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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1874-10-31
On Tuesday, Oct. Goth, 1877
Tract or Parcel of Land,

containing 90 Acres. 0 Rood and 80 Perches,
lying and being in jefferson County, West
ViTgiDia-same being \ portion Of the lands Of
the late William Grove, deceased, Of Jefferson
and purchased by Parker H. Strobe a, sale
made by Joseph \. ChapIine and c. Z Stubs
Special Commissioners appointed 10 said canse
under former decree therein. Said portion
is sold 10 satisfy and discharge the unpaid
purchase money Of the lands so purchased BY
said Strobe, same amounting 10 The sum Of
$4l00 90 with Interest on 100000 from Ju-
ly %. 1872. till paid and the costs 81 sale.
Said portion adjous the lands Of J. Moer's
heirs, James IT, Moore. J. w. Glenn, and
Charles AciioDhy-and is bounded on the west
side by Warm Spring Road, being about half
a mile from Z1nI Church. and / miles from
Dufiield's Depot on the 3. & o. T. Road in
said county Of jefferson.
A plat made By 5. Howell Brown Of said
portion, showing the courses. distances and
quantity thereof will be exhibited at sale By
Special Commissioners. This viii make
very desirable farm, having on II
DWELLING HOUSE,
sufficient TIMBER, Running Stream, and il
very fertile aud productive.
TERMS OF SALE One-ibird Cash. and
the balance is one and two years. with interest
from tie day Of sale. lien will be reserved
on the land TO secure he deferred payments
Sale 80 commence az u o'clock. Noon.
ISAAC FOUKE.
H. II BLACKBURN,
Special Commissioners.
" T.. ANDERSON. AucfiaueeT
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Special Commissioners Sale
OF VALUABLE
TRACT OF LAND.

PURSUANT to a Decree pronounced on The
18th June, 1874, by The Circuit Court Of
jefferson County. West Virginia, in the cause
Of James W. Glenn e al Plaintiffs, rs. II.
BIackiord, et A. Defendants, pending in said
Courtin Chancery, the undersigned appointed
Special Commissioners BY said Decree for the
purpose, will sell
On Tuesday, Oct. Goth, 1874,
being 1st day Of October Term Of said Court,
in front of the Caurt House in Charlestown,
Jefferson County. West Virginia, at public
auction TO the highest bidder,
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LAND APPRENTICESHIP.

: Trustee, Of Mr.. Lewis G. Kemp. we offer al
4 privat, .ale the farm on which be now re-
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Terms of Sale:
OYSTERS!

October 81, lsii-ts-spirit copy.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-03-14
ARKANSAS.

A Notorious Desperate to be Hung
LITTLE Rock, March 13.-Parties who
left Clarksville at ten O'Clock this morning
state that Sid Wallace, the johnson county
desperate, was 10 be hung at u o'clock,
and every preparation was made. A
Gazette reporter was with the condemned
man up to II o'clock last night, and
throughout the conversation he wore that
same confident air which has chacterized
him during his long Imprisonment, he
wrote letter to the Gazette last night
which will be published tomorrow, in
which he states that it his last letter; he is
murdered by his enemies through the
forms of law, without giving the least
showing. The scaffold was erect
ed il the courthouse ward
just in front of the jail whara Wallace
was confined; looking at it he asked the re-
porter if he didn't think that was mighty
shabby affair upon which to hang him. He
expressed no fear of death whatever, and
stated his confidence of being borne away
to heaven by angels. If TUNED loose now,
he said, with couple of good six-shOOters
he thought he could get away with a good
many of his enemies; but he stated they
were afraid to meet him-they were pack
Of towards who had sworn away his life
because they were afraid of him. The
crowd in attendance at the execution is de-
scribed by parties Down from there to-
night, as the largest ever assembled in
johnson county. Wallace was related to
one Of the oldest and best families in the
county. His father prior to the war, was a
member of the Legislature and prominent
Methodist divine. lie was killed by JAY
Hawkers about the close Of the war. Sid.
had the reputation of killing several men
besides the one for which he was hung.
There was also a sentence of four years in
the penitentiary hanging over him for an
attempted assassination of another man.
4 special train was to leave Clarksville at
2 O'Clock, but has not arrived; the other
train left at 10 O'Clock, two hours before the
execution,
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WAS NCOLNASNFIDEI,

Ward IL. LamOn, the reputed author of 9
life OF Lincoln, his intimate friend and law
partner for many years, answers a criticism
OF Henry Ward Beeeher in relation to Mr..
LlncolnS religious views, in letter to that
Reverend gentleman which concludes as
follows:
lie entertained the belief that the Holy
Scriptures were not of divine inspiration.
On this point his mind had reached a fixed
and unalterable decision. He was an in
tidel, and rested in his conclusions. II
would certainly have been pleasant to me
to have closed the chapters of his biographv
without touching upon his religious opin-
ons; but such an OMISSION would have
violated the fundamental principle upon
which every line Of the book was traced.
Had 1t been possible to have truthfully as
serted that he was a member of the
Church of Christ or that he be-
lieved in the teachings of the New Testa-
ment, the facts would have been proclaim
rd with glow Of earnest and unfeigned
satisfaction, come now to complain of
the injustice which you have done me per-
sonally when you say that the heartiness of
his arguments upon Mr.. Iincoln's religion
casts a certain doubt upon it, and leaves
the impression that he was inspired by an
anti-C Christian animus. Pardon me. nv
dear sir; although not aprofessing Christian
myself, / may say that few men Dos
sess a deeper veneTation for the
Christian religion and all that the
orthodox church regards as sacred. than the
humble individual whom you make the
subject Of your somewhat severe criticism.
L may not always employ the language
which WQuid best declare my meaning, but
when so many very good people in pious
and loyal zeal sought to make their idol
(and l might say minel deyout and rigid
christian, deoIned it unjust to him and
TO Christianity itself to permit
such an error to pass without correction
and refutation.
WARD H 7 AgIOE
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THE PACIFIC SLOPE.
Sinking of the Central Pacific Roa,

Sinking of the Central Pacific Road.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 13.-The follow
ing dispatch has been received:
PdliSdde, March BY YeSterday about
five miles east of Battle Mountain, while
the Eastern passenger train was passing.
the track begun sinking and is reported
sunk distance of ten miles, although the
train passed over safely. They held the
West bound train at Carlin last night, and
sent a work train to put the track in order;
have ittemporarily fiXedand the West bound
train passed over this morning.
Battle Mountain, NeU., March 13.-The
track on the Central Pacific Railroad, about
sixteen miles from here, at the store house.
is reported impossible. The track is sunk
for distance of one and half miles. and
about forty-five yards of the track is washed
away. A culvert and other portions of the
road are also washed away a short distance
east of Galconda. a work train sent down
this morning nom Carlin, is still at work
at StOrehouse break, but it is thought
no trains can get through to-day. The
west bound passenger trains is side-tracked
here; also one freight and a large cattle
train. The trouble is caused by the great
quantity Of water coming down from the
mountains during the late thaw, which has
formed perfect flood of water over the
whole country, and is washing away cul-
verts, in some places covering the track Is
inches and feet.
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NEW YORK.
How Big Railroads are Run.
"DaEnnabIe Iteration"

ssDRmnable Iteration"
NEW YORK, March 13.-Mr. Duncan,
who resigned the authorship Of the Erie
road, distinctly denies having said to Vice
President Robinson anything which could
be misconstrued into a confession that his
accounts were incorrect, or that he had
made false statements to Watson. While
he had sworn that the report of the road,
as filed with the Secretary Of State, was
approximately true, Watson had published
the report in London with the word sap
prOximately' omitted. He gives, as a rea-
son for resigning, ''The eternal iteration
and reiteration of false entries in the &C
counts, which were made to make the con-
Germ show prOftably, in opposition to the
fact that it was running behind, but that
on all occasions, President Watson was in
formed of its true condition, whether good
OF bad"
The San Domingo Spectators.
Spafford & Brothers have obtained an
attachment against the property of the
Samana Bay Company in a suit to recover
$4,000.
"RefOrmers' - Raids on the Treasury.
Another appropriation Of $4,000 is asked
from the Legislature to pay the counsel en-
gagged in the prosecution Of the ring suits.
Already $4,000 have been appropriated,
and CT this sum Lyman Tremaine received
$4,000 and Wheeler & Peckham over
$4,000. Charles O'Conor gave his ser
vices gratuitously.
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OHIO
Legislative.

CoLUMBUs, March 13.-In the Senate
this afternoon, resolutions eulogistic of the
memory of Charles Sumner were unani-
mously adopted.
The following bills passed: House bill
to secure pay to persons performing labor or
furnishing materials in constructing roads.
The Senate inserted an amendment ex-
tending the provisions of this act to board
ing house keepers. Senate bill providing
for the determination Of the question Of the
insanity Ofpersons charged with an Ofiense,
by a separate jury, and making the concur
renee of three-fOurths of the jury in pro-
nouncing the accused insane their verdict.
In the House, most Of the afternoon was
spent in the discussion of the general ap-
preparation bill. a motion to appropriate
$4,000 for the payment of the Morgan
raid claims was defeated-yeas 26, nays 42.
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Senate Of the United States eDtrusts the
remains of Chas. Sumner to the Sargent-i
Arms, and the committee appoinfedto carry
them to his home, there to commit them,
earth to earth, dust to dust, ashes to ashes,
in the soil of the Commonwealth Of Mas
sachusetts.
Peace to His Ashes"
The coffin was then closed, and the now
ers having been replaced, it was removed
from the chamber, followed by the commit
tees appointed by the Senate and House,
every one standing as the coffin was re-
moved from the chamber. The members
of the House of Representatives, the Su-
preme Court, and other guests, then retired
in the order named, as called by the Presl-
dent pro tempore.
The Senate
was then called to order, and the Chair an
nouneed as a member to the vacancy on
the joint select committee TO investigate
the management of affairs ia the District
of Columbia, Mr.. Stewart of Nevada, to
be chairman of the committee in place OF
Mr.. Boutwell,, excused on account OF Ill
health. The Senate then, on motion OF
Mr.. Buckinham, at ten minutes past l
" nCAls
A Strange Scramble.
As soon as the Senate adjourned, rush
was made by large number Of women
and some men to the vacant seat of Senator
Sumner to gain possession of the flowers
which had been placed upon his desk, and
similar attempts were made to carry OF the
floral decorations that had been removed
from the catafalque and coffin. The crowd
managed to seize many flowers before the
officers could interfere.
The coffin having been carried out TO the
entrance, was deposited in hearse drawn
by four white horses and attended by
policemen was followed to the
Baltimore and Patomac
Railroad Depot
by procession of members of the Civil
Rights League, colOred organization Of
this city, numbering about one thousand
men, headed by Fred Douglass and ex-
Gov. Pinchback. Next to this Organiza-
ton followed carriages in charge of Ser
Ceat-at-Arms French, containing the COM
mittee of the Senate and House, appointed
TO accompany the remains to Boston, on a
special train which will start from Wash
ington at three O'Clock this evening.
Arrival of the Remains I'm New York.
NEW YORK, March 13.-The train bear
ng the hOnored remains of Charles Sum-
her, the Congressional delegation and per-
'onal friends Of the deceased, arrived at |
Jersey City depot at IL o'clock tonight. |
There was quite an assemblage to witness |
he transfer to the ferTy-bOat. Among |
hose present was delegation Of coloFed |
nen from Brooklyn, who, upon the arrival
If the remains in New York, in company |
With detachment of Metropolitan Police,
Icted as their escort to the Fifth Avenue /
Hotel. A guard of colored men has charge
# the remains until morning, when they
will be UnoStentatiously transferred to the
Grand Central Depot and leave by the
''clock morning train for Boston.
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The Hog PrOdHct-HighIy FIgura
tive.

The Hog PrOduct-HighIy FIgura
tive.
CHICAGO, March 13.-Howard, White
s. CrOwell's Daily Commercial Bulletin
to-day published full and carefully COM
piled report of the packing Of Chicago for
the past season. From it it appears that
the total number of hogs packed the regu-
lar season is 1,520,024. The average net
weight is 300 16-47. The average yield of
lard is 81 44-100. The hogs packed during
October were 1885. The product manu-
factured was as follows: Clear pork I,S4O
bbls; mess pork 170,30T: Missouri pork
1854; family mess pork 2,S52; prime mess
pork 1861; extra prime pork 4.5l4; rufhp
nork SOC: total of all kinds 1887 bbls.
36.554 tierceS 5. p. hams; 27.299,45S lbs.
green hams: SO0,900,77 lbs. South Straf
fordshire hams; 33,97l, ,424 lbs. green and
dry salted shoulders, and 1881 tierces
sweet picked shoulders. Sides of various
cuts 102. .533, ,292 lbs, including l7,SI2,O00
of The different English cuts. Total num-
Der Of cattle packed 2I,7l0.
Total stock of hog product on hand in
Chicago. March ), as reported to the Sec
retary of the Pork Packers Association, is:
Mess pork, 113, ,7S9 barrels; other kinds pork,
124S barrels; lard. tierces. 96,460; sugar
cured hams, 1852 tierces and barrels; long
cut hams, 1,42S,6S3 pounds; dry salt shoul-
ders. l2,G3S, $50 pounds; sweet picked
shoulders, 1892 tierces; short rib middles,
I2. 500 sol pounds; short clear, 7.2jG,94S;
long clear, 2.710,21O; cumberlands, l,463,-
7O4: other cuts Of middies, l,23S, ,627
pounds.
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Railroad Accident.
BOSTON
Arrangements for Summers Funeral.

BOsToN, March 13.-At the request of
Mr.. Summers friends the funeral will take
place at $3.50 Monday, in the Doric Hall OF
the Statehouse. Legislative and city CON-
mittees will 60 to the State line to meet
the remains, and return Saturday afternoon,
taking them direct TO the StatehOuse, where
they will be guarded until the funeral,
when the services will be short and simple.
At a meeting of the Massachusetts His
tOrical Society, Robert L. Winthrop an
nounced the death of Millard Fillmore, an
honorary member, and Charles Sumner, a
resident member, and paid each an appro-
pirate and eloquent tribute. Resolutions
in relation to the death of Sumner were
then offered by Charles Francis Adams,
which, after remarks by ex-GOv. Clifford,
Judge Quincy and Rev. Waterson, were
adopted.
Resolutions in relation to the death of
Sumner were presented in both branches Of
the Legislature to-day.
Scramble for Summers Shoes.
There is already an active discussion of
the claims of prominent men to succeed
Mr.. Sumner, and the selection must take
place on the second Tuesday after notice of
the vacancy has been received. 1t is prob
able the choice will be made on the Path.
Extra Police.
The employers of morocco dreSsers, of
Lynn, have resolved not to give employ
ment to any finisher who contributes to any
organization aiding or supporting the men
on a strike. Extra policemen guard the
factories at night.
The Governor has ordered the State po-
lice to receive the body Of Senator Sumner
tomorrow afternoon and escort it to the
Statehouse, where Maj. Lewis GOul, with
a detachment OF the Shaw Guard, will act
as body guard until the hour of the funeral.
The immediate friends of the deceased at
first objected to any military display what
ever, as in opposition to the Senator's we'll
known peace views; but as a guard was
necessary in Doric Hall, it was deemed
proper that colsred troops, who first offered
their services, be selected.
Autopsy.
An autopsy Of the body will be made
Monday.
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A Series of Casualties,

LAFAYETTE, Ind, March 13.-A man
named Smith, brakeman on the Louis
vile, New Albany and Chicago Railroad
had an arm taken off the evening before
last while coupling cars at Elliottsville. A
man employed in his place had his hand
smashed before the trip to this city was
ended. During funeral to-day two run
aways occurred, in one of which two ladies
were severely injured.
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Escape OF a Notorious Condolences Mn,

LOUISVILLE, March ia dispatch was
received by DetectiAe Blish TODAY saving
that salisbury, alias K. NJ. Norton. alias
Chapman, the Notorious confidence man
who swindled the banks of this CITY in
September last, and who was in iail at
Doylestown, Pa, on a similar charge. es-
capped this morning, The banks Ofthis city
offer fiye hundred dollars reward for his de-
livery here.
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Entail RaiIrnad CnIiision-

CINCINNATI. o., March 13.-An Enq1i-
rer special from Mansfield, saws, a switch
engine of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road, run by engineer VIM. Armstrong,
collided with the locomotive of the east
bound freight on the Atlantic and Great
Western Railway, as the latter was enter
ing the bridge near Main street, throwing
the latter locomotive and tender into the
creek, totally Breckfng the bridge, locomO-
tive and tender, killing engineer James
Myers. The fireman saved himself
by jumping. Armstrong has been arrested.
He says he was trying the gauge cocks, and
did not see the train.
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WASHINGTON.
MOrtOn's aIaIady.

WASHINGTON, March Ex-senator Nor
ton has been absent from his
seat in the Senate, caused by a sore foot.
1t was rubbed and bruised by his boot, and
slight abcess formed, which has now al
most entirely healed. His general health
has improved by the rest, and his physicians
say he. can resume his seat in the Senate.
The customs receipts for the week end
ing the 7th inst, at the following ports,
were: New York s., ,392, 100, Philadelphia
S237, ,S65, Boston 1882, ,613, Baltimore $780,
052, New Orleans SS7,215.
The outstanding legal tenders are SSs2,
O00 OOO
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CONGR EssIONAL.
HOUSE.

WASHINGTON, ID. c., March 13.-After
prayer and the reading of the journal, the
House took an informal recess for fifteen
minutes and subsequently walked in pro-
cession to the Senate chamber to attend the
funeral of fSenator Sumner. The order of
procession was as follows: Sergeant at
Arms and Door Keeper; Speaker and
Clerk; Chairman of the Committee to ac-
company the body to Boston, Hurlbut, and
the Chaplain; other members and Off
ers of the House.
When the House returned from the
Senate chamber it adjourned until to-mor-
NV
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WARD II. LAMoS.

WHEN the Prince of Wales was married.
Artemus Ward gave him some practical
hints as to how to manage Alexandra.
founded on his own experience with Betsy
Jane. snow you're married, nv bow
said he, -''you can eat onions" Another
royal onion is about to eRter the English
capital.
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Honors TO nenarted Greatness

FORTRESS MONROE, March l3.-Miii-
tary honors to the late ex-President Fill
more took place here to-day. Flags were
displayed at half mast, and salute of
thirteen minute guns fired at sunrise, and
a gun every half hour during the day and a
salute Of thirty-seYel minute guns at sun
set.
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NEW ORLEANS.
Trial of Grant Parish Prisoners
awaIting for the Verdict

New ORLEANS, March 13.-ln the case
of the Grant parish prisoners, whose trial
commenced Feb. %. argument was con-
cluded last evening. To-day Judge Wood
delivered his charge to the jury. The
charge was lengthy, the delivery of which
consumed about two hours. 1t was ac-
cepted by counsel for both the prosecution
and the defense without dissent, and was
declared TO be full, fair and impartial. The
Jury was then retired and court is still in
session at P. NJ, awaiting verdict. The
indictment was against 9S persons, only
nine of whom are on trial.
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MEMPHIS.
Horrible Death and a Miraculous
Escape.

Escape.
MEMPHIS, March 13.-AbOut 10 o'clock
this morning while two painters were at
work on tie front of the four story building
of SeInmes tS Co. on Main street, on the
Robert block, the ladder turned on them.
Cal Breaze, of Mound City, fell to the pave
ment, striking on the head and dashing out
his brains. The other clung to the ladder,
looking on the remains Of his partner until
some parties ran up stairs and pulled him
into the window when he almost tainted,
having hung there for five minutes.
Railroad Accident.
4 northern bound train on the Memphis
and Louisville Railroad ran over COW
near Stanton last evening. detaching the
train. James Chamberlin, engineer, was
severely bruised, and John COnnors, fire
man, badly scalGed. Only one passenger,
lady, was slightly injured by jumping
from the train.
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DisfranehIsement-A Warming.

PARIS, March 13.-In Committee Of the
Assembly on the electoral law, a PROPOSE
tion has been made by the Right for dis
reimbursement OF the Colonies of France.
NJ Laboulaye made an earnest remons-
trance, warning members that the British
Colonies in America had been alienated
from the mother country by denial Of the
right OF representation. Colonial dep
uties have unanimously demanded that
right.
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A Railroad Fiend.

Daniel Harvey, engaged in the recent
railroad engineer and tiremen's strike, on
the Pittsburg, Cincinnati and st. Louis
railroad, to-day in the Common Pleas
Court plead guilty to putting bolt of iron
in frog, at Pendlton, to throw a train of
the track, and begged the clemency of the
court.
The Chamber Of Commerce has passed a
resolution urging Congress to pass the
Louisville and Portland canal bill.
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FOURTEEN fathers in Quincy, H., have
signed pledge not to allow their daught-
ers to take music lessons until they know
how to make good bread.
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COTTON was dull and irregular IN
the New York market yesterday, with
middling at 164c.
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GOLD in New York yesterdayranged
between Ills and 1l2s, closing at lll3

TENNESSEE BONDS were nominal IN
New York yesterday, the old issue
being quoted at 80 and the new at SO.
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CINCINNATI.
Sudden Death.

CINCINNATI, March 13.--HCn. Edmund
Smith, of Sydney, member of the Constitu-
tional Convention from. Shelby county, fell
dead at his boarding house, corner of Sd
street and Broadway, while talking to the
clerk, at ! past this afternoon. He was
in his seat in the Convention all day. This
is the second death in the Convention since
New Years. Apoplexy is the supposed
cauSa