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NOTICE.-There will be meeting of the
~ Stockholders and friends of B. A. Fair on
MONDAY, (Court-day,) at II o'clock, Novem-
Der Goth, 1877, at the Courthouse, to takeintO
consideration the indebtness of the Fair, and it
is hoped that all will attend. A report as to the
Financial condition of the Fair will be made a t
will not encourage hopes in the mind of any
one that cannot be realized yet they feel war;
ranted in stating that the financial condition
would have it appear, and whilst the Board of
Directors are using all economy and have CIV
en- the business of the Fair great deal of time
trouble, they feel Il is best at thIs time to call
this meeting and make to the Stockholders and
friends q true statement, and to receive from
them such Instructions as they may deem best
after having all the facts before them.
~ a. A. SPROUL, President.
J. H. WATERS, Sec'ty. no2-lt @. p. G.
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SENTENCE OF a W:HgE-MURDERER.-
The Supreme court of VafnsAt over
ruled the exceptions in the case of Asa
Mogoon, the wife-murdefeF, and he was
sentenced to be hanged on the fourth
Friday in November, 1879; eighteen
months of the interim to be spent at
hard labor and six months in solitary
confinement.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-11-20

ACQUITTAL OF GEN. EsCoBEDo.-The
trial at brownsville, Texas, of General
Esoobedo for violation of the United
States neutrality law resulted in his ac-
quittal. Judge Morrell had his face
slapped by ex-Judge Russell, counsel
for defence in the trial.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-11-20
The Reason Why.

The Alexandria Gazette speaking of
the election in Loudoun county, says:
"Many of the leading Republicans
voted for the nominees on their debt
platform the negroes almost exclusive;
ly for the readjusters."
That was the case here, for almost all
of the leading white Republicans, with
a few Of the best class CT co,ored voters,
supported the debt-paying candidates,
and it should be mentioned in their
praise. But the mass Of the ignorant
colored suffragans, who would vote for
3 man fresh from the penitentiary in
preference to the best gentleman in the
land, if called Conservative, went as
they did in Loudoun and elsewhere
And just here we may pertinently in
troduce an extract from letter written
by citigen of Albemarle to the Rich
mond Dispatch, accounting for the elec-
ton of the blatant repudiator, John E.
Massey, to the Senate, from that Dis
trict. He says:
"This result has been brought about
by combination between the repudiat-
ing white men and the solid vote Of the
negroes. fear the same result has been
reached by the same means in many
other counties of the State.
ut may not be amiss to let our N ORTIZ
ern friends know the fact, so that they
may take comfort to themselves for
hqpialg put negro suffrage upon the
Southern States. Many of them are, no
doubt, bondholders of the old Common
wealth, and if the public debt is repu-
dated they have themselves to blame
in great measure.
"a majority of the white people of
this county are sound on this debt ques-
tiGn, and the county could never have
been carried for the reputation ticket
except 6y the solid voto Of The negroes in
its fdvor. I deem it due to the white
race with your permission) to say this
much in their behalf: "-Lynchburg Tr.
giaian.
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Queen Victoria regulates and discip=
lines her children just as if they were
stih boys and girls. Prince Leopold is
twenty-fous yeags cid, but his slightest
movements or plans age ialegraped to
Windsor or BaImoral by one OF his suite,
so that on recent Sunday, when, in
Elgin, Scotland. he accepted an invita-
tion 10 attend the Protestant Episcopal
Church, he receavsfI few minutes he-
fore the hour positive orders to So to the
Presbyterian Church, and went.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-11-20

5, ESCAPED FROM A MoB-At 2 o'clock
in TIE morning of the 10th inst, MUIR
freesboro. Tehhy., aMeb tock from the
jail, Root Alexander, &cofofed, the our
derer of Dongheart, with the intention
of hanging him. While in the custody
of the mob he was allowed to escape
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-11-20
A NEGRO COMMITS A HoRR1D CRIME

A NEGRO COMMITS A HORRID CRIME.
The Richmond Enquirer says that,
"stanard Gibbs, a factory hand, was
arsssiel ,est Saturday evening on the
charge of Violently s~yjiahing Louisa Da-
Wis. He offered to pay tie -gasl, U.Lo, il
not more than II or 10 years old, to ear
nv a note to certain house, and by this
means lured her to lonely spot in the
rear Of Dill's factory, on Twenty-first
street, when he assaulted her, and by
using force, accomplished has purpose"
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Ben Wade thinks the Republican
party was so badly damaged by the re-
suit of the Ohio election that it cannot
hope to recover in the next twenty-five
years. Should it so turn out we think
the country can stand it.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-11-20

The House passed the army bill
without q division. An amendment
allowing four cavalry regiments, to the
number of 100 men, for a Texas eoHIrl-
pany' and to be stationed in Texas, was
agreed to.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-11-20

President Hayes should feel strength
ened in his civil service policy, now
that the FRANKLIN Society Of Lexington
after warm debate has DECIDED that the
Southern members of Congress should
give him their support.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-11-20

FATAL AeotDENT IN FREDERIcKs-
BURG.-On last Thursday afternoon, in
Fredericksburg, John Morris, a well
digger engaged in sinking a well on
lower Main atreet, IL coming up out of
the we'll had one foot in 2 siiTg, was
holding to the rope with one hand, bad
a bucket and rope in the other, when
bis hold gave way and hs fa!l beadfore-
mast to the bottom, thirty feet. His
skull was ast fraetuEed nor his neck
broken. He died from eane4ssion.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-11-20

The Duke of Argyll will be obliged to
spend between SIS, 900 and 500, 900 in re-
storing Inverary Castle. The building
and its contents were insured for $780,
900, of which snm $500, 1000 applies to the
building. The Duke attributes the origin
of the fire to lightning.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-11-20

THREE CHILDREN BURNED EG
DEArH.-The house occupied by COL
ored woman named Hester Ann Will
llams, near TapHer's Creek cross roads,
in Norfolk Co., was totally destroyed
by fire last Thursday afternoon. Three
children-two aged four years. the other
an infant-were burned to death.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-11-20

SHOCKS OF AN FA&fHQEAKE IN 10
WA AND NEBRAsKA.-A number of
quick, successive earthquake shock were
felt at Council Bluff, iowa, about 1915
P. M. last Thursday, apparently east to
west, and lasting about two minutes.
No damage resulted, although for time
faaa destruction ofsome high brick b8iid-
ings was threatened, and at the higl,
school there gas a slight panic. Dis
patches from Iowa City and Western To-
wa say the shock was gsserally felt. but
no serious damage occurred ip that quar-.
ter. AT Omaha, Ncb., three distinct
shocks were, felt, lasting about ten sec
onds, about 20 minutes before IL. In
Columbus, Neb., bells in public build
ipgs sounded. and in North Platte cases
il printing offices were overturned. The
weather wss very pleasant
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-11-20


LABoRs OF REV. DIR. RossER THE
EvANGELIsT.-In the Va, Annual con-
ference of the M. E. Church south
in Lynchburg, on Thursday last Dr.
Rosser addressed the Conference, set
ting forth his labors as an evangelist.
He had preached and EXPORTED over six
hundred times, with about six hundred
conversions. But all personal identifi-
cation with the work, even as an in
strument, was obliterated with him as a
bubble; has lost all consciousness ofsuch
fact. Every church except one where
he had preached had been quickened,
rebaptiZed, and resealed by the Holy
Ghost. The last revival he attended.
and which he closed on last Sabbath
night. week at Columbus, Miss, he re-
garded as the grandest of his life in mo-
raj glory. Seventy-five persons, most
distinguished in intelligence AND social
life, were happily converted to God:
He alluded to the conversion of Colonel
Samuel Meek, the most distinguished
criminal lawyer in the State. He came
to the altar and knelt and wept most
bitterly, and evinced the deepest inte-
rest. Presently he arose and said: 81
feel sudden and strange calm" -Ho-
ly women, like some could name here
ia Lynchburg, gathered around him al
the close of the services, and said
"Colonel, do you feel that your sins are
forgiven?" He answered: IA sudden
calm has come over me, but would not
for the world say that my sins are for
given" Ir. Rosser said to him
"Colonel, would you. for the world, say
that your sins were not forgiven ?'' He
replied he would not; and the mex,
morning was rejoicing in a bright and
happy experience. Among the converts
was the daughter Of the sainted Heze
kiah G. Leigh. Dr. Rosser lays doYn
his commission as an evangelist. as he
qEderrstrands that the College Of Bish-
ops are looking to the creation of that
office at the next General Conference
which meets at Alta MIA, Georgia next
May.
He places h,timpsei; ip the hands Of the
bishops for work in the Virginia Con
ference. asking fair play and no priv
leges; and that spch disposition be made
Of him from the shades Of tEs blue hills
of bis native State to the roaring waters
of the Chesapeake and ATLANTIC as shall
most rebound to the gloFy Of GOD.
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During the month of September ninety
sailing vessels and five steamers were
lost at sea. Eight of the sailing vessels
and one steamer were American.
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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-11-20

OIL IN KANAWHA COUTY.-On We'd
nesday last, oil was struck on the Ca
bell Farm on Elk River, sig miles above
Charleston. The operators are sanguine
that the yield will be large.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-11-20

Berlin's Pet is dead. The only speci-
men of the genuine gorilla outside of
Africa, which for some time past has
entertained the people of the prussian
capital and the naturalists ofalI Europe,
departed this life suddenly on Monday
last, according to o mortuary dispatch
in the London Standard. Thus passeth
the glory of the world. Before the no.
Bile ancestor of the Darwinians had time
to fully demonstrate the truth of philos-
ophy he was taken away. If we accept
the learned statemeiats and scientific IL
Illustrations of such profound papers as
the London Punch and the Ber4ip
Kladderdatsch this amiable beast had
already developed human fondness for
smoking pipes and drinking beer, and
had learned to give ouch expression to
his features as enabled hina ct intervals
to recognize his relationship to p.an, ct
least to some nan who reflected their
relationship to him through tbs simili-
tude of their physiognomies or :stellec-
tual mefiaaas.
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Stauntott Spectator.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1877.
The Eastern War.

The latest dispatches announce the Ia
king of Kars by storm. This fact added
to the recent defeat of Mukhtar Pasha,
prior to his last stand at Erzeroum will
doubtless greatly influence the court at
Constantinople in favor of peace. IL Is
thought that the severe losses wnlcn
Russia has sustained during the war VIII
make her as willing to listen to overtures
of peace as Turkey will be anxious TO
make them. There are no advices from
the condition of Plevna. Though com
pletelv surrounded it seems that Osman
Pasha is still able to hold his own
Muhktar Pasha is said to have strength
ened Erzeroum by 100 guns. The Bull
garians are said to have massacred the
Mussulman inhabitants of Vratza. The
Turks have expelled the Russians from
the village of Berkortcha.
TRADE OF THE UNITED STATES
WITH BRITISH GUINEA.-The Depart
ment of State has received dlspatcn
from the Consul of the United States al
Demarara, concerning the trade OF Brit
ish Guiana with the United States. Int
imports into that colony during tn
wear 1876 amounted to about $7,5Oo,Ooo
an increase Of nearly two millions OF
the preceding year. The share OF tn
United States in these imports canno
be strictly stated, as the most OF ou
goods reach the colony through Eng
land. The exports during 1875 amount
ed to $14, 764 900, an increase OF tire
and one half millions on the precedln!
year. Of these exports the Unite
States received direct 81, STE, 600, c
which sugar constituted 81, 1885, 1856, an
molasses $112, 1000. The colony is almos
wholly dependent on the United State
for its breadstuffs, provisions, horses
mules and sheep. A large field is ope
in British Guiana for cotton manual
lures, but strange to say, all the Amer
can favorite brands reach the colon
through England. Direct exports frol
the United States to Demarara Woul
greatly facilitate and enlarge this brane
of trade. American hollow-ware, cu
lery, tradesmen's tools, leather, boo
and shoes, &C., are thoroughly apprec
ated, and command ready sales in IL
markets of the colony. The Consul hi
no doubt but that direct line of steam
ers between the United States and Bri
islh Guiana would find profitable en-
ployment, and greatly extend the trad
between the two countries.
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in Mr. O'Conner's building, next door to r. T.
Leftwich's store, on Augusta street. The pro-
ceeds to be devoted to the liquidation of the
church debt. Oysters fried. stewed and on the
half shell. A first rate supper will be provided
and the patronage of the public is solicited.
nov lA-It
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A LETTER FROM STANLEY.-The New
York Herald prints long letter from
Henry NJ. Stanley, the African explo-
rer, the main points of which have been
anticipated by telegraph. In this letter
Mr.. Stanley prefaces his Introductory
to the story of the great march and ca
noe voyage from Nyangwe to the Allan
tic ocean, via the Congo or Lualaba
river, by correcting an erroneous impress
sion as to the propriety of calling it the
Congo. He says the territory of Congo
is of a very limited area, and lies south
ward of the lower section of the river
and between the ocean and range OF
mountains which border on the great
inland African basin. AS many names
are given to the river from its source
downward as there are distinct tribes in
habiting its banks, and he declares that
for geographical purposes the proper
name is that given it by Livingstone,
who first discovered it-that is, the
Lualaba. The Lualaba is much larger
and more important river than the
Nile; it rises near Lake Bangweolo. in
latitude IL degrees south, flows north to
the equator, and then southeast to the
Atlantic. At Nyangwe its flow is 124, :
900 cubic feet per second; from source
to mouth it is 1900 miles long, and it
drains 100000 square miles of country.
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The new monument to be erected to
ex-President johnson at Greenville
Tenn, will be twenty-six feet, high,
with base of granite and shaft of
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Reuben Proctor, burglar, who shot
Miss Codigan in Warren county. Iowa.
vas taken from court by mob OF citi-
.-'ns without masks, Wednesday even
ing, and hanged.
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A LEX. H. H. STUART.

LEX. HI. HI. STUART.
III ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
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public life will hereafter give diligent atten-
ton to such causes in chancery, and in the
Court of Appeals at Staunton, as may be en-
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MASSACHUSETTS AND VIRGINIA.
DR.. Loring, of Massachusetts, has writ
ten letter addressed to his constituents,
in which he gives a summary of what
he saw on his recent trip to Virginia.
He. stated that the journey of the Presi-
dent to Richmond was remarkable for
tho cordiality with which he was re-
ceived by al assemblies and individuals
with whom he was brought in contact.
The same spirit was manifested by the
committee of the city of Richmond,
composed of men of different opinions.
DR.. Loring says. he should not have
known that there were different races
or different parties, or that there ever
had been other social relations than
those now exist in Virginia from any
thing he saw or heard there. He often
heard the political future of the colored
people discussed, and always with the
full recognition of their rights under the
constitution. The doctor devotes the
last part of his letter to the material
prosperity Of the State, which he repre-
SCENTS to- be good. Agricultural and
stock productions he notes fully up to
the New England standard. We would
suppose they were ahead oft.
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OYSTER SUPPER 1.-The Ladies of the
~ Second Presbyterian Church will give an
Oyster Supper, on
THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER ODD,
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