Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1871-05-12
For the Vindicator.1
AN APPEAL FOR TIE CON.
FEDERATE DEAD.
STAuNToN, MAY 10Th, 1871
the people of AUGUSTA Coa,ntu.

for the Confederate Dead, | appeal to you
for aid to enable the Association to ACCOM-
plish the ends it has in view It was Of
gained to take charge Of the graves Of our
deceased Soldiers, to put and keep them in
becoming order, and to provide that suitable
honors should be paid on one day in each
year to their memory. The bodies Of about
sixteen hundred of our soldiers are inferred
in the Cemetery at this place. and it is a
humiliating fact that their graves are Meth.
or sodded, nor marked in any manner, but
are being overgrown with weeds and BRAN
bles, and all trace Of them rapidly oblitera-
ted by every storm that falls upon them
Surely the brave men who left their homes
at the call of their county, and yielded up
their lives at out doors, in defence of cur
hearth-stones, deserve that we should bestow
upon the spot hallowod by their remains sv-
cry care which gratitude and affection can
suggest. Let US bear III mind, that should
we withhold from them tho honor which is
their due, we do most grievously dishonor
ourselves
[ am sure, fellow-citizens, that thu facts
which I have stated have not heretofore been
known to you, and that now that you are
informed Of them you will readily respond
to the call I make upon you for the means
to put this Soldiers Cemetery in proper
condition. We need money to turf the
graves, and to mark them with head and
foot boards, and as there are about sixteen
hundred to be thus provided for, consider
able sum will be required; but if every man
and woman in the Town and County will
contribute something the work can be done
Let those who are able contribute literally
Of their abundance, let those whose means
are small give whatever they can afford,
though it should be but trife I appeal
to each man and woman who reads these lines
to give something. Let every one only ask
himself OR herself the question, if had
father, son, or brother, lying in one of thoss
neglected graves, and among strangers,
would I not bless the person who would
help to rescue that grave from oblivion,
and bestow appropriate honors on it? Let
every one answer this question, and then
edo as they would be done BY"
In conclusion, I will state that Capt.
Chas. S. Arnall is the Treasurer of the As
ISOLATION, that he is authorized to receive
all contributions, and that be may be found
at al times at the National Valley Bank in
this place.
I would respectfully urge upon the Com
mittees who we're appointed last fall, and
whose names have been twice published, to
bestir themselves in this good work, and
make all the collections in their power but
few Of them have thus far reported, and up
to this time Lightweight dollars have been
collected from the Town, and only eighty
dollars from the entire county.
If persons are willing to give, and are
not called on by the Committees, let them
send their contributions by any one coming
to Town, to be handed to Capt. Arnall at
the Valley Bank.
Finally on election day (the 25th Of
this month"; two ex-Confeaerate soldiers
(whose names will be given hereafter) will be
requested toattend at each place Of voting in
the county to solicit contributions in behalf
of the graves Of their deceased comrades,
and it is hoped that their appeals will meet
with a kind reception, and as liberal re-
Spouse as each mans name will allow.
Respectfully, Your Fellow Citizen,
JAMES Ell. SKINNER,
Pres't Augusta Memorial Association
A Progressive City.
KANSAS Cry, April ia residence OF
a month, with close but limited observation,
has enabled the writer to conclude that this
is to be-and not in the remote future-a
great city. Populated to large extent by
the yeomen Of Virginia, Kentucky and Mis-
souri,, with commercial iact and skill
which make their own way to wealth and
distinction by the energetic use of the means
that an overruling Providence has rendered
available, an honorable rival to Chicago and
St. Louis must be the result. This has or
will he accomplished, in the maia, by the
ssteam-horse A brief statistical summary
may now suffice The census returns Of
1860 showed less than 1890 as the popu-
lation of Kansas City that Of 1870 frac-
ton over $4,000 (Mr. Warner, elected
few days since mayor, in his inaugural, de-
clared it to be IS, 900 tAen.) In 1866, i'm
after the war, it numbered 5000.
An enumeration of the children between the
ages Of five and twenty-one has just been
concluded, showing over $1,000 larger
number by 1900 than was exhibited in
1870, and nearly equal to the entire popu-
lation of 1856. This wonderful increase is
doubtless the result Of railroad enterprises
There are now arriving and departing hour
ly eight trains heavily laden with passen-
gers, produce, merchandise, etc. from every
Cline. These roads are the Hannibal and
St. Joseph, Kansas City and Santa Fe,
Kansas City, St. Joseph and Council Bluffs,
North Missouri, Missouri Pacific, Missouri
River. Fort Scott and Gulf, Kansas Pacific
and Missouri Valley. Besides these, two
others are in progress of construction, open
ing up other sources Of material wealth.
It is by no means conclusion here, among
the men of enterprise and capital, that the
multiplication of roads running through and
to and from her great and potential rivals
Chicago and St. Louis, can impair the great
commercial interests of Kansas City, the
substantial value OF which is its terra 1firnla.
There has recently been published list
of reassessments for the present year, show
ing an increase of value ranging from so to
100 per cent, or in other words, full
average of 800 per cent. 1 am fully assured
that this is no ''wild oat' valuation. Cor
respondemce Of the Wing.
LUc1HN BEARD IN New RoLE.-The
Fincastle Herald says: Weunderstsnd from
good authority that the horse.thief, Lucien
Beard nas The author Ct the numerous