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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-06-26

THRICE HANGED. Billy Tisdale color
ed, who was executed at Boydton, Va,
Friday, for the murder of his wife,
denied his guilt to the last. On the way
to the scaffold he was baptized by a colored
Baptist minister. The Southside "Times''
says:
Never, under such trying circumstances,
did we witness such mastery control of
every faculty OF the human system. When
the sheriff had adjusted the rope and pull
ed the black cap over his face, he said =
Mr. Carter, this is an awful death to die, )
These words were spoken in a low though
firm tone, and indicated that even in this J.,
the most trying moment in the tragedy
he evinced no fear of the awful fate await
ing him; and during his conversation with
his little son, when it might have been nat
urally expected to hear him speak with
trembling emotion, every syllable was ut
tered distinctly and us calmly as if only
taking leave of him for brief space
Tisdale was about fifty years Of age; short,
thickset, muscular black complexion, and
low, retreating forehead. Soon after the
close of the war Tisdale was accused of
the theft OF a quantity of jewelry belong
ing to the wife Of DR.. Scott, of this county
He denied the theft, and was hanged with
a rope in order to extOrt confession, but
he refused to disclose the whereabouts of
the missing property. He was then strung
up second time, which came near proving
fatal. III fact, he was left for dead by the
party having him in hand, but recovered
a few hours after,
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-06-26

SIR GARRETT WoLsELEY IN STAUN-
ToN.-The "hero of Coomassie," as he is
called in England, for his defeat Of the
Ashantees, who has had such Il brilliant
reception on his return to England, WAS in
Staunton during the war. He was then a
Colonel in the British army, and ran the
blockade from Baltimore to Richmond, to
witness the operations of the Confederate
army. A letter in the London ''Tele-
graph from an officer who travelled with
him says:
Our stay in Richmond was short, as it
was of course our object to repair without
delay to the Confederate Army of Viz
ginia, ard to make the acquaintance of
Generals Lee, Stonewall Jackson, and
Longstreet, whose names were at that mo-
ment upon every tongue. We left Rich
mond by rail for Stanton, in the Valley
of Virginia, and found that some eighty
OF ninety miles had to be traversed be-
tween Staunton and the neighborhood of
Winchester, where General Lees army
was then lying. The acting quartermaster
at Staunton kindly lent us an ambulance
and two mules, and upon the fourth day
we made the town of Winchester, camp
ing out by the roadside at night. l well
remember that my first lessons in the art
OF campaigning were communicated to me
by the officer who has probably seen as
much active service as any man of his age
in the British army. General Lee received
us with the stately courtesy for which he
was so famous, and lent us horses to carry
us to the quarters of his two great auXilia-
ry Generals, Jackson and Longstreet.
remember that Colonel Wolseley was par
ticularly struck by the simplicity of the
relations subsisting between General Lee
and his staff. The reality and grim ear
nestness of the Wal. were visible in every
thing that we saw. but have often regret
ted that Colonel Wolseley had no such OPP
portunities as were often vouchsafed to
me of seeing the indomitable pluck and
elan with which the Southern soldiers
fought. s'There is one attitude, gentle
men, y said General Lee to us, when he al
luded to the ragged uniforms of his sol
diers, Gin which should never be asham-
ed for you to see my men-that is to say
when they fight" The subsequent history
of the war fully proved the justice of his
encomium upon his gallant rank and file.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-06-26
ACCIDENTS FROM LIGHTNING The

ACCIDENTS FROM LIGHTNING.- The
accidents from lightning seem to be very
frequent this summer. In Rockbridge
county last week valuable horse of G.. J.
Brawley was killed, standing under tree,
while a horse on the opposite side of the
tree escaped. The Rockingham "Regis-
ter" chronicles the following extraordina-
~ escape near Turley town i'll that coun-
ty:
During the storm John Dunivan, a
young man engaged in helping his father,
had started out with his one-horse wagon
to haul load of rails. The storm coming
up he sought the shelter of q tree, which
had once been, stricken by the lightning,
but which fact he did not know. He had
been under the tree but short time when
the lightning again struck it, shivering it
from the top to the bottom and knocking
Dunivan PROSTATE, splitting the seam in
his coat on the right arm, crossing to the
left side, running down his left leg, and
passing out over his shoe to root of the
tree, tearing up the earth. Yet, strange
to say, the young man was not only not
killed. but not even seriously injured, the
blistering and burning of his flesh being the
only injury received. He was carried'home
by the neighbors, Messrs. Henry Empswil-
Ter, Col. J. H. Horn, and Others. and in a few
days was going about again as usual. 1t
was the most wonderful escape from in
slant death we have almost eyer record
ed,
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-06-26

VIRGINIA STILL HOLDING HER Own.
The Lynchburg, (Va.) Republican" has
the following about the West Point exam
nations. that shows that the old State
still holds her own:
The New Y DIRK papers publish the names
Of the graduating class at West Point,
with their order of general merit. There
were forty-one graduates, Cadet Grin B.
Mitcham standing No. II of the Glass;
But one was recommended for the ell GIN
eer corps by the academic board; two for
the ordnance; the next fifteen for the al
tillery, and the last twenty-tllree to the
infantry or calvary We congratulate
Cadet Mitcham on his high class standing,
and predict fol- hiW successful and hon
orable future. We understand that young
Mitchm is the second graduate from this
district at West Point, the other being
Samuel Bransford, who graduated many
years ago. Besides Cadet Mitcham, the
names Of three other Virginians appear in
the graduating class, viz : Clarence Deems,
No. 13: George r. Cecil. No. 18; and
Charles H. Cabiness, No. 20. Virginia
leads the list in the number of graduates,
New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio, with
much larger delegations, following with
three graduates each. This is another
demonstration Of the fact that "blood will
tell" Fhe Virginia boys will reflect credit
on West Point in whatever field they may
be placed, -. tis
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-06-26

CIVIL RIGHTs IN VIRGINIA.--The brief
success Of the Civil Rights bill in the
House had it's effect promptly on the ne
groes in Virginia. In Hampton on Sun
day night week several young negro men
entered the Baptist Church and seated
themselves among the whites and refused
to go in the gallery: when ordered to leave
Portsmouth Va. "En terprise" gives the
following:
Yesterday morning while the steamer
Hampton was on her way to this city, and
after she had left Hampton, three negroes
who got on at that place attempted to
procure tirst-class tickets to this CITY,
They were re used, but afterwards, it is
thought. through the instrumentality of
some white person, obt ined them and
took their seats in the saloon. The mate
saw t. EN- there and ordered them out, but
they refused to obey, and the Cal tain'S Or
ders to this effect were alike disregarded,
and one Of the negroes struck his hand
with which he was waving them towards
the door. Seeing that moral suasion was
OF no use, Capt. Schermerhorn knocked
his assailant down and kicked him down
stairs, the othel two following him. On
the lower deck the three negroes were join
ed by others, and general ''melee'' en-
sued, the captain and mate being assailed
by numbers. The engineer OF the boat,
seeing the trouble they We're in, seized a
monkey wrench. and with that weapon
speedily quelled the distu bance. There
is some rascality at the bottom of these
frequent attempts at forcing social equali-
ty, and our railroad and steamboat otfic-
ials and hotel keepers cannot be too much
ON the alert.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-06-26
The Richmond correspondent Of the
foa.

SENTENCE OF DUNLAP TO IMPRIsON-
MENT FOR LIFE.-Robert Dunlap, for
merly of Augusta county. Va, of whose
conviction at Columbus, Ohio. Of the muir
der in the second degree OF James
A. Carpenter, the particulars have ap-
peared in the VINDIcAroR, was last week
sentenced by Judge Bingham to imprison-
ment for life. A Columbus paper gives
the final scene Of the trial:
Robert Dunlap was brought into the
courtroom on Monday last, and received
bis sentence. Judge Bingham spoke az
follows:
Robert Dunlap GU have been tried in
this court upon all Indictment charging
that you killed James A. Carpenter, by
jury duly impanneied and sworn, who
of murder in the second degree Have
you anything to say why the sentence and
judgment provided by law should not now
be pronounced against you upon such ver-
dict?
To which the prisoner replied that he
had nothing to say
You have had a fair and impartial trial
by II jury almost of your own selection,
who listened with great patience and at
tention to all that was offered for, as well
as against you, apparently free from bias
and prejudice. You have been most faith
fully and zealously defended by able attor-
neys of large experience. Whatever error
the court may have committed has certain
ly been unintentional, and while deeply
impressed with its solemn obligations, |
feel assured that no substantial error has
in any manner interviewed in the course of
your trial to your prejudice, OF your coun-
sci, with ample time since the rendition of
the verdict to review and consider the
whole proceedings, would have detected
and brought any snch error to the atten
ton of the court. In the life to which you
are about to be C Unsigned, in which you
will exist as one dead to society, you will
have ample time to reflect upon the great
crime you have committed, and of terri
BILE consequence to yourself. May such
rejection bring you to sincere repentance
and aGfoFmation of conduct and life, for in
this direction only, is there for you hope
and peace of mind,
The Sc tepce of the court is, that you
be forthwith taken to tie penitentiary of
the State of Ohio, and there imprisoned
and kept at hard labor for youF natural life,
and that you pay the costs OF this prose-
cution.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-06-26

FATAL Acc1DENT.-In Lynchburg, Va,
Friday, Edward Jenkins, carpenter, At
years of age, met fearful death, while
having some timber hoisted in q new
house. The Lynchbug 'News" says:
He stopped Immediately on the trap
Der, which had then been drawn a dis
tance Of about thirty-two feet above his
head. The timber coming in contact with
a beam, caused the knot in the rope to
slacken, when it slipped through the rope,
and fell, end foremost, striking Mr.. Jen-
kins squarely on the top of the head,
crushing it in manner beyond .descrip-
ton, and, OF course, producing instant
death. The piece of timber was an oak
girder, twenty feet long, and ten inches
square.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-06-26

Miss FEENIX-BLACKFoRD AT THE JAR
DIN MABILLE.- Paris correspondent
of the Swiss Times writes under date of
May %:
E'The fair cause Of the late scandal in
Russia, for which the Grand Duke Nicho-
las is under arrest at present, has recently
arrived in Paris, and put in an appearance
at Mabille last night, where her diamonds
created no little sensation among the Wis
itors more especially the habitates of the
garden Terpsichore. Mrs Blackford, as
the fair lady in question calls herself, wore
diamonds last night which, if they do not.
as her enemies affirm, belong to a prince,
are certainly worth a princes ransom
Even the buckle in her hat was set with
brllliants, and she wore last night pair
OF solitaire earrings which were estima-
ted by connolsseurs as worth "a 900 at
least. [ understand that the lady belongs
In Philadelphia and that to the repeated
entreaties of her friends to return home
she has always replied that she is not re-
pentant, and that her ambition is to be
the Ninon de L Enclos of the nineteenth
century. Oddly enough, Mrs. Blackford-
even supposing her to have been the Grand
Dukes accomplish i'll purloining his moth
er's lewels-is quite safe from the French
law, which rules that child cannot rob
his parent.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-06-26
AN A17eusrA CouNrv MA, cu,>-

AN AUGUSTA COUNTY MAN Sw1ND-
LED.-Michael Myer and David Seemon,
we're arrested on Saturday by Detectives
Pointer and Carroll, charged with fraudu-
lently obtaining of Timoleon G. Trice, of
Buffalo Gap, Augusta county, Va, two
horses, valued at $3.50. Mr.. Trice came to
this city with six horses, four of which he
sold, and the other two were offered for
sale. Myer proposed to give Trice bug
gy and $50 for the horses, he at the time
saying that Seemon would give S215 for the
buggy. seemon was applied to. and Trice
alleges he agreed to give the S2l5 for the
buggy, and upon these terms the bargain
was made. When Trice called upon See
mon to buy the buggy the latter refused to
do so, and Myer refused to give up the
horses. MI. Trice then began to see that
he had been MADE the dupe of very
transparent trick, AMI applied to Marshal
Gray, who ordered the arrest of the par
ties. Justice Hagerty, on Saturday after
noon, held them in 81 900 each for the ac-
ton Of the grand jury. The buggy is
stated to be worth about $75.-BaH liner
con, 221d.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-06-26
THE NEW CURRENCY BILL.

President Grant has compromised with
himself and signed the new currency bill
and done about the best for the country
that was in his power, after his first veto.
The feature of the bill is a ew appOr-
tionment of the currency under which all
the Western and Southern States, with the
exception of Colorado, Montana and Wy
oming, will be entitled to additional cir
culation. The State of Indiana will be
entitled to abont $2,SO0,00 Ohio to
about $4,000, 900, Minnesota to about $780,
600, Nebraska to about 100000. The
other Western, and Southern States will be
entitled to much larger amounts. The
additional amount of money given to the
country is 1926, 100000. We will soon see
by the applications from the Southern
States for authority to organize banks, III
this section, howmuch benefit we are to de-
rive from the new law.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-06-26

LANDMARK GOING.-The famous
old African Church. at Richmond. Va.
is about being demolished, to make room
for larger structure. 1t has been the
scene of the greatest political meeting in
old Wing and Democratic times in Vir-
ginia. The ':Whig" says:
1t was built in 1902. In 1911. when the
Richmond Theatre, IL few doors above, was
destroyed by fire and SO many lives lost,
the dead and dying were carried into this
building aild laid upon the bare benches
and uncarpeted floors. The present pastor
of the church, Rev. James H. Holmes, is
colored man and WAS born in this city. =
His congregation is perhaps the largest in
the world (Spurgeon's exeepted) and num-
bers nearly four thousand meMbers.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-06-26

The MAD STONE FOR SNAKE BITES
James J. Jones, of Lynchburg, was bitten
by moccassin snake in Amherst county,
on Thursday last. The Lynchburg News
says:
Before he could reach home the foot and
ankle had swollen twice the natural size,
and his sufferings were so intense that his
life was thought to be endangered Mr..
G. c. Wingfeld, being informed of the oc-
currence, appeared upon the scene, where
a crowd had already assembled, and APP
piled his mad stone to the wound. It's eff
feet was immediate and highly gratifying,
removing both the poison and the pain,
and reducing the swollen limb to very
nearly the natural size. Mr.. Jones was
walking about the room yesterday, and
apparently suffering but little inconve-
nIenCe
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-06-26

DEATH OF A BRIDAL PARTY ON Mont
BLANC.-Galignani states that melan-
choly accident had occurred in Switzer-
land. Mr.. and Mrs. Liskeard, young
English pair on their wedding tour, set
out with party of friends to make an as
cent of Mont Blanc. When they reached
the summit of the Corridor the ladies felt
the cold so severely that the guides advis
ed returning. All were fastened together
with ropes, and the bride set ont. leaning
upon the arm of !. guide; Hardly had
they taken q hundred PAGES when Mrs.
Liskeard and her companion suddenly dis
appeared down crevasse covered with a
slight layer of frozen snow. Unhappily
the rope by which they were connected
with the others broke, and they were seen
no more. The husband at once procured
extra assistance from the Grands-Chalets.
but the bodies could not be recovered, and
are probably some thousand feet down in
the mountain. Death must have been in
Simultaneous.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-06-26

A STAUNToNIAN GETS A PUBLIC RE-
CEPTIoN.-The New Y ork State Editorial
Association was in session at Lockport,
n. Y, OH the 18th instant. The Journal
thus describes one of the incidents which
was thes reception given Major n. H.
Hotchkiss, of Staunton:
Being called for he came upon the stage,
and was greeted with rapturous applause.
The Major was the genial and indefatiga-
Bile gentleman who had charge of the X
cursion of Northern editors who visited
Virginia and other Southern States four
years ago. His labors on that occasion
were highly complimented by several MEM
bers of the convention. Major Hotchkiss
addressed the convention briefly, giving an
account of the manner in which he was
enabled to give a free passage through
Virginia and other points in the South 70
the Northern editors ON the occasion refer
red to. He spoke of the great good ac-
complished by that visit The friendly
feelings cultivated between brother editors
on that occasion will ever be remembered
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-06-26
END OF THE PErERsBURe AFFAIR.

END OF THE PETERSBURG AFFAIR."
The Petersburg affair seems to have act
ed as lightning flash to light the Radicals
in Virginia to the grave. 1t showed the
Carpet-baggers in bold relief for villiany.
Captain W. E. Hinton, Conservative City
Superintendent, and General Stith Boil
ing, of Petersburg, both went to Washing
ton, and were accompanied to see the
President by Senator John F. Lewis and
=" Dispatch says:
General Grant made one characteristic
comment on one of the remarks of Capt
Hinton. The latter said that while there
was no purpose to interfere with Federal
officials in the discharge of their duties.
that gentlemen Of the city met them On the
without noticing them when they had but
so recently outraged every feeling of our
citizens, and that if one them insulted any
citizen he would get his jaws slapped, ,as
Greene's were slapped few days ago,
Grant said, gravely, that that was a mat
ter for the State authorities to attend to.
From the Attorney-Gene these gentle
men received also a very cordial welcome
and patient and favorable hearing. He
seemed disposed to clear himself of the re-
VI OluOIILS GlOOpS W U0 S6llU
here to annoy the people, He showed let
tiers written to him by Greene representing
the existence of violence in the city; and
stating that mobc had collected with arms
about the post-ofice and custom-house to
hang him and other officers Of the Govern
ment. A bigger lie was never concocted. |
They ascertained also that it was Greene s
habit to mark and send to the department
any newspaper article abusive of him or of
| other cattle like him.
| Strangely enough, but auspiciously, not
Republican member of Congress whom
| these gentlemen met seemed disposed to
approve the act OF Platt and Stowell.-
| These worthless themselves kept very sha-
dy, and were not seen during their two Oh
three davs' visit to the capital. They are
both said to be very unpopular with mem.
bers of both parties Of the House, and are
generally regarded as the worst kind OF
carpet bag adyenturers. Among the most
emphatic in denouncing their act was Col
1 john r.. Popham,. late Of Richmond, wht
said they had sounded the death-knell O.
the Repu olican party in the State. Indeed
he said there was no State organization O
the Republican party i'll Virginia.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-06-26

In Richmond, Va, a suit has just been
tried in which the children of colored
woman of Philadelphia claimed the pro-
perty OF VIM. 0. George, deceased. a prom
nent and wealthy citizen of Richmond. OH
the ground that iae married their mother,
who was his mistress. Fhe suit was bro
ken down for want Of evidence. and the
Jury gave verdict against the plaintiff.
=, B. Bennett. young man Of Nor
folk. Va, killed himself with laudanHm
OH Thursday morning after proposing to =
young lady and being refused. He left
two letters giving bis reasons.
The fair of the Shenandoah Valley Ag-
ricultural and Mechanical Society will be
held at Winchester on the 18th, 18th, 18th
and 18th of September.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-06-26
RARy SHOW--A DELAWARE PAIR OF

BABY SHow--A DELAWARE PAIR OF
TWINS WIN THE PRIzE.--At the Dor
chester county fair grounds. near FEEDER
alsburg, Maryland, on Saturday last, a
baby show and strawberry festival was
held which was open to the counties of
Caroline, Talbot, Dorchester and Sussex.
The latter was very largely represented,
and the prize $50 or baby carriage) for
the handsomest baby was won 10y a pair
Of twins %ontns ora Ct III NJ dos c0 aa
petitors, MIR. William T., Vickers, e..
New Market, carried eff the first prize on
strawberries; j. Fl. Nichols. fredericksburg
the second, and J. NJ Noble. New Hope,
third. On September 20 and 30 and Octo-
Der /, the annual fair Of the above coun-
ties will be held.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-06-26

THE New EPISCOPAL BISHOP OF WIS
CoNsIN.- The Rev. Edward R. Welles,
D. D., rector of Christ Church, Redwing,
Mimi, who was elected bishop of the
Protestant Episcopal Church. of Wiscon-
sin, on Wednesday, is a member of the
standing committee of the diocese of
Minnesota, secretary of the convention,
and for several terms has represented the
diocese in the general convention. He is
High Churchman of the stamp of DIR.
Hoffman, of Philadelphia. who ran against
DR.. De Koven at the special convention
in February, and DR., Welle's election is
therefore triumph of the anti-ritualistio
party,
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DEATH ON THE BENcH.-James f.
Babcock, Judge of the City Court, New
Haven, Conn, Thursday morning enter
ed the court room and began the business
OF the session in apparently good health
At the adjournment of the court. and as
he was about to leave the bench, he was
attacked with paralysis, which was sue
ceeded by fits of appopleXy, from the effects
OF which he died. Mr.. Babcock has been
well and favorably known in the State for
forty years. He was born in 1910, and
learned the trade of a printer. In 1880 he
became editor of the Palladium, and con-
tinued in it's interests till 1861, when he
was appointed by President Lincoln col
lector of the port of New Haven, holding
the position eight years. In 1869 MI.
Babcock began the study of law, became
member OF the bar, and early in the pres
was elected Judge of the City Court, ia
king his seat June l.