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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1876-08-03
Representatives. in Congress-1he Evils Of
Rotation.


The following very seasonable article
from a Northern journal will apply to
,me of the districts in Virginia. Rep
resentatives who are honest, faithful,
and capable are too apt to be set aside
for no better reason than that a change
i wanted to make room for somebody
else:
1t is possibly vain to advise constit-
urncies to keep their Congressmen when
they find one who is fit to represent
them. The leading men in Congress,
on both sides Of the House, are those
who have been returned again and
again II is not alone because they
have special gifts that they have been
allowed to acquire this long experience.
If this were SO, we u,ig GIT as well adinit
that this State has few men who are
fit to be sent to Congress and kept
there. The two most prominent men
on the Democratic side of the House
have served almost continuously fifteen
or twenty wears and their case is more
noticeable because, during most Of this
time, they have been in hopeless
minority. One would suppose that
each district would see for itself the
advantage of giving the House a legis
lator who should be a leader, not a
learner. Possibly, this is reasonable
expectation to entertain of a cons
sttuency; but competing politicians,
anxious to cut figure in national
politics, are constantly intriguing 10
displace the sitting member. The really
conscientious congressman cannot keep
both eyes on his district. While he is
in Washington, trying to learn his bust
ness, some rival runs away with the
nomination, and so the whole dreary
farce is repeated. 1t is time that this
fashion of peddiing the congressional
nomination from one end Of district
to another came to an end. When this
State New Y ork) has, as in few
instances, been continuously represented
in the Lower House by one or two
men, it has been well represented.
There is no good reason why this
should not be the rule rather than the
exception.
No matter which party is dominant,
the older members of The House will
be in the front rank In their hands
the great business of the House will
always be found. The large questions
which arise each session have been IN
| Congress, in some form, many times
before, and the older members are
J familiar with theil salien. features. On
| the important and intricate points
! involved new member is heard with
i'll disguised Impotence. He has not
yet secured the confidence of the House
If he were wiser than Solomon he could
not in one session, scarcely in one
Congress, gain the right to offer advice
while members of long experience III
legislative affairs were about him.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1876-08-03

WHAT Gov TlLDEN's LETTER WILL
CoNTA1v.-A Saratoga correspondent
ct The New York Tribune INDUCES in
the following speculation in regard t.
what Coy. Tilden's letter of acceptance
Of the presidential nomination will con-
Tain:
according to reports the letter will
he quite long, and will be devoted in
the main to the financial question and
to reforms Of all kinds. On the question
Of resumption the Governor is expected
to make his. strongest point He hopes
to get the start of Governor Hayes BY
announcing a specific plan. He will
meet the question fairly and will show
no quarter to the infiatiorists. He will
urge, it is said, that resumption will
follow naturally III the wake Of the
reforms established by change Of
administration. BY establishing public
confidence in the banks and in the gov
eminent he thinks resumption could be
begun with $3.50, 900. 900 of gold, and
he hopes to establish this confidence by
his policy, and secure the surplus Of
gold required by the general reduction
of expenditures in all departments OF
the government. To do this he would
abolish useless Offices, stop the erection
of new postofiices and other public
buildings till more prosperous times,
reduce the annual appropriations fol
harbor Notifications, and economic
rieidly in all directions lie will
denounce the bad faith of the repnb,
lican party in trying to make party
capital by fixing date for resumption
and taking no steps to make the keep
ing of the pledge possible. He vii
hold that there can be no forcel
resumption at specified time, but thai
the desired result can be brought about
naturally by a,reyival of industry an{
commerce and vigorous economy il
| the administration OF affairs He vii
favor civil service reform, will urge the
necessity for Just ard magnanimou:
policy towards the South and towards
the Indians, and viii follow up Gov
ernor HAYES lead on the one-tern
question by declaring in favor of a con
stitutional amendment against a secont
{ rnl,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1876-08-03

THE Culpeper (Va.) Times, edited
by Col. James Cochrane, formerly a
Confederate officer, hoists the Hayes
and Wheeler flag, and is doing splendid
service Indeed all over the old State
there is general desire to fly from
conservative" rule and seek refuge in
Republican Government. Who says
old Virginia won't vote as she did i'll
1872 Utbana CO., Citizen.
The voters of Virginia say she will
not. The many Republicans who are
now deserving the sinking Ship Grad
ical sm, and are coming ont for Tilden
and Hendricks the only representative
ticket of true Republican govern
ment say she will not The poor blinds
ed colored voters who have heretofore
been deceived by Radical supporters Of
thieving ad ministration all unite in
positively declaring that Virginia will
give flilden and Hendricks the electoral
vote of Virginia by an overwhelming
majority.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1876-08-03
Mr. Hayes, Where is that Watch !?

The friends of Mr.. Hayes have been
congratulating themselves ever since
the Cincinnati Convention upon the
fact that nobody was able to say any
thing severe of their candidate. He
was the one man in the country against
whom no ugly personal charges could
be made. But here comes the Point
Pleasant mason County, West Vir-
ginia.) Register with this mysterious
paragraph:
I'VE want to know Of W. ". ITar-
per, late Chaplain OF the Thirteenth
West Virginia Infantry, what General
Rutherford Is. Hayes did with that
$3.50 and gold watch intrusted to him
(IIarper) by a soldier who had been
condemned to be shot during the war
and which General Hayes made him
(fIarper) give mp under military order
to him (Hayes) ? We want to know
if Hayes has ever handed it over in ac-
cordahce with the request of the dying
soldier? Mr.. Harper, you can enlghten
the people. viii you do so 2
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1876-08-03
ELI CoFFELT.
County Superintendent

In no contest since the war have the
people of this section manifested more
interest and enthusiasm than they have
il that upon which we have just entered.
The organization Of Clubs and the rals'
ing of Tilden and Hendricks poles is
the order of the day. On last Friday
Maurertown cast her banner to the
breeze and on Saturday, Woodstock
and Strasburg raised hickory poles and
st forth the reform flags. Every
precinct and every neighborhood should
have club. The State Of Virginia
Can be carried by respectable majority
but only by every man doing his full
duty. We may expect the Republicans
to poll their full vote, and We can obtain
a respectable majority only BY polling
our full vote In former years the vote
of the ''Tenth Legion was looked for
with Interest. It vas immaterial what
majority the opposition had in other
sections, they never felt secure until the
returns from the Valley were counted
Let this be the year, the first since the
war, when Shenandoah will give to the
country an almost unanimous vote in
favor of reform. The Republican vote
Is small, and it can be reduced by
explaining to the followers Of that
party,-those who are only respected
for the votes that they give-that there
true interests are with the people with
whom they live. Some of our voters
are not even registered. Clubs should
have every Tilden mans name enrolled
and have committees whose duty it
shall be to see that every man is regis
tered and that he is at the polls or the
day of election. Much of this work
can be done few weeks before the
election, but thorough organlzatit n
ould be C mpleted al once.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1876-08-03

s.TnE United States of America is a
nation, not league is the language
of the Republican platform. Central
ization ofpower in the Executive is one
OF the marked features OF Radicalism
This with the idea of Gen. Hayes that
the public officer should be secure III
his tenure as long as his personal honor
remains untarnished, leaves but one
short step to reach monarchy itself.
The rights Of the people with the rights
of the states are ignored, and he, who
by the founders of the government was
considered servant of the people
would under Radical doctrines, become
master of the people.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1876-08-03

The Postofiice Department forwarded
the following letter TO the postmaster
at Chicago:
s.Sir: ! would state. ID reply to yonl
communication of the 18th instant, tina,
under the 18th section OF the postal
appropriation bill, approved July 18th,
1866, the following lnailable matter
shall be admitted to and transferred
through the mails at the rate of one
cent for every two ounces or fractional
part thereof. and once cent for each two
additional ounces or fractional part
thereof, to wit: Pamphlets, occasional
publication, transient newspapers,maga.
zines, books, eperodieals, handbills,
posters, sheet music, (printed,) pros
pee uses, mals, proofsheets, regular
publications designed primarily for
advertising purposes or for free circus
fation at nominal rates, and corrected
proofsheets; and the following mailable
matter shall be admitted 30 and trans
mitted through the mails at the rate of
one cent for each ounce of fractional
part thereof, to wit: Printed cards and
blanks. Autographs, prints, chrome
Autographs, engravlngs, photographs
and stereoscopic views, book manu-
scripts, unsealed circulars, seeds, cut
tings, bulbs, roots aud sclons, flexible
patterns, samples of ores, metals,
and merchandise, sample cards
Photographic paper, letter envelopes,
postal envelopes and wrappers, I'M
printed cards, plain and ornamental
paper, card board and other flexible
all othnr mail matter of the
third class not herein enumerated =
Section 1878 Of the revised statutes
section SO of the postal code) is not
.epealed by the 10th section Of the act
approved July II, 1876.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1876-08-03
At one of the precincts in this conn,

At one of the precincts in this county,
an effort was made to get up force TO
raise Hays and Wheeler flag. but
when they commenced counting their
strength, they learned that some of the
more substantial members of the party
had gone over to Tilden & Hendricks,
aud the effort was abandoned. Come
over to the strong side, gentlemen, and
let y.ar influence be thrown in favor Of
ks.ssn aud hansss government.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1876-08-03

A NEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENT KILL
ED AND ScALPED. dispatch from
Cheyenne, Dakota. says the following
has been received there by mail from
Fort Laramie, addressed to 4. u. shy
der, the Associated Press agent, ard
signed by John Marsh, of Dead W God +:
This memorandum found OF dead
body, scalped, and having about twenty
bullet holes in II, about one hundred
miles north OF fort Laramie buried
The body, and send this to yen on ac~
count Of note made in the memoran-
dun book. If You know any friends
of the deceased let them know, and
send them this book The book belongs
to L Z. Richardson, correspondent of
the Springfield (Mass. } Republican, who
made note therein which read: ''If
anything important, send to A G.
SNYDER, Associated Press, Cheyenne
Richardson left Fort Laramie in fast
freight team on Saturday morning last,
purposing to 90 to Dead Wood
The Springfield Republican Of Thurs
day Iii announcing the murder of Rich
ar1son states that he was the son of the
late Albert Richardson, of the New
York Tribune, who WAS killed by a
New York lawyer named Mcfarland
Young Richardson was about twenty
five years Of age, and man Of much
promise.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1876-08-03

The Confederate" Congress is
making it very hot for the Commander
in Chief. The efforts of Gen. Grant to
Illustrate the prosecution of Babeock
have been exposed, and we tosday
have president charged with trying
to defeat the efforts of the government
in prosecuting men guilty of high
offences. Those little tricks of the
administration are coming to light aad
the better class of Republicans are try
ing to cut loose from Grant But the
only way to do this is to cut loose from
the party which says 'sThe National
Administration merits commentator
for its honorable work in the manages
ment Of domestic and foreign affairs.
and President Grant deserves the con
tinued and hearty gratitude of the
American people,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1876-08-03

If Governor Tilden, by breaking up
corrupt rings could save the tax payers
of New York eight millions Of dollars,
how much would he save the poor over
burdened tax payers Of this country By
breaking up the corrupt rings which
have been stealing hundreds of millions
of dollars from the government. is a
question Which every true lover of the
American Union is called upon 70 con-
slider
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1876-08-03

We take no stock in the report that
President Grant is either crazy OF
drunk. He is the head of his party,
and Republicans ought not to abuse
him so meanly. He is no worse in
these respects than he has been for
years. Are his advisers and managers
crazy or drunk ? Are Chandler, Cameron,
Conkllng, Logan, Sargent, and the rest
OF the leading Republicans crazy or
drunk /? They encourage and endorse
President Grant in all he does.-&.
Louss Times.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1876-08-03

The Republican papers are pleasant
lot to read. If a Democratic congress-
man says that the Hamburg massacre
may have been exaggerated, they call
him Copperhead- If he says that
wrong has been done and the perpetra-
tors should be hanged, he is charged
with using craft. Nobody in this
world except Republicans, and if
they only wouldn't steal, the people
would rise up and give all of them an
Office Losfiscille Courier Journal.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1876-08-03

The New York Tribune thinks that
the republicans have a severe fight be-
tore them, and that their only hope is
to cut adrift from Grant, m.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1876-08-03

The Seventeenth plank OF the Re
publican platform and Hayes letter EN-
dorse Grant and Grantism. Respec-
table Republicans are now trying to
repudiate both.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1876-08-03
r r. W. DUKE,
P. B. RoRsT,
w A. BURKE,
Jnly, Goth, 1875.

TO THE VOTERS OF SHENANDOAH.
To obedience to the above call the
consa, vative voters of Shenandoah coun
ty will assemble for their respective dis
tricts in New Market, Mt Jackson,
Edlnburg, Court House, Town Hall
and Strasburg on Saturday afternoon
August 9th, and appoint two delegates
and two alternates to represent them IN
the said convention.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1876-08-03
THURSDAY Morning, August 50. 1876,
The Nomination Of Congressman.
SEVENTH CONGRESSIONAL DIsTRIc1

SEVENTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
A convention of the Conservative
party of the Seventh, Congressional
District will meet at Staunton on Fri
day. the LIST day of September, at -
o'clock NJ TO nominate the Conserva.
tive Candidate for Congress for said
district.
The Chairman of the Conservative
Committee of each of the counties
composing said District will call meets
ings TO send delegates to said Conyen~
ton.
These meetings may be either town
ship meetings or county meeting. as the
Committee Of each county shall pre-
scribe. The representation shall be
two delegates from each magis'erlai
district.
r r. W. DUKE,
d u Ropcr
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1876-08-03

CHARLEY Rosa Boston dispatch
says: 1T is believed that clew to the
kidnapped boy, Charley Ross, has been
discovered in this city. Investigations
now making show that child was
brought here in sailing vessel by a
partner Of Mosher and Douglass, soon
after the. abduction, and several persons
identify the picture of Charley Ross as
correct likeness of the boy. 1t is
believed that the stolen boy is now
secreted in Boston or its suburbs, un-
less he has been killed by the persons to
whom he was handed over by the
abductors.'
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1876-08-03

The protective tariff, free trade plank
of the Republican platform is expected
to be taken in broken doses in Penn
sylyania and Indiana.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1876-08-03
Gen, raj Div will not succeed in

Gene raj Dix will not succeed in his
parpose, even though he has the dis
graced Garfield to help him. The soldiers
of the Union hosts fought to maintain
the integrity of the country when it
was assalled by armed foes. They won
that fight and now they find another
enemy to encounter, and that is the
official corruption which is more insid-
iously, but not less surely imperll;ng
what they preserved. Though the jobs
Der Garfield may enlist under his spotted
banner the great army of Office holders,
who will don the uniform of the Boys
in Blue whether they were in the army
or not, he will get few men from among
the honest and self respecting soldiers
who fought in the great struggle and
came out Of it to get their living in
other ways than by the pay of the
Government. They ask that the Gov
eminent shall be reformed, and there
fore they will vote for 1ilden. The
day for humbuggipg the people with
Boys in Blue is past.-Ne,o Yorl; .Sas1e.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1876-08-03

THE Sioux Wharf.-The statement
that the hitherto incorrieible chief,
Clazy Horse, whose participation III
the slaughter of Clusters men has been
so graphically described in recent dis
patches, is coming into the Red Cloud
agency to treat for peace is not likely
to receive ready credit. 1t is not in
credible however, but at the same time
it is not likely that Crazy Horse is un-
aware of the circumstance that no trea-
ty of peace will be made with him
which does not involve a complete SUR
render and disarmament. His band is
only part of the forces under Sitting
Bull, but if it is disaffected it cannot
fail to produce a serious effect on the
main body of bostiles, and render ito
entire decentralization or forcble subju-
CATION more certain and speedy.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1876-08-03

The number of aspirants for Mr.
Rlaiues seat in Congress has risen 10
teu, aud there are more coming.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1876-08-03

The "bloody shirt" is the last refuge
ct a 'hlevlng politician. cincinnati
Enquirer.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1876-08-03

A. COMMISSIONERS SALE
~ OF REAL ESTATE.
By virtue of decree of the Circuit Court of shen-
December, 1915, in the chancery cause pen ling in
said court wherein Maria Diages ct al are Com
pla1nants and Rebecca Inges ct al. are Defendants
the undersigned commissioners of sale will proceed
to sell at public auction to the highest bidder on
Saturday, august 26th. 1876,
in front of the Courthouse OF said county. at .
O'Clock P. NJ. the valuable farm known as the
CHAN Ely FARM
and now occupied by Jacob b. Cross, situated about
a mile and quarter north Of Woodstock the county
scat said county OF Sh uandoab, on The east side
of the Valley Turnpike, containing
One Hundred AMI rhirty-one Acres,
1 rood and SO poles, more or less. Said farm has
upon 1t excellent
DWELLING HOUSE
with a beautiful yard enclosed with s5ini-circle
good barn located never failing pond which
affords am lie water for stock, good orchard and
hop-yald, the latter containing about four acres
Terms Of Sale:
AS much cash as will pay the costs of suit and sale
One-thrd in Thirty days, and the residue in two
equal payments at nine and eighteen months from
day of sale, all TO bear interest from that dav pur-
chaser giving bonds with good security and lien to
reserved in the deed for said deferred payments
HIT I. HIrE I BIRD, oomr's.
July 24th-tds.
, 1876-06-16


In the main corner of the Memori-
al buildings a wax figure Of Cleopa-
ira is displayed. She reclines upon
sort of throne. and is almost naked.
The flesh tint is natural, the hair life
like. Interior machinery heaves her
bosom, moves, her arms at intervals,
stirs her legs, turns her head Lam
guidly from side to side, and rolls
her eyes. Her face and form are
beautiful, and the accessories are in
artistic harmony with conception
of the Egyptian queen; yet her fea-
lures are not Egyptian, being rather
those of beautiful French woman.
An Ethiopian slave equally nude,
standsat her side and fans her. At
her feet lies naked little boy. A
bird flutters on the arm Of her lounge
and a golden canopy hangs above
the group, all being inclosed in a
glass case. The whole is surprising
Is natural. Young ladies come sud
denly upon it and draw back appal-
ed. They have nerved themselves
to look at the statuary and pictures,
but this sight is too unexpected and
realistic to be borne with steadiness.
Women inspect the group shyly.
Men are not to be scared away by
any feeling of modesty, and, unless
escorting sisters or sweethearts, stay
on the spot in numbers sufficient to
constantly crowd that part of the
corridor.
, 1876-06-16

Compiled from Exchanges.l
The Indebtedness Of Clarke Co.
has been reduced s992.57 during the
past year.
A colony Of Germans and Scandi
navians will leave Minnesota this
spring for Puget Sound.
Capt. Willoughby, late of the
coast survey service, will command
the Eliza Anderson.
The Talbot Coal Company have
received orders for 4,750 tons of coal.
Governor Ferry, who has been abb
sent for some months at his old home
in Illinois is expected back in July.
At the Fourth Of July celebration
at Chehalis Station, G. N. McConaha
will be orator and J. H. Naylor
reader.
Twenty-one passengers from
Portland took passage on the Da-
kota this last trip for San Francisco.
The run of salmon in the Colum-
bia this season has been very light
and fears are entertained that not
much of it will be canned.
Official reports place the Indian
population of our Territory at A.
1872 persons. Their reservations
embrace 6,460,45 square miles
about one-tenth of our entire area.
Oregon is credited with only half
the number of Indians and their res
ervations cover one-half more area.
The Walla Walla Union, paper
strongly in favor of the annexation
Of Walla Wallaand Columbia coun-
ties to Oregon, has the following i:
We admit that Puget Sound is the
most magnificent body of water in
the world. That there grow the
tallesS trees, largest CLANS and most
newspapers that there the sun
shines with Italian brilliancy when
it does shine, and that the rain pours
down in torrents the rest of the time;
that their coal product is the best on
the coast, and that there are more
additions to, than miles of railroad
from, Seattle. We are proud Of
these things because they are part of
the Territory. But we are willing
to lose these objects of pride if we
can be given legal and political
-o1.as-...- .-skk A. l.. ID. -.
, 1876-06-16

THE New York Herald thinks that
with either Tilden, Thurman or Bay
ard as the Presidential candidate,
with the prospect of the remaining
two in the cabinet, the result of the
Presidential election would be de-
cided before the day Of voting ar
rived, and says: Bayard of Della
ware, President of the United States,
with Tilden of New York and Thur
man of Ohioat the head Of the Treas
ury and State departments, would
soon redeem the nation from the dis
grace of national corruption and
make the American citizen again
proud of his country, her rulers and
her institutions.