Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1857-05-23
THE CONTEST IN VIRGINIA.

kh0W -n0thingtSn no longer exists III
Virginia. The clements of opposition 10
the democratic party are now 10 be found in
the ranks of tue dstrihutonists and the
good people Of the southern States are cool
ly inforncd that they will certainly be ruin
ed-aet bv tie Catholics and Foreigners,
hut bYa failure on their part to secure with
outfarther delay their rightful share of the
proceeds of the public lands. In Virginia
they are especially clamorous and active
Their newspapers and their speakers are
striving earnestly to create panic They
predict that the State will be involved in
irretrievabe ruin unless distribution men
are elected to the legislature and to Con-
gress, just as they predicted ruin to the
country in the event of the failure of the
effort They have organized
their party throughout the State, and are
running candidates in many of the counties
and in most of the congressional districts.
That It will be labor threWn away no sane
man can doubt; yet they pretend TO be in
good spirits, and talk with seeming couf-
denee OF success. let them remember their
boasted confidence Of success in all the con-
tests they have had with tie democracy
contests which have uniformly ended il dis
grace and disaster to them. Let them call
To mind the last battle in which they were
engaged, when they were crushed, disband-
el, ana demoralizad by q defeat unparallel-
ed ia Virginia political waetage.
Il SIS noble aul characteristic trait Of the
Virginia democracy to adhere faithfully to
the principles Of their party. They DO not
belic,e in paaios. aud they seoru to be
blown about by every Eial Of doctrine -
Without 4 chan ii them. there IS not Il
shadag Eff hopa for the so-called distribu-
fianists. ard nothing hort Of a miracle can
eject such chang u ash. Union.
Points IN a Good Horse. In pargha-ing
4 good horse, sight wind, feet and limbs must
be the uppermost objects Of inquiry for
nine horses out of ten are defective in one of
these particulars. First then, examine his
eyes, and do this before he comes out Of the
stable; sec that they are perfectly clear and
transparent, and that the pupils on apples Of
the eye are exactly alike in size and color.
+ Next examine his pipes; If good and sound,
on being nipped in the gulet, he viii utter
sound like that from the bellows: but il
HIS lHigS are touAutl anu nc II 1toANh VIM
ed, he will give vent to dry, husky, short
coughs look to his limbs also, and IN pass
ing your hands down lis legs, If you find
any unnatural nrotnbefance, or puitiness, or
if, feeling enc leg, then The other, you dis
cover any difference between them, disease,
|moro or less IS present; be may not be lame,
Ibat he is not clean upon his legs. If he is
broad and full between the eyes, he may BE-
depended on as horse Of good sense, and
capable of being trained to almost anything.
If you want q gentle horse, get one with
more or less white upon him; many suppose
that the parti-colorod horses belonging to
icireuses, shows, &c., are selected for their
Oddly; but it is ON account of their docili-
ty and gentleness; in fact, the more kindly
you treat horses the better you will be treat
ed b. them in return. -Spirit etMe Times,
letting Loose the hsane-At the last
session Of the Indiana Legislature no APP
preparation was made to defray the eXpen-
ses of the public asylums, in consequence
Of which Gov Willard ordered Il dispersion
q the inmates