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II HE AARKET.

The market for wheat and -four has been dull for
the past week, wit b a decided downward tendency
The uniform repol from all the United States
sustaining an est mate for unprecedented wheat
crop, has contrib ubed to this result. Then, the
promise OF good crops In Europe, also in Russia
and India, and the direct communication with the
latter country by the Suez canal all point lower
prices for the CO ming wheat supply Of the United
States. The disturbance and prospect Of possible
strikes In the labor interests Of the country have
helped to degrees pr1ces for the effect of this must
be to diminish consumption in proportion to the
suspension Of labor. The outlook Is not favorable
for quotations to remain long as at present. and 1t
win bewell enough for all concerned to consider
tho matter In this light. Some untoward occur
rsnees may change this but the indications now are
that wheat will be lower this year than for several
years past. We quote In this Market Flour, family
$5.75; extra, $780, superne, s. oo wheat, $1.2o to
$125s corn. 90 sSc. oats so to &c.; hay, SIS to
SIS; WOOL So to s5c., unwashed.
BALTIMORE CATTLE MARKET,
MONDAY, May %, 1882. (
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Buck Hampton and John Henry fought a
duel on horseback at Mt. Sterling, KY, on
Thursnay, each firing and hitting the other
until all the chambers of the pistols were dis
chaiged They then clnched and dubbed
each other with their wespons until they fell
to the ground. Hampton is dead and Henry
is MORALLY wounded.
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Virginia Republican


The Richmond Correspondent of the Peters,
burg A'adec-Appea1, under gdate of May 23d,
gives the following particulars of the recent
conference of Republicans in Richmond:
A conference of several of the straight-out
Republicans called by Congressman Dezendorf
and General w. G. Wickham was held here to.
day. Among those present were J. W.
Cochran (colored), OF Rockingham, the Chair
man of the Republican State Central Com
mittee: j. B. Work, ex assistant postmaster at
Lynchburg, Allen Bennett,J w. Callahan, of
Portsmouth, ex-employee of the Navy-yard,
N. d. Piggott, Irving Story, proxy for J. L..
Newsome, Lazarus Bibb (colored), of Louisa,
P. B Robinson, Charles G. Tompkins, and
William Lester, ex-clerk in the Richmond Rev
enue office; also General Williams G. Wick
ham, his son Mr.. Henry Wickham, State
Senators Williams, of Nottoway Zone of the
Big Four, and Wingfeld, Hanover, and
Congressman John F. Dezendorf and Joseph
Wilson, an ex-Federal official of Norfolk. At
the suggestion of those present, call signed
by all of the members OF the committee, whose
names are given above, was issued for
meeting OF the committee on June Sth The
call reads as follows:
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A CALL OF THE sTRAlGHToUTs.
RICHMOND. Nav % 1873

RICHMOND, May %, 1882.
There will be a meeting of the State Central
Committee OF the Republican party of Virginia
in the city of Richmond on Thursday, the 9Th
day of june next, at 12 M All members of
the committee are requested to be present as
business ofimportance will come before the
meeting. j. w. COCHRAN,
Chairman of the Republican State Central
Committee of Va.
VIM. Lester, assistant Secretary of the Re
publican State Central Committee of Va
A member of the Committee present said
that the leaders present were "buoyant at the
indications of vitality" manifested by the
straightouts The meeting was certainty a
very unanimous one. There were no discordant
elements. Every man present seemed to be
fully impressed with the important results ex-
pected to result from this gathering to-day
L observed that many if not most of those in
the Conference were ex-Of1ice holders. | en-
quired of one of the members of the committee
why it was that none of the office holders did
not take part in their Councils Well said he
ave didn't want them-which means that
they wouldn't come" Dezendorf and those
acting with him are making all the show of
fight that they know how. But unfortunately
Malone is too much of a Republican for him
to push him off the track. The call for Staun-
ton Convention was the work of few white
and colored Republicans. From present in
dications it will not amount to much. Will
liams appearance around the Council table of
the straightouts to day, would seem to indicate
pretty clearly that he is cheek by jowl with
Dezendorf 1t was to that statesman's infiu-
ence possibly that Williams acted with Massey
last winter. .-a
The Wing ofthe 25th publishes the following
card from Mr.. A. A. Splitter, secretary OF
the Republican State Central Committee, of
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pY THE aovoRSoR OF VIRGINIA.

DY THE GovoRNoR OF VIRGINIA.
ID A PROCLAMATION.
Information having been received by the Execu-
tive that rape was committed on a young lady
near Keezletown, Rockingham county, Va, on the
evening of May oath, 1882, by two men, supposed to
Do tramps, Swho have eluded arrest, and are now
going at large; therefore do hereby offer q ro-
ward of III
ONE HUNDRND DOLLARS .e1
for the arrest and conviction Of the said person. or
either Of them; and do moreover require all on
GERS Of this Commonwealth, civil and military, and
request the people generally, to their best
erttons to procure their arrest, that they may be
brought to Justice,
Given under my hand as Governor, and under the
Lesser Seal of the Commonwealth, at Richmond,
this 9th day OF May, 1882.
By the Governor: WIN. e. CAMERON.
jr W. G. ELAN,
Secretary Of the Commonwealth.
DESCRIPTION.
There were three of them-a woman and two men.
The woman Is of very dark sunburnt completion,
wears an old dress bonnet and old black veil; is
shabbiy dressed, and hard looking In the extreme.
The larger OF the men has small, dark mustache
and dark hair; ather rough and heavy set.
The smaller one wears no beard and has light
hair.
Both Of them are Of rather dark, red Complexion,
wear fiat, blue caps with letters on them, and
OF shabby appearance generally.
tun1 1t
~ REAT REDUcTTON ~ X
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Wise, representing Mr.. Allen, called at the
Office to learn the author of it. He was in
formed that the editor, Mr.. Blakey, was re-
sponsible for it. Mr.. Wise consulted a law
yer, and it was stated was about to institute
suit for SANDER and defamation of character
against the editor. The Jefersonsan of the
S1st, under the caption of Correction" re-
publishes the articleicomplained of, and cor
reefs the offensive statements made in it, bas-
ing the corrections on more accurate informa-
ton, as to the facts of the case 1t concludes ::
"lt gives us pleasure to make these correc-
tious, and to withdraw all unfavorable COM
ments made by us in the said article, based
upon want of information upon the points
above stated"
The Independent Republican of Pennsyl.
vania, have been most too impetuous.-
They cannot well defend their course, in
view OF the possible result of Democratic
success by reason of their action, The
regular convention had placed three indie
pendents on their ticket-adopted a plat
form acceptable to the Independents and
made concessions which, to an outsider.
ought to have been satisfactory, or at least
sufficiently so to have prevented an organ
lied opposition to the ticket thus nomi-
mated. If no compromise is effected. the
apprehension Of Democratic success will be
very apt to unite the masses of the Repub-
lican party, even if the leaders should face
each other at daggers' points. The f,oht
seems to be against Senator Cameron, not
for anything he failed to do ut the Harris
bnrg Convention to propitiate the Inde-
pendents, bnt simply because he had any,
thing to do with the Convention at ALL
The ticket nominated is able and popular.
and the majority Of them not in sympathy
with the former methods of the Senator.
and there was no good reason consistent
with the good Of the party to justify the
extreme action Of the Independents in
2uninnia6.uoaat q second ticket,
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Iue w tsCciu auu NOIIuciH OtdtoS are Stul
doubtful. A different policy for the future
will bring different results. The case of
Mr.. Mackey is pregnant of important in
fuences. II he shall be seated. fresh inspi-
States to the prescribed and prosecuted Re-
publicans there, and the fruits made mani
fest in large increase in the Republican
members returned to the next Congress.
Mackey's case is as strong as that Of
Lynch, of Mississippi, who was awarded the
seat fraudulently held by Chambers. There
was just as much reason for filibustering to
keep Chambers in Congress as there is to
retain Dibble in his seat. The diffe ence
is that Lamar, and possibly Senator George,
of Chambers State, did not care to make
fight for him. They knew enough to know
that his case was not defensible in law or
equity, and that to obstruct legislation and
outrage justice would eventually react, and
do infinitely more harm than good. 1t is
possible that Senators Hampton and But
Ter apprehend that to seat Mackey, would
mean pOllIlcal TeVoluIlOn III OouCn Cdro-
lima, and instead of a solid Democratic rep
resentatlon in Congress, the next election
would shows majority of Congressman from
that State in sympathy with the admins
tration.
Be this as it may the case of Mackey
against Dibble is full of interest to the Re-
publicans of the whole country. Upon it
may hinge the political complexion of the
next Congress, and determine the next
Presidential election. The disturbing and
influences which are mani
testing themselves in some of the Northern
States, may grow into such relations as to
Ieopardize Republican supremacy. In pro-
portion as these indications assume threat
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X BEAUTIFUL WOMEN

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are more frequently known such bv an elegant
figure than pretty face, and many ladies by
using an Ill shaped corset destroy the
symmetry Of their otherwise shapely
figure. All ladies' who have
any regard for their per-
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will call at 4isi9
j. w. NEWTON'S
and examine his Corsets before purchasing. Con
stantiy on hand DR.. Warmers Nursing, Coraline,
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eBORDERS FROM THE COUNTRY xin receive
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not entirely satisfactory can be returned and the
money will be refunded fer
Address J.. W. NEWTON,
Lock Box 81,
my2o Staunton, Va.
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Ks Dying Painful?

Our own observation fully accords
with the opinion expressed by a
physician, that in all ordinary cases
there is little physical pain in dying.
A previous correspondent had said
that, "as a physical fact, in ninety
nine cases out of a hundred, the act
of death is suffering and agony,
which only those familiar with it
can understand" To which the
physician replies:
Il beg leave as a physician to OBJ
ject very decidedly to this statement.
Since | began my nOvitiate on the
battlefield in the South, | have been
a frequent observer of the passing
out of my fellow beings in army and
navy, in large hospitals, civil and
military, and in private life, and so
| cannot help feeling that what |
have see must be a fair sample of
the methods of dying peculiar to our
race.
1.-THE result of these sad observa-
tions, covering eighteen years, is
that the vast majority of persons do
not find death suffering and agony
Many suffer more from the various
illnesses from which they recover
than most do in the article of death.
A very large proportion become un-
conscious, and hence pass away
without distress to themselves;
while, as regards those who retain
a good measure of intelligence till
life is extinct, | have been greatly
surprised, considering my early re-
ligious teaching, to discern in them
almost general Indifference to their
fate.
81 have always supposed that 'in
spite of apparent mental lucidity,'
disease clouds the intellect, so that
apathy becomes the ordinary state
of the dying. OF the few deaths |
have witnessed the mere onlookers
might call horrible, there was good
reason to believe the patients un-
conscious "NeW York Observer.
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An Enthusiastic EndOrs-
meuE

GoRHAM, n. H., July IA, 1879.
GentS-Whoever you are,I don't
know; but ] thank the Lord and
feel grateful to you to know that
in this world OF adultarated medi-
cines there is one compound that
proves and does all it advertises to
do, and more. -Four years ago /
had a slight shock of palsy, which
unnerved me to such an extent
that the least excitement would
make me shake like the ague.
Last May / was induced to try
Hop Bitters. / used one bottle,
but did not see any change; an
other did so change my nerves
that they are now as steady as
they ever were.
1t used 10 take both hands to
write, but now my good right
hand writes this. Now, if you
continue to manufacture as honest
and as good an article as you do,
you will accumulate an honest for.
tune, and confer the greatest bless
ing on your felloW-men that was
ever conferred on mankind.
TIM BURCH.
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lures rum had placed its mark. He
was evidently no stranger to deliri-
um, his mind was cloudy and his
speech incoherent. AS he sat listen.
ing the snake, tired of the tree, drop
ped from the lower limb across his
shoulder and instantly cooled itself
around his neck.
"Merciful God 7. he shouted
springing to his feet and clutching
wildly at his throat, his face the very
picture of terror, Take it off; take
it off Oh, horrors ! Take it off,
for Heavens sake ~
"Got EN- again r said Howe, as
he relieved him of the cold, clammy
coils. "Jim-jams sure, this time.
Go home and go to bed.n
"But-but-wasn't that a snake
that dropped on me ?" fairly gasped
the man.
you've got 'em again, l say.
How would a snake be in that tree,
I'd like to know 2"
"Boo! Ugh !! Yes, I've got 'em
again ~ and he started off in an un
Steady though fast pace down the
street, convinced that delirium vas
upon him with all irs terrors.
"If that fellow hadn't got rid of
that snake it would have choked him
to death" said Howe, as he tucked
the reptile under his coat. 1t has a
powerful backbone, and its squeez-
ing ability is something remarkable.
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The Lawyers Fee.

There is a good story which illus
trates the advantage of being skill
ed in reading faces. An Englishman
who could speak no language.but
his own boosted that he had travel
cd through Europe without a courier
and had not been cheated out of a
farthing. He was a good physiog-
nomist, and filled his pockets with
the small coins of the country in
which he was travelling. Whenev-
er called upon to make a payment to
a man, he would begin by slowly
dropping into the mans hand ever
al of these coins, looking him keen.
ly in the face. The moment he saw
by a CLEAN of the eye, or twitching
of the mouth, that he had dropped
the amount of the bill, he stopped.
A cotton %speculator who once paid
a fee several times greater than his
lawyer expected, was not so shrewd
q man. Soon after the fall of Vicks-
burg, he became involved with the
authorities, who charged him with
fraud. His cotton, which was worth
a large sum of money, being seized,
he sought the aid of Mr.. Geiger, an
influential Ohio lawyer, then visit
ing the city.
The lawyer in one day satisfied
the authorities that there was no
fraud, and secured the release of the
cotton. The Spectator was gratif-
ed, and informed Mr.. Geiger that he
would see him the next morning af-
ter he had finished loading his cot
ton on a steamboat.
The lawyer retired, but not to
sleep. He was debating with him.
self what he should charge his client.
The amount involved was large, the
speculator would make a handsome
fortune, and Geiger thought five
hundred dollars would not be an un-
reasonable fee for his services. But
in the morning, the sum seemed so
great for days work, that he
feared to ask it.
In this frame Of mind while walk
ing out toward the steamer which
was to carry off the cotton, he met
the speculator.
"Well, Mr.. Geiger, that was a
good days work you did for me yes
terday," said the client, taking from
his pocket a large roll of bank notes.
Holding up one knee, he counted
off four NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. bills and
without looking up at the lawyer,
asked, us that enough 2"
Geiger looked on speechless for a
moment, but recovering himself said
with the habitual GOODNESS of a law
yer:
81 guess you had better lay Oh an
other !"
1t was laid on, and Geiger, put
ting the two thousand five hundred
dollars in his pocket, said "Good-by
sir"
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40 90 NACIAAiNNAQA AANA1GA1A
Madly strikes its chosen chief.
Oh, what tender chords then CULVER
ed,
In the hearts of all mankind,
Tender chords of love and friend
ship,
That together all men bind.
Hope and Fear in doubtful struggle,
lowered DER the martyrs bed,
Till at last suspense was broken.
BY the sad words, "Garfield's
dead"
Then Columbia bowed in sadness,
Ger the noble chieftain's bier,
Clothed herself in deepest mourn
ing,
Dropped in grief the silent tear.
And all nations kindly rendered
Loving words of sympathy,
From the empires of old Europe,
From the kingdoms of the sea-
Each one sending tender tributes
As to one of royal birth,
Paying honors to our ruler,
As the greatest one on earth.
How like gossamer and cobweb,
Party lines were blown away
BY the first flash DER the wires,
That in death our Garfield lay.
All, it touched a deeper fountain,
And 'bove parties brought TO view,
The grand fact that though they diff
fer,
Still our people are all true.
Passing from these scenes of sadness
We will hasten with u rhyme,
Touch on matters more prosaic
Coarser dropping sands of time.
First in order is ambition,
Breaking out in sev'ral spots,
Foster points by party poultice,
Drawn to heads in doubtful knots,
Doubtful-for there is no telling
Where the gathering heads will
break,
Who will be the men successful,
Who the offices will take,
Even Martinsburg has many
Who an office won't refuse,
And though modest still would take
With considerable abuse.
There is =. our worthy townsman,
Bout whom people do suggest,
Does inherit love for office
And would not refuse the best.
Well we do not blame the weakness
AS it's found in older ones.
IT'S not strange that traits in faith
erS
Often should be found in sons.
But it's time to stop this carping
Bout good men who have few
peers,
Men who had the highest honor
In the nation s better years.
If our brainy men would ponder
AS some lighter sticks have done,
Using means, not known as mental,
Every battle would be won.
But we now must stop this rhyming
And must finish this address,
For the verse is moving slowly,
And the thought is growing less.
Then dear reader here's our goblet,
AS we drink to you a health,
May the New Year bring you bless
ings,
Long life, happiness, and wealth.
And when in your parlor seated,
You are reading this address,
Don't forget the lonely printers
OF the Independent press.
Specially reader please remember,
On New Years our Carrier lad,
For a half or cen a dime will
Make the faithful printer glad.
Then dear reader here's the final
Last word spoken of adieu,
May the Prince OF peace and good
will,
Ever save and cherish you.
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A Baltimore paper tells of a young
lady of that city who gave $100, 900
for a husband. Us men come high,
but the girls have got TO have us.
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Till late Summers balmy breath
Slow dissOlving melts their letters
And releases them from death.
SIN the Spring-time, gentle Annie"
Ran the ancient lovers song,
But the spring-time had her lap full,
For the Winter fingered long.
Yet the season looked propitious,
And the early summer rains,
Made the farmers waving wheat
fields,
Hang their heads with golden
grains.
But dame Summer changed her
manner,
Swept the land with fiery mien,
And with drouth and blazing torches
Burned the fields of living green,
Till all Nature sere and swarthy,
In her robes of lifeleSs brown,
Looked like Autumn in the fall time,
In October'S purple gown.
Then Hardtimes the hungry monster,
Ventured from her cavern door,
Boldly stalked among the people,
Feeding on the helpless poor,
And grim Want, her fendish Off
spring,
Quickly followed in her tread,
With a troop Of crimes and vices,
That on hapless victims fed.
Whilethe masses thus were sutf'ring,
Still the monied currents rolled,
Pouring into rich mems Golfers,
Mighty floods of wealth and gold.
Hollow boast of fair Columbia,
That she has no prince or king,
Down with lords, and dukes and
mobiles,
Is the song Republics sing.
Yet our silver king is mighty,
Greater than a prince or lord,
And his money moves the people,
Quicker than a monarch's word.
Oh. what pools of black corruption
Now are found on every hand,
From the lowest den of gamblers
To the nations highest stand
Men IN power, men in office,
Every station up and down,
From the Senator in Congress,
To the sergeant OF the town,
Each one bears the vicious stain
marks
OF star routes that come to view,
Which no washing can e'er whiten
Or remove its inky hue.
Backward turns again the vision,
Aud | see a mighty throng
Gathering at the Nations center,
Hear them sing COlumbia's song.
Like the rush of mighty waters,
Freemens' voices rise and swell,
Round the portals of the temple,
And the accents seem to tell
OF a coronation greater,
Than of emperor or king
IT'S the Fourth of March and Gar
field,
That now makes the welkin ring,
Oh, what sight for all the nations,
AS our ruler grandly stood,
Backed by hearts of fifty millions
OF a common brotherhood
Took the sacred oath OF office,
Greatest office on earth now,
And then turned from great men
round him,
Kissed his aged mothers brow.
Twas a type of manhood noble,
That responses seemed to draw,
From all the tongues and kindred
peoples,
Where humanity is law.
Not then strange that all u par
ties
Should unite in one acclaim,
And as people, one in common,
Kindly welcome Garfield's name.
But a cloud of gloom and sorrow,
Bows the nations head with grief,