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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-09-04
LAND SALES
COMMISSIONERS SALE OF
Valuable Grazing and Grain Lands In

Pursuant TO decree of the circuit court Of
lSH, In the chancery suit of Jas. Woods Ex'or
vs.. Jno. w. Warwick and others, the under
signed commissioners, appointed for the pur.
pose, Will sell at public auction, to the highest
.pldaer In front of the Courthouse of said coun-
W, IN the town Of Huntersville, on
Tuesday, the End day of October, 1877
the same being the second day of the circuit
court the following very valuable tracts Of
land In the order in which they are named, or
sucn and so much of said lands as the said de-
cree e requires to be sold which will be deter
mined by the amount for which the tracts Of
fered first, sell:
LIST, A tract of 65 acres, heretofore sold and
conveyed by John w. Warwick to Jacob Bev-
End, A number of tracts of land aggregating
some lOSI acres, sold by said Warwick to DR..
9th, 1878.
3rd. Attract Of land containing $50 acres,
nor more or less. conveyed by said Warwick to
4th, A tract Of I74h acres, more or less.
lin. w
These lands are all situated on or near the
waters OF Glover Lick Creek, and are about the
pest OF the celebrated fine lands in said county.
me lands In classes LIST and End above Will GER
tainly be sold but it may not be necessary to
sell those in classes 3rd or 4th,
TERMS OF SALE-Enough cash in hand to
pay the costs accrued since the sale Of May 2nd
1877, in this cause and the expenses Of sale-the
with interest from date, the purchasers execu-
ting bonds with approved personal security for
the deferred payments, and the title retained as
further security till all the purchase money is
paid. ALEX. f. MATHEWS,
M sci
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-09-04
zfODE1III,
Staunton, August Goth, 1877.

A TRIP ROUND THE WoRLp-FoUR
HUNDRED YOUNG MEN TO ENGAGE
IN TIA scientific expedition under
the direction of Mr.. James o. Woodruff
will start from New York on a journey
round the world the 1st day of October.
The Journey is expected to occupy two
years Fifty thousand miles, at least,
of travel, have been mapped off. Not
withstanding this, the voyagers expect
to spend two-thirds of the time estima-
ted for the journey in the various ports
at which the vessel will touch. Numer-
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-09-04

A freight train on the Indianapolis,
Cincinnati and Lafayette railroad ran
Off the track Tuesday. Four tramps
were stealing a ride, two of whom were
killed, and the other two seriously
wounded.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-09-04
WINCHESTER,

August 81, 1877.
To MEssRs. JNo. ECHoLs, VIM. E. CA
MERoN, JNo. E. PENN, Com'tee.
Gentlemen:
1 received your letter enclosing,
the Platform and conveying to me OIL
cially notice of my nomination by the
Conservative party of the State of Vir-
ginia for the Office of Governor.
I thank you for the courteous and
mplimentary terms in which you
have discharged that duty.
I accept the nomination with q full
sense of the responsibilities it brings.
The Convention felt this as keenly
as myself, and the Platform indicates a
determination to remember the history
of Virginia and ''to preserve inviolate
her publid faith and credit"
Now that our Commonwealth has full
ly put on the habiliments Of sovereignty
assumed the control of her own affairs,
and become co-eaual in the Union Of
States, we are more Immediately con-
frOnted with q question which rises. in
importance above all others, and de-
mands speedy settlement. l am sure
the people are ready to meet it, and are
now resolved, that whatever plan be
adopted with regard to the disposition
of the Public Debt, it shall be such as
will secure the approval of the right
thinking everywhere and accord with
the dignity and honor of the State.
I need not say how important it is
that good, true and wise Representa-
tives should be chosen for our next Leg
islature; on them in chief measure will
fall the work Of solving this question.
doubt not the people are alive to this
and that that body will be composed OF
men, who will have in view the memo
ries and resources Of Virginia and will
once more establish the Commonwealth
upon her ancient foundation and open
up to her future in wealth, culture, and
power more brilliant even than heI
past.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-09-04
Very Respectfully,
FRED. w. NJ. HOLIDAY

In Chicago, at a late hour Monday
night, VIM O'Sullivan, aged thirty
years, SEXTON of st. Jarlith's Catholic
Church, while visiting two young ladies,
shot Katie Brannoch, aged twenty-three
years, over the left ear, killing her in
stantly. He Immediately left the house,
entered his room at st. Jarlith, shot
only witness of the deed was a friend OF
both parties,3 who heard no quarreiing
between them and could give no reason
for the rash deed. Both victims were
highly respectable.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-09-04

KNIGHTS TEMPLAR AT CLEVELAND.
Cleveland, Ohio, August 2S.-The
grand parade of knights Templar NOV
ed promptly at $3.50 o'clock this morning.
This display was simply magnificent
cession was one hour and thirty minutes
passing given point. There were fifty
four bands and dozen drum corps. Not
less than 5000 swords were in line, and
about l75 commentaries marched. Not
less than quarter of a million people
witnessed the procession, every availa-
BILE window and house being occupied,
besides crowds on either side of the
streets throughout the line of march,
The weather was very suspicious.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-09-04

The Third Regiment OF United States
E, 'fantry, now on duty at Scranton,
i'ittsburg and Wilkesbarre, Pa, and
eviously in Louisiana and Mississippi,
+ IS been ordered to Montana to fight
l. &c Indians.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-09-04

The Democratic convention of Iowa
passed resolutions demanding the inn
mediate repeal of the resumption act,
restoration of silver to its monetary
power, the retention Of a greenback cur
rency, approves the Presidents action
in regard to the South, maintains the
right of q State to regulate railroad
corporations, but with due regard to JUS
tice and the common interest of both
people and corporations, and holds the
rights of capital and labor equally sa-
cred. Mr.. Irish was nominated for Gov
eTnor
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-09-04

SHALL FARMERS STRIKE?-It is not
a bad satire we find in the Alexandra
Gazette, that is proposed by farmer,
of general "rise'' of farmers to protect
fba sod ne do
to low prices and they are cheated Of
their just rewards. II anybody has the
right to strike it is the farmers against
the regulations which leave the valua-
ton of their products to non-producers,
and compel them (the farmers) to SUBJ
nit thereto. Could there be a more
pointed exposure of the fallacy of the
theory of strikes? The men who have
struck would be the.greatest of all suf-
ferers by the ''strike' of the farmers,
who have better reason for striking
than any other class of the community.
-DisDUtcL
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-09-04

A CINCINNATI SNAKE SToRY.-On
the window-ledge of the fourth story of
a high stone front building, No. 235
west Fourth street, yesterday afternoon,
the wife of Mr.. r. T. Clarke, an artist,
had couple of cages, one containing a
red bird and the other a mocking bird.
The lady noticed the hooking bird in a
flutter, and, going to the cage, found it
clinging to the top wires, with large
black snake inside the cage, reaching
for it with open mouth. She ran for q
ladleful of hot water, which she dashed
on the reptile. 1t. darted out through
the wires and fell on the pavement be-
low. Though hurt and bleeding from
the fall, it offered fight to number who
soon gathered round and finally killed
it. The reptile was of the common black
snake species, and measured four feet
and six inches in length. How it came
into the bird cage is a perfect mystery.
And the appearance of creature of that
kind at the top ola building in the midst
of large city is unaccounted for.-Com.
nlercidL.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-09-04

The State Savings institution at
Chicago made an assignment on the 2Sth
to Abner Taylor. This bank has been
established some 80 years, and from the
prestige Of its early reputation has re
ceived the patronage of great majority
OF the poorer classes who deposit in the
sayings institutions there. The officers
OF the bank give the Liabilities at s., $685.,
$3.50, and assets 50, 724 800.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-09-04


THE CAPTURE OF Mr.. JEFFERSON
DAvIs-A LETTER FROM HIS COACH
MAN.-James III. Jones, a colored man
who was with Mr.. Jefferson Davis or
his family during nearly the whole time
Of the war in the capacity of coachman,
and who was with him when he was
taken prisoner in Georgia, has furnished
the Raleigh IN. c. papers with state
ment Of his capture, which explodes the
story that Mr.. Davis attempted to escape
in the disguise of a woman. Jones is a
resident of Raleigh and stands as high
as any colored man in the State for
truth and integrity. He is and has been
for ten years captain of the Victor Fire
Company of Raleigh, and was, until his
resignation recently, captain of the Raj
eigh Blues, colored volunteer compa-
ny of that city. His statement, in brief,
is as follows:
at was coachman to Hon. JEFF. Davis
nearly all through the war, and was
with him at the time of his capture,
which occurred on the 10th of May, 1865,
between and o'clock in the morning,
some Is or 16 miles from the county seat
of Wilcox county, Georgia, while in
camp on the public road. [ heard the
tramping of the horses of the federal
soldiers as they were approaching the
camp, and awoke Mr.. Davis and told
him the Yankees were nearly on u.s.
He and his wife had been sleeping in
their tent. When [ went in he got up
and by the time he got his clothes on
the soldiers were in the camp, and ten
or twelve of them were standing at his
tent door with their guns. No one could
pass in or out. Mrs. Davis and the chill
dren had not had time to dress. Mr..
Davis went to the tent door and was or
dered by the soldiers to surrender. He
replied he would not that he would die
first. At this Mrs. Davis pressed to her
husband and put her arms around his
neck, begging the soldiers not to kill
him-both she and the children crying
piteously. 1t has been stated that Mr..
Davis had on a hoop-skirt and was 9th
erwise disguised as a woman. This is
wholly false. He was dressed in his or
binary clothing, with cavalry boots
drawn over his pants, a ater-proof
over his dress coat, shawl thrown over
his shoulders, and on his head a broad
brim white or drab Texas hat. He had
not an article Of female wear about his
| person.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-09-04
aug2S-tds
OUBLIC SALE OF A FARM ON CHRIS

DUBLIC SALE OF A FARM ON CHRIS.
i TIAN'S CREEK.-Under decree of the
circuit court of Augusta county, entered on
22nd of November, 1876, in the suit of "Fisher
and wife VS.. Trotter," the undersigned Com
missioner will proceed, in front of the Court
house Of Augusta county, on
Monday, July 23rd. 1877,
to sell at public auction, to the highest bidder,
that valuable farm on Christians Creek, about5
miles east of Staunton containing 325 acres, at
present owned and occupied by James H. Trot-
ter, and which was purchased by him at Com
missiOners sale in this suit, and Is is now re-
sold at his risk for non-payment of purchase
money. This land is comfortably improved
and lies in good neighborhood convenient to
churches and schools This land will be shown
TO purchasers by Mr.. James H. Trotter who re-
sides on the land, or Mr.. Thornton Berry who
resides adjoining it.
TERMS OF SALE.-Cash to pay costs of the sale
and the rule against Trotter and the balance
upon credits of six, eighteen and thirty months
from the day of sale, bearing interest, for which
bonds with good personal security will be re-
quired, and the legal title retained as ultimate
security. To- Sale at IL O'Clock.
je26-tds II. NJ. BELL Com'r.
POSTPONEMENT.-Th above sale is post
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-09-04

THE B. g. O. LoAN.-It is ascertained
that the SIS, 100000 loan of the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad has been sold to
Messrs ]. S. Morgan & Co., of London.
It is a per cent. loan. secured on the
Chicago extension, and is to be imme-
diately available to the company for the
liquidation Of the floating debt, which
will thus be. withdrawn from the mar
ket.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-09-04

The total amount of beef shipped to
Great Britain from January last up to
i. e 1st ultino was 6S, sos, $40, pounds
curing the corresponding period in 1876
'-'e expectation was much less, amount
g to only Is, 800, S95 pounds.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-09-04
Staunto,l Spectator.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1877.
Col. Holidays Letter of Acceptance.

RICHMOND, VA,
August "a, 1877.
Col. F. w. NJ. HOLIDAY,
Winchester, Td.,
DEAR SIR:
By a resolution OF the
Convention of the Conservative party
of the State of Virginia, which ESSEN
bled in this city on the sth inst, the
undersigned were appointed commit
tee to notify you officially of the, fact
of YOUR nomination as the candidate of
the party for the office of Governor of
the State, and to request your accep-
lance of the said nomination. We take
great pleasure in dischargipg the duty
devolved upon US, and beg to assure
YOU of the earnest desire entertained by
the people of the State, as expressed by
their delegates, that you will consent to
occupy the position to which you have
been assigned.
We have the honor of enclosing to
you herewith the platform of principles
adopted by the body which we repre-
sent, which we doubt not will meet
your approval.
We are most respectfully,
your friends and ob't serv'ts
JNO. ECHOLS,
VIM. E. CAMERON,
JOHN E. PENN.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-09-04

Gov. Mathews, of West Virginia, has
= jued q proclamation announcing that
Charleston received a majority Of the
ties cast for the location of the State
c'pital.
The event of the surrender of General
.;argoyne will be celebrated at Saratoga
a the 18th Of October.
Tom Thumb is worth 500, 000-exact-
j. 33,3333.335 per foot.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-09-04

Mrs. P, near Lexington, N. c.,
was scured of an .iuordinate thirst for
liquor in novel way. An.old man told
her friends to catch an eel in the month
of May and put it in a bottle of liquor
and there let it die. She drank from
the bottle, and has never touched liquor
since. She revolts at the thought of it.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-09-04

The selection Of Col. ". e. Cameron,
Col. James II. Skinner, Hon. A. M.
Kelley, aud r. A. Richardson as can
vassers at large in the coming election
seems to have been made to reconcile ell
the jarring elements in the party, and,
for this purpose, could not have been
improved. But after all the candidates
themselves in this contest will be the
best and most satisfactory canvassers,
and we shall continue to urge them to
take the field at as early a day as conve-
nient, and make thorough canvass in
every county of the Commonwealth
If they begin now they will not more
than get through by the election. The
debt question is the one uppermost be-
fore the people-in fact, the only issue
and that must be fully explained to
them IN all its bearings.-lSldte.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-09-04
Virginia and West Virginia combined
cover an area of $40, 900 square miles.

THE ATTORNEY GENERALsHIP.-Th
Executive Committee of the Conserva-
tive party met in Richmond on last Tues
day night, and nominated Gen. Jas. G.
Field for the office of Attorney General
uice Hon. r. t. Daniel, lately deceased.
The Richmond Wing gives the follow
ing sketch of the nominee:
Gen. James G. Field the nominee, was
born in Culpeper county, and is about
fifty years of age. He is son of L. Y.
Field, ESQ.,, aud a nephew of Judge
Richard 81. Field, Judge Of the Circuit
Court. Gen. Field at quite an early age
went into the Mexican war, and served
calamity with Col. Henry Hill, old ar
my. Upon the close of that war he re-
turned to his home in Culpeper county,
studied law, and entered very success
fully upon the practice of his profession.
He filled with great ability for num-
Der of years the position of Common
wealth's attorney of his native county,
and this was the only office he ever held.
From the first he was noted for the abil-
ity and zeal which he prosecuted his
profession, and he stood at the head of
the bar in Culpeper. ~
At the breaking out of the late war he
at once took up arms in his States de-
fence, and entered the army as private
in the Culpeper Minute Men, and served
CALAMITY in the ranks until made quar-
termaster of Gen. P. Hills corps. Not
only was he efficient in the discharge of
the duties incumbent upon his office,
hut he was an active staff officer in the
field. He was wounded in the first bat
tie of Cold Harbor, and lost leg at the
battle of Cedar Mountain.
| When he had recovered from the eff
fects of his wound he went back to the
army and served gallently until the sur
render at Appomattox. Since the wal
he has been practicing his profession in
Culpeper county with great success
During this time he has rendered eff
Gent service to the Conservative party,
and has taken an active part in every
canvass.
He is at present engaged as counsel
for the State in the investigation of the
Chesapeake and Ohio canal matter. Nc
man stands higher in his native county
than Gen. Field. He has long been 9
consistent member and deacon in the
/ Baptist church. Gen. Field is a widow.
er, and has four children. His oldest
son graduated at the last session of Rich
mond College with distinction.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-09-04

The editor of Paris newspaper has
been fined heavily for publishing an ar
ticle in which the President of France
is spoken of as follows:
IN. MacMahon, who descends from a
mere apothecary, arriving from the
British Isles at Autun to seek his fortune,
has dexterously allowed the rumor to be
circulated without ever contradicting it,
that his ancestors occupied the throne
Of Ireland"
The editor was not treated too harshly.
Thisthing of reminding people of their
ancestors must be stopped, and if fining
will not prevent it we advise the use of
the guillotine. Why, just suppose the
practice should spread to this country,
where would all the armorial bearings
be that have been brought from London
at great cost? The French were right
in Furnishing the editor who was so lost
to all the amenities of life as to remind
Mr.. MacMahon that he was not the son
of king, but of an apothecary; and we
trust that if any of the American cotem-
poraries be guilty of reminding any of
the prominent gentlemen of this coun-
try, who, being ashamed of their own
parentage, adorn their plate and the
panels of their coaches with coats of
arms, that their ancestors though hon
est. were plain people, they may be put
on Mr.. Beecher's diet for poor people
II this thing of telling man who his
grandfather was be allowed to go on,
what's the use of shOddy aristocracy A?
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-09-04

COMMISSIONERS SALE OF A VERY
" VALUABLE FARM ON MIDDLE RIV-
Err IN THE COUNTY OF AUGUSTA.-The
undersigned Commissioners of sale, in pursu-
ance of decree of the circuit court of Augusta
rendered at the March term, 1877, in the chan
Gerry suit of Huluey Us. Patterson and als will
sell at public auction, on the premises, upon
Saturday, august 4th, 1877,
that very desirable farm lying on the North
side of Middle River, in the county of Augusta,
upon which John A. Patterson at present re-
sides.
The Farm contains about 500 Acres.
is product We, and also well adapted to grazing.
1t has on it large twO-story BRICK -
MANSION, in good condition, together Na59
with all necessary out-buildings, includ- rEskN
ing ice-house and spring-house. These build
ings, except the barn, are first-class.
TERMs:-Cash in hand to pay costs of the
above-named suit and of sale; balance in one,
two, and three years, equal instruments, bear
ing interest from day of sale for which bonds,
with approved personal security will be re-
quired, and the title will be withheld as ulti-
mate security. ALEX. H. FULTZ,
THOS. G. ELDER,
BENZ. G.. PATTERSON,
jy3-tds Commissioners.
POSTPONEMENT.-Th above sale is post
poned until
Saturday, September Sta, 1877,
ALEX. Fl. FULTZ,
THOS. G. ELDER,
n u
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-09-04

A terrible railroad disaster occurred
on the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
railroad, on the Goth ult., at the last
branch Of four mile creek, seven miles
from Des Moines, Iowa. The killed and
wounded are estimated as high as fifty
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-09-04

Russia finds her war with Turkey
somewhat expensive. After our four
years war in 1856 our legal tenders in
circulation aggregated $3.50, O0O,0 900. AT
ter only q few months of war Russia
finds her paper currency sWelled to
S640, O00,0 Oo.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-09-04

DOR RENT.-The upper portion of
Il building Cor. Main and New Sts., lover
halls also back yard and out-hOuses. Apply at
sep4 ct OLIVIERS BOOK STORE.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-09-04

TAAU ho may hcSP WIZ Cdu
l take it, that the decision of the Court
of Appeals in the case referred to, covers
the whole ground of our obligations in
regard to the public debt of the State
The legal obligation being established,
the moral obligation is a matter of course.
Before the bills above alluded to, were
finished by the Subcommittee on FL
nance-Mr. johnson being the draughts
man,-Gov. Walker sought an interview
with me as the chairman of the Com
mittee. He informed me that from in
quiries he had instituted privately, he
was satisfied that West Virginia would
not do any thing at present, in regard
to the public debt. He expressed the
o, inion, that it would be best for us, un.
der the circumstances, to provide for the
payment of that portion of the debt
which everybody admitted we owed
and ought to pay. leaving West Virgin
las portion outstanding. He requested
me not to report the bills agreed upon
by the Committee, until he had com.
pleted a bill embodying his views, which
he was engaged in writing, and which
he desired the Committees to consider.
[ felt at liberty to do SO, and gave the
promise. A few days afterwards he sent
lOr LIE again anu reau 10 NE the famous
Funding Bill" 1 objected to the bill
on the ground that it practically repu-
dated one. third of the public debt, While
In my opinion we were legally and
morally bound for the whole The two
Committees were, however, summoned
to consider the measure. The attendance
was full, every member, l believe, be.
ing present at one or more of the meet
ings. After ample discussion the two
Committees, by an overwhelming ma
jority voted in favor of reporting the
bill. | voted against it to the last, and
two other gentlemen voted with me-
Mr.. Anderson, of Pittsylvania, mem
Der Of the Senate, and Mr., Mathew, Of
Aoudoun, member of the House Of
Delegates. | remember no other in the
minority, although one or two, out of