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The Postal Service.

The Hon. James N. Tyner, Second Assistant
PostmasterGeneml, in his annual report, says:
During the fiscal year. ended June 80, 1875.
the cost OF inland mail transportion WAS us fol-
lows: On 81 rail rontes, aggregating 70, OSa
miles in length, s9,2l6,5lS; on 50 steamboat,
routes, aggregating 1878 miles in length.
$GS4130; on 1928 other rontes, designated
''Star" routes. agggregating 132.002 miles in
length So, 1921. Total cost during the fiscal
year, ST., 353.369, which was an increase of 81
776 miles in the length Of routes over the pre-
cedng year, and % decrease of SIS, 6SS in the
cost thereof.
The appropriation to cover the expenditure
for inland transportation during the present
fiscal year is $l7 543, 0C0, and the same si,m is
estimated for the next year. The cos5 of mail
routes in operation Jnly 1875. (the commences
ment Of the present fiscal year,} was $14, 949 500
-, to which has been added an increase for Ju-
ly, August. and September $3.50, 793 81. which
being considered an average increase for the
several quarters of the year, would make the
increase during the entire year, $3.50, l74,21
Add to this the recognized service of railroads.
estimated at 1872, 4S9 49, making the probable
eos. of inland transportation for the present
year Sl6,47l 1882 SO.
In conclilson, Gen. Tyner calls attention to
the interesting fact chat the total appropriations
asked for the next year exceed those provided
for this year in the SUM of only $76,4lJ.
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DEFERRED MATTER.
Specie Resumption.

| The friends of the resumption bill are Begin
ming to waken up under the demands Of the
Democratic party for the repeal of that act
Senator Sherman, the author OF the act, IS
confident of the government being able to carry
out its provisions at tho time fixed in 1879 for
resumption of specie payments.
| In an interview reported in the Cincinnati
| Commercial, Senator Sherman expresses entire
confidence in the stability of the Specie Re-
sumption bill. Even if majority Of the House
should be found in favor Of IS general repeal OF
the act he is confident that the Senate would
, defeat any repeating measure which did not
contain a provision for resumption at as early a
| day as that named. With q Secretary OF the
\ Treasury and an Administration in harmony
with him as to the end proposed by tie law,
Senator Sherman thinks that the act confers
ample powers to make resumption certainty
| bv 1879. The essential thing is for the Secre-
| tary ''to secure as large surplus revenue as
| possible-not by new taxes, but by large re-
| auctions Of expenses, for which there is room
| and verge enough. In this way, and by the
sale of bonds if necessary, he should secure be-
[! IOfG the Time named one luuurOu lulIllOHS VI
dollars in gold, and as large a reserve in green
backs as practicable" Senator Shermanis de-
eidedly of opinion that the inevitable effect of
such preparations, with the power to sell all
the bonds necessary to maintain resumption,
would be to make specie payments an accom-
plished fact.
In this connection, we append the following
paragraph from the New York Times Of the
4th:
With occasional fluctuations, the course OF
the gold premium during the past week has
been steadily downward. Opening at ll54 on
Monday, the price closed yesterday at ll45.
That is to say, the dollar greenback, which
was worth i'll the beginning OF the week about
S6a cents gold, was worth at the close about
ST. cents. When the value of the greenbacl
advances to IS cents and there is a reasonable
certainty that it will not permanently fall be-
| low that point, we may expect thatthe process
| of redeemng the fractional currency i'll silver
| will begin. It hardly seems over-sanguine to
expect that the average price OF gold Will
shortly be fixed at not more than 1l32 per cent.
| and as soon as this becomes fairly established,
| all danger of the silver currency being bought
| up for export will have been removed. The
| Government minis are well prepared to issue
all the subsidiary coinage likely to be called
| for bv the holders OF fractional notes, and
Those who have studied the experience OF other
| nations in redeeming their dishonored notes
| will be prepared to appreciate the Importance
| of silver resumption as determining tile SUCCESS
| of the final resumption in gold
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Correspondence.
MCGAHEYSVILLE, VA. Nov. 7. 1873

McGAHEYsvILLE, VA. Nov. Z, 1875.
Messrs. S. N. .Yost s. Son
Permit me to say in behalf OF the Hon. VIM.
Mines, whom you enormously reported as hav-
ing suspended, but afterwards corrected, that
[ believe he has done more to relieve the cti-
zens OF Virginia than any other man in the
State. AT the close OF the war returned home
from Fort Delaware and found my wife and
five children destitute of the comforts of life,
[ commenced laboring, but having been ex-
hausGed by the hardships and priyations of war.
together with q three months prison life,
found it difficult to engage in any business that
would afford support to my family. 1t was
then that Twas employed by Hon. VIM. Mines
as carpenter. at 81 so per day, and retained
the position for eleven months. which was tt,
me the most pleasant part Of my life At that
time Mr.. Mines had in his employ, at good
wages, about five hundred hands, as lumber
men, wood choppers, miners. golfers. boat build
ers and boatmen, and was also carrying oil the
farming business extensively, besides employ
ing number OF mechanics in erecting dwell
lngs for himself and men and q storehouse to
which was attached a church.
1t was Mr.. Mines custom to move about
amoGg his hands, aud his presence was ALWAYS
agreeable to them. He induced the men to
form literary societies. as a lyceum, sham court,
ETC., to employ their nights during the week.
white and the other for the colored children.
which proved very Interesting and beneficial
70 all colors. Colorcd persons, both great and
small, learned to say the Lords PRAYER and
ten commandments, to read the Bible and
Sunday School books. Mr.. Mines as the head
and life OF this good work in addition to his
duties as superintendent of the schools, was ac-
customed to fill appointments rs minister.
Man cannot depend upon his own strength
and works. The freshet came and swept off
the church, storeroom and contents, forge,
merchant mill, and a number of dwellings, but
as soon as the waters had subsidized Mr. Mines
went promptly to work, and now has larger
forge, mill, storeroom and church.
feel that cannot say enough of this gem
tleman. He not only paid ME a good price for
my services, but loaned me sla0 to erect
dwelling, and although have not, as yet, been
able to return the money, all he has ever said
in reference to it, was stake your time and pay
whcp you cam" Please publish the above and
oblgc. Yours, Respectfully,
w. G. REED.
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THE ORIGIN OF MAIZE.

In the days of the grand old woods untamed
Stood erect in the sunsets red,
| Or besprinkled the rushing floods unnamed
With bloom OF the summers dead,
Lived maid in a hunters lodge, as fair
As flower O. the forest rude
And as free as the free untroubled air
OF its infinite solitude.
But spirit, whose haunt was the river shore,
OFT caressing her slender feet.
Stole glance at the gentle face bent
The unrest of his winding sheet
And so limped the depth OF those dark eyes
Whence her innocent soul outshone
That the god of stream desired, with signs,
That the maiden might be his own
Then he twned DER his brow the dripping weed
And the mariner lily fair,
And IN desperate mood for loves mad need sA.-53
Up arose from his watery Lair, So.
Like startled gazele the maid eaped backI
Meath the tuttering forests wings
With the flight of fawu, when fierce hounds track,
She escaped from the floods bold king.
But the of the gods are feeter far
Than the daughters of mortal kind:
With the rush Of meteoric stsr
He pursues and she flies like wind
Now bend of the stream her eyes depore-
In her path is the watery death;
Close behind is the god. fatal shore
On her face is a chill, damp breath.
With painting OF prayer, "Great Manitou.
Hasten now to deliver" she pleads;
Then with sudden-born impu Sc, swift she flew
To bower of river reeds;
And their tremqlous stems about her bound,
AS if swept i'll whrlyind storm
And behold! in their light embraces wound,
She is changed to another form.
She is rooted in earth, her rare round arms
into tapering leaves are grown;
And proud pluned stalk her heart yet warns,
Like q princess the reeds enthrone
Fine and siiken her hair sheayes round the pearls
Flashed out from her smile of scorn,
Now the kernels of snow the 1nilk-set whorls
OF beautiful ear of corn.
Thus arrested; the god his chapiet ffngs,
On the waves of his subject stream
How, to moclSery broken. its current sings,
or his broken, delusive dream.
Then the passionate spirit, foed, betrayed,
Is dissolved into dew-fne sprays
To adorn with crown of tears the maid
Metamorphosed to graceful maize.
And as long as the rivers scorn the chain,
OF a future of Yengeese kings;
And as long as the pale moons wax and wane
Der the wild Of the Swallowing wings"
When the moccasined foot of The red man strays,
Where his hammered fields unfurl,
Will he liken the rustling leaves of maize;
To the flight of timid girl
-Harper's Magazine.
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| The Republican party, always true to It's in.
| stincts, ever in quest OF power and plunder.
never fails to ally itself with the basest, the
meanest the most abandoned, if they can
! bring recruits to its shattered ranks.-Lerlng-
| ton Gazette.
| Its hardly necessary to say that our cotempo-
rary is slightly prejudiced, and that the above
paragraph is more the result of inlamed pas
sion, resulting from the recent defeats the Dem
ocratic party has experienced, than calm refiec-
ton. We have only to refer to the administration
of municipal affairs in Baltimore and New York
to arrest the exuberance Of the Gazettes fancy as
to the affiliations of the Republican party.
There, at least, the bummers and plugs make
common cause with the Democracy, and, in fact,
constitute its vital force. Go to any of the cities
Even in Richmond, what do we witness at this
very time? One wing of the party. prosecuting
the other for frauds perpetrated and laws vic
lated. And yet the Conservative organs are
vociferously crying out against Republican
frauds. 1t is, indeed, the old story of ''stop
thief! " while the results Of robberies are be-
ing crammed down into the bottom of the
pockets of those who make the wall. The his
tory of all parties is more or less tainted with
corruption, bit for shameless disregard Of all
the restraints Of deceEcy and public morality,
modern Democracy unquestionably claims the
palm.
The solemn warnings that are being uttered
by the Democratic press for the Southern poll
al, X, Nh
ces, suppress their feelings and obscure their
thoughts, constitute a confession of some sig
nificance. If there was not q concealed pur-
pose to reverse, or at least TO embarrass in
some way the existing legislation of the coun
try, why these adnenitions and cautions? The
truth is, with full control Of the government,
the Democratic party would spunse out the
legislation of the past ten years, and restore
the old order OF things, as far as it would be
possible to do SCI. There is deep under-cur-
rent OF hostility to the government, which oc-
casionally finds vent in mutfled tones, yet ear
nest and determined. With eighty odd confed-
crate soldiers in the next Congress. many Of
them of impulsive natures and shallow intellects,
there will be abundant reason for the admoni-
tons that the Democratic press is daily sprea-
ding broad cast
How MUCH PORK IN A BUsHEL OF Corn
This subject Of interest 70 farmers. particu-
larly at this season Of the year, and | beg leave
to submit the following statement which have
compiled from various sources:
American Agriculturist, February 1868. says
l4a pounds.
American Agriculturist, January, 1867, says
Z pounds.
Patent Office Report, 1928, page At, says
10 pounds, 1868, page BOB, says Il pounds, 1861
page 4O6, says 2 pounds.
Raw corn 81 pounds.
Cooked meal, l794 pounds.
Corn in the ear, 81 pounds.
Ground corns 10 pounds
Ground and boiled meal % pounds.
New York Tribune, March IS, 1856, says 81
pounds.
Old Almanac, 101 pounds.
Average, liz pounds
Respectfully submitted, N.
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The Philadelphia Noyth-American thinks the
tendency of the recent elections will be, not to
leave single Northern or Western State for
the Democracy in 1876. Also, that the next
Congress that shall be elected, will have a
sweeping and decisive Republican majority.
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Itwoud appear from the indicators re-
marks on Mr. Stuart's address to his constitu-
ents, that tine honorable gentleman borrowed
his thoughts froln that luminary.
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Stanton Cards.

mo THE PTJBIlC.-The undersigned, having
nnrchased the interest of Mr.. F. o. Hydenrich.
in the Tin and Stove business heretofore conducted
by them takessthis method of informing the pubic
that he is now prepared to do all kinds OF
ROOFING, GUTTERING, &C.
And manufacture Tinware of all descriptions He
will also keep constantly hand all descriptions OF
Stoves including the best patterns OF
COOK. PARLOR, s. OFFICE STOVES, CRATES, SC
He respectfully asks continuance OF the patron-
that has heretofore generously been eSIended to
him. a. aFsO DHNA'
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IHURNs.. CMUHNs.

~HURNS. CEEUENS.
The undersigned is engaged in manufacture
ing the best Churn now in use. and is prepared to
ali all orders and would say to all ho want good
article, to try it. To encourage those who need a
.Ghurn please read the certificates OF some OF the
tE1ast Dairymen. GEORGE A. SHOPPERT.
CERTIFICATES.
This lis to certify that have been using the
&. VIR MIA CHARM 'CHURN' i'll our families for
,,ore than two years, and that for rapidity with
,rbich it does its work. it's simplicity of construc-
ton and impossibility Of getting out OF fix, the
ase with which the butter and milk are separ-
Ted its cleanliness and general excellence, it is
without an equal, as far as we know, and we would
not be without one for many times its cost:
Re Col Asher Herman, Rev. R. Il. Phillips, H.
Inshbangh, BENZ. Crawford, Robt. Dunlap, Dr. n
1Eavt M e. Hartman, VIM. Jordan, James Jordan
Jacob Shoulders and Geo. W. swoope. nov
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A short time ago Deputy Attorney General
Fairchild, OF New York, gave y legal opinion
that savings banks conld not, under the law,
invest in District of Columbia bonds. The Att
torney General of the United States and Clms.
O'Conor gave an opinion precisely opposite. ami
now Attorney General Pratt of News York has
also prepared written opinion which rvyerses
the Judgment Of his deputy,
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Taiverw2 Livery "

Having failed to dispose of my stock as advertls
ed. have decided TO continue the Lively sa,d
ne conducted nv my late husband and nave secures,
tbe services of Mr. c. II. P!att, thoroughly conf
netent gentleman, to take charge OF Uhe sIapleS'
Persons desiring
HANDSOME AND ELEGANT HACKS,
einr1a or Donble BUGGIEs, with MATCH HoR-
sES, (grays browns and blacks0 III hne' anything
pertaining to a complete
FIRST-CLASS LIVERY,
ro iny,sad 70 give me n call. Excursion parties 10
az snrn@s caves or other neighboring localities,
can he accommodated upon application at short
notice. The patronage of friends former custom
NC and tho nublic generally is respectfully solicit
ed. MIS-. A1AAA ~
NAV lS-tf-v & S copy
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The distinction between the idea that gov
erned the two great political parties of the
country. is that the one is progressive in its
tendency and the other reactiye and repressiye.
The Republican party keeps abreast of the de-
veoping iiltellections Of the people-the en-
sareemnnt Of the understanding and the more
enlightened and practical view Of human rights
and aspirations. The Democratic party is con-
stantly looking back-mournng over obsolete
measures and ideas, and housing among the
skeletons and dry bones Of the past. 1t does
not recognize the events Of the past fifteen
years and their logical consequences. Ii
does not seem to comprehend the spirit and es-
sence of the condition of things that surround
and impel the American people, and is inca
pable Of graphing with the progressive
thoughts that spring out Of realized develop
ments.
It IS this contrast that attracts the sympathy
of the masses to the Republican party. Its
live principles, its progressive policy, are in
harmony with the interests and aspirations Of
the people, and it must continue to grow in
popular confidence, in defiance of the contemp-
tible prejudice and passion it has to encounter
with those who are false to plighted faith
false to national duty and obligation.
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One whose troubles are always in his eye
blind man.
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Hotels
1NHE sPOTTs wood HOTEL,
4 M:arris0mbsarg. Va,
[CK, - PRopRIETOF


The new Hotel, THE SPooTswoOD under my pro-
prietorship, is open and ready to receive visit
erS and guests The establishment has been re11t
ed from the cellar to the roof and is incomplete Or
teml1edem phatically new ihouse, and 1T IS de-
der to make it stand as one of the very best
kept hotels in the State. The proprietor has nag
very enlarged experience for Is years as hotel and
springs proprietor, having kept the old Column hlan
destroyed by fire in December, 1900 and the Jor
dan Alum Springs in Rockbrdge. He is quite snre
he may claim, here in the Valley OF Virginia, to be
able to keep hotel He therefore invites me PEG,
the travelling public generally to call at the SDottS
wood and see whether he does not well understand
the business of his life. >,
1t is scarcely necessary to say that the Table the
.Parlors and the Chambers will always be found
agreeable . >,
The proprietor in conclusion, is quite sure the
fort to establish frst-class Hotel, such as the
Spottswood shall be, in Harrisonburg, is5sSis3
My Omnibus will always be ready to convey pas
sengers to and from the spotswood.
nov 70 Proprietor OF SpOttSWOOd. Il
A merican Hotel,
N Immediately at c. & Ohio Railroad Depot,
sTAUNToN, VA.
MECH ESNEY & NADENBOUSCH, Proprletor IS
The Proprietors in reSuming the management o.
this we'll known and popular hotel 50 long andIa
ably known to the travelling public, promise III lle
future to retain the reputation the American HAS
borne, as FIRST-CLASS HOTEL.
Its locality Immediately at the Railroad DepoI rem
ders it a convenient stopping place Iof persons oh
business or in search OF health.
Bar and Barber Shop in the House. .
All the offices of the Telegraph and stage INES fah-
ming to this town are adjoining this mouse iea t Dot
MA first-cas Livery Stable, conducted py Fat
v looie' 70 oonne0'eo WA ''' McCHEsNEY s. co.
NB-Ctizens OF the county will be furnished aln n
der at so CENTS and Horses fed by Pat OToole at ~
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a woman always puts her lett stocking on
last,
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How to become rutfed up---swallow pint
Of yeast.
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Business Outlook.

The New York Times, of the 14th last, has
the following encouraging paragraph, in refer
ence to the prospective business Of the coun-
try and the substantial revival of industries.
The reference to iron and coal has peculiar sig
n:fcance to Virginia and West Virginia, for it
is here that these minerals can be worked to
the MOST advantage. There is no section OF
the country that can stand in competition
with us. The Times says:
From the returns given in another column,
it will be seen that the somewhat remarkable
movement of American calicGes to the English
market continued last week without Interrupt
ton At the rate OF expectation OF these
goods already established, we are sending
abroad every week as large quantity OF our
manufactured cotton as we used TO send in a
month. Competent Judges OF the trade as
sumo this to be the starting-point OF vast eN-
port movement Of American cotton cloths,
which will, in certain departments, at least,
compete with the English manufacturer in
Manchester itself, and which ere long must
find their place side by side with the products
Of British looms in the bazars CT Calcutta,
Madras, and Bombay. All indication combine
to show that we are Oh the threshold OF new
era in the industrial history Of the country.
The present generation will probably live to
see the United States the greatest cotton
weaving, as well as the greatest cotton-pro-
ducing, country in the world. So with our
iron and coal industries. We have reached
the point where the import Of manufactured
iron has all but stopped, and where people be-
Gin to talk of American iron being sold at a
profit in the English market. We are. in fact,
making our first essays i'll the two great de
partments of the industrial competition of the
world, and it is evident that our capacities fol
the development Of foreign trade in both are
simply boundless.
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Railroads.

,c,cHEpULE OF HARPER,s FERRY AND
- VALLEY BRANCH, I 8; y DIV "; h a.,
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Mail Train through from Baltimore and Washing
ton without change of and close connection at
Harper's Ferry from all points West. nov II
C<besapeake and Ohio HaiIread.-Onan and after
z > Sunday May goth, 1875, Passenger Trains VIII
f1AllnN
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The French Edition of which sells for s1,65 and the
London Edition for $500 Popular Edition ($550),
containing orer one Hyndred fu1lage quarto plates
is the CHEAPEST AND MOST ELEGANT PUBLICATION in
AMERICA and the BEST TO SELL Critics vie with
each other in praisng it, and the masses buy it,
Agent in Charleston S. c., reports 81 orders; one in
Ninety Six S. c. 106; in Va, 247; another i'll Mem
nhis 200 orders taken in three weeks.
FULL PARTICULARS FREE. Address
j. B. FORD CO., Publishers,
now 18--ft ~ Park Place, New York.
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0r1o''Pe1r 7@''7+
His business intercourse for over twenty-five
years with the people of this section, justifies
him in assuring them that he has made his pur-
chases to suit their tastes. He knows what
they want, and has the very articles to supply
them.
His stock of Gold and Silver Watches, jew
elry of all descriptions, and Clocks of various
styles and patterns, Vases, &C., &C., cannot be
surpassed in this or any other market.
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Professional Guards.

FOEEN w. STOUT,
u Attorney -at-Law.
Il 4fa M sSTAUNToN, VA,
Will practice in the Courts holden in Augusta and
adjoining counties. sA nov Al
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Colution Iodo Bromide eff Calcium comp. For
- sale by w, =. Tyree, druggist, jan
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r HAVE on hand all the necessary Bankrupt Forms
/ and am prepared to make out the necessary pa
pers for any desiring to claim the benefits OF the
Bankrupt Act.
will also attend to making out and forwarding
the applications Soldiers OF the 1872 or te1l
widows, for the Pension granted By late a Act o.
Congress. ALEX. H. FULIA,
march off Attorney at Law.
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VIZ ASHINGT0N CITY, VIRGINIA MIDLAND
w AND GREAT SOUTHERN RAILROAD
Double Daliv Trains between Baltimore and
south and Southwest.
On and after Sunday, June 18th, Passenger Trair
will run as follows