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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1877-02-17
VOL 66.-VOL. u, INEW SERIESI CHARLl
PERSONAL!

NOAH WALKER * CO.,
Celebrated Clothiers OF Baltimore, Nd,
Announce the introduction Of plan Of ordering
Clothing ana Underwear
BY LETTER,
Towbicb they call YOUR special attention. They
win send on application their improved and accu-
rate
RULES FOR SELEWEASCRENENT,
and a fuI line o. samples from their immense
stock of CLOTHS CASSlMERES, COAIlNGS,
SuIETINGS, &C., thus enabling parties IN any
part %. the country 90 order their Clothing and
Shirts direct from them, with the certainty OF re-
ceiyng garments ot
TIE .ary Latest Sgje
Ind lost Perfect Fa At,aiaGJle.
Goods ordered VIII be sent by Express to any
part ot the country.
As is well known throughout the Southern
States they have for Forty-lhree Years
EACELLED
in an departments Of their business, which is a
substantial guarantee as % the character OF the
Goods thev viii send out
a large and wcli-assortrd stock Of
EEADE-1IACE CLOTHING
alea,s on hand, together with full line Of
Furnishing Goods,
iaclat.a- an the latest Novelties in Design, and at
POPULAR PRICES.
when Goods are sent per Express c. o. d..
there win b 40 collection charge ou amounts OF
so and owes.
Rules Tor StlcNcasurement Samples Of Goods
aud Price List sent t-ce on application.
The attention Of the Trad, Is invited 90 our
Wholesale Department, which Is always kept up
o. thc highest standard.
NOAH SEAZElEEs g. CO.
Manufacturers and Dealers ia Mems and BOYS
C.0tbing and Furnishing Goods, either ready
made or made O. order.
lc5andIGI Baltimore street, BALTIMORE,
May Is, lsij-yu MD
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1877-02-17

Pinchback, in letter 10 friend in Indian
apolis in explanation Of his recent action,
says:
Knowing that the present pretended Pack
ard Government is a monstrous iniquity and
its success would entail still further dsbauch
cry and Generalization upon the race, | re-
solved to destroy it If possible. | have not
abandoned the national Republican party,
but If to denounce the thieves in Louisiana,
who are fast destroying the manhood and in
;eerty of my reople. renders me ineligible to
membership in it, shall have to seek shelter
elsewhere and continue my struggle for just
ice and equality for Il race"
Now, that the Republican party Of Louisiana
has got so low that even Pincbback feels con-
strained to abandon It, we wonder how high
toned Republicans can think Of giving Hayes
the Presidency through the manipulations Of
such set Of rascals. II Packard did not car
ry the State, it is very certain that Hayes did
not, for the two candidates ran closely to-
gether, except that, by reason Of failure to
print the names OF certain Republican electors
on the list in oue district, there were several
thousand votes lost to three or four Of Ties,
Republican Electors Hayes is not therefore
entitled to all the votes that were cast foI
Packard
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1877-02-17

a mail bag containing letters and about
925. 600 worth Of checks and drafts, while en-
route from Newport. KY. to Cincinnati. was
opened and the contents atstractel The First
National Bank Of Covingion bad oTer $4,000
worth Of checks ia the bag, and James Taylor
& Sons. bankers, a still larger sum. Among
other papers was a gold draft FOR $4,000 on a
California bank.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1877-02-17

No. thousand miles from Richmond a vie
lay in a dying condition. Having brought up
a clever orphan girl, who was grown, the dy-
ing woman called the young woman 70 her aud
said ~ will soon leave you ny little children
mothefless. They know you ani love you,
aud after | am gone want You and my bus
band to marry" The youog woman, burst
ing into tears, said " We were jrst talking
about that"
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1877-02-17
SHENANDOAH HOUSE,
MAETINSEURG, ". Va,
John IellerS, PrODrietOr-

yVHr Proprietor OF this cxcellentH Hotel. will, as
heretofore. continue 90 keep the House
NJ. Shenandoah House is one ot the most conTc-
ni.ut-v arranged and comfortable hotels m Mar
tirsburr aud The Proprietor viii spare no trouble
ar expense o. render the stay OF has guests pleas
autaud comfortable.
THe fine stock Of Liquors, Wines, &c, Win
which bis Elris supplied. will be Kept mp, and
persons who may patrouize him m this dep 1ment
Can -.fv ur.u getting tue very best article.
TL. Shenandoah House is pleasantly situated on
North Queen strcctuear the Railroad.
May %, 1873.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1877-02-17

lie went softly behind the door and mur-
INJURED, "I'm a man Of very quiet tastes. =
Then be took q fask from his pocket and
tasted something.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1877-02-17

The best way to discourage boil is to seek
a right slippery place on the icy pavement
and then, when the boil amt looking, come
down on L non.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1877-02-17
SOUTHERN
IEEPATIC PILLS,
TVHAT Old, Long known and Well Tried Rene
dyror all Bilious DisSases, caused by a
nTsl-I Oily T-IA-.L.p

D
dy for all Bilious piaSases, caused by
DISEASED LIVER,
Is destined. at no distant day, to be the only Med
icine recognized and used by the people, where
thatdisease is 50 prevalent. Our present object
being % introduce the Medicine into those Dis
tricts where the disease is most rife, and let the
people have the benefit of so greata blessing, and
demonstrate its correctness by showing such re
suits as have ne7er followed any other plan OF
treatment.
Prcc-For one box, 25 cents. DoEeu 81. Five
Gross, $1,000.
They can be sent to any point in the United
States. Address, &. W. DEEMS,
. South Calhoun street, BALTIMORE.
ADrilC 1871
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AIERTCAN HOTEL,
STAUNT0N II.
Change OF 0ZanoRcrslc cnt.
=. II. CAIsTJIEAA, Proprietor.

fgNHE management Of this Hotel has changed
hands and il is being put In thorough repair,
being camodelcd and rcturnished.
THIS Hotel is conveniently situated near the c. d.
o. r. r. Depot and accessible @ the business part
ot the city, which will make il desirable for th.
transient visitors and especially for Commercial
men.
This Hotel is well ventilated and delightfully."-
cool in summer. The proprietor will spare no
pains o. make IL frstcllss Hotel.
Terms moderate and special rates sill be made
for Commercial men.
y. ". CARTMELL,
Jan y, 1877. Proprietor
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A Wisconsin editor speaks Of a wind which
a lust sat on its hind legs aud howled.'
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1877-02-17

Ouly bruaettes should wear caTdinsired hose.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1877-02-17
Book Notices.

THE BarrIsH QUARTERLY review for jan
uary, reprinted by The Leonard Scott Pub
fishing Co., Il Barclay Street, New York, Is
Just ont. We have not space to DO more than
indicate the contents. |. "Julian's Letters.
II. "The Poetry Of the Old Testament III.
Alexander Vinet"--a brief sketch Of his
life, an account Of his life-work, and the ser
vice he rendered to Divine Trnth. ". Priest
hood in the Ligh. Of the New Testament.
V. Herbert Spencer's Sociology" VI. "Gui-
zot's History of France" VII. "Tbe Scrvian
War" A sketch of the troubles in Servia
which began in 1862, dwelling particularly on
the causes and results of the present war
VIII Comprises a long list Of notices of all
kinds of contempora y literature.
The periodicals reprinted by The Leonard
Scott Publishing Co. al Barclay Street, n. ~
are as follows: The London Quarterly, EiiH-
Jwqh, Westminster, and British Quarterly Re-
rie,cs, and BlackwOod's Ntgczine Price, 81
a year for any one, or only $40 for all, and
tie postage is prepaid by the Publishers.
The AMERICAN ARMER-The February
numbcr of this time-honorod but vigorous farm
iJurnal has reached US, full as usual Of matter
suited to the season and to the needs of our
farmers, all of whom would find that a year S
subscription to this practical periodical would
be money well spent Not only the staple
crops, artificial aud homemade fertilizers, but
fruit aud vegeiabe-growing, improved stock
dairying, poultry, &c, all have due attention
aud a number of useful engravings are given,
not to GIL up space, but to illustrate the sense
Of the articles To clubs Of five or more the
price is only 81 each year. Single rate $3.50.
The publishers are SamI Sands & Son, Balt;-
more, Nd.
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VIRGINIA TREE PRESs.
|. d. & Y. Il. B. GlIIAIIl. EIIIJlS.

CharIestown, jefferson Co., w. Va.
OFFICE IN JEFFERSON BUILDING" ="
Saturday, February IT, 1877.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-04-05

An Episcopal Conference, cam posed O.
the clergy and one lay member from eact
Virginia parish, is appointed by Bishop Whit.
tie to be held at Parkersburg on the 18th Of
April. The object of the conference is to
consider the question of the establishment
of separate diocese for West Virginia, and
if that idea is favorably considered, then to
determine the boundaries of the diocese,
whether the State line shall be adopted or
whether the eastern Pan Handle counties be
allowed to remain with the mother State, and
also to consider whether the new diocese
shall be a missionary one, partially depend
ent upon outside help, or full fledged and
self sustaining one.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-04-05

The New York Erpress intimates that it
is because New Hampshire is Republican
State that its people refuse to remove from
the State constitution the provision which
disqualifies Roman Catholics from holding
office. Perhaps the Express would not have
charged this upon the Republicans if it had
known that the towns giving the largest ma
jorities against the striking out of the word
PROTESTANT" were those which show de-
interior, it is the native born Democrat who
reads his local party organ only by indus
triously spelling out the words, who hates a
sfurrener."
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-04-05

It appears to be definitely determines that
Boss Tweed will be released from the Ind.
low street Jail within few days. Efforts
at negotiation with him have been in prog
ress for nearly three months past. He has
insisted persistently that he is poor man.
but agrees to transfer his property, as well
as MS Interest in claims against the city and
and private parties, ifthe proceedings against
him are terminated. The proper deeds, papers.
&c, have now all been drawn up, and only
await the proper signatures. The whole
amount OF property to be transferred by
Tweed will not, it is believed, exceed $3.50,
700, which it is claimed is all that he has now
left. The suit against Swceny for 81, 200, 900
mas been set down peremptorily for trial in
June, but it is asserted very positively that
this case will also be settled. 1t is estimated
that by all the settlements in progress -or
contemplated not more than one million dol
lars will be recovered.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-04-05

EXECUTION OF JOHN D. LEE.-JoIn ID
Lee, who held in his time many offices in the
MORMON Church, was shot to death OF
Friday at Mountain Meadows, Utah Terrific
~, Tor the leading part which he took in thu
awIlii massacre twenty years ago of over a
hundred emlSrants. passing Quietly through
the Mormon settlements Oh their way TO Cali
forna, by the Mormons and their Indian al
lies. Of the total number, one hundred ant
twenty, only seventeen infant children were
spared. Lee declared in the confession made
Dy MN after his conviction and sentence ia
death that the bloody deed was done under
orders from the Mormon authorities; that he
strehuously opposed it but was forced to Join
III - that ne reported the facts subs equently
M person to Brigham Young, who Justified
the act. Lee states hat the principal insti-
gators or the massacre were Col Dame and
Majors liaght and Higbee, but that other $
III the council While the emigrants were sur
rounded approved it and devised the plan by
which they were inveigled into surrendering
uieir arms and then set upon and killed. Lee
IN MS confession endeavors to make it appear
tna1 ne TOOK no active part in the slaughter.
anu Gnat ne was offered up as sacrifice for
the greater crimes of others. All the testi-
mony at the trial went, however. to show
Chat he was an active participant. The wac
oiis ana horses, the flocks and herds and par
ishable goods of the victims were subsequent
iy sold at Cedar City and the proceeds diyid-
ed among their murderers. Friday, on the
spot where the great crime was perpetrated.
Lee !. was executed by shooting, the law of
Ihe territory allowing condemned man the
choice OF the manner in which he shall snffar
death. 1t was just though inadequate act
OF retribution for a crime Of Unparalleled at.
rocity.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-04-05

The remains OF Frank CARRIER, PennsyI-
vanlan, who disappeared from near Lynch
Darg SIX weeks ago, were found in the James
river on Friday.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-04-05
Commissioners Notices.

COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.
~ Staunton. Va March 10Th, 1877
IN pursuance OF decree of Hastings Court rem
dered on the 10th OF February, 1877 in the Chance
~ cause Of Simon H.Hilb VS.. Gabriel Hirsh eft ais
day. April 10th, 1877, to settle an account Of the
real estate owned by Gabriel HIrsh, in said citv
and county OF Augusta, its fee simple and annual
rental value. the liens and their priorities hind
ing same O--,U
Given under my hand March 18th, 1877.
JNO. W. STOUT,
mar 1o-4W Comm'r in Chy
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-04-05

The railroad bridge over the Shenandoah
river, at Riverton,is completed and the trains
now run through tOiStrasburg.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-04-05

IMPORTANT DECISION Judge Bond, hold
ing the Circuit Court of the United States at
Lynchburg, last week gave judgment against
District for the sum of $40, 900 in favor of the
executor of Samuel Miller, being the amount
assessed by the Collector on the sums paid
oy the executor to compromise the suits
against the estate of his testator. These
suits were instituted to invalidate tile TWEEN
ty-hfth clause of the will, which established
the Charity School in Abemarle. The sums
thus paid were held by the Commissioner of
Internal Revenue to be .'legacics or disrribu-
tive shares in the estate of Samuel Miller.
and liable to be taxed under the laws of the
Uhlted States. But Judge Bond decided
Inat the sums SO paid were paid by way OF
compromise and Tot liable to he taxed, and
gave Judgment against the Collector for the
$4,000 Which he had assessed and collected.
The case was argued for the executor by
Judge Robertson, Judge Meredith, and Mr..
Craighill, and for the United States bv M.
Lurty, the district attorney.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-04-05

DISTRESSING AccIDENT.-Sazem, Fou-
quae'' County, March PA few DAYS AGO
Miss German, aged eighteen, daughter of J.
A.. German, Esq, near this place, while
cooking dinner, had her dress to catch fire.
She went out. to the hen-house, some forty
yards from the dwelling, before She discov..
cred 1t, and, finding that she could not SUP
press the flames, ran back to the house.
When she reached the yard gate her clothes
were in light blaze, and her shrieks were
agonizing. Mrs. German, her mother, was
tne ohiy person on the place, and at the first
sight OF her daughter tainted. So the poor
girl was left alone to wrestle with the flames.
Her clothes were literally burned off her
oody from her waist down. She had on a
nanne! bodice, or she would have been
burned to DEATH Her hair was very much
slnged. DIR. Henry Frost, who is attending
condition, but hopes that she will recover
Cor. Alexandria Gazette.
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Trustees Sales.
HOUSE AND LOT FOR sALl

HOUSE AND LOT FOR SALE
BY virtue OF a deed of trust executed to me by
Geo. A. Armentrout and wife and James A. Ar
mentrout and wife and al, dated the 2Sth of April
1875 and recorded in the Hastings Court OF Staun-
ton IN Deed BookNo. 6, page 81. and by direction
OF the beneficiary i'll said deed,I will sell, at
public auction, in front of the Court house in
SATURDAY, APRIL 18th, 1871
that elegant HOUSE & LOT, on the east side OF
Market street in Staunton. between Beverly and
mentrout. - -
This lot fronts 81 feet IL inches on Market st
ana runs back between parallel lines 12l feet with
the use OF ten foot alley the south side OF said
iot. The house is large, well built
BRICK BUILDING
finished in the best style, and is one of the most
desirable residences in the city of Stanton
TERMS OF SALE:-One fourth cash in hand, and
tne residue in four equal payments at G. IL is and
"a months respectively, and bearing interest from
Gay OF sale, the purchaser executing bonds for
the deferred payments, and the title to be retain
ed as ultimate security
GEO. M. COCHRAN. JR..
Mar Gus Trustee.
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situated in Augusta county, on the Greenyille
ROAD, about X miles from stanton.
TERMS:-Cash in hand to pay costs of suit and
rentlng, balance in well endorsed negotiable
noLes, payable quarterly during such a term as
VIII pay OIL the lien on said land and said costs
of sale. s. TRAVERS PHI 7 Ip psi o'y
maj Id w. Special Com
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-04-05
"EsNEVIDEHE FARM,

a NEsEDEhfE FARM
situated about IA miles from Staunton 10 miles
rom Waynesboro, and miles from New Hope
ing IIo ACRES more or less, about $50 acres ri
winch IS cleared-a considerable portion beinp
Hlver Bottom. and all lying well and easy of cui
tnvatlon lThls tract is composed Of two original
John Clemens andwife, containing respectively
475and $40 acres) On this tract there is neat and
well built W
FIR "A E DWELLING HOUSE
and necessary out-buildings. The dwelling ia
vel located on an eminence on the East side Of
South River, and commands fine view of the
River and adjacent country.
Also tract of 1000 ACRES, more or less. Of
Woodland, lying North and Northeast of the above
described tract. A large portion of this tract is
wen numbered with pine, oak and other
thereon being of value by reason of proximity TO
cne furnaces and forge at Mt. Vernon Iron Works
Tor coaling purposes. This woodland lies we'll
ana IS. for the most part smooth, and when clear,
poses. There is upon this tract iron ore OF good
qualty, the extent of the deposit unknown the
bed being entirely undeveloped.
me above described lands will be sold in parcels
which the original surveys have been divided.
may be seen at any time at my office in Harrison
burg, and will be exhibited on the premises on
the day of sale. "
OF suit and expenses of sale, (say about $5OO and
1he residue in four equal annual payments hear
ing interest from the day of sale, the purchaser
or purchasers to give bonds with good personal
security and the title to be retained as ultimate
security.
FoXHALL A. DAINGERFIELD,
inaf l3-4I Commissioner
Z. M. Cushing, Auctioneer.
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Farmers and Merchants Bank of Char
l0ttesville,

The Charlottesville correspondent of the
Richmond Dispatch furnishes the following
statement of the recently collapsed Farm
ers' and Merchants Bank of that place. The
letter is dated the oath:
At called meeting of the depositors of
Farmers and Merchants Bank Yesterday
evening, the committee appointed to prepare
statatent of its condition made the follow
ing report. 1t will be seen that its condition
Is most deplorable:
LIABILITIES.
70 individual depositors, ........$ 1892 10
Due to ether banks. .........-...... 1884 90
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Leaving, ..-............... 247lo IS
to pay sl70,696 ID, or about fourteen per
cent. to each creditor. The committee tho't
it would take about five or six per cent of
this to pay expenses of settlement.
In justice to the officers of this bank it is
proper tc say that the committee found LARGE
balances to their credit The committ G
Thought the above statement was sufficient
answer to the inquiry delegated to them as
TO the feasibility of running a new bank on
the assets of the old.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-04-05
COMMISSIONERS SALEO
~ VALUABLE HOUSE AND LOT

~ BY virtue OF decree eff the Hastings Court for
cue oi1y ~, OF staunton rendered at the November
son, Sheriff &C. VS. Jos. A. Logan, will sell at
pubic auction, in front of the Courthouse. in
the city OF staunton, Va, on -
SATURDAY, 18th of APRIL. 1877.
at o'clock p. M, the House and part of tbe T.ot
purchased OF John B. Evans, and lately oceupied
ny py Sojtph Logan, as residence Said proper
as siIaated at the intersection of Augusta and
6aee e. building thence eastwardIy to a point
On one me between the property lately occupied
mas mas recently been erected, thence sonthwardIv
W hal aald inc to point Frederick street,
en u g, Ge ,WestWardly to the beginning.
ing usual commission, in hand; the balance on n
efeajt OF six, eighteen and thirty months, the
~ 70 execute bonds with approved person
mai 22-tds RORERr 1RA1n r,o,,
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Difference between liabilities and

difference between liabilities and
assets, %, 225 80
which occurs Says the committed because for
the past two years there have been no prof
its, and there have been paid for ''incldental
expenses, salaries and interest'' the sum of
,642 AZ. If, however, all the above as
sets should be good the difference would be
increased so far as general distribution is
concerned, because a number of the debtors
OF the bank are depositors, aud their depos
its are offsets to their indebtedness and
while this decreases both the assets and liza
bilities to the same extent it leaves smaller
per cent. for general distribution.
In the classification OF the assets the COM
mittee find that there are $21,773 GA which
are good; doubtful, s23,74S So; worthless,
sl02 ,94S 81! Surprising all the good assets
to be realized, and twenty-five per cent. of
the doubtful. We would then have the sum
OF s27,710 So to meet our Indebtedness of
Sl73,696 10, and the expenses of liquidation,
or about sixteen per cent. to each creditor,
leaving out the expenses. There are, how
eyer, hypo thecated assets to the amount of
So4.597 q which are classed as doubtful.
and which the committee thought should not
be deducted from tile gross assets and liabil-
tiles, because only small per centage would
be likely to BE- realized. They would proba-
bly, realize So, 900 from these assets, which,
should be deducted from the liabilities, which
would bring that sum to $l7O.696 10.
Good and doubtful assets. 27,7IO So
Deduct amount realized OH n.y.
pothecated assets, ............... 1900 90
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commissioners Sales.
Y aluable City Property

" aaAaasaUAc GaGy properly
For Sale.
BY virtue OF decree of the Circuit Court of thu
United States for the Western District of Vir
Slnia, rendered on the 18th day of October 1875 in
the case of the Methodist Preachers AID Societ1
against the Wesleyan Female Institute, we viii
proceed on ~ =
TUESDAY, MAY lST, 1877,
IN front OF the Court House, in the city of Siam
ton, to sell that valuable property, in said city
known as the Wy
WESLEYAN FEMALE INSTITUTE LOT.
fronting on Beverly Street, with large and com
moulouS buildings thereon, admirably ADAPTED tn
the purposes OF Boarding House or Boarding
TERMS OF SALE Cash in hand to nav costs
OF rules and OF sale, and also the principal and in
Ierest CT the first purchase bond over due, which
VIII amount to the sum OF s27l781 cts ami the re-
malnder upon credit of one and two years with
interest from the day OF sale, bonds with APPROX
ca security thereon to be given by the purchaser.
and the title to be retained ultimate security.
HUGH w. SHEFFEY,
MOSES WALTON,
mar SS-eds Commissioners.