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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-07-30
EX-SENATOR COCHRAN AND THE

EX-SENATOR COCHRAN AND THE
FUNDING BILL...Ex-Senator Cochran, of
Augusta has written letter to the Peters
burg 'sNews" contradicting the assertion
of the 'sStar,'' of that city, that he Wrote
the funding bill'' and els now non-pay-
err He says he never saw the funding
bill until it was shown him by Gov. Walk
er; was mislead into its support by the ia
yorable exhibits Of the Governor and Au-
ditor of Accounts of the resources of the
State, and las soon as it became apparent
that the requirements of the bill would
necess tate an increase of taxation l, from
that moment ceased to be its advocate"
He closes his communication as follows:
Again the editor Of the 'sStar' uses the
following language: Eff fortune and time
have turned so much, why should the
News" call names on one side, and object
to legitimate christening Oh the other?
1t is no secret who formed and passed the
Funding bill! Does the News want a
list of the voters and pursuaders? Is are
cord of their transaction through the banks
and with the State deSired?-Why not fight
this matter and all others out on merits?
For we promise that If the past is stirred
up, SOLuG luou uOW OPPOoCu w pay uICHU
shall be proved to have been funders, and
others, now bent on full satisfaction Of
the creditors, shall be shown to have an
tagonized the funding bill" - 8s$~
To whom does the editor of the 'sStar''
refer in this sweeping threat?
The language contains an indefinite
charge which, il made good, will blast the
character OF some individuals, and until
made good, puts the innocent as we'll as
the guilty under the bond Of suspicion.
I, for one, therefore, say let him bring to
light all of the corruption that grew out of
the Funding bill ring, railroad rings and
all other rings. And in his expose let him
not spare those who operated on the out
side any more than those who operated on
the inside, but let the truth and the whole
truth be told, no matter who it affects.
Let the guilty be exposed and the innocent
indicated.
Mr. Editor, have not so much as seen
the pieces which l understand you have
been writing ON the subject of the public
debt. Why l have been dragged before
the public in this connection is, to say the
least. marvelously strange.
Respectfully,
ALEX. B. COCHRAN.
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The Exempt Dogs and the Super
VisOrS.

F1sHERsvrLLE, VA, July 9th
Editors of the INDICATOR:
In yeur last week 5
number. in a paragraph entitled. exempt
Dogs, y YOU censure the craftsman. or the
enrolling officer, with ''hunglingly'' draw
inc the bill for the protection of sheep in
Augusta county.
It is generally known that [ prepared
that bill as it passed the House of Dele
gates, and your paragraph reflects on my
work very unjustly.
The bill, as it passed the House, in the
fourth section, had q proviso exempting
one dog to each housekeeper, and in the
sixth section the supervisors We're EN-
powered to make regulations, if thought
necessary, to identify dogs exempted by
the proviso in the fourth section, aid those
on which the tax has been paid. When
the bill went to the Senate, the eXemptln@
clause in the fourth section was stricken
out, and the consequential amendment.
which should have been made in the ski IA
section, was, doubtlessly, inadvertently
overlooked, and hence the words. (which
are exempt and those" appear in the law
but are wholly imperative and cannot EN-
barrass the supervisors in making any regil-
cations they may think necessary to idtl'-
tify the dogs on which the tag has be- II
Iaid. | was in favo. OF the exemption
contained in the fourth section and am not
responsible for the triaing incongruity in
the sixth section produced by the Senate S
amendment. I hope you will make the
correction and oblige
Yours &c., A. KOINER.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-07-30

GETTI NC JUSTICE AT LAsT.-The At
torney General of Louisiana has filed in
fo:,natie III against Charles Clinton, Audi
tor; Ant oine Dubuclet, Treasurer, and P.
G.. Deslo ne, Secretary Of State, and Chas.
w. LOVE- ell, Speaker of the House, all men,
bers of The Funding Board in 1874, charg-
ing them with misdemeanor in office for
tor am5u nting to $iss'557.so, and repre-.
senting n illegal and invalid claim against
the State. Bail was fixed at 900 each,
He has also filed information against other
poll tical plunderers.
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Property Sales.

The following Sales OF Property are advertised i'll
this paper, fuller particulars being found i'll the ad
vertisementS:
On Saturday, August 18th, house and lotin Waynes
,,oro now occupied by John A. Lutz. Sale by B.
M. Ellis, trustee.
On Saturday, July 3lst in front of the courthouse
the brick store of G. c. Yeakle, adjoining Mrs
Cowan's store, On New street, now occupied by E
M. COIN as d clothing store. Sale by Geo. M. Har
rison Comm'r
For sale 1888 acres of land near Rockbridge Baths
neighborhood desirable, and will be sold extremely
low. Apply to VIM Dold Lexington, Va, or W
FL. Fl. Lynn Stanton
On Friday July S0th at auction two lots outside the
city, at the western end of Beverley street, and a
frame tenement On.onc of them. The tenement
has a brick basement and six rooms and is nearly
. new. Sale by f. M. Cushing, j. A. Piper and c. E.
Hoge, trustees OF the Mechanics Building ASso
ciatiOn
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HEAVY FAILURES AT THE NORTH
The great banking firm of Duncan, Sher-
man Il Co., of New Y ork, failed, Tuesday,
for $e,OOO,OOO.- The Commercial Ware
house Co., Of the same city, failed next day
for 81, 100000, and the sugar firm of John
Macon & Co., of Philadelphia, failed the
same day for $4,000 1t does not seem
to be decided what is the cause of thefirst-
named great failure, some attributing it
to OVERRIDING the cotton business. For
tunately the country has gotten SO near
to the bottom that there can't very we'll be
a general panic again.
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HEAVY SToRM-STRUCK BY LIGHT
NING.-A heavy thunder and rain storm
commenced near Mr.. VIM CraWfords near
Fort Defiance, Tuesday, about 3 O'Clock
and swept away in the direction of New
Hope. Maj. Walkers stable, on the Beard
place, was struck by lightning and burnt,
with several loads of wheat. Mrs. Gar
bers residence, near the Humbert mill was
struck and the windows shattered Mrs
&. and the children were in the house, but
none of them were hurt. The violence of
the wind broke off a good deal of corn OH
the route of the storm.
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's'Mgghe Afnhftafnr.
FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 80, 1875.
Local.
IN Advertisers,

10 AQVefIlS6fS
1t is an undisputed and indisputabe fact that the
INDICATOR has larger paid up subscription list
than any paper in the State outside OF the large
Cities and is composed in whole OF the names Oh the
most substantial citizens of this and adjoining coun-
ties, who have become familiar with the CASH
PRINCIpLE-the very class it most interests adver-
tisers TO reach. No investment pays merchants and
other business well as that OF advertising lio-
orally and persstently i'll paper OF good circula-
ton among those who have been accustomed TO the
practice of paying cash for what they get The
Subscription List of the VINDICAToR is always open
to the inspection of advertisers and is arranged
(beng mailed by machinery that its numbers can be
seen at d glance
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A sixteen months old child, in Madison
street, Wilmington, weighs sixty pounds.
A coach had to be made on purpose for it,
and the smaller children, so fond of wheel
ing ordinary babies, succumb to this enc.
A woman from Ashe 60, N. G. with a
baby in her arms. astonished the clerks of
the capitol at Richmond, last week, by
asking ''if the lady of the house was in.''
The post office at .Doyesville, Rocking
ham co., was broken into on the night of
the 10th inst. and about $l5 fractional
currency stolen The robbers carried off
considerable goods from the store. !
George Dooley, of Montgomery CO., Va,
planted two acres in tobacco, worked it
entirely bv himself, and sold the crop Il
few days ago in Richmond for 5000 81. He
also made wheat, oats and corn.
John ]. Fravel, Of New Market, caught
nine bass last Thursday, one of which
measured seventeen inches and weighed
three pounds This IS the largest bass yet
reported i'll that neighborhood,
Col. Frank Reynolds, OF the Egyptian
army, a native of Lewisburg, W. Va, and
graduate Of West Point, was found dead
in bed at Illon, n. Y, on the 10th inst
says the N. Y. :Sun.
II. O. Locher Il Brother, of Balcony
Falls, have secured a contract with the
Richmond Wa. ter Works for 1000 barrels
of their prime cement, which will probably
be increased TO $4,000.
Gen. II. Fl. Wells. formerly provost
marshal of Alexandria. and afterwards
provisional Governor of Virginia, has been
appointed L. 5. District Attorney for the
District of Columbia. vice Judge Fisher,
compelled to resign.
Daniel Bayless, a well-known old resident
of Alexandria, Va, threw himself in
front of a train of cars and was pulled off
the track by r. D. Beckley, the mail
agent, on Saturday.
The sister of Commodore Perry, Mrs.
Jane Butler, died recently at Greenville,
South Carolina. Her husband is Dr. Will
liam Butler, a surgeon in the United
States navy.
At the Conservative Senatorial Conven-
ton in Newmarket, Page declined to be
reDresented, and Shenandoah then declined
to make nomination, so there will be
free fight.
VIM. II. Vanviver, only 2S years old,
dashed himself to pieces from the fourth
story of the Fountain Hotel III Baltimore,
Thursday, while suffering from delirium
tremens,
Mrs. Mary Murtaugh was REMARKED to
her divorced husband at Waverly, Iowa,
last week. A little boy three years old
was the cause of their coming together
again.
A colored Theodore Tilton In Richmond
Va was fined S25 for tying his wfe's hands
and with horse-whp teaching her the
danger of breaking the seventh command
ment.
While Samuel G. Baxter, of Pochahontas
co., w. Va, was returning from hunting
on the 4th of July, his powder horn ex-
ploded; piece OF it, y ln q long ana an
inch wide, was driven up his nose INTO his
head, !
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-07-30

EPISCOPAL VISTA TONS. Bishop
Johns, in his visit last week to the several
parishes of Clarke county, admin istered
the rite OF confirmation to 16 persons, at
the following places: White Post 8, Mill
wood 5. Berryville 8, Wickliffe .. There
were also two persons baptized at the
White Post. Bishop Whittle has just COM
pleted visitation to each of the following
phase: In Prince William county, to
Brentsville and Manassas; in Fairfax
county, to Centerville, where he confirmed
two persons; to Chantilly, confirming five;
to Herndon, confirming one; to the Court
house, confirming two; to Falls Church.
- to Pohick, confirming four; to Cliff
ton, confirming nine.
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THE WATER WORKS.

The City Council, on Tuesday evening
held meeting to consider the bids for the
erection of the water works about which
some particulars will be found elsewhere.
The Council deemed a secret session on
the bids advisable, which is reasonable,
from the fact that members disposed to
do their duty with a strict view to the
city's interest, often find it necessary to
comment on both bids and bidders in a
way that is not favorable to the one nor
agreeable to the other. The most import
ant fact to the people of Staunton, that
was made known in the sess ion, has trans
pired, and that is, that among the nine bids
put in, two were for works which, while
they use every drop Of water the source of
supply yields, only cost little over one
half that the favorite plan Of the water
committee does. These two bids were put
in by two practical and experienced build
ers of water works. This will be welcome
news to the taxpayers Of Staunton who
have good cause to congratulate them
selves on the prospect of escape from the
tremendous burden of debt and taxes
which came so near being saddled on them
by iniudicious action.
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STAUNToN A LIVE TOWN.-Dr. Red
field of the CINCINNATI Commercial, who
passed through Staunton Il week OF two
ago, writes about it this way:
If man, accustomed to travel upon both
sides of Mason sand Dixon line. was blind
folded and set down in Stanton and the
blind removed, he would feel sure from ap-
pearances that he was in northern town.
1t is, for instance, much like jamestown,
New York.-The population is less the
wealth very much less; but there is an air
of hustle, and thrift, and improvement
about it very different from the eternal re-
pose of a majority Of Southern towns of it's
size
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-07-30


e. J. Johnson, deputy collector of inter-
nal revenue, and a member Of the Florida
Legislature, was shot and killed Friday
night at still-house about ten miles from
Fernandina. The assass;ns are unknown.
Luther Lee, Collector Of the port of Nor
folk, Va, has been presented by the Grand
Jury for perjury. in swearing that he was
worth $4,000 to go on security bond,
At Methodist picnic near Harrison
burg, last week, besides other addresses
there was ga speech mainly in poetry, and
in his happiest vein, by DR.. Roszell."
The Washington Gazette" says rich
man in Memphis left the widow of Stone
wall Jackson $4,000, and the 'sGazette''
wants to know why it is not paid.
Twenty thousand barrels of naval stores
were burnt on Gadsden wharf ut Charles
ton, S. g., Saturday morning, and the loss
only half covered by insurance.
A little girl in Stokes county, N. c.,
aged eleven years, killed rattlesnake the
other day, which had on it fourteen rattles
and which WAS four feet long
James Lewis. farmer of Loudon CO..
Va, formerly of Hazletown, Pa, died of
sunstroke last week. He bought a farm in
Virginia about five years ago.
1t is estimated by J. W. Massey that
that part of Virginia adjacent to Wash
ington city will send $4,000 bushels of
peaches to market this year.
The Presbyterian congregation at Lex
ington, Va, has unanimously called Rev.
DR.. Witherspoon, of Petersburg, Va, to
become their pastor
General John T. Averill, of Minnesota,
positively declined to allow his name to
be used in the Republican convention for
the Governorsllip.
The Grand Jury of Wayne CO., W. Va,
have indicted the County Court for re-
fusing to lay levy voted by the people to
work the roads.
The Georgia Knights of Pythias have
adopted a resolution in favor of having a
MISREPRESENTATION in the PHILADELPHIA
Centennial.
The Board of Directors of the Williams
burg Lunatic ASYLUM defend their buy
ing goods out of the State on the score of
economy.
Something to heat the Kelley Motor is
claimed to have been invented by VIM.
Mardager, young Prussian, of Charlottes-
vile, Va.
Sister Amanda Smith. colored revival
list, is preaching at Cleveland, Ohio, and
described as s'fervent, thoroughly in
earnest, and with an abandon which is per-
fect.'
The Spanish Government has determin-
ed to borrow 81 100000 to indemnify the
owners of emancipated slaves in Porto
Rico.
Miss Mary E. Leishear, of Georgetown,
d. c., who was to have been married
Wednesday, died on Tuesday, of consump-
tiOn:
Two colored men, sitting under tree
on the farm of W. /. Randolph, in Abe
marie, were killed by lightning on the 9th
inst,
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-07-30

BASE BALL.-A match game of Base
Ball was played in Harrisonburg on Fri
day last, between the Stonewall Club of
Staunton, and the Independent Club Of
Harrisonburg. The game commenced al
10 O'Clock, and lasted 8 hours. The Stone
wall Club was defeated, the score standing
as follows: Independent 46; Stonewall 8.
After the game the members of Staunton
Club were conducted to the Revere House,
and handsomely entertained with IN ex-
celent dinner by the Harrisonburg Club.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-07-30

OFFICE OF CITY ENGINEER.-O Tues
dav night the Council lie elected Mr.. Don
aid Allen to the Office of City Ell.
gineer, the vote standing, Allen 8, Dun
lap, 8, and Gen. st. John 1. During the
election there was some discussion in
which the manner in which the office had
been filled was fully talked over and after
a full expression of opinion Mr.. Allen was
reelected by vote larger than the COM
bined vote given to the other gentlemen
named. Considering the fact that the
City Engineer is also to fill the important
position of experimenting engineer OF the
erection of the water works, the election
is high compliment to Mr.. Allen, as a
hydraulic engineer as well as to his past
record
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-07-30

A LAB.GE FAMILY.-Thos. Reeves, for
melly of Messy Creek, Augusta county
whose death in Rockingham occurred OIL
Saturday last, had entered upon the It'll
year of his age, being II years, 5 months
and II days old. He was the father OIL
nineteen children, seventy-five grand-chil-
dren and fourteen great grand children
Mr.. Reeves youngest child is about IL
months old
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PROCEEDINGS OF AN ALLEY CAUCUS.

PROCEEDINGS OF AN ALLEY CAUCUS.
On Tuesday night, when the soverelgns
were excluded from the Council, q NUMBER
Of persons still hung around the Councli
ward. including two members OF the oar
who had proposed to act as counsel lol
two of the bidders, discussing the outrage
on the rights Of American citizens in nav
ing their curiosity tnTottled IN that hiiiu
of style. 1t was generally agreed tha'
next to Grants expulsion of the members
of the Louisiana Legislature, nothlng hao
occurred so likely to arouse the vengeance
of the American people as that clearing
out of reporters and spectators from Che
Council room. The sight OF men OIL H.
reproachable lives and high standing III IL
community, forced to perch upon renee
with paper trumpets to their ear to cstch
the tones of the servants of the people Id
excited discussion was sad commentary
on free institutions. During the Waltlng'
one vidette on the fence was noticed TO
assume the countenance OF one who mas
suddenly encountered the cholera morDuS.
Hewas regarding the neighboring gas light
with great anguish and gently trying to
lift himself off. The top rail had a crack
in it. "What's the matter?" anxlously
inquired the crowd. cit must be pinch
bug,'' said the sufferer, feeling cautiously
along the fence. ''Snake, Shake"
cried a1pexctable deaf gentleman, flourish
ing his umbrella wildly about. kill him,
k-i-l-l'him." Don't job my eye out with
that id umbrella" entreated the sui
| ferer, e'prize this crack in the fence open
ssTake that umbrella from him. vociferat-
ed a gentleman On the outside Of the crowd,
ssbefore he kills somebody with it," "Get
| a crow-bar and prize the fence OPEN"
s.Take that Umbrella out of my ear, )" said
another man, tiercely hitting at the pro-
prietor of the water protector. "Send for
a Doctor" said the gentleman with the
umbrella; twill nobody go for q doctor!"
''Stop that noise down there" cried officer
Kurtz, from the upper porch of the Coun-
ell Chamber. care you doctor?" cried
the man with the umbrella; "cOme down
here there's valuable lives being lost
By this time the man on the railing had
been gotten off, in time to interrupt the
umbrella man who was demanding that
the Council adjourn, while citizens were
dying by hundreds under its very nose.
The Eext time the Council holds Il secret
session carpenter will have to fix up that
railing and no voter will cast his vote for
a member who refuses to vote for an APP
preparation to that effect.
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BREvITIEs.- are over so visitors
at the Cold Sulphur Springs, which seems
to have taken new lease on popularity
this season under the management of Mr..
VIM: B. Johnson, OF Staunton.
Tomorrow the Augusta Memorial AS
ISOLATION for Confederate dead holds "a
meeting at II O'Clock in the City Council
rooms.
A suit has been commenced in the Staun
ton Hastings. Court by Mrs. Lucy v Fer
rell Tor q divorce from her husband, Abra-
ham D. Ferrell.
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OLD ROAD CASE SETTLED.-The petit
from point on the Burke's Mill road to
the Valley pike at VIM. Eidsons, near
Mt. Sidney, which has been fought over
for the last two OF three years, was decided
in the County Court this week by granting
the petition Some 20 witnesses were heard
in the case. Judge Shelley appeared fo,,
Mr. Edison; Meade F. White, for ths.
Commonwealth, and, Chas. Grattan, for-
the petitioners.
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ATTEMPTED SUICIDE OF A LUNATIC.-
A correspondent of the Richmond ibis
patch" writing Wednesday, gives the fol-
lowing account of an attempted suicide of
q lady patient of the Williamsburg Luna
TIC Asylum, at Kings MIL wharf, on James
river, Monday:
A number of the female inmates of the
Eastern Lunatic Asylum had been driven
down to the wharf, and on the arrival of
the steamer John Sylvester walked out to
the boat to meet expected friends. A few
minutes after the departure OF the steam
ship, and while the group was engaged in
animated conversation, one OF the number,
IL young lady of well-known family con-
nections in Virginia, watching her oppor-
tunity, glided like Il cat to the edge OF the
wharf and threw herself into the river. A
cry of horror and despair went up from the
ladies, and for d moment the men stood
aghast. The poor creature fell feet fore
most, and her clothes hoated her; but mind
f I'll Of her fell purpose she deliberately lean
ed and thrust her head under the Water.
This she did repeatedly all the while float
ing without the least struggle and with
perfect and resolute calmness. Planks
were soon torn up, and the dsev. Charles
Williamson threw himself into the water
and brought a plank within her reach.
Then only did the habit of instructive
obedience, learned i'll the asylum, avail
to save her life. When ordered to seize
the plank she did 50 mechanically, yet
without the least sign of fear OF of any
wish to save herself; and thus she con-
tinued to obey orders until, with great
difficulty, she and her brave rescuer were
drawn from the water. Brought upon the
wharf, she neither spoke nor gave any sign
that anything extraordinary had happened
to her, but continued silently to obey every
command During the whole thrilling
scene she never changed countenance, and
was the only person present who seemed
to be unmoved We are informed that
this is not the first time that, by equally
own life
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CITY MAHKET.-The following prices
rule at the city market: Meat-Beef, 10
(015c.; veal, 10@l5c.; lamb, 10(915c.
Fowls Chickens, 15(025e. each; ducks,
zoe. Vegetables-New Irish potatoes, 81
a bushel; beets, 10c. per bunch;' cymlins,
25c. per dozen; snaps, zoe. per peck; onions,
Sc. a bunch; cabbage, 5(91oc. head;
green corn, Csc. per dozen. Fruit-black-
berries, zoe. gallon; watermelons, 200
soc, each.
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PUBLIC INSTALLATION OF GRANGE
OFFIcERs.--J. W. White, Master of the
State Grange of Virginia, will publicly in
stall the officers of Augusta county grange
in this city on the 9Th day of August. It
will be an interesting exhibition to our.
citizens. He will also convene the c ,untv,
deputies in this judicial district for i'm.
portant business.