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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1875-04-01
A Crime against Civilization,

The Danville Wa.) Nsos Of a recent date
says: SIT is a sorry and most unseemly picture
which was presented in our local columns, yes
terday, OF two women, one white and one
black, receiving twenty lashes each at the
hands of men under an order of Justice Of
the Peace at Danvile. The civilized world
has for a long time been putting away and out
Of sight such unpleasing and Improbable exhi-
billions as stocks and whipping posts, and to 90
back to them now would be at the cost Of a
pretty severe shock to the sensibiltes of the
age. Whipping i'll the Army and Navy. the
stronghelds of brute force and cruelty, has been
abolished by law, and we believe that it is noe
disputed that the more decent forms OF punish
ment adopted instead have proved fully as eff
cacious for discipline as the cat-and-nine- tails
OF former days. In Virginia, however, for
some nscratable purpose, Gnscrutable to hui
man reason, because no man can say what is
the object or purpose OF the laws conceived and
brought forth by Virginia legislators the right
to punish with stripes has been granted to the
courts and justices of the peace in certain Ca
ses.''
We have heretofore expressed our views Sc
verely upon this harbarous practice. It is a
relict OF savage usage, and totally at variance
and in conflict with the refinement and sensi-
bilities OF an advanced civilization. There
could not be conceived more brutal and re-
Voting exhibition than given by our Danville
contemporary. No christian community, no
humane man can for an instant sanction such
vile and beastly law, as that which allows the
punishment, by stripes, Of females, or males,
either, for that matter. 1t is to be hoped that
the 4 Legislature, now in the last days of its
profitless existence, will erase from the statute
book the law that gives it in the power of any
judicial officer to inflict stripes as a
punishment for misdemeanors or petit larceny,
or any other offence.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1875-04-01
Deaths.

On the 18th nit, in Lexington, Mrs Mary Perry.
aged about 80 years.
On the 10th ult., in Edom, Rockingham county,
Mrs. Fannie Barb, aged 30 years.
On the LIST ult., near Barterbrook, Miss Mary H.
Harper, in the 63rd year of her agc. &.
On the 9th of February near Bridgewater Mrs.
Mary B. Steele. aged sixty-five years and twelve
days
On the 18th ult. near Mt. Solen, Miss Josephine
Dinke daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Dinkel,
in the 2Sth year OF her age. > -
On the 3rd of February, at the residence Of her
brother, James NJ Shepherd near Warrensb urs.
Johnson county, NO. Miss Josephine Shepherd, for
nerly of this county, aged 81 years and Is days.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1875-04-01
LADIES.
M0r7'JnQes.

On thu oath ult., in Stanton, by Rev. J. I. Mil
ler at the residence of the bride, John H. Spooner
and Miss Bette Chandler.
On the gath ult,, by Rev E. T. Mason, A. J. McCul-
Tough, of Rockbridge and Miss Sarah j.. Lipie, of
Botetou
On the 25th ult in Winchester, by Rev. VIM. C:
Meredith, R. M. Kennedy, of South Carolina. and
Miss Ann NJ, daughter OF Judge J. H Sherrard.
On the 9th ult. in Franklin county, Va, P. W
Strayer, OF Rockingham county, and Miss Mary II.
Nelson, daughter OF Judge Nelson ~
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1875-04-01

tive OF tile lea Of perpetual Union, the sane
tity and binding force of national laws, and
the m lntainarce of public faith. Upon the
practical application OF these ideas depends the
existence and honor OF the government, and
the progress OF free Institutions. 70 oppose
the republican party is to oppose these cardi-
nal principles, and to encourage the fallacious
doctrine that the States are sovereign, and the
national government powerlcss to enforce It's
laws and protect it's citizcns
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1875-04-01

This number comnieices the Tenth Volume
vi TIE VALLEY VIaGINIAS. 1t enters upon
its new year in q more vigorous and healthy
condition thai at any period of its previous
existence. Four years age We took charge Of
it when it seeiied to have gloomy f.tme.-
BY unceasing application, it has now become
one of the most prosperous papers in the State.
We thank our friends. In addition to the inn
prcvcments made during the past year, it is
orr purpose to secure other facilities which will
enable lis to furnish neater sheet.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1875-04-01
/" Hard Tines

The indications from all over the country
point to n revival of business. The iron fur
naces ard coal mines, slid factories, are gener-
ally resl.uling opera ions, and the commercial
industries OF the centres OF trade are feeling
the Stimulating effect Of returning confidence.
As the spring season adyanecs and the mental
faculties become more elastic under the inllu-
ence of reviving Nature, it is Reasonable to ex-
pect that enterprises dependent upon will and
energy will respond to the prevailing spirit
The depression that has so severely affected all
sections of the Union and all branches OF in
dustry. has been the result of fear and want
of confidence, and cannot be attributable to
the scarcity Of the circulating Medium. Mon
ey has concentrated in the fdrgef cities, and
there has become a drug. rs the industries
became sluggish and stagnant throughout the
flowed into the centres OF trade. There was
nothing to keep it moving in the country
There were no commodities of exchange, and
consequently, it sought its natural outlet, the
great commercial and business centres.
There is nothing more contagious than the
cry OF ''hard titnes.' The possessor OF a few
hundred dollars becomes frightened as he
hears the exclamation repeated and he seizes
with tight grasp his purse strings and firmly
holds them for fear that If his dollars once gdt
out OF his possession that will be the last OF
them. His neighbor does not wish to be caught
at disadvantage and lie, too, frantically fas.
tens his fingers on his greenbacks, clutches
them as if for dear lFfe, and holds to them
though ruin and desperation attend Ills less
fortunate and more hardly pressed companion
in the Journey OF life. In this way s'har(
fines" are kept UP, business sfagnated an(
depression becomes chronic.
Fl, this eo1Hlition OF the public mind, there is
40 expression SO pat and familiar as 6 hare
times" It is rarely you greet yoar fellow
man. let his condition be what it may, unless
your sautation as to his health, &c., is met
with tie stereotyped expression - hard times -
You meet man on the corner, who has rmder
his belt pint of whisky and in his mouth q
tcn-cent cigar, and the rst :ltdfble remark
that cores From. him is, &c bard tilncs.'s lie
will idle away day after day, spend in worse
thar useless indulgcnces reasonable support
and then curse the times because they are hard
and because money is scarce. Foolish
dress ANIL needless expenditures, that contrib
nte neither to comfort nor rational enjoy.
n,ent have great deal to do with the s'harc
times" Let every man and family CIT theil
clothes according to the elotll live within theil
means, and apply ordinary and healthy energy
TO business, ard the spectre Of hard times will
disappear, confidence be restored, and the
country go OF. to prosper.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1875-04-01

The courthouse at Galena, Stone county
Missouri, was robbed Of several criminal nlict-
ments one night last week, and the sheriff, in
attempting to arrest the parties supposed to
be connected wth.the affair." was confronted
by an organized force, and after several shots
had been fired and one man was killed he was
compelled to retreat At last accounts the
sheriff with a posse OF thirty-tive men, occupied
one bank Of the river and his opponents the
other, and o collision was momentarily eA
pected.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1875-04-01

| A brutal prize fight is. reported in the Lon
don newspapers. The pugilists were brawny
cabmen. and they fought one hour and half
During the last half of the time they were part
ly blinded, and wholly bewildered, but were
kept I'D to their brutal work by drinks of bran
dy and the encouragement OF their seconds. AT
last neither could stand and soon afterwards
one Of them dieti.
Alabama has Just passed law imposing a
fine of not less than $1,000 upon the seducer
of an unmarried woman, or Imprisonment at
hard labor for year, or both, at the discretion
of the court. The uncorroborated testimony
OF the female, however, will not be sufficient
for conviction.
Lewis A. Middleton, Editor of the West
Point (Mss.) Times, was shot and killed last
week by D. L. Love, editor OF the West Point
Citi2e1a for an offensive article written by Mid
dleton, which he refused to retract.
The first response to the impeachment pro-
gramme Of Senators Withers, Eaton and Ran
delph, will be given in Senator Eatons own
State. Connecticut, on the 9th April. Look
out for ground swell.
ExPELLED.- Senator, Geo. W.. Ora
ham. was expelled from the Senate OH satur-
day last, by vote OF "a to 9, for alleged COM
pIicity in the naval cadetship appointment Of
yeltng Schoolcraft.
The election of the judiciary by the Legisla-
ture, is an insult to the intelligence and homes
ty OF the people. And then by such Legis-
lation !
The bin restoring jurisdiction to the county
courts finally passed the Legislature, and
goes into effect the LIST uly.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1875-04-01

HARD ON HUNToN.-The Alexandria Senti-
mel Of the 2sth, has the following incisive par
agraph on its representative in Congress:
WASTED MISREPRESENTATION Hunton has
printed a speech which he never delivered,
against the Civil Rights bill in Congress. The
speech seems to have been prepared i'll an an
ticipation of what the bill would be, not what
it is, as its thunder is principally directed
against mi9ed schools, which are not included
in the bill. No such encounter, with an mag
mary foe has been known since Jack Falstaif
fought his men lin Kendall Green and Don
Quxote mistook barder's basin for Manbri-
nos helmet.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1875-04-01

DEATH OF A MEXICAN WAR VETERAN
Capt. L. G.. Alburtis died at his residence in
Martinsburg, West Virginia, on Monday last.
He was for many years clerk of the County
Court of Berkeley, and one time editor Of the
Martinsburg Republican. He also commanded
a company in the Virginia regiment during the
Mexican war, and was captain of battery OF
artillery in the Confederate army during the
late war.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1875-04-01

| The friends of Tichbourre, numbering 10O,-
900, held meeting in Hyde Park, London, re-
Gently, protesting against the injustice done
him. Dir. Klealy, Messrs. Oreslon and Whaley
spoke on the occasion. Resolutions were pass
ed denouncing the conviction Of Tichborne as
judicial crime.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1875-04-01

The Wing of the 10Th labors through a col
umn Of ''faint praise" that amounts TO a
''damn," of the Legislature, and winds up by
stating that 'swllateve. this legislature may
have accomplished or may have failed to ac-
complish, it is entitled to the credit Of hav-
ing been faithful to the State aid to the Con-
sentative party.'' 4.
If an impairment of the credit OF Virginia, a
tendency to paralyze all her material interests,
and narrow partzan view of all public ques-
tons can be regarded as true to the estate and
the Conservative party" then they have been
well sustained by the Legislature that closed its
meetings last evening, and consequently ceas-
ed its grabs upon the treasury.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1875-04-01
Commissioners Sale of
~ Elnl1 ESfafA-
apl Lat

~ Real Estate.
By virtue OF decree Of the District Court Of the
United States, rendered at Harrisonburg on the
day OF October, 1874, in the case of Nathaniel
Flook bankrupt. will sell at Public Auction, ut
the front door Of the Courthouse in Harrisonburg,
Va,
FRIDAY THE 30tA Of APRIL, 1875,
the real estate of said bankrupt in Rockingham
county, consisting of
A TRACT OF 229 ACRES
on Smiths Creek. adjoining the lands of Henry Ar
mentrout, Reuben Sellers, and others.
This is valuable land and has comfortable improve
mentS OH it.
TERMS OF SALE-One-fourth of the purchase
money in hand.the residue in three equal annualin
staiments, bearing interest from day of sale, taking
from the purchaser purchasers bonds with good
personal security, and retaining ien.as further
security.
zsaszs5 GRANVILLE EASTMAN,
WIN. B. COMPTON,
ap lids Com
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1875-04-01

A New WAY TO ROB A BANK.-The New
York Journal of Commerce states that on
Thursday young man named Michael VOLTS
tein presented himself at the bank No. 100
Broadway with check for a74. The paying
teller by mistake paid him $742. The error was
subsequently discovered, but Wolfstein refused
to return the difference of 1868 He was there
fore arrested, and at the Tembs Police Court
cid in 81, 500 bail to answer.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1875-04-01
\ gs5gnee's Sale
~ of Clarke County Land.
ap lids

The undersigned Assignee of John W. Beemer.
bankrupt, and by Virtue of order OF the U. s.
District Court for the Western District of Virginia,
OF date the 18th of March, 1876 will oferfo sale at
ublic auction in front of the Courthouse door in
Berryvlle, Va,
FRIDAY, the 23d of APRIL, 1875,
between the ours OF II a. m. and p. m, the land
surrendered by said bankrupt being the tract upon
which the said Beemer now resides. situated tho
Winchester and Berryve Turnpike, within ONE
fourth of mile of the town of Berryyille, and cor
tanning about 200 Acres.
The impro vements consist OF, a substantial and
comfortable
DWELLING HOUSE Z
with front and rear portlc os, and handsome lawn,
stabing granaries, and other necessary out-build-
ings. The timber is abundantly sufficient for the
wants of the farm.
The land is naturally very productive and is now
in fine state of cultivation. Altogether, it is one
of the most desirable farms in the county.
TERMs.-The sale will be made free o. liens, for
cash and the balance on credit OF SIX.
twelve and eighteen months, the purchaser giving
bonds with ample personal security for the deferred
and the legal title to be retained untiF
The whole shall have been paid.
A, W. MCDONALD,
aptA-tds Assignee
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1875-04-01

While the Indiana Legislature were in session
the Sentinel i'll one Of its daily. issues stated
that there was certain Senator in attendance
whose wife ought to lead him home by the
ear, and that the Sentinel would not allow
him to carry on another forty days as he had
been doing without notifying the conddng
creature whom he left in charge of the senate
rial homestead. The paragraph was published
on Thursday morning, and was read by vari-
GUS members of the Senate at their breakfast
tables, and all that day Senators filled up the
Sentinel stairway, paid in years. subscription
in advance, and begged the proprietor fol-
Gods sake to say no more about it.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1875-04-01

MIR. Alex. Hunter is announced as the asso-
ciate editor of the Alexandria Sentinel. He ID
represented as a gentleman OF culture, and fine
literary taste, and genial writer. We may
now expect luminous paper as Col. Ball, the
editor, is full of sunshine himself.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1875-04-01

The three richest men in the British House
OF Commons are self-made men, with no fam
lily arms. One is Sir George Elliot, who made
$2,250,O00 last year. The others are Messrs
Fielder and Hermon, worth about 81, SOC. oo{
a year EACH
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1875-04-01

AN EDITOR IN LIMBo.-In the criminal
court of Cook county, Illinois, at Chicago, on
Monday last, Judge Williams sentenced Wilb Ell
f. Storey, editor Of the Chicago Times, to ten
days imprisonment in the county Jail for con-
tempt Of court in having published articles
constructively rejecting the character of
certain members Of the grand Jury.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1875-04-01

The tsFarfax Farmer is the name OF new
paper, the publication Of which has commenced
at Fairfax Court House, Virginia. DR.. Thos
Foster is the Editor, and L. II. Brooke cores
pondng editor. Dir. Foster is an experienced
and able writer, and will makes good paper
The Farmer proposes to occupy an indepen-
tlcdt position in Politics.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1875-04-01

The U. S. Supreme Court have decided the
HOT Springs, Arkansas case in favor Of the
government. 1t is regarded a government re-
serve. Its value is $4,000, 900.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1875-04-01
NezO Advertisements.

NOR REST.-A Handsomely finished Office, over
Il the stcre-room on the corner OF Main and
New streets, entrance Main. Also, two ONCE
Rooms on the second floor, in the building opposite
the Courthouse. above the store-room occupied ly
with gas fixtures. Apply im,neGiltely to .
apl l Il. q. BICkLE.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1875-04-01

The board of trustees OF the Hancock-street
(Philadelpha) Methodist Episcopal Church have
closed the doors Of the church to the new pas
tor, Rev. George Mclaughlin, who was sent
there by conference after an earnest protest
against the appointment.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1875-04-01

HANGING.-A Western newspaper head
lines the execution Of man in that section of
the country with the following sentences:
judicial Construction of the Larynx.''-
'sAnother Prodigal Returns to his Father by
the Hemp Line.''
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1875-04-01
4 essssin1st ~asoa.'s sale.

As administrator OF the personal estate OF Robt.
kenney, deceased. WILL on
SATURDAY, the 18th day of APRIL, 1875,
at the residence of John Kcnney, on Middle River.
offer the following property for sale.
One Horse, one Buggy and Harness, one Watch.
one double barrcl Shotgun and equipments,
Bed Bedstead ard Clothing,
Table.
TERMs.-Four months credit on sums over $40.
apl 1-3t JAMES KENNEY, Admir-.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1875-04-01

Us. treasurer Spinner has rendered his res
iglation to take effect June 30th. John C. New,
Cashlef OF an Indianapolis bank, has been indi-
Gated as his successor.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1875-04-01

Postal Cards have become very popular in
the short while that they have been in use in
this country. The increase in the use of pos
tai cards in Great Britain for the year ending
March 81, 1874, was !, 1852, $685., the whole num-
Der used during the year being 7G,9S6,24
What we shall do in the United States in the
same line remains to be seen.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1875-04-01

The Legislature adjourned last evening af-
Ter continuous session of orc hundred and
twenty days at a cost CT $4,000. There has
Been 40 estimate OF the advantage to the State.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1875-04-01

The widow Of John Mitchell, the Irish pa
triot, lives in Brooklyn, N. Y. On Saturday
she received calls of coincidence from intimate
friends Of her husband. $50,
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1875-04-01

The population Of z exas is estimated at
100000. The immigration during 1874 is
supposed to have been 200. 600
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1875-04-01

A youthful pair were married in Yonkers,
New York, last September. The bride, Miss
Nettie Gale, is IA years old, and the groom,
Master Matthew Mansfield, Is. They belong
ed to the graduating class of one Of the public
schools, and while on an excursion to New
York, were married. When they returned the
young lady said she had been married, but had
burned the certificate. The father had them
married over again, to remove all doubts and
clear up complications.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1875-04-01
TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED
l. States for the Western District of Virginia.-In
Bankruptcy

Bankruptcy
In the matter of Henry Harnsberger. bankrupt.
At Harrisonburg, in said district, the 26th day of
March, A. D. 1875.
TAKE NoTrcE-An order has been issued that all the
creditors of Henry Harnsberger bankrupt appear
force Douglas Gray Register IN bankruptcy at his Of
d. 1875 at 10 O'Clock A. NJ and show cause, if any they
why the real estate belonging to the said bank
290 Acres, and also tract of 43 Acres, Roods and
IL Poles part of the John Harnsberger farm, all sit
uated on the Shenandoah River in the eastern part
of the county OF Rockingham, Va.,) should not be
sold free OF liens by John Paul, Assignee in Bank
ruptcy OF the said Henry Harms berger and the liens
transferred to the fund in Court.
c. DOUGLAS GRAY.
apl Lat Register in Bankruptcy.
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or. LOUIS LITE INSURANCE COMPANY

CT. LOUIS LITE INSURANCE COMPANY.
A STRONG STOCK COMPANY.
Paid up Capital. 81 900 600 90
Assets January Ist 1875. 7400 $50 SO
Surplus as to Policy holders. 1883 85254
Re Premium rates twenty-five psr cent lower
than in utual Companies.
PLANS SIIPLE-CoNTRACTs DEFINITE
rs AGENTS WANTED for Staunton, and each
OF the Valley counties. -
To VIII o active. energetic and willing to
solicit liberal arrangements will be made; whether
they have been engaged in the business or not-ad-
dress GEORGE JOHNSTON
Manager OF Virginia, North Carolina and D. G.
Department
mar30 1t Office, Alexandra, Va,
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1875-04-01

SINGULAR misunderstanding new in
the suicidal way took place in South Washing
ton OH The 9th. A man named Patrick Mar
tin, who resided at No. l03 Sixth street, while
suffering from a long sege of intoxication,
drank pint OF coal oil, and then pouring a
quantity over his clothes. set fire to himself
This was about O'Clock in the morning. His
wife discovered him burning and put out the
flames, but he was so mitch injured that he died
on the day following at 8 o'cloek in the after
noon.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1875-04-01

REMARKED. = Among the marriage Ii
cense granted on the 9th in Washington city,
was one for the marriage OF Flors Maria Felix
Van Ruth and Emily Alberta Van Ruth, who
were divorced by the court there on the I'd OF
March last, SO that the couple will have marri-
ed, unmarried and married again all within
the same month. A divorce bill was filed in
this case last July, then dismissed, but again
renewed in December, the second suit termina-
ting in divorce, as above stated.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1875-04-01

We understand that the entire bar OF Har-
risonburg, numbering about 81 lawyers, joined
in a recommendation Of COL Robt. johnson
for the Judgeshipof the 18th circuit. His de-
feat, we learn, was occasioned Icy representa-
lions made by Mr.. Stuart, Of this county. Tt
seems to us, if the lawyers living in the judi
cial district, were satisfied to have Col. john
ston, it was out OF place fora gentleman, liv-
ing in another district, to object. We regret
the defeat of Col. Johnston, not that we have
any objections to Judge Byrd, bat because we
know that Col. J. is eminently qualified for the
position. Il is another severe commentary Oil
the miserable caucus system in matters of this
kind. and the utter want Of propristy IN the
Legislature designating the Judges OF tic cir
cults and counties.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1875-04-01

lhc TAX BILL has passed both houses of the
legislature. 1t sill cover seventy or eighty
aI.- in print.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1875-04-01

EFarts' fee in the great scandal case is to be
$4,000. What Bessie turner's will be is vet
unknown. wv