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COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.-To Fl. M
~ Bell, Ex'r of John H. Asst, decd. Plain.
tiff; and William Asst, Joseph P. Asst, Will
liam Blackburn, and Mary his wife, Robert G.
Sratieu, and Virginia his wife, Moses B. Smart
and Sally his wife, and mary E. Wood, an in
FAINT, Defendants /; and to all persons holding
claims against the estate of John H. Asst decd
TAKE NOTICE That, in pursuance of 8
decree of the Hastings Court for the city Of
Staunton, rendered February 10th, 1874, in the
cause of Ast's Ex'r VS.. Ast's Widow, &c.
shall, on
Monday, the 30th day of March 1874.
at the Office of Judge j. W. Green Smith
in Staunton, proceed to take, state and settla
LIST. An account of H. M. Bell as Ex'r of The
estate ofJohn H. Asst, decd
I'd An account of the debts outstanding and
unsatisfed of said John H. Asst, decd. in their
order of priority, and
Sd. Any other matter deemed pertinent NV
myself or required by any interested party to he
stated.
At which time and place you are reouired to
attend; and all creditors of said John a. Asf
decd, are required then and there to attend nd
file with the undersigned proper evidence Of
their debts, as all claims not accordingly pre-
sented will be excluded from participation in
the distribution of said estate
Given under my hand as Commission or in
Chancery of the Hastings Court for city Of
Stuunton, this February "a, 1874.
feb27-4t W. E. CRAIG, Com'r,
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THE APPROACHING MARRIAGE At THE

THE APPROACHING MARRIAGE At THE
WHITE HOUSEWIVES Grant and her aft
anced lover are the recipients Of numerous
invitations to Lenten lunches and the
like. General Babcock gave a dinner in
their honor last Saturday. 1t is now said
that the marriage is fixed for next month
and the names Of the bridesmaids are Civ
en-. Miss Barnes, daughter of the Surgeon
General Of the army Miss Cook, daughter
of III. D. Cook !; the Misses Borie, nieces of
the ex-Secretary Of the Navy and Miss
Drexel, of Philadelphia, are the five attcn-
dants said to have been chosen.
This will be the second wedding at the
White House since it was built for the use
Of the Chief Magistrate. The first was
that of President Monroe's daughter, Miss
Maria Munroe, who married her cousin,
Mr.. Gouverneur, of New York, in March,
1920.
Another marriage to take place after
Easter is that of Miss Violet Blair, grand
daughter of Francis P. Blair, ST. The
successful sutton of this young lady, who
has reigned as belle, is a young lawyer,
Mr. Janin.-"M Mess Gruady" IN ". Y.
Graphic.
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THE WEST VIRGINIA SHARE OF THE
DEBT.-In Congress on the 10th instant,
Hon. Frank Hereford, of West Virginia,
complained of the resolution offered by
Mr.. Thomas, Of Virginia, in which it was
stated that West Virginia NEGLECTED and
refused to pay her proportion of the Vir-
ginia debt" saying that the statement was
unjust, as she had sent Commissioners to
Virginia for the settlement of the matter.
With reference to the sending ofcommis-
sioners, Hon. John T. Harris replied that !:
They claimed that wherever road was
made in what is now Virginia, from the
beginning of the government, it should be
charged to the old State; that wherever a
turnpike was made in East Virginia, it
should be charged to the old State; that
every dollar expended in East Virginia,
from it's first settlement at jamestown
down to this fatal separation, should be
charged to the old State; and that then a
balance should be struck on that basis. If
this were admitted, our friends of West
Virginia would not only bring the old
State in debt to them because East Vir-
ginia was settled and improvements made
there long before the tide of emigration be-
gan to 60 West; but they would get as
much money from Virginia with which to
build up the State of West Virginia, as
would make it twice as rich as the old State
itself. We have asked West Virginia to
agree to a settlement of our State debt, and
assume her just proportion but she has
steadily and persistently refused. Wehave
asked her to refer the matter to arbitra-
tion-to just arbitration by disinterested
men-and still she refuses.
Mr.. Hereford: Did not we send commits
sioners to Richmond ?
Mr.. Harris, of Virginia: Yes: but they
would not confer with ours. They simply
marched up the hill. and then marched
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not as the partisan; and he did 1T fearless
ly, and we doubt not honestly.
That his decision was adverse to the
hopes and wishes of his party and his
friends we deeply regret. But because
that may be SO we are not OF those Who
will heap censures on him for the act
We accord to him the right to act and
judge for himself-else he would be mere
machine and puppet to do the biddings OF
others That James L. Kemper IS not lana
never will be.
The vote of the Senate shows how the
real sentiment of that body-almost two
to one-sustains the Governor. And ace
k1aoao that there Is large uadef-cesra'e,at both
in and out of the Legislature that has dtaudys
regarded the bill as one Of doubtful .propriety.
Is it so strange and unaccountable, then,
and so heinOuS and damning, that the
Governor should have arrived at the de-
termination that he did? We think not.
From the Norfolk Virginian.]
The community will be astonished to
learn, that the Governor has vetoed the
charter for Petersburg.
Petersburg to ruin. It is difficult to
speak calmly of his action, and we refrain
from further comment until the full text
of his message shall reach us; but we have
hopes that the Assembly will proceed tc
| pass the bill, for it knew before that mes
i sage of veto came, as well as it does now
the merits of the case and the lawfulness
! Of the charter.
| Neither dictation nor advice from Wash
l.ingtop will, we hope, he needed in Rich
| mond.
! To be friend of Mr.. Grant is well enough
| in it's place, but to be friend to VirginiaI
| people is better.
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CONNECTION IN THE LEGISLATURE
On Tuesday, just as the House was about
to commence the. tax bill, Mr.. Griffith, Of
Westmoreland introduced resolution for
putting all money now in the State Treas
ury and all hereafter received, except
enough to defray the current expenses Of
carrying on the government into the sink
ing fund for the redemption Of the funded
debt. This startled the body and Mr..
Stuart getting the floor declared it nothing
less than reputation being an anounce-
ment that no more interest would be paid
He offered an amendment making the res
olutiou one of enquiry which was defeated
ayes A noes 81, a motion to lay it on the ia
ble was also defeated and finally the reso-
ution itself was defeated 81 to ST.
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GOV. KEMPERS VETO.

As is our custom, we give in our news
columns all the intelligence from both
sides in the matter Of Gov Kemper's veto
of the Petersburg charter bill-the object
of which was, as stated by its advocates,
to rescue the government OF that city
from the hands of an ignorant black, and
demoralized white constituency. With
this object we deeply sympathize, but to
the means by which it was sought to be
obtained we are unalterably opposed. We
are quite willing to suffer, and suffer prac-
tically for the benefit Of that negro ridden
city. We would gladly advocate a general
bill to affect every city in the Common
wealth to the same extent by which Pc
tersburg would be fully relieved, but we
are not willing to endorse this specialpe gis
lation now, when we have been protesting
against it in the acts of the Radical party
as applied to the South, for years. The
greatest object in the little lives we live
here, whether the life of political party
or of man, is to be right at any cost, and
we should not be confused from our pur-
pose by either our own suffering or the
suffering of others. If man deserves
praise for simply doing right, which we do
not concede, then Gov. Kemper deserves
all the good that can be said Of him, and
and the more 50, because we all know how
much harder it is to do, when it is against
every sympathy in our own hearts, as it
was against all his A few weeks from
now we shall all be thinking about some
thing else, and even our Petersburg friends
will be more engaged in trying to make
the best of their affairs, rather then in re-
membering their srievous disappointment.
For it has been a grievous one, though our
friends of the "Appeal' and the "News''
are bearing it in a manly way that excite
still. further our sympathy as well as
our admiration. We much doubt if we in
Staunton would have stood it as well, had
she to pass through the same ordeal AS
to party politics, there are none in the
matter. 1t was simply matter of perpe-
trating wrong that relief might come of
it, and the Conservative Governor 'shas
chosen the better part" and the majority
of the Conservative Senators of Virginia
have sustained him in it. In the indigna-
ton of bitter disappointment and the
agony of grief, there have been some cries
about political projects" ''unfaithful-
ness to the people of Virginia." and those
sort of things that people say when they
are too sorely hurt to think, but those feel
-ings do not remain with us after we get
cool. The whole life of the Governor of
Virginia, political and private, stands like
granite wall against such suspicious as
these, and those who have thrown the
darts will be the first to gather them UP
with generous regret that they were ever
betrayed into throwing them.
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--'----S,-<s'
The will of Miss Sophia 7

The will Of Miss Sophia J. Snow, be.
queathing 1856 900 to various charitable in.
situations, has been admitted to probate
in Boston. The will ends as follows II
forbid all person OF persons to break this
my last will and testament, and whoever
attempts to break it OF breaks it, may he,
she OF they find no peace Of mind or body
In this world or in the world to come"
A MINISTER DISMISSED the Meth
odist Protestant Conference. Brooklyn. N.
Z, on Monday, Rev. E. Stocknell was
dismissed for immoral conduct. The
charge against him was for paying address,
es to young lady, although he had wife
living.
A number Of leading publishers of the
country are in Richmond, Va, for the
purpose of consulting with the State board
of education in relation to textbooks used
in the public schools.
William R. Meade, the grandson Of the
late Bishop Meade, was ordained at Grace
Church, Alexandria, Sunday, by Right
Rev. Bishop Johns.
Mr.. W. W. Corcoran has presented
$1,000 to st. Mary's (colored) Episcopal
Church of Washington.
Captain Charles E. Waddell, formerly of
the c. S. Army, died at Danville, Va, on
the 18th inst,
-Four hundred and fifty hands have been
discharged from the navy-yard at Nor
folk,
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DEVOTED.

That was a strange sight in the Metho-
dist Church, at midnight, last Thursday
night-those two hundred men sitting
placidly waiting for a venerable man to
open note book, and in breath break up
all their domestic arrangements, break all
their ties of friendship separate them from
all the associations of year, and send
them out into strange location. There
was no anxiety on their faces, no buzzing
of expectation, as we find in public meet
ings, ON far less important crises, no won
dering 'swhere shall co." no murmuring,
no saying this thing would be better, or
that, no hopefulness and no despair-justa
dead, still, calm. Some of these men must
have had hopes formed where they lived last
year, some of them must have made plans
connected with the place-that is only
human, but nobody would ever have
dreamed it, to look at them. There was no
sound besides the announcing voice, save
the sharp cry of s'plan from the receivers,
when the removed ministers would calmly
rise and hand over the plan of his circuit
to be given to his successor, who is to take
his place in the minds and hearts of his
people. Verify, that word Discipline" of
Methodists, is the right word. They must
have discipline in their hearts, indeed, to
take all this so easily. These men properly
come under the head of s'Devoted',they
devote their lives, fortunes when they
have any, or the prospect of fortunes, if
they have none, all show for worldly adj
vancement, everything that we OF the
world count as gain-to the cause they es-
| pouse. Theremay been room for argument
| about the itinerant plan, but there can be
no discount on itinerants.
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AID FOR THE FARMERS. The Board O

AID FOR THE FARMERs.--Th Board of
Directors of the Richmond Chamber of
Commerce has adopted report recon-
-nending to the Legislature that none
loaned ON real estate be exempt from Stat.
or corporation taxation. so that the agri-
cultural interest in the State may obtain
money at the lowest rate of interest. A
capitalist in Richmond loaning money at
the present rate, 8 per cent, can realize
only per cent. as the taxation by the
city is II per cent, and by the State of
one per cent. At per cent. only 4 per
cent. would be left. Freed from taxation.
and in free money market, the rate would
probably sink to 5. The committee COM
mends the plan of non-taxation of money
loaned On real estate as the plan best suit
ed to the interests both of the commercial
and the agricultural interest of Virginia,
but especially Of the latter.
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WANT THEIR PAY.-The Wheeling
"Register,p Of the 18th instant, says that
railroad, at Huntington and other points
on the western division, are clamoring for
their pay, alleging that six months wages
are now due them, and they cannot live
any longer on credit. The company either
cannot or will not pay, and a great deal
of inconvenience is felt by the worHmen
and by all classes Of business men i'll that
locality A later statement says the Com
pany had sent messenger from Richmond
and arranged the matter.
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A FAMOUS APPLE TREE-H1sToB1cA

"A FAMOUS APPLE 1REE-I1
TWIN WITH THE APPoMATTox TREE
There is an apple tree standing in a lot adj
joining the house of Rev. J. W. Canter, at
Huntersville, Pocahontas county, West
Virginia, which has become historical,
marking the spot where General R. E. Lee
pitched his first tent in the late war.-
Early in the Summer of 1861. General Lee
was ordered to the command of the forces
in Western Virginia. Leaving Richmond
he came to Warm Springs the first day,
and on the day following reached Hunters
vile, where, for the first time In the war,
he bivouacked on the tented field, selecting
the aforementioned apple tree, which
stands on hill overlooking the town, as
the place where his tent should be pitched.
1t is singular co-inciienc that General
Lee should have commenced his military
career under an apple tree among the noun
tains Of West Virginia, and have closed
that brilliant career by captivating to
Grant under an apple tree at Appomattox.
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THE SORT OF MEN We WANT

During speech in the Conference here
last week, Hon. William Mines, Jr., one
of the lay delegates, said that he believed
in ten years, Staunton would have 25,0Oo
Inhabitants. That is Just the sort of faith
and the sort OF man we want, to accom-
nlish the increase. A few men like William
Mines. Jr., with their broad views, active
snterurise. and above all, character, would
build UP Staunton great deal sooner than
that. Let hin come here and start two
or three iron works, ana make his home
here. giving us the benefit Of his public
spirit, and we'll guarantee to get the
twenty-five thousand in less than ten
years.
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DEATH OF JUDGE JoYNEs.-Judge VIM
I. Joynes of Petersburg, late Judge Of
the Court Of Appeals Of Virginia, to which
position he was appointed by Gov. Pier
noint. and afterwards elected by the legis-
lature. died on Sunday. He was long
distinguished lawyer in the State and Of
ten a representative in her councils, and
for several years filed the Presidency of
Petersburg & Weldon Railroad. He was
a brother of Prof. Joynes Of Washington
and Lee University.
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FREE RAILROADLNG.

There is nothing that the State of Vir-
ginia wants for her own quiet, and her own
development, more than free railroad
law. 1t would be particularly conducive
to peace in erlegislative halls, and would
have done away with the railroad fight
they are new having, in that body, over all
application for an extension OF the Valley
Railroad into Tennessee. There is good
deal of opposition from the towns along
the A. M. s. o. r. R., to this extension,
but the head and front of it is in Rich
mond, city which says truly that it pays
one seventh Of the taxes of the State, an
argument that is fully as good for the ex-
tension of the road, as it is against it. In
this single county of Augusta alone we
have iron enough to supply the whole
Southwest if we only had an opening to
that country. When we get it with our
furnaces in blast and our manufactures
in operation we shall be able to relieve
Richmond of the one seventh. If the re-
sources of this Valley of Virginia were
developed there would be no reason for
Richmond paying one twentieth of the tax.
Our hills would be alive with blazing fur
naees. and our Valley dotted with manu-
featuring towns. Give us an opening
South and we will show you. There is no
question as our friend Of the Shenandoah
..Democrat,'' by which Tom Scott's road
rms. and which we trust will be COM
pleted, fears, about estranging the Valley
from the other portions of the State. There
will be and should be no such feeling
Richmond goes into this effort to bar off
competition with an eye single to bust
ness. and if she fails will try and catch up
some other way. Her Chamber of Com
merce and other organizations, in their
memorials to the legislature have thrown
in. with a keen eye to effect,on those men,
bers who may be affected by such senti-
mental illusions, something about the
mother State, the sovereignty of Virginia,
and so forth, but all that amounts to moth
ing. What the Valley wants is a railroad
to the Southwest, and if anybody will build
that, we would willingly see another one
built the next year by it's side by some
bodv else. We want a free railroad law
and let every city take care of itself as the
towns in the Valley have been left to do
for long time. Richmond is as good
market as Baltimore, and if her merchants
had the same activity and enterprise the
Baltimore men have, their trade would
soon be as great. But they must not expect
To sit down at home and have the legisla-
ture drive trade into their net, using our
whip to do the driving with. We have
great faith in Richmond.
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SUIT DECIDEDLY the Richmond Cir
cult Court, Saturday, the suit of Cla1in &
Co., of New York, against Steinbock &
Co., has been decided against the defend
ants, the jury giving verdict for 1924, 945
Among the sureties on the defendants
forthcoming bond, are the proprietors of
the Exchange and Ford's Hotels, Major E.
Mcmahon, E. B. Spence, and other wealthy
gentlemen.
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Alarge meeting was held at Lexington,
Va, last Friday, and resolutions adopted
in favor of the extension Of the Valley
Railroad. Ex-Governor Letcher, 8. Med.
Moore and other prominent men were on
the Committee to prepare the resolutions.
In the House, Wednesday, Mr.. Riddle
that Frank Moss, oolored, oratorical mem
Der ssbe expelled from their house as q
nuisance" There was great fun over it.
William Jones, colored, who murdered
Willie Dnrkin, in Culpeper, when called
to plead "Wednesday, astonished the court
by full confession OF the act.
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A GOOD SIGN.-Mr. Conrad writes to
the Christiansburg messenger: 1.-THE
James River and Kanawha canal is to be a
National work beyond all peradventure.-
In proof, the chief of the late engineer
corps has purchased 900 acres of mineral
lands in the county of Fayette, along the
projected line of til is canal, and has plank
ed the cash and closed the bargain. Do
you want any better evidence than this 7"
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THE BOHEMIAN GALAXY.

The surviving members of the once cele-
brated Bohemian Club will remember
when, solae fourteen years ago, Ada Glare
first appeared among them. She was a
very beautiful girl, and they christened
her the BLONDE Queen of Bohemia.n She
was born in Charleston, S. c., and en-
parked in literature at a very early age
Her first novel, "Only Woman's Heart, !"
was tolerably well received, but the repu-
tation gained in her girlhood was due
mainly to the brilliancy of her short
sketches.
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INCREASING THE CENsUs.-Bath coun-
ty is evidently engaged in populating her
borders ready for the reception Of the
Marrow Gauge R. r. A gentleman named
Mann, living near Mountain Grove, in
that county, has had six children presented
him by his wife in the last thirty months
at the Sd two
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SUDDEN DEATH. -Thomas Conner,
well known citizen Of Rockingham was
found sitting on his horse dead, in the SUI
burbs Of Harrisonburg Monday night. The
body was still warm but life had fled. He
had been attending County Court and had
gotten on his horse to go home. He was
so years of age and leaves a large family.
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NALUA FARM ON LINVILLE'S CREEK
' ROCKINGHAM CO., VA, FOR SALE,
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 1874
The farm of Mrs Mary Lincoln, deceased ia
offered for sale by the heirs. The farm consists
OF
900 ACRES
of first-cass LinvilPs Greek Land, than which
there is no better in the State, all cleared un
der good fencing, well set in grass. The inn
provements are large BRICK HOUSE, 30x4O
new Barn and Grauary, and other good out
buildings. Linvll's creek passes through the
centre of the farm, and good water in every
field. The Orchard has as good fruit as can be-
produced.
TIMBER.
At the same time 90 Acres of Timber
land, convenient to the place, will be sold.
After Land sale, the Personal Property. eon.
sisting of Horses, Hogs, Wagons, &C., will be
sold.
Terms easy and made known on dsy OF sale
For information, address
DR.. VIM. CHAPMAN, Stsuntop. Va
J. P. BROCK,
s = J. D. PENNYBACKER.
mar2o-tds Linville vs..
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WITHDRAWN FROM THE EPISCOPAL
MINIsTRY.-Rev. Mr.. Mccormick, of
Petersburg, has written letter to Bishop
Johns, withdrawing from the Episcopal
church, his chief reason being s'the convic-
tion that infant baptism is not taught in
the scriptures, and ought on that account
to be abandoned" He is spoken of very
highly by the Petersburg papers.
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A MYsTERY.-The head Of a female,
apparently twenty years old, with dark hair
and regular handsome features, was found
by some boys on the bank OF the Saeo river,
near Bddeford, Me-, Sunday. A cord was
tied around the foreh ;ld, with d brick ut
taclled. The head had been chopped from
the BODY close to tile chin.
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COMMERCIAL.

NEW YORK, March 19.-Wheat dull and
heavy. Corn quiet and unchanged.
BALTIMORE, March 1s.-Flour steady
and unchanged. Wheat quiet but firm at
unchanged prices. Corn quiet--whlte.
Southern 75@ isle; yellow, Southern 77(@79c
Oats firm Southern 57@64c. Ryedull at
90092c.