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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1871-02-02
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TO THE WORKING CLASS.-We are now pre-
pared to furnish all classes with constant employ
ment at home, the whole Of the time or for the
spare moments. Business new, light and prof
table. Persons of either easily earn from
SOC. to SIS per evening, and proportional sum
by devoting their whole time to the business
Boys and girls earn nearly as much as men. That
all who see this notice may send their address,
and test the business, we make the unparalleled
offer: To such as are not well satisfied, we will
send ST to pay for the trouble of writing. Full
particulars, valuable sample which will do to
commence work on, and copy of The Peoples
Literary Conpanion-one of the largest and best
family newspapers ever published-all sent free
by mail Reader if yeu want permanent, prof.
table work. address E. G. ALLEN & CO.,
Augusta, Maine
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EQUAL PR1v1LEGEs.-Some time since,
Kate Cummings, colored, who was en- route
from the North to some portion Of The South,
to engage in school teaching, was elected
from the frst-class cars of the Orange and
Alexandria Railroad. She had purchased a
first class passenger ticket, and by reason of
that claimed first class privileges She brought
suit in the U S. Circuit Court, Richmond,
to recover damages for the alleged infringe
ment of her rights The case came up at
the present sitting Of that Court, and was
argued for the Railroad Company by Messrs.
Neeson and Coghill, and for the plaintiff by
Messrs Chandler and Morton. After in
structions from Judges Bond and Underwood,
the jury retired, and within several hours re-
turned with verdict of 81 100 damages
The amount claimed in the action was .
800. 4.,.s
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NeaV Advertisements.
THE ATTENTION OF
County Superintendent

IL called to the following
APPROVED SCHOOL BOOKS.
MITcHELL's NEW SERIES OF BIOGRAPHIES,
Including
HAND BOOK OF MAP DRAWING.
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are SUPERIOR TO ALL OTHERS.
MITCHELL'S NEW OUTLINE MAPS-SMALL
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GOODRICH'S SERIES OF PICTORIAL HISTO-
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Combining Comprehensiveness without
Redundancy.
BINGHAM'S NEW LATIN AND ENGLISH
SERIES,
These books have obtained a very large circu-
laton throughout Virginia.
SMITHS NEW ENGLISH GRAMMAR.
The most popular and most extensively used
English Grammar. Known and appreciated ev-
erywhere.
THE SCHOLARS COMPANION.
The best work on Etymology published. APP
proved by the best Teachers, and in use in the
best schools
f. MART1NDALE's SERIES OF sPELLERs
New, Graded, Practical.
Specimen cop es of any of our school publica-
tons will be sent by Express to any County Su-
periatendent in Virginia, on application.
Special rates for first supplies for introduction.
Send for Circulars and Testimonials.
E. H. BUTLER & CO.,
No. Gil Market street,
feb 2-1m PHILADELPHIA.
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1t is stated in Washington despatch to

1t is stated in Washington despatch to
the Baltimore Sun, that Charles s. Lewis,
Esq, is to be removed from the position of
Minister to Portugal to make way for Sena-
tor Thayer, Of Ma, who, as the administration
candidate, was recently beaten for re election
in the Legislature of his State. Mr.. Thayer's
term expires on the 4th Of March next
At sale Of unredeemed express packages
in Washington city, on last Saturday, one ad-
dressed to Hon. B. F. Butler, and endorsed
twill not receive,' was knocked off at 1915.
1t was found to contain 100000 in confede
rate scrip. 1t created considerable excitement,
some persons alleging that it contained a tor
pedo, and that Butler was afraid to receive it
on that account
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no THE MEDICAL GENTLEMEN

4 OF VIRGINIA..
GENTS: AT the last meeting of the Medical
Society of the State of Virginia, held in Rich
mond, the following resolution was unanimously
adopted, and the undersigned appointed COM
mittee to carry it into execution
"Resolved, That Committee be appointed to.
address the medical profession of the State in
regard to the objects of the Society,""
The objects of the Medical society of the State.
are twe-fold. The nrst object contemplated is
the collection, diffusion and the advancement of
medical knowledge. The second is to throw
around the profession such safeguards as shall
require every member to make such requirements
in medical knowledge as to justify his admission
into the ranks of the profession, and to encour-
age the hope that he will reflect honor upon the
cause he thus espeuscs. 1t is source of great
concern and regret that the profession we repre-
sent has been, of late years, so much injured by
idle, illiterate and unworthy members, and de-
graded by unprincipled charlatans, whilst thu
efforts of the true sons of science have been to
promote the standard of medical learning and
contribute aid to suffering humanity.
1t is to do away with these evils, to discard
from the profession and from society the empiric,
to make mems health and lives more secure, and
to promote unity of action, social and profession
al good feeling, that we thus address you.
''Deorum immortalium inventioni consecrata est
ars Medica" is motto worthy of adoption. The
wisdom of Hippocrates, tAe patriotism of War
the founders of the Medical art in America and
above all, the command of the great Physician,
sto go out and heal the SICK" are appeals to sv-
cry physician in Virginia to contribute hearty
and prompt assistance in the completion of our
State Medical organization.
We would, therefore, earnestly solicit the CO
operation of every intelligent Physician to carry
out the closing part of the resolution, viz: that
the Physicians in every town and county of Vir-
ginia, shall at once organize County Medical So
cieties, and shall require Of every member strict
observance of the Code of Medical Ethics, as
adopted by the Medical Association; that each
local Society shall adopt rates of charges suited
to their particular locality, and shall require ev-
cry Physician with whom they may consult, to
subscribe to the same compact
The undersigned believe that so soon as the
above suggestions are brought before the Medi-
cal gentlemen of the State, they will unite heart
and hand in promoting the best and highest in
terests of our noble profession. As soon as the
County Societies are organized. they are respect
fully requested to report to the Secretary of the
Virginia State Medical Society, DR.. 7. B. Ed
wards, Lynchbure, Va.
FKED'K. HORNER, JR., M. D.
feb PIT T Il. BROWN, N. D,
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sENs1BLE.-Maj. Bell, Of Augusta, in the
House, on Monday last, the joint resolution
previously passed in the Senate, rendering to
West Virginia an arbitration Of the public
debt, being under consideration, moved to
strike out the clause which referred to re-
peated and unavailing efforts that had been
made to procure settlement with that State ;
and also that which required the arbitration
to be referred to the legislatures of the re
spectiye States for ratification. The amend
ments were unanimously adopted. Any
agreement that the arbitrator may arrive at,
should such board be appointed, will there
fore be final. That is what it ought to be,
and what the term "arbitrate" means.
Since the above was in type we see that the
Senate refused to concur in the House
amendments.
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EDITORIAL BRIEFS.

f. The Democrats have carried the municipal
election in Wheeling.
Alexander Caldwell, Of Leavenworth, has
been elected U. S. Senator from Kansas, to
succeed Hon. Mr.. Ross.
R. Z. Butler, member Of Congress from
Tennessee, has been tried and acquitted, in
Washington, of the charge of forgery
A number of prominent Cuban leaders
have surrendered to the Spanish authorities
of Cuba, and it is supposed the struggle for
Cuban independence is about at an end.
Hon. Henry G. Davis, Democrat, has been
elected U. S. Senator by the West Virginia
Legislature to succeed Hon. W. T. Wiley.
Mr.. D. was formerly a subordinate on the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
Upwards of seven thousand dollars were
paid at the December and January terms OF
the Fairfax County Court, for land damages
on the line of the Alexandra and Freder-
icksburg railroad
Tn the u. S. Senate on the 26th ult., bill
repeating the income tax was passed by vote
of 26 to rs, and by that body was returned
to the Senate, with the suggestion that thu
Constitution vests in the House the sole pow
er to originate such measures.
James Barbour; Esq, has sold out his in
terest in the Richmond Enquirer, and retired
from its editorial control Mr.. B is an abb
writer, but we differed with rome of his pc
sitons on questions of State policy. A NJ
Kelly, Esq, one Of the most accomplished
journalists of the day, and at present Mayo
Of Richmond, succeeds MIR. B.
The cause Of Temperance seems to be re
viving in Virginia, especially in Richmond
The national temperance lecturer, Mr.. Cars
well, and Hons. sam'l Cary, Of Ohio, ant
John B. Cough are to speak there -Afte
thew shall have succeeded in abating wbiske.
drinking in Richmond, We would suggest thu
propricty Of trying their hands on Harrison
burg.
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The Catalogue will consist of 112 pages, and
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TIE FAIL OF PARIS.

Paris eapitulafed on the 28th ult. The
terms OF surrender are succinctlys stated In
the following dispatch from King William :
"VERsAILLEs. Q T, N-Sunday Last
night an arlastice for thiee weeks was sign
ed. The regulars and Mobiles are to be de-
tanned in Paris as prisone"s of var, The
National Gunld will undertake the mainte-
rance IF order. We occupy AL foiss. Paris
remains invested, bnt will BE- allowed to re-
The National Assembly is to lie summoned
to meet at Bordeaux in a Fl rtnight. All
armies in the field will retain their respective
positions, the ground between the opposing
lines to- be neutral. This is the reward Of
patriotism, heroisn aud great sacrEces.-
Thank God for this fresh mercy. May peace
soon follow.
(Signed) "NiLiiAM.'
Nothing is said Of the cession of Alsace
and Lorraine, nor Of the contribution impos-
ed upon Paris of So 100000 francs--equal
to about s10:O00,00o These are questions
to be determined by negotiations which will
take place during the armistice.
The French army was thus isIosed at
the time Of the armistice:
BORDEAUX, January 30.--General Chan
zy's headquarters at lie Val. The Fifteenth,
Sixteenth, Nineteenth and Twenty fifth
Corps are at Vierzon, Bourges and Movers
General Bourbaki has the Eighteenth, TWEEN
tieth and Twenty fourth Corps at Rouland
o,d Dontorl;or Gor;bo1d; 10 D;1or xut h
10000 men. General Faidherbe has the
Twenty second and Twenty third Corps at
Arras, Douai and Cambria Laysel is in
front of Havre with 10000 men. The
camps Of. instruction contain 100000. The
conscripts of 1871 number 100000 AT
the end of the armistice Favre will resume
the war with 100000 men.
The fall Of Paris, is virtually the close Of
the war. Thus, within the period of six
! months, has the most martial nation of the
world been conquered, not, however, for want
of bravery on the part of the people, but on
account of the absence of great mind to
direct affairs, both civil and military, Of the
nation.
LATEST FROM PARIs.--The distress in
Paris is very great. Rcvictualiog the city is
going on fastas the crippled condition Of the
railways will allow. The armistice and sur.
render were received in the North Of France
with reluctant acquiescence. Ir other parts
"de6ance' seems to be used to express the
feeling of the people. Gambetta ratifes the
capitulation, and will not resign. It is re.
ported that he has committed suicide. Nego
tiations with the Bonapartists and Bismarck
have taken an important turn. late dis
patch, however, reports that CONSERVATION
was caused at Wilhclsmhohe by the news Of
the proposition to convokc Constituent AS.
sembly.
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IOL. JOHN ESTEN COOKIES
~ LIFE OF
GEN ERAL LEE.

This is the only authentic "Life of General
Lee that is now in press and probably the only
one of any value that will be published for sew
eral years to come. 1t was commenced in 1866,
and had General Lees consent and approval.
d. APPLETON CO., Publishers,
New York.
JESSE FISHER, General Agent for Virginia
and North Carolina, 1l0S Capital street, Rich
mond.
Ra~ Agents wanted in all parts of the country
feb pm
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The steamer W. r. Arthur exploded her
boiler on the Mississippi River, Il miles be-
low Memphis, on the night of the 9th ult.,
scalding to death and drowning about GO per-
sons A great many of those who were say
ell, were badly frozen and otherwise injured.
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COUNTY SUBSCRIPTION.

We stated last week that the bill authorlz-
ing the county of Augusta to vote on the
question of subscription of 100000 to
the capital stock of the Valley Railroad and
the Shenandoah Valley RailroEd -s200, 900
to the former and 100000 to the latter
had passed the Legislature.
The bill differs in some Of its provisions
from that under which the county formerly
voted. The expenses Of the election are not
to lie borne by the county, but by the par
ties in whose interest the subscription is ask
ed. A further and very important amend
ment Will be attached to the bill, which pro-
yides that in the event the subscription is vo-
ted, this money is to be expended on the
works named within the county, and not until
ample guarantees arc given that the roads
will be constructed.
These are very material safeguards, and
will have the effect to at least modify the op-
position which has heretofore been manifested
by some of our citizens. The subscription of
the $500, 600 to the Valley road, will AT ONCE
secure the two millions of dollars an cash SUBJ
scribcd by the Baltimore and Ohio Company
and the city of Baltimore. The work Of ex-
tension will be Immediately commenced, and
tea times the amount Of the county's sub
scription expended within our limits during
the next two years, giving ready high cash
market for every article Of consumption pro-
duced on our farms.
We are not as familiar with the plans and
purposes Of the Shenandoah Valley Railroad
| Company as we are with those of the Valley
Railroad Company. We have had no oppor.
tunity of conversing with the controlling
parties of that corporation. but with the re-
strictions that will be thrown around the
whole project, as safeguards to the people Of
the county, no unfair advantage can be ia
ken, even were there disposition to do SO.
The means Of the county will not be used, if
the subscription should carry, until ample
guarantees are given that the road is to be
built without delay and ten times the amount
to be paid, returned to the people in exchange
for every description of farm products, besides
employment given at remunerative cash wages
to hundreds of our laboring class. The Or
der of the court authorizing the election, can
and doubtless will, embody every necessary
provision securing the expenditure of any
money that may be appropriated by the csun
fty, within the territory of Augusta. No ap
preparation then will go out of the county
but it will be the means Of causing vast
amount of cash to be distributed among oul
people.
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r TNIVERSALISM: WHAT IS IT Send for the
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OFFICE COUNTY SuPT OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS,
Staunton, Va, January 12 1871.


TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND THE
TEACHERS AND PATRONS OF THE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS OF AUGUSTA COUNTY.
T N obedience to instructions from the State Su-
Il perintendent of Public instruction, direct
ing uniformity of Text Books in the Schools Of
the County, have adopted the Books named be-
low the ones to be exclusively used in the Pub
lie Schools of this County, and hereby direct that
they be adopted as speedily as possible that wo
may not only have uniformity of Text Books,
thereby securing economy of time in teaching,
but may also have at once, the benefit of the best
methods Of imparting knowledge of ''Othogra-
ply, Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, Grammar and
Geography the branches authorized by Law, to
be taught in the Public Schools.
have adopted these Text Books, after long and
careful examination. and am satisfied that they
are the best of their kiad, and that in the hands
seconded in their efforts by parents desiring to
have their children properly educated, they will
lead to the best results.
Through the liberality of the Publishers Of
these Books, we are enabled to offer them, for
limited time. to the Patrons of the Public schools
at the prices annexed, which about one-haf
the usual rates at which they sold, and
Messrs. HUNTER & Co., Booksellers, near the
corner of Main and Augusta streets, StAunton.
Va, have kindly consented to act Agents for
the sale of these Books, to those entitled to them,
at the rates annexed.
hope the people will speedily avail themselves
of the advantages here offered.
TEXT BOOKS FOR THEPUBLIC SCHOOLS OF
ATIGTSTA C0TTNTY
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on DOLLARS SALARY PER WEEK, and ex-
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useful discoveries Address B. SWEET 4 CO.,
Michigan.
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81 TO $40 PER DAY.-MEN, WO
MEN, BOYS and GIRLS who engagein our new
business make from SIS to $40 per day in their
own localities. Full particulars and instructions
sent free by mail Those in need of permanent,
profitable work, should address at once, GEORGE
STINSON & CO., Portland, Maine.
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wYIRGINIA TO WIT:
" At Rules held in the Clerks Office Of
Augusta County Court, Monday the End day
of January, 1871.
David Baylor, Plaintiff,
Against
Peter F. schmitt, N K. Trout and Mathias
Schmitt, Defendants.
IN CHANCERY.
The object of this suit is to subject a certain
house and lot in the town of Staunton to the pay
ment ofplaintiffs claim
1t happening from satisfactory evidence filed in
the papers of this cause that the defendant P. F.
Schmitt is not resident of this State and he not
having been served the subpoena in this suit,
the motion of the plaintiff by attorney, it is
dered that the said P. F. Schmitt do appear here
within one month after due publication of this
order and do what is necessary 10 protect his in
terest, and that copy of this order be published
once week for four successive weeks in Of
the newspapers published in the town of Staun-
ton, and that another copy thereof be posted ct
the front door of the Courthouse of this Coun-
ty on the first day of the next court.
copy-Teste,
WILLIAM A. BURNETT, Clerk.
Baylor & Hanger, p. q. jan 12-4t