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anerfannt baS bette. {. Wa9ner,
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-01-22

THE STATE GRANGE has adjourned at
Richmond after the election of State Off
GERS, as follows: Master, J. w WHITE of
Charlotte, at $500 salary; Overseer, T. T.
TREDWAY, of Mecklenburg; Steward, Gen.
VIM, MCCoMB, of Orange; Assistant Stew
ard, [. B. DUNN, Of Washington co.; Chap
lain, Rev. JNo. G. BLACKWELL, of Buck
inglam CO.; Treasurer, w B. WEsTBRooK.
of Petersburg, with a salary of 5000; Secre-
tary, MARTIN W. LAKEWOOD, Of Hen
rico, with a salary of $1,000; Gatekeeper,
NJ. B. HANCOCK, of Charlotte; Ceres. Flora
and Pomona, Mrs. HOMER, Mrs. J. W.
LEwELLEN and Mrs. M. w. HAzLEwooD;
Executive Committee, A. B. LIGHTNER,
of Augusta, chairman. for years, with a
salary of $500, and Messrs. R. V. GAINES,
of Charlotte, years, A. M. MOORE, of
Clark, 2 years. and r. L. RAGLAND, of
Halifax, L year, all with salaries of $500;
Chief Of Bureau Tor business AGENT, J. c.
FEATHERsTONE, of Charlotte. 1t was
shown in the meeting that one Grange out
of the 457 in the State saved i'll purchases
last year $780, 600, being more than the cost
of starting and equipping adj the Oranges
in the State. In the official returns are
shown 26 Oranges in Augusta, 5 in Rock
ingham, 10 in Rockbridge, 8 in Highland,
, in Bath, and in Shenandoah. There
are p counties yet without Oranges. The
total membership is $4,000.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-01-22

THE ANTI-FUNDERs of the Virginia
legislature, Conservative and Radical are
caucusing two OF three times q week. They
agree that the people cannot bear tax
enough to pay per cent On the debt. The
"Dispatch' gives the following as their
views:
They are, in brief, that the Constitution
shall be amended so as to provide that the
debt of the State shall be funded i'll six per
cent. bonds running 20 years; that no IN
terest shall be allowed during the period OF
the late var; that the bonds issued under
the operations Of the funding bill Shall not
be paid, nor interest thereon, but the hold
ers of those bonds may exchange them for
bonds issued under the amendment to the
Constitution exclusive Of the interest re-
presented in the principal Of the funding
bill bonds: that these bonds shall be issued
at the market value which prevailed OH
the day Virginia Was re-admitted to the
Union; that neither the Court Of Appeals
OF any other court shall have power to con-
strue this action unconstitutional; that
there shall hereafter be three judges OF
the court of Appeals instead Of five, and
they hold Office for twelve years. Views
almost as strong, SO far as the debt itself
is concerned, have been expressed by sew
eral Conservative members.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-01-22
THE VALLEY RAILROAD.

Two very temperate articles have APP
peared in the past week on the subject of
the Valley r. B., one in the editorial
columns Of the Baltimore ''Sun,'' and the
other in the Staunton Spectator" from a
correspondent, the first deprecating the re-
fusal of the Valley counties to pay their
bonds over, and the second urging that
the lease by the B. & O. road or some other
responsible party of the completed road
will give such confidence to the counties
that there will no longer be any trouble by
the Withholding OF the bonds, which is
stated as fact. As both sides seem to be
in good temper about the matter, we
have great hopes that the approaching
meeting on the 22d of February will result
in an arrangement which will be satisfac-
tory ali around.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-01-22

REsIGNATIoN oE REV. DIR. WILSON,
A Richmond letter in the Petersburg
News noticing the resignation Of Rev.
DE. Wilson formerly of Augusta county,
says:
SIT is well for it to be known that Rev.
Mr.. Wilson did not resign the pastoral
charge Of Grace Street Baptist Church in
consequence Of the much misunderstood
Danville lecture. In fact had it not been
for that affair his resignation would have
been presented six months ago. In his
case, as in Dr.. Burrows, there were mem
bers of the church opposed to his way of
managing things and they made him less
comfortable than he might otherwise have
been and his situation became so embar-
RAISING as to require him to do as he has
done. Nh. Wilson has several offers, but
has as yet accepted none. Grace Street
Church has appointed q committee to look
for another pastor. Rev. Mr.. Hatcher of
Petersburg, is fayorite with many mem
bers.'
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-01-22
ExTRAoRDrNARY s1JIcIDE-Vo1

EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE--VoLUN-
TARY SACRIFICE AS A BURNT OFFERING.
Miss Crissy Hacker, residing near Hon
esdale, Pa, who has been laboring under
temporary insanity for several years, re-
sulting from religious fanaticism, commit
ted suicide on Wednesday last, during the
absence of her father and the man employ
ed to watch her movements. She erected
a pyre OF alter in the kitchen out Of a set
of quilting frames, Oh which she spread
some carpet and made herself a pillow, and
on the GOALS and ashes Of this altar the
body of the young lady was found burned
to a crisp. The face was the only part not
burned. In the family Bible. which was
found open at the book of Job, the follow
ing note was.found, in the handwriting
Of the deceased:
Dear Father-My Emmanuel appeared
to me to-day. He reveals to me the fact
that [ have committed the objectionable
sin, which I can only obtain forgivness
for by passing through the cleansing OF
fire. l will intercede for you, my dear
father. Y Oh will find my PARTED body in
the northeast co.ner of the house. L wish
to have my ashes buried in my Emanuel's
ground, at the northwest corner of the
house. Goodbye. Meet me on the Eter-
nal ground. GRIssY."
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-01-22

ST. NICHOLAS FOR FEBRUARY.-The
fronLispiece of the February St. Nicholas
is well executed wood engraving, from
SIR EDWIN LANDsEER's picture of ''The
Marmosets." REBECCA HARDING DAVIS
has an interesting story founded ON the old
fable of "The Fox and the Raven,'' Some
lively incidents in the career of a certain
"Birch Bark Boy, Pare narrated by ISABEL
FRANCIS. LuCRBTIA P. HALE gives
another delightful anecdote about the ia
nous ''Peterkin" family; and MARY A.
HALLOcK contributes story. The num-
Der contains a valentine story by SUSAN
COOLIDGE, and an article, by ALEXANDER
WAINWRIGHT, describing the manufac-
ture and the different styles of those dain-
ty missives, Another practical sketch, en-
titled @How Dolls are Made" is written
by OLIVE THoRNE, while W. Fl. RIDE
ING's account of Chimney Sweeps, Past
and Present, and JOHN LEwEEs' sketch
of the great traveller, Vambery, are admir-
adle descriptive articles.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-01-22

on the side of peace, is too closely con-
necled with Gen. GRANT for any apology
to separate it. SHERIDAN. is the same
general who was removed from the COM
mand # Louisiana by ANDREW JOHNSON
for the temper and spirit displayed to-
wards the people, which had made him
Thorough ly hated by them. Just at the
most critical time in the history of affairs
there, President GRANT sends him back
with confidential general authority (com-
municated with his message) to take COM
mand there OF anywhere in the Military
Division Of the South, if he sees proper
an order something like a Russian Gar
might send to subordinate. Before ne
has been forty-eight hours in New Orleans
he sent his ''banditti" dispatch, and of this
man the President says ''no party motives
OF prejudices can reasonably be imputed to
him, - and adds: 'sGen. SHERIDAN was look
ing at facts, and possibly not thin king OF
proceedings which would be the only pro-
per ones to pursue in a time OF peace, and
thought more Of the utterly lawless condi-
tion of society surrounding him at the
time of his dispatch, and of what would
prove sure remedy. He never proposed to
do an illegal act, nor expressed determi-
nation to proceed beyond what the law in
the future might authorize for the punish
ment Of the atrocities which have been
committed, and the commission of which
cannot be denied" A sure remedy And
this in a civilized country! Was there
ever such a President? So poor logician
| is he that like SHERIDAN he points to the
fact with triumph that the military were
called in by both sides, first at the call of
Democratic Speaker Wilt, forgetting
that to obey Speaker WILTz's call was to
recognize the organization of a body which
was afterwards dispersed at the point of
the baYonet. The apology over, the Presi-
dent has yet in his hands the power of re-
dressing the wrong. Seeing that he says
| he did not authorize the interference with
the legislature, Speaker Witt telegraphs
requesting him to restore the body as it
stood at the time Of its dispersion. If he
means well, he will do it.
| We trust these events will not be lost Oh
our friends, the Democrats. Let them be
careful that the man they make President
in rs is not stolid partisan soldier, who
in his-eagerness to serve his friends shall
bring his party to such disastrous and
untimely end as GRANT has his.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-01-22

A YOUNG LADY FIRED AT SIX TIMES
by A DISCARDED LoyER.-Flank Smith,
respectable young man, has just been
sentenced to rs days i'll Jail at Fincastle,
Va, for attempting to kill his sweetheart.
The Lynchburg "Virginian" says of the
affair:
The parties belong to the good society of
the place, and the affair set all the town
agog. 1t seems that the young man had
been engaged to the young lady for some
time, but owing to the persistent opposi-
tion of her parents, and perhaps other
causes, the engagement was recently. brok-
en- off. This so enraged the lover that he
is said to have made dire threats against
her, it he ever saw her receiving the at
tentions of any other man. Itappears that
on Saturday afternoon, the young lady ac-
companied by male escort, passed q house
in which the rejected sutton was. Seeing
them, he went out and opened fire on her
with Smith and NELSON'S pistol, six bar
rels of which were discharged without,
however, and fortunately, any of the balls
taking effect. The couple were some lit
tie distance off, and were not aware that
they were being fired at.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-01-22
T.0uisiaua.

Meetings protesting against the lnterfer-
ence with Louisiana have been held in
Boston, Cincinnati. Baltimore, and various
cities, and the City Councils OF st. Louis,
Richmond and elsewhere have added their
protest. The New York House OF Dele
gates has denounced it. but the Senate,
which is Republican, refused to do So At
the Boston meeting Wendell Phillips made
speech in favor of the legality of the act
in view Of the irregular manner OF the OF
ganization. The Report of the Congress
ional Investigating Committee at New
Orleans, composed of two Republicans and
one Democrat, confirms all the Democrats
of Louisiana had stated, though they do
do not say that the organization Of the
legislature was legal. They give the fol-
lowing summary Of what Louisiana is suf-
fering:
The general condition Of affairs in the
State of Louisiana seems to be as follows:
The conviction has been general among
the whites since 1872 that the Kellogg
government was an uSurpation. This
conviction among them has been strength
ened by the acts OF the Kellogg legisla-
ture in abolishing existing courts and
judges, and substituting others presided
over by judges appointed by Kellogg,
having extraordinary and exclusive jurls-
diction over political questions; by
| changes in the laws centralizing III the
Governor every form of political control,
| including the suspension oil the elections;
| by continuing the Returning Board with
| absolute power over the returns OF cleo
tions; by the extraordinary provisions en-
| acted for the trial of titles and claims to
| office: by the conversion of the police force,
maintained at the expence of the city OF
New Orleans, into an armed brigade OF
State militia, subject to the command OF
| the Governor; by the creation of monop-
| OlieS in markets, gas making, water works
and ferries, cleaning vaults. removing filth,
and doing work as wharfingers: by the alb
clifton Of courts with election judges, and
| the substitution of other courts with
| judges appointed by kellogg in evasion OF
| the constitution of the State; by enact
ments furnishing criminally all persons
who attempted to fill official positions I'M
less returned by the Returning Board:
by unlimited appropriations for the payr
ment OF militia expenses and 1Or the pay
ment of legislative warrants, vouchers and
checks issued during the years 1870 to
| 1879; by laws declaring that no person III
arrears for taxes after default published
shall bring any suit in any court of the
State, or allowed to be witness in bus
| own behalf-meaSures which when coupled
/ with the extraordinary burdens OF taxa
| ton, have seemed to vest, in the language
of Governor Kellogg's counsel; "a degree
| of power in the Governor of a State scarce
| ly exercised by any sovereign in the
world"
| With this conviction is a general want OF
confidence in the integrity of the existing
State and local officials; want OF conf
dence equally in their purpose and in thell
/ uerSOnnel
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-01-22
A REMARKABLE CASE OF CONSCIENCE

4 A REMARKABLE CASE OF CONsCIENCE.
"A man aged 50 died in the aims house at
Richmond few days since, and in his
will it was found that he had considerable
property. The "Whig'' says:
After making requests to his aunt and
sisters in England and Ireland, in his will,
made in New Y ork, September, 1870, he,
by codicil, made in Richmond, in May,
1874, says: "And L do hereby direct my
executors, before carrying into execution
any of my requests made in my said will,
to pay to the Following insurance compan-
les of London, England, to-wit: to the
Atlas Fire and Life Assurance Company,
e100; to the Phoenix Insurance Company,
e100; to the Sun Insurance Company,
s10O, to reimburse them for money receiv-
ed by me in Liverpool, England, in the
year 1S49, from the said insurance COM
panies, paid by them to me, to which L be-
lieve | was not strictly entitled.
The deceased was a man of culture, and
was for some time, we learn, a contributor
to several prominent journals at the North.
He was very grave and dignified man,
perfectly temperate. The will is in his
own handwriting, and is expressed in strict
ly technical language. He was an irish
man, and lived i'll Charleston, S. c., for
some years.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-01-22

Col, Robert W. Renick, a prominent
real estate operator and democratic poll
tician Of St Louis, Mo-, died on FRIDAY
He was native of Virginia, and gradu
ated at West Point in the class with Gen
Geo. B. Mcclellan sc4
The executive committee of the. Vir
| ginia State Agricultural Society i'll Rich
mond passed resolutions of sympathy with
Col. Frank G. Ruffin of Chesterfield, who
has just had his barn burned for the third
time in two years. 5
| The Richmond, Va, Chamber of Com.
MERGE has passed resolution to appoint a
committee of five to inquire into the ex-
pediency of aiding by some means the con
templated connections of the Chesapeake
and Ohio railroad. s'.'ss
A Wilmington, n. G. merchant, who
failed just after the war gavea New Years
| eve supper to his creditors, at which each
guest found under his plate a cheeque for
The full amount of his claim with the in
terest added,
Thr property Of Judge Andrew S. Full
ton, In Wythe county, Va, was sold by
auction on Monday for the sum of S3O, $50
to the Wythe Lead and Zinc Mining Co.
The Judge purchased it for $4,000 some
years ago.
The New York 'sGraphic" feels certain
that MI. Kinsella, who has been made To
pay 600 for seducing Mrs. Field, viii
have the full sympathy Of Mr. Reecher,
whom he chanponed in the day of his
trouble. ~
Tho "Republioan" of Lynchburg SAYS
that $4,000 has been subscribed to the
capital stock Of the proposed cotton factory
III that city, only $4,000 additional being
required to insure the success of the enter
prise.
Waddell, Of the Charlottesville s9Chron
iicle, is not only humorist, hut a good-na-
tured Inan-Which is a rare combination
IN these days, when VIII wounds oftener
than 1t binds Richmond Enquirer
Miss Jennie Rritton. of Lewisburg, Pa.
gained an extensive reputation as a ska
Ter by propelling herself thirty-two miles
On the ice in three hours and -thir5y-fve
minutes the other day,
Six thousand dollars of State bonds. the
property Of the Old Bank of Rockingham,
We're among the losses by the capitol en-
nezzlement at Richmond. The State will
make them good.
It is reported that Nj, Washburn, the
United States pension agent, at Richmond.
Va, is about to be removed, and that MI.
L. II. Chandler will be appointed his sue.
cessor. -
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-01-22

A GAME BoY.-Gen. Francis Smith,
Superintendent Of the Virginia Military
Institute, says in letter:
We have now connected with the Insti-
tuition q poor lad who walked eighty miles
to save his expenses by public conveyance.
ing my aid for some necessary clothing, he
says: II am aware that | ann in debt to
you, which bears constantly upon my mind
yet l hope yon will not make me leave. I
will work for you next summer. If you
think l am competent I will be starting
the new cadets in algebra, or |. will help to
haul coal to the barracks, or anything that
you want me to do, at your own price,T
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-01-22

SINGULAR DEATE OF A "MEDIUM." p
Apropos Of the general interest in spirit
nal phenomenon, the Hartford Courant''
tells of young man who came to that
city from the country, some years ago,
who was surprised to see table which was
fastened to wall, and upon which he
leaned his head, break away from it's fast
enings and dance about, and to see box
of files, so heavy that two men could not
lift it, float in the air at his touch. He
himself could not explain the cause Of the
phenomena, which was accompanied with
twitchings and commissions Of his body,
and one morning, after having exhibited
his powers the night before, he was fonnd
dead in his bed, his limbs drawn up and
his countenance distorted, as they appear
ed when exercising his power to amuse
his friends '-r''
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-01-22

playfully said: "Mr. Morris, I notice that
you expatiated only on those things which
were against our Side." Mr.. Morris an
swered, II thought you could attend to
the other things much better than II
By this time the counsel wereSurrOunded
by large crowd of curious listeners,
among the number Mrs. Beecher and sew
eral members of Plymouth Church. Mr..
Morris was on the point Of leaving when
Mr.. Beecher again addressed him:
Judge Morris, you should have come to
you up to some things which would have
made your speech appear very differ
ent."
Mr. Morris made no reply, and Mr.. Til
ton for the first time shot a quick glance
| in which mingled hate and scOrn were eX-
pressed at the speaker, and then turned to
General Pryor. who had been listening to
the conversation with an unmiStakable
look Of disgust on his sharply cut feat
ureS.
| ANOTHER LETTER FROM MIR. BEECHER.
During the opening argument of Ex-
Judge Morris, counsel for Theodore Til
| ton, in the trial of the Beecher- Tilton
case, in New York yesterday, he read the
| following letter, which he said Mr.. Beech
er in his agony had drawn up, and would
nave sent to Plymouth Church but fol
Moulton's intervention.
MAY 81, 1877.
To the Trustees Of Plymouth Church;
| tender herewith my resignation of the
sacred ministry of Plymouth church. For
two years have stood with great sorrow
among you in order to shield from shame
Il certain household, but recent publica.
| ton makes this no longer feasible. L re-
| sign my ministry, a1
HENRY WARD BEECHER.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-01-22

REPAYING AN OLD DEBT.-Tke Board
of Directors Of the Virginia Military In
stitute have sent J. K. Gilliatt & Co.
bankers.of London, Eng, mortgage bonds
to the amount of $4,000 in payment OF
81 600 loaned by that firm during the war.
In their reply the Messrs. Gilliatt abate the
interest, and say:
The Report of the Board of Visitors is
very Interesting and instructive, and it
tends greatly to rekindle that warm inter
est i'll the State Of Virginia which We felt
so keenly during the war aud which moth
ing but the long series of disappointment
and heavy pecuniary loss from private and
public debt owing to us in the State, but
never paid, has tended to weaken, but GER
tainly not TO destroy.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-01-22

MARRIED OUT OF sCHooL.-One of the
students of ST. Johns Academy, who was
at school Yesterday, walked in just after
roll call this morning, and informed the
principal that he desired to withdraw, for
the excellent reason that he was married
last night. He asked holiday for the
boys on the strength of it, but was inform-
ed that it would not do to set such a pre-
cedent, as it was not desirable other stu
dents should follow his example.-Aler.
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