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Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-03-14

Ir is gratifying to rs to have
our editorial articles reprodu-
ced in the columns of our cotempor-
aries, but We must enter our protest
against their misconstruction to
serve purpose foreign to their in
tent or our convictions. We find in
the last number Of the 1oaca Pro-
gress a leading article intended to
controvert the theory that the Legis-
lature have 4 constitutional right to
control railroads. Appended to it
so as to appear as a reinforcement
of the views Of the Progress is an
article from the BULLETIN of a re-
cent date, SO clipped and mutilated
as to convey to the mind Of the
reader Of what goes before, an i'm
preston that we deprecate legisla-
ton to control railroads. Such is
not the case. On the other hand
we are, and always have been, in
favor of legislation to protect the
people against injustice and oppres-
sion by monied corporations. The
purpose Of our article quoted by the
Pogress--a purpose which would
have been apparent to its readers
had it given it entire--was to show
the difficulty of fixing upon just
such legislation as will be just to
all sections and all interests Of the
State; legislation that, while pro-
Tossing to relieve us from one form
of oppression, will not impose upon
portion of the people another form
equally grinding and irksomc. Of
this unequal character were some of
the propositions before the Leglsla-
ture, and this will be found to be
one of the most formidable obstacles
in the way of relief by legislation,
no matter what degree of unanimity
may exist among members of the
Legislature regarding the general
principle of controlling railroads.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-03-14

After critics report, and acknowledg.
ing our Indebtedness to the kind friends
IN L., we adjourned, feeling the happier,
wiser and better for the Institute at Lit
Teton. Long will we remember it.
TE,CuEp
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-03-14

J
to the question between him and
Cakes Aames, he said:
When / testified on the 9TH OF
January, after the holiday recess,
during which recess Hon Mr.. Ames
said he had refreshed his memory,
by his memorandum at home, | de-
clared emphatically, as / did here
last September, that l had never re.
! ceived a dollar from him for divi.
dends, nor indeed on any account
whatever. He was present in the
committee room and did not deny
this nor dissent from it, though
asked him to cross examine me. On
that very afternoon he told Mr.
Crounsc, Of the New York Times
who swore to it atterward before tho
committee, that my statement was
probably correct. On December II
in his carefully prepared and writ
ten-out original testimony, he swort
about me on page twenty of the re
port as follows: "Nor can | remem
Der having paid him any dividends
and Mr.. Alley, his associate, swor'
before the committee (see page 81
of the report,) that before the holi
days Mr.. Ames told him that | was
substantially correct in my state
ment as to the transaction. In spite
however, of the original testimony
of HIS which he declared embodied
the exact fact, and his expressing
his concurrence with my statement
to Alley and Crounsc, and listening
without dissent to my testimony OF
January 7. he came before the com
mittee on January % with check
for 81 200, payable to IS. G. or bear
er," which he claims he paid to me
June 20, 1868, but which being pay
! able to no ones name required no
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1873-12-19
Observation-Disclosures SUB
SCRIP TION.

The Washington, Cincinnati and st.
Louis Railroad Company having construct
ed several miles of narrow guage road west
from Harrisonburg, the town council di-
rected $4,000 of it's $50, 900 subscription
previously made to the railroad to be paid
in bonds to the company. Three of its
citizens obtained an injunction to prohibit
the delivery of the bonds on the ground
that the ordinances were improperly pass
ed, and that subscriptions by towns,
cities, townships, and counties to works
of internal improvement were unconstitu-
tional. The case came up in the Rocking
ham Circuit Court on the 18th inst, and
Judge Turner dissolved the injunction and
decided that:
1. That the ordinances of the town were
properly passed, and that the votes author
ling the two subscriptions were legal and
binding.
2. That subscription to an internal
improvement company was legal and bind.
ing, whether made before or after the Or
ganization of company.
8. That counties, cities, towns, &C.,
may subscribe to works of internal i'm.
provement under the constitution OF Vir-
ginia.
This decision settles important points
and, is the first time the last point has been
decided in court of Virginia.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1873-12-19
New Advertisements


CTAUNTON BAKERY Having secured the
y services of Mr.. HUGO WEIS, (late of ellis
Bakery, Richmond, widely known at his late
home as q first -class Bread and Cake Baker, we
are now prepared TO furnish
PLAIN, FANCY AND ORNAMENTAL
CAKES, BREAD, PIES, &C,
the best the ricest ever offered in our city at
reasonable rates for cash.
Our wagon will canvass the city every morn
ing early, loaded with Bread, &c, thus avoiding
the trouble of coming or sending to the store.
CAKES, PASTRY AND PIES,
of all kinds. Only baked tr order and furnish
ed on the shortest notice, thus guaranteeing
them Fresh and nice.
Special attention given to the supplying of
Bridal aud social parties.
You will find our Bread at the stores OF W.
O. Thomas, D N Childress, Mrs B. Denny, N.
G. Gregory and our own Give us call.
Respectfully.
Dec l9-tf BYERS & SUMMERSON.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1873-12-19

SALES OF LAND IN RoCKINGHAM.-S.
NJ Bowman, surviving partner of S. FL. &
r. Bowman, a few weeks ago sold fifty
acres of land on the West side of Harrison
burg, Including the buildings occupied by
Mrs. Susan Bowman, widow of Robert
Bowan, dec'd.,l for $3.50 per acre. Pur-
chaser, John Allen. Also twenty acres of
unimproved land, likewise on the North
western side of town, for $3.50 per acre.
Purchaser, Lemuel Allen, of Shenandoah
county. Terms, equivalent to cash. The
home farm formerly belonging to Colonel
William B. Yancey, decd, and more re-
Gently owned by Bernard Teel, ESQ.,, lying
on the Shenandoah River, in Rockingham
county, embracing two hundred and thirty
seven acres, was sold under decree OF
Court, on Wednesday the Sd inst, for sos
per acre. Purchaser, VIM. Yancey. The
farm contained one hundred and seventy
five acres, also formely owned by Colonel
Yancey and more recently possessed by c..
M. Price, ESQ.,, brought sixtythree dollars
per acre. Purchaser, Joseph Mauzy. The
vacant lot also belonging to the same es-
tate, and sold under the same decree, con-
tanning sixty-two and half acres, brought
$50 per acre. Purchaser, Henry Sipe.-
Rockingham Rigister.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1873-12-19
PET1ICOATS AND THE POST
OFFICE,

Now that our excitement over the Stann-
ton postmastership is over, we find out
just too late, how it ought to have been
done. A few days since the postmaster at
Manassas, Va, resigned, and was reques-
ted by the Department to recommend his
successor. To accomplish it he allowed
a ballot by all the persons over sixteen
years of age, who get their letters from his
office, to vote for whom they pleased. The
result was that 1923 ballots were cast, of
which 213 were white and 115 colored. 234
wore pants and "a petticoats. Upon count
ing them Mrs L. Adelia Pine had received
3O3 votes and Mr.. Jacob Depue Is, and
the lady got the appointment, and is well
qualified for the work. This shows what
woman can do if you give her full
swing. A man sinks into deserved insig
nificance before her. "There is more in
starched dimity. Horatio, than is dream't
of in your philosophy.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1873-12-19

1t appears that Gen. Howard, of the
Freedman's Bureau, who grabbed $27S, 900
could hardly have helped doing what he
did. The job was chiefly done, the papers
say, by Gen. Runkle, a subordinate, who
has been dismissed from the service, and
that Runkle had received thirteen wounds
during the war which led to "mental alien
alton" which resulted in irregularities.
Gen. Howard lost an arm which probably
caused his irregularities. So you see
how these things come about. The gener-
al says he don't want to be tried bya court
martial because of the prejudice among
regular against volunteer officers. He
wants jury-because the palladium Of
liberty can't be bribed you know! And
Howard was so piOus
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1873-12-19

DEATH OF AGAss1z. Another over
worked scientist has gone. Prof. Agassiz,
Of Boston, died ON Monday last, of paraly-
sis. He was native of Switzerland, and
with a fine European reputation came to
Cambridge, Mass, in 1916, and in 1847 was
appointed professor of zoology and geology
in the scientific schoolat Cambridge, which
position he still retained. He had in the
meantime visited and collected geological
specimens in every portion Of the Atlantic
and Gulf coasts, Brazil, and the Valley Of
the Amazon, the valley of the Mississippi,
and the great plains at the base of the
Rocky mountains, and had had collectors
at work gathering for him all land and ma
rine animals on the Pacific coast His
collection of minerals, plants, and fossils
far exceed in extent any others ever made
in America, and in most particulars sur.
pass those of any European cabinet Oh mu-
scum. He had published numerous works
of great value. rich with the scielltifit
frui is of his travels and Investigations.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1873-12-19


There are on this globe about one hun.
bred and twenty Municipalities, ruled ovel
by nearly as many men, for only three
queens-Victoria l, of England Pomare
of the Society Islands, and Ranavola IL
of Madagascar.
Wednesday, Theodore A. A. Wick, the
thieving treasurer of Clark county, Ohio
was sentenced to pay q fipe Of $50 900 and
undergo an Imprisonment Of one year at
hard labor in the penitentiary.
Highland county, Va, has subscribed
$50, 200 to the W. G. & St. L. Railroad ,one-
fifth to be handed over when work is COM
menced in the county.
Andrew Croxton, (colored), for the rape
and attempted murder of Peachy Longest,
a white girl, was hung at Tapphapnock,
Va, Friday. He confessed his crime and
sung two hymns with the crowd around
the gallows.
Colonel R. Patton has obtained verdict
for $2,155 in his suit for damages against
the Chesapeake and Qhie A1ailraad Compa-
ny.
Lieutenant Governor Withers is daily in
receipt of dozens of letters from applicants
for two vacant pageships in the Senate
and from friends of the applicants.
DIR. c. schenck has been elected Presi-
dent of the Swiss Confederation.
The English settlers at Farmville, Va,
last Friday, had splendid banquet at
which the ssQueen," President" and Gov
ernor Walker were the toasts.
Seneca and Eliza Burand, Of NEailing-
tee hity fhiss Years i married life.
The Cuban Patriots have deposed
Cespedes, their President, and the Mar
quis, Of Santa Lucia, is now acting Presi-:
dent. e. ''''27 az = .
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1873-12-19
MR.. STEPHENS AND THE BACK
PAYGRAB.

The Hon. A. H. Stephens, Of Georgia,
ex-Vice President of the Confederate
States, made his debut in Congress last
week in "a purple velvet skull cap, ana
in, what must have struck his hearers as
still more odd, a defence OF the Back Fay
Grab. Mr.. Stephens had the advantage IN
his argument of the weight OF an unlm-
peachable personal integrity, skilful ar
rangement of his facts, and careful avoid
ance of the main issue. Against him he
had-right. One favorite position, which
he often returned to, was that the men
who are sent to Congress are worth the
81 500 because they could earn that at
home. How many men in the Virginia
delegation, or his own Georgia delegation,
or the delegation from any State IN the
Union, does Mr.. Stephens think receive
S., 500 at home from their professions or
occupations ? The men who could earn
that, and more, do not go to Congress-
They are not politicians. We take 1t that
the 5000, congressman formerly received,
was ample compensation, and SO consid-
cred by themselves, certainly it was much
more than their services would have COM
manded from the public at large OF corpor-
ations. And even suppose it were true
that they were underpaid, no retroactive
bill should right them. Such perform
ance, by an agent, would not be tolerated
for moment by any man IN his private
business, and the employee who awaited
himself of his employers funds, on the
ground that his services had been more
valuable than his recompense, would be
lightly rewarded indeed ifhe were only dis
missed. And that is in truth the whole
question in nutshell. 1t is great pub
lie wrong and neither Mr.. Stephens tai
ents nor arguments about former back pay
grabs can loosen that conviction on the
public mind. 1t has been the great temp
tation' of the politicians of this decade,
and all who have yielded must sooner or
later pay the penalty.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1873-12-19
WHAT EDUCA TION CAN RETURN
IN MONEY.

When the Blue Ridge Tunnel was exca-
waited thousands of tons of what the work
men intheir blouses ignorantly called''iron
rock'' were brought out and used for road
bed on the Augusta side of the mountain.
To-day it is known that it is the most val
able magnetic iron ore, and what was then
cursed for being in the way, and thrown
away by the ton when blasted out, is now
mined and sold by the pound. The de-
post in the neighborhood is worth mil
lions of dollars, and for nineteen years
railroad has been running past it, and yet
it is only in few weeks past it's value has
been discovered. Suppose these workmen
had been educated in mining and known
the quality and value of what they were
digging /! Wouldn't this county alone have
made more money than would have paid
for the education of the whole State for
wears. Another case just score OF
miles above here there is a mountain Of
marble. Its value was not known until
short time since. The railroad workmen
had built the chimnies for their huts of the
finest marble, made culverts Tor the ROAD
and made road ballast with tin one cab
in chimney there was block of marble
worth $3.50 on the estimate of an expert
enced marble quarryman. And yet for
years a railroad has run over this ballast
and under the shadow of these cliffs of
marble, and nobody were whit the wiser
nor dollar the richer. Suppose the men
who dug this rock had had that knowledge
ofMineralogy that may be acquired at our
public high schools how much richer they
would have been. 1t is a popular error
with the unlettered that education is an
accomplishment instead of being as it is a
stock in trade. 1t gives man an inesti-
mable advantage over the ignorant in every
business in life. 1t is money in his pocket
if he has energy and steadiness with it.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1873-12-19
REPORT OF THE VIRGINIA So
PERINTENDENT or EDUCA-
TION

The report of the Superintendent Of Pub
lie Education for Virginia, for the year
ending Nov. 1st, 1873, shows falling off
in the enrolment of scholars for the year
of 5,5ls. The report shows the surprising
and gratifying fact that Virginia leads all
the thirty-seven States of the Union in
the work of higher education. In Massa-
chusetts, the crack New England State,
there is one student at college for every
1912 inhabitants, while in Virginia there
is one for every 1898 inhabitants. Both of
these beat Germany which has one to eve
ry 2 500 of population.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1873-12-19
THE NEW .LEGLSLA TURE AND
THE COUNTY COURT SYSTEM.

The Richmond Dispatch than which
no paper understands better or pays more
attention to the real interests Of the peo-
pie Of Virginia, is in the field ahead Of it's
contemporaries laying before the next legis-
lature the Importance and necessity of re-
establishing the county courts which were
virtually disestablished by the last. If
that journal were published at the county
seat of populous county, as this is, it
might from experience state with moro
minuteness the troubles which the practi-
cal abolition of these courts caused the peo-
Pile. The inconvenience is particularly felt
by the people in small matters. Under the
former system claim between two farm
ers could be brought into court and in
thirty days settled, if the litigants so will
ed it. OF course like all other legal mat
tiers it could be carried on indefinitely as
long as the parties money held out, but
then it could, if they wished, be speedily
settled. Now sutton waits four months
for term Of the circuit court and II, for
any cause, the case is not tried then, he
waits for another four months. In a case
of unlawful detainer the party gets four
months delay to commence with. In
criminal cases there may be the same delay
with the cost to the State of keeping the
prisoners during the time. Webelieve too
| it is the almost universal wish OF the peo-
pie that the legislature should re-establish
the old system, and we hope that they
will not put it off to a llate day in the
session but let us have the thing done
at once.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1873-12-19

A VIRGINIA COLLEGE TELEGRAPH
L1NE.-The University Telegraph Compa-
ny has been in operation for some weeks.
The line is a superior affair. The posts,
wire, instruments and batteries are first
class. 1t is owned by ajoint stock compa-
ny of students. Mr.. Brown Ayres, of N.
O., is President and Superintendent. The
Headquarters of the Company is at Mr.
Anderson's Boarding House. The line
goes to Gen. Pendleton's on Lee Avenue,
to the Tutwiler building, National Hotel,
Dold's on Main St., to the "Gazette'' Of
flee, Bowie's bookstore, and DR.. Jno. Ora
hams Washington St., and ends at the
tage-under-the-Hill This town-tele-
graph affords much amusement and pleas
ant recreation to the young gentlemen of
the Company-very superior pastime to
backgammon or "deck' The messages
are received by the ear, and the instru-
ments are heard gathering till a late hour
come expert operators. IVA
Gazette.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1873-12-19

THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY & OHIO
RAILROAD.-The organization Of the
Shenandoah, Valley and Ohio Railroad
Company, formerly the North River R. Il.
Company, was completed on Saturday
week, and the following officers were cleo
ted for the ensuing year as follows: Pres
ident, Gen. S. G.. French, of Mississippi;
President, r. N. Pool; Treasurer, E.
Border, of Philadelphia Secretary, R. Q.
Thomas, of Philadelphia General Super
intendent, Capt. II. M. Clay !; Directors,
B. B. Thomas, E. Border, Charles Lening,
John Donaldson, Howard B. French, r.
c.. Thomas, all of Philadelphia; Gen. S. G..
French, H. NJ Clay and R. N. Pool. The
Harrisonburg Commonwealth" says:
Work on the road is progressing salts
factorily. Two corps of engineers are in
the field locating the route between Frank
lin, in Pendleton county, and the Valley
Railroad, distance of Al miles, and ex-
pect to complete the survey within the
next ten days. The Chief Engineer, Col.
B. B. Osborne, has received instruction to
advertise for bids for grading the road as
soon as the route is located, and to let the
work to contract. The route selected is
said to be good one, easily and cheaply
constructed. The Company have had some
handsome donations Of land, one gentle
man giving them over $500 acres of min
eral land, worth at low estimate $20O,0 600.
The counties through which the road is in
tended to pass have made liberal subscrip-
tions, and the people along the route have
given right of way, land, and subscriptions.
The Company, also, has control OF the
mineral lands, along its route, which was
secured for few thousand dollars. This
is wise measure, when it is considered
that the Philadelphia & Reading R. R.,
considered the control of their coal lands
along it's route worth 0,0O0, 900, which
amount it paid to control it. These lands
will make the Company wealthy corpora
ton, for if the lands of the Philadelphia
& Reading r. R. are worth $4,000 900,
| these lands are richer and consequently
| worth more.
| Gen. French, the President, is North
ern man by birth. He graduated at West
l Point in the class of Gen. Grant, and served
| in the Mexican war; After his return from
the Mexican war, New Jersey, his native
/ State, presented him with a gold sword
| Sometime after he moved to Mississippi
and was a large planter when the civil wal
broke out, and entering the Confederate
army served with distinction throughout
! the war.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1873-12-19

HORRIBLE SToRY.-A horrible story of
outrage has been made public in the town
of Warren, twelve miles from Detroit. A
year and half ago one Charles Louis AL
ton was employed to teach in school at
Warren, and also to act as sexton of the
Catholic church. During this period AL
ton outraged the person of no less than
eighteen school girls, none of whom were
over fourteen years old. It appears that
the crimes we're all committed in the church
which adjoins the school-house, and that
the fiend succeeded in terrifying his victims
into silence for over a. year. Alton escaped
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1873-12-19

A telegram announces the death of Col.
Edward B. Jacobs, at Front Royal, War
rem county, Va, in the sixty sixth year of
his age. For many years Col. Jacobs was
member of the Virginia Legislature, and
a valuable citizen
The new Pennsylvania Constitution was
adopted Tuesday with a unanimity that
surprised both parties.
Charles Phelps, the well known owner
Of the Bedford House, at Liberty. Va,
died last Monday, aged 20 years. g.
A hurricane at Sheffield, Eng, Dec.
18th, blew down many building and killed
7 and wounded 30 persons.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1873-12-19

Pere r. Wethered, who for many years
represented Greenbrier in the old Virginia
Senate, died in Webster Co., W, Va, a
few days since. Though 80 years of age
he held the position of Prosecuting Attor.
ney for the county when he died.
General Fremont has cancer of the
stomach, but has until lately kept the mat
ter secret from family and friends. His
physician says that he cannot live year.
A Florida railroad engineer ran his train
twenty miles in an hour, and he was dis
charged for recklessly endangering the
lives Of pa l
The barn Of Rey. J. E Massey, in Al
week. Loss, 81 500. It was insured.