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

WATERING PLACE TRoUBLEs.-Gen.
Early publishes an earnest letter letter in
the Petersburg "Appeal'' in reference to
the recent alleged jewel robbery at the
Montgomery White Sulphur Springs. lie
says the accused lady bears one OF the
noblest names in Virginia, aud adds;
NThe circumstances out OF which this
scandal at the Montgomery White sulphur
grew, occurred On the afternoon OF the
26th of August. and the telegram from the
Blue Ridge Springs was sent on the 9th,
before the circumstances were communl-
Gated to solitary friend of the lady on
whom the imputation was cast; Whlch
shows how very hasty your informant was
in his conclusions and his action.
s'Having arrived at the Montgomery
White Sulphur after the scandal had been
started, l unsupported to, as Trend, by
the sister of the lady implicated, for ad-
vice, as had known the two sisters and
their mother for some years, and knew
them to be ladies of the very highest re-
spectablity. Being so appealed to, [ as
sumed the responsibility Of the action that
was taken. Iheard full statement, from
the gentleman who acted as the friend of
the lady who was the owner OF the jewels
that were said to have been lost, OF all the
facts of the case. as they viewed them ; and
l was satisfied that the articles that had
been missed had been merely mlslaid in the
room of their owner, as they were found
there on the same evening. Inc clfcum-
stances as thus detailed to me were, IN sew
eral respects, utterly inconsistent With the
idea that they had been taken by the lady
upon whom the inlputation had been cast.
That lady, from the very first, Indignantly
denied the imputation, and her statement
was clear and consistent. From all the
circumstances / have no doubt OF her en-
tire innocence"
A letter from the Greenbrier White Sui
phur Springs of September 9th, says:
Last Monday night, the 9TH instant,
about eight O'Clock, the room of MI. Ben
iamin French, confectioner, was entered,
and his trunk and valise stolen. Search
was Immediately made, but no traces OF
property or rogue could be discovered
Ihr next morning, about nine o'clock, the
trunk and valise were found about three
hundred yards north OF the Springs. Ihey
had both been broken open and everything
taken out. Loss estimated at about one
hundred and fifty dollars. MI. f. was at
the office of the hotel at the time, attend
ing the news stand. His room is in I'M
is called the cold ball ROOM"
PRESIDENT GRANT AS DESCRIBED BY
HIS CoUsIN.-Colonel Swami, cousin
whom President Grant visited at Kama,
wha Falls not long since, made a speech
at the Congressional nominating ConVen-
ton at Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs
in which he pronounced the following eu-
logy on the President
At lu~ nead of the Government stands
and will stand for many years d man IN
whom all have confidence, and who Will
prove equal to the trials OF the present as
he was equal to the trials of the past and
will be equal to the future. A man just
to all. He will save to the East her bonds,
and to the South ner schools and her civil
ization, and to the freedman his equal
rights. A man who will give tranSporta-
ton to the West, and for the nation will
| find an exit from her financial troubles
A man as illustrious for his modesty as for
his Justice. A man who can afford TO pe
just, because by the consent OF mankind
he ranks as a soldier, and us clvlllan he
stands above the restraints OF party
Every liberal advance he has made has re-
! ceived three cheers from that g, eat party
that raised him to power, and to whose
principles he will always be true, because
they are his. He has won from all parties
the title of just and the irEeconclable
enemy of injustice. In war, Just to his
sword. In peace, just to the fallen great
and the cause he conquered. just in VII
tuous examples; just to the memory. OF
Greeley just to Lee, just to his foes ;jast to
| the laws Just i'll demanding OF strong ma
lions IS the right, and in mercy to weak ma
lions. The sElendors OF fortune, the ap'
| plause of nations, the confidence OF coun-
| try, the adulation Of tiattely and the
| charms of vice have not moved the virtues
of an innocent life Those Of our citizens
who hear a Third term severely reflect upon
his past while they betraya want OF con
| fidence in the permanency OF oar ihstitu-
| tions Blessed of Providence With such
| vast resources blessed with such EXAM.
pies of Roman virtue all that is needed
to restore the country to prosperity is pa
thence