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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1876-08-14
Sic Todtf ,Heooff0.

WewzO orf, y. 2(ug.-0ie 3weitc gBcttz
fabrt nm ben oQueen's@up" fanO bcute swis
iden DER vDtaoelsine" unO Der r@OuHteB Of
0ufierin" itatt. 0ie amerifaniide Saft mar
iiegrcld). DC aud gutler'S Sa6t ,America"
mitiegelte, 10 purOe oaS canaoiihe Boot bon
3Wet ameritanlihen Sooteu geidjlageu.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1876-08-14
ASrOSiOeatta,
ar+ H. s"at9s, ge8enabsr German.

wv AE1 NVNEWss BeSeIAoEr 8erlnQlts
StrGBe.
Dieis uRter ben @eieeen oes Gtcotes qsatbIaub
Incorporate @eieniaatt tn eias
SGtIebenSfniIe
nno oermittelt &eriCterun9ea boa
@terbes uno SsrnHrsn tssIperR
In Der
c@egsneitigen 9eb5TS'Yaidlerlugs &eiens
idjaft bon Baltimore"
neI1e ebsH.ols Elm bstashi9ItdIsS SHifitut tR.
(DH,lS)
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1876-08-14
Sie 8crar1ferttita Der elrulee.

Sans. .@omite iiber Ntilttdr Qngelegenbeiten
bei6loB 9elterH, Die Senatsbiu pom 81. SuIi,
lpeIdle cen Yrdiioenten aut0riitrt, bic Stdrfe
Der Sd)maoronen Der uerid)ieoenen @apalcrie.
&eginenter ali 100 Wfnnn Sn bringcn, 81
geuebml9en inter Der 8ebiHgnug, baB Die
pom @ciese Uorgeidlriebcue Stdrfe Del 2trmce
nm uidt mebr, al8 250O WGnn ucrnehrt
miiroe. 9aS @omite amenoirte Die Bill O0s
bin, buB DIE 2(rmee mad Cube oes &rieg8
mtebcr auf iBren friberen SetauO reOM5irt
mPrn,
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1876-08-14
Sberff Shos- 9lininlrnII+.

9 on, =. Augnlt. = Sberit SbO8.
9iplnmall ffarb gelteru i'll 8rootline i'm 90.
gehtnslabre. Setne Qtenite I'M GrieQe bon
1872 ais Dtaior oe8 9. SniGnterie, 9iegtment8
iinO allbetannt. Ser 8eritorbene mar Der
lette iiberlebenOe SffiSier, pclher in ienen1
Striege Oiente. Son 1915 bis 1858 fungirtc
Der SerftOrbene at8 GonluI ser Sereiuigten
S5t1ntpn az QnuNnu
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1876-08-14
@,ts oer Smmocsbauptfsaot.

VS. btn9 II, II. 9ug. - Qlc Sl
pil.SerwilIigung8bia, mcld)c jctt Dem 9rafi
oeuten snr Seitatigung nnrtiegt, uerloilig
@1l,373, $50 fit Den @iuioienit.
- 9aS SuitiS.Somite OeS 6auie8 5at BIZ
4n9elegenbeit in Se,uc aui ben Nnipru9 oeS
6rn. Wic@arrahan auf Die iogcuannte yYa-
uode.@rauDes 9tandpe" in @ai1Icrnien, in
meldDer Die ygtep>Soria" Guedilber. Dtinc
gelegen lit, etuem SHb-&umite iiberpieien.
- Scr SdIabamt8iefretdr bat Den 6iiliS=
G1abmeiiter in 9tem.yorf an0emieien, an
16. .. SO. ba8 Sob gu pcrtauien, weldlcs
fir aftien Der iiiniproicntlgeu funOirteH An=
lcihe Don 1881 erbalten, iueldle Nttien
mad cen 8eIimmungen Der @onqreBafte pom
u. gtpril 1876, onrb ueld,e oic i3abluug Der
,NIabama= Nniprii6e" aHgeoronet mnrDe, Der
fault morDeu maren. Sic BON @roB~ Sriz
tanntcu erbaltene 9umme betrug 5,5OO,=
600.
-@s 1T BON 0cniiicu 2euten bebauptet
rooroer, oaB Elm 9otument, mel6eS 9tepra.
ieutent HorO sur 3cit, ais ietne ,Sttnn,redDt8.
Nelolution" anGcnommeu fouroe, mebrcrcu
NtitgIieDern Sei9te, ctn Srief be8 @ouperz
neurS Silben genelcn lei, IN melAem Der
2estere Die 9ieioluti0n ttooiiirte. 9tc Ye=
bauptung berubt auf einem Srrtbnmc. 9as
betreficn6e Document mar peiter ytidytS, ais
oa8 Original Der 0ielolntlon.
- Sic ueribieOenen Seripilli9un185ius
iino iebt iolpeit erleaigt, uio Die Sertaaung
oeS @oHgreeS miro mabrIdleinlid) am nd6.
ten 9ienitag ober Nilttwof etntreten.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1876-08-14

0lafd,e fir Serrsn Su So pro Monat fDirh eeboIt
~ uno ubselieiert; Allss miro ieparat uno init
Der 6ano seuaihen in Der Enterprise Laundry Gn
Der @de Der San uuo sfrontitr. (Juliti, ,tW)
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1876-08-14
Die APPROXIMATIONS @eripiatg,tuSs=
QSfl,

g9aibington, u. Guguft.-9ie @on.
iular, nnO biplOmatii6e Serpiligun9S= SrG,
peld)e Don Dem &Onferen5- -@Omtte angenOm'
men wurbe, trifft folgenoe Serdnberungen in
bem oiplomatilden 0icnite: Die @cianot-
idlaitcu i'll BOrtugal, Der S6pci8, Soltpta,
Gcuabor, Colombia, Garaguup, llruluap,
@rietbenlano mo 9duenlorf iino fafttldl abz
gcidaiit, inOem feline Ntittel fir Die SeiOls
Dung Der @eianOten mad Dieien Ganoern uerz
mlQigt murbeu. Die Sill perorOnet ierOd,
oab bic Sereirigten Staaten in Yortugal,
@rie6enlano, 9dnemart, Yaraguap unO Der
Sd)peis bur6 @ei6dftstrdgert melde ein
@ebalt bon $4,000 jdhrlidl em2fanger, uerz
treten merOen iollen. Solgenoe @oniulate
weroen abgeifafit; Smalon, SOutbamptOu,
Dtalta, @labiuoltod, Sporto, Santa @ruS,
Bort SaiO, Nuntes, 2a Goaeae, Sort Dtaz
bon, Salencia, Stettin, Waranbam, Gpueru,
SuAareI, SeneOig, ,MailanO, Saloon, &urtS
S8lanb, SafobaOi, @oOert6 uno gSinbior.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1876-08-14
@ermifdte Sepefdett aass ssetu.

Rem. y orf, 13. 4u9. - Golo erOifnete
getern sll iii.
- @eiterH mursen 1927 900 in Sob mad
@uropa perldlfft.
= SEQ. y. 9tomell & Gou:p. mel0en, oaB
nabrenO Ger Oer5anaeneH BObe in ben Ser.
St0aten AZ neue 3ettnugen gegriiltOet purocn
nub oGB Sc etngingeu.
- 9ie Dampfer .Geltic" unb y&it1 Of
@britcr" bon 2iuerpOOl, ionic Der 9ampfer
y@ani;ua" uon 8ermuoa iinO bier angeton1.
men.
- Garab 3. Griggs purOe beute anf ben
g0 ggaf @ 9 bes5d GSs S5S aSa al s06S Va Ssrs rs as
uno Dem @ef1ngniiic iiberpieieu. Ser Stiefz
John Der Srau Briggs itebt ebenfalls i'm Ser
oaf9te, OH oer&bat betbeili9t getpeieu 81 iein.
8rau "a &ue liegt 9egennartig in fritti1em
;3ufdnDe barnieoer. Sie mar bierberqefom.
men, I'm cine @beIdeionnq Al ermirfen.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1876-08-14
8g6n0c.

GrOg, 9..D., 12. 2(ug. - Die 8iriten-
fabrif BON 2tmes & @ngliib in 2aniiugburab
wurOe bcute 2lbcno onr9 6euer Serft6rt. Ser.
luit $4,000; Sert6erun9 $925O. 0as
6eucr fam Ourf Branoitiitnug aus. 0a Die
6irma banferott mar, 10 mar bas SebauOe
5ur Belt gei6lofen.
SnOtanapoli8, u. aug.-9ie Stdue
uno gSageHremiie bee r@iti5en= Staotbabnz
Comp" mnrben beute Morgen Ourd 6euer
SegIt0rt. Son Den 175 BicrOen tameu 80 III
Oen 6lammcn nm. % 8aggons pur0eu
serit0rt. Sin 9lu9eitellter Der @ompuguie
murOe idlwer perlest uuO itarb balo barauf.
SerlnIt $4,000; nur tbcilpeiie ueriid)ert.
Netu burp, ST., 13. 9lug.-6eute gtad
nlittag branHten bier mebtete Sdeunen mo
ole Npotbcfe BON g. 3. S6marS ab.
ct. SobnS, 9t.-S., Is. 2tuguit. - Su
Sem Geb0l3e bel Sairitelb piitbet elm gepnl-
tiger 2SalobrGno. Ytan iddtt, baB cine
gSnlhGrPfp mn 1000 Y(feru nPrmii1fpt 1T
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1876-08-14

Suder
sum aof<Breiie
perfauit.
Sbee uno SRafIee
alsin gsrfauI su eusros Yreiien
bei
s. ,. &enuh,
Gautoner 2bee=9tisoerla9e,
saowet VGe Der 4erimston' mo 8reeafsr.
Q93.9,2O5f)
9eatIdje Der. ct. gatemt Maemtur.
namsticaH' z9ebduoe, gte Der Baltimore uno
Sout6ft age.
R s.. gStlliams,
bisGer @ranndtor i'm Ser. ct. Batent~ ame.
gle NnstunIt i'm getrefi Der Changing BON Sas
tenteu uno ieoe anSfre nit Dem Siiredu in Serbuz
buus iiebenoe @rbeit erbdlt pinfiitbe 8eior9ung.
taus.7 ,iDltf)
Yolitiide Yamner.
9eotien, Yortraits, $ II db f ben &C.,
frnitoou gemad,t uno 9emalt pon
y. +. Sbaie & Spmp.,
Sit. 13S, Us. 9altimorenru6e.
auftrdss per soft uerseu piinttiidD dusseiabrt.
(SnlF29-lSti9)
CUR Sea a luna fIr Damea.
SIDE PLATING mitetncrO . amp I'M q db nj
nul jtbe 6asor unoSreite; itmae Ooer brste PLAITs
pont-16 3ol Su perih'sSenen $reien unb anssisr'
IiYI ,Uugrtup INuH Iuulttt. -. SViUWs
ytr. -, Sfz8dltuore=,
(Jutii5, ,tDhD nabe Si9btraBe.
cSemoeu! S,cn.Den! S,emocu!
Il Dtan esbe 81 s. u. Srefauo % in yfr. 85,
goros sSoDaro ira BE, rnb fdule isine Ss.25,
Semoe en-eiseues 5dbrtat-pou gSamiutta aats
tuu unb ieuem ainnen; dui 8efteluns 5u oensiben
Preie. (5unti3,5OtsD
or. .gfpbertTSu. SIR. 10, 9 ii .GutGp Be
"9be9anoeit ips3ien ale arautbeteH oer rrin Or=
aane, orsaniide S6mdde. nerpoie Shpdhs, por@
seltiee5 alter uno a1e Neroentranfbeiten, Delbe
ION iugenoliten unheonuenBeiten berrlbren. 8hr5<
lib entfanbene &raufbeieu itneu turirt. 0erren,
ipe9s ittb 8r. u. aurertrauen, tonnen 1 ueritter!
balten oas lie ni!ieubaitlida uno anirtbtg beban=
belt Deroen. g3ireduitunben: S-12 nbr UfgS., 2-4
llbr gsadIn. uno 6-9 ubr abos. (Setr2i, ,t2UiteD
yatcnte Werosm fiie GrHncer er.utrft.
gtf nat @rtansnug bes Yatent5 peroen gebub=
rea here@net. g. $. & 81. 8. puWaro,
Wr. 18, ecoubif ifraBe, Der Boft ssgsniber.
CBebr2. .i2Dite) 3weiszSiireau In BaibinstOn, S.@.
nEaizine,
Elm por5iiglider udbreuoer Nffel ir fleine ainoer
uuo sjnuaben bag ein5ige uabre Gnbititut iiirDut>
tsrmild, subereitet Gol @m II Sins5, apotbeter,
nnO bet aucn Srosuiiten Su ba6en.
W. S. Ytpmn g. Drnoer.
lJuni2, ,3Dhe, ia.G.D gu9ro5=agenten.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1876-08-14
Scr oauerlitnfer p'Nearn.

* gfem,Dorf, II. aEg. - Q'SearQ ron
Gbicago, weld)er am Otontag Ntorgen tur;
uad) Wtttternadt es unterudbm, 500 Wteilen
i'll icdJs Eagen gu maridiren, brahte cS bellte
Qbeno 20 Usiuuteu na6 IL llbr fertig; er
hattie nod 42 Uttnnten Belt iibrig. Gene
Serehrer merOen Inn DOr ieiner Abreiie mad
europa ein 9anfett qeben.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1876-08-14
Ser SsmSiamerErie8+
Srappcu=Se:peemneett.

y Il Uran5 rs %, II. Augult. - Ster
@OmpG9nte'n 6eS 4. 4rtillerie 0tegiments
gin9en beute Wtorgen bon bier na1 @bepeuue
ab, I'M Die Sabn gu bewadeu unb bic Srup-
pen, peld)e bon bort Dem Sen. @root Sugez
l6idt Uuroen, s1l erieten.
Gtne Sdmaoron oes 1. @aoaQertc= Reai=
ment8, melde gu st. Diego itationirt iit, hat
8eiehl, iid] fir ben 9ienit auf Der lleberlanb-
Route III Sereitidaft Su balten. Die beutige
vSan Diego Union" erfldrt, oaB Der MbsuQ
bteiGr Sruppen aus Der @egenO Utele aniieos
ler oeranlafen piiroe, tbre gticOerlafuugeH
aTfSu9eben, inbem Die 2eBtereu rbue mtlitds
ridden S9ut fOrtrudbrenO Der Gafabr bon
ueberfdaen burd) SEOianer unN @reusltrol6e
au89eIebt ieien.
0eriidlt tiber eine Sd)Iad1t. - Die Siumr ppil
Wcn. Groof au8ebii6j Uernidltet.
y lena, Mont, 13. aHguit. - Cine
Spe;tal>0epe'de be8 bieiigen ySuDepenOeut"
aus SoSeman, Wtont., pom 12. glu9ult mel
BET: y@me Siour- SnOiauertn langte beute I'll
Oem Eager Der @rOm5 an uno meloete, oaB
eIn uerSweifelteSGefedt Suiiten @eu. @root'S
commando unb ben feinoliden SnOianern
itattgeiunben hat. sic er;Iblt, oab @rOof
bic Sionr beinabe oernid)tet uuo ben lleberz
reit berielbeH 10 in Die @n9e 9etriebeu bat,
oaB oerielbe 9eimun9en iein pirb, li6 Ill crz
geben. Die Berioueu, melde bieien Beridt
aus Der @rOw= =9(gentur iiberbradteu, baben
Oenielben m0gltderreie fart itbertrieben,
menn CT iIberDaupt auf 8abrbeit berubt."
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1876-08-14

Elm por5iislider udbreuoer Nhtfel iir flene auoer
uno Snpaiben bas tin8ige ipabre Snbititut Dtut>
tsrmlb, subereitet Con @m II Sins5, apotbeter,
nnO bet alcn Oro9uiiten 6u ba6en.
W. S. Brown g. 8rnoer.
ISuni2, 3Dtte, ,i.a.G.D Sn9ro5=aJenten.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1876-08-14
Yur ssee cDi,,na fiir Dauen!
watente werosm iite Nrsnoer eriutrtt.
NaIzine, ,

gtf uad @rtansnug bes Yatents iueroen 9ebIb=
rea here@net. q. $. & gS. 8. prWaro,
Wr. 18, oftra6e, Der Boft segsniiber.
(Bebr2, ,12Dlte) 3welssSireau In gSaibiuston, D.@.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1876-08-14

gon b o II, Ia. auguit. = Die 66afuppc
g@entennial" lief am ietten Samfage i'll
Aberc0ltle, gSaleS, stl, INT 2ebeuSmittel Elm.
SunehmeN uno iebte oann Die Sabrt nad) 81
Derpooi fort. @apt. Soanicn melbet, bah oas
fleiHe 6ubr3eua eiumaI wGbrenb Der 8etIe
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-12-02
1t Stops Every Leak,
EXTREMELY CHEAP.

Two salons will cover a hundred
square feet of shir gle roof, while on
tin, iron, felt, matched boards or any
smooth surface, from two quarts to one
gallon are required to 100 square feet of
surface, and although the paint has u
heavy body it is easily applied with a
brush.
No Tar is Used in this Composition,
therefore it neither cracks in winter nor
runs in summer
On dec yed shingles it fills up the
holes ard pores, and gives new srb-
stantisl roof that will last for years.
Curled or warped shingles it brings to
their places, and keeps them there. 1t
fills up all holes in Felt roofs, stops the
leaks-and although slow dryer, rain
does not affect It few hours sitter APP
plying. AS nearly All paints that are
black contain TAR, be sure you obtain
our GENUIoE article. which, (for shin
~
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-12-02
III. Garrison nj Washington

Washington Star Of Sdturduy.]
At an early hour Saturday morn.
ing the band attached to the Artll
egy School at Fortress Monroe
tWeHty-one pieces-arrived here on
board the Lady of the Lake, and re.
ported the United States Arsenal,
snd daily hereafter they will be
present at the guard amounting and
dress parade at the garrison. To-
morrow morning at nine O'Clock,
there will be a general inspection
&Ad review of the troops by General
sherman and other officials. Gen.
". F. Barry, commanding the troops
has established his office In the build
Mg formerly known rs the Model
Arsenal, in which are also located
the offices of Colonel McNutt and
Captain F. Whyte, of the Ordnance
Corps. The troops are quartered in
what is known as No. storehou5e,
and $4,000 muskets had to be re-
moved from there to tempory sheds,
10 make room for the soldiery. The
gun-racks are still in this building,
but they will be removed in the ear
ty part of the week, and quarters
will be made much better than now.
The lower part of this building is be-
Mg used as the mess To IN for the
men. The stOrehouse No. | which
it will be remembered was damaged
by fire several years since, is also be-
ing fitted up for the troops, the or
ders at first given to prepare this
building for horses having been
countermanded, and it is probable
That 1t will be occupied by four more
companies of United States troops,
who are expected to arrive here by
Tuesday night next from Fort Sill.
The offices in the lower part of the
ground are partly occupied as officers
quarters, and others are being pre-
pared for such use. The main car
peater shop is also being prepared
feT troops. The south storehouse is
being cleaned out for new stores, and
the hospital building being small
IN the Arsenal square, within the
buildings at the south end of the
place field hospital will be located.
The troops now here are eight CON-
panies of artillery, numbering in all
about $50 men, armed with muskets
with trowel bayonet, and they drill
rs infantry, but as soon as some gun
carriages lnow eXpected) arrive a
portion of them at least will be de-
tailed as light artillery i'll one or
more batteries.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-12-02
LitteII's LIVING Ace

Jan. l.. 1877, Tho Living Age enters
upoh its l32d volume, with the continued
commentator of the best men and Jour-
malls of the country, and with constantly
increasing success
In 1877, it will furnish to its readers
the productions of the foremost authors
above named and many others emb, ac-
ing the choicest serial and Short Stories
by the Leading Foreign Novelists, ID an
amount @~
Unapproached by any other Periodical
in the world, of the most valuable literary
and scientific matter Of the day, from the
pens Of he leading Essayists Scientists,
Critics, DISCOVERIES, and Editors, repre-
senting every department of knowledge
and Progress.
The Living Age, lin which its only
competitor, "EvERY SATURDAY" h 8 been
merged, Is a weekly magazine of sixty
four pages, giving more than
THREE AND A QTARTER THOUSAND
double column octave pages of reading
matter yearly. 1t presents in an inexpen-
sive form, considering its amount of mat
ter with freshness, owing to its weekly
issue and with n satisfactory complete
ness attempted by no other publication,
the best Essays, Reviews, Criticisms,
Tales, Sketches of Travel and Discovery,
Poetry, Scientific, Biographical, Histori-
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tue.
1t therefore invaluable to overy Amer
lea" reader as the only fresh and thorough
compia' ion of an indispensable current
literature, indispensable because it en-
braces the productions of
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-12-02
NEW AD YERTiSEAENTS.
Notice to TreSpassers.

A LII persons are hereby warped not to
N trespass upon our lands, situated in
the Township Of Hedgesville, in the coun-
ty of Berkeley, State of West Virginia,
either by fishing, hunting, cutting tim
Der, or by passing over, as the law will be
strictly enforced GA any person so offend
ing.
DORSEY HCRNER, L. GRANTHAM,
SAM'L MURPHY, b. f EDWARDS,
II. B. RICHARDS, ELF. RISER,
H. JOHNSON, J. W. MILLER.
J.W .P0RTERFIELD,J G.. TABLER,
!. HEDGES, J. W. BROWN,
WIN. T. SILER, J w. MURPHY.
l.. STEARNS, JOHN KIDNEY.
JOS. McMILLEE, WIN. FREDERICK,
MICH. PITZER. FRANK PAULING
Dec. e, 1876.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-12-02

For several reasons the exact polit-
ical status Of the House of Represen-
tatives of the XLVth Congress can
not at present be accurately ascer-
tanned. 1t is conceded however, that
the present democratic majority of
nearly so will be greatly reduced and
that it will be considerably less than
20. A careful estimate of the strength
of both parties in the House, omit
ting New Hampshire, which holds
her election for Representatives. next
March, give the democrats 149 and
the republicans 14l members. 1t is
thought New Hampshire will send
two republicans and one democrat to
Congl ess, in which case the House
would stand, democrats $50 and re-
publicans 143, thus making the ma
jority Z. But in this estimate no less
than six members are set down as re-
publicans when they were elected us
''reformers,' independents" &c.
For instance, three members elect
from Illinois, classed rs republicans,
We're elected as independents in
Iowa, one anti-monopolist is classed
as a republican in Massachusetts
one independent republican and one
independent are set down as republic
cans. AS they cannot be safely
counted upon in case of a party vote
neither party can claim them with
certainty. Most of the IN, however,
will probably vote with the republi-
cans. The democratic majority will
doubtless be so small in the House
that stragglers will be vlgilantly
looked after, especially whom par
ty vote is to be taken.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-12-02
NEW AID REFRESHMENTS.
Turnpike Company.

NOTICE is hereby given that the annu-
IN al meeting of the individual stock
holders in the Berkeley county section Of
the Martinsburg and Winchester Turnpike
Company will be held in the town of Mar
tinsburg, on tho 9th day Of January, (be-
ing the FIRST Saturday. 1877, between the
hours of 10 o'clock in the rorring and 2
o'clock in the afternoon, at the Court
house, for the purpose of electing two st
and proper persons as Directors on behalf
Of the individual stock holders.
BY order Of the Board,
Dee. at. WM. DORSEY. Gee.
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A Back wOodssnan Opinion
OfGrace Before Meat. @

1t does my old jaws good, Henry to
see you SO familiar and off-hand like
with the victalS. A parson /
guided last summer used to think it
ungrateful not to say grace before he
fetched morsel, and re lived up to
his ideas right and wrong, for sar-
tin, for he never failed to say grace
over his plate before he tasted it;but
he had powerful strong hold on
language, and / used TO conceit
manga time that he overdid the
thing leetle. Ye see, Henry, said
the old trapler in low confidential
tone, as if half talking TO himself,
the man was chuck-full of words,
and gave tongue like a young hound
on his fust track, and he sort of
spilled over he was SO full OF 'em.
The least chance to say something
religious joggled him, and do think
/ have heerd the man say his prayers
so long over his victals that they
actooly cooled bel ore he got to 'em,
and that's what / call darned fool
ishness, put it any way you mind to.
Now, Henry, | never cook a steak
or bile tator or brown fiapjack
that | don't sort of have a pleasan
feelin' inardly to the Lord for his
marcy to me: and sartin, / never sOt
my teeth into the grumpy edge Of
brown corn cake like this and didn't
feel how pleasant and cheerful
thing it is to live; for a cake like
this is toothsome eatin', and il the
meal isn't too fine, there are chunks
of the karnals lynn around in it that
the teelh git into. and the tongue in
tarprets the real vartue of the corn,
in wy that sartinly ought to make
a man grateful for the faculties the
Lord has gin him, and the sweet
growths of natur'. But as for a man
stOppin' to ontangle a string of
pious words when his stomach is
empty, and he feels like cellar with
no house over it, and the steam Of
the hot victals is strong in his nos
trils, why Henry, l must say that it
seems to me to be agin natur' aud
reason. My idee is that the Lord
knows all about our feelin'S and can
see the grace of the mans heart 60
in up, as the victals go down, and
that he loves to see us dip in hearty
like, and as if we enjoy the smell
! and taste of the things he has made
grow for us; and if the words must
be said, l conceit they should be
said after the man is full, and is
ready to sit back and feel religious
like; but as to wastin' time in lynn
hold of the Lords marcies when
they are all smokin' hot and be-
fore We, and the wind is GOBLIN 'em,
| don't conceit that the Lord ex-
poets any such foolishness from men
of sense and judgment.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-12-02

The following is an extract from
one of the lectures of j. j. Talbot,
who died lately at Elkhart, Ind,
from the effects Of a drunken de.
bauch:
But now the struggle is over, I
can survey the field and measure the
losses. had position high and
holy. The demon tore from around
me the robes of my sacred Office and
sent me forth churchless and god
less, a very Kissing and byword
among men. Afterward / had bus
mess large and lucrative, and my
voice in all large courts was heard
pleading for justice, mercy al d
rights. But the dust gathered on
my boo ks, and no football crossed the
threshold of the drunkard's office.
had moneys ample for all necessities.
hut they took wings and went to
feed the Golfers of the devil which
possessed me. | had a home adOrn-
ed with all that wealth and the most
exquisite tn tie could suggest. The
devil crossed its threshold and the
light fad d from its chambers: the
ire went out on the hottest of affairs,
and, leading me through its portals,
despair walked forth with me, and
sorrow and anguish fingered within.
s-had children, beautiful, to me at
least, as u dream OF the morning,
and they had so entwined themselves
around their fathers heart that, no
matter where it might wan
der ever it came back to them on the
bright wings of a fathers undying
love. His destroyer took their hands
IN his and led them away. | had a
wife whose charms of mind and per-
son were such that to see her was to
eemember, and to know her was to
love. For thirteen
years we walked the rugged path OF
lie together. rejoicing in sunshine
and sorrow in its shade. This in
tegnal monster couldn't spare me
even this. / had a mother who fol
long, long years had not left heI
chair, q victim of suffering and dis.
ease and her choicest delight was in
seiilection that the lesson which she
aad taught at her knee had taken
root in the heart of her youngest
BOlH1 dlu LlstL uC Nuc uoClul w illS
fellows and an honor to her who bore
him. But the thunderbrlt reached
even there. and there it did its most
cruel work. Other days may cure all
but this. All me! never word of re-
sroach from her lips; only tender
caress: only a shadow of a great and
unspoken grief gathering over the
dear old face; only trembling hand
laid more lovingly on my head; only
a closer clinging to the cross; only a
piteous appeal to Heaven, if her cup
ut last were not full. And while
her boy raved in his wild delirum, q
900 miles away, the plying angels
pushed the golden gates ajar and the
mother of the drunkard entered in.
70 rest.
And thus / stand a clergyman
without a cure; barrister without
grief or business: a father without a
7arent; a man with scarcely friend
soul without hope-all swallowed
~ in the maelstrom of drink.