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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1873-02-22
PUBLIC SALE.

TTHE undersigned having rented his farm and
l intending to quit farming, viii SELL at his res
idence nea~ Summit Point, on
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superintendent Of Gene
terry Wanted.
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rEvHE Celebrated Boots manufactured By Geo.
b. Blake 4 Co, and warranted equal 70 any
made in the county, for sale By
Feb. /. 1873. DAVID HOWELL.
II 10 and Laguyra Codees, Syrups, Cheese, ltal-
X ian Msccaroni, Brown and Refined Sugars,
just received BY DAVID HOWELL.
NAVY Beans, Hominy Dried Apples. Peaches
and Cherries, Renners' Family Flour. Coru-
Meal for sale By DAVID HOW ELL.
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A. 4. COOEE. Abraham McQuilkin, Trustee and
Jacob Williamson, Dctmdanr.
The object Of this suit is to subject a House and
Lot belonging % the Defendant A. A. Cooke, sit
uatcd on German Street IN ShepheIdstown JEFF
ferson County. West Virginia. % the payment Of
Sl3l57 cents, due by open account
II appeariug on affidavit filed in this Suit that
the Defendant A. A. Cooke is not a resident Of this
State, be is hereby .equired o. appear within onc
month after the date of the fret publication Of this
Order, and DO what o. necessary 90 protect HE in
terrsts in thi. natter 10 D.. further ordered that
a copy of this order shall be- published once a
week. for four successive weeks IN some Newspa-
per published iu this County also be- posted at he
front door OF tie Court House Of .he -sid Cour ~
at least twenty days bcloLe Decree is rendered.
4 Copy 2Tr.te.
ROBERT T. BROWN, G. G.
CiEFN MOORE, P. Q.
Feb. s. ls73-4L
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NO1ICE-

ROBERT T. BROWN.
Clerk.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-03-25
PICKPooKETs ON THE STREET OARS

II would appear that the Grand street line of
cars running from Desbrcsses street ferry to Will
liamsburg ferry, has become favorte field of oper-
atoms for pickpockets. Not a day eapses but
some person Ia robbed on one Of these cars. A few
evenings ago poor man was passing into the
Desbrosses street ferry and he put his hand into his
POCKET. only to nnd that his pocketbosk, contain
ing two weeks wages, was gone. On the same even
ing crowd was huddled on the back platform Of
car when gentleman had his hat Knocked OF
by suspicious character at the corner OF Hudson
and Greenwich streets. While ebowing his way
Hali block further on the man who Knocked on
his hat and pal" jumped or and turned around
appeared. II must be well known TO the police
that the notorious Johnny the Creek IL the
leader OF the gang that "rlnsu this hne OF cars;
legted Nrr srtl1 0 .iplN
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-03-25
MARRIAGES AND DEATHS.
NJ arrici.

M0KrIe0s
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Chicago, on Wednes-
day evening, March H. by the Rev. e. J. Good
speed, Mr.. CHARLES u. BRACKET, TO Miss CHAR
LorTE ELLA HUTcHNGs, third daughter OF w.
Hutchings ESQ.,. all Of Chicago.
EAKNs-D0wNEy.-On Monday, March 8 at the
residence OF the BRIDES mother, by Rev. L. NJ
Burch, JOSEPH EAHINs to MARY j. eldest daughter
OF the late Mr.. Archibald Downey both OF this CITY,
=. kNUDsoN-CLARK.- On Thursday, March 20, at
the residence OF the BRIDES parents, by the Rev.
Charles Hall, EVEREST ADoLPHUs A. KNUDsoN to
", eldest daughter OF r. p Clark, ESQ.,, all OF
,,i LASawoRTaY - LANGwORTHY. : On Thursday,
March 70, 1879 at the Church OF the Redeemer by
the Rev. William A. Leonard, CHARLES r LANG
woRTHY, TO FRANCES A., daughter Of DR.. r. Lang
worthy, all or Brooklyn.
TATUH-PARs0Ns.-O Thursday evening, March
20 1873, at the residence OF the BRIDES parents by
the Rev. Alfred stubbs, D: D., A. RANDOLPH
TATUN, OF Richmond, Va, to EDITH GRAEME, daugh-
ter OF William G. Parsons, ESQ.,, OF BroOkford, New
Brunswick, N. j.
UNDERSTANDABLE Jersey City, on Thursday
evening" March 20. by the Rev. ]. Howard Suydam,
PETER WALKER to MAGGIE A. STEWART.
WEsT-SBEPHERD.-On saturday, March %, at the
residence OF the BRIDES parents, by the Rev. J..
GOWNS, JOHN w. WEST to CAssANDRA SHEPHERD.
both OF Edgewater, s. J.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-03-25
PoUGHKEEPs1E SENSATIONS.
Conclusion OF the Celebrated ssOil
Lands'' suit-A Row Among the Vas
sar ExccutOrs.

Lands'' Suit-A Row Among the Vas
sar ExccutOrs.
POuGHKEEPsIB, March a. 1s73.
The celebrated Fishkil Oil case has lust been de-
cided by the Court OF Appeals. The action was
brought in Duchess county, in the year 1860, by
George r. Chester, Samuel Mitchell Jr, Henry r.
Lyle, Samuel 8. Mitchell, Edwin Q. Stringsr and
Frances @. voorhees, against John s. Dickinson,
John w. Jones and Edgar Reed, survivors Of Francis
A. De Whit, OF Fishkill Landing, for o wrong
for damages occasoned by reason of the
paintins having been cheated ana defrauded in
the purchase Of land Of the defendant, the fraudu-
lent practice being charged to be the placing Of
petroleum oil by the defendants on the lands,
thereby inducing the belief that the oil was the
production OF the lands; that the defendants were
copartners, and were Jointly and severally liable
for the acts OF their partners while the partnership
existed, whereby their deceptive appearances were
created upon the subject OF their partnership and
whereby the partnership realized the proceeds OF
the fraud The trial OF this action, which
continued for several days before Judge j. f. Bar
nard, excited attention everywhere.
One of the principal witnesses was a man named
BENJAMIN Higgs VINO by the lawyers was called
'The swamp Angel" it was he who dosed the
land with crude petroleum, and he would escort
visitors about the grounds, pointing ont to them
where the oil Moved freely. The place was visited
and property In the vicinity was sold AZ fabulous
prices. Upon the trial Riggs exposed the whole
thing, ana gave details which at times set
the Court In roar oil laughter. The
action resulted In verdict in favor
OF the plantins for the sum OF s35, 900. From the
Judgment so entered the defendants appealed TO
the General Term Of the supreme Court, and there
the Judgment was affirmed with costs. The de-
PENDANTS then appealed 70 the Court OF Appeals
from the Judgment OF the General Term. The case
on appeal was argued at the last session Of the
Court Of Appeals and Judgment Of affrmance
given therein. The paintns were represented by
Judges A. Anthony ana Homer A. Nelson and the
defendants by Mes~s. Bakensn and Latten
Another case that Is also exciting attention here
a6uuts inst now Is on the tdpfs In Surrogate Dor
lands Court, and IL seems to be some what singu-
lar case. About twenty-one years ago James Vas
sar died, leaving will, and naming as the execu-
tors thereof Matthew NAasar Over II. Booth and
Caroline Vassar Caroline Vassar and Oliver II.
Booth, as surviving executors OF said estate, petit
tlon jor nnal accounting OF their proceedings as
SUCH executors. On the ssturn day OF the
citation the heirs OF James yassar, deceased,
claimed that Matthew vasszr, the deceased
executor, held money in his hands beIonging to the
estate OF james Vassar, deceased which ne did not
pay over; consequently Olver II. Booth and Caro-
line Yassar, iae surviving executors. lled q peti
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tiQn f0Y the executors OF the estate Of Matthew
vassar 70 account for said money, IN order that
they may be discharged by the Surrogate as such
executors The case Will be argued on Saturday
next. II. A. and John Nelson appear for the ex-
ecutors OF James Vassar, Cyrus swan for the heirs
OF James Vasear, and James H. Weeks for the ex-
ecutOre or Matthew Vasear.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-05-15
TENNESSEE NEWS.

There is a good deal Of sickness in Law
renee county.
The cut worms are destroying the young
corn in Lawrence county.
The cut worm is doing good deal of
damage in Robertson county.
The cut-worm is playing havoc in the
clover fields near Messy Creek, Jefferson
county.
Prof. johnson, of Jackson, has been elect.
ed President OF the Odd Fellows College
at Humboldt.
The Humboldt Journal boasts that there
has not been a drunken man seen on the
streets of Humboldt in three months, and
only a very few within the last year.
rhere were five accessiops 10 the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church South in Springfield
on Sunday night, the 18th inst, four of
whom are heads of fsmilies-males.
The BartlettEnterpr states that spring
chickens sell in that town for sixty-fge
cents to one dollar piece, and strawber-
half pints. Two very costly luxuries.
The Lawrenceburg journal say: Law
renceburg can boast of as well organized
Sabbath Schools as any plsce we know of,
even better than many larger places that
have more material and better opportuni-
ties.
The Humboldt Journal of the th inst.
says: The continued cold weather is dam
aging the prospects oftbe farmers very Sc
riously. Corn is looking badly and we fear
that it will be impossible to get descent
stand of cotton.
Gov. JnO. @. Brown is expected TO deliV-
er an address to the graduating class of the
East Tennessee University at Knoxville On
commencement day, Wednesday, the 18th
of June. Hon. w. G. Whitthorne will de-
liver an address TO the Alumi, on Tuesday
evening, June II.
The Springfield Record Of the 18th inst.
says: Mr.. Sam Gilbert, of the fifteenth civil
district of Robertson county, informs us
that his section is infested with cut worms
to aRalarming extent. They demolished
one field of corn, contaiDin- 50 acres for
him. He also reports the entire fruit crop
killed by the late frost.
In the First Circuit Court at Memphis on
the 18th inst, Mrs. lisa d. Collier sued out
an attachment fer $4,000 damages against
her husband, Jas. T. Collier, on the ground
that when she married him, not long since,
the defendant was q married man,
and thereby deceived her; or which decep-
ton and injury she claims the above
heavy damages.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-05-15
HOW TO RAISE CASTOR BEANS.

In the first place break your ground deep
" and pulverize it well; then mark it one
way with a marker; The other way make
the rows FIVE feet apart with small pillow
this distance is necessary in ord er to
allow roo for a small sled to be drawn
between the rows whilst gathering the
pods. This room is also necessary in order
that the branches may spread out, as it is
desirable that they should form as mahy of
them as possible-as there will be pod on
every branch, the more there are the better.
Plant four VI FIVE beans to the bill, but as
soon as they begin to leaf out, thin out to
two plants. Plant early, as they are Ion g
time in coming up. Ny father general y
gave them one hoeing and three or four
plowings, according to the season.
Commence cutting the pods about the
first of August, You will get from ten TO
fifteen and sometimes twe nty bushels to
the acre. Never cut a pod until you see
that some of the bOlls have burst. Take
the whole pod off close to the stalk, and
throw them into the gathering oox; they
must then be taken and spread out upon
the ground, which has previously been made
smooth by narrowing and rolling. After
being spread out few days, the run will
so dry them that the bells will pop open;
the beans are then to be run through fan =.
ming mil, the screen or selves of which are
made coarse enough to allow the beans to
pass through. E. DAVIDSON,
Christian county, Ill.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-05-15
A LOAFER's SOIL OQUY.

81 wish knew where to get cent, l do.
BEST if | don't emigrate to Kamtschat ka to
dig gold. Moneys scarcer than wit; cam t
live by neither-at least L can't. Sold the
last old shirt, pawned my boots for three
cents, aud went home as rich as lord.
81 told my landlady 1 had a hundred
in the house. IDsulted me- by saying the
attic was too good for me.
"pm an injured individual. Society rer-
secutes me. don't do society no harm, as
l known on. don't roo widder's houses.
/ don't know no widders. | don't put the
bottle to my neighbors' lips. l amt got no
neighbors, and the fact is don't own any
bottles. Couldn't fill. 'em If did.
sim an innocent man. Nobody can look
me in the face aud say hurt 'em-nobody;
and yet haven't got roof to lay my head
beneath. My old landlady rated newly?
/ couldn't pay, and left. Cause whyi amt
it better to dwell in the corner of the house
top than with brawliDg woman in wide
house? But l amt got house-top; but if
| bad, corner wouldn't be safe, would il?
'1'm a desp'rit man. I'd 60 to work, if
it wasn't for my exc ssiye benevolence. I'm
afeard of taking the bread out of some
body's mouth. Besides, wisdom's the prin-
cipal thing; don't the good book say so?
What's money to wisdom? Amt study
ing character? If man kicks me because
l can't pay him for my ticker, amt getting
understanding? Ain't it a lesson III human
nature? Pm told The world owes me Iiv-
ing. When is it going to pay, l wonder?
Pm tired waitine"
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-05-15
SOIL FOR SWEET POTATOES

The author of circular on sweet potato
culture says:
The quality of the sweet potato greatly
depends upon the soil it is grown in. On
our common uplands Of light, clayey tex
ture, they grow short and of light color
and excellent quality. New land, if dry,
produces bountiful crops Of fine potatoes
In our loose prairie soil they grow long and
of a darker color. Wet or very rich soil
produces plenty of vines and few tubers.
In all cases the ground should be well
worked and finely pulverized to moderate
depth. If worked very deep the tubers
grow long and stringy. When the ground
is warm and moist, and your plants are
ready, throw two burrows together with q
large pillow, and fo-m high, sharp ridges
three feet apart, going up and down hill.
If the ridging is done in dry weather, and
two burrows are thrown together, the centre
of the ridge will be dry dirt, not fit to plant
in until wet and settled by rain. If the
soil in the ridge is quite moist, the planting
may proceed all day without watering, if
properly done,
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-05-15
A JEALOUS HUSBAND CURED WITH
LIQUORICE WATER.

\
There is a man in this city who is so af-
fectiouatey fond of bis wife that be is jeal-
Gus if man looks within forty-fiVe degrees
of the direction in which she may happen TO
be. The other day gentleman spoke to her,
and be Immediately threatened suicide. His
wife was dispatched for bottle Of poison
which she had put up at the druggists, con-
sisting of a little water colored with liquo-
rice, and bottled, with a glaring poison la
bel outside. When he threatened to take
some of it, and actually poured it into
wine-glass, she screamed. for help and ran
into another room where she could watch
him through the keyhole, and saw him cool
" open the window and throw it out. She
then rushed back, apparently frantic
with grief, and implored him not to do
the rash deed. He merely pointed at
the glass, and laying down on the
floor, began to kick out his legs
like a jumpngjack. She told him she was
determined to share his fate, and swallowed
the rest of the liquorice water, whereupon
he became really frightened, called for the
neighbors, confessed that he only slammed,
and said that if she only survived he never
would trouble her again. Then she ex-
planned the rusN, and he was so mortified
he tried to buy up the silence of the neigh
bors, but the story was toolgood ITO keep.
Heis thoroughly cured.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-05-15
STAKES FOR TOMATOES.

Thomas Meehsn, the horticulturist of
Germantown, Pa, says be has for several
years noted the relative advantages of the
diffsent ways Of cultiyating tomatoes, and
he concludes that the best practice to adopt
is to proceed as with the Lima beans-that
is, set the stakes before the plants are put
out. These stakes need not be over six
feet high, and may be set about four feet
apart each way. As the plants grow, tie
them up to the stakes; bat that will not be
required over half dozen times during the
season. Twenty plants in this way will
yield as much fruit as double the quantity
of any other plan, and in quality there Is
no comparison.
The common field plan of leaving toma-
toes grow as they list, spreading every
where over the ground, may be, as truck
growers say it is, the way in which the
heaviest weight of fruit can be had in pro-
portion to the labor spent; but in this way
the fruit is more acid. But whatever sys-
tenn is adopted, do not set the plants until
the soil is warm, or they will be stunted
and time lost.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-05-15
THE CHIEF JUSTICE AND THE
PRESIDENT.

The Chicago Journal, a Republican organ
says in its issue of May II:
"Hardly had the announcement of the
death of the late Chief Justice Chase been
flashed over the country when scheming
politicians began to wire-pull for the vacsE-
CIV. The more prominent na1iies mention
ed are Senators Conkling, of New York;
Howe, of wisconsin; Morton, of Indiana;
and Edmunds, of Vermont. The last
named is ineligible beyond all question, and
the appointment of any one of the others
named would be in violation of the spirit
of the Constitution.
"Tbe second paragraph Of the sixth sec
ton of the first article OF the National
Constitution provides, among other things,
that mo Senator or Representative shall,
during the time for which he was elected,
be appointed to auy civil Office under the
authority of the United States, which shall
have been created, or the emoluments of
which shall have been increased, during
such time.'
"Turn now to what is commonly called
the salary grab.', We have before US a
complete table OF the offices created by the
last Congress, with the salaries attached,
and the increase granted by it to the sala-
ries of positions already established. Pre-
vIous to the action of the last Congress the
Chief Justice received salary of Sc, 800 per
annum, and the Associate Just 'ces $4,000
each. Under the new provision the salary
of the Chief Justice is $4,000; that of the
Associate justices $4,000 each. This in
crease of $1,000 shuts out every Senator
who was member of the FUrty-second
Congress, and whose term did not expire
with that Congress, and that, too, not only
from the Chief Justiceship, but from any
seat on the Supreme Court bench during
the time for which he was elected But
Me srs. Howe, Conkling, and Morton were
reelected last winter, and are now holding
commissions distinct from those I'M
der which they we're serving when
the salary increased was effected. Tech
nically, then, they are eligible; but the diff
ference between their case and that
of Senator Edmunds is 9 mere technicality.
The evident intention OF the trainers of the
Constitution was to prevent member of
Congress from reaping the benefit of an in
crease in the emolument of an office effect
ed while he was himself member of Con-
gress."
Now by parity of reasoning, the Jour
nal should condemn Grant for signing the
bill increasing his own salary, which be did
on the morning of the day he was inaug.
urated for his second term. The Consti.
tuition provides that his salary "shall be
neither increased nor diminished during the
period for which be shall have been elect
ed" If be did not violate the Constitution
10 thus increasing his salary, it was on &C.
count of "a mere technicality"-that hi!
term did not commence until he was sworr
in
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-05-15

We are indebted to McAlister & Wheless,
Commission merchants, corner Broad and
College streets, for the following cotton
quotations in New York and Liverpool
during the day.
LIVERPOOL, May IA, 11:30.-Cotton
frmer. Middling uplands 8sd; Orleans
9kd. Sales to-day 1900 bales.
LIVERPOOL, May II, 1:OO.-Cotton
frmer but not quotably higher. Middling
uplands sgd; Orleans 93d. Sales to-day
$4,000 bales, of which 1000 bales are for
export and speculation.
LIVERPOOL, May IA, 2:o1.-Cotton
steady. Middling uplands 8zd; Orleans
9sd. Sales to-day $1,000 bales, of which
1000 bales are for export and speculation.
LIVERPOOL, May IA, 5:O0.-Cotton
firmer, but not quotsbly higher. Middling
nplands sgd; Orleans 98d. Sales to-day
$1,000 bales, Of which 1900 bales are for
export and speculation. Sales of American
1900 bales.
New YORK, May IA, 1870. Market
dull. Futures quiet and steady. Ordi-
nary 14se; good ordinary 16ac; low
middling 1876; middling 195c; Alabama
1896; Orleans 1890; Texas zoe. May de-
livery nominally Is 9-16c; June Is 9-166
lSsc; July IS 1l-16c; August Is 9-16c.
Sales 700 bales. 80 81
NEW YORK, May IA, 1l:25.-Futures
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-05-15
Nashville Produce asrass-

EGGS We quote at 13c from wagon.
PEANUTs-We report sales of 400 bushels
to-day at 50655c per busbel from wagon.
We quote from store al 75c per bushel.
DRIED FRUIT-We quote at SC for apples
and quarter peaches and &c for half peaches.
FEATHERs-We quote at 67M6Sc for
prime selections.
WOoL-We quote for fine medium and
coarse unwashed 25630c; washed 35645c;
combing IN mashed 30d35; washed 456
soc, according to quality and condition.
BURY and toggy lots 56l0c less.
RA6s-Market steady sL3sc.
GREEN FRUIT-We quote apples $3.50
$500 per barrel from store.
BROOM CoRN-We quote nominally at
2l65c.
HAY-Aarket a little dull. We quote
Hungarian $23624 per ton; orchard grass
(something new here) $26; prime timothy
$2s629.
PoTAToEs-The season for seed potatoes
is over. We quote Irish (eatiDg) So per
barrel in store.
BUTTER-Declining. Good country in
bountiful supply at 20c; choice 25c.
BEEswAx-Dull at 30c.
GNsEN6-We quote nominal at SOC.
PoULTRY-We quote turkeys at S0cd
SIPS piece; ducks zoe; chickens 20625c.
TALLOW-We quote country at &c.
FURs AND PELTRIEs-The season Is
nearly over, and market dull. We quote
as follows: Coon skins 20625c, for good
some being entirely worthless; fox 25630c
mink Sl.0062.50; beaver 50d60c az h.
otter $2.5065.00; skunks 25650c for black
muskrsts No. l, 10615c; possum 56l0c;
wild cat 25n30c.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-05-15

tends. Our real progress appears TO consist
partly In consuming the natural fertility or
American sod, aRd partly in demoralizing
the public conscience by an excess Of pro p
srty drawn mainly from agriculture.
A system of Hiage and manuring that
WOULD make every field produce more hen
cultivated :veat1 years than it did at the
start, would serve as sslutary check on
vice and extravaganza. The debt due
mother esr.h for food and raiment supplied
each year, should be paid in manure In that
year. A large s are Of the wealth Of cities
and villages is property taken in crops out
of the ground and never paid fot by any
one. When the soil fails the city goes to
the end of Nineveh and Palmyra.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-05-15
WHY CLOVER IMPROVES THE
GnWWx


Prof Voelcker thus explains the action
of clover 10 increasing the fertility of soils:
GAN who are practically acquainted with
the subject must have seen that the best
crops Of wheat are produced by being pre-
ceded by crops of clover grown for seed.
l have come to the conclusion that The
very est preparation, the best manure, is
a good crop Of clover. A vast amount of
mineral manure is brought within reach of
the corn crop, which otherwise would re-
main in locked up condition in the soil.
The clover plants take nitrogen from the
atmosphere, and manufacture it into their
own substance, which, on decomposition of
the clover roots and leaves, produces abun-
dance Of ammonia. In reality, the growing
of clover is equivalent, TO great extent,
TO manuring with Peruvian gusno, and in
this paper of mine l show that you obtain
q larger quantity of manure than in the
largest dose of Peruvian guauo which a
farmer would think Of applying. 1t is only
by carefully investigating subjects like the
one under Consideration that positive proofs
are given, showing the correctness of intel
ligent observers in the 6eld.n