The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1874-08-13


BURIED ALIvE.-A correspondent Of the
Richmond Enquirer writes from Louisa county,
under date of Aug. 5, says:
Yesterday a young man named Dickinson,
while hunting in the forrest adjacent to the
upper waters of the Newfonnd, in the lower
end of Louisa, heard the scream of an nfant.-
He proceeded to the spot from whence the
noise emanated, and on reaching the place he
found an infant, apparently not more than
few hours old, partially buried, and shrouded
in an old slat bonnet. The supposition is that
the burial would have been much more COM
plete and effectllal, but the sound OF approach
ing footsteps and the scream of the infant de-
tered the fiend from the complete performance
of his diabolical end. The child was taken up
and carried to a neighboring house, where it
was washed and provided with a wet nurse, and
is doing we'll. Every effort is being made to
get some clue or linking to this atrocious crime,
and the country officials, who are Oh the trail,
will no doubt ere the sitting Of another sun
have the information they need. The child has
white parents.
Hon. Jesse D. Bright has removed from Gov
ington, KY, to Raymond city, West Virgin
ia, where he is largely Interested In coal min
ing. Sss-s5x
In an article on the Beecher-Iilton scandal,
the Baltimore Sun has. the following truthful
paragraph:
Even assuming the truth of the whole DISCUS
ting story, there is nothing in the alleged guilt
of gifted and sensational preacher, or at a ro-
nance reading woman who has to find out from
novel what she had not been able to learn
revelation, that adultery was a crime, to weak
en- the faith of any one either in Christianity or
in the general morality of mankind and wo-
mankind. What multitude OF happy and
virtuous homes there are, in the world to one
which is even alleged to the otherwise, yet the
solitary exception, like a wandering comet,
makes more impression upon the Imagination
than all the fixed stars which serenely and Sc
curely shine in the armament.
SENATOR NORTON S SPEECH opening
speech Of the campaign in Indiana, by Senator
Morton has been received by the Republican
Press throughout the country with universal
approval. His able contrast of the principles
of the two great parties OF the country was
complete and exhaustive.
In concluding his remrrks, after full review
of all the vital questions of the campaign, the
Senator said:
In conclusion am proud to say that, while
the Republican party may have erred, it has
not proved false to any great principle, nor
coWardly in the presence OF any great ques-
ton. Its aims are noble and patriotic, and it
does not seek a continuance in power by pan
dering to vice and prejudice, but refers to its
past record Of great actions in behalf of the
Union, of liberty, education. equality, and the
material growth and improvement of the ma
ton. as all earnest of what it seeks to accom-
plish in the future. And there mnst be no
cessation in its labors. 1t must not presume
to live upon the glories and memories of the
past. Its first and ever present duty is intro
spection, self-examinaifon, the correction of err
rors, the introduction Of reforms. 1t must look
to the execution and enforcement of the Con-
stitution and laws; and while asserting the ex-
istence of the nation and the just powers of the
National Government, it should ever be vigil
liant to prese We in all their just extent the
rights and powers Of the States, ever carry
ing before it, asa lamp to guide its steps, those
great fundamental principles, which have
given to the party it's power and glory
equal rights to all-equal and exact justice to
all men. IN
Thomas Hunter, OF Alexandria, on We'd
llesday OF last week, caught huge catfish in
the Potomac River weighing one hundred and
twenty-five pounds.
The chicken cholera has made it's appearance
in the neighborhood of Watkins Mill, in Fair
fax county, which is killing off the fowls rap
idly.
The beautiful new Masonic Temple, in WASH
ington, was set fire to by an incendiary Sum
day evening. The fire was extinguished after
loss of about $4,000.
The residence of VIM. M. Tweed, corner of
Forty-second street and Fifth Avenue, New
York, was sold at Auction, by the referee, yes
terday for $195, 200.
Congressman Beck, advises the Kentucky
grangers not to vote for any body who is con-
nccted in any shape with the great. corpora
tons.
Senator Window is quoted as saying he finds
very few inf1ationists in Minnesota /; also, that
he cannot recall an7instance in which he has SO
mistaken the views and desires of his constitu-
ents. He wishes now that he had voted as he
felt and thought.
A family in Orange county drank coffee one
morning last week, made of water out OF a
kettle in which a black snake had somehow re-
manned and been boiled to death. The discov-
cry afterward made several Of them sick with
nausea, but nothing serious resulted.
The Warrenton Index says ssthe drouth has
proved serious infection in this Immediate VI
entity. Vegetable gardens are failure; not
half crop Of corn will be made, and pastures
are suffering for rain. We understand it has