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Virginia Against the West.

The tables in the monthly report Of the
Agricultural Department, showing the rela.
tive prices and yield per acre of the pripci-
pal crops in the United States, are very in.
teresting and valuable. Some very surpri.
sing facts are here shown. The highest av-
erage yield Of corn, last year, was 49, bush.
els, and Iowa is the banner State. Nebras.
ka is / bushel less, and Kansas % bushels
behind. Illinois and Ohio give 3S1 and
Wisconsin and Minnesota 81 nearly. Yer.
mont and New Hampshire 60 35a making
up for their cold climate and sterile soil in
thorough culture. Virginia yields 22aa and
West Virginia 27aa, and the lower Allan.
tic and Gulf States yield from 10 to IA
bushels.
The average price per bushel in Illinois
was 80 cents, and in Virginia it was 81
cents. S, that while an average acre OF
corn was worth only $12 26 in Illinois. ii
was worth SIS OF in Virginia. This little
fact is full Of significance. Upon it we base
an irresistible conclusion in favor of the su.
perior cheapness OF our lands. Give us the
enterprise capital and skill Of Northern
States, and we will bring up our average tie
tnai Il iowa We eau afford to do this, for
the ma lei j, at our door.
Fertilizers are accessible and abundant.
Our corn lands can be purchased at one-hal1
the price paid for those of Illinois, possess.
ing equal advantages. We can improve our
lands ID make them equal to those of the
prairies, by skillful rotations, and it will
pay. That is, the lands there will pay 10:
their own recuperations. But no man mus,
undertake it without capital Small CAPT
tails must be applied to small farms here as
elsev here We have yet to learn of any
man who has failed to succeed in farming in
Virginia, who knows how to farm, and has
used adequate capital.
We know that many men have come here
precisely as they go West, with no realizing
sense of the condition Of successful cultiva-
ton here. They have not fully met they
anticipations, and SO speak discouragingly
Of tue country. But such people 60 West
by thousands, fail there and do the same
thing In the early settlement Of the West
third Of all the people who went there
failed, and left in few years. Bat those
who staid and weathered the transient diff
culties of pioneer life found comfort and
competence.
Virginia now enters the list as a new
State. She offers to enterprise and capital,
to the seekers for beautiful and comfortable
homes, the highest inducements in climate,
soil and location State Jour.
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CALIFORNIA CRops.-The agricultural In
dustry Of the State has now received most
important impulse, and all the elements are
in motion to make the wheat export of high
err money value than even the immense bull
lion developments of the coast. The crop
of wheat now growing is estimated by the
most eminent authorities, or those who hold
all the threads of accurate information, at a
minimum of 500, 900 tons surplus some es-
Inmates were even rs tish as 800, 900
tons. That is from thirteen to seventeen
million sacks of wheat for export, or val
ne Of from SIC, 900. 900 to $35 900 ,O00.-
San Francisco Alta Californian.
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The Attorney General of Va. and
the Federal Courts.

Attorney General Taylor, in communi.
cation made to the Governor, strongly pro
tests against the interference of the Federal
courts with the action of the State courts
Four convicted criminals have lately been
taken from the custody Of the State officers
and discharged, absolutely turned loose up
on society and given free license to violate
the State laws, under the protection of Judge
Underwood.
The Attorney General says: When pris-
oners have been tried and convicted for of.
lenses against the laws of the State, which
laws are not in contravention Of the consti-
tuition, laws or treaties of the United States,
I fail to appreciate the right Of federal
judges to interfere with such prisoners =
Should this condition of affairs continue. I
will feel called upon to advise the sheriffs
and jailors Of Virginia to disregard the man.
dates of the federal judges SO far as to re-
fuse to carry or deliver our convicts to fed
eral officers
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1872-02-23

CHESAPEAKE & OHIO RAILROAD.-On
" and after September LIST, Passenger
Trains leave Richmond Sunday excepted) as
follows: ~. :, -
$50 A M.-Mail Train for the White Sulphur
Springs, connecting at Gordonsvillewith Orange
Mexaan n@11 \ Manassas Train for Washington
1886 P. M.-Accommodation Train for Cor
louisville, except on Saturday, on which day it
leaves at P. M. This train connects at Cor
louisville with the night trains on the Orange,
Alexandria and Manassas railroad for Lynch
burg and Washington.
Through tickets, at low rates. sold to all points
Northwest and Southwest.
Storage tickets from Liverpool, Queenstown,
Amsterdam, Antwerp, Hamburg, Havre Rotter-
dam, Bergen, Copenhagen and Gothen berg, to
all points on this road can be bought Of the
General Ticket Agent at Richmond, or can be
ordered through any station agent on the road.
Further information may be obtained at the
company's office.
No Passenger Trains are run on SUNDAYS.
.s A. II. PERRY,
General Superintendent.
JAMES F. NETHERLAND
General Ticket Agent septa
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Railroad & Express.
1871 Flo T. the West. 1871
GREAT AT J. LDOUBLE

1911 ISlI
GREAT AT J. LDOUBLE
TRACK ROUTE FOR
St. Lou,s.uo Claava,and ob;o
Memphis. 81 psnl n;n my,
C;ncinnot; ,,b,o no.ra;+ n: unooo'''
Ind;ananoi;s IA C h;a, ~, nisah'
I.onisv;IIe X Eane " ~, IL
p;t.nb,r' ~ ~ . naiE wv MO-,
80 as's a1I ,,s,o a., c;t;as os ~.
o. " Via
Sne DAEliM 1 o ~ hAiAhoAD and Its
0o.is ho aus: one cnaMye q ea1s between
oae to- 81 ' Tons Gh;aano ~ Tnrrn .iU, anu
bssiJss M GaN,r Op lGf ERpi@n %e
on all nighttrains, this route is therefore the
most desirable, especially for Families and La
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DERSONAL NOTICE. take this
occasion to thank my many friends for
their liberal patronage since the establishment
of Burke's Iron Works, and it gives me great
pleasure to announce to them the association Of
Messrs. E. Mcmahon and 7. K. Menifee with me
in the future management of the business, and
that it is our intention to make it in all respects
a frsS class establishment, and I hope you will
continue that liberal support tn. ~ Conf
pany that you have given to the old.
W. A. BURKE.
P. S.-The accounts due W. A. Burke and
Burke's l. W. Co., are ready for settlement and
must be closed at once. W. A. B.
feb2O-3m
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missouri LAND.-For Sale, or in ex-
Nl change for Va. property, part, or the
whole of 1880 acres of which 1900 are splendid
prairie bottom, $50 in adjoining timber, 100 i'm
proved, house. orchard &c, on hill overlooking
prairie with permanent streams of water. Rare
advantages for livestock, and for grain and
grass inexhaustible. Situated in Adair Co.,
70 miles west of Quincy ILL.,, and in triangle
formed by three railroads Depot, Church,
School, MILL Post-ofice and two Villages near.
Mr.. N. A. Baylor proposes visiting this farm
early in May, when he will show the property
to any one.
Address,
ABSALOM KOINER,
's Fishersville,
febl6-3t-spec. copy Augusta Co. Va.
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RELEASE OF COLONEL JENKINS. After
four days of nominal Imprisonment at the
Exchange Hotel, Colonel jenkins, who yvas
arraigned before the House of Delegates as
contumacious witness, was on Saturday
discharged from custody, The vote. by
which he was discharged was close-ayes,
A noes, AZ; and the House was not full.
The special committee of investigation was
discharged, after an industrious session. -
The witnesses examined by them were
Messrs. Charles E. Workman, P j.
Wright, John L. Williams, John W. Jen-
kins, General Bradley 7. johnson, Captain
John A. McCaull, and John S. Rady.-
Colonel jenkins was the only important wit.
ness. Absolutely nothing was gained by
the examination Of the others. Several
more witnesses bankers, State officers, leg
islato,s, and non-residents-were summon
ed, but had not been examined when the
comm ittee was discharged
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The Lieuteuant-Gov of Louisiana is
colored man. Ills me is Percy Bysshe
Shelley Pinchback
Hon. - Elliot, colored member of
Congress from South Carolina, has been
made Major General in the State militia.
General Elliot is now in Washington.
The Northern Meth odist Episcopal Church
has organized in the South since, and be-
ginning with, June l, 1866, ten annual
conferences. These embrace a total Of $50
itinerant preachers and 1876 ,424 lay mem
bere. Of the travelling preachers. 260 are
white and $40 colored OF the lay men,
bers about Al 900 are white, and 88, 1926
are colored.
The Tredegar Company, owning the great
iron works at Richmond, Va, advertise for
material for the construction of mammoth
addition to their present railroad car con-
struction shop. This company now employs
1900 hands, and the statement is made
that they could employ one.third more ia
the execution of orders now on hand, if their
facilities would admit.
The various slaughtering establishments
of Cincinnati have killed already six hun
dred thousand hogs this season, and the to-
tai number is expected to reach Fix hundred
and fifty thousand. The number killed last
year was in the neighborhood of five hun.
bred thousand. The experience of nearly
all slaughterers is that the hogs are not so
heavy as those Of last year, and that the
yield of lard is, consequently, considerably
lighter, in proportion to the number killed.
An old widow lady, well known in Vir-
ginia, writing to her merchant in the city to
enquire about the propriety Of selling her
Virginia bonds, says the Legislature seems
to b. "making war upon the old widows. :"
She wants to know if there is any chance of
the State stock getting better in her day,
and objects to waiting until 1905, as she
"does not think it probable that Virginia
State stock will pass current in eternity
Richmond Enquirer
CHANGE IN THE jury LANA bill has
passed both Houses If the Geperel Assem-
bly, authorizing the drawing of centres for
trial of civil causes composed of sixteen
men instead Of twenty eight as heretofore.
1t is expected that this change will save the
people mauy thousend dollars annually in
time, which the present law compels them
to lose by attending the courts-often when
their services are not required-for the
term.
Did planters ever think the hay crop was
more valuable than that of cotton? The
figures prove it. The total value of the
cotton crop for 1870 in the United States,
according to the figures Of the Agricultural
Bureau, amounted to 100000, 900. The
total value Of the bay crop $3.50, 900, 900,
showing the value of the latter exceeding
the former $4,000. 600 In Georgia the
hay crop that year was estimated at | 1885,.
$50, while that of New York was II, 0OO,-
O00.-Lynchbuy Republican.
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New Advertisements.


OFFICE OF
SThUITOD Iron WORKS COMPANY.
CORNER OF FREDERICK & LEWIS STs.,
ED. MCMAHON, - President.
w. A. BURKE, Sup't g. Treas.
DIRECTORS:
E. MCMAHON, T.. K. MEs5rEE, J: A. MOORE,
Successors to
BURKES IRON WORKS CO.,
IRON FOUNDERS, MACHINZSTS
And Manufacturers Of
PLoWS, PLOW CASTINGS,
MILL FURNISHING GOODS,
And all kinds of
HEAVY AND LIGHT MACHINERY.
SPECIALITY Burke's Premium
Livingston PlOw.
1t is our purpose to conduct General Foun-
dry and Machine business, and are, therefore,
prepared to furnish estimates for
NJ ANo4 Mills, s M MILLS, q Al MILLS.
FACTORIES, BLAST FURNACES,
DIsTlLLERIEs, PDLLEYs,
Shafting, Hangers Coup
lings, Bolts, Water
Pipes Car Wheels
and Axles,
Derricks and Crabs, Derrick Horse-Powers,
Bridge Castings, Railroad Castings, Iron Rail
ings, and all kinds of Heavy and Light Castings
and Machinery.
We have large variety of PATTERNS for
Mill and other Machinery, and think we can
make it to the advantage of the public to patron
ize US.
We can and are determined to make as good
work and at as low price as any well-conduct-
ed establishment in the State, or out of it.
Each branch of the business will be under the
immediate control of able and experienced Me-
chanics.
CAPT. WM. SNUFF, who is extensively known
throughout the Valley of Virginia as an expert
enced moulder, will be in charge of the Foundry
Department.
The Machine Department will be under the
control of JAMES A. MOORE, Esq, who is well
known as a first-class machinist.
Mr.. JNo. E. JAMES is the Craftsman and Pat
tern Maker.
Particular attention paid to repairing all kinds
of old Machinery, including Portable and Sta
tionery Steam Engines aud Boilers. Repairs for
Pitts and Sweepstake Threshing Machines fur
nished to order. Keep constantly on hand re-
pairs for all the different Moving and Reaping
Machines and Wheat Drills.
We hope by strict attention to business and
fair dealing, to merit share of the public pat
ronage.
Terms Cash. A liberal discount made to the
trade. Old iron taken in exchange for new
work. Send for price list.
WA. BURKE,
Superintendent and Treasurer.
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The Legislature has refused to project
sheep by levyiDg tax on dos. On this
question the people prefer sheep TO dogs
The fact is there are too many useless ours
in the State
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1872-02-23

That portion Of tie Chesapeake II Ohio
Railroad between Huntington and Coalpu' e
will be opened for regular trains on March
4th. and daily line will be ran from that
point to Cincinnati
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the service.
AS to the other portion of the moral
course pursued we said not word nor did
we intimate that there was no such course,
nor as to the BiblcLectures, whether deliv-
cred by Mute or an artcu' ate being,
whether spoken to the blind or given by
signs to the Mutes, or any other portion of
that detailed by Capt. Mccoy.
In conclusion, without rejecting on our
Institution more than any other, we repeat
that there are very few 'articulates" who
converse by signs fasentzy and that there are
only very few of those who are able to
translate discourse by signs. In the whole
United States there are not dozen, md at
present, we believe there is but one in Vir-
giDia
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LAND
AT -g --r.-.
PU BLK q ALEI.

PU BLIC - ALE.
l will offer at public sale on the premises on
Thursday. the 29th day ofFebrua-
ry. that valuable tract of land, belonging to
the estate of the late Daniel Flory, adjoining the
lands of Martin CARRIER and others, containing
1877 E-2 acres, about 80 or IS of which is
in good Timber, and a tract of IA acres of Tim
Der land near the other but not adjoining.
This land lies on the main road leading from
Staunton to Port Republic, miles from Staun-
ton and 8 from New Hope. -4
The Improvements consist of a good, COM
Portable D YELLING HOUSE, large Bank
Barn. all necessary out houses, good Orchard of
select fruit, a fine never falling spring of good
water near the house, and running water in
nearly every field.
TERMS :-One-third of the purchase money
cash, the balance in three annual payments
with satisfactory personal security for the same,
and the title retained as ultimate security.
The place will be shown by joseph Flory who
resides on the farm.
If the land is not sold on that day, it will be
rented for one year.
On the same day, l will sell all the personal
property belonging to the said decedent.
HENRY SNElTMAN,
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1t is fact worthy of remark that when
Gen. Morgan, of Ohio; presented his consti
tutional amendment to the House, making
naturalized citizens eligible to the Presiden.
cy, all the colored members voted against it.
1t is curious feature of our government,
at the present time, that negro is eligible
to the highest Office. while the most intelli-
gent white man in the world is shut out il
he happened to be born in foreign coun.
try. The Cincinnati Vozlcsblott a German
paper, speaking Of the fact, says:
The negro Republicans are. therefore,
opposed to the granting to immigrant Ger.
mans Of rights equal to their own. Such
are the thanks for the labor of the Germans
against slavery and in favor of negro suf-
frage, and for the blood shed by the Ger.
mars in the war for human rights of blacks
Already the negroes are employed in the Re,
publican party as counterpoise against
German influence Were it not for th , ne.
gro vote, there would be more caution used
in the temperance and Sunday questions,
for almost every negro is supporter Of the
Puritanic fanatics. Now, the old expires.
sion, "The Moor hath done his duty the
Moor may 60" can be converted into 1.-The
German, having done his duty, ran 60, and
the Moor takes his place"
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1872-02-23

INOR SALE.-the undersigned has for sale, a
IL few pair Of pure Dark Brahma Chickens
at $50 per pair Bronze Turkeys at $40 per
pair; Game Chickens lot of Horses, at Va.
Hotel Stables, among them Gotham Stallion
and Ponies; 2young Mich Cows new Road
of pure Chester Hogs,
For further information, apply at ''vindica-
febl6-tg CARSON.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1872-02-23

AN UNEXPECTED BUT SUCCESSFUL SuEG1-
CAL OPERATION San Francisco Call
gives this During the progress Of trial
in the Municipal Criminal Court physician
was placed upon the stand to explain the ma
ture of wound inflicted by the defendant
upon the complainant. In giving bis testi-
mong he described novel mode of extract
ing bullets. He said ''The bullet entered
the right side, little above the hip, and in
probing the wound discovered where the
bullet lay [ was compelled to enlarge the
orifce of the wound in or er to introduce
the forceps, and had just got that instru-
ment on the bullet when the wounded man,
VINO was considerably under the influence Of
liquor, struck me powerful blow on .the
side Of the head, which caused me to fall to
thc floor He then ran away and when l
recovered myself [ found my forceps in one
corner of the room, and near the instrument
was the bullet, which had been extracted b.
tue force Of the blow" The Doctor also
stated that as surgical operation it was a
complete success; but he did not wish tn
perform one in the manner described every
day in the week.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1872-02-23

Hon. John L. Harris, of Virginia, intro
duced bill in Congress, on Monday last,
to give Virginia fifty million acres of public
lands in lieu of the amount taken away from
that State by the erection of West Virginia.
1t was referred to the Committee on public
lands.
This is move we are exceedingly glad
to see. Virginia, in the days Of her pros
perity, gave to the Union millions of acres
of her lands, which have been erected into
States, and have added largely to the wealth
and glory of the country. She, by the cir
cumstances of the past ten years, has been
greatly reduced, a large portion of her
property was swept away by the edic, of
Congress, one-third of her territory was
torn from her side to create her daughter,
West Va, and heavy debt, increased by
interest during this past ten years, hangs
over the heads of her people. Under these
circumstances, it wnuld be but an act of
magnanimous justice to re.donate to Viz
ginia this small portion of the immense pub.
lie domain obtained from her. It would
extlnguish her debt and place Der people in
an attitude to reap the full advantage of the
prosperity just beginning to dawn upon her.
1t would be an advantage alike to white and
black, Conservative ana Republican, and we
are prone to believe, that If the voice of that
silent monitor, wtich sits enthroned within
the breasts Of all, is listened to, all parties
IN Congress will unite IN Going this mo1icum
of justice to the OLD Dominion.
This effort on the part of our immediate
Representative, Hon. Jno. T. Harris, de-
serves the thanks, mt only of his coDstitu
ents in this District, but of the people of the
whole State.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1872-02-23

The Legislature has dune nothing with
the Funding Bill. The question came up
in the Senate on Wednesday and was pass
ed by vote of % to Is. 1t was immed'-
ate!e followed by motion to reconsider,
which was adopted, and the whole matter
Stands 10 ri .t.i.
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Col. F1sK's W1FE.-Of Fisk and his wife,
who was older than he, Boston letter VIII
ter says:
"With his notorious sins against her,
there had never been estrangement between
them. She excused everything. and he
held for her sort of platonio affection: He
wrote to her constantly, and visited her
very often. ehe was his con6dante always
and his adviser in many things. She was
more like an elder sister than wife to this
mercurial being, who appears to have had
the highest respect for her traits Of charac-
ter, and to have been compassionately regard.
ed by herself as an incorrigibly hayward
member Of the family who must BE- humor'
ed in almost any eceentricities.''
A telegram from Lexington to the Rich
mond Wing announces the death, on Friday
last, Of MIS-. Gen. E. r. Paxton. Her
sickness had been very profracted, accom-.
panied with intense bodily suffering.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1872-02-23

MASH DRUG STORE
The undersigned having determined after the
list day of February.
TO DO BUSINESS EXCL USIVELY ON 4
CASH BASIS,
feel satisfied H5 -s- =
that inducements
in the reduction
articles usually
keptin a first
class DRUG STORE, can
be such as purchasers will
find it greatly
to their interest to
PAY CASH.
IN addition to the
large and we'll
assorted stock
on hand, NEW SUPPLIES will be constantly
received.
the country
will find it to
THEIR INTEREST TO CALL
AND PURCHASE WHENEVER
THEY WANT ANY
THING IN THE
DRUG LINE.
AS WEARE
DETERMINED
TO SELL AT
GREATLY REDUCED
PRICES FOR CASH.
PRESCRIPTIONS
CAREFULLY
COMPOUNDED
EXPERIENCED
DRUGGIST.
DE-. B. P. REESE 4 CO.,
AUGUSTA STREET,
feba-tf Staunton, Va.
THOR RENT. THAT very desirable Store-room,
r occupied by Guy 4 Drake, known as
Brandeburg's Corner. Possession given on
April lst 1872.
For terms, apply to
MRS. H. Nj. LALLY
febl6-tf-City papers copy. -
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