SATURDAY, THE 9th DAY OF AUGUST,
1873 in the village of Mcdowell, valuable par
eel of land known as the EAGLE FARM"
lying in said county on Crab Run, near said vii
lage, adjoining the lands of Robert Sitlington
and others, and consisting of six tracts, to wit
SO. I15. SO, 100, 3:s and SO Acres.
These lands are valuable for grazing or agricul-
tural purposes, and have upon them an excel
lent Mill-seat and two Dwelling Houses
TERMs.-One- third of the purchase money
cash in hand. and the residue in three equal an
nual payments, bearing interest from the day of
sale; bonds with good personal security required
for the deferred payments, and the title retained
as ultimate security.
L. II. STEPHENSON,
G. PINCKNEY JONES'
luIVS-tf Comm
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BUILDING LOTS.

varying in size from an acres to IA acres
These lots are beautifully located, upon streets
so feet wide, and are rapidly increasing in value.
The Homestead will be sold with II acres of
land attached, with less or more land at
tached as may be deemed best ON the day of sale.
The residue of the farm will be sold in parcels
to suit purchasers.
Upon this portion of the tract there has been
recently discovered a large and valuable
VEIN of IRON ORE.
which has been opened, aud is now furnishing
the Buffalo Gap Iron Company, with an album
dance of the best quality of iron ore.
Maps of Spring Farm, with all of the subdi-
visions. proposed, villa be found at the offices of
VIM. A. Pratt and Meade f.. White, either of
whom will be pleased to show purchasers over
the premises
Terms Of Sale.--One-third cash, and the
residue in three equal annual payments, bearing
interest from day Of sale, and interest payable
annually, evidenced by the bonds of the purcha-
sers and lien retained upon the land for the
security of the after pay ments.
JOHN B BALDWIN,
b. B. DONAGaE,
lyl5-tdS Executors
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Land Sales.
PUBLIC SALE

OF VALUABLE FARMS, BUILDING
LOTS AND MINERAL LANDS,
Adjoining the City OF StamnfOn.
As Executors of William W. Donaghe, decd
we will sell at public auction. on the premises on
SATURDAY, THE 30th DAY of AUGUST,
1873, the following tracts of land:
LIST. That SP LENDID FARM known as
MONTGOMERY HALL,
containing about I5O ACRES, located ON the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, one mile west of
the City of Staunton.
This land is of the best quality and in high
state of cultivation About 40 acres of this tract
are in Orchards of selected fruits-the trees
young and vigorous.
The DWELLING HOUSE, which is COM
modious and substantial edifce, an Office, the
Kitchen and Smoke-house, are built of brick in
good STYLE and occupy commanding eminence,
with spacious Lawn in front
There are also upon the premises, good houses
for tenants Oorn-crD Carriage house and
splendid Swisher Barn.
End The OLD HOMESTEAD of Mr.. Dona-
ghe known as
SPRING FARM,
containing about 975 Acres, Immediately ad-
joining the City of Staunton.
This is the most valuable tract of land in Au-
gusta countv-the larger part of it, of the very
best quality for agricultural purposes. There is
upon this tract, very large and elegant MAN
SION-HOUSE, and all necessary buildings,
with splendid SPRING in the yard
That portion Of the tract Immediately adjacent
70 StauntOD we have had laid off into
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1873-07-22

There is less political excitement 10 Virginia
at this time, than there has been before any
previous State election because it is now well
understood that COL Hughes will be the Radi-
cal candidate for Governor, and the Conserva-
tives will vote for the nominee of the Conven-
ton to be held at Richmond The nomination,
we have no doubt, will be good one
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1873-07-22

IL DAY, JULY 18th, 1878, the tract of
land formerly owned by Simon Slower, decd,
containing ala acres. About acres in tim
Der, lying on, the Staunton road, miles from
Stribing, adjoining the lands of VIM B. Coch-
ran and others, with comfortable Improvements,
an Orchard with excellent fruit, and never
failing Spring, and stream of water running
through it.
TERMS OF SALE-One-fourth in hand, on the
10th day of October next at which time posses
sion will be given. The remsinder in three equal
annual payments. the purchaser giving bond
with approved security, and the title retained as
ultimate security.
Sale to commence at II NJ.
ADAM SLOWER,
Ey,r of Simon StnUnr 6ac,d
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J NY C-tUS OOII
Rockingham Register copy.
IE, COPJ.
EAND FOR SAFE

NIKST-RATE LAM FUR SAE E--
n Under trust deed executed to me by
George A. Anderson on the 18th day of August,
1859, I will on THURSDAY, the 3lst DAY OF
JULY, 1873 offer at sale, on the premises, to the
highest bidder, a very excellent Tract of Land
in Augusta county. on both sides of the Middle
River, about 81 miles from Stanton, containing
1851 acres. 1t has on 1t comfortable dwell
ngs. splendid Spring and good Barn; there
is about eighty acres of superior River Bottom
on it, and all the land is productive.
Also all the personal property embraced in
said deed, which may be on the premises.
TERMs.-Personal property cash-one-fourth
of purchase money for land in hand, and the re-
mainder in equal installments at six, twelve and
eighteen months, purchaser to give bonds with
good security and title to be retained until the
whole purchase money is paid.
iuly1- ALEX. ANDERSON, Trustee.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1873-07-22

The Libertines are people of level heads. The
negroes of Liberty had stick-poking on the
4th, and the Sentinel says, ''By common con-
sent, the tournament business will be left en-
tirely to the colored people in Liberty hereaf-
ter" This is judicious decision, and we wish
all the people of Virginia would make one ex-
actly like it.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1873-07-22
61OMMFNNgONER,N SAFE ofaTRAC

1 bOTATOES-Earl Goodrich Potatoes at
mara HARPERS.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1873-07-22

nR. LYONS Tooth Tablets and
IL WHITES TOOTH POWDER, both
recommended by the Dental profession, as the
best preparations in use for the teeth. For sale
at the Red Front Drug Store.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1873-07-22
VIM, T.. Udderzook has been arrested. charp

w liz H. OuUeTZOOK baS Oeeu arrested, cnarg-
ed with the murder of strange man in Chester
county, Pa. Undertook was the principal wit
ness in the famous Goss insurance case tried in
Baltimore recently, In which Mrs. Goss, the
widow, brought suit to recover $4,000 life
policies on her husband, divided among several
New York companies, and the Travellers of
Hartford, Conn. 10 this case Goss was alleged
to have been burned in the shop where he was
experimenting with chemicals, and the remains
of dead body taken from the ruins Udder-
zook was the brother-io-aw of Gross.
A special correspondent at Westchester, Pa,
says that circumstantiaI evidence clearly in
dicates that the body of the murdered man re-
Gently found near that place, and for whose
murder William E. Undertook, of that city,
was arrested, is that of W. S. Goss, upon whose
life heavy insurance is claimed by his widow,
and suits for which have been instituted on the
ground that he was burned to death in his shop.
Further developments in the Goss murder
case are reported in the Baltimore Sun Of
yesterday (2lst), which indicate that Mr.. A..
Campbell Goss, younger brother of W. Scott
Goss. whose supposed murder by Undertook
In Chester county, Pennsylvania, and the arrest
of Undertook has, for about week past been
an exciting topic, was arrested in Baltimore on
charge growing out Of the insurance cases,
on Sunday, the GOTH
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NOM SALE
u of Real Estate,
~ BATH COUNTY, VIRGINIA.

inl19-tds
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STAUNToN.-Reported by Richardson & Bell
Grocers and Flour Merchants Augusta St.-We
quote Hour this week as follows: Family SIZE
extra S7 70, Super So IS. The market dull at
these prices. Butter 20cts. Eggs 14cts Other
produce bringing good prices
BALTIMORE, July l9.;-Flour steady and I'M
changed, Wheat steady; white choice, ST. 75a
81 5Sal CO.. Corn scarce; Southern nominal
white Southern, &c.; yellow, CO. Oats-South,
ern, 5Oa5lc. Rye 65c. Provisions unchanged
Western butter weak; receipts heavy; good to
choice, l8a2Oc. Whiskey nominal at 94c. Sugar
strong, scarce and in fair demand
CINCINNATI, July 19-Flour firm at Sc 75a7 Is
Corn dull at 44a45c Provisions quiet, with early
increased ACTIVITY to the close. Pork quiet and
sold at Sc. kettle 62a84c. Bacon in fair demand;
shoulders, SIC; clear rib Sides 98a9gc Whiskey
steady at Gle.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-06-28
POSTAGE on NEWSPAPERS.

After an exemption from postage
on newspapers, within the county
where they arc printed, since the gov
ernment was founded, it is to be cx-
acted from the first day of next July.
1t is but Il tritle, to be sure-tive cents
Il quarter, or twenty cents year, but
it subjects many to Inconvenience, and
is a tax on the circulation of local in
teIIigence. The circumstances OF its
imposition makes it an outrage on the
people. Congress- took this mean re-
venge for being obliged to repeal the
privilege, and afterward, "to
make all things even" tho members
voted themselves $4,000 back pay, and
increased their salary $500 for the
future. This postage law cannot stand
against the indignant protest of the
peoplc-and will bo sure to be repealed
at the next session of Congress. We
would therefore advise our subscribers
not to pay more than six months post
age, ten cents, in advance, because we
believe the law will be repealed before
the expiration Of that time.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-06-28
DOWN IN THE DUST.

The New Orleans Republican (ta,li-
cal organ) accepts the Beaurcgard meet
Ing in Now Orleans rs "Thc Final Sur
rcnder.' 1t indNlges in colnplncent
sclf-fcliciation on the event. 1t treats
the people of tho meeting as "new con-
vcrts;" gives them n tolerablc cool re-
ccption, and thinks they should be
kept on their good behavior and on the
anxious bench for II while, and in the
mean time to be especially watched by
tho colOrcd folks to see II they arc quite
sincere and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
the dnrkies aforesaid how, in tho past,
these men have enslavcd and driven,
worked and murdered them. Such Is
tho reception given to Gen. Bcnuregnrd
and his friends in their new departure.
Meanwhile tho Republican thinks
there is not tho smallest OCCASION yet to
give up the Republican party; that it
still has mission to complete; in short,
that the only thing that has happened
out Of the late meeting Is to transfer Il
very large and respectable number of
Louisiana citizens to tho Radical ranks.
We publish the article as most instruc-
tive for the time and the occasion.
The Picnyunc and the Times both
mildly approve of the mecting-but
we think quite mildly. Their hearts
do not appear to be in it. In both
papers there are personal communica-
tions from gentlemen who were with
the movement ut the beginning, and
who are not satisfied with the final
turn the affair took. In short public
opinion is not settled, and VIC fancy
there are misgivings in tho minds Of
the principal actors thcmsrlvcs. .-- No.
hVt Rc1isfH,..
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-06-28
DIVISION, NOT UNITY.

The Shreveport Times says:
We call attention OF our readers to
the platform OF the new party organized
in New Orleans, published III our tele-
graphic columns this morning. This Is
truly new and startling departure,
and if the monstrOsity has vitality
enough ever to get outside Of its birth
place, it will serve not III the bombast
of the preamble to unity our people,
but to divide and cmbitter them. This
programme may do we'll enough for the
men who put it forward, but how vii!
the laboring men, mechanics, clerks,
and other poor people relish the mixed
school system? Men oflarge means may
send their children to exclusive private
schools, but the public schools offer in
many cases the only educational facili-
ties of the poor, and even Of the children
of those in moderate circumstances.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-06-28
hard WORK.

"What is your secret of SUGGEST"
asked n lady ofTurner, the distinguish
ed painter. He replied, 81 have no
secret, mada IN, but hard work.
Says DR.. Arnold, "The difference be-
tween one boy and another is not so
much in talent as in energy"
"Nothing,h says Reynolds, ais denied
well.directed labor, and nothing is to
be attained without it,"
"Excellence in my Department.
says johnson "can be attained only by
the labor of a life time; but is not to bt
purchased ut u less price"
"Thers is but one method" sale
! Sydney Smith, "and that is hard labor
and a man who will not pay that pric
for distinction had better ut once dcdi
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-06-28

\ Washington letter says: "The
Treasury Department is quietly buying
up, whenever and wherever 1t can,
such scattered or local archives of the
Confederate Government IT'S appears,
upon examination, to afford useful evil
dence in repelling the false and eNag
gerated Southern claims with which
tho courts and departments arc here
flooded. The prices paid are reasona-
bic, and the value received we'll assured
before the transaction is closed. AS the
Government is the only certain custo-
mer for these archives, there is not
much opportunity for intlaing prices.
Though Congress and the Supreme
Court, between them, may eventually
eliminate all distinctions OF political
status during the late war between the
States of tho Union, tho records Of the
Southern Government between 1862
and 1865, SO far as they can be got to.
gethcr, will continue to be useful in
light upon frauds and eXng-
pcrNtiOn'
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-06-28
RljSTED GOLD.

n Louisiana man has bought farm
in Sonoma county, and paid for 1t with
1000 in gold that he buried ut tho
outbreak of the war in 1861. The Snntc
Rosa Democrat says:
The greater portion of 1t is now on
deposit in tho vaults of the Rosa Bank,
where 1t may be seen in tho same con-
dition as when tnl<cn from the ground,
rustcd and discoiorcd. Some Of tho
pieces are dated 1861, tho year IN
which 1t WAS hidden. They had tho
stamp of tho New Orleans Mint, and
must have been tho last coinage from
that mint. Tho cautious owner, by
purchasing II $4,000 Sonoma farm, has
Mt last improved his long-buricd talent.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-06-28
THE POLARIS EXAMINATION.

WAsHINGTON, June 2l.-The follow
ing is a glance at the additional evil
dence in the POlaris iscXaminatiOn, which
has just been printed: Gustavus w.
Linguist, Il native of Stock holm, was q
seaman on board of that vessel, and was
the last one that left it, and he never
had any other belief than that Capt.
Hall died a natural death, although he
knew there were men around who did
not like Hall. There was good disci-
p1ine while the Captain lived, but they
put discipline along with him in his
grave. There was no mutiny or diff
Guilty of that kind. At the time the
ship and the foe parted she did not
leak more than She had for a consider
able period before. He saw the ship
next day, and thought those on board
could not have failed to see all on the
foe, because they had the masthead to
see from, but he did not know the con-
dition of the vessel was such that they
could have done so. They might, he
said, have thought it easier for us to
get to them. l do not think the ship
will be able to get out without help,
because she has little coal, and under
canvass she cannot pass through the
ice. I think the parting between us
and the ship was purely accidental.
Peter Johnson, seaman, native of
Denmark, testified that he had "no
reason to believe that Hall died from
any other than a natural cause. lie
never heard anybody say he had been
poisoned. lie used to say somebody
was going to shoot him, but this was
when he was not in his right senses"
He did not know anything about any
difficulty aboard the ship, but heard
the officers aft did not agree very well
He had seen Capt. Buddington when
he had a little too much, but could not
see it on the others. The night the
ship was lost Capt. Buddington was all
right. There was then no liquor on
the ship.
VIM. Jackson, the cook, Of New
York, said Hall accused the people OF
poisoning him. He did not call any
name, but would point toward DR..
/ Bessetts and say that man poisoned me
After he he had become very bad, hs
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-06-28
THE PICAYUNE LIBEL SUIT.
4 Verdict Against the Picayune for
els,OOO-How the Result was
Accomplished.

During the whole time the jury have
been empanneled they have been bese
by Customhouse employees and follow
ers Of Jacob Hawkins. Not only was
all evidence of tho truth of the charges
against Jacob excluded, but all sorts OF
influences We're brought to bear to com.
pei the jury to yield to this wicked de-
mand in order to silence an honest and
free press. Two or three Of the Jurors
We're at first unwilling to be made the
instruments of this eXtortion and rob-
berry. Six of them, ignorant colored
men, and two white men, drivers on
road, one OF whom was tho foreman,
selected by Lynch, were ut tho outset
In favor of heavy damages one by one
the others yielded, through threats and
temptations and fear of imprisonment.
These special friends Of Hnwkins's on
the jury at first held out for $75 900, but
ON the resistance Of those opposed to
such an fnfa'ny, they gradually fell.
Three Of them still held out until
after o'clock, Saturday afternoon,
June 7lst, when, after all the represen-
tatives Of the Picayune had left the
court building, Judge Lynch sent for
the jury and told them he would keep
them locked up until they ngrecd--anti
tilSli ScIll tIlclAA DalCk, IcuGtThluS ttRSl
he would meet them at . o'clock =. NJ,
! to SEQ if they had yet agreed, notwith-
standing two of the jurymen told him
they could not agree with the majority.
As they went down stairs, the crier
and Deputy Sheriff Of Lynch's court,
appointed by him few days before tho
Picayunc case was tried, and IL near
relative Of his, handed to one OF these
jurymcn IL note unsigned saying, "Your
friend on Chartres street has $500 for
you if you will go with the majority"
Under the threats by Lynch of perpet-
ual Imprisonment unless thcy brought
in verdict, and the hope of reward,
they yielded and brought in II verdict
for $4,000 against tho Picayune, and
exOnerating the managers and dircc-
tors. When the jury was polled two Of
them wished to explain, or make n
statement, but Lynch refused to let
them say anything. Aftcr the court
one or two of tho jurors were
telling the influences that had been
brought to bear OIL them, to yield to
this verdict, when Judge Lynch sharp
ly ordered the lights to be put out.
Counsel can prove, and will do 80,
that more than one of tho jurymcn
were bribed. This Is tho way this i'm
maculate false swearer, this usurper,
vindicates his character--with the help
of Lynch, who, by his (Hawkins's)
pertidy, was counted into the Office of
Judge of tho Fourth District Court.
FollOw-citizens, these are the men in
whose foul hands are placed tho admin
istration of Justice and your lives and
property ty.-I'icny,0,e