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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1869-02-16

Loyf, MURorA Asp sufctpE Those are the
details ofa fearful and unprecedented tragedy
which occurred noar sowellsullc, Ohio, recently
one Thomas Carr Tell in love with a daughter Of
his cr1pioyer, Miss Louisa Fox AID desired TO
marry her. Tho Young lady being bat fourteen
years old The suit Was denied By her parslts,
Carr at once determined upon murder He pro.
cured a razor and started for the hunse Of Mr.
Fox when he met Louisa on tie road, accompa.
MED by her younger brother. Carr turned about
and they walked together During the colve r
sauon which ensucd, the girl told him that her
grandmother, whose house she had just left had
told her that her parents had determined that
she shoGld never keep hio company again The
reply Of Carr was that 'he guessed both Of thom
had short i.mo to h,e, adding the query,
LOUISA are yvu prepared n To which she re-
sponded 4 ana" Immediately after her reply
he pushed her down aud drew out The razor,
which he had hitherto kept concealed In his polk
et, and praceeded 10 cut her throat The girl
threw her hands which were fearfuliy gashed in
the struggle 1t appoara that she did not make
any outcrg Or plead for her HE, 20 rapidly was
the decd contaminated Subsequent oTamins-
tions showed that the victims head was nearly
severed from the bady Tta murderer returned
to SeWciisyl,e aud borrowed gun. He then
proceeded by roundabout course e. a coal bank
near slr Foss house, the HON II The murdered
girl whore lie passe the night during which be
yonturoi to the front Of the honfe and locked 10
at the front windhw, watching tho nigab7rs ss
they prepared the body ofthe gid fr burial =
Tde next lay b. shot him self with ~ gun, and
thinking the wound n1t laa' eI ai'thfid With
the -bo knif, lust AFTER sIisa wa discover
Cd aud arre,tsl He wiz 40 H3s'; feoa MS
vouals.
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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1869-02-16

A GRrAr THINa. A loving heart and pleasant
couutcnance are commodities which a man should
mover fail 10 take homo with him. They vii
season hs food and soften bis pillow i were 3
great thing faf a man that bic Hlfe and children
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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1869-02-18
,p,ssensiou in tho Republican Ranks.

The Washington Express says: The excit-
ing and deeply o-be-regrettcd scene which
occurred Yesterday in the Congressional con-
yention has served to manifest, what has a
long time been known to many, that the seeds
Of discord have been freely sown among the
Republican leaders, and that fruitful har-
vest may be confidently anticipated.
The wrangle yesterday was not between
Democrats and Republicans; it was between
a portion-the majority-of the Republicans
in the House and the Senate, which, as all
know. is very largely Republican. Neither
side can claim decided victory, although
Mr.. Wade and his side Of the question gain
ed the day An intensely bitter feeling has
been occasioned on account Of this fight, the
result of which cannot, of course, be accurate
ly foretold. Unjust, however, result in weak
ching the Republican party. and may, with
other causes, ultimately occasion its disinte-
grafton.
In connection with this subject we print
the following, written bya correspondent of
the Baltimore Sun:
The occurrences in joint meeting of the
Senate and House this afternoon. and the pro-
cecdings in the House afterwards, of which
you have details, caused some excited discus
sion tonight ia official circles, as we'll as
among the politicians and representative men
here congregated.
The Republicans are divided into four par
tics-one sustaining the action Of the Senate
in the Georgia matter; another sustaining
the decision Of the House, which was The re-
verse as that Of the Senate on the same sub
ject; another party sustaining the rulings of
Speaker Colfax and of Senator Wade, the
latter characterized by Butler as arbitrary
and another party maintaining that General
Butler was right in the positions he argued.
The Democrats favor any or all positions that
are calculated to increase the infelcity and
confusion among the various factions of the
Republicans, and they take comfort in the
prospect of big breach between the Senate
aud House, which, they say, is in the immeai-
ate distance, as indicated by the occurrences
Of to day.
| There is no installing the feeling engen-
dered among the several factions Of Repub-
licans. 1t is quite bitter; but Except as to
the Wade and Butler controversy the proba-
bility is that the storm will blow over before
the sun sets to morrow. Butler and Wade
are positive men; both courageous and de-
termined-warm friends and intense haters
What will become Of their ''little unpleasant
ness" is not so easily OWNED.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1869-02-18
The Present Duty of Virginia Statesman.
ship.

1t must be apparent to every thinking
mind, that new State Government for Vir-
gina will be created in the immediate future
1t is equally inevitable, that that Government
will be established upon the basis of negro
suffrage Should the Underwood Constitn-
ton, as it stands, be voted on and defeated,
this, while it may postpone, will not prevent
the establishment Of a RECONSTRUCTED" Gov
ernment nor will it prevent negro suffrage"
from being Incorporated in the new constitu,
ton. Many political clements will influence
the formation of this new government, en-
tirely beyond the control of the hitherto gov
crning classes of Virginia. These new po-
litical elements may not be legitimate, may
even be revolutionary usurpatlon, but they
are fixed and unatcrabe political facts, pow
erful political influences, which will certain
ly shape and modify the fundamental laws
under which all the interests of all the peo-
pie of Virginia must find protection, or des-
truction for years to come. 1t is now the
duty of political craftsmanship, to deal with
all the elements that will constitute the for
nation OF the new Government, not as prin-
cples, but as facts, and SO to deal with these
facts as will secure for the people Of Virginia
the best constitution and the best Govern
ernment possible under tho existing circum-
stances
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The Radical Party.

1t is a fact not to be disguised that the
party is daily receiving large accesscsions
to its strength in Richmond, from those
who want office-many Of those too who
are s1'going over" now are men who held
respectable If not high stations among us.
Richmond Correspondence 10 the Inder.
There are men in Augusta county, we
are sorry to say, who have prostituted them
selves by joining the Radical party, or in
other words, have become scalawags through
choice. What fall to be sure, and what
a change to come over men who, at one
time, not only gloried in being called reb-
els but were among the first to proclaim
their secession proclivitics.
What is the object of all this ! We
answer, Office. Mr. Blood and Thunder
kill-all-the- yankees wants an Office and
does not care how he gets it. Now we do
not consider such men fit associates of the
honest union men, through and through,
and must confess our surprise that they
are tolerated by them.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1869-02-18

THE New MovEMEhT.-The Washing
ton correspondent of the Baltimore Go
zctfe says:
Circumstances have transpired within a
few days past we'll calculated to inspire
hope if not confidence on the part of Vir-
ginia that she will not be called on to adopt
or reject the "Underwood constitution
The House kill which provides for an
election in May next is now pending in the
Judiciary Committee Of the Senate, and
there is reason to believe that the bill will
remain on the files of the same committee
during the residue Of the present session
Of Congress. This will defeat the pro-
gramme of the carpet-baggers in Virginia,
but will leave the State under military
government until the meeting of the next
Congress. However much the State may
regret continuance of the military system,
yet it is vastly preferable to carpet bag
Government, under which it is proposed to
disfranchise the white population of the
State. Prominent citizens of Virginia
who are here seem deeply to regret the de-
lay. TO continue the military government
necessarily excludes foreign capital and
enterprise from the State, and seriously
retards all of her industrial pursuits.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1869-02-18
Gen. Lees Position,

1t is really astonishing to notice the almost
superhuman efforts made by the opposition to
have any expression of feelings, on the part of
General Lee, III favor of the new movement,
kept from the public. Some even so SO far
as to command silencc-knowing full well
the influence of this great and good man
over the people of Virginia and the South.
And it was just SO when we came out in ia
vor of the Convention of 1867, and advised
our people to register and vote We then
that Gen. Lee was in favor of the Convention
as moderate means, and we believe that he
is in favor Of this movement on the same
grounds.
The Petersburg Index says: ''The state
ment made by the editor of this paper, in a
letter from Washington, that Mr.. Stuart had
stated General Lees approval Of the new
movement, and early suggestion of the ideas
which control it," has naturally enough ex-
icted attention and comment. So much, in
fact, has been said about it, that the Editor
feels called upon to add word or two more
The Lexington Gazette says that it is a
we'll known fact that General Lee carefully
abstains from any expression of political
opinion, and opines, therefore, that Mr.. Stuart
did not make such statement. The Staun-
ton Vindicator. on the other hand, says that
Mr. Stuart did make the statement which,
several days after, it learned to be incorrect
So much therefore, for the correctness Of
the paragraph which appeared in the Index,
As to Mr. Stuarts making an assertion in
public which was not fully sustained by fact,
that is beyond supposition. The National
lnteligencer of the 11th gives the following
eeitorially, and, as the Dispatch remarks, it
seems to come from Mr.. Stuart himself
GAS some question has been raised in re
spect to General Lees opinions We take the
liberty of stating en- unquestionablc author
ity, that at very early period in this proceed
ing, and indeed before this movement formal
ly began, General Lee expressed to one Of
the gentlemen subsequently connected with
1t, his opinion that the time had come for the
people of Virginia to modify their action
upon this question of suffrage, and that they
could not maintain their former position of
opposition to all forms of negro suffrage
This opinion had naturally considerable ef-
sectupon the minds of gentlemen who have
taken a leading part in the matter"
This is the exact information upon which
our assertion was based, and it ayas given as
in person by the gentleman to uhom General
Ice so. spoke.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1869-02-18

Our MATERIAL PROSPERITY Virginia
will yet go ahead. She cannot be kept down
because Of her geographical position her eli.
mate and her resources Of every kind
She is an agricultural, and will be mining
manufacturing, mechanical and commercial
Common wealth
Lands are selling every day, capital from
abroad is investing, aud new enterprises arc
starting, as we observe in the daily press, in
various portions of the country.
The people are law abiding and the regime
under which we are living allows a man at
least to attend to his own affairs, and reap the
fruits of his labor. Representation in Con-
gress will not have the effect, as we are told
it will, to rush in upon us all of sudden q
tremendous wave Of immigration. H. Peters
burg Express
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1869-02-18

To SAVE FUEL-An invention by Prof
johnson, of N. Y, has just been patented,
which, if ucccssfu. will prove an inestima-
Bile blessing to mankind. The invention is Of
quite simple construction, and consists o. a
sheet iron alright cylinder, through which
are ri number of pipes open at both ends.
The cylinder is filled with steam from small
boiler heated by a lamp and current of
Warm air is generated by the tubes. The
steam does not escape but is condensed in a
condensing apparatus at the top, and finds its
way back into the boiler. Simple as it seems
to be it is said to do its work efficiently, and
if SO, then an immense amount of labor and
expense of providing coal and wood can be
dispensed with. This heating apparatus is
SO small as to be no inconvenience in being
removed from one room to another.