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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-09-18

Notwithstanding the prompt action of
Gov. Brown in Tennessee, United States
troops are making arrests in Gibson county.
There can be hardly any excuse for this in
reference, as the grand jury at Trenton is
at work, and public sentiment in Tennessee
is thoroughly aroused to the enormHy of
the late outrages.
Arthur Purcell, the man who offered a
reward of 100000 for the recovery of little
Charly Ross, has announced the withdrawal
OF his offer. He says he now believes that
no crime has been committed, and the
whole affair will be officially compounded.
The Post-Office Department has ordered
an extension of service upon the Baltimore
and ONO railroad from Harrisonburg to
Stauncon, Va, twenty-six miles.
This is signifcant An old lady in Mid
dleboro' told the President that she wanted
him to be President another term. The
President squeezed her hand
Gov. Walker in the Richmend district
Ran Tucker in the Rockbridge district and
Goode in the Norfolk district. are all at
work stamping their beats.
Gen. Henry A. Wise as an independents
candidate is spoken of in the Richmond
district, if there is no Radical nomination.
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A LITTLE GIRL OUTRAGED AT A CAMP
MEETING ON THE SABBATH-DAY.-Las
Sunday morning: when the assemblage of
worshippers at Bonds camp-ground, five
miles west of Blouatville, had assembled
for service, three little girls, daughters of
William A. Boy, ventured into the woods,
i very few PAGES from the encampment,
and were followed by a young man named
James Cox, aged seventeen, who caught
one of them, aged nine years, and proceed
ed to violate her person. Her cries and
those of her little sisters called to their
aid AIessrs. Beattie Mullins and Andrew
Snapp, who caught him in the very act,
and caused him to desiSt by throwing d
rock, which came within a few inches Of
killing him. He WAS Immediately placed
under strong guard and held for trial.
The unspeakahle bOldness and atrocity of
the crime aroused the widest excitement
among the thousand who were there pres
ent, and came near terminating the ser-
vices. The little girl is a child of one of
our most estimable Sullivan county citi-
zens, and the devil who was outragipg her
is the son of respectable parents. 1t may
as well be accepted as a fact thatthe sweet
little girls we fondle on our knees are not
free from the blasphemous blpeds which
walk boldly into our midst, and society
owes it to them these devils should be
made to suffer death on the spot. Cox
was caught with difficulty, and offered 500
to be set at liberty.-Bristol Va.l Necs.
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EX-PREsIDENT DAVIS STOLEN PROP
ERTY.-When Jeff. Davis was confined III
Fortress Monroe one D. e. Moore, an Iowa
soldier, who was one of the guard, stole
from him photograph album, containing
family photographs and those of his staff
and distinguished Confederates with him:
Although every effort was made. it could
not be discovered who had taken the book:
Some time in August D. E. Moore mailed
a letter from Waterloo, Iowa, to some per
SOD at Erie, Pa, offering the album for
sale, fixing the price at forty dollars, this
being the price Moore claimed that Bar
mum had ON Il previous occasion offered
him. The Erie man, instead OF respond
ing to Moore, sent the letter to jefferson
Davis who wrote to ex-senator George w:
Jones, Of Iowa, sending him the letter and
asking him to get the Album, if possible
Moore was found in Iowa county, and, the
album seized from him under i writ OF re-
plevin by an officer. The trial as to the
right of the property was postponed until
the 18th instant, in order to give ME-
Davis time to furnish the evidence OF his
RIGHT and title to it.,
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The NEXT VIRGINIA CONGRESSIONAL
DELEGATIONS Virginia may truly con-
graduate herself on the selection of he,
Conservative candidates for Congress
They are gentlemen of wide experience,
enlarged views, unhnching integrity, and
will reflect credit upon themselves and
their State. In J. Randolph Tucker, John
Goode, Gilbert G. Walker, Beverly Doug
lass, George G. Cabell, John 7. Harris and
Eppa Hunton, we have an array of names
to which Virginia can point with pride
and satisfaction. The best of ALL is, too,
that all Of them. with the exception. per-
haps, of Mr. Goode, in whose district there
is a large negro majority, are, certain OF
election. Even Mr.. Goode, we believe,
can be elected by unceasing labor from
now until the day of election. What a
blessing it would be if he could be the next
Representative instead of Jas. III. Platt.-
Roanoke IN. C.O Neus.
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''Professor" J. F. Mccain, for seyera
years leader of the First Virginia Regiment
band, whose music delighted the Staunton
boys not long ago, has absconded to Cali
fornia, and he is accused of carving away
funds not belonging to him.
Governor Kemper and State Treasurer
Hunter have, by authority of the Legisla-
ture. appointed November 10th for a con-
ference at the capital with the creditors of
The Virginia home and foreign debt.
CDR" Lewis, who murdered constable
in Greenville, CO., Vs., and fooled the
FRI m the Eastern Lunatic Asylum.
During the month of August 344, 31sa
pounds of tobacco were shipped in bond
from Richmond, Va.
Col. "Nat." Claiborne, of St. Louis,
Mo-, is on visit to Botetourt co., Va.
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THE CHANGERS AND THE TOBACCO AS
ISOLATION OF DANvILLE.-We learn from
the Danviile 'sTimes'' that considerable
excitement has arisen in Danville, during
the week. growing out of contest between
the Changers on one side and the Tobacco
Association and Warehousemen ON the
other. The Times" after giving various
details, sums up as fo lows:
At tile meeting of the Board Of Trade,
the committee Of grangers desired to know
whether, if the farmers secure an agent to
sell their tobacco in this market at p per
cent, including all expenses, the Board OF
Trade will recognize him. They informed
them that they would not, and passed a
resolution expelling any member who
should recognize such an agent by bidding
at his sales. The matter was then referred
to the warehousemen and the committee OF
grangers to see if they could not agree upon
the rate Of charges. They reported they
could not agree. AS the matter now stands,
the association compelling al uniform rate
the charges remain the same and all the
warehouses in town are selling at the old
rates.
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DEATH OF TIE CAPToR OF JOHN II
SURRATT.-Henry Benjamin Ste. Marie
died suddenly in Philadelphia, on Tuesday
last from heart disease. The Philadelphia
Ledger says:
1.-THE deceased, it will be remembered,
was the man that captured John II. Sur
raft, for $4,000. He received from the
government but $4,000, and Ste. Marie
instituted suit for SIS 900. the remainder
of the reward. His counsel were D. B.
Meeney and F. Carroll Brewster. He OBJ
tanned judgement in the Court of Claims,
but the case was carried by the Attorney
General to the United States Supreme
Court. where it is now pending. The de-
ceased was a native of Canada, and was
Al wears of age''
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rALE OF A HOUSE AND LOT

CALE OF A HOUSE AND LOT
IN WAYNESBORO
By virtue of decree of the Circuit Court of
Augusta county, rendered in the cause of Bav.
ior's Executors against Wright's widow, 4 ais.
| will proceed on
FRIDAY, THE 18th OF SEPTEMBER NEXT
on the premises, to sell at public auction to the
highes, bidder HOUSE and LOT, situated on
the South side of Main street, in the town of
Waynesboro now being in possession and occu-
paucy of the widow of James Wright decd
The house contains four rooms, one of which is
used as store-room. The lot is lot number 2
in the plat of said town, and fronts on Main
street about sixty feet, and runs back about one
hundred and twenty feet.
TERMS.-Enough cash in hand to defray
costs of suit and sale, and the balance in one.
two and three years. the purchaser executing
bonds with approved security, bearing interest
from the day of sale, and title retained as ulti-
mate security. PRESTON A BAYLOR,
Sale at y o'clock. Commissioner.
Aug 21-tdS
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DEATH OF CAPTAIN S. w. WooD.-The
Norfolk papers announce the death in
Hampton, last Friday, of Captain Samuel
Williams Wood, president of the Virginia
Pilots Association. He was in his sixty
eighth year. In 1874, he represented Eliza
beth City county in the Legislature. Du-
ring the war, he was for a time chief pilot
of the James river Confederate fleet, the
ircn-clad Virginia being placed under his
immediate supervision. The fleet receiving
orders to proceed down the river. Captain
Wood and Captain John Tay lor Wood,
another daring spirit. volunteered the
hazardous task >ot cutting the chain OBJ
structions stretched across the river by
the Federal army. On the night before the
fleet sailed, these two gentlemen proceeded
down the river in All open boat, and, al
though exposed to a sharp fire from the
enemy, succeeded in their object, and re-
TUNED to the fleet unframed. He con-
tinued in this position until the close of
The war, when, with his family, he return
ed to Norfolk
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AUTUMN FAsu1oNs-NEw STYLES OF

AUTUMN FAsHIONs-NEW STYLES OF
GARMENTS AND TRAIMINGs.--Whe
or not much money will be spent on good
clothes this autumn and next winter
has not been decided. Business has not
been very brisk anywhere as yet, and the
effects OF the panic are still noticeable.
But inventive minds and skilled hands
have made new designs and new fabrics
during the summer. In cloths there are
some very pretty new cassimeres, mostly
gray with some noticeable blacks and blues.
Dagonals and invisible checks will be
greatly worn this autumn, instead OF the
plain cloths, which it was prophesled some
time ago would be fashionable. The most
popular diagonals will be very fine; straight
ribbed cloth will also be favored. The
fur beavers, much worn last year by ladies
and gentlemen, will also be fashionable
| this season.
Some very handsome colored cloths, gar
net, maroon, blue, &C., have been intro
duced for ladies' sacks. In dress goods
, the Scotch plaids are always fashionable.
Scotch plaid Water-proofs in plain colors
will be used this season principally in
street costumes for ladies and children.
Some very striking plaid cloths in blue
and black and red and black, the plaids
being rather large, are intended for ladies'
wraps and misses suits. Camel's-hair cloth
will be very popular material for ladies
suits. The underskirts will, in most cases,
be of plain cloth, and the other parts of
the suit of plaid. What is known as the
Gros carreau camel is intended for entire
suits but this cloth will also be used for
! suits in which the overskirts will be plain.
Russian camel's hair cloth, thick and
f1eecy, will be very popular plain OF in
plaids. Basket pattern cloths, similar to
the mems coating of last season, will be
used this year for ladies' suits; and the
Knickerbocker camel's hair cloth, so pop
ular ten years ago, will be in the height OF
fashion this year. In most of the cloth
4 suits, the understands will be plain, as we
have already said, with bias trimming
Plain silks are already in fashion. and it
is unnecessary to speak at length concern
ing them There are some new materials
for overskirts, &C., this autumn, including
silk and velvet striped goods OF unique
patterns. A new article is Matelesse
with silk face like quilting. Imported
jetted laces will be used for dress trimmings
this SESSION in preference to any other ma
terial White lace is ornamented witt
steel beads and will be used to trim eve
ming dresses. Beaded net for jackets
aprons, &C., will be fashionable White
acronet, beaded with black jet, intended
for dress trimming, is the newest thing oil
the kind in the market. There are many
novelties in Women's collars and cuffs
most of which are intensely bewilderDl IS
to the masculine mind.-N. 7. Post.
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The Winchester fair opened Tuesday
with a fine display in all departments, but
with small attendance from the falling
rain.
James B. Marchant, of Charlottesville
Va. connected with the wooden mills there,
is dead.
At Liberty Baptist church, near Char
lottesville, last week there were two con-
verts aged eighty and one aged sixty years.
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MURDER IN A LUNATIC ASYLUM
Monday morning last, about dawn, John
Williams, a colored lunatic from Winches-
ter, in the Central Lunatic Asylum at
Richmond, killed Samuel Smith, another
lunatic from Manchester, aged siXty-six
years, The homicide is about fiftY-fye
years of age, and was put in the asylum to
cure the delusion that he is very wealthy,
and is unjustly kept out of a fortune. The
s'Dispatch" says:
Both men were usually quiet and we'll
behaved, and, with some eight or ten
others considered entirely harmless, We're
allowed freedom in the daytime, and
at night were confined in one Of the large
rooms in the second story Of the old ward.
An attendant slept in the ward with them,
and was charged % preserve order and see
that the regulations of the institution
were obeyed. Yesterday morning Smith,
who WAS sleeping on the opposite side of the
room from Williams, complained that some
one was talking loud and breaking his
(Smith's) rest The offender was probably
an old man in a distant part OF the room,
who was talking in his sleep; but some
how Williams considered himself accused,
and got up, took q heavy slat from his bed,
and went to Smiths bed and struck HIM a
heavy blow. The Stat fell obliquely across
Smith face from the chin to the right ear,
and fractured the skull, causing death al
most instantly. Williams put the slat
back in its place, and retired so quietly as
not to awake the attendant. A lunatic in
an adjoining room had, however, heard the
numblings of Williams and the blow, and
he gave the alarml DR.. Cabell reached
Smith i'll few minutes after he was
struck, but life was then extinct. Will
Hams was locked up i'll a cell, and in re-
from whom they were obtained, his imagin-
alton failing him at that point. He said,
also, that he had orders to kill DR.. Cabell.
He was much alarmed when he was locked
up, and evidently expected to be punished,
though it was clear he did not altogether
understand the situation.
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SALE OF THE WARM SPRINGs.-Ihe
Warm Springs in Bath county were sold
Tuesday at auction A telegram to the
Richmond "Dispatch" says that large
number of visitors were present, including
capitalists from Philadelphia and English
moneyed settlers, who have been investl-
eating the property and titles for several
DAYS past. The sale took place i'll the front
portico. S. Fl. Letcher, of Lexington,
made the first bid-thirty thousand dollars
followed by spirited bidding until forty
nine Thousand eight hundred and fifty was
bid by p. Collins, dry goods merchant, OF
Philadelphia. Bidding after this became
slow, ascending by Ifties, until fifty thous-
was bid by j. II. Rixey, representative OF
Colonel Eubank, the present proprietor.
After dwelling the usual time the criel
knocked the property down at this figure.
Upon the announcement OF Colonel Eu-
banks name the large crowd present gave
hearty cheers, he being the favorite COM
petitor. Ladies who looked from windows
over the piazza waved their handkerchiefs.
The property was sold before i'll October,
1871. for forty-one thousand dollars; the
present sale was under a decree upon de-
ferred payments. Colonel Eubank has 1t :
liable English capitalists interested witt
him.
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A GRANITE STATUE.-The granite sol
der who is to surmount the national mon
ument at the battlefield of Antetam has
been completed, and is claimed to be the
largest figure in sculpture outside of Egypt.
He weighs over thirty tons. and is twenty
one and half feet high. The gun he holds
is eighteen feet long, and his shoe three
feet in length The face is smooth shaven,
except heavy moustache, and is that of a
reSOlute man.
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GEN. RrAN's WlLL--The Pine Bluff
Ark. Press states that Col. John G. Ryan
of that place, has, after long delay, OBJ
tanned possession of the will of his late
brother, Gen. w. A. G. Ryan, made on the
lav before he was executed by Burriel i'll
Cuba, and that by this will the colonel
comes into possession of property valued
at not less than $3.50, 600.
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SHOT DEAD WITH AN ARROW MADE
OF UMBRELLA WIRE.--In New York.
Robert Bell, boy of fourteen, has caused
the death Of William Harrison, boy Of
the same age, by shooting him with an
arrow made from an umbrella wire and
sharpened at the cpd. 1t penetrated Har-
rison's skull at the temple. The TWO Lad
been engaged in trivial quarrel, but no
serious harm was intended by Bell.
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VIRGINIA OYSTER WAR.-The "oyster
war; between Marylanders and Virginians
that has been quiescent for several years
past, has broken out again. A dispatch
from Crisfeld announces the capture of
two Maryland oystermen and the killing
of one, who were dredging on Pokomoke
sound, by some of the Virginia police force.
Their offence was in geing after oysters
south of the boundary line fixed by Dad
wilson three wears ago
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DING LOST.

DING LOST.-!n Stanton, prob4bly
II, near the Circus ground. Saturday, a GoLD
kISG, with diamond set and inscription inside
"D y lexander A" A suitable reward will be
paid for its return to this office.
Sent Is = lt#
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RUNNING WITHOUT LEGs.-Mother
Goose tells how, once upon time, ''two
blind men went to see two cripples run a
race In Fayette county, Iowa, some
thing similar is going on; three candidates
are running as best they can for the office
of recorder, though minus four legs be-
tween them, two Of them having leg
apiece and the third no leg at all.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-09-18

Mr.. Beecher has been lecturing to tie,
Twin Mountain House so]ourners upon ms
European experiences: His Brooklyn ex-
periences would have been d more iliIer-
astinp suhiect.-N. Y. Herald.
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Hon. W. NJ. Burwell. formerly of B, d.
fo d county, is to deliver an address at he
closing exercises of the Louisiana Mechan-
zeal and Agricultural College. to be held
in the Senate Hall on the 18th inst.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-09-18

We give the particulars Of the revolution
in New Orleans. 1t is the work of people
driven to desperation by misrule, and, we
grieve to say, will amount to nothing. D..
d. Penn, we learn, is well-known in Virgin
ia and we think isa native Of Lynchb,rg
He is a graduate of the University Of Va.
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en- past grand sires are living:
died.
n UGLY REPoRT.-The Fines.

AN UGLY REPoRT.-The Fncststlt
party of thirty citizens who left this county
for Kansas last spring gives most dis
tressing account OF things out there. Tie
writer emphasizes the fact that ''times are
hard" and says that the chinch bug.
drougIt and grasshoppers have left the
country completely bare, with Il gloomy
prospect for fall seeding, on account OF the
latter which are SO thick that one can
hardly sslocomote" for them. Besides
these evils, which to some extent may be
considered periodical, the climate does not
suit Virginians.
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4 DESIRABLE FARM FOR SALE

4 DESIRABLE FARM FOR SALE.
Not being able to give my personal attention
to my farm, offer it for sale privately. It con-
tains 2l2 ACRES, about 100 cleared and in fne
state of cultivation, the balance very heavily
| tmb'red. 1t has a fine spring of water, 20.
acres good meadow, comfortable Log House q
New Granary, Corn Crib, and Stable. 1t is one.
mile from Tihkling Spring Church. two mills
from Fislersville Depot, and six miles from
stanton; also, very convenient to Mills and
Schools and In the best wheat Section of the
county. 1t lies on good public road. is nearly
level, and altogether is one o the most desirs-
BILE little farms in the county.
TENS accommodating.
Sept S-2m 7. W. SHELTON.
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GRAND LODGE OF ODD FELLOWS OF
THE UNITED STATEs.--The delegates froli
Virginia to the 50th Annual Session of
the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows Of tie
United States, which meets at Atlanta.
Georgia, September Dist, are Judge E. Il.
Fitzhugh, of Richmond; Hugh Latham
Of Alexandria and Jacob Robinson, OF
Lynchburg. The Grand Lodge is cQmpos-
ed of representatives from forty-six grand
lodges and thirty-six grand encampments,
each grand body being entitled to one. and
those reporting more than one thousand
members being entitled to two representa-
tives. Eight officers and thirty-nine rep
resentatives are accredited to the coming
session. Past grand sires are permanent
members OF the grand lodge, being entitled
to speak and serve Oh committees, but not
vote unless they are representatives.
Eleven past grand sires are living; tel
have died.
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OFFICE SECRETARY VALLEY R. R. Co
SrAUNToN. Sept IA, 1874. {
Notice is hereby given that the Annual Meet
ing Of the Stockholders of the Valley Railroad
Company will be held al Staunton, Va, on The
first Wednesday (7th) of October next
GEORGE E. PRICE,
Sept l8-tdm Secretary.
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OPENING OF ROANOKE COLLEGE,
Roanoke College has opened with larger
attendance than ever, at this early period
in the session. There are eight students
present from Augusta and three more are
entered, making eleven in all from this
county. The Roanoke Chimes" of the
10th instant says:
A large proportion of the former stu
dents are returning and new ones are
coming in daily. The session will be the
most successful in the history of the Col
lege. The increasing reputation OF the
Institution is manifest from the large at
tendence from other States, VI lille the
country and State patronage shows that
the Colleges appreciated where it is best
known. Students are already in atten-
dance from fifteen States. Next in num-
Der to Virginia, comes Tennessee, Missis-
sippi. Texas, West Virginia and Maryland.
A college that thus builds itself up by hard
work and self-denying efforts, without en-
doWments and in the midst Of strong COM
petion, deserves the success it is achieving.
Let all encourage the Faculty in their eff
forts to still further increase the ;lttrac-
fractions and advantages of the College,
until it is made second to none in the
State