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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1873-05-01
GRAND LODGE AND GRAND EscAMpMENr

Grand Mast Waters on Thursday sven-
ing appointed the following officers: Grand
Conductor, j. w. Stewart Grand Marshal
G. Sherry Harrisonburg Grand Guardian,
j.. I. Blick. Norfolk Grand Herald, D. L
Clayton, Winchester; Grand Representatives
to the Grand lodge of the United States, E.
Ii. Fnzhugh. OF Richmond, and Hugh La
than of Alexandria.
The Grand Lodge adjourned to meet in
the city of Lynchburg on Tuesday after the
the second Monday in April, 1874.
The Grand Encampmeut |. o. 0 r., met
at Odd Fellows Hall yesterday morning at
8 o'clock, aud after iustructng number OF
new members, elected the following officers,
to serve for the ensuing year: G s.. Robert
z. Button, Lynchburg g. Fl p, Vim. r
arrabee, Hampton G. W., B. D. Black,
Norfolk /; G S., VIM J. Rlddick, Richmond;
G t., John b. Vaughn, Richmond; G. }
W., George NJ. Harrison Stauuton; Inside
Sentinel, l. E Han,ne. Warrenton Outside
Sentinel, Thos. Shauks, Petersburg; Grand
Marshal, j. FL. Waters, Stanton.
Authority was given for the formation o.
Concordia Encampment in Richmond, to b.
composed of members of German Lodges
and the Encampment adjourned to meet il
annual session in the city OF Lynchburg, ii
April, 1874, Immediately after the adjourn
meDt of the Grand Lodge.-Enqairer
| 18th
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REV. ROBERT J. TAYLOR.

mag. YoH Though member Of different
branch OF the Christian Church, but having
known Rev. Robert J. Taylor. deceased, lats.
pastor of the Timber Ridge and Bethesda.
Churches In Rockbridge county. Lexington Pres.
bytery, in boyhood and manhood's ripper yeers.
wlshsoy your permission to express in pub,
lie manner the high appreciation of him held bv
the writer, who reeollects him as the boy at Cher.
ry Grove. the home Of his grand father, the
late Col. James Mcdowell, Decd whose youth
was marked with truthtulness and warm affecp
tom IN manhood. he was lovely in person, graces
ful in manners, refined in taste, of mental superi
GRITTY yet SO simple and transparent in moral
character. that to human vision his natural good.
ness scarcely needed to be superseded by . rad.
ieai spiritual change. He chose the law az his
profession and entered upon it's practice with q
prospect Of great success. Subsequently, becom.
ing member of the Presbyterian Church, 1t was
not long before ''Woe is me if I preach not the
gospel" sounded in his ears, and he soon after,
commenced preparation according to the rules
and requirements of his Church. and in due time
was regularly licensed as minister His first
charge was as pastor Of the Presbyterian Church
IN Portsmouth, and while there it was that the
hand of God touched him in the death Of his
beloved wife. leaving three children to mourn
the loss of mother, and still survive to be deub
y orphaned For number of years preceding
his death he was pastor Of the Timber Ridge and
Bethesda Congregations, in bis native county
AS pastor he was faithful, laborious and sttrac,
tive in word he was the lovely, obedient
child. the ingenious, confding youth the aspr.
ing student, the devoted minister, the fond son.
q itectionate brother, tender husband and kind
father. But he has gone, and in his death, there
Is vacancy in his Church and congregation.
which may,r require time to fill. Surely if medical
science. and the prayers of his now stricken con-
gregstions had prevailed he had Aot died. His
mansion being fully prepared, his MASTER came
md took him unto himself
''That eye was locked-the key
Had opened hsaven-'Twas Death-'twas he
Had sweetly quelled the mortal strife,
And to the saint the gates oflife
Unfolded. On the sleeper brow
Lay the smooth seal Of quiet, now,
Which none could break, the soul that here
Dwelt with eternal things so near,
Had burst her bonds, to soar on high,
No more on sarth to pine and SIGH"
H. R.
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RAILROAD CAsE.-Judge Hoge. Of the
Circuit Court of Jefferson county, West Vir-
GINA, delivered on Thursday anopinion in the
case Of Robert w. Baylor VS., the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad. The defendant sought
to remove the case to the United Sta'es Cir
cult Court under theact of Congress of March
I'd, 1867, on the ground of being the corpo-
ration of the State of Maryland, etc. The
court decided that the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company, having accepted the IL
eeuse granted by Virginia to exercise its
powers within its territory, it became liable
to be sued Ia the courts of the State upon
contracts made or acts done within its juris.
dition.
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We take from the Old Commonwealth of
he 17th. the following items:

Ue Idkc 1fOm JIG ON COHlHOHUeQNH OF
the 17th, the following items:
We met on the Potomac returned Vir-
ginian who had been farming in Missouri,
near Hannibal, for the last two years. He
reports dead loss Of time in that country,
and that it is not a profitable business
to engage in agriculture, when wood sells
for eight dollars cord, and corn for less
He will remain in Virginia.
Reuben Rggleman. who was in the same
cell with Yankee and Deyier who escaped,
Jailor Byrd Informs US, never ATTEMPTED to
leave with the others. although he had equal
opportunities. A petition for his pardon is
on foot.
Peudleton Bryan, Esq, of this place was
elected Great Sen. Sycamore. by the Great
Council of Virginia; Imp'd Q r NJ, at ita
session IN Charlottesville, on Wednesday Of
last week.
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It has been said that the wheat of Califor-
MIA Is worth more to that State than ito
gold A six months review Of the wheat
trade of California shows a crop, sold and
uusold, valued at tweuty-tour million dollars,
aud it is estimated that the. next crop will
yield forty million centals.
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The court Of claims has rendered Judgment
against the United States in favor of ex-Sen-
ator Alexander Caldwell tor S35, SEQ on
contract for army transportation in Nebraska
in 1866. rs
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A colpred waiter in Raleigh, n G., whilst
an old builnig in that city was being torn
down, found in the debris package Contain.
ing $40 600 in state notes and $500 in gold.
No owner for the money can be found.
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The council Of Harrisonburg have grant.
ed licenses to sell liquor upon conditions OF
a penalty to any who shall sell to men addict.
ed to intoxicatiou, or to boys, or allow them
to be- about the establish ment Of the vendor.
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The 81 ottswood Hotel lot aud three dom
ing lots Fin Richmond, Va, have been sn,d az
auc;loa, forstle aggregate amount Of $$3s Te4
70 Col. osrriaes2o, - ffsIt,.=.o, Z! s.;e -
sss.tsss,
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TIE Southern Claims Commission has dis.

DO cd Of the eases Of Charles H. Warren, OF
Stafford county, $3.50, auS Ais&sg9es Key
11:.!as :. ea'llTeEesr. ssai'ta
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The southern claims commission heard Sat-
urday the claims Of Mary c. Moore, Of AL
exandria, Va. for 1850; Henrietta &C..
Warden, Administrative Of Samuel Weaver,
Catlett's Station, Va, $l2,304. aud Johu
Jackson, of Fairfax county, Virginia, s3,-
900.
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THE VALLEY VIRGINIAN.
sTAUNToN, VA
May L. 1879.
THE PEACE POLICY.

1t has all at once been discovered by the
press. 10 opposition to the administration that
the policy heretofore pursued with the Ind.
aus, Of assigning them to reservations, and
applying the proper instrumeptaities to en-
courage among them the arts of peace, is
really designed by the President and the In
dian department to murder white citizens on
the frontier, and improperly circumscribe the
limits Of settlement and cultivation Of our ter
ritorial domain. Since the treacherous muir
der of Gen. Candy by the Modocs, the charge
has been generally made by the enemies OF
the President, that he is responsible for the
crime, and it is industriously attempted to
locate the responsibility of all the Indian diff
fculties on the administration. No fault was
found with the peace policy that has been
consistently and successfully pursued for the
past four years, until the extraordinary oc-
currsnces and savage murders in the lava
beds, IN Oregon. recently. That deplorable
result is seized upon as the occasion to vent
the pent up wrath Of the opponents of the
President, and furnishes the occasion for
wholesale abuse and deuunciafion scarcely
equaiied in the history of partizan journalism.
r A three years experience among the Iu-
dians Of the Rocky Mountains convluces US.
that as a general thing, the indians ars more
sinned against than SHINING OF course, there
may be, and doubtless are exceptional iustan-
ces where certain bands display more ferscity
and bloodthirstiness than is properly charge
able to the entire race. This Modoc case is
one OF them, But because the Modocs have
treacherously murdered the repres entatives
of the United States government, who were
earnestly seeking to avoid the shedding of
blood, aud carry out the peace policy Of the
government, it ia no more reason for a vicious
denunciation Of the administration, and the
Inauguration of the policy of determination,
THAI it would be to visit the Ku-Klux sins
of South Carolina, and the butchery of one
hundred negroes in louisiana, upon the
people of Virginia.
IL response to letter addressed to him.
Hon. G Deano, Secretary Of the Interior
writes the following clear and forcIble letter,
reiteratiug the general policy. aud the hu-
name and just principles that govern the ad-
ministration in dealing with the Indians. The
sp' j, and general idea conveyed cannot fail
to command the approval of every impartial
mind, aud commend the policy as that which
harmonizes with cousiderate and enlight-
eued civilization
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The forgeres on the Bank Of England
have turned out to be a bad speculation on
the part of the criminals The two Bidwells
and Mcdonnell, the principals, have been
caught, and their plumber, amounting to over
1920, 600, was found IN New York and cap
tnrei by the authorities.
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SEES namely. rent, fuel. lights repairs. and mis-
cellaneous expenses, thirty two thousand five hun
dred dollars; in all forty seven thousand dol
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INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
WASHINGTON, April Is, 1878. /

L. L. Crounse, Esq:
DEAR SIR Your letter Of this date sug-
eestug some utterance from me, at the pres
ent moment, as to the plan, purpose, aud
scope Of the I"dian policy of the department,
which has popularity and properly become
known as the peace policy is before me.-
1t ough. not to be necessary. and SO far as
the purposes ofthe Government are concern
ed, it is not, to enter upon any fresh elucida-
zion of what is meant by this policy, but as
the public mind Is thought to be confused if
not intiamed, by the criticisms aud nisrepre
sentations to which you aliude, as to the real
purposes anlmating the Government in its
course toward the L, dian tribes, venture
to present, briefly as may. and distinctly as
possible, au answer to your inquiries.
First-The peace policy proposed to
place fhe Indians upon reservations as rapid
Iy as possible, where they can be provided
for in such manner as the dictates of human
ity require. Being thus placed upon rcscr.
vations they will be removed from such con-
tiguity to our frontier settlements as other
wise will lead, necessarily. to frequent outrs
ges. wrongs, and disturbances OF the public
peace. % these reservations they can be
taught, as fast as possible, the arts of agri-
culture aud such pursuits as are incident to
civilization, through the aid OF the Christian
organizations OF the country now engaged in
this work, acting in harmony with the Fedc-
raj Government Their intellectual moral
aud religious culture can be prosecuted. and
thus it is hoped that humanity and kindness
may take the place of barbarity aud cruelty.
II majority OF the people Of the United
States prefer determination to the course here
indicated, and desire to see all the horrors
aud bloodshed and loss of life among both
whites and indians incident to the policy Of
determination, then it is well enough to de.
nounce in vague and general if not unmean.
ing terms the Quaker policy"
| Second-- Whenever it shall be found thai
any tribe or band of Indians persistently re
fuse to 20 upon reservation, and detsrmin,
% continue their pomadic habits .accomoan;ee
] witn aspfedseioas and outlases anon gu,
@:ig.E Ftss.&neasa. taer !. IS ~ -fiiar >,
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AN ACT making app,opl ia,iens for the legisa
tive. executive. aud julical expenses of the
government for the year en- ling jane thir,ierh
eighteen bun ired and seventy four, and for
other purposes
b. n enacted By the Senate and House of Repre-
,sttotsres of tie Lhted atntes Of Amtrlca in Csa-
g5ess assemdfed That the following be. and
the same hereby. appropriated out of any
mouey in the treasury mol otherwise appropra
ted for the service OF the fiscal year ending June
thirieth, eighteen hundred and seventy four, Cor
tho objects hereinafter expressed namely:
LEGISLATIVE.
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE.


For compensation OF The Secretary of State
eight thousand dollars; two assistant secretaries
OF STATE, at three thousand five hundred do liars
each; for chief clerk, Two thousand five hundred
dollars; leu clerks Ut CLASS four, additional com
pensaton to one CLERK of class four az disbursiug
CLERK nine Clerks Of class three, three clerks OF
class Two. eight clerks OF class one, one nessen-
ger. one assistant messenger, nine aborers, aud
TOUR watchmen; in all, seventy four thousand
eight hundred and twenty dollars. s.
For publishing The laws OF he third session Of
the Forty s. coud Congress III pamphlet form, and
IN newspapers, fifty Thousand dollars
For proofreadlng, aud packing the laws and
documents for the various legations and consul
ates, including boxes and transportation of the
same, three thousand dollars; for stationery.
furniture, fixtures, and repairs, five thousand
do'.ars for books anu maps. two thousand hve
Il laGred dollars, Tor extra clerk hire and copy
Tag. gaur Thousand dela~s; for ooafiassa ax..ss..
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and he held her close to his heart. his
lashes wet, his lips quivering as from
the fullness of his heart he gave thanks
to God, and he told me, holding her still
till more help came, how he had left the
parsonage stealthily somewhere near the
hour of midnight and gone over to the
church-study To look for some missing
papers; how, after long search, he had
found them, and then the within took
him to write, and he wrote ill the clock
in the tower struck one; that then he
left the church for home, and when he
had gone n few steps he saw the fire,
and thought il was in the direction of
the parsonage that he ran back long
enough to give the fire-alarm, and then
hurried home.
did you hear what Blanche said ?" /
whispered. L had no need TO ask his
face was a revelation. l learned then
that he had loved her always-had
struggled in vain TO overcome the love
which, to him, seemed almost sin, be-
cause, apparently, she was SO different
from his ideal-so vain and worldly, so
far away in heart and mind. Oh, how
little he had known of the sweetness,
strength and purity of the merry and
trEe-hearted girl
Aunt Hannah was carried to Daisy
Lodge; Blanche recovered sufficiently
TO walk there, leaning upon the arm of
Uncle Dash.
There's another parsonage now, and
Aunt Hannah, who is an Invalid still,
stays at Daisy Lodge with me. She is
very fond of Blanche, and tells every
body who will listen that her brother
has found prize in his wife. % But
who would ever have thought" she
adds, THAT girl SO full of mischief
would make such an excellent woman ?"
-AppiotoRS' Journal.
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COmical Incident.

At the time of the dreadful plague in
London, in 1865, in the midst of the
calamitous scene which was then ex-
hibited, an incident happened of the
comic kind
A bag-piper, who happened to be ex-
cessively overcome by liquor, fell down
in the street, and there lay asleep. In
this condition he was found early next
morning, and being supposed to be II
person who had died of the plague, was
accordingly taken mp and thrown into n
cart, and carried away amongst some
dead bodies. At last the honest piper
awakened ont of his sleep, and it being
about daybreak. and he being musically
disposed, not knowing his situation, be-
gan very briskly to play up tune, which
so surprised the fellows that drove the
cart, who could see nothing distinctly,
that they betook themselves to their
heels in great fright, and swore they
had taken up the devil in the disguise of
n dead man.
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Little Things of Life.

II is the babbling spring that flows
gently, the little rivulet which runs along
day and night by the farm house, that is
useful rather than the swollen flood, or
the roaring cataract. Niagara excites
our wonder, and we stand amazed at the
power and greatness of nature there, as
she pours it from her hollow hand. But
one Niagara is enough for continent,
or the Worthwhile the same world re-
quires thousands and tens of thousands
of silver fountains and gentle flowing
rivulets, that water every farm and
meadow, and every garden, and that
shall flow night and day. with their
gentle, gu ct beauty SO with the acts
of our lives. 1t is not by great deeds,
like those of martyrs, that good is done
it is 10y the daily and quiet virtue of life
the kind temper, the meek forbear-
ance, the spirit of forgiveness, in the
husband, in the wife, the father, the
mother, the ksister, the friend, the
neighbor, that good is to be done.
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EAGLES FEEDING on LAMBS. The
Marysville CAL Appoai, of February
both, has the following A. J. Shuman,
of Linda township, has large flock of
ewes and lambs. Last Friday he no.
ticed stampede of sheep i'll the dis
lance, and supposing some dog was run
ming among them, fastened to the spot,
where he arrived just in time to see n
large eagle rise from the ground, bear
ing in his talons fair-sized lamb, and
fly away with il. His attention was soon
after attracted to other work of destruc-
ton 10y the eagle. One lamb was found
minus the top of his skull and dead,
whose head had been broken in by an
effort to capture it. Another lamb was
found minus an eye, which the voracious
bird had struck with its beak in one of
his swoops. The careful shepherd took
the wounded lamb to the "lamb hos
pital" to be nursed. Some time ago an
er tire litter of small pigs were carried
away in mysterious manner, and it is
believed they were carried away by
eagles.
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The Biggest Wife Story.

\ queer story is told of two prosper
ous merchants IN West Broadway. One
of them was married rather late in life,
some two years ago, and after he and his
wife had gone to housekeeping, he in
vited his fellow merchant 30 pay them a
visit. The latter went and was much
pleased with the new wife, who appeared
to be very young. They grew to be firm
friends. He told her he could not resist
the conviction that lie had seen her be-
fore, at which she laughed and said that
was the impression obtained from all
sympathetic natures. Their cordial re-
lations continued for good while, and,
one day, the mercantile admirer re-
ceived n letter from an intimate acquaint-
ance in Boston, informing him that his
friend had, some time before, married
an eccentric woman, Mrs. -, who had
the reputation of being several times di-
vorced. This set the admirer to think
ing and tracing out circumstances within
his knowledge. The result was, he dis
covered beyond question that Mrs. -,
the wife of his friend, had, seven years
before. been his own wife, from whom he
had obtained legal divorce for good and
sufficient reason, six months after their
union. Anxious to corroborate this, he
went to Mrs. -, and asked her if it
was not so. She replied in the afiirma-
tive, and without. hesitation, adding that
she recognized him from the first, but
did not care to impart any information
he did not himself possess. She had
been literally in the divorce business,
having had no less than seven Geges in
u years. She understood the art of
making herself look young, and at FIVE
and-thirty she did not appear more than
iive-and-twenty 1t was the art that had
deceived the friend, and caused him to
regard her rs somebody else than her
real self.
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THE COMING SPRING.

Spring. with that nameless pathos in the air
Which dwells with all things fair,
Spring. with her golden suns and silver rain,
In with us once again.
Out in the lonely woods the jasmine burns
Its fragrant lamps, and turns
Into a royal court with green fostoons
The banks Of dark lagoons.
In the deep heart of every forest tree
The blood is all aglee,
And there's a look about the leaness bowers
Az if they dreamed Of flowers.
An yet the turf is dark, although you know
That not span below,
A thousand germs are cropping through the gloom
Aud soon will burst their tomb.
Already, here and there, on frailest stem
Appear some azure gems
Small as might deck, upon gala day,
The forehead Of fay.
In gardens you may note amid the dearth
The crocus breaking EARTH
And near the suowdrop's tender white and green
The violet in its screen.
But many CLEANS and shadows need must pass
Along the budding grass
And weeks go by, before the enamored south
Shall kiss the roses mouth.
Still there's sense Of blossoms yet unborn
In the sweet airs Of morn;
One almost looks to see the very street
Grow purple at his feet.
At times q fragrant breeze comes floating by,
Aud brings, You know not why,
feeling a. when eager crowds await
Before palace gait.
Some wondrous pageant; and You scarce would start
If from Il beech's heart
A blue-eyed Dryad, stepping forth, should say,
"Behold me! l am May!"
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IMPROVEMENT ON RANCID BUTTER.

IMPROVEMENT on RANCID BUTTER
According to Land and Water, rancid
butter can be greatly improved in quality
by washing it thoroughly in lime water,
and then clearing out the lime water by
n good washing in cold spring water.
The lime water is easily made, by allow
ing n lump of limo the size of the fist to
Stake in bucket of water, stirring it
well, and afterward allowing the lime to
settle. 1t is said that large business
is now done in England by sundry per-
sons who purchase rancid butter ut low
rates, and sell it again ut much higher
prices, after manipulating it in the man
ner mentioned.