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Isurprisine increase III It's suhscrip iion iiss 10
the fact that 1t prepays thespostagefn Ne"
York city. .-.f ssS3ts5s
Uniform Rate Of interest.

The Who Of yesterday has the following
"If Congress truly represented INC gr ata
producing class, 1t might, 10 liking tue a a
deem It right and proper to restore i,,n, NJ
TO its original purpose-a mere n MI harosv
evcbanoe--and fix rate when "ou'u IA
dnfrav the expenses Of printing OF eoiaap -
Wha; would tbe gentlemen VINO piatI 80
.,,,, nJs ahont n uniform rate think OF tadt
We answer promptly and unequlvocany
49,, r. tho rate of interest be fixed by Con-
gress for the whole country the law ~oulo
onera,e more advantageously in Virginia
than any law merely local, whatever the RATE
of interest. We have no personal ends 10
promote in advocating tie passage OF ma
tional law fixing the rate of interest. we
are simply doing what we suppose VIII re-
sult In some advantage to the people OF our
own State. Sincerely Relieving that@a ioca'
law passed for the purpose OF competing
capitalists to lend out their money at 10"
rate Of interest will have not the eject III
tended. but the effect of driving capital De-
vond the borders of Virginia, we prefer i
national law, since under such law all tne
States would enjoy equal advantages If there
should turn out to be any resulting from us
passage; whilst none would be pccaliaf'y
damaged if the law should turn out to be an
unwise aud Injurious one.
At the same time we must confess that as
Congress is made up of what are supposed
to he higher class of statesmen than those
who compose the State Legislatures, we
would expect that body to be too wise TO
pass usury law such as are upon the STA
tutc-books, though not by any means IN
force, in some of the States of this Union.
Perhaps we should be disappointed in this
expectation. Perhaps Congress would agree
with the local SoLoNs that dam can De
erected high enough to prevent the How OF
water into the ocean, and law can be
framed which will enable the borrower to
use the money of the lender on such terms
as the former may have the n,agnanimity 10
prescribe. If so, we shall still have the adj
vantage from national law which we indi-
Gated in the first paragraph Of our comments
upon the Wings remarks.
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letter from StauntOu.


rCorrespouaepce Of the Richmond Dispatch.1
GRoUsD-uoG pAY-AN AUGUSTA "CENTENNA-
RAN n-TRADE WITH INDIANA AND ILLINOIS
CHARGED WITH OBTAINING PROPERTY ON
FALSE PRETENCEs-A NEGRO STABBED.
STANTON, February 2, 1874.
Those who have faith in the tradition con-
corning grounding day" are rejoicing
much this morning over the impossibility OF
said hogs seeing his shadow to-day, and
therefore we will have no more severe
winter weather. It was cloudy all yester-
day, and showed slightly in the morning.
Early this morning it showed very hard for
some time, and the snow is some two or three
inches deep aud still showing.
Augusta county boasts a centenarlan In
the person of Mr.. Daniel Crist, living near
Barterbrook, who reached his one-hundredth
birthday on last Saturday. He was born In
Lancaster, Penn, on the 31st day of January,
1874. and came to this State soon after he
was married, his wife accompanying him,
she on horseback and he walking by her
side carrying his rifle. He still enjoys good
health, and is of regular and temperate
habits, which may account for bis Ion
gevity.
Mr., J. X. McComb, OF this county, has
established quite'a trade with central indi-
ana and Illinois in the articles of venison
and apple-butter. 1t seems the people out
there do not know how to make the "apple-
ssrse" for which the Valley is so famous.
They take to it remarkably, and the prices
it brings are very remunerative. He has re-
Gently shipped very large quantity OF Veni-
son.
Mr.. Jacob A. Sheets and Lewis S. Hulvey,
who were last week put in jail on the charge
of having obtained a threshng-machIng from
Mr.. E. G. Vincent, agent of Altman q lay
lor, under false pretences,- claiming to own
property which they did not-were after
wards released from prison upon giving
bail.boud in the sum of 81 coo to appear and
answer indictment at the next term of the
County Court.
On Saturday night young man named
Theodore White stabbed negro in the side
with pocket.knife. inficting painful but
not fatal wound. lie was Immediately ar
rested and lodged in Jail.
The Board of Supervisors Of Augusta
county at their last meeting sold to the
county of Rockbridge that portion OF the
Junction Valley turnpike which passes
through said county for the sum OF S2OO.
MAX.
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Newspaper Postage.

The New York World says:
aA pet,t,on Is in circulation, and copy
az Ii has been sent to us, setting iolth tue
benef,ts which would accrue were the posi-
age upou newspapers In all cases prepaid Dy
siamns. The petition, or appear, lntinates
that the existing abuse is one when the
newspapers will not attack. The Wor1d
docs no. need this taunt. Ii has all along
urged that the subsidy which newspapeIs
have Indirectly received from the HoVein,
uent and which the readers OF pe"spaPea 10
have paid circuitously in taxation rs We.
directly ia postage, is unjust ana Wv ;nten.
The World has already announced Us ,n
f;on az nrepaying the postage on an sep III
IF Il Snbscrihed for before the ISL OIL Apin
next"
Rnt whv use stamps exceptupon transient
,ewsnaperss The World now sends through
rbe mails as many bundles of its various Is
sues as it chooses, and is not required TO put
stamps upon them; because the postmaster
knows that the postage will be collected al
the offices Of delivery. We propose tha'
the postage shall be paid in bulk at the once 4,
Of mailing, and that the presence OF man
matter In the mail-bags shall be evidence
shat the postage is paid and the matter
ready for immediate delivery when 1t reaches
;ts destination. Let the postage be fixed al
five or six dollars per hundred pounos' o.
tive or six cents per pound, and let the post
master at the mailing ofice weigh the bags
receive the money, and let the mail matter
eo To i.s destination free from stamps ana
ready for immediate delivery. IhnS Eo"
many thousand petty accounts Tue posi-
master here in Richmond has to keep, ana
what relief to her and to ali other post
masters Il would be if all the matter that
came were ready for instantaneous delivery,
and nobody had ever to be asked for a quar-.
ter's postage. The reform we propose wouio
he almost equal in importance TO the aboil-
ton of the ranking privilege.
Under the existing law the World has 10
nav another FIVE, ten, fifteen, twenty, '"eh'
ty-fiye, or thirty cents per quarter when
ever 1t gets new subscriber, ana the post
master has to take its word for 1t that the
packages have no more copies of the paper
in them than are paid for. Then, the post
master at the offlre Of delivery has to De sat
isfied that the postage is paid. Then, there
!. multitude Of packages Of all degrees OF
sizes. and different kind of stamp must be
used for each one, or else number OF the
same kind be pnt upon the larger packages.
The trouble, too, of putting on the stamps
would be no inconsderable one. One man
could not do it in the World Office, We sup
rose. But under the system we propose
one man could once day 60 to the post
Office and in five minutes see all the bags
weighed and pay all the postage upon them.
The chief maiing-clerk would be glad to 90
it and receive for so doing one-tenth OF
what it would cost to have the stamps put
upon the whole edition.
Can anybody make reasonable Objection
TO this proposition Is there any good rea-
con, or any reason at all worthy the name,
why this reform should not be made at once
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RESTORATION OF TIE COUNTY COURTS.

REsroRA ALTON OF TIE COUNTY COURTS. -We
made it point on Monday last 10 test the
wishes of the people of Page upon the SUBJ
iect of the restoration Of the county courts
TO their former jurisdiction, and the judges
to their salaries. An unusually large num-
Der OF people were in toWn,-the bone anu
sinew and intelligence of the county-and
there was unanimous voice Tor the restora'
ton. In fact, this seems to be Il real peoples
movement, and they are displeaSed at the
unwarrunted and unasked Interference Of the
last LEGISLATURE with the Judiciary system OF
the State, which was working well and adj
yantageously to the public interests all over
the State. One gentleman remarked to Us
that the salary which the people wanted re-
duced, aud which had been clearly indicated
in the election of the last Legislature, was
the reduction of the per diem of members
of the Legislature and short sessions; which
had been wholly disregarded; and to screen
themselves and humbug the people with
economy they went to work on the county
courts and the comparatively small salaries
of the judges, and were absolutely making
the costs Of tue court greater than before.
The almost unanimous voice OF the par
fayors the restoration; but the people, whose
interests are deeply Involved, demand IL.
This was the manifest sentiment mere on
Monday, and is the practicable and sensible
view of the subject, which the people, VINO
care nothing about balr-spllttipS teehnlcan-
ties, generally have. The people are very cry
apt to think alike upon such suD]ects, ana
hence we observe 10 the papers like eX;
preston of sentiment coming up from all
parts of the State. ,. =,
The Richmond Dispatch. which, like old
wine, "gets better the older it grows" leads
the van in this fight, and Is ably sustained by
the Enquirer. The Wing, We are sorry to
say. is rather cold-shoulderish to it, but will
advocate the increase of circuit court judges
| but to these measures it will find very little
popular response. These measures have ad
yocates in the Legislature, provided the
" breeches can be cut out and made te'sui'
| then." ..--.
But nous uerrons.- Pdqe Courier.
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WARS Up 1.-THE Democratic press is
ridiculing the Changers, aud imputipg tc
them the most absurd propositions for at
tanning the purposes for which the organizes
ton was Instituted. Recently we have no.
ticed this disposition to be quite general on
their part, while not long ago they fa"ueu
on the farmers and joined loudly ID !ne
clamor against the imaginary evi' M WI. VI
the Oranges were designed so cfsctua''' ~
crush.-Lyachbmy Press.
We had thought that just the reverse was
the truth that the papers which causeless'S
took ground against the Changers were De-
ginning to chop round and get on to'her
Side, We would respectfully ask the Press
to rive us the names of the papers to which
IL refers.
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oorchea .,,os great uneasi islt 81
sco, SUI. IL ssriectaily as she compiaine a -
couns ,r y and nfe heartily q few minutes ai,eL'
w pIn and fold Her parents distinctly 10y
Mal NJ, anI ;nfantsM child abcnt eighteen
Lhe ,tts,s o,dl had been pfaying With fire eng
nlgn sot bnr clothes on fire. She was put 20
tau tau sss ne, and It WIS difficult TO Keep
oeu, - oettinp out of The. bed to play WIN
ns. r;ttIa sister. AT the expiration, Of ABOUT
nc ue. ho,Irs abe complained Of feeling unWeiL
mi IN about twenty minutes ar0S oeas'
a nrsa s,,nnositjon is that she must nave IN
hoied fhe fire, Us the surface burns aid not
annear TO be sufficiently severe TO nave
ope,,sed death. The occurrence has shoekeo
.ha community, Asa singular co incidence,
~ I,dy living near where this child was
burned had dream on Tuesday night WHICH
covered all the facts related above. a
On Tuesday night sneak-thief enteLeo
Tho drug store of c. P. Benson and st9le
cash.drawer. money and all. Tnere uap -
naned TO be very small amount OF nono'
III Ono I~ NIGHT last week thief enterea -. o,e
rond.vord of Mr.. r. p. Valentine; int sa,
mon supplying himself WIN VIM, moU yu,, Tho
~, up. ,,,os discovered blythe young niah WY
atovs in the ward and treated 10 ioau "
shot He uttered cry anu peees1i iala'eu,
snot. ,r hi time nothing has been heard
IRON m, I T,idav night the Mendelssobu Society
o va its second concert to u large, select, and
s, nrT audience. 1t is composed Of
t ehpb hest amateur talent in this section, and
lenders in an admirable manner the music
of the old masters.
A benevolent society for the relief of the
poor has been organized by the ladies of the
town, embracing all religious denominations
Much good will likely result from this Or
gunization.
Dr.. John E. Edwards will lecture here on
the 10th instant
Snow commenced falling here about IL
o'clock last night. 1t is now about three
inches deep, and still falling furiously, ac-
companied by bitter cold. QUIZ
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3ut nous re7rons..-Paqe Courier.
The press throughout the State is urgir

The press throughout the State is urging
change in the present county.court system.
What the Legislature will do is q problem.
The present system was devised as economi-
cal. and the salaries of the judges cut down
to 5000 per annum. Every one who knows
anything must know that $500 is not suf1i-
Gent to support a lawyer, and that any
lawyer whose practice is not worth more
than 5000 a year is not ft to be a judge. 1t
NAV be said that the honor is consideration.
So it might be to some people, but the man
whose aspirations for honor 20 no higher
than position which the Legislature prices
at 5000, cannot have a very exalted idea Of
honor Gloucester Herald. ~, $50 Il.
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DEATHS.

Died. Sunday e7cning, February fy .,,,
yADEE, son OF DANES u. and dary g. fss.y,n!dAY
fourteen m0nths End sixteen days "fhs, aged
His funeral VIII ssse place from t}ssre,...
ING at II O'Clock. s>t''tSaoRS.
ruary st. 1874. ars. SARAH xSg nSST nl1e Reb.
wife Of Rev. William Edwards. ND"ARDS
Her funeral will take place at Centep,rr
DIST church TO-DAY lraesaayja 1t p. 81. 5as'iso-
Oh he'' IL % h' FAMILY Invited TO s,tsssS
Pie, a. 5ne residence Of her in x,r
airy. 1874. Mrs. GABRIEELE II. b JsI ~ esau.
age. year Of her
Died, at her fathers resdsnce, in M.,.,..,'..
Va, Oh SUNDAY the LIST day Of February os sarr
Eve minutes after 8 O'clock A.. ~. estScr3,B
aged five months. =. moody,
Sadly weeps thy mother o'e. tllee:
God has called thee TO ts.Y home.
Thou hast left us In thy bc7utY-
Thou wilt never more return
Never more will caress thrg
p, WIN my hearts deep, yearning love:
In Thy heavenly home above.
Oh, my heart Is sad and lonely.
AS weep above thy bed,
And my home Is lone and dreary
For our darling BERNIcE IL dcsy,,
Her funeral will take place from the M,ucbes,..
Baptist church TODAY TUESDAY at II o,cInnt
a. NJ The friends Of the family are inYi,azl IN a.
tend.
Died, at his residence, la Ciastcraa,r. ,or,,-
February 2, 1874. WILLIAM G.. ELLIoT.r =,
the fftieth year Of his age, leaving large jamii,
to mourn their loss.
Died, yesterday, at half-past Q O'CLOCK j.. "
JAMES ARCHER, infant son OF Slammed K sni
Sarah f. Davis; aged thirteen months.
As TIE sweet flower that scents the morn,
But withcrs I'm the risiag day,
Thus lovely was this Infants dawn,
Thus swiftly fed Its life away:
] take these little lambs, said He,
And lay them on my breast;
Protection they shall 1nd In me,
In me be ever blest.
MORNING at o'clock from his fathers resltcncs..
1910 Franklin street. e.
Died, In King William, on the 25.h ul.Imo. a,c-
painful Illness Of dye weeks, In The fly.lfb Wear
of his age, Dir. ). l.. REESE.
He was wiCely and fay0ribly known. Holdr.
the position before and during The war as driver OF
stages between Richmond and Tappaianu0ck,
they experienced while under his care, on The
ground Of his known steldiness, caution. AMI uni
form sobriety.
He gave pleasing proof Of his fitness for the
charge. For Ills many virtues, all who knew him
lavcd him. He leaves behind 4 sorrowing widow
Died, In Manchester, on the I'd day Of Februlry
child of Washington l.. ami Pamela L. Walker,
aged ten months aud six days.
t.SutFer little children to come unto me- an! for
bid them not, for or such Is the kingdom OF iIea-
ven."
His funeral will be preached .! the Manchester
Methodist Episcopal church TOMORROW WED
nes,iay) at O'Clock A. NJ. Friends and acqulint-
anccs are respectfully Invited to atten'.
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LETTER FROM "cATAwBA."
ACHEEN.
PULo PENANG, STRAITS OF MALAcoA,l
naoamher Q 1919

December 2, 1873. }
This beautiful English settlement, usually
so quiet, and never disturbed save 5y the
changes and excitement Of trade, has been
recently oil astir in consequence OF the
Acheenese war and the rumors thereof.
In April last, when the feet and trans
ports left .Acheen for Batavia, and the
gallant Major. General Koh!er, command
erin chief, had been sent upon his iast
furlough by an Acheenese bullet, great was
the depression among the Drtca sympa-
thizers here and in Singapore. Hope was
again revived, however, when several weeks
ago new feet appeared 10 the offinS Of the
latter port en- route for the stronghold oil the
BRAVE, sTUBBoRs sUaATaAss.
The force was estimated at some eighteen
thousand, mostly Hollanders, with sprink-
ling of Jayanese Dutch troops. Among
these were some fourteen or fifteen hun
dred of the Javauese cavalry, who had tor
steeds stunlpy Malay ponies, which could
be easily pushed down by grown boy
TIE CAUSE OF THE WAR, ~
has already been fully described. II Wu
be we'll remembered that Acheen was for
merIy under the British Protectorate. Eng
lands territory loving eyes were attracted
towards that portion Of the West African
coast which was under the Netherlands Pro
tectorate, and which was required 10 com
plete hes dominion in that quarter. Aeheen
though rich in resources, suddenly lest ~
charm for her Msjesty's Government, while
it. increased in interest for the Dutch. =
was the only portion OF the ehnd OF Ss,matr
over which they had not exclusive con. fol
and it was even or more consequence to then
ihas they should control It than 1t was Z
I England to gain control over the Ashante
country. The result OF these n0.tural con
illusions was $sj 81 .
q IA prpr.asAr1o .sswA1.,'' @ s.ta
which resulted In "war To THE knife y be
tween the nations and tkeir sweuld.be p0lit
lscaI mcthers-iE Tint these two VAR
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General Assembly of Virginia.
MONDAY, February 9, 1874.

MONDAY, February =, 1914.
SENATE. .....
Lieutenant Governor WrTHERs presiding.
PRAYER by the Rev. Charles II. Read, D. d.,
of the Gracc-Street Presbyterian church.
HOUSE BILLS REFERRED.
A number of House bills were taken up,
twice read, and appropriately referred.
INTRODUCED AND REFERRED.
The following resolutions, etc, were in
PRODUCED and appropriately referred:
By Mr.. ALLAN: A resolution as to the con-
stitutionality of depriviug citizens Of the
Commonwealth Of an original trial by jury
in cases wherein the right Of trial by jury is
guaranteed by the Constitution Of tue State.
By Mr.LACKLAND: A resolution as to the
expedienS of amending section 5 Of chap
ter 1873 of the Code of 1878, 10 relation to the
malicious burning Of barns, stables, and
other buildings.
By the same: A bill to prescribe the time
for holding courts in the fourteenth judicial
circuit.
By Mr.. ALLAN: A resolution as 10 the eX-
pediency of adopting q code Of practice for
the courts of this State similar TO the Code
of the State of New York or Kentucky.
TABLED.
House bill entitled an act to amend the
act approved February 4, 1873, for the relief
of"the late Sheriffs of the Common wealth,
was taken up, discussed, and finally laid on
the table.
House bill to prevent pulling fences down,
opening and leaving open gates, without
consent of owner, making the offence mis-.
demeanor with penalty Of fac Of not less
than 81 nor more than So, with amend.
ments, from the Committee for Courts of
Justice, was taken up, the amendments
agreed TO, and the bill passed. ~
MIR. MASSEY moved to amend the title as
follows: '.An act to prevent foX-hunting
in this Commonwealth" Lost.
House bill to amend the Code in relation
to sheriff. bonds.
RECoMMITTED.
Senate bill for the governing Of ware
houses and issuing of warehon+e receipts
was taken up, on motion Of Mr.. MoFFETT, and
Laws.
BILLS ADVANCED. g"
A number Of Senate bills were taken up
grossment aud third reading.
Adjourned. :, ~ a.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES. c.,
House met at II M.--Speaker HANGER in
the chair. Prayer by Rev. Dr. Preston, Of
the Presbyterian church.
RRroBgED FROM COMMITTEES. Az =
House 5asnt resolution to amend and re-
enact joint resolution directing a disiribu-
ton OF the Code when publfshed (appIoved
April. 1879 was reported back With an
amendment 10 the nature ofa3substitnte. 4,
House bill No. 94, Incorporating the Vir.
giuia Deeprnn Mining Company.
House bill No. 80, to exempt grant OF
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1.-THE National Water-Line."

Under the above heading, the Washington
Republican. the organ of the Administra-
ton, came out yesterday in another article
favorable to the completion Of the James
River canal. We quote few paragraphs !:
"The surplus of the United States grain
crop which reaches the seaboard is estimated
at two hundred millions of bushels, or about
i've million tons, annually. The quantity
which is placed on the market for consump-
ton, and participates in one movement from
the producers hands, is estimated at hVe
hundred million bushels more. In addition
to this grain movement, the provisions, i've
stock, fuel, cotton, sugar, manufactures OF
all kinds, make an aggregate tonnage almost
bevond computation The present average
cost of moving this tonnage on the New
York canals is about eight m lis Per ton per
mile. and by the New York railways
TWO cents per ton per mile. The great
desidera.um of the present moment is the
achievement of possibility OF moving
all heavy tonnage between the Mississippi
valley and the seaboard by water and steam
as cheaply as RATS Of logs can be towed
through lake. Such route would act aS
!, Governor and regulator of rates of freight
on all competing lines, and afford COM
plete protection against eXtorioo. 1t would
be a grand thing, indeed, to havea continu-
ous Water-line, navigaled 10y steamers, from
St. Paul and Memphis and Omaha to Hamp
ton Roads, free from ice eleven mouths in
the year, and carrying ton OF freight at the
rate of two or three mills per mile.
"Such is the promise held out by the
friends of the Central wa;er-,ine through
Virginia, connecting with the Ohio anu MIS-
sissippi rivers. Such scheme having, so
far as the execution Of the WORK Is con-
cerned, been pronounced prachcaole o! .
number Of the most eminent engineers OF
the country, deserves the serious atsehtlon
of Congress.
"The Central water-line Is not to be con-
founded with the various private schemes
beiore Congress for subsidies and appropria
tions. The transaction is one to which
(practically) the only parties are the State
of Virginia and West Virginia on the ont
hand. and the United States on the other
1t Is an offer on the part of Virginia and
West Virginia to turn the work over to the
Federal Government on the ground of their
inability to complete it. They make com
plete surrender of the work, which has cos
some $4,000, 900, and ask the United State:
TO take possession Of it, complete 1t, anC
make it o free public highway for all thu
people of the Union-suUject only to suff
Client tolls to meet the necessary annual re
pairs. The proposition, therefore, is grossly
misreprcsentcd BY those who speak of it iI
association with the subsidies asked for il
behalf of some other schemes now before
Congress. Many of these contemplate TIT
creation Of new monopoRes to be subsidized
by the Government; the Virginia PROPOSE
ton contemplates work controlled by TIT
Government for the benefit of the people
and is essentially the reverse ola subsidy anG
monopoly"