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Correspondence.
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Near SHErnEspsrowy, Aug, %, -.
DR.. S. TdRasr;
SrR:-As Chairman cf a committee ofthree
anpointed by the County Convention, assem-
bled on the 2lst inst, for the purpose OF NOM
mating two sritsble candidates TO represent
the County of Jefferson in the next IL use OF
Delegates of West Virginia, ] take pleasure
IN informing you that yon have been chosen
by a very decided majority Of that body Is one
OF the successful nominees.
Let Us hope then, that after This haiterins
tribute Of respect t. your integrity, anf the
confidence this expression Of the peoples VIII
proposes to confle in Won. we may not had 1t
inconsistant with v0ur viii 10 serve them.
@. II. +. SHERMAN, Chm'n>
O. II. T. Sherman, Chairman Of Cortr''tee'
GENTLEMEN Were | 10 consult my
personal interest alone in this matter, | won'd
undoubtedly find sufficient reason 20 warrant
me in the refusal of this nomination, but when
have reason 20 believe that this very latter
ing call for my humble services is not only
the demand Of a faction, bpt the expression OF
the deliberate will Of the agricultural, the me-
chanical. and commercial industry Of the
country. | have no night to disregard the gen.
erous compliment they have paid ne, and IN
the acceptance of this fattering tribute OF
your respect. and confidence. allow me to state,
that feel proul-not OF the Office You pro-
pose to confer, but that my conduct has been
such as to merit the approval Of the vlrtnous
and intelligent industry Of the proud old
county of Jefferson.
Should the nominations you have maze
meet the approval of the masses, and be sane
toned by their sutirages at the polls, my most
ardent solictude shall be 20 redeem the comb
dence you have reposed in me.
have only to regret however, that the
choice vou have made, did not fall upon a
person more able T. discharge the many and
onerous duiies the Office imposes But should
| be elected, although the Almighty may not
have awarded 10 me a briliiancy Of intellect be
hes At least compensated, for which am truly
thankful. bv the award OF suilicleucy of en-
ergv. industry. and perseverance, which will
pledce YOU shall be vigorously exeried 10
guarding the Interests Of the whole people
Rest assured, then, gentlemen, that II iall
short Of the anticipatious you entertain OF me,
il shall not be for want OF fidelity 10 your IN
terest Or should commit an error IN the
discharge of my duty, it will be an error OF
TIE head. and not of the heart, as con-
scentious discharge Of that duty shall be my
sole aim and guides !. ,. IANNhh.
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The frs; mosquito Of the season was captured
at Newark, p. J., recently. after killing two
dogs and biting of nine inches Of his captor's
o7r
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1874-09-12

It's mistaken idea that women dress to
please the men. Statistics show that the
chief end of vonan's dress is TO impoyerish
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1874-09-12

4 German being asked last fall how much
sourkrout be had put up Tor winter use, re-
Piled I'se not got much. Little more as ten
barrels. such for sickness
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When a wife IS detected 10 showing unusual
affection for ber husband, it may be safely as
serted she viii appear shortly in a new dress
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The Gift Concert of the Masonic
Relief Association of Norfolk, Post
poned.

Our readers will see from IA advertisement
in another column that the Grand Git Con-
cert. which was % have been given By the
Masonic Relief Association o! Norfolk, Va, on
the 8rd Of September, has been postponed un-
iii Thursday. the 10Th of November.
As the Directors remark in their Card,
there are many persons who desire and intend
10 invest in this enterprise, but have been de-
terred from so doing by the belief that a post
ponement would take place aud were unwilling
to purchase tickets until they felt assured
that day had been fixed when the drawing
would positively take place. In consequence
Of this impression, the sale Of tickets-whlle
largely in excess Of the number sold previous
10 the postponement Of the first Gift Concert
given by the Association has not been 10 such
an extent a. to enable the Dresctors TO make
a satisfactory distribution Of pnzes or 70 ac-
complish the object Of the Concert proposed
10 be given. Il is therefore the interest OF all
concerned that the drawing be deferred until
the day designated 10 the announcement: aud
we doubt not that the action Of the Directors
will meet with the hearty approval Il their
patrous and that the result will prove salts
factory 20 them.
Inc IsNhf UfthN hVt iafiN''. 80 80 f't
Masonic Relicf Association Of Norfolk Post
pored 10 The PHjlC.
Ia selecting he 8rd day September ms The
date upon which TO have their la.t GIFT Con
cert. the Directors Of the Masonic Relief Asso-
citation were influenced by tie belief that there
would he sufficient lenth of time between
the publication Of the scheme and 'he above
mentioned date 20 enable them 70 dispose Of
such a number Of tickets as o. ensure full
drawing and an avoidance Of scaling the
prizes. While the enterprise has bcen liber-
ally prtronizcd by a large number OF pnr-
chasors Of tickets in every section Of The
United States and the British Provinces, yet
the impression seems to have prevailed with
many who were willing to aid 10 the work OF
completing the Masonic Temple in this city
by investing in this scheme, that the Concert
would be postponed, and as consequence
they have declined 20 purchase until an-
nouncement should be made that day had
ben fixed upon when the drawing wonld pos
itively take place The directors. heIQg AS
sured that their patrons viii be satisfied with
the reasons actuatiug them in making post
pouemen,. have selected
TVrf A., L n J. i,rr nf No
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REMOVAL.
Collection Depot.
Perry Street.
MAY 2, le1t.

V1HE Charlestown Depot, Winchester Stras-
burg Branch of the b. o. Railroad: has
been rnadea Collection Depot. Freights viii here
after be collected 10 Charicstown, instead, as here
tofore, at the points from which shipments are
made. All persons receiving freight on and aNcr
August lst 1877. will be required 20 opay for the
same before removal. q. y. : Ahh1p
Auo.3ls72. Agent.
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THURSDAY. the 18Th day Of No
Yennber.

as the time % hold their Secoui Grand Gift
Cmc.rt aud Drawing aud they hope HAT or
dcrs fr tickets viii be sent Immediately by
all who desire TO obtain one Or more 0f the val
liable Cash Prizes which they offer. The
public may be confident that the same fairness
and honesty which characterized their first
drawing will be observed 10 this
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
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VIRGINIA FREE PRESS.
0. h IN. \. D. GALLAHIl. Editors
barlestown, Jefferson Co, W. Va.
Saturday, September ~, 1879.

OFFICE IL "JEFFERsoN BUILDING"
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paper controversy. And now although
he has admitted privately and in his
public speech, almost every statement
of our former letter, he insists upon rush
ing into print to defend himself, and
seeks to create the impression that we
were guilty of falsehood, because at the
urgent request of the Editors Of
this paper, we gave truthful statement
of what occurred at this meeting. Our
attendance has occasioned misrepresen-
tatlons of our positions and remarks
none more despicable, thar. the one in re-
gard to the Court not allowing colored
Jurles.' However, we congratulate our
selves upon having disguised" g. w.
Blackburn. He says he would prefer
death, rather than have been our places
on the lst inst. We always were on the
victory or crippled order and can only
say that we would not be guilty of the acts
and speeches of which this man has been
guilty, during the last forty days and
nights, for all the offices in the gift of
the people ofthis County
We are both comparatively young n en-,
with, We hope, many years of life to be
spent with this people, and out of regard
for the kindness and honOrs they have be-
slowed upon us, if for no other reason, we
would not risk cur reputation for truthful
ness upon a statement where there existed
possibility for our being mistaken. But
we both knOao that our report of Black
burns speech is correct, and we do not
hesitate to say that when he attempts to
lmpeach our veracity, and deny our state
ments, he is guilty of falsehood. We
are not afraid to be weighed in the bal
ances with him and all he may procure TO
verify his statements. Let the people
W. j. WHITTHORNE.
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CAMPBELL'S STATION ITEMS.

Some person or persons have been
tampering with the south end OF the
switch at this place recently. The gen
tleman in charge of the station found
the switch unlocked four times and the
lock lying down by the switch stand.
The superintendent was notified OF the
fact, and he sent out a detective to fer
ret out the guilty party. Circumstances
seem to point to certain discharged
brakeman as the guilty one. He had
been seen with what was supposed to be
a switch key, but when he was accosted
about the matter, he said it was a box
car key, and that he had lost it.
w. G. Bradshaw, deaf and dumb
man, he'd his milch COW killed few
nights ago by one of the night trains.
1t would be to the interest of the farm
ers living along the line of railroad to
keep their cows up at night at this sea-
son OF the year. In day time they take
to the bushes and at night they get on
the high places to keep cool.
Mr.. J. II. Harris came very near get
ting one of his arms broken few days
ago. He is boring wells by steam, and
got his arm caught in the ropes and pull
lies somehow, and it v as injured SO that
he is disabled from business.
Mr.. J. H. +. Henderson has not re-
covered sufficiently yet to take charge
of his school. Mrs. Henderson is now
Frustrated with fever. This being so,
Mr. Henderson will hardly resume his
duties in the school~room any more this
summer.
There was the finest prospect for rain
on the evening of the 1lth inst, that ev-
- was seen in these parts not to have
any. The prospect was so hattering
that some began to entertain fears that
we would be washed away. The fury
of the CLOUDS was expended in light
nlnE, thunder and wind, fully verifying
the old proverb that An "empty wagon
makes the most fuss" The subject OF
rain has become to be serious matter
with us in this community. The pas
lures are dried up, and some of them
would burn if set on fire. Vegetation
of every kind seems to be drying up.
We have had no rain since the frat OF
Nav. Wheat harvest is about through,
and the crop is fine. Oats are so low
/ they will have to be pastured to get any
| good out of them.
/ An L. S. Revenue officer by ghe name
! of Foster got off of the train the other
J day at Lynnville, and went to the liv'
/ ery stable to get a horse to go into the
! country to attend to some business o.
his calling. While in the stable he dis
covered a wagon loaded with tobacco
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SILVER CREEK ITEMS.

Farmers have commenced TO cut
their wheat and it cuts very short, as
we have not had any rain for five or six
weeks past. We have had plenty OF
rain ali round us-it will come our time
after a while.
Mr.. VIM. Bryant iogt mare and mule
last week, The mare died from the
bots, and the mules death was caused
by eating too much salt last year, Mr..
Bryant said she must have eaten four
or five pounds.
y Marshall County gentleman was in
town the o her day.and he is dead-out
against the Railroad Tax, and wanted to
look into the Court House, where peO~
pie tried people for their lives. he said
he wanted to see the big box where the
the twelve men sit in to send them to
Jail; so no asked Esq. A. d. B. if he were
to go in to see all of them things would
they put him out. The Esq told to
walk in and if any person said aught to
him to tell them that it was his house.
The widow Callahan is the best
farmer on the Creek. She has all of
her crop in, and no one else has. She
has six hands, two grown young men,
and she makes all "step eleven"
No country can beat us up here for
fun. We have had two fishing
parties in the last two weeks, fifteen
at one, eighteen at the other. So the
people OF Columbia may look for plenty
of fish when the Narrow Gage Railroad
gets in operation.
Mr. l.. Smith stole beautiful young
girl of twenty-eight summers last Suns
day was Il week ago, and they have
gone to work finely. Mr.. Smith
shOuldered his aXeand maui and went to
the cedars to strike for higher wages
The old house he moved to has a sweets
or appearance than it did ten days ago.
A long life and happy one to them is
our humble PRAYER.
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Martin Female COLLEGE

| 10 the Editors Of the Herald and Mail:
| attended, by invitation, the exams
| nation and closing eLerogea OF Martin
Female College. This Institution of
! learning ia located at Pulaski, Tenn. 1t
is presided over by Prof W. X. Jones,
a native OF Maury county. Prof Jones
is successful and experienced teacher.
l will mention one class to illustrate his
method of conducting an examination.
A class in phyeiclogY was called, and
the p;aGti>lng physicians present were
called upon to examine tbs clAa- ~ hen
thtse had eEpFes@"'s themselves satis~
n'''' I'm the proficiency of the young
ladies, the same subjects were taken up
by Prot. Jones, and were examined
much more extensively. 1T was very
| evident to the large and intelligent au-
dience present, that nothing was "cut
and dried" on previous understanding
between pupil and teacher; no leading
questions suggesting the reply. The
examination was thorough, and impress
ed all who were present with the fact,
that Prof Jones not only possessed in a
remarkable degree the tact and skill
that is Indispensable to a successful
teacher, but also the requisite energy in
the schoOl-roOm to make that tact and
skill efficient.
Pulaski combines so many advanta-
ges Tor a te1aGte school, healthfulness,
beauty of location, not only refined but
elegant society, &c, DC; there are So
few schools where cur daughters can be
Thoroughly skilled in the elementary
principles - though indispensable to
thorough scholarship and read polish
that it affords me unfeigned pleasure to
call the attention of the public to the
school, and TO Eesp9ak for 1t a lalS- 49,,
increasing patronage. anu
FRIDAY A(EES - ,y.... ,.,;, -,
-yssIve literary address, entirely ex>
tempore, stating that the last thing he
put into his valise on leaving home,
was a speech of thirty-tiye closely writ
ten pages; but since he had come to Pu-
laski, he had heard so many good things
about Martin Female College, that he
wished to talk about that. After his
address, diplomas were distributed to
four young ladies by Judge Tinnon with
an appropriate speech. The address OF
the Principal was delivered with grace,
and was one of the finest pieces of OratO-
nv it has ever been our good pleasure to
hear on such OccasiOns-chaste, apprO-
pirate and elegant. After the diplomas,
four young men OF PulaskiI wish |
had programme that l might give their
names and the names of the graduates
came forward and presented bOquets TO
the graduates, and said exactly the
right thing to be said under such cir
cumstanees, and said those things so
prettily, that everybody was pleased,
and determined to investigate more full
ly for themselves the beautiful lam
guage of flowers. My friend, Charley
Jones, in behalf of the young ladies, ex>
pressed thanks for the bouquet in his
happy, graceful and pOetical style. The
audience throughout was attentive and
their department defies criticism.
w. II. WEBB.
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He took possession OF it and turned il
over to the stable man to keep until his
return. While the officer was absent,
the owner of the tobacco managed to
get possession of his wagon and team
and left for parts unknown. When Mr..
Foster returned and found that his
"bird had flown" he Immediately
started in pursuit. He found the wag~
on this side OF LynnYille in the hills in
the possession of Ben and Buck Will
liams, OF Campbell's Station. They Ie-
ported to Mr.. Foster that they found
the wagon in the woods with no team
to it, and they hitched in their mules
and were endeavoring to get to this
place with, it. Ben Williams was at
Lynnville when Foster captured the
wagon and tobacco, and recognized
them when he saw them in the woods.
Mr.. Foster brought his booty to this
station and shipped the whole to Nash
vile. What became of the owner of
the wagon and his team, no one
knows.
A Mr.. Downing, living not far from
Campbelps StatiOn-prObably descend
ant of the inimitable Jack who flOur>
ished as man of letters in the days of
the administration of "Old Hickory
says that the "nigger" that was killed a
short time ago below Lynnville by the
the train, was only exercising one of the
awarded to the cOlored man
under the civil rights bill, to-wit: he
had as good right to the track as any
body else, railroad being a public in
StitutinD
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To the Editors Of the Herald and Nail:
As it has been some time since you
heard from this dry country, have con-
Guided to send this. Most of the farm
ers are complaining of dry weather and
dry ground. The wheat crops OF this
neighbOrhood are injured to some ex>
tent, but ewing to the breadth sOwn, we
expect to make an average yield. Cot
ton is small but clean. Our Changers
seem to be determined to make their i'm
stltutiOn a success, and if good material
as members will help them in their
struggle in so glorious a cause, we think
their chances are good. The friends OF
white mems government are in more
than usual good spirits since they heard
from Columbia, the first Monday OF
June. Many who were bitterly opposed
to the lOck-bOx and in favor of our in
dependents, now say they think, like
old Tray, they have been caught in bad
company, and they are for the nomi-
nees straight through. l have heard
two men who never voted any but u
Radical ticket before, say they can't
stand the civil rights bill and the one
eyed candidate for Register both. In
fact, it has had the effect to arouse the
people to a sense of their danger, and
while the weak kneed Radicals and.inS
different Democrats had looked upon
our election for county officers with
carelessness, they have been awakened,
and are united in heart and hand to save
their county from disgrace, and earnest
ly hope to see some of the independents
for whom they have the highest respect,
come out from such spotted crowd
and show whose side they are on, and
put on the whole armor-if Democrats,
put on the Democratic armor, if Raids
calls, put on the Radical arTaor But if
they refuse TO do thus, by its fruits shall
the tree be known. But the prospect is
bright for the nominees in this section. |
Some of the boys say they want Whit. |
and Sims to be careful what kind of
company they keep, and if they will 20, !
be sure to come home before day, and |
then Whit. won't find any more dead |
room mates. CITIZEN
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Rev Mr.. Dinwiddie preached in
Hampshire Academy recently, and de-
livered most cearching sermon on the
subject OF Habit, He addressed quite a
number of his old friends and brethren,
who were glad to see him.
Mr.. James Bingham has just returned
from the South, and gives a dOletul re-
port concerning the prospects of the
present crops. he Gays NO you'd not
complain if we should see the condition
of the Southern people.
Mr.. Sam. Akin is now at work on the
Methodist Church edifice in this place.
The Changers are in fine raie.t r. III III
this community, except that some of
the brethren Of the Christian Church
think their nem UeTs had better not at
tempt too much. Likely the subject
will be discussed among them in
church capacity,
Our citizens are very fond of fishing
II Swan, and some of them are now alb
sent on fishing expedition.
The kind friends Of MIR. Mechanism
have assisted him considerably i'll his
recent troubles and restitution.
The examination and exhibition of
Hampshire Academy, will take place on
Friday and Friday night, the l9sh. Ed
itors, teachers and friends of education
generally are respectfully invited.
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Our town is unusually dull this week.
The farmers are in the midst of the har~
yesting season, and are rarely seen
on our streets. We have had reports
from a few of the farmers who have al
ready cut their wheat, and they report
its being unusually fine, with little or
no rust But the drought is terrible in
deed; and the complaint is universal
that the peanut crop will be less than
for many years past. In consequence Of
the seed failing TO germinate, large fields
will have to be planted in corn or aban-
doned. Mr.. Thompson, who resides in
Ships Bend, says i'll forty acre field,
he has not enough peas for ten acres;
and, in fact, there has not been seen a
good stand of peas this season. The
corn crop is small, but looks healthy
and grows quite slowly. The cotton
crop is doing better than any other, and
looks we'll.
TIE candidates for Register-thirtv~
nine in number-have agreed to try the
lOck-bOx plan, and will meet shortly to
arrange the matter with that view. The
candidates ror other offices have conclud-
ed to remain on the track, and have an
open field and fair race, there not being
more than ten for any other Office, and
for that of Sheriff only two
There have been some solicitations in
a private way to the Hon. o. A. Nixon
to make the race for Senator in this dis
trict, but whether he can be induced to
run or not, will be known by future de-
velopments. We ought to have a pro-
gressive man in in the Legislature, who
will take an interest in the future de-
of the mineral wealth of this
and to bring into notice the
great advantage a railroad would be to
the material growth of hickman.
Mr.. Fl. Clagett and family have re-
turned from West Tenne see.
The thermometer stood at go one day
last week.