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ago to abandon his family and leave, and
that it was not the money he wanted, as
he could have got away with $4,000 the
day before, but deposited it in the bank
He said he would have gotten the $4,000
in the desk, if another clerk hadn't been
there. He remarked that he left Lynch
burg with $4,000, and had already spent
nearly 81 900.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-02-13

THE BANKRuPr ACT.-The amended
bankrupt act was passed by the e. S. Sen
ate Tuesday by vote of 4s to IL and it
now goes to the House. The nezs features
of the bill are that debtor, that suspenGs
payment of his paper, cannot be forced in
to bankruptcy under forty days, the fees
OF bankrupt officers are reduced one-haf,
and any arrangement for settlement be-
tween bankrupt and his creditors, shall
be signed 10y at least one-half of the credi-
tors, representing one-half of the indebt-
edness. Suits to recover all sums under
five hundred dollars may be brought in a
State court under an order from g Federal
judge having charge of the estate.
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Yours truly.

J, JOHNS.
REV, J. A. LATANE
A CRITICISM ON REV. MR., HULLIHEN's
SERMON.
The Charlottesville Va Chronicle of the
9Th inst. has the following
The last Vndicator contains report of
sermon by the Rev. Mr.. Hullihan, rector
of the Episcopal Church at Staunton, in
which that gentleman skirmishes around
the position taken by MI. Latane in his
letter to Bishop Johns. He avows his
sympathy with the Low Church party but
seems to dread a separation of the sect to
which he belongs into two. He is willing
to remain where he is in one of the oldest
of the sects, but is not willing to be of
new one which must fall into the s'mourn-
full procession of the sects'' after twenty OF
thirty Others which he names.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-02-13


THE LEGIsLATURE.-In the legislature
this week the u. S. Commissioners to ex-
anime the James River and Kanawha Ca
nal were rendered the courtesy of seats on
the floor of the House, and were introduced
to the members by Hon. A. H. H. Stuart.
Among the new matter introduced in the
two houses was bill for the relief of J. r.
Pharr, late sheriff of Allegheny, petition
Thy Mr. Hanger) of Robt. Terrill OF ALL
gusta for the refunding of taxes, bill 10y
Mr.. Stuart) authorizing the Valley r. Il.
to construct branch of it's road, a bill (by
Nj, Stuart) requiring each county to de-
fray it's own criminal charges, bill (by
Mr.. Cochran) for the abolition of the office
of Superintendent of Public buildings, and
another by the same gentleman to incorpo-
rate and endow an inebriate asylum at
Staunton, and bill for the Valley R.
B. Co. to buildga free macadamized pike
from FineastIe to their road. Among the
bills passed by Ole house, and not yet by
the other, was one by the Senate changing
the charter of Petersburg, Mr., Cochran vo-
ting in the negative, one authorizing D.
A. Picker to erect a toll bridge at MI.
Crawford, and MI. Koiner's bill making it
a fine of IS to pull fences down and leave
open gates. The Senate passed the bill to
prevent the sale of liquor on Sunday. The
Senate refused to suspend the rules for a.
motion intended to forward the printing of
Mai yed Hotchkiss' report OH tisa resour-
ees of the State, and some dissatisfaction
with the report being expressed, ordered
that it he deposited with the clerk for in
spection-
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-02-13

WAGES OF A s'VIRGINIA" WAR SENA-
ToR.-Senator Lewis, last week, presented
the petition of Lemuel J. Bowaen, who
was elected by the Alexandria legislature
i'm 1868, to gil the unexpired term of the
other Bowden, who died while holding
seat in the U. S. Senate, as Senator from
Virginia. The petition asks that l.. $.
Bowden shall be allowed pay for MI. Bow
denis une1pired term. Senator Thurman,
said the petition was based on the claim to
recognition of '.the bogus government set
up at Alexandria by two OF three hundred
suffers, comment which ,oecasioned
much laughter.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-02-13

DsTHE VIRGINIA EMIGRATION AND I'M
PRovEME&T COMPANY" with Henry
Ward Beeeher, Wendell Phillips, Henry
Bergal and many other prominent men at
its head, has been organized in Boston. They
offer emigrants to Virginia months work
aud ten city lots and will sell tsssm ON 10
wears time so acres of land and ho,,se,--
They do not state the locality in Virginia
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-02-13

A GEORGIA SCIoLARsHIP.--Last week,
Gen. 3. D. Lilley, of Washington end
Lee University, made short address to
the students of Richmond Academy at
Augusta, Ga, in which he told them he
could safely promise the most meritorious
student a scholarship at the University
The announcement was .greeSed by rounds
of applause by the boys.
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THE GALLoWs-

Two EXECUTIONS IN MARYLAND-THE
SCENES AT THE GALLoWs-STRANGE
CONDUCT OF A CONDEMNED MAN-EA-
GER CROWD IN A SNOW STORM.
&c. &c. &c.
Two executions took place in Maryland
on Friday last-that of Jos. W. Davis, a
young man, for killing and robbing
Abraham Lynn, his employer at Westmln-
lister, and that of VIM II. McCotter, for
the murder of Robert Insley, his father-ln-
law, at Cambridge. The first murder was
for money and the second for revenge. The
Baltimore Sun speaking Of McCotter exc
cutions says:
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kgftthftatnt&
LINTON, VA.
MORNING, FEB. 10. 1874.
.D WHY N0Tg

WI MIL NO1
han of position in West Vir-
bnversation with some friends
that the people of that State are
listed with State affairs generally,
Dac If any arrangement could bemade with
out unduly burdening them with debt,
they would willingly rejoin Virginia
There is constant trouble and uncertain
ty about the location of the State Capital,
the people having no assurance one year
where it will be located the next. With
the present location at Charleston, large
portion of the people, and the legislature,
who have business there, have to go into
Maryland, and come around by way OF
Staunton, to get to their State capital
The new State government with the var
rance between the legislature and execu-
tive departments, and the consequent in
functions and suits between them, has har-
assed the people to the point of WEAKNESS.
Their politics too, have gotten dreadfully
mixed, and the result has been, that they
have just had too Congressman admitted,
that they never intended should represent
them. They have hanging over them the
$15,O00,OO0 of their share Of the Virginia
debt, which they will have to pay as soon
as the new State is sued in the United
States Court and then the pleasing pic
ture of a new State without debt will be
replaced by that of new State with few
improvements and with her mineral re-
rources pretty clearly sold to foreign CON-
panies, taxed to pay an unexpected obll-
CATION A better showing than this, is
reunion with Virginia, with the capital at
Staunton, the centre of the state, accessi-
BILE by railroads from all points; great
state owning her own seaports the Allie
ghanies pierced by great water line, and
two or three railroads; one set of State
officers only to pay the expenses of Grim
inal law proportionally divided. by each
county bearing it's own, as MI. Stuart's
bill now before the House, provides-alto
gether better picture than the two divi-
ded governments. We are about to build
new capitol in Virginia, the old one hay
ing worn out, and it would be well to ar
range this matter SO that it may be built
at Staunton. Of course the office-holders
in both states would raise row, but if thu
people would take it in hand, they woulo
soon cool them down. Its worth thinking
about and more-its worth trying.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-02-13

DEAF MUTEs IN MARYLAND.-The
| Baltimore "Sun'' Of Monday contains the
| following about deaf mute service there,
which refers to Maj. J. c. Covell, former
ly Superintendent Of the Virginia State In
stitute in Staunton, who has been appoint
ed by Bishop Whittingh am, of Md, lay
reader to the Deaf-mute congregation of
Grace Episcopal church in that city, but
who is not a Reverend
A service for deaf mutes was held YES
terday afternoon in the chapel of Grace
Episcopal church, corner Of Monument and
Park streets, at which Rev. Mr.. Covell, of
Govanstown officiated in the sign langu-
age. There were about twenty-five deaf
mutes present, though much larger num-
Der usually attend the mission. The ser
vice was very impressive, from the silence
Of the medium by which one deaf mute
communicates thought to another Rev.
Mr.. Coyell has been appointed by Bishop
Whittinghlam TO take charge of the mis-
sion, in the place Of Mr.. Adams, deceased,
and yesterday was the first time that he
had otficiated in that capacity.
In describing visit Of the Board of Wis
itors Of the Maryland Deaf Mute Asylum,
to that institution. the "Sun" gives the
following result of novel mode of teach
ing:
The visitors made an inspection of the
school-rooms and were shown how some
Of the pupils, deaf and dumb, had been
taught to speak, reading from books, re-
peattng sentences after their teacher, and
writing them ON the black board. All of
this was done without the pupils being able
TO hno, civ fr16, ND oto1,i tIo
ing merely by watching the position of the
lips and tongue of the teacher in forming
the words. One, who had been in the in
stitution only three months, showed re-
maaarkaple proficiency.
By the malice of discharged fireman,
who set fire TO the machine shops of the
Memphis and Louisville railroad last Tues
day night, $4,000 worth Of the property
Of the road has been destroyed, and 200 of
his former fellow-workmen have been
thrown out of employment.
A hen owned by Mrs. M. E. Vanvacter,
Of Charleston, y. Va, has iaid flfty-two
eggs i'll nineteen days. Hundreds Of e ufi-
GUS visitors have seen her,
A little son Of r. T.. Vanmetre, aged S
years, in Berkeley, W. Va, fell into tub
of scalding water, a few days since. He
lived only p fey hours:
4 pair of coiored twins, Joined exactly
like the Siamesee were born in Dorches-
ter county, Md, last week, but lived only
a few minutes. A.''+'
The Goio1ed troops at Richmond, Va,
will parade on The 22q Of February;
Aleck Stephens dined with the President
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-02-13
INSPECTING THE GALLows.


Yesterday McCotter was seized with the
strange fancy of taking a close view of the
structure upon which he was so soon de-
stined to to exhibit so awful spectacle to
gaping thousands. At his earnest request
the sheriff, Mr.. Hurlock, who is also jailor,
took McCotter out to the scaffold. Rev.
7. J. Williams, pastor of the Methodist
Episcopal church here, McCotter's old
several others, were of the party who went
with McCotter upon this singular adven-
ture McCotter assembled to the platform,
examined it closely, and cracked joke or
two. Looking down to Rev. Mr. Williams,
who was below him on the ground, McCot-
ter said, jokingly, MAN, don't pull them
props out; if you do the sheriff won't have
to do it tomorrow" seeming to think that
if he was accidently hurt the execution
would have to be put off. He was then
taken back to the prison.
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LETTER TO HIS WIFE.

At S O'Clock he got up, talked cheerfully
OF his spiritual condition, and asked to
have the following letter written to his
wife:
MY Dear W9fe-A few more hours and
my spirit will be in eternity. Before death
| want to write you some good advice
We have been married about nineteen
months, thirteen of which we're happy, but
the hapfaest time was when you were with
me in jail after the trial Had you agreed
to the divorce | asked and urged, one year
ago last fall, | never would have been here
branded as murderer, but free and hap
Ply this moment, you wrote me that if you
had your married life to go over you would
be better. No amends from you now can
10 me any good, nut l pray you, in His
name who has pardoned me, to lead such a
life that you will be prepared to meet your
God with joy and not with fear" Only
too devotedly yours.
[Signed.l
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-02-13

How WEST VIRGINIA LANDS ARE Co.
1NG.-The following entries appear in
the records of Greenbrier County Court
The land of West Virginia will soon get
out of the hands of it's original owners:
The power of attorney from Hiland
Hubburd, to q. D. Lansing, to sell an I'M
divided fourth interest in 10000 acres of
land in Greenbrier county, and 130. 900
acres in Braxton county, w. Va.
An agreement from Stephen K Kane, to
Col John B. Finlay, to convey the follow
ing tracts of LAND in Greenhtier and Mon
roe counties, yig' 5000 acres, on branches
Of Howard's Greek 1000 acres, on South
branches of Anthony's Greek; 22O acres,
on waters of Tuckahoe Creek; 3,215 acres,
on Big and Little Devil Greeks; 1896 acres,
on Second Greek; 81 900 acres on Big and
Little DEVILS Creek, Laurel Greek and
Carpenters Run.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-02-13
THE FINAL SCENE.

Prayer was offered by Rev. Mr.. Craner-
The condemned man shook hands. the
drop fell, at 12:11, nine minutes after leay-
ing the cell, and the execution was accom-
plished. Davis died very hard, the knot
slipping to the front under the chm. The
neck was not broken. There were five
thousand people present to witness the
scene the snow storm prevailing at the
time adding to the impressiveness of the
occasion.
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Memphis is now indeed = stricken city,
She has had in turn the epi2ootic cholera,
smallpox, yellow fever, dphtheria, car
pet-baggers and scallawags, and now, to
cap the climax, comes Il negro police. No
wonder Mr.. Davis thought trip to Europe
would benefit his health. Enquirer. Brerjtu
man. Ia
A little boy living kankakee, H..
was amusing his brotners and sisters bv
twisting towel around his neck III im1ita-
tlon OF hanging, when in turning around
his f9at slipped. He fell the length Of the
powell which was firmly attached to a roll
4er' Ills neck was instantly broken.
Captain O. C. Henderson, some yearsaeo
Assistant Professor of French at the Vir-
ginla Military Institute, has been appoint
ed Adjunct Professor of Modern Ian
guages, and will take his chair next fall
aftef he returns from q visit to Europe.
The only Thousand dollar greenback note
ever in the Lexington, Va, Bank, was de-
posted, the other day, by a Rockhridge
farmer. And yet he is unhappy -;Eoppress-
ed, (" says Lafferty Of ttha ''G!azettesn u
Governor Kemper, it is said, will visit
President Grant In the course of the next
ten days.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-02-13
Another Case.

DEFALCATIoN, FORGERY, AND ATTEMPT
ED SUICIDE OF THE SECRETARY OF
THE VIRGINIA BOARD OF PUBLIC
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Two startling defalcations are announc-
ed in Virginia this week, both committed
by men in responsible positions, who ell
joyed the esteem and confidence of the
communities in which they lived, and who
are most respectfully connected. The first
is the
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VIM. H. MCCoTTER.
THE EXECUTION.

McCotter took his breakfast at O'Clock.
The meal was simply of coffee and bread
and butter, of which he ate sparingly. The
unfortunate man from that time forth
spent the time in praying and listening to
religious consolation.
At one time he prayed loudly enough to
be heard in the street near the jail. At
abount eleven A. NJ. he began to dress for
the last act in the dreadful drama. His
Revs. Messrs. Baker and Williams were in
his cell all the time, preparing him spiritu-
ally for the ordeal.
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McCotter maintained his frmness through
out. In the cell, while expecting the sher-
t in to Wh hm sat o 2gf # b med IL
declined it. He laid his head on the breast
of Revs Messrs. Baker and Williams, Mr..
Muse, a lawyer, and deputy Dean, and
asked each to forgive and pray for him,
and meet him in heaven. He wanted Rev.
Mr.. Williams to read his short confession
on the scaffold for him, fearing. his own
strength to do it, but the minister said,
ono William, speak it out yourself, that is
best" and he did so.
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CONFESSION ON THE scAFFoLD,

After the prayer by Rev Mr.. Baker,
McCotter cried out i'll a loud voice II killed
Robert Insley: forgive everybody ON earth;
pray for me-
Rev. Mr.. Williams pronounced the ben
ediction. The black cap and moose were
adjusted. Mr.. Baker whispered, pray
William p and McCotter cried, in loud
voice, Lord have mercy on me-" Sever
al III the crowd responded ''Amen'' and
"Lord grant it''
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A blow of the Ratchet cut the rope and
the poor criminal fell and swung in mid
air. After eight minutes the physicians
felt his pulse, and in fifteen minutes he
was cut down dead The crowd quietly
dispersed.
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THE JAIL WAS FILLED

with county officers, newspaper men, and
others. About a quarter before twelve
noon, the sheriff and his deputies entered
the cell with the white shroud and cords
to bind the prisoner. He appeared to pay
but little attention to this, but continued
listening to the exhortations of the minis
tiers. Sheriff Devilbiss announced that the
time had arrived for the
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-02-13

han of position in West Vir-
Conversation with some friends
that the people of that State are
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pronounce it an ''absolute impossibility -
represent the effort made in this direction,
1,y the nine Bishops, in letter to their
brethFeus as a signal failure" ending in
'.mortifying Giscomfeiture." Having been
present in the House Of Bishops during
the entire proceeding, to which you so
slightingly refer, and having watched it
with intense interest for those whom it
was intended to relieve, and having care
fully committed it to writing at the ti1ns, l
feel at liberty to correct the erroneous i'm
preston you have received;
Before an opportunity offered for pre-
senting the Letter of the nine BISHOPS,
the whole subject was introduced in
promising form, and with very appropriate
Statement by one Of the majority. The
discussion, which continued for several
days, was conducted not only with exelpy
plary courtesy, but in a fraterna1 spirit,
which will not soon lie forgotten by those.
WHO witnessed it with admlars.tii.on and graf
itude. f1astead Of widening the distance
between those who differed, that distance
diminished with every days deliberations.
The measure at first proposed was from
time to time variously modified with most
amazing concord, and at last adopted and
signed, as published,
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-12-04
Steel P1ows Best.

A. B. Allen, of New York, says
81 would sooner pay double the price
for steel plows than accept as gift
the best set Of cast-iron plows to be
found in the United States. Though
ever so hard chilled or smoothly pol
ished, cast-iron will foul, more or less,
on the mold-board, in every kind of
soil from a sandy or gravelly up to n
heavy clay loan. The dirt thus gath
cred on the mold-board adds greatly
to its draft and also prevents good
work.
"Another objection to cast-iron is,
in order to get equal strength the
weight must be considerably greater
than with steel, and this is hard
drag all day, and requires a much
stronger team. OF this any one may
quickly convince himself without re-
sort to thermometers or any other
means of testing the drafts. He has
only to hitch light team to steel
pillow, and stronger one to the cast
IRON pillow, and work them side by
side. In this way l have fornd that
pair of fourteen-hand ponies would
do about the same work, and with as
much ease to themselves as a pair Of
sixteen-hand horses. The same OBJ
servations about material will also
apply to cultivators.
"In thus candidly advising my
brother farmers in regard to the SUI
perior merit of steel plows, l am
speaking directly against my own in
dividual interest, for l have been q
manufacturer and dealer in cast-lron
plows for upwards of thirty years
past"
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-12-04
Care of Sheep.

"Flock Master" of Lancaster coun-
ty, Penn, writes the Germantown
Telegraph as follows:
81 send you the following seasonal
BILE hints in regard to the care of
sheep: During the winter and early
spring sheep ale often affected with
colds; these, if neglected, frequently
become so deeply seated as to be in
durable, and end in phthisic or con-
sumption. The best remedy for a
cold is, first, place your sheep in a
well ventilated, dry stable, comforta.
bly, Uttered, and second, give it any
slightly purging medicine, with mod
crate allowance of hay, and a bran
mash, one-fifth of which should be oil
meal. Colds and catarrh are not
only epidemic, but endemic; be care
full, therefore, where you winter your
sheep, that there be no predisposing
cause in their locality; and when they
are attacked, remove them instantly
from the flock. By following these
precautions and keeping them well
fed, sheltered, aired, watered, and
sailed, one may bid defiance to dis
ease among his flock.''
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-12-04
Flooding Horses.

Mr.. Cairnes, popular English vet
Urinary surgeon, in Il paper read re-
Gently, says that ''too much grain in
indisposes horses for eating other
provender, and occasionally subjects
them to serious disease. Five bush
els of good sound oats weekly, along
with few good Swedish turnips OF
other roots, and plenty Of hay or good
straw, will keep pair of healthy
farm horses in good order through
the winter, even though they be pref
ty hard wrought. If, then, such an
allowance be sufficient, it is folly and
waste to give them more. Something
must be wrong if with this allowance
of food, they fall off in condition.
Horses that are greedy eaters, or that
swallow their grain whole, should
have it bruised or ground. A little
chatf Chopped hay) mixed with it
helps to make horses chew it, and
well-chewed food is of far more i'm
portance than many people think
Unless it be well ground and mixed
with saliva in their mouths, it is but
imperfectly digested in their stom-
achs, and without perfect digestion
there, its full benefit is not obtained.
GA full drink of water Immediately
after being fed should never be al
lowed to horses. When the water is
drank by them, the bulk of it goes
directly to their large intestines, and
but little of it is retained in their
stomachs. In passing through them,
however, the water carries consld-
cradle quantity of their contents to
where it lodges in the intestines. If,
then, the contents Of horses stomachs
are washed out of them before they
are digested, they are in a manner
lost, no nourishment being derived
from them. Coles in horses fire.
quently arise from this cause, and to
it corn entire among their dung is
often due.
Clamp straw or musty hay should
never be given as food for horses
The former is apt to scour them, and
the latter frequently affects their
wind. 1t is affirmed by some that if
their hay d straw be cut, and their
grain bruised, horses can be kept at
one-foTth less cost than when they
are given them whole. Every one
knows the value of grass as an article
OF food for horses. A month of it in
the early part Of the season, when it
is young and tender, is worth two
when it gets old and tough. Great
care must be taken of horses when
first put on grass-indeed, changes Of
food Of any kind must to them be in
troduced with caution, as many have
had to pay dearly for neglect Of this.
Even a change of water has at times
been known to affect some horses, so
sensitive does their alimentary canal
seem to be-"