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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-03-23
Assignee's Sale
REAL ESTATE
Page County. Va,

Page County, Va.
In compliance with order &: the q. s. District
Court for the We tern District Of Virginia enter
ed on the 18th Of March, 1876 in the matter Of John
N. Koontz, Bankrupt, in Bankruptcy, shall, on
THE 10Th DAY OF APRIL, 1876
(Court-day) in front Of the Courthouse of Page
county. sell at public auction to the highest bidder
one hundred acres Of land surrendered said hank
the lands of Elder Paul W. Yates. and others.
and ntbar sooq snd
ments Part of said land is cleared and the residue
valuable timber land Said land will be offered
whole, in lots or parcels as may be deemed most
advisable by the Assignee. on the day Of sale.
TERMS OF SALE :-One-fourth cash in hand, and
the balance on credit OF six, twelve and eighteen
months, with interest from day Of sale the p1rchas-
er giving bonds with ample personal security for
the deferred payments and the title will be retained
untilall the purchase money is paid.
]. g. NEWMAN, Assignee
Of the estate of John N. Koontz, Bankrupt
mar 23-tdS
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Ve1U advertisements.
Cease No. no.,

nISTRICT COURT OF THE UNIFIED STATES,
~ For the Western District Of Virginia.
TO John F. Grogan, and to all whom it may concern
Greetpr:
Notice is hereby given that on the 18th day Of Mar
1876 STILL Cap and Worm OF tie estimated value
of fifty dollars, claimed or owned by John F. Gro
CANVAS seized by the Marshal Of the United
States for said District as forfeited to the use a
United States, and the Is libeIled and prose-
cuted in this Court in the name OF the United
States, for condemnation for the in said L.
bel set forth, and that said cause viii Stand FOR
trial at the Court Room ins Ianville, On tho
goth day of August next. when and where all persons
warned to appear to show cause why eondeM-
nation should not be decreed and to intervene fsx
their interests.
Dated March 10, 1876. > stB.
p II. BOIsSEAU.
mar 2S4w D. District Clerk.
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The Boston Globe does not believe that, in
order to correct abuses, it Unnecessary for men
to cast away long-chcrished principles, anil
whose professions they dstrust. Bit, it says
the men who arc in earnest in their desire to
secure reform, and not the officeholders, should
run the Republican party this year.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-03-23

Fourteen tons Of silver will be received by
the IRE asury Department during the present
week from California. There are 50. O0O, 900 in
fractional currency still on hand, though none
has bee q printed since the middle of last
month. The acquisitions for fractional ctrrren-
cy since then amount to 100000.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-03-23

An Intelligent and observing friend in Wash
ingtor, writes to Us, that Fish is his choice for
President over all aspirants, and Bristow
next. He says Bristow stock has shot ahead
wonderfully of late, and that there is.a gencr:
al disposition manifested to select a man OF
that type.
Another correspondent writes, 'IIurrall for
New Hampshire and Blaine %
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Tucker is like yesuvius;. dscharging his true
inwardncss at stated periods, 1t is hot and
'scolching, and there is great relief experienced
after the operation. Then things are calm and
quiet, with no thought of the effects of the
eruption. We think somebody said that his elo-
qncncc was volcanic, and the effects, like char
iity, commence at home. New Hampshire, for
iiis alce. -:
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Mr. Holster Clymer has had terrible fall
fIe spread himself with remarkable tragic man.
nerism before the Senate as the mouth piece of
the impeachment committee. He choked, and
wept, and stammercd, and then summing up
his true inwartlness, he arose to the height of
the occasion, and did his duty! And while he
was doing this the guilty knowledge was with
him that he had sent away the only witness
that could prevent the scene he was enacting
from probing the most insulting farce. Fortu-
natcly for the ends OF justice, the President
and the Attorney General have been some
what more vigiant than Mr.. Clymer, and the
probability is that there will be some more de-
velopmcnts not altogether favorable to proni-
nent democrats.
Clymer is to be pited. He is weak minded
and corrupt, without the sense to see himself
as the public see him. He is cutting sorry
figure before the nation.
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Asslgnee's Sale.
REAL ESTATE
Augusta and Rockbridge
Counties, Va.


In obedience to decree OF the us. District Court,
for the Western District Of Virginia. rendered the
18th day OF March, 1876, in the matter OF William T.
Rush and Henry B. Seig, Assignees, James w.
Mccormick. we will sell on the premises, at church,
vile, in Augusta county, at public auction to the
highest bidder, on
TUESDAY,. the 25th day Of APRIL. 1876.
THAT VALUABLE
MILL PROPERTY,
known as the Chdrchvile Mills, embracing sh acres
Of land with water privileges, and good
BRICK DWELLING HOUSE.
Stable, and other conveniences This property is in
o good farmi.g community. and has heretofore for
years done very large business.
And in pursuance of above decree, we will, at the
Village OF Midway. in Rockbridge county, Va on
TUESDAY, the End day Of MAY 1876,
sell tract OF land containing about $50 ACRES, ~
ing near the Oceola FIGURING NiHs, having fair
proportion of cleared and timbered land, comforta-
BILE dwelling and other out-buildings.
TERMS OF sALE.-One-fourth cash, and the bal
ance on credit of one two and three years, the
purchaser giving bonds with ample personal securi
ty. and the title to be retained by the Assignees
until the whole OF the purchase money shall have
been paid VIM. T. RUSH,
y. HENRY B. SIEG,
mar % ids ASSiEneeS OF Jas W. Mccormick, bkt.
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Mr.. James Lyons is an elegant gentleman
and an accomplished scholar and lawyer. I'm
fortunately, he has been in trance for the
last twenty years, and has no personal kEowl-
edge of what has TRANSFERRED in that time. The
last man he saw before becoming unconscious,
was Hester Clynler, of Pennsylvania, then a
staunch Democrat. Mr.. Lyons was suddenly
aroused from his unconsciousness the other day,
probably by the thunder in New Hampshire,
and the first name he mentioned was that OF
Clymer, the good, the true, the. beautiful
Clgmer, and forthwith he embraces this para
not cognizant of the great changes that had
come over the country while he was asleep,
and the demoralizcd condition of human ma
tuic.- Democratic human nature particularly.
The Mr. Clymer of to-day is not the pink Of
purity lie was twenty years ago. lie has
changed with .qle times. and if Mr.. Lyons had
been conscious few days sooner, he would
have learned to tonch him lightly and with
gloved hands. Mr.. Clymer stands before the
American people now as the most contemplate
demagogue and silly trickster that the polite
al convulsons of the last score OF years have
heayed to the surface.
When Mr.. Lyons, by industrious reading,
has filed up the hiatus of twenty years, dur
ing his absence from the stirring scenes and
transformations of that period, he will prob
ably be capable of writing with more intelli-
genee than his recent illusions furnish.
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lit was lightning stroke that brought
Belknap down, 10 was a double charge of cleo
trcity that made mince meat of Pendleton' 5
politlca. aspirations.
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HANEBURGH EDGING AND ms EK ,,I Iss Z.
LIZ dec 9-3tl very cheap. at .MELLEhS
rVNYREB's ROSE DENTIFICE for the Teeth:
Il is recommended by all the CITY dentists.
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STATE OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY OF AUGUSTA, SIS
I, M. Harvey Efinger, Cashier of the above
named bank, do soemnIy swear that the above state
nent is true to the best of my knowledge and be-
lief NJ HARVEY EFFINGER, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before this 18th day
Of March, 1875. THOS. A. BLEDSOE, N. P.
CoRRECT-AtteSt:
JOHN ECHOLS.)
ISAAC WITT, Directors.
J. w. ABBY,
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docket Case, No. j.
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED
I'm Bankruptcy. aSs3sF 50
In the matter of James M. Give1is, bankrupt
At Harrisonburg on the 10th day Of March, !. d..
1916. rs. - - - = = :,
TO WHOM IT MAY CoNCERN:. t
Please to take notice hereby, that petition has
been to witt on the 9th day Of Feb'y, a. ds 1s1t.
aled in said district court by JAMES NJ: Giy-
yirgnia in said district. who has been here
81 ess entitled AN act to establish more uniform
system OF bankruptcy Throughout the United
certhcatethereof from all ilisdebtsand otherc.im:
provable under said act, and that the 18th day OF
April a. d. 1876, at clock, before DeuGlas
Gray one OF the Registers OF said court n panih-
ruptcy, his office in Harrsonburg in said district,
is the time and place assigned for the hearing Of the
same when and where you may attend and show
il any you have why the prayer OF said petition
should not be granted. - =. !. :. :
You also hereby notified, that the second and
third meetings OF the creditors OF said bankrupt will
DO held at the same time and place.
G. DOUGLAS GRAY,
Register in Bankruptcy 70, It'll Cong1 Dist of Va.
mar 23-2t
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-03-23

+ The e1ntarrassments of Gen. Mallones rail
roat, the Atlantic, Mississippi & Ohio, will
result in the appointment of i. receiver, on the
motion OF the foseign bondhoders. The mat
ter was to have been considered and acted upon
yesterday by Judges Bond and Hughes.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-03-23

The House Of Delegates voted out the clause
J. 1T the tax bill, taxing church property ovel
1000 in value. Tlls relieves all the churches
Of taxes. . 800
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N O It L Q Il.
U. s. INTERNAL REVENUE
Special Taxes.
MAY 1, 1876, to April 80, 1877.
MaxI. 1876, to April 80, IS:

The Revised Statutes of the United States, Sec
lions 1882 3a37 1923, and $780, require every
which renders him liableto a SPECIAL TAX, to-
Procure and Place Conspicuously i'm His
Establishment or Place of business STAMP
denotinr the payment of said SPECIAL TAX for
the Special Tax Year beginning May l. 1876. before
commencing or continuing business after April &c.
1876.
THE TAXES EMBRACED WITHIN THE PROVIs
IONS OF THE LAW ABOVE QUOTED
ARE THE FOLLOWING, VIZ:
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[For the VIRGINIAN.]
The Lynchburg Convention.

1NeSsrs. Editors:-Your advice to the Re-
publicans of the State, to send to the Lynch
burg Convention ''the very best men that can
be found in the party,' is full of sound sense
and sound party policy. Hitherto, delegates
have been sent to our conventlonsby kind OF
fixed mp arrangement to nominate particular
men without free consultation with the masses
of the voters-to tell the truth Outrieht-to eff
feet personal ends rathert than the good of the
party. When arrived at the Convention Hall,
they have nething to do but enter up the
edict Issued beforehand by the managers, and
the consequence is apt to be not the selection
OF the best men..
! The reason you assign, that by sending ssthe
best men tot1le State Convention, we secure
| the best men as delegates to the National Con-
| vention,' is of Overwhelming import. Unless we
! have the best representatives in the National
| Nominating Convention, VIC have no assurance
that the best men will be selected for the Ma
tional ticket, and that all acknowledge is q VI
tai necessity.
And wiser yet, is yonr suggestion that no
holder of Federal office should be depute.l a del
egatc to the National Convention. Nothing
will add so much to the dignity and moral
power Of the Convention, or to the respectable
/ iy of the party at home rs this exclusion Of
the ofice-holding element, and if the same ex-
clusion were applied to the State Convention,
| beneficial moral effects would be marked. We
should then have Conventions composed
of the real people-thc men of substance of
tue .party-men who being tainted with 10
personal interest, will be above all suspicion,
and will have no motive but to make the most
disinterested selections OF representatives, Ma
tion., and State.
Another precaution should. al means. be
obse rved by the State Convention: To send
delegates 10 the National Contention wholly
mpJedsed as to the nominations to be made
There will be, of course, quite number Of del
egates 10 the Lynchburg Convention who will
90 thiti.r with a fixed purpose to have the
nominees for President and Vice President
named beforehand, and the delegates to the
National Convention pledged to sustain them.
These are mere partizans. Better by far to ex-
act TO pledges and name no nominees. Then
there will be every inducement to make the lest
possible selections, and look exclusively to the
good of the party and the whole country.
This cou. Sc will place the Republican party
in Virginia at the highest attainable point of
Responsibility and influence.
And, if the Virginia State Convention should
stand alone in this regard, it will be peculiar
and proud exaltation. ALBEMARLE.
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Rectiders $500 90
Dealers, retail liquor. ............ rs 90
Dealers, wholesale liquor 100 90
Dealers in malt liquors, wholesale. ....... 50 90
Dealers in malt liquor retail :. .......,... 20 90
Dealers inIeaf tobacco Observation-Disclosures. Is 90
Retail dealers in leaf tobacco ........ 500 90
And on sales OF over $1,000. fifty cents
for every dollar in excess Of 81, GOO.
Dealers in manufactured Observation-Disclosures. 90
Manufacturers of stills. 30 on
And for each still manufactured. .......... 20 90
And for each worm manufactured. ....... 20 90
Manufacturers OF tobacco. 10 90
Manufacturers of cigars. .:................. 10 90
Peddlers of tobacco first class (more than two
horses or other animaS) OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 80 90
Peddlers of tobacco, second class two horses
or other animals) Is 90
Pedders of tobacco third class zone horse Or
other ANIMAL Is 90
Peddlers OF tobacco, fourth class Ton. foot or
public conveyance Observation-Disclosures. 10 o.
Brewers of less than 800 barrels. ....... 50 90
Brewers OF 500 barrels more 1V5 90
Any person liable who shall fail to comply with
the foregoing requirements will be subject to Sc
we're penalties
Persons or firms liable to pay any of the Special
Taxes named above must apply to r. e. FREEMAN,
Deputy Collector of internal Revenue at ------
and pay for and procure the Special-Tax Stamp or
Stamps they need prior tc May |, 1876, and WITHOUT
FURTHER NOTICE. d. ID. PRATT,
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Office of Internal Revenue.
Washington, ID. G., Feb. !, 1916.
mar 93-30-april 9n-27.
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We are anxious to hear from Fucker and
Ben Hill again. Their recent eflmts had a
fine effect in New Hampshire.
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When Gen. Belknap married the widow
Bowers. it was George II. Pendeton who ot1i-
ciated TO give the bride away. A railroad
claim had been rejected twice by the War De-
partment for sI4s. 900, while Mr. Bowler was
president OF the road. According to the usag.
of the department tire claim was dead and
couIl.rot be revived. Bowler died, and Pen
deton, his brother-ili-law, became President Of
the road and the representative of threc.fifths
of the stock as the administrator of the Bowler
estate: The husband OF Mrs. Bowers, whom Per-
dleton had given away in marriage. became Sec
rotary of War. The rejected claim was revived
and allowed, and Mr.. pendleton received $780,.
600 of the allowance as Els fee, notwithstand-
'itig lie was representing infant heirs, who
were entitled to threc-fiftls of the. whole
'anirrsnt.s Iris looks bad for Il. Presidential
candidate of the reform Democracy. -T's'
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-03-23

ID EPORT OF THE CONDITION of the Au.
IL sSusta National Bank of StauntOn, at
StauntOT. in the state of Virginia, at the
close of business, 10Th, March, 1876.
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docket Case No. 1861 9-.t
IN THE. DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED
States, for the Western District oi'Virginia-Ia
Bankruptcy. . .-1,
In the matter Of Charles K. Hyde, Bankrupt.
1876. -
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: L-WI.A
Please to take notice hereby, that a Petition has
been, to wit: On the 9Th day of May. A. D., lS7t,
fled in said District Court by Chas K. Hyde OF Au-
gusta coVa,, in said District, who has been herc-F
tofore duly declared Bankrupt under the Act OF Cen
gress entitled AN Act to Establish more Uniform
System of Bank'cy throughout the United States
approved March 3D. 1867 for discharge and certit.
cate thereof from all his debts and other claims prov
able under said act,aI that the 18th day OF April
a. d. 1875 at 10 o'clock: a. M. before Douglas Gray.
one OF tue Registers OF said Court in Bankruptcy at
his office in Harrisonburg in said district is the
time and place assigned for the hearing OF the same
when ana where you may attend and show cause
any you have why the prayer OF the said Petitiex
should not be granted a 8s.ss.s 81 4
You are also hereby notified. that the second and
third meetings of the Creditors Of said Bankrupt
will be held at the same time and place.
C. DOUGLAS, GRAZ, (
Registering Bankruptcy for 18th CongI Dist OF Va.
23-2t ~ nEAs
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-03-23

To offset the Pendleton expose, the Demo-
Gratis are busy manufacturing charges against
prominent Republicans. The persons against
whom the'iatest allegations have been prefer.
red are Secretary Blistow and Senator Bout
well, late Secretary of the Treasury. The
SANDER as to the former that he had been:engsg-
ed at one tihles.in getting IL fraudulent mule
claim allowed, and as to the latter that he had
abused his official position by furnishing Mr..
Clews of New York. information in considera-
ton Of 100000 paid by Clews to the election
been promptly met and disposed of. The
Washington correspondents Of the Baltimore
american of the Goth says.
With reference to the publication in the
New York Herald concerning the mule claim
of Il. Il. Taylor, for which John A. Thompson
ct al, Of Kentucky, was the agent OF the prin-
cipal, and for which Secretary Bristow appear
ed as the attorney in the Court of Claims,
Secretary Brstow says: THAT he received as
a fee ten per cent. of the claim for his services
as an attorney, and that he deties any investi-
CATION which Congress may see ito order in
the matter.
As to Mr., Boutwell,, the following statement
is made:
The New York story that Mr.. Boutwell,,
while Secretary of the Treasury in 1872, wrote
to Henry Clews and asked him to raise money
for the Pennsylvania elections, and in return
he should hayc early information about gold
sales, &c., is complete Justification. Mr..
Boutwell, never wrote any but official letters
to Mr.. Clews, and never asked him or any
other man to raise money for the Penllsylva-
mia or any other election, and he gives per-
mission to. any one who ever received any such
letters to publish them. !,
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Surveyor General Babcock has beeu inter
viewed at Lawrence, Kansas, when he stated
i'll relation to the Fort Suly leadership, that
it was purely business transaction, ant
could not be madc to reflect upon himself
Durfee 6 Peck or the Administration.
A Conference of prominent Massachusetts
Republicans, numbering between thirty and
forty gentlemen, was held in Boston last week
An expression of opinion was had, and the
majority favored either Bristow or Charles
Francis Adams as the Republican candidate
for the Presidency.
That little State of New-Hampshirc last week
elected 3S7 members to the Lower House of its
Legislature. The Republican majority is thirty
three. Last year the house consisted Of 1871
Republicans and 1872 Democrats.
w. 3. Clarke, a practical blacksmith of Rich
mond, has discovered the process of welding
copper. Coppersmiths and scientific men have
examined this process and pronounce it great
discovery.
C. Marsh and wife left Montreal Monday
on their return to New York, in order, it is
committee at Washington in relation to the
Bclknap scandal.
''One By one the roses fall.' First Pendie.
ton, then Hendricks. And so these democrat
ic Presidential aspirauts may be placed in the
little coffin at the indicator office.
Halleck, the clerk who was convicted oil
stealing $4,000 from the U. S, Treasury, has
been sentenced to five. years hard labor in the
|pen,tentiary. So
Judge Taft, the new Secretary OF War, was
chairman of the convention which nominated
Greeley for President in 1872. Il. as-
The tax bill was passed in the house of dele.
gates on Monday, and is now before the
Senate.
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Put George II. Pendleton in that little coffin
at the Vindicator Office.
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The United States Supreme Court decided
on Monday last that in the case t,f a county in
Wyoming Territory, from which two counties
whole debt of the county incurred before the
division. This decision is important, as it in
dicates what will be the result OF the case be-
tween the States of Virginia and West Virgin
ia in regard to the debt of Virginia.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-03-23

= TIC St. Louis Globe. Dsmocrat says that the
Missouri Republicans, are nearly unanimous
for Blaine. and that the State delegation to the
National Convention will support him as long
rs there is any possibility Of hls nomination.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-03-23

NEW HAafrsls[kE ELf9cTIoS. -'rhe full. re.
turns from t!T ,N'qs-- Hampshire election,
gives Cheneys Iseptslslcan. plurality of 8 1888,
and maioraaly,s3f Ct .s,2T3 oyer Marcy and the
prohibition candidate eohibnel: q The total
vote being. chehey, II ,G6a. anil Marcy 81 .97a.
Kend.e and scattering 40. The Legislature
is Rcpnblicausia buti brinches. The result, IN
der the existing eireimstaretsis regarded AS i
significant indication, OF tile tendency OF popu-
lar opinion. poiiting "a sweeping victory for
the Republican Presidential cnndidate i'll No
valnber next. - :. !. =.
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THE WHIsKEY INvEsTIGATIoN.--The
Washington correspondent of tie Baltimore
american of the 21st says
The Sergeant-at-Arms has sent special
deputy to St.. Louis with subpoenas for Gen.
cral Henderson, Colonel Brcadhead, sStillspn
Hutchins, editor Of tire St. Louis Times, and
District Attorney Dyer, to testify before the
investigation ordered OH the whiskey frauds.
When the messenger arrived in st. Louis he
found that Dyer was in Louisiana, but he
summoned him by telegraph from the former
place. The investigation is expected to COM
mencc tomorrow with the reception by the
select committee of Attorney General Pierre
points statement, and OH Wednesday the ex-
animation of witnesses will commence. The
inquiry will probably be extended to cover the
whole ground Of the wlliskey conspiracy as
soon rs the particular feature now under. con-
sideration is disposed of.
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WIN Mr.. fIa,ss please Inform ~ OF: the
whereabouts Of Mr. Tucker. lie hasno beelf:
heard from for sometime, and his constituents
are uneasy. fearful that he has gore "wharc
the "oo1brfe winch"
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mar sssds. Assrnees Of Jas. ". Mccormick o. d

DEPORT OF THE CONDITION of the Ma.
III tiOnal Valley Bank of StauntOu, at
Staunton, in the State of Virginia, at the
close of Business, March 10, 1876.