The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-04-13

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The Democratic Congress having refused CT
I .ilrd to make the necessary appropriation TO
1irnis!, HE public buildings with lights, tie
Secretary Of the Treasury gave instructions
To shut of The gas in the various custom houses
in III. country. In many of these the post
offices are located. and consequently the gas
WAS cut off from them also. The lay requires
that no head OF department sllaiirXctcu III lie
expenditures therefor the allowance Gener-
ally, when there is 4 deficiency, the incoming
Congress as one Of its first duties, passes &C.
1iciercy blk. so As not to conflict with the ptJ-
ic service. The present Congress failed to 40
this. ana is Secretary Bristow had no idea OF
p!ar94ag llims elf at the mercy Of the malignant
partzan spirit in the present Congress, he had
no olldr legal resource than to have the lights
shut off. BY this step he exposed the animus
OF the Democratic PERFORMERS" in Congress.
And now the Democratic press is terming
With denunck,tions OF the Secretary because
lie did what the law required him 10 do. The
lFki9 calls tia ''most miserable attempt to
manufacture, a little cheap political capital at
tc>sszp cil-e of the Democracy" lio" would
it yc been had the allowance OF the Treasu-
~ Department been exceeded? More THAI
likely an attempt would have been made to
inpeacli the Secretary certainly the Demo
cra.icspapers would have been flooded with
cxtr,y. giant head lines, showing the cxttaVa-
yancr the Republican administration and
the utter disregard If law OF its officers.
-},otf I,n ia
Of Ire Democratic party is. The whole pur-
ptse, in order TO gise the impression OF al at
fected reform and policy of economy. is to do
20, reckless OF the demands of the public SER
vice anal the interests OF the government and
country. This refos'ln movement. too, Is head
u by lir. i,andall-a gentleman who has his
pockets stuffed with TIE five thousand dollars
salary grab; and we find those who were the
most eagar to appropriate that pl.n1er, the
lo,dtSt in their CLAM or for refcfm and ccono-
,ay. Tie country understands these een'le-
,nen and the false ,sseSenees which control
them. They dcce;.cI~o o;ie, and cannot cover
up their short coming sasd dcreletons Of duty,
by any suck :tIs sparent ts.a.a essneisin.
$50, 200 hotel that is about ito &c erected in that
town by Joe Chapman. ga tins connection
our contemporary svcs.a ~knies outline CT the
listnry-oi Mr.. Chapman. lze is a graduate OF
a printing office, and lit the age of is was the
owner.of Il paper From tt:at he branclied of
into ether enterprises, meeting with renarka-
BILE success, until ROW he OWNS some OF the
{spos EARN in Ro1uC,-a hing
mill, machine shops for eGimeutera' work, cab
met making, wagon making, b!acksnithng,
eoopering and nearly everything else. He has
over one hundred families on his farms, and
furnishing subsistence rat least three hum
dred people.
OF course Mr.. Chapman is cstcemal as &
useful citizen, and looked upon as indispcnsa
bile to the progress and prosperity OF Salem
andEseanoke county. We admire such char
actcrs. and only Wish flat they could always
be crowned with file smiles and approving words
of their dependents and community generally.
But let lis say Just here to joe, that should an
adverse gale strike him, and lie be driven into
port, crippled and shattered in fnrtu-Hc, there
will be very few Of the 800 mouths now
feeling -af Ills bounty. that would saof be open
10 cry ont h,S fiuhs'ai exaggeratc his short
consn5s aud hide his virtues. This is a very
inconsi&erate ard M grateful world and it is
Shown when a riiau can least cndre it and
wien sympathy and Kindness should be cN-
Tended. We hope Mr. Joe Chapman may live
long and prosper. and multiply the blessings
he is orofllsely scattering among the people
Iuts then there is an evil day " ALL even while
mixing with the peri>llns things of this world.
and We would advise joe, As a brother of the
craft, to prepare for it. Ii he should happen
totakr.one step backward, he will realize that
those lic has helped up the laler. will give
shove TO make it an ther, ad Keep it mp until
he t,iieles the bottom. This has been oar OBJ
servation, Joe, and we give you the benefit
of it witla.ut charge
VIRGINIA RAILROAD .AFFAIRS.-The case
in The United States Circuit Court involving.
the applica. ion al certain bontlholdcrs for the
appoint lilept of 4 receiver for the Atlantic,
Mis>issippiand Ohio raroail.was on the 7thnst.
postponed by Judges Bond and Hughes until
Tuesday the :2sd day of May. Judge W. ID.
Sulpn.n OF New York, OF counsel for foreign
beldheldcrs. ;,skc;: for the postponement Oh
account Of the "a ,il-arrivIl Of Mr.. Collision.
agent for foreign bsiidilol'l.rs. who, Judge
SAipnan stated would probably reconcile GER
tain difficulties that it was apprehendcd would
arise in the progress of the case between the
Atlantic, Mississippi and OHIO railroad bond
holders and io,lers Of the divisional bonds,
and thereby clear away what might otherwise
Ire fruitful source of embarrassment on the
future progress ofthe case. The case pend
Ing delay Will remain ia statu quo, and tie
current revenue Of the road will be applied
strictly &c operating expenses.
Other counsel were present as follows: Her
TT T. Niclam, counsel for foreign bondhold-
ers; Mai. Charles f'tt-ias fcllow and Judge W.
j. Roberta OF col,ilscl for Gen. Malone; Judge
w. w. Cralmp, counsel Oh part Of divisional
trustees; L. r. Page, counsel Of Virginia and
Tennessee trustees; Judge Scarborough, eouIl-
spl for city of Norfolk; Drewey Hinton. conn-
sci for city OF Petersburg; L. S. Brown, couE-
sci for city Of I.ynchbMrg; Raleigh Il. Daniel,
attorney general, representing the board of
public works.
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