Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1860-06-22

I ton that 1nay be made It is difficult to
realize that Mr.. r. has incurred even the
suspicion Of beihga aefatlter, his he has here
tofore borne an unblemished reputation and
we cannot but express the belief, emgender
ed by hope, that his assets will couhtgrbal
ance his liabilities, and thus relieve him from
the stigma which public opinion attaches to
the name Of a defaulter.
1t is due to Mr. Macmurdo, the Trersu-
rer of the Compa1y, that we should state
he is not implicated il the developments.
Richmond Witty.
! Serious AEFRAY AT AMnEhsT G H.
Two MEN DANGEROUSLY WOUNDED An
alteration occurred at Amherst Cotirt -house
Friday evening between John Mat Brown,
son Of the late Howell Brown, and Lucen
Fletcher, son Of the late Elijah Fletcher, for
merly proprietor Of this paper, which it is
feared will result fatally 1t appears thas
both the young men were IN liauor, when d
qtarrel ehsced Which eevTeentaated iu Sight,
Fletsfer knocking Brown down, and while
on top Of aim inflicting very ugly wound
on his side and thig With Bowie knife
the cash being SO deep as to expose the
main artery. After being cut, Brown call.
ed on tie bystanders TO take Fletcher off
which was Immediately done whereupon
Brown raised and discharged his revolver
four times, each load taking effect two iii
the body, one in the hand. and the fourth
in the leg On Saturday evening. Fletcher
was extremely low, and was not expected
to strvise. Although Browns wopnd is a
very serious one, it is supposed he viii re-
cover. Both Of the parties arc most RESPECT.
ably eonneoted and were, we understand,
on friendly terms up to the time of the diff
iculty. which ended SO disastrously.-
Lynchburg Tuyfnian.
BAB MsstoRf:- "A man hanicd G. r. Lob
dell, d horse-tamer by profession came to
this place several days ago, and posted up
sohte quite attractive Bills, offering his pro-
fessional services to the public Our citi-
zens having recently been considerably hum
plugged by a man Of the same stripe, were
10th to patronlze this new firm, consequent-
ly he soon run short of money One MORN
ing this week he quietly took his horse from
tie liotel stable, aud as quietly babe farewell
to sEis unfriendly community, forgetting in
the meantime, to settle hi, BILL Officers
Beard and Cox putsued and brought him
back, not havihg money sufficient to pay
his BILL be pawned his watch for the same
We make these facts known that others NAV
be On their guard.
: We you'd just here state to all those who
contemplate fraudulent practices upon the
} people, to pass around Greenbrier, or their
purposes will most certainly be thwarted. -
Le~isbary Chronicle.
THE "RAtb MAKER"-A KEEN KErvEr.
Mr.. Logan, of Illinois, speaking ct the
New York meeting of the assertions OF the
the Lincolnites that their candidate once
made rails, replied
II have only this to say III reference to
making rails. If Abraham Lincoln made
rails, it is no disgrace; but if he had mo
brains put in his head by G cd Almighty,
the making of rails will not put them there.
He would make poor President; if lie bad
10 othet than d rail-making qualification
[Cheers.] However, Stephen A. Douglas
was also working man once himself, a cah-
met maker l have. then, this proposition
to make: that we nominate Douglas at Bal
timore, and let the cabinet maker run against
the rail maker; and predict we will send
them both back to their original employments
Lincoln to making rails. and Douglas to
cabinet making" Prolonged cheers:
NoRTn CAROLINA A letter from one Of
the Democratic electors Of North Carolina.
to a gentleman in this city, announces the
fact that six, besides Himself, (the wtiter)
of the electors of North Carolina had come
out and advocated the claims of Judge Doug.
las in public speeches, and declared thew
would cast their votes for him in the eleeto.
raj college if elected This is seven out of
the ten electors for that State. This. and
a thousand other circumstances prove to our
mind that the South will prove true to the
Democratic party, to herself, and the nomi-
hees of the Baltimore Convention. Wash.
States.
ROBBED in SLEEPING CARA ladv
travelling on the New York Central Road
few days since, on rising in the morning
from berth she had occupied in the slcen,
ing car, missed $11O, which she had placed
in small bag under her pillow. The male
''chambermaid'' thought she could Tot have
missed SO much as that, and On examining
further, she fonnd $40 of the missing NOR
ey in the bottom of the bag. She y
car to 60 for the conductor &C .ett thS
was called back bu = the traiG. has
who found So" Inc "cham.aermaid, /"
LADY W. ~ more con the aoor. The
! not IDS ,as SO glad t9 recover this that she did
n.y. IT,. pursue the lnquir.Saar the other $40,
~. ,asslers general, y will do well to profit by
LIE AtAIIRaAp CaNNgcrIaN -DrrIoUL~
TIES ADJUSTED, We learn that the difficult
ties existing between the Grange aad Alex
} aadria and Virginia Central Railroads have
been adjusted, the President OF the latter
road having agreed to tho propositions of
Mr. Barbour. president of the Orange and
Alexandsia Railroad, and no further delay
in the transportation of passengers and mails
which have caused she recent complaints,
need be apprehended, The regular connec.
tons will now be made aad ali work smooth.