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Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-02-12
FROM FALLING WATERS.
FAILING WATERS, Feb.
10 The Edtors ofthe Independent

TO the Editors ofthe Independent
The exciting topic in this neighbor-
hood is the question of who shall be
next Road Surveyor of this District.
The appointment will be made at
the Jure term Of the County Court,
and already there are some ten or a
dozen candidates for the place. Pc
titions are being circulated for sign
ers by the various aspirants, and
as much interest seems to be man :
tested in the matter as in the que3-
ton of the next Sheriffalty. Speak
ing of the Sheriffalty, the indications
are that candidates for that position
will be as numerous as flies in mo-
lasses time. On the democratic side
we hear the names of M. G. Maiden
bousch, Casper Stump, Philip Show
ers, o. s. Cunningham, M. G.. kyne,
Decatur Hedges, j. N. Cunningham,
Barnet Cushwa, Capt. VIM. Sperow,
and numerous others. Each has his
following, and the contest promises
to be lively.
On the Republican side the name
Of Samuel Gold is most prominent.
There are several other nemes men,
toned on this side, but Gold is con-
sidered as the most available candi-
date the Republicans can trot out,
and his friends claim that he would
make a close run.
DEMOCRAT
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Religious Reyivalim Hagers
tGWn.

To the Editors Of the Independent:
Please give me space to tell of
what | saw while on a recent fly
ing visit to Hagerstown. When j
arrived on Saturday evening /
found there was some general and
absorbing interest in the town !; 1
soon learned it was a religious
revival. Not confined to sect or
section uniting most of the
churches of the place, and reaching
beyond these and their congrega-
tions into places seldom visited by
such influences taking hold of
people who seldom think of God
or Eternity. In one instance the
gentleman-a moral man-declar-
ed he had never experienced re-
ligiouS impression in his life, till
after entering the church the even
ing of his conversion. Then his
brother-a wild young man--arose
and asked the prayer of Gods peo-
pie for himself. Another, a prom
inent and upright business man,
says he owes his conversion to
sermon from the text, "And the
door was shut" and a correspon-
ding incident. The sermon caused
him to feel so uncomfortable in
mind, he almost decided to stay
away but he could not. Upon
reaching the church the next even
ing some one outside remarked to
him: "You can't get in. The door
is shut and locked" Then he
turned away land struggle began
that lasted but a day or. two
and ended in his rising for PRAYERS
in the Mems meeting, Sunday af-
ternoon, and finding peace while he
stood there. But time would fail
to tell all theremarkable CONVEX
sions and answers to prayers, that
came to my knowledge, even dur
ing my short stay. The interest
is growing. Those who objected
to religious excitement, must per-
ceive-if not wifully blind or ig-
norant that the excitement is Of
that STILL kind that giveta last
ing peace.
l heard Professor Shumaker,of
Chambersburg, speak and sing on
Saturday and Sunday evenings.
Truly he is man sent of God, as
apower ofgood in his day and gen.
Grafton. His singing of Ninety d
Nine" was especially effective. l
attended the meeting on Monday
at 4 o'clock, p NJ. Tho the ministers
of the town were then alone in the
work, the interest seemed to be
growing and deepening. They are
not afraid, for they feel that the
work is of God.
That this wave of salvation to
dying souls, and of purifying and
strengthening to protesting chris
tians, may sweep over this place,
is the prayer of one who enjoyed
every moment of her stay in Ha-
gerstown. NJ. f. b.
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AD " ERTISINc RATES.
Terms for the Weekly.
INCORPORATE the LOTTEI 7

That modest person known as Buz-
fuz, who in addition to his sup with
Durham, the colored man, offered a
certain well-known barber a sum of
money to get the means to illegally
crafty his lust, and who got up the
famous lottery swindle, should have
his schemes Incorporated, and he
should be sure that s'leeches and sell
fish hdrpies be kept out, achose greed
suck tie Likelihood Of all such enter
pr'ises, and sohose personal connection
bit gre rise to suspicion, and zee guar
oatce that no difficulty acil be met an
raising the required amount Of CAPE
tai"
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RnZfuz's Attack ON ~. Il. S.
A NATIVE OF BACK CREEK" COMES
TO HIS DEFENCE.

A "NATIvE OF BACK CREEK" COMES
TO HIS DEFENCE.
To the Editors Of the Independent:
Fully month and half ago TIE ed
itor of .hat apology for newspaper,
whom the INDEPENDENT is won't to
nickname "Buzfuz.' latter the combus-
tic lawyer in Pickwick," with "a fat
body and q red face" as Dickens de-
scribes him. after most absurdly fud-
ing fault with your correspondent +.
ST." for mere passing allusion, in ons
of his "Reminiscences" to John Brown
as an "anti-slavery martyr which he.
the editor, calls "highly eulogis,ic Ian
guage," in his ignorance of the meaning
of words travels ont of the record to
attack 81. E. S." personally, bringing
to bear against him the old stale and
often-refuted charge that he "sold his
slaves and then turned abolitionist.'
Whereas it is well known, to every body
acquainted with the facts, it was not
till many years after that transaction,
that he came to think there was any,
thing morally wrong in slavery.
I observed that, in commenting on
this malicious rehash, you said your cor
respondent was cable to take care of
himself" But he does not seem to have
paid any attention to the matter, al
though more than month has elapsed
Under these circumstances | am moved
to ask you to make room for a brief ex-
tract from an article which | find in my
scrap book, as prepared by me in 1867,
and printed at the time in the Berkeley
Union. Whist | then said think still.
1t was this: "Now,i requires no stretch
of immagintion to conclude that the man
who closed up valuable distillery for
principles sake: and showed his will to
pursue the same course with what was
then still more valuable tavern stand,
[had the County Court allowed him to
do So which, strange to say. they did
not would not have hesitated for mo-
ment about Sacrificing slave property
for which he only received the "pittance
of eight hundred dollars" as he himself
styles it in his letter in last weeks
Berkeley Union, had he been convinced
of the moral wrong of slavery, when he
sold his slaves, as he had already be-
come of the moral wrong Of the manu-
facture and sale of distilled liquors at
the date ofthe transactions respecting
the distillery and the tavern. | believe
furthermore; that he would have re- pur-
chased his slaves Tor the purpose of
freeing them, as he has told us it was
his purpose to do, had not the death of
one of them, and the sale of the other
beyond his reach or even his knowledge
of her whereabouts, before he become
committed to the 'anti-slavery move
ment, conspired to prevent his following
the dictates of his new sense Of right
and duty. Any person who permits
himse to think otherwise draws an I'M
fair and unjust inference which does a
gross wrong to the reputation of one
who has always proved himself to be
unselfish in this respect at least, to a
degree which it would do some of his
slanderers no harm to initiate"
A NATIVE OF BACK CREEK.
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THE KING STREET BOOSTERS
WRITTEN FOR THE INDEPENDENT BY sERxE-
LEY BARD.

The people all know,
For the saying runs so.
As old roos. srs crow,
Young ROSTERS will listen and learn,
And so young "Buz"
See rhyme for the .'fuz,''1
Like his old dad does,
Family trying to crow his turn.
Since asked to that dinner,
The silly young sinner,
Struts round like winner,
In the yard surrounding yon barn
But plain you wi II see,
II you list, that be,
With all his glee,
Can't crow, after all, worth a darn.
His pipes are two weak
As witness that squeak,
He gave, t'other week.
Concerning that invite to feed
But bet keep quiet,
Con ert with plain diet
As best, Who'll deny it?)
For chicks SO indecent 10 greed.
But old Buzzy : voice,
With frye" as his choice,
Is the rooster for noise,
When growing out'whisky-m
But vain Of old spurs,
He'll keep at his slurs,
Till the hot blood stirs,
And gets his old gizzard pierced thro'.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-02-12

pondents so disgusting to you,
will, / know, desist. think they
will be that smart. / shall exert
myself, and / know the intiuen-
tial citizens will help to call off the
pack that so offend you. Please
don't cut me up on this / am no
cor espondent, / only meant to Of
err obs" apology, but you fill me
so with admiration that l had to
discant little. A.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-02-12
Fatal Railroad Accident.

NEW YORK, Feb. S.-A trackman
named Phillip Clerk, while engaged
in shoyeling snow from the track in
the Bergen cut of the Pennsylvania
Railroad, at Jersey City yesterday,
was struck by the locomotive of a
passing train and hurried against the
rocks. His skull was fractured, and
his internal injuries were so serious
that he was not expected to servive
many hours.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-02-12

The trial of Gen. Backcock at st.
Louis on the indictment charging
him with participation in the
Whiskey Ring frauds continues to
attract public attention. The pros
ecution guided by the opinion OF the
presiding Judge, abandoned the
course previously taken to introduce
evidence regarding the conspiracy
existing in 1871 and 1872 and confines
their witnesses to the Ring opera
lions from 1873 and 1875. Several
witnesses were examined, but moth
ing in relation to the defendent was
elected. The Court adjourned to al
low counsel on both sides to agree
upon series of interrogatories to be
propounded to President Grant, the
examination to take place before the
Chief Justice of the United States
Supreme court.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-02-12

Three Congregationaiist Churches
at Providence and the Vine Street
Church of Cincinnati have declined
to send representatives to the Ply
mouth Church advisory council.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-02-12

The New York Journal of Commerce
thinks that the proposed new tariff is
the best measure which has been before
Congress during the last dozen years.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-02-12
THATIROOF.

We have waited patiently for he
proof furnished by old Buzfuz in SUBJ
sanitation of his lying charge made
against us in regard to the holding
of the Democratic State Convention.
1t has not been produced. He can
not produce it. He made the charge,
knowing it to be false, with the de-
liberate purpose OF doing us an inju-
ny if possible. We characterized the
charge and it's author in belitting
terms at the time it was made, and
Notwithstanding he has a hide like q
rhinoceros, and cheek as hard as a
canal mule, he squirmed like skin
ned eel and tried to wriggle out of
it. We have received letters from
two other members of the committee
which nail Buzfuz's lying charge as
emphatically as did the letter of Col.
Thompson, but deem it unnecessary
to publish them at this time, as we
have already devoted too much space
to a character like BuZfuz. We may
be permitted to say, however, that
we met Senator Grantham yesterday
(Thursday) and that he frankly told
us that the charge was a base fabri-
cation that he had, as we had re-
quested him to do, made every posi-
BILE enquiry in regard to it while in
Wheeling, and could find no founda-
ton in fact for it whatever. Senator
Grantham also said that he should
not have written the note published
by Buzfuz if he had been &C
quainted with the facts at the time
he wrote it, and did not hesitate to
say that his note was not p,sblishedas
he acrote it. Comment is unnecessary.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-02-12

On an average about fifteen tramps
a night find lodging i'll Cumberland.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-02-12

In all cases, except where takenfrom
the carriers, the money must accom-
pany the order for papers.
Remittances may be made at our
risk BY Express (charges prepaid), reg
istered letter, post office money order,
or draft. Address
INDEPENDENT PRINTING Co.
Martinshurg w Va.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-02-12

There is trouble among the Hend-
rieks Democrats of Indiana on ac-
count of the independent Party Con-
vention which will nominate Frank
lin Landers to, Congress on the wild
est scheme of financial policy. The
Democrats will have to adopt him or
lose the State, and he will not form
a good background for candidate
before the National Democratic Con-
vention.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-02-10
sToNEWALL JACKSON.

We we'll know that the memory of thl s
great, coed and illustrIous man needs no
monument to keep it instilled in the
minds Of the people whom he once loved
90 we'll, and whose appreciation of his
virtues and goodness is beyond conceI-
ton; and that his grand majestic and
matchless figure will l ON up in the
Southern imagination as a hero model
of perfection unequaled, and never to be
surpassed until the moon has gone be-
hind the clouds of the western horizon to
appear no more. When Old Mother Earth
shall cease her onward career in that
perpetual precision that has no equal
and once more constitute a mass Of con-
glomeration, then, and not till then, will
the memory of "Stonewalp jackson be
obliterted from the page of American
history and dimmed in the volume Of
Southern appreciation. But, let US re-
member that twelve long years have
passed since this Christian and soldier
Crossed over the river
To rest in the shade Of the trees,'
and as yet his contrymen and comrades
have shown no disposition to erect e mon
ument to speak tie respect and esteem
in which they cherish his m emory, and
that the spot whore he lies bnried is
now unmarked save by simple lab
placed there by the limited means Of his
devoted widow. li'thtre is a remnant of
love and admiration for the dead chief
tain in the SUuthe ~tates, letit exhibit
itself Let the ladies, who are always
the first to march to the graves of the
fallen beloved and plant thereon embl.ms
of affection and esteem, iraugurate
movement in the different towns and
cities Of the Southern States for the COL
lection of a fund, be 1t ever so small to
be contributed to the Jackson Memo.
rial Association, which has been organ
lied under charter granted by the Gov
eminent of Virginia, the object Of which
is to erect q monument at the grave Of
our beloved hero commemorative of the
love and veneration in which the people
for whom he so faithfully prayed, fought
aud died, cherish his memory. Do this
ladies, and no man who has a spark of
true patriotism in his breast will refuse
to appropriate a part of the enormous
sum yearly expended for the support of
useless vices, to such an heroic cause.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-02-10

snow, under a sort of old bower that
came out from the eaves-It was sort
of an ell then, all covered with vines
to cool this hot candy IN the snow, and
hey were all sitting around there in the
meantime we were gone to bed; we were
rot invited to attend this party, we were
go Young Il these young ladies aud
Z gentlemen assembled there ann jim and
| were in bed. There was about four
inches ofsuovx OF the roofof this !, and
CUR window looked out onto it, and it
was frozen very hard.
A couple f cats were assembled on
the chimney In the middle of this ell, aud
shey were grow ling at fearful rate, and
switching their tails about, and going on,
and we could not sleep ar all Final Y
Jim i'd For two cents I'd 90 and shake
them cats eff that chimnay:" 80 ! ga d,
OF course you WOULD "&tlt' be said
well, l would; have n mighty good nc-
fion to do it," says, l ''0f course you
have a great notion to do it." l hoped
he might try It, but 7 was afraid he
would not Finally l did get his ambi-
ton up, and he raised the window and
clmb ed cut on the icy roof, with nothing
hut his socks and very short shirt
lie went climbing along on aIi-lours OF
the roof, toward the chimney where the
cats were. In the meantime these young
ladies' and gentlemen were enjoying them
SELVES down under the caves, an when
Jim got almost to the chimney be made
a pass at the cats, and his heels few up
and he shot down and crashed through
those vines and lie in the midst of these
indies and gentlemen, and t down in
those hot saucers Of candY =, and there was
a general stampede, of course, and he
came up stairs dropping pieces Of china
ware and candy all the way Hp, and VIII n
he got there-now, any body in the world
would have gone into profanity. CT some
ching calculated to reli Y, the mind up-
der the circumstances, but he didn't-he
scraped the candy of his legs, nursad
his blisters little, and said: 81 could
have kctched them cats if hadn tslipped
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-02-10
THE CENTENNIAL BILL.

Our exchanges, are pretty generally
down on the Centennial appropriation;
and in most instances because, as they
say, such an appropriation was not pro
yided for in the Cons titution. This posi-
ton is assumed in the face of score Of
precedents, gwen US by our strictest state
rights men, for which the opponents of
this bill find even less constitutions al pro-
vision than for this loan of one and ahalt
millions. If nation has right to OK
ist, it does seem that it should have the
mower to show to the world that it is in
existence. The question is, "Nhen the
constitution of the United States dele
gated to Congress certain national poa-
ers. among them the taking of national
attitude toward foreign nations, did it
not intend that such expenditures for
national dignity as are usual to nations
welding those powers, shoull be made
bv Congress As for instance, the or
namenting Of the national capitol with u
dome costing SlO,OO0,OOG the building
of tomb for General Washington, which
Congress undertook to do ct one time;
the receiving of Lafayette, tb e national
benefactor in national ship and pro-
viding for the expense of inviting and
bringing him here. 1t is remarked by
an opponent of the bill, that its several
advocates rely on almost as many differ
ant clauses of the constitution for their
authority. He might have added that
nv almost every one of these clauses
Congress " as given, directly, or implied
". the right to make this appropriation.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-02-10

Epson county, Georgia, claims the
champion centennialist. He is a negro
named Charles Dubignon, is I25 years
old, frisky aud vigorous He was captur-
ed in Africa by Spanish slave traders
about century ago,and was taken to
Spain whore he lived in slavery for many
years, and didn't know Gen. Washington
He Joined the Baptist church last week,
and washed away century and quarters
load of sins in the Flint river
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-02-10

By virtue of a writ of Uenditioni er-
pOHds to me directed from the Supreme
Court of Tennessee, at jackson, in favor
of J T. Parker VS. NJ. T. Pirtle, | will
sell TO the highest bidder for cash. at
the Courthouse door, in the t)wn OF
Bolivar, Hardeman county, Tennessee, on
Saturday, 26th February. 1876,
the following described tract of lana "
ing in said county and State, and bound
ed as follows, to-wit, it being q grist
mill and fixtures on Mill creek, begin
ming at a hickory, white oak and poplar
marked NJ, 90 pOias north and 80 poles
east from the corner of said section
and runs west % poles to an elm, deg.
wood and poplar marked NJ; thence south
crossing the creek at Is poIes,in all 343
pales, to a hickory and chestnut marked
NJ; thence north crossing MIll creek at
D poles, in all "a 7-l2 poles to the be-
ginning. Said land granted by the State
Of Tennessee to r. L. Cobb by grant
20269 and known as the Rufin Mill tract
Sold for debt, interest and cost as above
Sale within legal hnnrs
J. J. NEELY, Sheriff.
This, January 81, 1876. jan27,4t
Printers fee, $500.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-02-10
.CuERIEFS SALE.

SuEmEFS SALE.
By virtue of the authority vested in
me, Twill, on
Monday, February 28th, A D. 1875
at the Courthouse door, in the town of
Bolivar, Tennessee, sell to the highest
bidder for cash, the following described
real estate, to-wit: An undivided int r
est Of tvo-thirds in a house and lot front
ing on Main street, in the town of Bolt
var, Tennessee, 80 feet and running back
west 70 feet bounded on the South by
Henry Reynolds furniture store, and en-
the north by a. Ramsey livery stable.
Also 923 acres of land, being the
same d, creed to ID j Newbern by deree
of the Chanchery Court, of Hardeman
county, Tennessee, at the March Term,
1868, of said Court, in the case of Vim.
Reynolds VS.. J Il Robertson, adm ct al
heirs of n Z Robertson, decd, the above
923 acres, including one tract Of % acres
| one tract of > acres, also 54 acres, one
tract ! 9 acres, one tract of $50 acres
For full descriptions Of each of which by
metes and bounds, reference Is MADE to
Minute Book No ,, pages 40 and TAI
of the Chanccry Court, of Hardeman
county, Tennessee, and also in the
Registers Office of same county, Deed
Book U. pages 6lS and GIG,
Also the life estate which Mrs o. 2.
Ramsey had as her dover in the follow
lowing tract of land, and which she con
veyed by deed dated Oct 2Sth, 1861, to
d } New bern. said deed is of record in
Registers Office, of Hard man count
ennessee, Deed Book U, pages 2l0 and
Oil Said land Is deserted as follows,
tC-wit: In range ., section 4, 10Th sur
veyor district, Hardeman county, Tenn,
beginning at stake with water oaks
en- the north east corner CT entry No
1852 for 50 acres made in the name Of
Bills and Ramsey, On the south b, undaTy
line Of entry No 1908 for $3.50 acres,
and runs north 6S 10 TO q beach, the 5
east corner of said so acres on the north
boundary line of entry No. ,6l0 for ITO
| acres; thence east 10 poles to stake
It's north east corner; thence south with
it's east boundary line 100 poles to d
stake; hen : west with A. Miler's lin c
| l35 Clio poles to stake, his north west
corner; thence south II 40 poles to a
! stake, a corner Of same; thence west Is
| poles to a stake, said Mllers extreme
west corner In field, at a point Il
| poles east of the north east corner Of the
town of Bolivar; thence north 1873 clio
| poles to stake on the south boundary
1 line of entry No. - for -- acres;
thence east with the same IjS poles,
with said 1850 acres, in al $50 e-I0
| pole to the beginning. Levied on "a the
! property Of ID } Newborn to satisfy an
execution in my hands in favor Of How.
colt & Gordon VS. Newborn Il Statler is
sued from the Circuit Court, of Harde,
man county, Tennessee. Sale within
! lawful hours.
J. j. NEELY, Sheriff,
Hardemau County.
January 3lst, 1876.
Pripter I fee, Sl5 20 feb34t
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-02-10
SHERIFFs SALE.

By virtue of a Ue7adifioni erponas to
me directed from Circuit Court of Har
deman county, Tennessee, case of Ar
dersOn, Bro. 81 Co. " D. a. Carter,
will sell at the Court-houso door, in the
town OF Bolivar, Tennessee, to the high
est bidder, for cash, on
! Monday, February 18th. 1870
to satisfy this Uenditioni erponas, the
following described tract of land lying
10 Civil District No. Is of Ha-de-
man county, Tennessee, and bounded
on the north by lands of E. Roark, on
the east by the New Orleans, St. Louis
Dc Chicago railroad. on the south by the
lands of J. B. league, and on the west
by the J. D. Kelly, containing 40 acres,
more or less
il Nicely, Sheriff.
This, January Is. 1876,
Printers fee, 50 so ian20-4t