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Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1859-06-17
Periodicals..

The columns of our paper have been so
ezclusively occupied by matter which de-
handed immediate attention, that as yet we
lave not found room for certain desultory
comments, which, for long, we have been
disposed to make concerning this description
Of Literature now that the harrassing can
vnss is over. and Mr.. letcher triumphant,
we feel SO kindly towards all creation-even
the Whigs-that we really are distrustful
Of ourselves, and fear that we are wanting
in hardness of heart sufficient to find fault
with any thing, or any body at all ; and so
should our structures seem too lenient, we
entreat our readers not rashly to attribute
it to an undiscerning Partially. but rather
to the food of the milk OF human kindness
with which we are now inundated The
Southern Literary Messenger has again paid
aur Office another of its ever welcome visits.
It again appears in its accustomed high
:oned and digni6ed character throughout, land
in its critical department especially it con-
tinues to observe discriminating justice !;
and Mr.. Thompson surely merits our graft
tude, that in the glitter parts, the tales and
stories of his Messenger, be has never al
lowed its tone to degenerate into the low
vulgarisms and bloody-bone denominations
of Cobb and Southworth. Indeed the temp
tations held up to Southern Period icals, to
adopt the Ledger policy, are 80 great, that
we hardly see how we can Withstand them.
By subscribing, rather than controlling
the public tastes, that adventurous sheet
had already obtained marvellous currency,
and now that to these influences is added
the respectable endorsement of the firm Of
Everett end Morphy, the first of these being
backed by his alter ego-the Washington
Oration-the last being known to the pub
lie as very successful player at Chess and
perhaps sseven up," we opine that no pa
triotic Cottage or fashionable sporting sa-
Ion can long withstand the allurements of
this 60 Proteus Of talents" the whole ?rt OF
whose plot consists in taking great deal
of pains to get Capitola or Hurricane or both
into devil of FIX, and then devoting a
whole chapter to the array of some hundred
and fifty impossible condolences to get them
out of it again, and so through the whole
thing nothing but in a fx or out Of a fix
And yet this stuff is sought and read, de-
voured with unsated appetite, while such
periodicals as the Messenger or Harper or
Blackwood and dozen of the like sort are
suffered to rest on the table with uncut
leaves.
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1859-06-17

It may be that Georgia, South Carolina,
Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and the
other Southern States made great mistake
when, over the heads Of US fire eaters, they
decided by popular votes at the ballot box,
to accept the principle of Congressional
non-intervention and it may be, that those
States find it their policy and interest to
review that decision and change their front,
and take another step in advance. Let all
this be granted, yet we maintain that it is
not just in those who advise this course, to
turn upon Douglas as the scape-g goat for
this new movement and correction of an
old error, and abuse him as a traitor, while
in truth he is only fairly and honestly
standing to the bargain our people then
made with the North. - Mobile Reqtster.
Your people never made any such bar
gain with the North yet. If they do so
now, we exhort the North to proceed with
the next step-to insist upon the same sort
of non-interyention in the District of Co
lumbia
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1859-06-17
For the rin.lieator

Aessrs Editors: The opposition party Of
Virginia believing that they had but little
chance Of electing candidates of their own
to Congress, determined to produce dissen-
zion in the Democratic ranks by encouraging
independant candidates Not content, how
ever. with The Ill effects Of the success Of
the Independent candidates over the regular
nominees Of our party, they are now endea-
voring through their press, and otherwise,
to continue, and if possible to increase the
strife between the friends Of the indepen-
dent candidates and those af the nominees,
hoping thereby SO to distract and divide the
party that the opposition may at the next
election for Congress, carry the districts for
their own candidates.
The object which the friends Of conycn-
ton had in view, at least in this district,
was to unite and harmonize the party by
adhering to the usage Of the party in ma
king nomination. This effort having fai-
led and The plans oft opposition having
partially succeeded, let the Democracy still
act wisely and defeat the cherished hopes
and purposes Of the Know Nothings by bu-
rying in oblivion past discussions and uni
ting in harmony and concert for the future.
No good can grow out Of discussion Of the
faults of the friends Of the late candidates.
Mr.. Harris is now the member elect from
our district. Let the Democracy give him
a fair and impartial trial. Our opposition
was not to the man 50 much as to the 'sIn-
dependent Candidate,'' but now, he is the
Representative, and let him be treated as
such. Those Of the opposition who are
taunting and jeering US with the declaration
that they voted for Mr.. Harris because be
is stupid and inefficient rather than for the
nominee, who they say would have been
more potential for mischief on account Of his
talents, Will find, we trust, that they have
caught a tarter in Mr.. FL We expect to
find him faithful and able defender Of
Democratic principle and measures ia Con-
gress. Mr.. Fl. is a. rising man, and will
no doubt exert himself to meet fully the
responsibility Of the station to which he has
been elevated.
Ths Democracy can gain nothing BY har-
boring revenge against those OF our party
who have differed from US on this occasion
feelIngs OF luminosity and revenge are wrong
in party as well as in morals. We have
pardoned those who have deserted to the
Opposition, and received them with open
arms, when returning to the Democratic
fold much rather should we be willing to
discarge all unkindness towards those ofour
political friends who have on this occasion,
for the first time departed from the usages
Of the party.
May we indulge the hope, that the De-
mocracy not only of this district but Of the
State and Union will again unite harmoni-
ously in the maintenance Of our principles
and promoting the best interest Of our be-
loved country. If our principles are to be
sustained or are worth maintaining it must
be by means Of a party organization. II
the principles, nor party are worth main
tanning, whittier will we fly? Into the
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1859-06-17
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
STANTON AGENCY
Or THE
New TOrkLife Insurance COMPANY,

4 T a meeting of the Local BOARD or DIRECTORS
N for the NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY at the CAPITOL in the City of Rich
nsoaa, held on TUESDAY, February LIST, 1885, tie
following was unanimously adopted:
The undersigned, President and Directors of the
Company, have examined the rel ort anti exhibit CT
the New YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, for the
wear ending the first of January, l659-and being
satisfied with its prosperous cen liton, cordially
recommend it to the encouragement and support or
the community. The New York Lille insu-
rance Company has now been in existence for
fourteen wears, and its Capital he's attained the
sum of IS ,9Oi SO, invested in State Stocks
and Bonds, and Mortgages on Real Estate.
We think it most profitable and safe mode of
investing money. The profits enure to the benefit
of the insured and have averaged not less than
THIRTY PER CENT PER ANNUA the
PRE- MUM PAID. Besides these inves tments in
Stocks, &C., the law of New York requir IS an adj
ditional security, that One Hundred Ih0u-
sand Dollars shall be deposited with the State
Comptroller, to meet any lawful demands which
the Company may fail to pay.
We invite attenti IN to the nature, obje is and
advantages of LIFE INSURANCE, as set forth
by this Institution.
1t will be seen by the above statement th ut this
Company is in fonrishing condition.
Those desiring information in regard to the sub
ject of LIFE INSURANCE, would do well to cali
on the AGENTS of the above Company, who will
give them any information that NAV be desired, or
for reference, apply to either member of the Local.
BOARD.
PRESIDENT,
GEO. WYrHE MuNFoRD, (sccretary Of Common
wealth of Virginia)
Directors:
THOMAS Fl. ELLIS, president James River and
Kanawha Company
THOMAS P. AUGUST, Esq, (Attorney at Law.)
W. &. PAINE, Esq, (Kent, Paine & Co., MGR
chants.)
JoHN BAGBY, Esq, GARNER, King & Queen CO.,
Rev. CHAs. Il. REAR, pastor of United Presby-
terrain Charch.)
Rev. JAMES B. TAxAoR, Corresponding Sesry
Southern Baptist Conventon.)
HENRY X. ELLysoN, (Sheriff.)
CHAs. W. PURCELL, (Bankor.)
WIN. NJ. SUTTON, do.
JAMES THOMAS, Jr., Tobacco Manufacturer)
ROGER A. PRYoE, editor Of the States.) Wash
ington. d c..
Medical Examiners:
BRIsCoE b. DoNAGHE, NJ. D.
HENRy ANDERSON, NJ. ID.
~ HARTMAN & BELL, Local Agents.
o. W. TROTTER General Agent.
C. E. WORKMAN, GenI Ag't
IT, and Attorney for Va.
April 80, Is5s.-3m
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1859-06-17
Circuit Ceurt.

This Court commenced June LIST, Judge
Lucas P. Thompson in the chair. There
were two prisoners to be tried, viz: David
Mooney, for stealing horse from Robert
Harnesbarger, and Harrison, free negro,
for killing his wife. Mooney was sent to
the State prison for four and half years,
and Harrison for eighteen. The next ca
ses of interest that we're tried, were those of
the ''Fireman's Insurance Company" Of Bal
timore, VS.. Fl & ] Faust, and the Baltimore
Fire Insurance Company VS.. the same
It's alleged by the Insurance Companies,
the plaintiffs in these suits, that Faust, the
defendant, had his stock of goods insured
in both companies in Sept; 1858 in Nov
of the same year his whole stock was burn
cd, and he received payment Of both COM
panies, each being ignorant that the other
had paid policy AS soon as the facts be-
came known, both companies sued for in
surance with fraudulent motives. The jury
in neither case have been able to agree.
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1859-06-17

A BOYS HEAD Cur OFF BY LocoMo-
T1yE:-An extra train, containing several
Of the leading officials and stockholders of
the Cleveland and Toledo Railroad. was APP
preaching Grafton, coming towards the city
at rapid rate. just before the engine
reached the Black River bridge, small boy
ran up the bank Of the river and stood upon
the abutment. He was foot or so from
the rail, and fancied himself secure from
all danger. The engineer, Mr.. Rust, saw
him, and shouted to him to get out of the
way. The boy heard, but did not stir from
his perilous position. He was laughing and
INDUCING in all sorts Of boyish grimaces,
when the engine struck him, taking his head
entirely off! The engineer did not see the
boy until he was almost upon him, and Of
course it was impossible to stop the loco
motive in time to save him. = Cleveland
Plaindealsr..
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1859-06-17
PUNISHMENT OF CRIME IN NoRrH CARO-.

PUNISHMENT OF CRIME IN NoRTH CARO-
1NA-Tne administration of justice in
North Carolina is much less mild than in
many sister States Having no estate
prison. the old punishments Of the Eng
lish common law are still inflicted such as
branding, whipping, cropping the ears,
&C. A writer, after describing the receut
opening of the court in one of the counties
Of that State, says:
A prisoner, who had been convicted Of
bigamy. was then brought in by the sheriff
and an assistant, whereupon his counsel
moved for a new trial on the ground that
the defendant had been unable to procure
the attendance Of all his witnesses. His
Honor inquired if he could give the re-
quisite security. On being answered in
the negative, Then" said his Honor, -
Let the sentence of the court be executed
forthwith" The sheriff and his deputy
then blindfolded the prisoner, tied his
hands and bound bis head firmly to the
bar. Taking the branding iron from the
furnace the sheriff applied it red hot to the
cheek of the bigamist, burning plain let
ter b, an inch and a half long and nearly
half an inch deep. The prisoner was then
renaanded to Jail, where his head and hands
were introduced into the pillcry, and forty
stripes save one" were applied to his bare
back, after which he was discharged.
Every jail in North Carolina is provided
with whipping post, stocks and pillory
Murder, rape, arson, burglary, and all the
higher crimes aud misdemeanors, are pun
ished with death marslaughter by bran
ding the letter NJ in the right hand The
convict's hands is bound to the bar, and the
branding iron held upon the palm until he
can say 'God save the State" three times.
Theft and minor ofenses by whipping,
standing in the pillory, or sitting in the
stocks.
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1859-06-17
Gov, Wise'S Sanford Letter.

We have received from all quarters re-
quests for additional copies ofthis document.
The favorable reception which has been
accorded to it by the press in every part
OF the Union, the fact that it is the only
complete treatise on the subject Of territori-
al government vital question Of the
day-the confederation Of its main argu-
ment and conclusion by an opinion pro-
nounced by Chief Justice fancy, since its
publication, and especially the fact that a
large and intelligent public, at the North
as well as at the South, have recognised it
as embodying an exposition Of the subject
matter upon which conservative men, of all
sections can unite without sacrifice of
principle or a resort to temporary COM
promises-the necessity for such book on
the shelves Of lawyers as well as politicians,
everything has combined to create an I'M
usual demand for copies of the treatise.
We have already supplied it to our readers
and exchanges to the number of many thou
sand, and have printed two thousand pamph-
letcopies, which have been bespoken The
der.and still keeping up, we shall issue an
other edition, enlarged by the addition Of the
| Letters on the Lecomp ton Question. p
| The price for which will be 81.
The questions discussed, and their con-
nection with the approaching canvass, rend-
er this pamphlet Of great public interest.
The pamphlet will contain over 200 roy
| al octave pages, accompanied with map Of
the Territories, with their boundaries, at
the time Of their acquisition. This map pre-
pared for this pamphlet, cannot be obtained
in any other way, and will be found Of very
great use in illustration Of the questions at
| issue.
Persons desiring copies will please send
in their orders Immediately. Price 81.
| Our exchanges will please give this an
insertion.
n B. Orders unaccompanied with pre-
payment will receive no attention. A lib
eral discount will be made to booksellers and
others desiring to purchase large numbers Of
copies.-Richmond Enquirer.
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1859-06-17
James Buchanan, l.. L. d.

The President has made most agreeable
excursion to the University Of North Caro-
lima at Chapel Hill, to attend the Com
mencement. He had the honor to present
the prize awarded to the author of the best
English Composition, Mr.. Elisha E. Wright,
Of Tennessee; which Mr.. Buchanan presen-
ted with short but kindly and cordial
speech especially dwelling on the evils of
drunkenness The Faculty of the College,
in admiration Of the Presidents learning,
then conferred on him the diploma Of Doc
tor Of Laws
The University of North Carolina con-
sists of five large buildings, situated in
grounds which, for beauty, cannot be excel
led. 1t is one of the oldest institutions in
the country, and numbers among its gradu-
ates President Polk and Thomas Hart Ben
ton.
After the conclusion Of the exercises, the
students had dance in their ballroom, at
which some of the handsomest women in
the South were present. Doctor Buchanan
did not dance, but firted. IS. Citizen.
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1859-06-17

arms of Know Nothingism Black Repub-
icanism? IF not, what else. The people
are divided into those three parties, or ele-
ments. Can any Democrat improve his
country's condition by combining with Ell
Their Of the opposing parties? Let every
one reflect upon the alternatives before him
and then rally to the standard of Democra-
cy not for the sake Of party NEARLY, but TO-,
the maintenance of her ancient and tried
principles.
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1859-06-17
Education COnventiOn-Alleghany High
School.

We learn from the Grecnbrier Independ-
ent that Convention with reference 10 the
establishment of Male High School in
Western Virginia was recently held at u
MON, and that addresses were delivered in
favor of such a school, and on the question
Of its location, by Rev Messrs. A. NJ. Poin-
dexter, Jno. A. Broadus, Geo. B. Taylor,
VIM. Huff, S. Livermore, and by Maj.
Echols, G. L: Cooke, and General Chap
man. There were several points compe-
ting for the school, and the discussion seems
to have been warm and spirited.
After the adjournment of the Convention
the Board of Trustees ofthe proposed school,
at whose instance the Convention iaa been
called, considered all the propositions which
had been made, and decided to accept that
of the Blue Sulphur Springs, and locate the
school at that place. This is the location
recommended some years since by Cover
nor Wise for the College which he thought
the State ought to establish in Trans-Alle-
ghany Virginia. It will strike all who are
acquainted with it as eminently calculated,
both by its geographical position, and by its
own advantages, for such purpose 3 and if
o suitable ia Guilty be secured, we do not see
why the Allegheny High School, may not
soou' become fourishing and useful Insti-
tuition. The Gre@rbrier Independent quotes
poetry and goes into obstacles on the subject
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1859-06-17
CONVENTION.
HF We take the snhiOined able and cor

EE- We take the subjoined able and con
elusive article from the Southern Citizen,
and commend it to the attentive and thought
full perusal of all our readers. The ques-
tion Of Intervention by Congress for the
protection Of slavery ia the Territories, in
contradistinctio to the absurd and hereti-
cal humbug Of total non intervention, is
discussed by the Citizen in a manner which
must carry conviction to all unprecedented
minds.
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1859-06-17

The Virginia and Kentucky Railroad,
says the Abingdon Democrat, is in preca-
rious condition. All operations on the line
are suspended, and, from the best informa-
ton we can gatker, are likely to remain SO,
unless the people Of the counties through
which it is to pass will bestir themselves
and take stock in it. The Board of Public
Works will not pay another dollar towards
the improvement except as stock is taken
and cash paid ia.
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1859-06-17
Adams and Jefferson. ON War,

The letters that passed betTeen the second
and third Presidents of the United States, 8
few years before their death, are charming
specimens Of episto-ary correspondence -
These extracts are from letters written in
June, 1922 Mr.. Jefferson, in writing tc
| Mr.. Adams, makes the following illusions
to European matters:
70 return to the news Of the day, it seem:
that the cannibals Of Europe are going to eat
one another again A war between Russia
aud Turkey is like the battle Of the kite and
snake whichever destroys the other leaves a
destroyer the less for the world Che pug
nacious humor Of mankind seems to be the
law Of his nature one Of the obstacles to too
great multiplication provided in the me-
chanisln Of the universe. 4
[ hope we shall prove how much
happier for man the Quaker policy is, and
that the life Of the feeder is better than that
Of the fighter. And it is some consolation
that the desolation by those mauiacs of one
part Of the earth is the means of improving
it in other parts. Let the latter be our Office ;
and let US milk The COW while Russia holds
her by the horns and the Turk BY the tail
God bless you. and give you health. strength
good spirits and as much of life as you think
worth having. THoMAs JEFFERSON.
In Mr.. Adams reply to this letter, the
following passage occnrs.
All men say this globe is a theatre of war
its inhabitats are all heroes The little cells
in vinegar, and the animalcules in pepper
water, believe, are quarrelsome. The bees
are warlike as the Roman, Russian, or
French; ants, caterpillars and canker-worm
are the only tribes among whom I have
not seen battles; and Heaven itself, if We be-
lieve Hindoos, Jews, Christians and Ma
homedans, has not always been at peace. =
We need not trouble ourselves about these
things, nor fret ourselves because of evil
doors; but surely trust the Ruler with his
skies.
THE PRESIDENTS AGE. Mr.. Buchanan
will be nearly seventy years of age when he
leaves the Presidency in 1861. His birth
Gay is On the 23d of April. Mr.. Buchanan
will thus be little older than was General
Jackson when his second term expired, and
older, by more than five years, than was
General Washington, chn Adams, Thorn
as Jefferson, James Monroe or John Quin-
cy Adams by twelve years than Martin
Van Buren, and by upwards of fifteen years
than John Tyler, James K. Polk, Willard
Fillmore and Franklin Pierce at the termi-
nation of their political life.
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1859-06-17

THE STORY THE VoTEs TELE.-We ad-
verted in our last, to the fact assumed by
the Opposition that Mr.. Letcher's gains,
in the late election, were greatest id the
counties having the fewest number of slaves,
whilst Mr.. Goggin's gains were chiefly in
the counties having the largest number
In an article in the Washington States, the
facts of the case have been reduced to fig
ures, and we find that by the census Of $50
there were 472, 528 slaves in Virginia
Taking this census for our basis, and there
is none later, it appears that in the counties
which gave Mr.. Letcher meojoritics, and
in which he gained on Mr.. Wise's vote Of
1855, there are 268, 400 slaves whilst in
the counties which gave Mr.. Goggin ma
jorities, and in which he gained on Flour
noy's vote Of 1855, there are 204, 038
slaves! The part of the West where Mr..
Letcher gained most has over SO, 600 slaves,
whilst that portion in which Mr.. Goggin
gained most has only 10000.
Another fact ought to hush any such alb
surb talk as that alluded to. Almost the
whole Of Dir. Goggin's clear gain was in
the South west, where untoward circum-
stances, or rather most unnatural COM
bination Of circumstances, operated in his
favor. In the balance of the State the
loss and gain we're about equal. With the
exception of the 18th District, in the ex-
IRENE Southwest, Mr.. Letcher's vote comes
nearly up to that of Mr.. WISE, there being
difference only Of about sixty. So much
fer the facts Of the case.
But what does it prove just nothing at
all It neither establishes Mr.. Letcher's
soundness on the slavery question, nor
proves Mr.. Goggin to be unsound. They
are both perfectly sound aud reliable, and
every man in the state belle yes it, those who
voted against US as well as those who voted
for us. We have Reproduced these esti-
mates simply to show the errors unto which
some of the Opposition press continue to
lead their readers, and to knock this forlorn
peg from under them.-Bzae Ridge Re-
pull, dns