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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-10-09
THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND-
lEEW4,S WE VOTE ON IN
NO TEMBER.

At the Congressional election Oh the 3rd
of November next, the people OF Virginia
are also called ON to vote upon two amend
ments to the Constitution of the State,
submitted by the legislature, relating to
their county and township organizations.
Under these amendments, if adopted, polit-
zeal offices will be filed by Fall elections,
and all other offices by the Spring elections,
OF appointments. The sheriff, attorney for
the Commonwealth and county treasurer,
holding for the term Of four years and
circuit and county court clerks, holding
for six years, together with 80 many COM
pissioners of the revenue as may be desig-
mated by law, will be elected by the people
in May. The superintendent of the poor,
county surveyor and superintendent of
schools will be appointed under special
legislation. In the magisterial districts,
corresponding with present townships,
there will be elected in May, one supervi-
sor. enc oyerseer of poor, three justices and
one constable, to hold office for two years
The school district system is not touched
bat the road district system is abolished
and left to future legislation.
If they be ratified, all the county officers,
clerks. sheriff, treasurer, commissioners of
the revenue, commonwealth S attorney and
county surveyor will be elected on the 18th
Thursday i'll May next, and the present
incumbents, clerks, sheriffs, common
Weatlhs attorneys, &c, will hold their
offices until the 1st of July, 1875. The fall
election then for county and circuit court
clerks will pass for naugbt-for the statute
submitting these amendents, which passed
the Legislature with marked unanimitv,
provides that the illegally constituted Of
fcers of the several counties and town.
ships of the State, at the date of ratifici-
tion of these amendments by the people
shall continue to discharge the duties of
their respective offices until the officers
provided for by these amendments shall
have been elected OF appointed and quail
fed - and the amendatory clauses which
become operative from date of ratification
declare the successors of these shall not be
installed before the 1st day of July next.
And the officers elect at the date of ratifi-
cation are not therein referred to because
those, under existing law, could not quail
fly before the first of January, and there
fore could not 'Econtinue' from date Of
ratification ''to discharge the duties Of
their respective of1ices'' If the amend
ments are ratified, Augusta county will
lose six township clerks, six assessors, six
commissioners Of roads, six collectors and
a number of constables and overseers of
roads.
These amendments must not be con-
founded with those proposed recently by
the Committee Of the Legislature which
assembled at Orkney Springs which, if
approved by the legislature, Will not be
ready for submission to the people at this
election.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-10-09

Capt McCaul is to exhibit his fine stable
of horses at the Division Fair, to be held
at Knoxville, Tenn, next week. This
stable embraces the famous stations
Orange Blossom and Orion, together with
Wild Pigeon, Deception, Little Nell, john
ny Trouble and Others
An American lady, who was i'll for sew
eral n.oaths at a Swiss hotel with the small
box. was surprised, upan hep recovery, to
receive a bill at the rate of VI 800 Per
month, her illness having driven all the
other boarders away.
The Bristol, Va, Fair, notwithstanding
the very liberal premiums offered, was a
pecuniary success, the receipts considerably
xceeding the expenditures.
Edward Boyle, a prominent mechanic of
Richmond, and a most worthy and estima-
BILE citizen, died on Monaay iasE,
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TERRIFIC FALL.-In the Shot Tower at
Baltimore Saturday afternoon, the dumb
waiter with two men or board broke loose
at the top and fell 200 to the floor beneath.
The ''Sun" says:
The dumb-WaiJer is raised by = contin-
lfoJlS rope over II pulley-Wheel aid differs
from regular warehouse elevators only in
somuch that it is held by thick wire ca
bic Of five hundred threads thickness,
which as the platform ascends winds
around the drum moved by the pulley
wheel. Saturday afternoon the platform
was loaded with about seventeen hundred
pounds Of lead, in pigs. Simon Cullen was
seated on the lead and Michael McManus
standing on the edge, his hands elinging to
| the upper beam. All went well until the
| platform and its load had assembled over
| half the distance to the top, probably 200
| feet when from some cause the wire cable
holding the platform slipped from its fas-
E! tening around the drum, and with the
speed of lightning the waiter and its con-
tents fell, striking the bricks with Il crash
| like thunder. The planks of the platform
were shivered into splinters and sent spin
ming i'll every direction. Cullen struck on
the Jumps of lead and McManus fell on
| his legs some distance to the right. The
men complained Of great pain, but were
| conscious. DR.. G.. E. Lubmann and other
physicians being called in it was ascertain
ed that neither of the men had any bones
broken, which was most surprising in view
of the extent and force of the fall. The
doctors say that had the elevator not been
so heavily loaded the men would have been
killed beyond a doubt. but the weight and
tue mass of lead were effective in deaden-
ing the force of the fall. AS it was both
men were seriously injured, McManUs be-
ing much bruised and lacerated about the
body and limbs, while Cullen received i'll
ternal injuries that may prove fatal.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-10-09

FENITENTIABY S5TATIsTICs.-Th
were Tuesday on the records of this insti-
tuition fa6 prisoners; Of which 384 were in
side the priso,;, 227 at the Old Dominion
Granite Quarry five miles from the city,,
and lS5 on the Valley railroad under Mason,
Goode Il Hoge, or thenumberin the peni-
Tertiary, 60 are women, two of them white.
Under the management of French Stro-
ther, the Superintendent and his corps of
officers, the prisoners are nearer self-sup-
porters than they We're ever before in the
history Of the institution.-R Richmond Dis
GUtch
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-10-09
AT the Barnsley County G.

! Az the Barnsley County Court, i'll Eng
land, Oh September II, a tailor's bill was
disputed ON the ground that the trousers
and Wastcoat did not fit. To the great
amusement Of the spectators the judge
ordered the man to put the garments on,
and then decided they were good fit, and
ordered a verdict for the plaintiff.
In a suit for SO 900 damages, at Patter-
son, N. j., against Dir. Richards, for NAL
practice in the treatment of Il bows bro
ken arm, whereby the boy lost his arm and
nearly his life, the jury returned verdict
Of S., 900 for plaintiff.
Anderson, the magician, is drawing
crowded houses in Richmond.
The Wyatt family, of Kanawha county,
is composed Of five boys and four girls,
whose aggregate weight is 81. me aver
age weight Of each one OF the family IS
POT pounds and a FRACTION.
The gift Of President Grant and wife
to Miss Sherman on the day OF her mar
riaoe with Mr. Fitch was goid watch,
with face cover inlaid with diamonds and
pearls.
Seven men have been brought to Lou
isviIIe from Owen county, X, on War-
rant from sAe President, charging them
with obstructng and resisting the laws.
The cotton mills generally of Rhode
Rhode Island have commenced running on
two-thirds time. There are few eXcep
tons.
There was q white frost in Richmond,
Va, and vicinity, Monday. Thermometer
Al degrees.
a sycamore tree 36feet in circumference
with a limb 6 feet in diameter has just been
cut down in Hardy co., W. Va.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-10-09

THE VIRGIN AND THE New YORK
DIoCEsE.-Att the session of the New York
Episcopal Diocesan Convention OH We'd
nesday the question of ritualism was
brought up indirectly. The Society of the
Free Church of st. Mary the Virgin ap-
piled for admission. having been refused
on previous applications because of in
formality i'll papers of incorporation. The
real cause OF the refusal was understood
obe therituaistic principles of the church,
since the informality was merely neglect,
subsequently repaired, to afIix revenue
stamps to the act Of Incorporation. The
committee reported unfavorahly to tine APP
plicatiGn, but the church was admitted,
after discussion, by a close vote.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-10-09

The MERCHANTS TAX DECIDED I'm
CONsTIT UTIONA the case at Rich
mond, Va, of Moore Il Goodson, charged
with violating the State revenue law by
conducting business without taking out d
license, as required by the act of the AS
sembly passed last winter, Judge Guigon.
in the Hastings Court there, on Saturday,
decided that the imposition of license
upon general merchants is not within the
power of the Legislature under the present
Constitution The Commemorative At
torney excepted to the decision, and will
probably appeal to the Supreme Court.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-10-09
At a sale of blooded stock in Albemc

AT sale of blooded stock in Albemarle
county, a few days ago, Durham heifers
S47 to $40 apiece. A Norman Percheron
brought $775.
Miss Clementina Tompkins, Of Matthews
co., Va, has made a success in Paris with
a picture, and is classed by the French
papers as distinguished
George Lebar, Ill years of age, visited
the camp ground, on Durffey's Island near
Stroudsburg, Pa, in company with his
sprightly daughter, 10 years old
Page county, Va, is to vote on the srd
OF November on asubscription Of s1Oo coo
to the Marrow Gauge Railroad,
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-10-09

THREE HUNDRED new SUBSCRIBERS and
basketsful of complimentary letters make
one proud" says the Lexington "uazette;"
and here's where he makes mistake. All
the new subscribers and all the compll-
mentary letters in the world are us tink-
ling cymbal and sounding brass, unless the
money in advance accompanies them.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-10-09

GOVERNOR kEMPER's appointments Of
Inspectors at the Richmond and Peters
burg warehouses appear not to give gtll-
eral satisfaction. The newspaper CORES
pondents charge that there were no ''coun-
try'' appointments in fact, as residents OF
cities we've appointed, us if from counties.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-10-09

FATAL ACCIDENTALLY Bedford ::Sen-
tnel says that two sons of Mr. Thomas
Iannabass, aged respectively fourteen and
and eleven years, who resided near StauIi-
ton river in that county, were in wagon
last Tuesday, when the horses became
boys and seriously if not fatally iniuring
the other,
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-10-09

THE MAHoNE-JoIINsoN DIFFICULTY
The Richmond correspondent of the Pc
t4rsburg News" gives the folio ing as
the upshot of the Mahone-John5on trou-
bic:
Gen. .Jubal A. EARLY and Nj. r. Snow
den Andrews and other gentlemen are In
consultation with Gen Bradley I. join.
son to-day as to the propriety of making
IN authoritative publication concerning
She affair between Generals ahOne and
Johnson. At the time | write this, no de-
termination has been reached, but l am
made to believe by those VINO ought to know
that the decision will probable be averse
to the publication, as General Johnson is
advised that he has no cause to offer an eX-
llanation to the public. Que people have
never yet got the head and tail of the i'm
broglio and have never been able to under
stand why there was so much moving
around shutting about; nor dc they know
who sent the challenge, if any was sent.
and il any was sent and accepted, how it
is that General johnson is not disqualified
by the anti-dueling provision Of the State
Constitution. l am told that the matters
at Weldon at one time were at that point
when Mr. Barron Hope, in the absence
Of his principal, felt it incumbent upon
him Hope to offer to fight Gen. Johnson.
proposition WAS declined by Mr.. An
dreWs, General Johnson's friend, because,
as MI. Andrews said, Gen. johnson had no
reason to be offended with MI Hope. =.
General Johnson, upon his return here.
found his wife very i'll from hysterja, the
effect Of seeing some newspapers contain
ing accounts OF the departure from t9e
city Of her husband She is scarcely better
to-day and is described as really very ILL.,
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-10-09

VIRGINIA At THE n AVA ACADEMY.
Robert S. Griffin, son Of Mr.. Thomas
Griffin, Of Fredericksburg, has received an
official notification of Ills having passed
successfully the late examination at An
napolis by Board Of Examiners, and has
received the appointment Of Cadet Engi-
neer in the naval service. There were one
hundred and five applicants examined, out
OF which twenty-five were to be selected.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-10-09

BISHOP JOHNS, during the past week,
has learned Of the death Of his sister, at
New Castle, DEL, Miss Nancy Johns, VIII
had reached the age Of ST. The Bishop is
now the only surviving member of his
fathers family
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-10-09
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KILLING OF A CoLoREn MEMBER OF
THE NORTH CAROLINA LEGISLATURE
A letter to the Norfolk Landmark, dated
Enfield, n. G., September IS, says:
There occurred a most horrible tragedy
at Heathville, a few miles from this place
on Saturday night last. George Daniel,
colored representative Of this county, and
MI Joseph Branch, white man, had a
dispute about a dog and Branch rode home
procured q double barreled gun, rode to
where Daniel and his wife We're (nearly at
Daniels house, and fired a load of buck
shot, the load taking effect just below the
heart, killing Daniel almost INSTANTLY
Branch then rode to his home, where he
was seen Saturday night, and though a
strict search has been made he has not yet
been arrested. Roth men were drinking,
and were very friendly until the dispute
arose. The cause Of the tragic affair
whiskey. Daniels wife lad him by the
arm, trymgto pull him home, when Branch
fired"
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-10-09

MEDICAL SOCIETY OF NIRGINIA.-The
Medical Society Of Virginia will meet III
annuaI session at Abingdon, Va, on til
18th inst. The railroad companies have
agreed to sell the doctors half-fare tickets.
The prospects for a fine session are encour-
aging
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-10-09

THE Grand jury Of Brooklyn has pre-
scnted Moulton, Tilton and Bowen for
libel, and strange to say, have not pre-
scented Beecher, against whom the evidence
is much stronger, for adultery.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-10-09
lS-@N&Ns~%>

WAR ON CHLOROFoRM.- coroner's
verdict at BOSTON in the case of Lincott,
who died i'll a dentists chair. is that death
was caused by the inhalation of chloroform
administered for dental operation The
jurors are of the opinion that with our
present knowledge Of chloroform its use
as an anse5thetic is wholly unjustifiable,
and they recommend that legislative &C
Hon
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-10-09

HUGH BLAIR GRIGsBg, DR.. Williamson
of Rockingham. and s. Med. Moore, OF
Rockbridge, are the three surviving men,
bers of the Virginia Convention Of 1929
as far as heard from.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-10-09

FATALLY SHoT.-A man named N. B.
Malone was fatally shot with pistol at
Reatortown, Virginia, Thursday, by i. man
named l.. E. Woodward, who Immediately
ran to his store, pocketed all the money to
be found there, and made his escape.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-10-09
1HE TOILETTEs.

The bride and groom and attendants
We're all within the sanctuary rail during
the entire CT. emory.
The bride wore d dress of white silk
trimmed with white satin tulle and orange
blossoms, with pearl jewelry. The brides
maids wore dresses of white silk, trimmed
| with white illusion, each alternate brides
maids having her dress trimmed with pink
and due flowers, those wearing pink pass,
ing to the left. and those wearing blue
fl wers passing to the right as they enter
ed tie sanctuary.
The groom and groomsmen, with the
exception Of MI Thomas Sherman and MIR
Calvin, were attired in full uniform. The
Latter namsd gentlemen were in full eve
ning dress.
AS the procession left the church the
Triumphant March from Il Propheta was
performed by the organist.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-10-09

MINERAL SPRINGS AT THE UNIVERSE
TY.-The Charlottesville ''Jeffersonian''
says that on the premises of the UniYersi
ty of Virginia there have been discovered
sulphur, alum and chalybeate water, which
the waters. DR.. Mallett, we learn. will
analyze the waters, when the public will
learn their true value and virtue.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-10-09
POLITICAL NOTES.
WHAT THE RADICALS PROMISE IN THE
U. S. CouRTs-WHAT JUDGE HUGHES

WHAT THE RADICALS PROMISE IN THE
U. S. CouRTs-WHAT JUDGE HUGHES
PROMISES.
1t appears that Stowell. the candidate of
the negroes for Congress in the Petersburg
district, told the negroes in that city, in
a public speech, that the Conservative
judges OF election there, bailed for trial,
would be certainly convicted: and that
the Assistant Postmaster there, named
Bailey, confirmed it by saying the Jury
would DE wholly of Republicans. and the
judges would lie surely convicted; and
Yankee Allan has made the same promises.
Whereupon ex- NJ. g., Oh Porter, writes
to Judge Hughes as follows-and the an
swer given
Hon. RoJert ". Hughes, United States Dis
tiict Judge:
Slr.-it has been stated here in public
meeting by prominent persons that on the
trial of the Petersburg judges of election
in the United States Circuit Court no
member Of the Conservative party would be
allowed to serve as "a juror that the Jury
would he composed entirely of Republi-
cans, and the conviction Of the judges
thereby secured. Any one can see at a
glance that this statement is most grave,
though indil 'ct reflection on both your
srlf and Judge Bond, as either may preside
at the trial; but it goes even deeper than
this, for if the statement is true, it woul
make the administration Of justice in oul
courts a mockery and an outrage, remind
ing us Of the injustice and tyranny which
| characterized the proceedings of the Court
of Kings Bench when presided over by
Judge Jetfreys, nearly two hundred years
| ago. For thsse and other reasons which
could readily be given, and which, | doubt
not, will readily occur to you, [ regard it
as entirely proper that should ask you
in the event of your presiding, whether
you would allow jury soholty composed OF
members Of the Republican party to try the
cases referred to, on it's being proven t.
| your satisfaction that such was the fact
] would also like to have you, from your
| general acquaintance with JHdge Bond
! give me your opinion whether he would
| permit jury made up entirely Of Repub
ticnns to try these political cases. And
| oblige, yours, very respectfully,
| CHARLES H. PORTER.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-10-09

JOHN NJ. THACKER of Virginia, has been
appointed q. s. Commissioner of Patents,
and Marcus A. Hopkins. of the same State.
Examiner in his office.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-10-09

PRESIDENT OF Four BANKS. Hon. j.
Tome. of Port Deposit, Cecil county, Nd,
is president of four National Banks-Cecil
National, of Port Deposit, National Bank
of Elkton, National Bank Of Fredericks-
burg. Va. and the Citizens National Bank
of Washington. The authorized capital
of these four banks is over one million of
dollars
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-10-09

WITHOUT A HOME. David Holtmyer,
IA years of age, hailing from Rockingham
county, Va, was brought to the West
EN- station-house in Baltimore, Friday,
charged with being a vagrant and without
home. Justice Bell committed him to
the Henry Watson Children's Aid Society.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-10-09

DEATH OF A BRITISH OFFICER. The ne
New Zealand Chimes states that Captain
Henry King, r. N, died at New Plymouth
in June last, aged 80. He was the only y
living representative of the victory OH
Cape st. Vincent in 1871 Captain klhs
was second lieutenant of the "Seahorse,
at the capture of Alexandria, and served
in the operations OIL the Potomac IN ISL
He became commander in 1914. He WAS
appointed resident Magistrate at New ny
mouth, and was gazetted retired captain
i'll 1852,
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-10-09
T Gle ON.
Especial kilograms to the stanton Vindicator.l
The Episcopal General COnyen-

hC s4PfeCOPsSs NGkACEHA NOAs SEa"
aiOns
New YORK, Oct. 9...The Episcopal
General Convention assembled yesterday,
and to-day the committees were an
nounced.
Gne Alabama Reports.
NEW YORK, Oct. S..The ''Tribune's1
Alabama correspondent denies the reports
of the Radicals from that State, and says
their authors are driving away immigrants
and destroying the credit of the State.
GOnsHaGerciai.
Nav YORK, October S.-FloW and
Wheat dull. Corn firm.
BALTIMORE, October S.-Flou steady :.
Wheat quiet. Corn quiet at S1(a$1.G5.-
Southern Oats, G4(G 50.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-10-09

PROF. JOHN W. E. DAVIS has resigned
the Professorship of Chemistry and Tech
noIogy in the Agricultural and Mechanical
College of Blacksburg, Va.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-10-09

ANOTHER CHURCH SCANDAL.-At a
meeting Of the members Of the Bergen IN.
J. Baptist Church, on Wednesday, a reSo-
luton was offered and adopted requesting
Their rastor, Rev. W. w Hammond, to
resign. Mr. Romano stlgmatized the re-
solution as moral cowardice on the part
of the trustees, and demanded that the
charges against Mr.. Hammond be made
public, so as to show the motive for asking
him to resign. MI. Vaudeville remarked
that Mr.. Hammond had better state the
charges himself, as he knew what they
We're. At this stage of the proceedings
Mr.. Hammond stepped to the front. He
said the present trouble began last winter
on account Of the engagement of Mrs.
Scott Siddons to give an entertainment for
the benefit Of the church. He was opposed
to the entertainment because he did not
think it right OF proper to have dramatic
readings III Il church, and eXpOStuiated
man jumped up and in an excited manner
exclaimed, "You're a liar The whole
meeting was i'll all uproar at once, and
about twenty members tried to speak at
the same time. When order had been re-
stored, MI. Hammond said he would like
to be put on probation for a short time,
and he would try and do better He was
Il young man, and Il discharge from the
church would be his ruin. Besides this,
the trustees have been III arrears on his
salary for upwards Of three years, and now
owe him $500, so that he would not care
to resign until that was paid. Mr.. Spa
done became highly excited at this, and
challenged the pastor to furnish proof of
his assertion. Another uproar ensued, in
the midst of which the meeting adjourned.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-10-09
ACCIDENTAL letter from Frederick

ACCIDENTAL letter from Frederick,
Md, dated the LIST instant, says;
AT Frederick Junction, Baltimore and
Ohio railroad, anout O'Clock this morn
ing, man named VIM. Taylor, aged about
50 years, medium size. and hair a little
gray, was struck by an eastward-bound
freight train and seriously if not fatally
injured. He was on his way from Staun-
ton, Va, to Baltimore, and was. it is sup
posed, stealing a ride on the train.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-10-09
TIE WEDDING TOUR

The newly married couple left this eve
ming at six O'Clock for bridal tour North
and West, ending at st. Louis, their flu
ture residence. lii Brooklyn they will be
entertained by Mrs. Fitch, mother Of the
groom, and in Lancaster, Ohio by the rel
atives Of Mrs. Sherman, residing at that
place.