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The Kempef-Mosby Cores
DOnGlenCe.

The Richmond papers contain the prom
ised correspondence between Gov. KEN
per and Col. Mosby. The publication is
| accompanied by a letter from Gov. KEN
per, IN which ne states his position in op-
position to the third term for President
| as "a violation of the unwritten laws
which in a free country constitute some of
the bulwarks of liberty.' In the matter
of Congressional candidates, he says he
will never support one who runs against
the regular nominee of the Conservative
party. His calling ON the President was,
| he says, after consulting and advising
with leading conservatives, and his con-
| duct towards the Federal administration
has been exactly that laid down by the
Conservative party, and afterwards re-af-
frmed by Conservative legislature. His
letter says:
| AS to the Federal executive head. | shall
render him not jealous hostility, but a
fair and unprecedented judgment. For the
sake Of ourselves and the whole country,
shall rejoice if he so emulate the exam
| pie Of Washington: if he so aid in resto-
ring the landmarks of the Constitution,
lately overthrown by the violence of arms
| if he so respect the right Of the States and
| the people to self government as to COM
mand our united and hearty support of
| tile whole OF his future administrations
So far as his influence has saved us from
the degradation of test-oath and civil
rights laws; 80 far as he has abstained
from exercising lhe centralizing and dam
gerous powers OF the enforcement act, he
is entitled to our gratitude and support.
But emphatically do not endorse great
part of his policy in respect to national
currency; and if he adopts as rule of
| his administration such intermeddling in
local affairs as that just resorted to at Pc
tersburg by the Attorney General Of the
| United States, then he will establish be-
tween us and himself a gulf as impossible
as that which separates good from evil in
I another life.
These are the letters spoken of
RICHMOND, VA, June 2S, 1874.
Col. John S. Mosby: Dear Sir-I re-
spectfully request that you deliver to my
friend Mr.. N. B. Meade, the bearer Of this
all letters heretofore addressed by me to
yourself retaining copies if you choose. Or,
if you prefer to keep the originals, re-
quest that at least Mr. Meade be allowed
to take copies of them. Very truly yours
j. l., KEAIPER
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4 new clothes line was contributed

new clothes line was contributed to
the Mill River Relief Fund, by Boston
lady, and it was labelled: ITO be used in
hanging the contractors who built the
reservoir. tttra..
According to the American Mail OF Rio
de Janeiro, the first Presbyterian church
in Brazil was dedicated in That city on the
29th of March. .u
,sNew moon last night Cover which
shoulder did you see It; my aea I'll a.. l ,,a
over young Jones shoulder &
John Allen Kitchey was hanged on Fiji
dav at Salisbury, North Carolina, for an
outrage on Miss Nellie Bersherere in May
1872. fse 81 gesa5
"A Lynchburg, Va, reporter saw an
auetioneer froa that town selling tobacco
at Danyille. and heads it "An&Qtther DIS Is,
tingulshed Lynehhnrgef. LII
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On Summers lamp WAS engraved "The
good shepherd givetil his life for the
Sheep" and Sumner wrote s'of all colors, y
which addition shows how much better he
understood it than the good shepherd did
James E. Young, executive clerk of the
United States Senate, was married Satur-
day evening i'll Washington to Mary
daughter of John NJ. Barclay, journal
clerk of the House of Representatives.
The Kent county railroad, in Maryland,
is running it's mails and passengers ON a
hand car, the Sheriff having seized its
locomotives.
Among the claims rejected by Congress
was one of corn doctor for S45, 900. for
Operating Oh ,corns and bunionS of SOL
diers during the wal, at So apiece
The Democrats carried Oregon for Con-
gressmen by this vote: Ludlow, (Dem.)
9, 1912 : Williams, (Rep.) 1910; Davenport,
independent $3.50.
The Norfolk Landmark" says that the
Rev. a. G. Barron, of Lexington, is to be
invited to take charge of q congregation
in Portsmouth.
DR.. Robt. L. Henley. formerly repre-
sentative of Amherst county in the Leg
islature died on Sunday,
William Windle, aged IS, died in Edin-
burg, Va, Saturday. Up to two months
ago he walked Is miles day easily
: Postmaster-General Cresswell, the. last
of Grants old cabinet, resigned Wednes
day.
Rev, DR.. Norton, declines the professor
ship at the Episcopal Theological Semina-
ry at Alexandria.
The Abingdon "Virginian'' has been
sold by Mr.. George r. Dunn, to Mr.. Geo.
w. Ward.
Ambrose G. Timberlake, well-known
citizen Of Charlestown, died suddenly at
Winchester Wednesday week.
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee appears to be the IA
vorite in Stafford county for the Congress
sional nomination.
The Bedford s'Sentinel' thinks tho pres
emit wheat crop in that county is the best
since the war,
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THE ET.-Professor Henry NJ
Parkhurst, of New York, Says that on the
18th OF June the tail of the, comet Cog
Vas three pW t ies ' miles e.st aVe ani
Ne assumes an increase of ohe-tenth each
day, arriving at the startling result that
on the Goth of July it will touch the earth
He does not, however, anticipate any ap-
preciable physical effect further than, pos
sible electrical phenomena like the aurora.
On Thursday, July 2, at half-past nine
O'Clock, the comet will be easily seen by
the naked eye in the northwest, mo ether
description will be needed with a tail
about six degrees in length. On succeed
ing evenings the nucleus will move to-
wards the sodth, while the tail will in
crease in length, SO as to bring its eXtrem-
ity gradually .northward
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MADISON. 18th A uo,1st 1879

MADISON, 18th August, 1878.
Dear Colonel: The hader is doing more
and better than the combined city press.
If they don't haul off from Federal politics
they will deeply hurt us I am trying hard
to get them on the right track.
1t were better to elect Grant the third
and the seventh term than go under
Hughes and his negroes. To US the de-
feat of negro rule here is to save society
and decent existence, to save us from bar
barism and ruin. Surely General Grant
and all northern gentlemen know that our
white men, including over SO, 900 ex-Con-
federate braves in Virginia. are the real
moral. intellectual, and political power
OF the State, if not of the whole South,
are implicitly to be relied upon, and are
invaluable as friends. 1t cannot be that
he will spurn proffer of reconciliation
from such men for the sake Of Hughes
and his hordes.
DON'T tire in your labors.
Truly yours, j.. L. KE1IPER.
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CORRECTION. There appeared in the
Gazette a few weeks since ION what was
believed to be good authority at the time)
an item derogatory to the character and
professional standing of W. I'll. Evans,
formerly conductor Of the Musical Society
Of this city. 1t having been abundantly
proven that the reports do not contain
even shadow OF truth, it affords us pleas
ure to correct, as far as we can, any erro-
neous impressions which may have been
madefby the publication of the item refer
red t6.-Alerantlqda Gazette.
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CORRUPTION AND THIEvERY PARDON
Ex-Governor Moses, Of South Carolina,
has pardoned the three county commits
sioners Of Evansville, lately convicted OF
corruption and thievery, and sentenced re-
spectively to three, nine, and ten years in
the penitentiary. The convicts on their
way to the penitentiary had boosted tina t
Governor Moses would not dare to allow
them to remain in the penitentary one
month,
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VIRGINIA WHEAT.-The first lot of
Virginia wheat (230 bushels) which has
been bought this season was. purchased
Yesterday by the Gallego Mills Manufactu-
ring Company 1t was raised by Mr.. 2.
Gibson, of King William county, and
comes in two days earlier thanfor thirteen
wears Ricl,Wond Dispatch:
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A SENSITIVE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
H. Clagget, pastor Of Presbyterian
Church in Louisville, Kentucky. has re-
signed, because, as is understood, one of
the elders of the church persisted in keep
ing his position as book-keeper in a liquor
store after remonstrancc from the
pastor.
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POISONED FROM THE POTATO BUG.-
A gentleman from Pocahontas county in
formed us yesterday that man and his
wife, who lived in the upper part of that
county, in the section known as the Hills
section, were poisoned Il few days ago from
the stings or bites of potato bugs, from
the effects of which death ensued within
fifteen minutes after the occurrence. The
names of the parties we were unable to
learn Greenbrier ". Va.) Independent.
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GOOD CoMPANY.-Three students of
Richmond College--M. A. Turner, OF
Richmond: L. f. Mock and A. B. Gunter,
of Accomac-bore off at the late com
mencement seven diplomas, two promo
tions and one medal. These young gen.
tlemau were occupants of the same room,
and their studous industry deserves spe-
clal mention as stimulus to other boys
Richmond Dispatch.
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remain your sincere friend,
VIM. e. HATCHER
EXPLANATION OF DIR. WILSON

=. Rev. DR.. N: W. Wilson, pastor of the
Grace-strtet Baptist church. Richmond
made short Statement Sunday morI,ins
before the regular exercises of the dav had
been commenced, in regard to the address
recently delivered by him before the vo,,,,p
aides OF the Danyille Female College Dr.
Wilson said that the matter was no longer
personal to himself, but it's influence Was
extending itself through the whole church
and it became his imperative duty to take
some NOTICE of it. He asked a suspension
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A SAD CAsE-Mrs. Cook, of Blount
county, Alabama, missed her three chill
dren, the eldest six years. Search was
made and they were found drowned in a
well. Mrs. Cook became crazy. and two
or three DAYS afterwards escaped from her
attendan and drowned herself in the
same we'll
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EIsHT PERSONS sTRUCk BY LIGHT
NlNG.-During the storm Thursday after
noon, the lightning struck main Circle
vile, Ohio, IL woman at Huntington, West
Virginia. two young men at Kalamooza,
Michigan the postmaster at Maroon, In
diana. and three persons at Fort Wayne,
Indiana,
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Judgment on the part of his congrega-

of Judgment on the part of his congrega-
ton until guilt was proven and declared !;
that it was nothing but justice to believe
him innocent until the reverse was eStab-
lished. He could not meet the attack OF
the Danville Chimes" directly, us no spec
ifc charge had been made. He claimed
to have met the general charge by submits
ting his INNS. as delivered in Danvllle to
eight ministers of Richmond, who had re-
ported after thorough examination that
emo expression obscene or indicate, or
indelicate, or any that might not be pro-:
perly used by the most tasteful speaker, !"
appeared therein. DR.. Wilson said he
would at some convenient time in the flu
ture prove bv citizens of Danville that the
address delivered there and the one read
before the ministers in Richmond was the
same rerbatina ct lterdtlna.
ACTION OF HIS CONGREGATION.
The congregation Of the church met Mon
day night to consider cer, in alleged as
PERSONS cast on the name u1 their pastor,
in connection with All address recently de-
livered by him, before the pupils of the
Female Institute ut Danville, Va. After
a free and full discussion Of the matter,
resolutions were passed in cOmmendatlon
of his past character and spotless integrity
as a Christian minister. The resolutions
also endorses his address, as cllaste and free
from all inuendoes calculated to make it
objectionable to the most fastidious.
Rev. j. b. Jeter and Rev. A. I'll. Sands
have been appointed a committee to pro-
ceed to Danville and investigate the charges
made against Rev. DR.. Wilson.
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WITHDRAWAL FROM CHURCH.-Rev.
James H. McMechan, of Wheeling, West
Virginia, in letter to Bishop Johns, an
nohnces his withdrawal from the Profess
tant Episcopal Church, ON the ground that
he is opposed to ritualism, (which finds
its roots in the prayer book" He will join
the Reformed Episcopal movement.
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BISHOP GIBBONS,
at the Catholic Church. Sunday
Evening, n O'Clock, p. Nj.
BISHOP GIBBONS will deliver a Lecture in
the Catholic Church, at this place, on Sunday
evening next at u clock
The objeci is to aid in paying the indebted
ness on the Pastors House.
July 3-li#
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REV. JOHN w. STUART, who before
the war was the preacher III charge of
the Augusta Circuit, with headquarters
at Waynesboro, has just been appointed
Assistant Wegher in the Baltimore
Custom House.
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JUL u lIE6 III your IdDUTS.
Truly yours, j.. L. KEAIPER.
MADISON. VA. Decemher q 1878

MADISON, va, December 8, 1873.
Dear Colonel: Yours received. + bear
in mind all you say, and am alive to it.
Although [ was somewhat disappointed in
General Grants message, and regret very
ly in view of the Supreme Court decision
in the Butchers case" yet I am going to
fight it out on the present line, at least as
long as all one summer Very truly yours,
j. l.. KENIPER.
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ACTION OF HIS CONGREGATION.
Nellie Grant Abroad.

NClAk0 UEAHU AUHVhNts
The Baltic, containing Mr.. and Mrs.
Sartoris, made the trip to Liverpool in
eight days. A letter from one OF her
passengers says:
Mrs. Sartoris never left her state-room
but once on the passage. She came on
deck for few minutes one morning IN a
blue wrapper and white shawl, but before
it was well known she was out she had dis
appeared again. Mr.. Sartoris did not
share this secIusion, but was around most
all the time He said his wife was mot
.sea-sck, but home sick Poor Nellie! we
could all of us understand that she might
he, for of all the dull youths who part
their hair in the middle (and it's your dull
youth who always does that, Nh. Alger-
non Frederick and the rest OF it, SartoliS
is the dulest While we waited our turn
at the dock in Liverpool, he, with some
others, went ashore and bought mutton
pies; so that the first really good view OF
Nellie Grant we had after she came aboard
was standing resting on her husbands fat
arm, her eyes full OF trusting affection, her
heart full of confiding love, and her mouth
full of Liverpool mutton pie" Pm blessed
if the scene isn't Democratic, whatever
the political creed of the pair may be, and
heroic also. The woman who will boldly
face critical boats crew with pie III her
hand cares little for general effect, but the
woman who will, publicly or privately
bolt a Liverpool dock mutton-ple has a
soul and d stomach removed from fear, as
well as an appetite fit fol- Chinese strategy
OF Fiji Is and spoils.
A London letter in the New York
..1r,.,,,h;o,, o;vo. tho +nllow;no ahont Emo.
uiap'iio siSoo vno ~" i's' 'D' : .
llsh ideas OF soclal posltloh am u
hone that no expectations were enter.
tanned in the United States concerning
honors to be paid to the Presidents daugh
ter on her arrival here as Mrs. Sartoris.-
The naners recorded tile fact of her mar
rage in A paragraph of five or six lines
hut no mention has been made of her ar
rival with her husband in England. In
fact the opinion seems to he that the young
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Total, $2O7s,96
TOUT, @zUIo,Sb
Respectfully.
ROBT. S. HAMILTON, G. S. S.
ATA REGULAR MEETING Of the Augusta

ATA REGULAR MEETING Of the Augusta
n Fire Company, held at Firemens Hall,
70 ESDAY NIGHT, JUNE 18TH, 1874, the
fol,owine resolutions were Offered and adopted.
WHEREAS as this Company has from time to
time notified the proper authorities, such as the
Chief of Fire Department and the members OF
the Board of the Board of Fire Commissioners
of the utter worthlessness of our Hose, and as
the City Council don't seem disposed to procure
us such Hose that would be of service to our
community; therefore, be it
Resolved, lst That we do not intend to par
ade at trainings until we properly supplied
with service,able hose 2A
End That these resolutions be published in
the city papers a.
JOHN 81. DINNEEN,
CHARLES W STAFFORD,
JOHN H. FULTZ,
Commi ttee-
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AN ALABAMA CoNGBEssMAN's TRAG-
EDy.-A tragedy somewhat resembling
the H. Rives Pollard affair in Richmond,
Va occurred in Tuscumbia, Alabama,
Sunday. A year ago George F: Long, OF
good fame and family, was forbidden by
the Hon. J. I'll. Sloss, member OF Congress
from that district, to have any communl-
cation with his daughter: Long was IN
dignant, and. it is alleged, recKlessly ue-
nounced Mr. Sloss and assalled ms daugh-
ter's character, asserting that ne mao peeii
on terms of too great intimacy with her
Mr.. Sloss returned from Washington on
Friday evening last, and learned the lacts
from HIS daughter. On Sunday evening
he stood at the upstairs window and hred
upon Long, who was ON the opposite slde
of the street. Long received four buck
shots in the ckull. another through the
neck, and two in the body The attend
ing surgeons declare that he cannot sur
vive. Sloss confessed the shooting, and
he is now in custody of the sheriff.
DR.. Robinson, aged So, was shot and
killed by young man named Robb at
Skipworth's Landing, one hundred miles
above Vicksburg, few days ago, for al
legged criminal intimacy with Robb's moth
o..
Hon. William H. Ruffner, and Rev. r.
H. McKim. of Alexandria, and Rev. Sam
uel Rogers, of Baltimore, have had honor
airy degrees conferred on them by Wash
ington and Lee University.
Miss Katie West, of Paris, Kentucky,
died Monday, from an overdose of arsenic,
taken, as is supposed, for the purpose of
improving her complexion.
The Freedmen's Savings Bank at Rich
mond has gone into. liquidation with $14o,-
| 600 Of the colored peoples money, creating
| great excitement there.
Matt Fox, visitor at the White Sui
phur Springs from Chicago. aged twenty
| eight, died suddenly last Tuesday night
| from heart disease.
| Col John Leslie, prominent citizen of
Iou(ClI, VI. dea
The old Jail at Harrisonburg has been
| leased to be used as a mill.
Jonathan Peale, an old citizen of Rock
| ingham, is dead.
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THE DAY or SMALL BEGIN

If we could only cease calling on Her
cules we would do much. Indeed, If We
would only look at it right, this is the very
time in Virginia for us to commence get
ting great-making ourselves great. Most
! Virginia papers, and ours is no better IN
this respect than the rest, are continually
engaged in drawing good and true pictures
of our resources, and winding lip With tie
consolatory assurance to our people THAI
the thing is so tempting to capitalists, that
somebody i'll England, OF ut the Morrill,
which in our financial geoefap by are tie
two divisions OF Eldorado, CAN'T help COM
ing and putting his money in it. We for
get that we are to use these things our
selves We haven't the money, you sa".
to start these large factories. True, but
we have the muscle to start small ones
And that is the secret of it. A Northern
scribing to us the other day the adval-
tages of this section in the way OF timber
and how successful large wagon factory
like those in the West, (Where we get many
wagons FROM would be. " Well" We
said, IF soll believe that, why don't you
come here mid try?'' Oh" he replied,
ssyou can't expect me to break ups bust
ness. [ have been years building up and
pull up stakes to come down here. You
must do this thing for yourselves. You
must commence like we commenced, WITT
O your capital i'll your elbow. We don t star /,
big factories ready made. A lnal opens Ia
a slanty and makes horse-ShOes, and then
he makes something else of more value
and he goes OH up until at last maybe ~
has large locomotive factory" And
that is what we need in Virginia-smali
beginnings When you have some mon.-y
don't lay it out in real estate, and lay
around doing nothing, waiting for the town
to improve and support you by it's improve
ment. But try and push up SOM ma"
that is starting to make something to sell,
no matter what it is. Your money will
bring you tenfol,l more, and you will hav.4
Ghe comforting reflection of making money
with your fellow citizens instead of off of
them
In the last three days we have seen men
from much larger places here on business
that should greatly encourage us. One
came from Cincinnati for furniture, an
other from Richmond to have Il large quail
tity of cigars manufactured, and another
for machinery. In all the establishments
which had attracted these purchasers from
abroad, the beginning had been made in 4
small way. 1t is the men who begin this
way that build up a country.
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MOUNTAIN TOP HOUSE.

This well-known Summer Resort, situated
on TOP of the Blue Ridge, 1000 feet above tide
water. one mile aud half from Alton Depot,
is now open for visitors
The rooms are large. airy, and fortably,
furnished The fare will be abundant and well
served Fine CHALYBEA1E and FREE
STONE WATER Board. per month, $35 +,
per week, $40 per day. 81 children and SER
wants half price. A hack will convey passen-
gers from alton Depot, Chesapeake and Ohio
Railroad, at a moderate tare. Address the sub
scriber at Alton Depot, G. Il 0. R. R.
June 26-2tH W Fl. WADDELL.
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,,o, rvDpEss COMPANY.

DAMS ENPRESO Oo"h 80 -.
\ SALE OF UNCLAIMED PACKAGES.
L = will sell to ne highest bidder in front of
the Court-house in this city. on
TIE 9th DAY OF JULY,
Court day., one hundred packages of I'M
'i% The sale viii commence at Ii O'Clock, A. M
when q lively time may be expected
49, R. HAWKINS,
Agent for Adams Express Company,
z. NJ. CUSHING, Aucuoneer.
SrAuNroN, VA, June 2otha ls74.
July 3-tds
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OFFICE OF JOHN S. MOsBY. !

ATTORNEY At LAW.
WARRENToN. VA. June go, 1874.
Coz. James L. Kenlper: Dear Sir-You
letter has just been received requesting
me to furnish you with copies of all letters
addressed by you to myself. l enclose the
only two in my possession.
Very respectfully, JOHN s. MosBY.
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SATURDAY, JULY 18TH, 1874,

at O'Clock P. NJ, on the premises
First, o VERY DESIR ABLE LOT, withTWO
GOOD FRAME OFFICES thereon. This Lot
has depth of Al feet and front of % feet,
more or less, on Court House Alley and is in
close proximity to the Court House
Second, BEAUTIFUL BUILDING LOT,
suitable for mercantile purposes. This lot has
denth of SO IL feet and front of ID l-6 feet,
on the west side of New street, between Beverly
street and G. 4 G. R. R. Depot.
Third, a MOST VALUA BLE LOT, with store
house and dwelling attached, having depth of
ZOE feet and front of 81 IL feet, more or less
on the W est side of New street, south of Beverly
The sale OF this property presents rare oppor-
tunity for the purchase of the Oldest and best
established book and stationery store in the
City
TERMS :-One.fourth in cash balance in three
equal annual instalments, with interest fl on
day of sale the purchaser to give bond with
good personal security for the deferred pay
ments and the title to be retained until the pay
ment Of the whole purchase money.
CHAS. w S. TURNER.
Special Commissioer.