Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1873-01-10

On the 30 OF February, for the purpose OF
devising some equitable plan of settlement
of the public debt question. The resolution
now goes to the Governor for his approval.
A bill has been introduced by MIR. Surther-
| lin in the House for free railroad law
The Senate bill to amend the charter OF
the city of Stanton has been placed on the
| House calendar. Mr. Roller Introduced q
bill in the Senate to enable the Presbyterian
church Of .Harrisonburg to receive certain
bequest; another to incorporate the Au-
gusta Mining Company, ard another
looking to the protection of drovers and
shippers Of live stock. In the Senate Mr..
Cochran introduced joint resolution for the
relief of Sam'l R. Albaugh, late sheriff Of
Rockingham. In the House two important
bills on finance we're Introduced. The first
proposes repeal of the act declaring what
shall be received in payment Of taxes and
other demands Of the State in force March
7th, 1872 The act referred to is the one
declaring nothing but gold, silver coin,
United States treasury notes or notes of the
national banks should be received in pay.
ment Of taxes or other demands Of the State.
The other bill has preamble which rectes
some OF the provisions of the funding act Of
March 30, 1871, states that many Of the
owners of bonds, stocks and interest certiG
Gates have not yet funded them, and closes
with the following resolution THAT
| hereafter no bonds, stocks or inter est.bear
ing certificates hereafter Issued by the State
shall be funded in either coupon or register
ed bonds, nor shall registered bonds be ex.
changed for coupon bonds Tue bill for a
Board Of Equalization 10 consist of five
members, one from each grind division OIL
the State, whose duty it shall be to equal
lze and adjust the assessment of real estate
is under discussion in The Senate. Mr..
Cochran offered a substitute which gives
those counties which did not avail themselves
OF the re'assessment act, opportunity now
Some Information from Elk Gov. Wise re-
lative to the plan for State Insurance Bu-
reau to insure life and property was receiv-
ed and ordered by the House to be printed
The BALTIMORE & ONO RAILROAD. The
general details 10 regard to the business and
operations OF the Baltimore & Ohio railroad
duriag the fiscal year ending September
Both, 1872, are very succinctIy stated in
the forty-sixth annual report of the presi.
dent AID directors of the company, which
has just been published The gross rev.
enue of the Main Stem Including the Win,
chester and Potomac, the !" ashington Coun-
~ and the WINCHESTER and Strasburg
branches, of the Washington Branch and
Parkersburg Branch railroads, of the Cen.
trail Ohio and Lake Erie divisions, and the
Wheeling, Pittsburg and Baltimore railroad
for the fiscal year, and of the Newark Som
erses. and Straitsviie road from May 20,
1872, were verttItcen millions of dollars
or, in precise igues, Sl3 626, ST. 81. Of
this amount the Main Stem is credited with
$40 ,654. All 90, while the earning s of the
Washington Branch are put down at
$3.50, 645 o. Tha aggregate expenses of
the road during the same period were
50. 1867 .474 SO, making the net earnings
something over fee and quarter millions
of dollars, of which The Main Stem and
branches appear to have earned over four
millions and a half
RICH GOLD DIGGINGs John r. Hte,
who went to California from Augusta Co.
Va, and who now ovus what is said to be.
the best paying gold mine 10 that state, has
just struck new vein 10 bis tunnel, after
five and half years constant mining, which
will yield SIS per ton The mine has, for
the last nine years, always yielded from $40
to $50 per ton, and this new vein makes i,
the richest mine 10 the world The indica.
tons of the pew vein are that it is 400 feet
long and 10 feet thick and almost solid ore.
The tunnel which Mr.. IIite has just COM
pleted, is about seven feet in height by FIVE
in width, and taps the vein at depth Of
about nine hundred feet, or some four hun
dred feet below the present lower level
The Mariposa (Cal) Gazette, from which we
get those facts says Mr. Hite is about to
double his milling capacity in view of the
Aladdin's lamp prospect before him.
CHURCH BURNED Mt. Airy (colored)
Baptist Church in Amherst Co. Va, was
burned Christmas. A large congregation
had met Tuesday plight to "pray Christmas
in,'' when the younger portion of the crowd
got into very hilarious mood and employ.
ed themselves in Fl ing squbs and rockets,
from which the building caught fire, and
was quickly consumed. r.
WEST VIRGINIA.-The old county court
system is to 90 into operation in West Vir-
glnla, by an organization of the magistrates
in their respective counties, on Monday,
under the new constitution of that State
Miss Virginia Cunningham, daughter of
Rev. DR.. Cunningham, near Abingdon,
Va, bad narrow escape Christmas night,
her clothing having taken fire. Her faith