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on-auder.vcndingon the part of the annua'ad ve
t *rs it is proper to state u:» >y that to ■
% aege oalv extends to their immediate business.—
i. ■ U Estate. Legal or all other advertisements sent
\ them to be an additiosal charge, and co vara
« -ibir.! ir > Notices of more this five lines » ul
b chargedfor.
.1 o U \x ORK.--P "it:ers Sale Rills. Circular*.
, it !«. Jrc..ei cuted promptly,aea’. y.au lat t :lr
price#.
i,. r. m cow IK,
A TTOKN KY AND COl NSELOK AT LAV ,
Washington. lh< •
< 1 Cl AI itt-nti >n . vrti t Cl :
CUuai C^aiuiiwi »o.
Y -u Cal. h Ca.hu.g. Washington
|- ... \\ W. Belkn*r*. S ei txry it « ar.
hnS. Oa.'.ak r. Washiagt «.
i:» <rs .!• Krx l ..." C ul *t .wn, A\ \ a.
i . 1 I. M »ore, Winch ester,,* a.
I' O. B x *• t
AMKHK’A.N hoi SK,
.-r f l*euns> 1 Av.*aue and th Street,
\\ ashin^tou. II. v •
Str, : i: «-.*■!. >!. t - muni< it»»« with
t- difltt. eat Steamboat ■! Railroad line* is «
B"AU1) >-J ; ■ l>*y.
J. IS. Si'OTT. 1’roptiito*.
>' bruarav l’. J
LrTTUULl. ^ I)l NNIM-Ti X.
(tciuTal Commission Mi reliant'
Wii liiiigtou, 1>. t •
j iON'IGNMEMS of l*j li- r«*pectf«Bj #
r--bru*ry 15, i*»3— 0:n.
1 >. ((lAl.liAHKH,
attornI'.V at law.
C, i.‘yn, Ai .aa.1 C*>«4r» »V‘« V.Vj«i«.
K 1. a tv . : I aivi I »,tv of-Virginia
.. ,t . . ; Uervl.-t-m a. uni ' *
II. TilAVKKS,
attorney at law,
W'ii.Lri aft e-ia the c-urauf ibis t wtvaad
\\ then*! -it i-'t ui.:.'u . ... ,
Nov. :3, l$ti3
W *. L. W!«.»«».
15a » non A wilso>.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
, ... « %, Jsri • C vrr.Y»KT \ i.
* a - [Li. r- ,ct -e in thcC'iurt, of W eat 5 trgicia
\\ and Virgin*
i i< y /.v JLF ■ t:<‘ v rrunr-y. Ai>
JO ISIS) FULL PULSS <‘t lC£.
January 13, l
*• «•sv
COOK 1 i- ]\KNN1.1A,
ATTORNEYS at law .
W-II.I, ;.rac- m Jed son and adjoining
* f Coelie#. _ ,,
I.’n -ehr.t*'- V.. a* of -Carter U'»u»e.
c v t J Ea •««*•
L B -tdF* :.ks • a. CmRtuJ.FRCUwm.Ja.
f'j.ulltiier JL l'nutl* »«****«,
AlTORNL i s AM) COUNSELLORS AT LAW .
\N». J’ ’ ie Sfare. '*• ’ a
'1 -It I ...j t '■ i!i the c«'t»atieaof Berkeley,
\\ Jr! re. r , Mar .an and other couabea in
W .T; Virginia. -at. • n, of the Baltimore and
o ..!r • f. ■< -art-.f Auti-aU. mthe
¥ ,|l :rt« 1 !i W .t 5 irg.aia, and in the
TdT Prompt attention willba given t --e «ol
Sot. 23, 1*71—tf-_j .
f t ; \ Mi IS 1 X’KSVIT1I,
\ ttofii''.' uI L»‘w.
• < w*. *■" 1 »
’ ee, . a Ma-n Street, over Drug Store o<
I bruarjr*
l>f. . Y. I . SMITH.
Drill i>*t.
* I'
• ;• b. *- •' jlr t partialdit*'
< $10. I link' trQ8> Siupwnr<N* Kitrn '
i cent- All vwk warranted,and Rau-rae
, ; . A. adrilwl- - iwvswhvar ;uired.
Jurnt :-J, -
< ttarleM i >a \ te»i
AITORNi ' A NO t'Ot NSEI.LOK AT LAW,
lltry r, /Vrry. H'e«* I iryt-.ta,
U^ILI. jtr sd to bo ;n»:*a in ni t-ie ( ourta of
KliirU luirii »V Fjiimoii,
ATTOKNEVS AT LAW,
II . \i TI< K in t utt V* *t Virginia, and in
i i I ■< u. i I>fp»t tBfllt*
Jt«rti»ti*r3, TV. V... njton City,
0 ri» »*.
N„ 12. N. ^u >rn S’. for. 14th 4 Pa. Are.
1 >!i. < . T KirilAHDSON,
IMi vMirin n A Niirfft’ou,
rilAULESTOV. N, VIRGINIA.
at my Residence,
0.S SoiTU SlUE OK LtlEKTI STREET,
lav. w: \vt> Wr>T Smr.Ei'
sf»r 21, 1*73. June 24,1€71. Jan. 2, 1"-A
amti«*l .1. i'. .>loort»,
attorney at law,
R.rry i lUe, Ct«fk* Conaty, P*
ill
< loon 'I ooro,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
I Counly, W«*t »
,ir| | |, Bnd> rt»l«» ca»»» j»intlj lu tb* Court* of
\\ b th - f «uri Couatie*.
Mat 11, 1S72.
Sixtv-1 1 vo First Prize Mo
' dais Awarded. T
■ III.
I manufactory.
NV 31. IvN AlllO «V CO.,
.}fimtifncittrcrs vj
ORAN'l), Syl ARE AND t'PUlUHT
1*1 A NO FOllTES,
BALTIMORE, Ml).
I T hese Inutr uuenU have been before the Public
fbrn irl v Thirty Year*, and upon their eacalleoce
a'on- vltaiut-d and u»p*rek>t,ed- pretninemet,
which pronounce* them uueijualed, '.!»
TON K.
TOFU . ..
workmanship
\NI> m u W1ILITY.
I -e-Allot! S . ■ PiAM's have o»r New Im
ur.n ,1 Ov« r»f unji >• tie and the Agrafe Treble.
.> We w> aid call epee ;l niton...m uiour late
ted Improvement* in ,
a;i;a> y !' \\;s and sy’ark (SHANES,
n nit1 r Piano, which brinjr the I iao
u art r peri -t te n than has vet been attained.
, E Pn . , II • r E re
Fr' We ait ' t special arrangement enabled t*>
uri; - l* . , * 1) i an* it-. Vi K t. > Kt>N* e»t tie
Hi ist celebrate >1 in tkers, II hule,u ■ tied Retail n(
; . -era ,
Ill . I:: . iPafil.ienesarr* Price Lists promptly
furnished on appL .alioia to
\ M. kX YitK.f- C
It VLTIMOKK. Mi).
v)r mi ..f nitr regular established ajencie*.
Oct. >. Is7t-6m.
I *vico I aist
OF
15. w.\sui:vs
FURXITORE WAREROOMS,
\ .X - ...; t. .i S X Sts. ■ r,
liALTlMOKE.
W ALL 4'UaMHKK SI ITS . . ..$6'>.«o to 5‘:«)0
.. I’AKI.Oli •* . ."*0.00 to 500
CUT r.\'>! > r. I > ." ''ii io i"<>
ID !>'IT.Vbs . 3.50 to 150
. 9.M to 150
WASIISTVXi'S. .. 2 •«' to 50
|,iM \»,K> >.00 to 40
CIIAIKS. per a. . s.ot) to T.i
It04 vl - ... 1.00to 30
nit. vs 4>i; si!>i.iiu.vui»s •.•••.«« »•>
SSES 1. 0 to I*
II.UU do. . 16.00 to li
Pillows, Holstein, at
Tltr Lok«*I Hmttm.
nuiK AXl) SEE I S.
( i E< ). W . I 'OV.
()ysi ci' ! ’nckcr,
$ vtuors to Mt tE- F y.
\t». ') IlolliiiE'Mtort!) MmT,
HAI.T1MUKE. Ml).
r f *i> Hultr* ij attended (Of and
tuft ' • oaten.
Oct- >et .!. 1'Tl—’ ■*.
sol ; he: \
111 i*a l ie rn.ks,
, ,. • * k:. w n Hi.d Well Tried Ueuie
!>iu.« Ut.-e.i- ■*. caused by a
1)1"EASED LIVKU.
1-d •• ji tc'di-Unt dav, t»l»o the only Med*
■ d ai d », 1 Dr t’ e pi >ple. where
, t* -•< • a* •» pre—::tobieet
t:-. t. \> i • c i a- is n ' I.'-. and lit the
i:t .ii - i i at u hlessitii;. and
it it- corte>-tn* l-v :*i ivinjr such re
sult 1 c •. r t •« 1 any other plan vl
treatments
Pr. - —- nr i je box. V i cen*.-. l)oTeliiV. live
tiro*.*. , V5.no.
Ti.i * t1 a ! • • -nt t ■ , .i t ia the l nited
Stat \ id:- -*. <i W . DEEMS.
-*>.s ithCa!'. . to street. l!.\ LT1M0KE.
Apt ’ ». ’"TV
MlODKMI s \ IIEIM.
lMI’uUTIVliS. blSTH.I.EKS
\ u<l Vfh lesale n
U liiskics Kiax«li('s \\ nx-s. <i:nv
Zb'S. WsM UaLTtstOBK St ■ ikt,
l\» I.TIMORE, MI).
March 14. 1ST-—ly.
Bin Vour Furniture Direct
I roiu t)i«• M:umta<‘turer.
Nl> SAVE 1*EK CENT.
I - *!T
N i \V A N !> II.FOA'T hl.L >'lu(K NOW
HEAI»\ AT \ Ilia I.mW PRICKS, viit:
Walnut Carl ‘Suit#. Hops u Hair) $5ti 00
Cloth. < .ntatnifig •• •• it pieces, J
Wa : 1'. dr .. ... mts. Marble Top#, ) ||0
containing ten pier....
H ,ut .11'.i ted Cottage Suit-, ( in-) *1100
A! • ' variety id HU• IL COST «’oik.
'• tr* ..t 1 to v.ait vu tl b'j vuiv wish
l to I k.
Dei eo - r It. IS7I1 -T
\\M. KOCH,
In '»rhr ttwl Dealtr in
WATCHES, JEWELRY, AND
\VAT< II M ATI IKJAI.S.
: ■ Hai riaoRK StHKtr, 1
ii to .c • ri •<audLig.v., Haiti more.
bam!a large -t ,,-k of ( l ap Jewelry end
Fancvti" k Country orders solicited.
Dec mber 10, lull—ly.
Dr. LI riwt'or 15. Hanson,
I *J i \ s ip win anti Surfroon,
* chaki.estown, w. va.
on. . a r Iteaidcac -, Corner of Charles aud Liberty
street#.
April la, 1*73—tf.
I>IS. M >1. AV. HHOWA,
Pil) ami NtM Kt on,
OlFl.lt 11- Professional Service* to the citi
(. io .f M r.-luivn ainl \ ieinity.
..,JI_Odo «t thw residence of Mrs. A. P. Myers.
April ', 1H73— in.
1 t|' \111 K and P'" ket ( utlery, a nice lot ’u.»t re
I ci ned and for sale. b>w, by
j DI KE d HALL All Ell.
March J.‘, 1*7:.
hFI,\W ARK Corn Shell-r.. Hay, Straw snd
I .Id-. Cutter.', for .ale by
HI KL d OALLAHF.R.
< er S3 L_ 1 M
f 19 -3 i Z\ ®
£ 2 $8 at i*§ R Pi •
i * sK.
TESb^SJS- wr
* X ? S ~ 2 O = £2
ng!k~* ~*N *Tl
^ £
Q
2 & 51 ?| S-jS> | *H «
^ * p t= g r: v J 8 i* O
o C "1 i - .il l
j. s.- :? (T ^ -3 Ti o' 1—1*
_ 8 5 •” j! m v» i C/3
j a J ? * 3 *5 u cS
_: ‘ n* - Q v g*M A
■J. v •*/■ s -. *. t., ^ ^ M u
* *£1ih© *r w
° < 3 ‘ S’ ■- ^ -5 * JXJ
c l £ - £ F S Rp -
Z 5’ C- " {« Ml J"* ^
9 '< & ^ g X ? r\ p
5-" I^ JQ 5X*
£ ^ ■.
« f* *? ."i r
i.i.o. \v. wkiju vV co.
C ;NKU OF UALTIMOItK a LlUllT ST8.,
liA LTIMOKK,
K;: I: I * ..n'Unilv OU baud a very elegant as
.virtnicnt of
111 A MAIN US.
LINE JEWELRY.
.vM) ELKO A NT SILVER WARE.
l’ATEK. 1*111 LI I’I*E A CO.
.11 LI S JCUtiEXSEX,
And the Celcbiatcd
LI.MON WATCHES,
\L1, ni*nul'u«*tnrcd e -}>rc>alv timur order, and
vv Lu ll we i.uatantt togivoen>:re.»atii»f'actiuu.
CEO. W. V, Eli 15 A CO.
March 4. is?' ly.
I Cl NT.VIN HOTEL,
C VMM \ V\ 11 ) vv vim Stukkts,
\, ir Camden Station and 15. A 0. U. K. Depot,
1 »:ilt imor<* N1 ;i rvliintl.
- g- r
(ION V|;\ 1 h.VI t.. the Oepot# ol all the South
, ;n ui: ! Wejt ’in Railroad* uud Steamboat
I..unlit -, avit o Hack hire. Strut Cum pa.<r
.•I • fu • minut.-s coux eyim; pa^enjrors toalUec
■! tli’t'ity, makitto it a-1'iutx. uletit a- any
re. i !i UtinCnt* uflhti
■ . . charges. Thin
. u>, ii >upplieil xx i’h *hc National l ire hgcape.
, . .. rtingui Water convenience . n
evoi x Ki or. R. SHAKE, Proprietor.
> I !. 2/71.
Mtst’^ioti 1 Ixmsf I Iot<*l.
.1 ..
\ \V (unf.u r.\\i-.Ti t a Sr. I’avi*Streets
Oj’Hiijjte Barr.um’s City Hotel,
. KALTIMOKE, MI). -
hu< .\lki:ktm)\, Piotu-ietoi-.
5!SI.~<> 1>it Day.
June 23, 1ST0—Sui.
HERMAN lii.HI! :|N RTIKKTI.
IHuiut1 iv Siici*tz,
.V V? FA I’ REBS OF
(Jilt, Imitation. Rosewood,
Ebony, Walnut, and Every Kind of
CAR, ROOM AM* CORNICE MOULDINGS,
Port rail ami
Frames,
Dealers in
FKKM'll MIRRORS AND GERMAN LOOKING
GLASS PLATES.
Frame? Re-Oilted at the Lowest Rate?.
E. i-ier of Howard and Fayette Street?, 2nd
and 3d FlifO.?, BALTIMORE.
/>, 111' r. V Hjiml It to thrir atlroulujc tv cvlllcfort
jiurrka'iny eluttrh •;r;.
February s, 1 s7'i • y.
II113IOVAL.
. . 4
M athers ago., merchant tailors.
I.iivi’ removi-.l from NT*. 3 t** No. .12 NOUT II
CHARLES ST., northweet corner of Lexington,
n| re theV will continue tfnir business as former
ly, with a well aborted stock of Choice and S»a
GOOUS, ■ Mob tbi | mill be | leasi d to
..... U] . oi I r. an ! in the most «P1 roved style,
ai model .ito pritfes.
March 17, 1872—-ly.
CIIAKLKS l.ioirv,
HAM FAen-HFi: or \ ,
JeAvelry and Silver \\ 'ire,
No. M I.FUN ION StHKET,
Pctweeu Charles and Liberty
11 ALT I MO RE.
All kind? i f Hair Jewelry made to order. Jctv
eln and Watch' ? repaired in the Rest Style and
at the I.-i, ,r prices.
•f Paiticular attention given to Country Or
ders.
February 8,1873—y.
FM MFliT A CO.
Wholesale 1 Valors In
Fine Rye Whiskies,
Au(] Importers (>f
\Y iiLcs, I} randies,
Ac., Ac.
W W. Pratt Street,
Dec. 7, 1872—ly. BALTIMORE.
STIEFF’S PEEXOS!
UPWARDS OF FIFTY FIRST PREMIUMS
AND
Gold and Silver Medals •
\\ r ERE awarded to CIIAS. M: STIFF!*. for
i' >> (he best PI A NOS in competition with all
the leading Manufacturers of the country.
OFFICE AND WAREROOMS,
No. 9 N. Liberty St., Baltimore, Maryland.
The superiority rtf the Unrivalled S tie IT INan'o
Forte, is conceded by all who have fcWnpared it
vcith others. In their New (irAnd Square Scale,
J’s Octaves, the manufacturer has succeeded in
making the most perfect Piano Forte possible.
Prices will betouud as reasonable as consistent
with thorough 'workmanship.
A lar^e assortment of Setrttld Hand Pianosal
wA'vs on han i. froin $75 to 5300. ' '''
\Ye arc agents for the celebrated liurdett Cabi
net Parlor and Church Organs, ull styles and pri
es, to suit every one, guaranteed to be fully equal
to any made. . ■ * "
Send for Illu-teatcd ehtafngnccmrilaininft the
names of over \’0rt Southerners, (500 of whom
are Virginians, t vo hundred North Carolinians,
one hundred and fifty East Tennesseeans, and o
thers throughout the South,) who have bought
th« Stieff Piano since the close of the war.
July 13, 1«7‘J—yearly. April 10, 1H73.
H. H. lOISKNISliANIVi
Importer and Manufacturer of
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
sti; i xcis;
, 78 B \Lri vokk !',tkki:t, M
Feb. 8, 1R73—y. BALTIMORE.
(i. THATER,
Impoi ter and Dealer (c
Coal Oil Lamps, Chimneys, Lanterns, •
CLASS AND PAPER SHADE*, WICKS,
Hum ws. Brushes. Collars, Britannia Ware, Cas
tors. Waiters. Table Cutlery, Stone and Earthen
Ware at Factory.prices, «l
No. <1 I! a'o' Ka Sriu-ri, Between Pratt nnc
Lombard,) BA LT1M ORE.
February 8. 1*73 — y.
No. S N. Charles Street,
BALTIMORE, MO.
Organii A and Iknt'd Entirtly In I'rtpa’ inp
f< any and tiliddlt etJgcd men
TO BM'OltE THOBOVOM
Practical Accountants
A Sti
cwifkneM
OVER 2600 YOUNG MEN
tv j v nrt
SOU THE NX STATES
have GRADUATED at this INSTITUTION, and
nr, now filling Responsible and l ucrative Positions in
the l.ea*iing TANKS AND BUSINESS HOUSES of
the Country.
THERE ARE NO VACA TION'S. Students car.
enter at any time
Special Individual Instruction and success guaran
teed Semi for College Documents and splendid Speci
mens of Penmanship. Enclose Eij Postage Stamps.
Add re I ■ ail Lo annum ations to
If. II. SADLER, 1‘rra’t.
southern Business College, Baltimore, Aid
Feb. 8, 1873—ly.
ciirivs.
SINGLE Crl'NS',
At $2 50, S3 00, $1 .80. $5 00. SO 00, $ .0, $1)0.,
$12 00 to $20 00.
norm,k gijns,
$0 00, $7 AO. $10 00, $12 00. $15 00. $20 00, 523 00
$30 00, $40,00, $50 00 to $75 00.
BREECH-1 OADUifi ROUBLE GUNS,
At 510 00, $45 00, $50'.'0, fCO 00. *75 00, $90 00,
$110 00. $120 00 to $300 09.
l'ISTOLS.
Smith <( WctL-jn, Colt’s. Allen’s, Sharp’s, Whit
ney ami other kinds,
AT tl AN O’ FACTURERS* PRICES..
Tin hi million A ImolemniW
For Breech-loading Guos, at h small advance on
Cost ot Importation. Metallic Ammunition for
Rifles and Pistol* nt Lowest uiaiket price*. A
complete assortment of all Sporting Goods; Prices
and Description sent on application. •1
Goods shipped bv Express. C O. P.
POC'LTNEY, TRIMBLE A CO.
Importer,,
No. .00 W. Baltimore Ft., BALTIMORE.
Richard's, Dougal’s, Greener’*, Scott’s, and
other celebrated make of guns on band and import
ed to order.
September 21, 1872—ly.
W. D. BABHKTT. , JESSE T. UIU0IS8.
UAKUKTT A
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
HATS, CAPS,
AND . , .
STRAW GOODS,
No. 241 Baltimore St.,
White Marble Building, BALTIMOivF,
A complete Stock of Goods kept always on hand;
suited to the Valiev Trade. Orders solicited and
will be prompt!y and faithfully attended to.
January !0, 1*07.
- t X \ , ! ! .
PI!EPA HE FOlt WINTER.
THE CHEAPEST AND BEST » • •
STOVES ANI> TINWARE
Ir. Baltimore, are to be obtained at
riSIIEH’S,
No.*?2 N. Gay Sr., OrrostTE Habri. on, near r-.e
bridge,
BALTIMORE, MI).
INVERT pcpnlar patent of COOKING and
\ HE \TING STO\ E. and all the articles of
Tl N W A It K. 2 uerally used by housekeepers; kept
constantly on hand. Prices reasonable. Cull and
examine < ur goods and hear our prices. Tuese
secure purchase.
Nov. y, 1*72—ly.
Collection Depot.
rpHE Charlestown Depot. Winchester A Stras
$ burg Branch of the B. A O. Railroad, has
been made a Collection Depot. Freights will here
after be collected at Charlestown, instead, as here
tofore, at the points from which shipments are
made. All persons receiving freight on and after
August 1st 1*72, will he required to pav for the
sam* betoie r*.moval. J. D. STARRY,
Aug. 3, 1872. Agent.
1HS FIRST, BEST KRIKML
The following touching verses from the Dub
lin Fneman—wonderfully pathetic in their
simple fidelity to one of the noblest relations
and emotions in human nature—represent an
Irish mother’s message to her emigrant son in
America, by another emigrant just about to
sail, aud will fiml responsive echo iu all kind
liearts: '• d ■
Heme tuber, Denis, sll'Tbade you say;
Tell him we’re well and happy, thank the Lord;
Rut of our troubles since he went away
You’ll mind,‘a’vic, and never eav a word
Of cares and troubles,sure, ife’re all our share,
The finest Summer isn’t always fair.
Ti II him the spotted heifer calved ip May ;
She died, pour thing; but that you needn't mind;
Nor how the constant rain destroyed the hay ;
Lut tell'hirn’ijod to us was ever kind,
'And when the fever Spread the country o’er,
i Jli* mercy kept the “s.ckoeas ” from our door.
Be stiroyou toll him how the neighbors came
And cut the'torn and stored it in the barn ;
’Twould be as well to mention them by name—
I ’at Murphy, Ned McCabe, and Sh/hnils Carn,
And big Tim Daly from behind the hill;
, A®- uSi ajci aL— oh, say, I miss turn still.
They came with ready hands our toil .to s’'are ,
’Twas then I missed him most—my own right
hand ;
1 felt, although kind hearts were round me there,
The kindest heart beat in a foreign land.
Strong hand! brave heart!—one severed far
'• front in?
Hy atae7 a weary league of shore and sec.
And tell him she was with us—lie’ll know who;
Mavuurneen, hasn’t she the winsome eyes?
The darkest, deepest, brightest,bonniest blue
1 ever saw. eteAp*. in Summer skies;
And such ftlark hair!—it is thcblackest hair
That ev r rippled over neck so fair
Tell him old I’incher fretted many a day.
And moped, poor dog! ’twas well he didn't die,
Crouched by the roadside, how he watched the
way,
And spilled the travelers as they passed him by
Unit, rain or sunshine, sure 'twits all the same,
He listens:! for the foot that never came.
Tell him the house is lonesome-like and cold,
The tire itdelf seem* robbed of half its light,
But mat*bo ’tis my eyes an- growing okl,
Ahd things look dim before my falling sight.
For all that, tell him 'twas tin self that spun
The shirts \ ou bring, and stitched them every
one. .
(live him tay blessing ; morning, noon ;rd night,
Tell him my pi avert are offered for his good,
That In- may keep his Maker still in sight,
And firm 1 v -.land as his brave father stood
True t<> his name, bis country and bis tJod,
Faillilul ti home, and steadfast Mill abroad.
ONLY A IIKART!
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It is not a stone ths' will bruise, my lord,
Nor is it a serpent that will sting";
A thofn to rend, a sword to pierce,
Or any vile, poisonous thing.
Only a heart—a “woman’* heart;
Step on it! crush it 1 so !
Bravely done like a gentleman,
Turn on your (tepl and go.
Only a heart I W’ha. hat nt is done ?
Let it bleed in the dust and moan;
Or stifle its anguish as best it may,
Or stun n, my lord, into stone.
Only a heart, it was fresh and young,
And tender and warm, I know
As pure as the spirit of chAVtity,
My lord, and it loved you so. j
Nothing is lost; let it die, my lord ,
l.rl IIS (leant ue quick or flow i ' ■
Such hh»its arc as plenty a* summer leaves —
We tiud them wherever we go.
Only a heart! <lo not fear, my lord ;
Nobody on earth is near
To come to the cry of the wounded thiug,
i And llod is too far to ! ear.
VIRGINIA FREE PRESS.
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Charlestown, Jcffercon Co., W. Va.
Office in “Jefferson Buu.dino."
Saturday, July 10, 1873.
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Deferred Articles.
Senator Carpenter’s Speech.
So great lias tlie popular indignation been
exhibited, especially in the West, against the
last Ougrgss on account of the back-pay -
grab,” ns it is not inaptly .termed, that it was
deeujpd nocessary to ondeavor to allay the ex
citement, for. fear that the Radical party might
come to grief. Accordingly, Senator Carpen
ter recently appeared before an .radiance iu
Janesville, Wisconsin, and made an elaborate
argument iu defence of this measure, that, l as
roused tiie country in a manner, hitherto with
out at precedent. This suecch is probably the
best and ablest argument in defence of the re
troactive pay act that could be made. Its ef
fect upon the audience, according to thcChica
go Tribune, could not have hcau gratifying to
the Senator, “ for half of it were ladies, ami
they all acted .as if attending a funeral.”—
The main point: made were, the inadequacy
of. Congressional pay and the justification of
several precedents. ...
Xo' withstanding this plausible .and .Me ar
gument, which has bpen vpiy generally noticed
and criticized by ilia papers throughout the
country, we do, u.ol think that it can change
the opinions of the sober, thinking American
people. Every man, who voted for this oppro
brious measure, or hereafter Jails to vote for its
f
repeal, or failed to return bis increased, back
pay, will assuredly Ic consigned to political
oblivion.
Cbolerc.
The Cholera seems to be making steady pro
gress in the West, though it does not appear
to advance in its usual course a.)"pg thp great
Ijpeij of;,travel. Our worthy .Mayor baa very
properly directed the attention of the town au
thorities and citizens to the importance of a
thorough cleansing of the streets, alleys, Ac.,
and the free use of deodorizers and disinfectants,
so that this scourge can have no resting-place
among us. : v
It spjiu3 to oe generally admitted that no
chauge iu diet is at all necessary to guard the
system agaiust disease. Fresh vegetables,
when eaten iu moderation,,or ripe . fruits prp
not. injurious. Indeed, a sudden change from
! one diet to another rather exposes the system
or renders it more liable to,disea e.
Above all, cheeifuluess of disposition should
be cherished, and a too frequent indulgence in
spirituous liquors shuiild be carefully avoided.
A California lover, who expected a kick from
his sweetheart, sold his good will to a rival for
a waistcoat.
The trial of Young Walworth in New York,
for the murder of his father, resulted in a ver
dict of rpurder in the second degree, the penal
ty for-whioh is imprisonment ior life, ihe
manner in which this unfortunate youth con
ducted himself (hiring the trial, his apparently
stoical indifference to its result—•'•!* utter lack
of feeling at the sentence of the Judge, pro
nounced in tones of thedeepest sorrow iu the
discharge of his painful duty, have justly re
ceived the severest comments of the press.
\Vo think, that iv great deal of false sympa
thy has •bear, manifested for Walworth. Ad
mitting that Lis father s conduct to his mother
was all and even more than the infamous let
ters produced in court showed, yet even this
great provocation did not justify the coolly pre
meditated murder he committed. He may
deem that he has revenged the wrongs heaped
upon his mother—-but how fear fid the conse
quences of his utter disregard of the Divine as
sertion and promise. ‘ Vengeance is -mine, I
will repay, s.iith the Lord.' Ikttur, much bet
ter, for this revengeful youth, to have protected
his moth&r f *r as he. could from the persecu
tions of his father, and then to have left the
issue in the hands of Him “ who Jocth all
things well." As it is, he has stained the
otherwise highlyihonorable record.; of his fami
ly, with the inJcllible otiinson of foul murder,
—grieved his fond mother more sadly than her
husband's bitterest persecution could ever
have dune, ami cushion led himself with the
horrid gloom of the parricide's cell, forever.
So truo it is, and will remain eternally* that
mm mi mi, if nuiiiimp wli.it in llix-fiTn tirtrnffi.
tivc of the Almighty, without bringing down
upon himself the swift vengeance indicted up
on others. *• With whatsoever measure yc
mete, it shall he measured to you again.’’
“Papa, Don’t Bury Me Deep.”
In (lie Spring of 18>i3, a little girl died of
cousumj lion in Frederick city, aged eight years
and three mouths. A few days before she
died she called her father to her bedside and
said. “ l'apa, when I die, don’t bury me deep
—nut more than so deep, holding up her
slender and emaciated arm and measuring from
her shoulder out. *• 0 ! it is so hard to be put
down so deep in the cold, damp ground ; and
please don't place any marble slab .n mV grave,
it will be so dark under it, and it will press
so heavy upon my little breast. Sod inv grave
nicely, and plant a tree at its.head so that the
wild birds can gather in its branches and sing
for me." After a pause she continued, 11 But
it seems to mo 1 uoulJ rather have our birds
sing for me than the wild birds.
Couldn't you let brother. Willie and sister Ktn
rua bring our cage of little birds out to the
i cemetery every Snnday morning and leave
them sing !o.- me :di day 7 Thou when you
arc all at church iu towu.it won’t seem solone
; sumo out there by myself." A few days after
this, Annie died, and her affectionate parent
di.l everything as she requested. She was
buried shallow, the grave nicely sodded and a
tree planted at its head, And still yet every
Sabbath morning, Willie and Kmma can be
seen going out to thoiCMnctery with their cage
of little birds to Annie’s grave.
Last Chanck to Apologize.—A man iu
Massachusetts had an unreasonable grudge
Egtinst his minister that listed twenty-five
• < ,,rs. Put, at last the hand of ueatli knocked
at the dour of the parishioner, and he sent for
his pastor. 1’lic good man hastily obeyed the
summons with a solemn delight, as Ins being
thus called showed a tpellcvviug of the heart
i of the dying man which promised reconcilia
tion both with heaven and himself. “ You
i sent for me 7" he said as he approached the
bedside. “ Yes," answered the dying man,
whose breath was, now short and difficult, “ I
i have but a few—few hours to live, and I sent
—sent for you to say that—that this is your
last—last chance to apologize."
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Sixteen years ago the Rev. Hiram Bingham
and his wife landed on one of the King’s Mills
or Gilbert group of islands, in the Pacific
Ocean, ‘2,000 miles southwest of Honolulu.—
Here were 30,000 « r -10,000 natives, living iu
the lowest stats of heathenism, no written lan
gi.age, cruel and savage, no commodity for
trade but cocoanut oil, and their clothing the
merest fig-leaf arrangements. Among such a
1 people this missionary took up his abode, and
thro gli numerous hardships, often in poor
health, and facing most formidable ditie dtics,
he | tossed forward in the great work of giving
the NY >rd of God to this benighted peojde.—
And ft a public,meeting at Honolulu on the
11th ol April Uat, the finished translation of
the entire New Testament was presented to
the raid f.'.cj, fie King of the Sandwich Islands
aud otlut notables being prosent, in cor<iial
sympathy with this gnat and good work.
A committee appointed by tho Mineral
County lYVtst Virginia) C>urt, and Vice
President Keyset and lion. IF. G. Davis, U. S.
Senator, representing the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Co* h;ul a conference at New Creekt
on Friday week, relative to the ; mount of
taxes due fror» the railroad company to the
county, about which there has teen considera
ble dispute for somo time past. The repre
sentatives of the company made an offer of
$12,000 for the back taxes and $1,500 per
annum hereafter. This offer wns accepted by
the committee, and will doubtless bo ratified
by the court. _
Temperance and labor are the two best phy
1 siciansof roan; labor sharpens the appetite,
and temperance prevents kirn from indulging
j in excess.
A Danbury agriculturist made a scare-crow
so infernally frightful that it not only kept
away the crows, but aused a winter-killed
pear tree to leave.
The orator who chained bi» audieuce has btea
| sued for false imprisonment.
'There art* hundreds of men fliat should ho
•married who are not married. To marry eaily
is discreet and wise. And-when men and wo
men are of marriageable i»g*.\ 1 think it to be,
in general, true, that it is wholesome for them
fo be 'manned. It is not necessary that they
should remain single because they stand in
poverty ; for two can live cheaper than one, if
tLoviiive with discretion, if they live with co
operative zeal, if they live as tht*y ought to
live. If the young man is willing to seem
•poor when he is poor*; if the young woman,
bciug 'poor,1 Li willing to • live poorly; if they
are willing to plant their lives together liko
two seeds, and wait for their growth, and look
for their abundance by-and-by, when they
have fairly earned it,'-then it is a good thing
for them to come early into this partnership.
i’„r characters adapt themselves to each other
in the early periods oP life f ir more easily thau
they do.afterwards. They who marry early
ore like viues growing together, and twining
round and round each other ; whereas, multi
tudes'of thobc who marry late in life stand sido
by side like two iron- columns, which, being
separated at the beginning, never come any
nearer to each ether. Many young meu : fed
that they cannot marry until they can support
a wife; and by that they mean, until they can
support a house ; yes, until they can kvo in a
UoUSO tUU UtMllIHa IUCIII ; Ulilil illtjr can UlAkU
a show ; until they can live iki their kind of
people, the class to which they belong, live—
f>r everybody belongs to a class, a set. \\ hen
they can do these things they will marry, but
uot before, i And the resell is that they aro
corrupting life in the very fountain.
And when they marry, they make a great
mistake if they say, “ We will uot undertake
to keep house; let us board. Then wo can
have all the comforts of life; we will have all
appearances provided for us ; and wo shall bo
relieved from a thousand caret..”
d'hote is no school which Hod ever opened
or permitted to be opened, which young peo
ple can so ill afford to avoid as tin:* school of
care and responsibility and labor in the house
hold ;. aud a young man and a voting woman,
marrying, no matter how high their fathers
have stood, one of the most wholesome things
that they can do, is to be willing to begin at
the bottom, and bear the bvrdcnsnf household
life, so that they shall have its education. I
tell yon that there are pleasures which young
married people uiUs. I would Hot givo up
my first two years of married life for all 1 have
now. I live in a big house with a brown stone
front, and very fairly furnished ; but, after all,
among the choicest experiences of my lifawcru
those which I passed through in Indiana, when
ail my furniture was given to me, and was
second baud at that; and when the very clothes
which I had on my back had been worn by
Judge liirney.before me. We were uot ab!o
to hire a servant. We had to servo ourselvc;..
It was a study every day bow to get along
with our small means—and it was a study
never to be forgotten,
I owe many of my pleasures which have
run through my life to begin where 1 hail to
begin, and to light poverty with love, and
overcome it, and to learn how to live in service
and hopefulness r.ud iu all die thousand inge
nuities which love sweetens and makes uioio
and more delightful.
I cannot bear to hear .a rich father, whoso
sou has married the daughter of a licli nun,
but where the riches are not ample enough to
set them up, say, “ We will keep the young
folks at home;” or “ They had belter board
u 1.11 they are in better circumstances, so that
they c: a keep h use in a respectable way." 1
would say to such a young couple, “(Jo out
where the buildings are cheap and take a cot
tage; or go where you can find apartments
that you cau afford ; and begin in one room,
And begin r.hy where, almost, rather than uot
keep house.” lio not be ashamed of yourself
young mau. If you have married right, you
have married ono who will be even braver than
you are, and w ill be willing to commence with
you, and build from the foundation, truly and
genuuicly, to the very top.
flly advice to every young man or woman is,
marry for love; love fur life; take life at just
the point where God’s providence has put you ;
stand there with fidelity and truth , work your
way up ; and do net go a step farther than you
are warranted in going by that which you have
carnetl. He proud of every spot; and when.
God having spared your life and prospered
you, you become rich and strong, do not ho
ashamed to go back to the spot from which
you started. Do not ho ashamed to say, “ I
began life with no property, and I have work
ed for all I have.” He proud to look into the
pit from which you have dug your way
A Stbaxqeb To Him.—A young Jonathan
took it into his head one day to get a wife. He
accordingly looked about him, and very soon
made such selection as suited him, nnd was not
lung ;u striking a bargain and settling the pre
liminaries. lie then applied to a elegy men to
perforin the ceremony.
■ “ Hut are you prepared for such au impor
tant change iu life, inquired the reverend gen
man.
“ I guess I le," says Jonathan, “ for I’ve
got tny land paid for, aud 1 own a yoke of
.steers and a cow.”
** Very well," said the clergymen, with a
long breath and a n.bcr face, “ all these may
ho proper in their place, to he sure ; hut have
you over thought < J salvation ?”
“ Sal N ation !” says Jonathan, “ who under
the sun is she ? 1 don't want her for a wife.
I waut Nell Haker.”
The minister explained his meaning.
Rev. Robert Coliyer wishes that every rum
shop was chained m the bottomless pit of hell.”
We are opposed to anything that would tend
to eucoarage emigration to tlut locality.
Au editor may uot l>c religion.-, hut lie gen
erally haa au umbrella which kwtps Itut.