Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1873-04-22
Stauntult Spettatur.
Tuesday, april 22, 1878.
THE LATEST NEWS.


Fire in Oswego n. Y, burned Park House an,
out buildings. Loss $4,000.
After the worst snow storm of the year for
days, the Pacific Railroad is again open
The officers of Atlantic have been condemned
and the captain suspended for two years.
Several murderers were hung in various part
ofthe country last week, and still crime increases
The natives of Netherlands India are fighting
against their Dutch masters, with success.
The Va State Conservative Committee are t,
meet in Richmond, May 7th. and full attend
Snce is expected.
Dispatches from Rome report the Pope better
but still very i'll, and dispatch received at OF
iowa says the Pope died on Monday.
Supreme Court of S. c., has decided BLU
Ridge Railroad Scrip issue unconstitutional ant
relieved the State of SIS GOO 600 fraudulent debt
The Supreme Lodge knights of Pithias, il
Richmond on 18th, decided $50 lodges and TO-
900 members in rebellion in Penn, and cut then
off,
From Nov. 1st. 1872 to March 1st, 1873. there
were 456 004 hogs packed in q. S. an increase
over preceding winter of 621, 46S, exclusive Of
California.
After two days severe fighting the Modocs
were cut off from water and fed to the hills
southwest ofthe lava beds. A number of scalps
were taken
The Alumni of U. of Va, of Maryland met in
Bait, last week, and took encouraging action to
aid the endowment fund Rev. T. U. Dudley
made happy speeches.
The Congressional Committee on j. R. & K
Canal have heard Col. Darlington in its favor
and will examine it in July. It is certain of IA
vorable action next session.
the Cumberland, Pa, Y. r. R., has agreed to
furnish Col. G. ]. Faulkner S, Martinsburg and
Potomac r. r., the money to complete it to
Winchester or Front Royal, to connect with S.
Y. r. r.
Radical dispatches from Grant Parish Louisi-
ana make out the whites entirely to blame and
the negro fends suffering saints" u S. troops
have been ordered there and repetition OFFS G.
Klu Klux arrests and mock trials may be ex-
pected.
The war in Grant Parish louisiana originat-
ed in band of negroes forcibly dispossessing the
regular officers from Court House, running the
whites out Of the town, robhing generally. and
even stealing dead white infant and throwing
it and coffin on the roadside when they found nc
money in coffin. Law abiding negroes were also
run out They fortified the @. Fl. and the whites
irrespective of party, gathered gtormed the yard
and. the negroes showing flag Of truce, went uT
to receive surrender, when they were fred on
and some killed and many wounded. The whites
then fred the Court House, and shot SO to sixty
MORALLY wounded. At last accounts U s. mill
tary was in possession and all quiet.
THE MARKETS
Latest Market reports, received before going tc
press show no material changes worthy ofspeca
note but we give them. for our readers to judge
and the benefit of the rural press.''
STAUNToE.-Reported by Richardson & Bell
Produce Dealers, Augusta St.-Flour, super
$3.50; extra, $7.S5 to $780, family, Sc. 5O-no
much offering. Butter, 80 to 33c. Eggs, 15c-
Butter and eggs in gyod demand, tho offer.
ing being very limited.
FROM BALTIMoRE.-We have -four heavy
with sales Of extra at 81 IS and family ut sass
Wheat dull and lower; white, choice, 205a$2. TO-
fair to prime do. 1.75ab2 Corn quiet white
Southern, 66a67c.; yellow Southern, 63c. Oats
dull; southern 50a5ic. Rye quiet and steady
Provisions strong and buoyant. Pork, Sl75 =
Bulk meats Shoulders, Tic; rib sides nominal
clear rib sides, 9a94c. Bacon quiet but firm -
Lard firmer and higher at 9ta9lc. Best Butter
steady. choice roll 38a4lc. Whisky firm at 9I3c.
Cattle market somewhat brsker and offerin gs
}. no. 90
aS6.25; medium S5.00-average Sc H. Sheep
have declined, Wool sheep 6a74c. Clipped 41a
SIC. gross. Lambs 4a6 per head, Hogs declin-
ed but prices now firm at still fed 75aS7 %, and
corn fed 7aS7 IS per 100 lbs net
Tobacco in Baltimore dull. at 50aSS so for
good Va. Tugs medium leaf 5CaSl0. fair 10 0C
ASH Shipping Si2a$l5. Good stems 8 5Oa$5.
RICHMOND AND ALExANDRIA.-Report an
improvement, expected, but no changes Flour
dull at So IS for Richmond Co. Extra Wheat
highest price, 93aSl 90, for white and ST IS pei
bus. for red. Corn Toe; oats Soc; Eggs l5c. pei
dozen. Butter in demand. In Alexandria. foul
81 50 for super, extra 25aS8 Is and fami y
9 50a$9 IS, corn 65 oats55 fish, shad $ll 75al3 OK
per hundred, herring S. to Sc per thousand anc
50a57 90 per bbls.
FINANCIAL.-New York money market closed
bouyalt according to Herald 81 report of 10Th, bat
several large failures are announced and money
crisis is over, however, ard times viii be better
Va Us ex-cOupons 42-new ~. w Va. certi
fcates I3al34. The Bank of England rate has
not been raised and money is flowing into N. Y.
from the interior. Stanton bankers report de-
post line lower than usual, discounts rare anC
loans II per cent.
SERIOUS ToMF0oLERY Are we to have NJ
cad 20 the foolish talk of the Richmond
press, about railroads." "North and South
lines, South Side aud North Side" &C.,
No sooner have the Enquirer and Wing buried
the Ratchet and things begin to work smoothly
for Conservative union, on the only issue, op
poaitlon to Kadica!ism than their sage m0ni
tor, the Dispatch, pitches in to the South side
cities, for naturally wanting the Clifton Forge
Il. t., and iss press is in blaze. Gentlemen
we give yoa fair warning 10 stop this thing il
time, for if you beat US By such tomfoolery in
the next election, there Is no power on Earth tina
can keep the Great Valley from uniting with
West Va. We have stood great deal bu
such chdishness, in presence Of great issue
is more. than even the Valley can stand and il
is time to Qnit it.
''Do YoUR Duty. Con WILL ATTEND II
THE REST. SO spoke the immortal Stonewal
Jackson in the darkest hour Of the Coufeder
acy, to his Responding people, and with tbt
same sublime confidence in the triumph Of thu
right, should the Conservative party of Virgin
ia act in the approaching canvass. While W;
Of the Valley may nor suffer the full extent o
tie horrors, like those now inflicted on stricken
Louisiana, East Virginia would, and as Tx
Radicals desire to narrow the Issue down "tC
one OF men only" the sublime duty of the houl
is Tor the white men of the Valley to stand By
their helpless brethren Of the East, doing thei
duty, braveIy AID fearlsssly, we'll assured q
the rest
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