- .ff!l!l''l !1flA IO p..?'f.
03"! ... ...JSdttwi and Proprietor
; Saturdays -2IaW 1874.
d". t ... r'V v-
to. .The. gnftnaniin Company.
SilfeprWoJgP, valua
bl ew &iiaix it waa ' d ico vered iHfJho
tKerejIcontiiuing juillionarupon
millions Sridns ot genuine sea-iowl
onrj Kok ownit,. whiah ft ares rn
ages bJ qep-ac?aE
o enterprising
men of the present generation, who
would take the trouble to dig it up
and remove it to this country to
enrich our lands.
These enterprising men were
found inrtRtingrtni
mi
of FetanUV IfrWly
composed of many of the cleverest
and most substantial business men
of the Kockade city. The following
gentlemen are the directors of the
company : Major N. M. Tannor,
President; Robert A. Martin, Vice
President : and Messrs. Frank Potts,
...
David Callender, C. K. Bishop, John
Mflrjrr, Jh.n.T4Vrktad1
Patterson, W. A. JJ,f:Falkiener
W. R. Griffith, the General Agent
all leading and influential citizens of
Petersbnrg.
Thia comnanv invested a half
mm!M! mih In ttfeenterprfiel
i1
got ships, agents, &c; obtained a
seven year lease of the Bahama Is
land Guano Caves from the British
Government, paying therefor a roy
alty of thirty shillings upon the ton;
employed hundreds of natives, and
j r .
went to 'work lastnjafggMtsfnftija the volcanic
importing and packing hundreds ot
tons of this valuable fertilizer.
So fatheaucceaSjOf, th jcompany
equals their most sanguine expecta
tions. Farmers who have tried the
guanahani pronounce it arr excel
lent fertilizer, equal to any guano
on the market.
It was our good
. Jill I it.
fortune to visit
Petersburg a day or two ago, in re-
sponse to an
invitation
from the
President anct "Directors of this Com
pany; and inspect for ourselves the
cargoes of the rchtfbilers j list in from
the Bahamas, and we can assure
farm' tnand merchants that-there ifr
no manipulation of this fertilizer1
is dug up in the caves; it is therefore
a genuine article.
We, together with a large com
pany of editors and merchants of
lorth Carolina., and Virginia, were.
th e recipiepfe of, Wwfo 4ealiVirf inla I
hospitality during our short stay in
the Cockade City from the Directors
of thefiT&9.banili34ripahy, who
are gentlemen of high honesty, and
integrity, and may be enirjly re
lied upon in all their statements
and guarantees. We refer our read
ers fyf ilbCTdveTtisem jnof this
comaly apekrrag in aTiotlier col
umn of to-day's paper.
The Daily News of Petersburg con-,
tains the following account of our
excur8ionHoCCntyPomt kndfthe iub'
sequent dinner :
The party numbered about forty,
and were provided with an elegant
coach by General) Mabont,) which
took themsmoothly to the Point in
abot tweufyliye. minujes.j . sQn, .tlieJ
irajnaUj sorts Di .creature ; cjrmiort
were roVidedJ and tbe guests, did
ample justice to the same. . At the
Point the company inspected the
cargo oT Guanahani which is being
unllQaded.fKtftitbe scheoner Bullard,
andiaatpati'a-tored in their ware
house on the wharf. Theythn exMoSfmitflyT cdJsaaVintrenchnients.
a mined the cargo
of the scKboner
PauL.Capt Strange, wiio-entertained
the party with minute pnapXtjS;
as to tne manner ot getting the
guana OfK 4jr
other, mmsm
with the islands
Zke'dee
the Powhatan Steamship Company
took, tne entu-oaft
boat, and Bteahaejrjfot fSthf B
iron steam ship CTnkrSit5at)Ci
tet comniangjhichisrtiiking on.
a carg'rf atMi&hi, thousand'barrels; of
nuur xor ine.uo.marKe irom toe
RichraoMtaaptomfqritet is
a finWcTmeh ifthe British sailor.
and dispensed the moRAt
pitality in the liqukllail&
, party who went to visit the shin.
From this ship the party returned
to the caPi9 ffiP' few jpiinutes
were agaiJ$(PjtersJburg, Jhfer all
tbe party were invited to an elegant
A. - A. " A. A 1 T "1 T r 1
vuKviiAiuiuvni at tne ijiDrary nail,
given Dy.tneiMuano.rmny
'sltc&Jieci
iUuTWWS7 caentanjyeiim.Anen ol black
guesB. TManipof ouT ifisUfMlooks j. e cOjhfc. completely
ants, WdwerenSt o- Surfed' its4ifih thT flesh Medical
tueir uiyitea
leading mercb
the excursion, were present at the
dinner.
The telegraphic columns contain
furtherigewAvrAaldaIoJifciain.a
Prayer-meetings are being held to
supplicate
tion. We
Jodk mercrifuiipterrDf
be to get out of reach of
tning would be to get out of reach of
uauger. - UOQ neips tUOBe WHO help
themselVe&'fc -ifsiSMfAIWAaM a
An .acquisition of twent
new anz;eTSStijTCCKftek
. v-Hijf jansreasingi
r-threef
AJbewayT
The threatened earthquake or vol
cano, at Bald Mc.tainSKrtifesVgfeor
eral interest ei
YorK erafyainttoXolwg
instructive article on the subject :
The electric wires have, perhaps,
never flashed more startling tidings
of physical convulsion than the an
no ivocauent pf yesterday evening,
that a VolcanicVruption was iujmh
nent in tha AleunUin of North Oar i
No"geoTogist efthenrgsent
nt f j & jfce-
wn doors, would
ever again be aisturbea by tnose
throes with which, in the so called
prehistoric epoch, they were sup
posed to have been convulsed. The
intelligence as now conveyed to us
reveals a terrestrial disturbance
w h i cH . so faraa Vnpw jh as h 0
ihh Jbil&lUi &UjUUyUtfi4fii8toric
accounts of American volcanoes are
confined to the western coast of the
Continent lying in that belt of fire
which stretches from the Patago
nian and Chilian Andes, through
the isthmian mountains, far away to
the northwestward, along the fog
shrouded shores of British Columbia.
We are told by Hay den that, in a
remote geologic period, the entire
of any portion of the globe, and that
it formed: one vast crater made up oil
a dWaiid5 'sinatreVVdlcaruc vents
and fissures, out of which the fluid
S&St'K! jA'iedquaa-.
lilies. We know that Mounts Doane,
Lengford, Stevenson and more than
a hundred others w. ere thentfoleijpf
cyclopean fires that rivalled many
on the shores of the Mediterranean.
Humboldt has recorded! tthe aluiotit
inconceivable upheaval in Mexico,
in 1759, when on the night of Sep
tember 29r between the setting and
cone of Jorullo rose in fier$r splendor
sixteen hundred and eighty-three
feet abo,ve the plain. In the middle
6PLtf4rrwfiiPM6"aiitto
ocean came rushing into the port of
Valparaiso, rnan. gfjtJ rxem ber
how its shock, ' responsive to the
deep upheavals of the Pacific coast,
spread terror and dismay in the
stree8 Q$tf Fi'an cisco.
To that time the shaking of the
earth extended far inland in Califor
nia. The eround onened; jets of
water rwere;ejectedii from 'Jit jf many
buildings were demolished, and ev
er since then the inhabitants of the
larM of'gohtbaye irvd W'ibristtttit
uneasiness.
All these rockings of the. Conti
nept have occurred on the wStern
slopes. The concussions have been
transmitted from the V est Indian
Mississippi Vallev have been scarce-
jippi
perceptiWejin4m.ade butliie or
n6 impression on the popular mind.
The nearest approaches to volcanic
action in the Mississippi Valley have
been..tietoce8ional slight disturban
c&iJ&tiLaJbsu'OUS and estuaries of
the Lower Mississippi, which have
been traced to the agency of the
Mexican Galf and is underlying vol
canic furnace. There is no doubt it
is a centre of plutonic force, and
Figuier, the eminent French physi
cjti b4sphe80 far as to suppose
that its submarine furnace partly
accounts for the snnerheated waters
which emferleMhl-liUeh the WdricM
IPals as . Jbl Ae&l lufHk
rent.
It is not iniDOssible there mav be
a con riecli on between this volcanic
centre and the foundations of the
A)lea;ba4?y pre)(iks, from one of which,
hi Wes'tern North Carolina, the
present eruption is . pod , The
Alleghaniesorm an apparently iso
lated barrier, or rather series of iso
lated upheavals, extending from Al
abama to Maine, with a mean alti
tude o two, thousand feet. , JThe two
1 broth es. th e&fet, e yynpf V
fully explored them, 4fftbtPP?&ed
out the extraordinary fact that they
have no central axiB,but'corIsistof a'
series of convex aud CHnHa Sex
ures, giving them the appearance 5f
Mount Mitchell, the loftiest -n4-
MQunt.Washington-.-the next in al
Wl' tyA thH rlank of the st -nes.
Ttie " western slope of the
rwQie ranee run nHrmftne?tieTi-n
Mussel Shoals of the Tennessee E-iv
etion in
Charles
hor-
sertsfc rvpane
e to
al acoiriii t
the
the present fiery dietitrbalitetafr
North Carolina :but rve anxiously
ut
m
ei ii xence ior ine
diiv a satisfac
tory conclusion.
i ioW lady
engaged in takrrrg some eggs from a
basket in a hurry, when ber arm be-
assistance was required to get it out,
which could not be accomplished
jrtiLhfti bitrfe Ihad'BeeV broken off
1 . 1 4
ana several incisions made.
W. McCager Holyfield, aawyer at
Prague & Co.'s
tISII'.
was caught in some of
on day last week, I
J ,a.i CJt.a. turn
lifeless condition. He has been con-
fined. to his bed ever since, but it is
liope:aVyb o Wiexergtbat lie wrHtrf d6Verfl
IlTiegrioaiirerEeabi
auve.by &mntptmYm
ottnar
(i,!,,. i rfur, i , j. s , savina' that "unadorned she.. would
and1wVlaffida'dti be" adprned,as Jfttle as one can im-
pom -r hsigniri cant and may jayeA
. ' WtheMmU MXhV YoKanI6' a
TirflrtU'.CarblinaftilC" Sir
ea fan Ecrfl
hi Bowelsf
tireit. isxiofc mconceivable howuch
uorgc
vrivpriireehtbW&lab&ftib'mtl
ThetEniliilrress disapprove ;of
fn fti'a T. nrsic v war. s
POWratetmutte, the, murderer
ok GeM JIcCodKFof Dakota, 4s at
fibftrdn $35,000 bail. "
Five Governors of New Hamp
shire recently met at a supper given
en inlManchester.
4M;Dgnei frenebf biHiardist, in a
recent eame at Bordeaux, "jawed"
the bam and madg-a-mn of 200
j points.
.1.1 A AO -H'f-
P The smallest salary, paid to
!P,osiinaseg in this country is $2, and
a fargfi ?n dm ber receive su ra s rang
ing- from thai amount to flZ. - '
iTwolittte girls were comparing
Erogress in n catechism study. "I
ave got to original sin," said one;
"hitfw-fa haye oti got r Me? ph,
I'm ajr'(',)bl46na, , redemption,? . said
the dtfceV ' , ;-
The last Congress , spent $167,000
in riYtihg, inyestigations. Jeff, I)a
vis cjle jljpngress i.the national de-batingf.oeiety-
i It seems now to
have become a national investigating
committee:'""
Mme,'Catacazy'is in Paris, . where
the continued beauty and taste of
her toilets is amply appreciated, but
ahrtin-tcler dehtety suggests the
agine.
New "Advertisements.
$23OTX) $50
Fourtli, Grand Gift Concert
b (1FOB TBLB BENEFIT OF THE
ftlic Library of Kentuciy,
T ' ) OK 1
it of 3VT.xroli.
60,000 Tickets 12,000 Gifts
1I8T OP GIll'S.
ONE GRA'KD CASH GIFT $250,000
ON hi GRAND CASH GIFT 100,000
ONE GRAND CASH GIFT 50.000
ONE GRAND, CASH GIFT 25,000
ON.& R AND CASH -GIFT 17,500
jq&fcSH GIKTS $10,000 each $100,00)
; i UAoli GIFTS, 5,000 each 150,000
00 UASU GIUTS, 1,000 each 50,000
, 80 CASH GIFTS, 500 each 40,000
IUO CASH GIFTS, 400 each 40,000
, 10U CASH GIFTS, 300 each 45,000
250 CASH GIFTS, 200 each 50,000
326 CASH UIKTH . UX) o.-h . a isnn
f 11,000 CASH GIFTS, 50 each 550,000
Total. 12,000 Gifts, all cash,
amounting to $1,500,000
iTlie Concert and distribution of
gifts will positively and uneauivocallu take
,ptace on tne aay now fixed, whether all tJie
tu't9 are sold or not, and the 12,000 'gifts.
au pam m proper proportion to the num
ber of tickets sold.
jPBtOE OV TICKETS.
WhoWTiefeets, $50 ; Halves, $35 ; Tenths,
or each coupon, $5; jyexen Whole Tick
ets for &500; 22 Ticket? Ibr $1000; 113
unoie Tickets far 5000 ; 227 Whole Tick
ets for 3J0,W6 -ttn discbunt on less than
$500 worth of tickets.
The time for the drawing is near at hand.
and jer3ons intending to purchase tickets
hare no time to lose.
THOS. E. BRAMLETTE,
Agent Public Library Kv., and Manager
Gift Concert-, Public Library Build
ing, Louisville, K v.
feb 21
BOYS MIDDLED AGED MEN
Trained foj'Sttecssfjil Start in Business
Life, taught how to get a Living, Make
Money, ahd'Bescofrie "Enterprising. Fsefur
Citizenn ,Paatmaii Jlusiness College,
Poughkeepsie, N. Y., On-the-Hudson, the
only Institution devoted to this especially.
iT,he oldest and only practical Commercial
School, and only one providing situations
for Graduates. Refers to Patrons and Grad
uates in nearly every city and town. Ap
rJi(ntsRent,erAnY fay. Address for par
tial lafe nil tt Catalogue a 3,000 graduates
in business, 1 r
feb,?!.. H. G. EASTMAN, LL. D ,
, f i Potighkeepsie, N. Y.
FITS- & EPILEPSY
positjVelt cured. The worst cases of long
est standing, by using Dr. Herbard's
Cure JtlxJttle sent free to all addres
sing;
In
feb2T
I ' - , ' j. E. DIBBLEE. '
f1)Tfteyt,,814.6th Ave., N. Y.
k I
(UTEBMIKATORS
. ..... , rlan -
Tot Eats.tMiee. "Roaches. Ants: Bed-Busa.
JdOins, C. r ft, i l
v If. SENEY, CTJRRAN k CO.,
feb 2l . N. Y., Sol Agents.
.&. V ; L t ' ii A
The Best BUar-Monthiy.
$5
TO
1 C a day made bv canvas
? itldngf forth ia magaztqe-
now in its lAturroiurae wun cnroni',
HE YOSElflTE VALLEY,
14x201 Indrei, InUY CoW. -
Magazine, 1 year, piQunted chromo, $2.00
Magazine, 1 year, nntnbnnted chromo, $1.50
Magkziiiei alone, 1 year, $100
Eiamlue pur Clubbing and Premium
Lists . . . -
: Two Firat-piassVeriodicals for the price
of one. We, solicit experienced canvassers
ana otners to sena at once for terms and
J?&WS!bHagail 4Aidclress f : s.
leqsfifA et r . ifi. oiluTES, PabTi"'
41 PpovfgYCSty, . or Newbarghi
v
A 0O:a-J H 893
TXTttirMfiin-wr t i -vr "jx
' ilf in I ? ' . - '
liXXiUV
Democratic TeekJr fetabMsted
mPiTBO(SK;eyf York
Aitf. j .sciV 4Mh!-U ha n 1 v'i- - i
Mm
Zit l . n n ww. j. suuuura white SUPHKMArrv. tin.
gZioSXSfPm .fSWiSC $2 peryeSf
VA JLt1lA I mil I UUU8, Uine VDies IOT S Nnwimon nnn-
Q K ; OS) A per day I Agents, wanted !
W To,lcfas3es of worJBng peo
ple, of either sxi youn or dld. inake more
Uiapney at sroi fer nil t6eJ spre mo-
else. Particulars fre. Address G. STIN
SON &GO. Portland, Maine,
feb 21
THE GOLDEN EGG
for agents. "Large income guaranteed.
JEjicIose stamp for circular.
feb 21 R. ALLISON,
i 113 .Chambers St., N. Y.
DII. F. SCARB,
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CHARLOTTE, N, C.
Prescriptions prepared at all hour
'of the Day and night
Choice Green and Black Tea,
Selected especially for Family and Inval
ids, at SCAUR'S
june29 Drugstore.
FIIESII APICES,
Just received a lot -of select Spices for
Pickles, Preserves, &c, at F. SCARR'S
juue 29 Drug Store
Pure Sulad Oil.
Finest article in Market,
at F. SCARR'S
june 29, 1872 Drag Store.
GENUINE
PeFmvMm &mmm&
Farmers, Agriculturists and Dealers
in Fertilizers have now an opportunity of
obtaining this valuable manure in small
or large lots, at importers' prices, .by
applying to the Special Agency just estab
lished for the purpose of delivering Genu
ine Peruvian Guano, to consumers at any
accessible port or railway station in the
country. Full particulars given in Circu
lar mailed free on application to
R. BALCAZAR,
No. 53 Beaver fcjt., New York.
EEFEKKKCES BY PERMISSION :
Messrs. Hobson, Hurtado & Co., Financial
Agents of the Peruvian Government,
52 Wall St.. N. Y.
Moses Tav lor. Pres. National City Bank,
52, Wall St., N. Y.
J. C. Tracy, Esq., Peruvian Consul, 26i
Broadway, N. Y.
mar 10, 3 nios, tri-wkly
are the Manufacturers'
agents
for
Cutler's Pocket Inhaler.
W. R. BU11WELL A CO.
AT THE GREEN FRONT
ON COLLEGESTKEET,
7"OU can find almost anything you
jl wibii in the uKOCbliY line and at
prices to suit all.
Corn and Meal by the Bushel
or Car Load.
Bacon, Hams and Lard, Mackerel, So
gar, Coti'ee. Molasses, Starch, Indigo, Pep
per, &pice. Lundy (by the box) Soap,
Candle, Kerosene Oil, and too many oth
er goods to mention.
J. S. WILLIAMSON A CO.
Mr. T. D. Walsh, Capt. J. L. Deiton. W.M.
Stitt, Iredell Jones, and B. J. Ma--ey are
with .1. S. Williamson & Co., and would
be glad to sec their friends.
feb 25.
(Democrat copy.)
100
BARRELS POTATOES,
Early Goodrich,
Rose,
u Mohawks,
" Pink Eye,
For sale bv
A. R. N IS BET & BRO.
feb 14
Democrat and Home copy.
HORSES AND MUXES.
FOR sale at Wadsworth's Sale
and Livery Stables. The finest
stock always on hand. Per
sons wishing to purchase
horses or mules will find it to their advan
tage to call on
J. W. WADSWORTH.
jan 15 tf Charlotte, N. C.
THE DIXIE PUMP
Is cheap, durable, simple nd useful, and
is maintaing its positi6n in the front ranks
of ail Wooden Pumps, whether made
North or South. It is light and will bear
shipping 200 miles by rail. Orders solicit
ed, retail and wholesale. ;
jan 21, tf G. L. GREESON,
Charlotte, N. C.
J.S.PHILLIPS,
iTIerchant Tailor and Clothier,
Begs leave to inform' the public that
he is now receiving his
Stock of
FALL AND WINTER CLOTHING,
Piece Goods, Furnishing, Goods,
Hats, Japs, fec,
which for style and quality, are unsur
passed by anything of the kind ever offer
ed in this market, and will sell them as
cheap as the same clas of Goods can be
bought elsewhere.
Call and examine them.
sep 26-tf
Jnst Received !
GENUINE Worcestershire Sauce, Toma
to Catsup. Pepper Sauce English Mus
tard, English Pickels, Frtsh Tomatoes,
Peaches, X'orn, Sardines. One CJusa TCHam
Cheese, Cox's Gelatine, Cinnamon, Blue-
ing aim urouna r eppnr, at
ieb 13 J. S. M. DAVIDSON'S
3rd door above Market, Trade street.
Af FINE lot of choice sugar cured hams
jti. and breakfast bacon, just received and
for sale lpw at :i ?2 U 'm a
, . Blue Front.'
PARTIES who desire1 ib' buy" goods in
small quantities, At, whoJesAle prices
can do so by calling
, REEL A WHITTySl '
mar 10 ; im CBlue Fronfe, t
T EWIS' Phre Leadyfndow GHass,' TnU
XJ ty and Linseed OiL s . , "jr., 1 , , :;
W. K.JBURWELL k CO;
THE OELEBRATEDi
4'
GILH
TRADEg X 1. !'"" V
All the work of the "SOUTHERN FERTILIZING COMPANY,"- made from th
formula of PROF. WILLIAM GILHAM is stamped withtlj above Patented TraJr
Mark to Guarantee it distinct from all others.
PREPARED ESPECIALLY
dJOTTOiS' CHOP.
BY THE '-SOUTHERN FERTILIZING: COM P ANY,!" RICHMOND, VIR8IJ.TA
pis- "Each Siiecies of Plant nnift have the Specific Fond Suited to its peculiar V
t in order to produce the Largest and most Remunerative KeMiits "
Ihe highest testimonials received from every direction from-many of the Largest
Farmers from opinions of the Press, and newspaper Correspondents, and other dis
interejted parties, through the Daily Presen wlative to its splendid actim, throui;hous
the State. . 7
THIS CELEBRATED "COTTOS" EERTMEB
has won such a marked and evtensive reputation throughout the cottonrgrowing re
gion of North Carolina and Virginia; and has been su extensively used and almo-t uni
versally praised, that we deem it too well knttwu to reijuire any praise at our hands,.
ITS MERIT SPEAKS FOB ITSELF,
By the handsome yield it produces, and the large net profits realized feom it.
ASS- Afk your neighbors w!k have tried it what they think, of it.
NET PROFIT of
OVER 100 PER CENT 1
N. B There will be o?ily a certain limited amount of this Fertilizer manufactured)
especially for our supply. Our friends, and the trade will do well to send m then or
ders at once, to be booked ahead, and then tley can order as they mav need it:
The "Southern' Fertilizing Company" use only the highest grade of suitaWe mate
rial known to Chemists, and maintain and guarantee a uniform standard.
This Fertilizer is sold by Merchants and Dealer generally, at all te principal cities,.
Towns, and Stations, throughout North Carolina and Virginia.
c. w. fiMHtti & mm,
COTTON FACTORS,
We have the exclusiTe control of the "COTTON" FERTILIZER for North Cor
and Southeastern Virginia. This Fertilizer can be had upon the following terms :
CASH BASIS.
$60 Per Ton, at our Warehouse.
Orders for 5 Ton and Upwards,
" 10
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20
30
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Cash orders must he accompanied by the
der Five Tons.
ON TIME, "WITS APPROVED SECURITY,
$65 Per rTon at our Warehouse, Draagre 50 cent additional, F&7'
able la t lloyember next, without intereat. . .
Orders, for 30 Tons and upwards 10 per cent discount
Orders for 20 Tons and upwards 8 per cent discount. '
The Discount on time orders to be based on the Cash Value, $60 per ton.
No Discount allowed oh time orders tinder 20 tons.
Orders made direct or through any Cotton Factor, Commission Merchants or Deal
ers generally, will receive prompt attention. Apply or send your orders to any Mer
chant or Dealer and if they have not got ii they will order it for you ; or the J810!
and Planters generally can form CLUBS and send their order? Accompanied oy J'
Cash; fotlots of 5, 10,. 90. or 50 tons at the above rates of discount, .respectively,
diScoriht Allowed pxceot for tots 'Tinmfx1 aVinvAi ATI 1ot.tra of enauiry answereu
prbniptly. t We do ftot" consider it heeessary
merely jt$4ninounce joyv jU.vvilli.Rli
ADDRESS
SPECIAL A0J3NTS FOR SOUTHERN FERTILIZING COMPANY.
Feb 23 lm
FEB
A.M'S.
PATENTEfX
AND SOLELY FOR TS1E
It PAYS A
Drayage 50 cents Per Ton Additional.
4 per cent discount.
8 ,(
10 "
12 "
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Cash,
No discount allowed on Orders an-
to ask any one to buy this Fertilizer, du
;t may be had.
COTTON FACTORS, N0BF0LK, VA-