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assurances.


TINE SOUTHERN MUTUAL
FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY.
ACCUMULATED CAPITAL, $472, s67.23.
CHARTERED BY THE COMMONWEALTH OF vIRGIa
ufice-No. IL Tenth Street. Skaters
Building, between Main and Banl. Streetsf~
RICHMOND, VA.
Nss~ Issues Annual, Term, and Participating
Policies. Far Property q Specially.
Dr.. IL. q. AVIDSON, President.
JORDAN Il. MARTIN, Vice-President.
J. i. NElSWANGER, Secretary
STATEMENT OF ITS BUSINESS:
TO January LIST, 1878.
Number of Policies issued, 7,s
Amount Of Deposit Notes deposited with
the Company, $43o,2ss.s
celyed. - 2ss,u55.2s
Amou Mt paid for Losses Expenses, Sal
aries, Commissions, sc, 226 10
Losses, adjusted not due, l2,ooo.o3
N. FOUNTAIN Solicitor, Staunton, Va.
Us WALLAoE, Solicitor, Naynesbo-o.
JNo. G. Slower, Soliitor, Fishersvile.
Agents wanted in every City, Town and
County.
FNRH INSURANCE:
THE PR GINA
IRE ANT MARIN E INSURANCE COMPANY
INCORPORATED1s32
TIA .BLEDSoE, Agent ,Staunton Va.
Thiscompany, wellmsnaged an dsuccessfulfol
| a period ofthirty-four years, offers INDEMNITY
| AGAINSTLOSS BY FIREo asfavorableterm
as other good companies.
Itscapitaland income promote .asfaras practi
able, .heindustry of our State.
WI COWARDIN.P residen-a
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yXTAGON.MAK KING.
w AND BLACKSMITHIkG

w AND BLACKSMITHING,
The undersigned, formerly of Churchvile, has
opened Wagon-making and Blacksmithing
establishment, on
NEW COURT HOUSE ST STAUNTON, VA
aext door to the Carriage Factory of Capt.
Waters where he is prepared to execute all work
in his line, out of good material, in the best
manner and at low FL ures
va REPAIRING promptly done and all
work warranted
Va also mann tacture FASIG'S PATENT
LIFTING JACK, the area ties thing out and in
dispensable to farmers generally. Call and see
it,
febi4 JAS Nj LICKLITER.
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lDhHooNAA.
NOAH WALKER q CO.,
THE CELEBRATED CLOTHIERS OF
BALTIMORE, ND,
Announce the introduction CT plan of ordering
CLOTHING Il UNDERW LAR, By LETTER,
TO which they call your especial attention.
They will send on application their improved
and accurate rules for
SGLEINEASUREMENT,
and full line of samples from their immense
stock of CLOTHS, CASSIMERES, COATINGS,
SHIRTINGS &c. &C, thus enabling parties in
any part Of the country to order their Clothing
and Shirts direct fro'u them with the certainty
of receiving garments OF
The Very Ices Style
A.,1 Host Peefect FIT Ataimabze
Goods ordered will oe sent by Express to any
part of the country.
AS is well known throughout the Southern
States, they have for Forty-three Years EX-
CELLED in all departments of their business,
which is a substantial guarantee as to the char
acter of the Goods they will send out.
large and well assorted stock of READY
MADE CLOTHING always on hand, together
with a full line Of
FURNISHING GOODS,
including all the latest Novelties in design, and
AT POPULAR PRICES.
When Goods are sent per Express c.. Q. D..
there will be no collection charge on amounts
of $40 and over.
Rules for Measurement, Samples of Goods
and Price List sent FREE on application.
The attention CT the rade is invited to our
WHOLESALE DEPARTMENT, when is al
ways kept up to the highest standard.
NOAH WALKER Dc CO.,
Manufacturers and Dealers in MEMS and Boys
Clothing aid Furnishing Goods, either ready
made or made to order
1875 and 1877 Baltimore Street
72mar9y BALTIMORE, MD.
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baltimore ADVERTISEMENTS.

Baltimore Advertisements.
SPECIAL NOTICE TOT TRADE
Having leased and removed to the large Ware
house
NO. 236 W. BALTIMORE ST,
NEAR CHARLES,
formerly occupied by Weldon l. johnson, W
are now prepared with increased facilities to
conduct the
GENERAL AUCTION
AND COMMISSION BUSINESS
Our regular sales of Furniture &c will take
place EVERY TUESDAY, THURSDAY and SAruRpAy
MORNING, at 10 O'Clock, on First Floor, and sale
of Dry Goods, Notions and Miscellaneous Stocks
will be held on Second Floor EvER~ MosnAy
MORNING, at 10 O'Clock Goods sol1 in lots to
| suit the trade.
| Sales OF Real Estate, Sacks at Stores and P-i
vate Dwellings taken ata time, upon moder !.
( ate terms. -
| Consignments solicited and cash advance
made when required.
/ BROKER 4 LEWIS, Auctioneers
/ No. 239 W. Bait. St., near Charles
i 72jun23y Baltimore
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OYSTERS !!
OYSTERS!! OYSTERN!!,

would respectfully announce shat | shall
on and after this date be prepared to
FURNISH FRESH OYSTERS DAILY
Shall endeaVor to keep on hand at all time
a STRICTLY FIRST CLASS ARTICLE
A TRIAL is REQUESTED.
Respectfully,
SPENCER J. ROBINSON.
Factory 50 Elbow lane,
Bait. Nov. 22d, 1872. Baltimore, Nd
All orders sent us through W. 3. H. Lynn
Esq, of Staunton Vindicator, will receive
prompt attention. nov22-ly
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GRAND. sQBAlI. AID UPRIGHT.
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PA NOS,


Have received upwards of FIFTY FIRST
PREMIUMS, and are among the best now made.
Every instrument fully warranted for i've
years. Prices as low as the exclusive use OF
the very best materials and the most thorough
Workmanship will permit The principal Plan
lists and composers and the piano-purchasing
public of the South especially, unite in the
unanimous verdict of the superiority Of the
STIEFF PIANO. The DURABILITY of our
instruments is fully established by over SIXTY
SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES in the South, US
ing over BOG of our Pianos
Sole Wholesale Agents for several of the
principal manufacturers of Cabinet and Parlo1
Organs; prices from $50 to $500. A liberal
discount to C'ergymen and Sabbath Schools.
A large assortment of secondhand Pianos,
at prices ranging from S575 to $500, always OF
hand.
Send for illustrated Catalogue, containing
the names Of over 1000 Southerners who have
bought and are using the Stef Piano.
CHAS NJ. STIEFF.
Wareroomg, No. 9 N Liberty St.
Baltimore Nd.
Factories, "a, se Camden ! As, Al Perry SITS.
april
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n FORGE S CLOGG
vi No. 2, S. CALVERT ST.,

BALTIMORE, MD,
Maker Of Fine Gentlemen and Ladies' Boots
and Shoes: Hand-stitched to order of the best
Imported French and English material
Also am manufacturing Fine Hand-sewed
Goods at wholesale for merchants, and make it
solicit a trial from the citizens Of Staunton
an d vicinity. 7lapr2ly
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ESTABLISHED 1915,

M@sTIC DRY GOODS,
which they offer at Wholesale and Retail
Having superior facilities in procuring their
Goods, aud purchasing every thing for cash
they guarantee. their prices to teas low, if not
lower than any house in the city. Samples of
Goods sent free. Orders over 500. 90 sent free
of freight to all parts of tie country
G@~ Terms CASH. F3feb2y
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NEW GooDsi NEW GOODS NEW
~ GOODS Ladies Boots, Lace Shoes.
Slippers and New Port Ties, Roys' and Misses
Shoes Children's School Shoes, Colored Boots,
Lace Shoes and Slippers just received at CHAS.
h. WELLER's Boot and Shoe Store, Main St.
apr23 If.
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TUST OPENED, 6ne assortment of Gentle
y mems and Boys Boots. Shs es and Caters
of the Latest Styles. Cater Tops. Umbrellas,
Hats Sc, at G. l.. WELLER'S, Main St.
ap23 If.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-04-16
-A-=--
Mexico.

A correspondent of the S. f. Balle-
tin writing from La Paz says, March
20th.-In Santiago there has been an
other row. Those who were implicated
in the late revolution have fled to the
mountains. The troops sent to pro-
tect the people were in the habit of
robbing the ranches and insulting the
women. A few days ago when re-
peating their insults they were met by
the refugees who killed one of their
soldiers and wounded three more; the
rest of these brave soldiers ran off.
AS to the immigration to Mexico,
enough must come together to defend
themselves. In Sinaloa during the
past year foreigners who have never
before been disturbed, and who
thought themselves safe because they
never interfered in politics, have been
robbed and their families maltreated.
MexicaDs are expecting another revol-
ution befeOre the year is over, and
this belief is one of the causes that
brings it about.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-04-16
Trial Trip.

The Bessemer steamship, which was
to abolish the horrors of the channel,
has been tried and is, fear, only half
success-for the present. She went
this week from Hull to Gravesend in a
gale Of wind and proved an excellent
sea boat and fast. Her two faults ap-
pear to be an excess of draft and the
unsteadiness of her movable saloon
The former is partly accounted for by
an extra supply of coal and may be
got rid OF one way or anOther-must
be got rid of before she can enter
Calais on an ordinary tide. AS to the
saloon, 1t appears that the machinery
intended to control it and to neu trail
ize, so far as 1t is concerned, the move
ment of the ship, is in some way de-
fective. The saloon can be handled
with ease, but cannot be kept still; in
other words, partakes of the motion of
the ship. What we know about it is
mostly from a letter written to the
Times by Lord Henry Lennox, who
came in the ship and who explains
that the present trouble arises partly
from some wrong arrangement of the
levers and partly from the inexperi-
ence of the man who works them. He
and Mr.. Reed believe, or at least hope,
that all may be made right, but the
public is just little incredulous. But
whether the saloon prove perfectly
stable or not, the ship will be vast
Improvement over those now in use.-
Corr. ~ Y Tribune.
The object Of this invention is to
obviate sea-sickness by neutralizing
the motion of the ship. We hope they
will succeed.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-04-16
government Hunting Gold.

OMAHA, April lSth.-Six companies
of cavalry and two infantry have
been ordered from the railroad to the
base of the Black Hills, as an escort
to the Government Biologists; who
will make survey of that country.
They expect to leave Fort Laramie on
the 18th instant.
The Government is promptly ap-
prised of the many expeditions into
this country and are prepared for them.
Letters from Red Cloud Agency show
that the Indians are full aware of all
that is being done in the matter, and
are much excited over it. The head
warriors who are really more power
full than the Chiefs, are favorably in.
clined to disposs of the country be-
tween the two Cheyenne rivers for a
good round consideration. In the
~-~--t 80 49, r>~-ei>~e. tl>e h 81 -rs---:0.r
will insist that the reservation be re.
moved to the head of the Tongue
River, at the base Of the Big Horn
Mountaint. The Indians are exceed
ingly anxious that large number OF
their Chiefs and warriors should go to
Washington and see the President,
and are pleased that the agent has
been ordered to take them to Wash.
ingtOn. aA ia
Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-04-16
Mexico.

bA PAz, March 20th.--It seems us IL Mexl-
cans We're themselves conspiring to ruin their
country by. the imposition OF domestic and
import duties. The municipal duties levied
at Guaymas and Mazatlan are 80 outrageous
as TO put n stop to our trade with these ports
What we need is a reciprocal treaty with the
United States, to afford US q market for our
produce. The distress among the lower
classes in Sonora and Sinaloa IL greater than
ever before. Thousands are actually starving,
who are accustomed to living on tortillas and
frijeeas, The abolishing of the copper coin
seems to have been great mistake.
They have our hearty sympathy.
The above is the language of the poor
in every county which adopts the in-
sane policy of establishing import
duties and revenue tariffs. All the
free trade countries in the world are
prosperous, virtuous and, happy ,,while
those which collect import duties are
eternally in trouble, and the poor la
borers are often brought to the verge
of starvation. Next to Mexico, the
United States to-day presents the
most melancholy picture of any
country on earth. The suffering of
our people is widespread and intense,
and the most gloomy prospects for the
future. All of which Except those
who We're assited by floods and grass
hoppers) is traceable to this suicidal
policy of the Government. Even if
such policy was honestly carried
out (Which never has been done), it
would amount to nothing more nor
less than stealing a revenue fund from
the peoples pockets without letting
them know it. The people are made
to contribute to the Government by
every purchase they make of articles
for domestic use, from spool of
thread to a wagon. We could be rec
onciled to it, until our national debt
was liquidated if the money thus stolen
from us went into the treasury of the
nation. But we believe we can safely
say that not five per cent. of the
amount fllched from the pockets of
the people ever reach the Government
vault. At least three-fifths of the
whole goes into the pockets of the
manufacturers and two-thirds of the
Remainder into the pockets of officials,
secret service detectives, revenue coll
lectors, revenue assessors, gaugers and
clerks. Every county in the United
States has from three to dozen and
some counties as many as fifty Of
these Government attaches. If this
army of officials were placed in line,
allowing six feet to each man, they
would occupy space over forty miles
long. The average salary of these
men is over twelve hundred dollars
each. This is the little machinery
used by the Government to collect
import duties and revenue tariff from
the honest people of the United States.
If all the money that has been taken
from the people, directly and indi-
rectly, during the last ten years had
been paid into the hands of one tax
collector in each county and appropri-
ated to the payment of the Govern
i..e--. .a~i.' WE would not be owing one
dollar to-day. No wonder the people
are suffering.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-04-16
Falsehood Exposed.

Some cold-hearted misanthrope has
been forwarding kilograms to this
coast to the effect that the Kansas suf.
ferers were beautifully supplied and
there was no necessity of further eff
forts to relieve their wants. Many
letters just received by respectable cit
izens in this city shows how false and
wicked these reports are. We give a
few extracts:
KANsAs-I have been connected with the
work OF the American Bible Society for twen-
ty-five years, but l have never nude such a
report as this one. There is literally no mon
ey circulating save what is sent from the East
to keep our people from starving, and that is
emily moity of what Is needed.
F. MIssoURI-The money pressure is distress
ing.
VIRGINIA-I spent two Sabbaths in Ports
mouth. The people, most of them, looked as
hough they needed to receive rather than be-
stow charity. l
Our people can hardly appreciate the
blessedness of living in California.
When we think of the snow and ice,
the famine and poverty, the tornadoes
and floods, the sun-strokes and thun-
der storms and the pestilence that
wasteth at MONDAY, and then add to
all this the terrible financial pressure
which is grinding the very life out of
all the country East of the Rocky
Mountains, and contrast this state of
things with our condition, We begin
to feel how good it is to live in Cali
fornia. n si$a yUS Hi@I f.t
Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-04-16
Wool.

NEW YORK, April 12.-The pur-
chases this week have been on q more
liberal scale, and, with the reduced
stocks available, more steadiness
has been noticed In values toward the
close. Dealings have been largely in
low grade stock. California staples,
both Srriug and Fall, are firm for
choice, fr,, h'ts, and steady at late de-
cline for conn,ol sorts, though hold
ers will negotiate on any full bed, as
every day brings the new crop nearer
at hand, with u prospect that the sup
ply will be ample and the rate low,
The sales include 3l7 bales and $780,
600 ib California Fall at'23@24 cents; 9S
bales and 10000 pounds California
Spring at M935 cents. At Boston the
demand has been fair and prices steady,
with no pressure to sell. With large
arrivals of new Australia and Spring
clip of California near at hand, manu-
facturies are quite indifferent about
operating. The tranactions in Cali
fornia Wool have been fair, compris-
ing 272,00O pounds, nearly all of which
was Fall Wool, at 16930cS ID. The
latter price was obtained for fancy, late
ly received, and is no criterion of the
market. The principal sales of Fall
have been in the range of 20@22c, and
these prices include good average lots
of this description. A lot of Spring
Wool, sold at 33c, is the only transac-
tion of the week. The Wool traders
are surprised at advices received from
San Francisco in relation to the re-
ported excitement in that Market,
and high prices quoted for new clip
from 20@25c gold. There is nothing
in the Eastern Markets now prospec-
lively that would warrant extreme
prices here. If Eastern buyers, how
ever, will go on prices which could
not be realized in this market If
freight and expenses are added, Cali
fornia operators cannot be blamed for
getting all they can. The present out
look is certainly not very favorable
for an advance on wool, and the man.
ufacturers are not buying with any
confidence or spirit.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-04-16
Eastern Matters.


PHILADELPHIA, April 14th. The
Centennial Celebration of the organi-
zation of the Anti-Slavery Society,
commenced this morning in Concert
Hall. Vice President Wilson called
the assembly to order and stated the
object OF the meeting and the history
of the society. After prayer and sing
ing by the Hutchinson family, DIR.
Williams, the elder, delivered a dis
course, reviewing the career of the So
ciety.
WASHINGTON, April l4th. - The
Secretary of the Treasury writes to
the Secretary of War with regard to
stationing a revenue cutter in the
waters of Alaska, where much snug
Cling is reported stating that the de-
partment has no cutter that can be
permanently stationed there, but that
the steamer Wolcott, now stationed
at Port Townsend, will make an occa-
si0nal cruise to those waters to reme-
dy revenue evils there.
The Pestoffice Department has taken
steps to break up the system of mail
brokerage which has prevailed in the
West.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-04-16
Fruit Dryer.

We hear many inquiries about the
Star family fruit dryer. Everybody
wants one, and they say they will
have it; but they are postponing it to
the last day they can do without it.
This fruit dryer will be a necessity In
every family. The owners will re-
quire some time to make them after
the order comes in, and if the order is
delayed until the dryer is wanted,
only q few can be accommodated.
The cost is so trifiiDg that any one
able to buy common stove can have
one. Any person owning a garden or
orchard will save the price of one in q
week. WORKMAN Bros. or HARPER
g. DALTON are ready to receive orders.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-04-16
How to Treat Immigrants.

Los Angeles is the Mecca Of thous-
ands of Eastern people. The noun
tains, streams, valleys and orange
groves are the magnets that attract
them. They desire contrast to East
ern climate, crops and scenery, and in
the vicinity of Los Angeles they find
the climate delightful, the semi-trop.
ical crops abundant and the landscape
charming. The aim Of our people
should be to secure all our visitors as
permanent residents. Most of the
future immigration to Los Angeles
will come from the Missouri Valley,
Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri
all are fertile States, but for several
reasons they have had short crops,
thus causing the exodus. Some will
come to benefit their financial condi-
ton; more will come to improve their
physical condition. They are intelli-
gent and enterprising, and will make
valuable citizens. Their first impress
sions of Los Angeles will do much to
drive them off or locate them here.
If their impressions of the locality
and inhabitants are favorable, they
will locate here; if they are not favor
ably impressed, they will seek an
other locality. Much depends, there
fore, oil the citizens themselves in
their reception of the new corners.
Most of these visitors have spent con-
siderable in transporting themselves
and families thus far, and generally
have some money left with which to
make . start. AT home they were, in
most cases, in high social position and
feel keenly being thrown among
strangers. In many cases they have
held official positions, but are diff
dent and sentative In a strange land.
They are people of education and need
friendly greeting, their greatest desire
is to have an opportunity to take a
part in the active work of the ,coun-
try. With closer acquaintace, comes
more confidence. They will then in
vest their means cheerfully and add
their strength to our growing wealth.
Do not try to convince them that we
have perfect earth = paradise.
They have left frost and snow, show
them we have an even temperature
throughout the year, that is beneficial
to health and vegetation. Do not tell
them. that the farmer has only to per-
senate MOSES, smite the rock and have
a never failing stream, but show them
that prosperity and wealth are the re-
wards of industry and frugality; that
investments of capital realize a noble
dividend, and that honest labor is well
recompensed. In short, the facts will
justify the emigrant in believing that
we have mild, health-giving climate,
generous soil, good society and an
enterprising population. Show them
by your public schools, your newspa-
pers, your churches, your charitable
institutions and your people what you
are and what you expect to be. Build
up your schools and churches, lay the
foundations Of your business struc-
turs-bring your enterprising men to
the front, keep down toadies and ras-
eality, and emigrants will never pass
our beautiful city and valley.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-04-16
gua Anaeles Aemll
John ChInaman.

Our Eastern friends think it is queer
that the Chinese portion of Uncle
Sans family can never be domesti-
cated-never be brought into any
kind of national assimilation with the
different races and nations that so to
make up our population; that no
amount of American experience can
make brother Jonathan out of him.
He remains apart from all national
associations, isolated in the crowded
street of the city; while men pass him
of every nationality, color and grade,
talking about the price of stocks and
the rise in property, John puts no fin
ger in the pie, He studiously keeps
himself to himself. Eastern Ameri-
cans think this a remarkably strange
thing, that any people on earth should
refuse to affiliate and become identi-
fed with the 'sgreat American Ma
tion." The fact is, they don't know
John yet; neither do they give him
credit for half the common sense and
shrewdness he is entitled to. He
knows which side of his bread is but
tered. He don't peer at you out Of
those diagonally-set eyes and out
stretched neck for nothing. He un-
derstands the overtures of goodwill so
often made by the American people,
and just lets it pass for what it is
worth. Mel-a- kin-man can look after
his own politics, John has other busi-
ness on hand. He knows If there is
any profit in American politics 1T can
never fill Johns pocket, unless it
should come in the way Of 5ribe,
and above all people in the world,
they most hate to be used as tools for
others. They will risk the State
Prison, and even the gallows, for
money, when they lay their own plan
to get 1t; but they are too suspicious
to allow themselves to become the
tool of. Others. Consequently John
will never be profitable voter for a
certain class Of politicians. But this
il not his main reason for not becom-
ing Americanized. He is willing that
the Caucasians should be Caucasians,
and Africans be Africans, but he
wants to be Chinan1an and will be
= 4. =
Chinaman, and he is right. John
says a mongrel race is "no good" and
the history of the world substantiates
his judgment. He is satisfied with
his nationality, his race and his color,
and we honor him for it. There are
many Objectionable features attaching
to Johns character, but he has some
good ones, anu UnrS 10 for which
all sensible people will give him
credit. sk#8 - 3FEs