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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-06-01

common law. the Indictment must set out the
elements which constitute that offence.
1t appears to me that this indictment. upon
its face, charges crime which the District
Court had jurisdiction t. try and determine.
Whatever the facts may have been. the indlct-
ment, whether true or false, charges an Of
fence which is prohibited by the statute
1t charges chat he forged the signature of q
register in bankruptcy, who is the officer of
the District Court, and that he did It to au
thenticate a proceedng-wh is all the stat
ute requires.
But the petitioner alleges the paper set out
I in the Indictment would not authenticate any
proceeding, and that even if he had used the
paper for the purpose set out in the indict-
ment it would not have had that effect; and
that in fact there were no proceedings in bank
ruptcy OF j. d. Martin, and that he could have
had no such purpose.
But these are facts to 60 to the jury to show
the intent and purpose necessary to constitute
the offence charged, and lave nothing to do
with the jurisdiction of the court. The jury
has found the fact against the prisoner, and
we are concluded by that verdict.
But surprising the fact to be that the stat
ute requires that the paper to WHICH the sigma
ture of the officer is forged must be paper
which by law he is required to make and sign
in the discharge of his official duty, and that
District Court determined that it was is this
more than error in the court, and cln judge
of the Circuit Court review the errors of the
District Court OH habeas corpus.
My opinion is that the Indictment, by its
language, gave the pi-trct Court jurisdiction
which, once haying acquired, no error in its
proceeding can be reviewed upon habeas cor
pus, and the party will be remanded to the
uslody Of the marshal.
An order was entered accordingly by his
Honor Judge Bond directing ''that tbs said IL.
S. Parks be remanded to the custody of the
marshal for the Western District of Virginia;
and it being suggested to the Court that the
said petitioner desires to enter an appeal, or
to make an application to the Supreme Court
of the United States, or one Of the justices OF
the same, for d writ OF habeas corpus or other
legal proceedings in behalf of said petitioner,
the Court orders and directs that the execution
of the sentence in the said case of the United
States Is. Richard S. Parks, entered in the
District Court Of the United States for the
Western District Of Virginia, at Harrisonburg,
Va, on the 18th day Of May, 1876, be stayed
for the period of forty days from this date,
and that copy of this order be sent to the
marshal for the Western District oH Virginia.
''And it is ordered that the marshal retain
the said Richard S. Parks in his custody
mean time, and that at the end Of the forty
days above specified he execute the sentence
of the District Court unless otherwise Direct
ed''
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What DR.. Sears says Of the Public Schools
of Staunt0n.

The New York Tribune publishes a letter from Dr..
r. Sears dated Staunton, April 2fth from which we
extract the following, in which he speaks OF the
Public Schools Of this city:
81 will give one successful specimen out OF many
Stanton va four or five years ago, had no public
schools TT had about 1890 children of school age
Not more than so of these were receiving pilLltfy
instruction. and about 25 boys were attending an
academy The sum of $1,000 from the Peabody FUND
was offered to the city government ii IT woufd es-
ia blisb public schools for all the children. The
proposition was accepted but it was found that OF
the 800 pupils enrolled only about IS regularly at
tended This was owing to the fact there was no
system and that the teachers well as all the ACCOM-
not win public favor. Under these circumstances
knowing superior and experienced educator, pro
pose to give ST 500 if the School Board would employ
him or anv one else OF equal qualifications as super
ntendent and authorize him to organize perfect sys
TEN of schools and to procure and tram suitaple
attendance from 1878 to the present has been rom
900 to 500 School buildings haye been provided at
an expense of $4,000. The current expenses are
s14 ono a wear and the money is freely PAID 1neSe
schools will soon cease to need cid from the Fea-
body Fund This is the kind of work we are per-
forming in towns, villages, ana districts Ill tMege
States The minimum number OF pupils required,
viz lC9 is the smallest that will admit OF graded
system or that can properly as model o. IN
itation our minimum appropriation, $500, is the
least sum that can produce any satisfactory result
as TO efIicency and permanently. Every state super
intendent of the South pronounces ours the best
Dan for promoting public schools. Nine out OF ten
Of ali the intelligent men who have examined the
subject agree with them in opinion. Mr. Peabody
himself gave his emphatic approval TO TINS feature
Of our operations and said to me- You nave hefepy
doubled the value OF my gilt
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-06-01

Reporters are downwrite good fellows
There are exceptions, however.
Can young lady's lover who is il-tempcrel
be properly called an arcubalist?
The California papers are still attacking the
Chinese. Rice up, John, and defend yourself.
1t is every mans duty to shake carpets-
the word ''shake'' to be used i'll its 10 )ular
sense. t'>
Silks are ruinously low in price, say the
merchants and still lower in the neck, say the
modistes, -
4 fashionable London preacher recently
said ''St. Paul remarks, and partially agree
with him-'' 20
Big long legged man don't always some
times get ahead of little boy,' is Chinese for
''Tlle race is not always to the swift
A moment of triumph. House hunter who
has just been shown the best furnished room
In the house; "Ahem | suppose you use this
as 4 storage -room.''
An lrishman in this city says his boarding
hcuse-keepel must be a chess-player, because
he ''paWns" the boarders' clothes, and gives
slem ''sJale mate,''
comes the cry, s'Send lis wives - And many
q sad-eyed Benedict who reads this item win
devoutly wish he could respond to this call.
"[t's pretty hard thiug,'' Danbury man
obviously observed, fora man with a wife
and two children to be thrown out of work At
this time, with strawberries 70 cents a quart ,.
A down-east editor says: '''Fhe ladies'
spring hats are pretty, and worn OH the upper,
edge OF the left ear, which makes one look
arcn and piquant, like y chicken looking
through u crack in Il fence
The Mississippi women are chewing suuf-
now more than ever When IL man ,on the
Tennessee frontier comes home late, his wife
CAN generally tell whether he has been il,
Mississippi or not by the stains ON his lips,
A growler got two sandwiches and two glass
es OF beer ut the Centennial. for which they
charged him fifty cents. He got mad, thrses
the mug at the Declaration of Independend=
enee hanging on the wall and broke for liberty.
1t is a striking instance of tho ,lepravity of
inanimate things when bob-tail coats are in fash
ion, pantaloons wear out behind III about n
quarter OF the time they do when the friendly
garment reaches to the knees is worn.
The thirteen girls who graduate at the I'll
den IN. H.) Seminary next mouth will era(lu
ate in calico. twill look odd to see a Girl in
a tive-(ollar dress picking Up q twelve dollar
bo1uet
A would-be fashionable woman In the Nest
under sentence for murder, has only one re-
quest to make. She wants the shade of hep
dress to match the rope. \ 'corlcds' sim
would be appropriate.
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sg!eqetrpp.
MANAGING A MULE,

You, Nebuchadnezzah, whoa sab!
Whah is you tryin' to g., sab?
I'd hab you for to know, sab,
rs a-holdin' OBJ de lines,
You better stop dat prancin;
You's pow fond OBJ dancin',
But I'll bet my yeah's advancin'
Dat I'll cure you OBJ your shines,
Look heah, mule! Better min OUT,
Fus' ting you know you'll fin out
How quick I'll wear dis line out
On your ugly stubborn back.
Youneedn't try to steal up
An lif dat precious heel up;
You's got to plow this feel up,
You has, sab, for fac,
Oar, OATS de way to do it!
He's comm right down to it,:
Jes' watch him plowin' t'roo iti
Dis niger amt no fool,
Some folks dey would a beat him;
Now, dat would only heat him
know jes' how to treat him;
You mus reason wild mule.
He minds me like niger,
II he was only bigger
He'd fotch a mighty figger,
He would, tell you! Yes, saht
See how he keeps a-eTickin'!
He's as gentle as chicken,
An nebber thinks O. kickin'-
Whoa dar! Acknowledgement.
4
Is dis heah me, or not me?
Or is de debbil got me?
Was dat cannon shot me?
HabI laid heah mors'n week.
Dat mule do kick amazin'i
De beast was spilid in raisin'-
By now 'spect he's grain
On de oder side de creek
-[Irwin Russell, Scribner for June.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-06-01
A special from Washington in the Balt

A special from Washington in the Balti
more american Of the 22d, says:
Tt is understood that if receiver is appoint
ell for the Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Rail
road, in Virginia, that Judge Bond will APP
point General George B. Mcclellan to the
place. 1t is not certain, however, that a re-
cever will be appointed, as the road Is said to
be in a paying condition.
There must be some mistake about this; GER
tainly, Judge Bond would hardly go out of
Virginia, to find suitable person for the posi-
tiOn
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-06-01

It is rather amusing to observe the excite
ment manifested among the Democratic news
papers of Virginia about the st. Louis nomi-
nation. Each editor is pressing his favorite,
as though the determination of the whole af-
fair was to be left to these rural statesmen,
and the selection made, is to be the next
President. They are in dead earnest, and
have floating before their visions commissions
and perquistes of large proportions as reward
for their services.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-06-01
HOTELS.
Hotels.
THE SPOTTSWOQD HOTEL,
HarrisOnbUrg. Va.

". d. LOOh, hGfflEIOhs
The new Hotel, THE SPoGTswooD under my pro
pretorship is open and ready to receive visit
ors and guests. The establishment has been reft-
ed the cellar to the roof and is in complete p
der hot to make it stand as one of the very best
kept IL the The M hd nas nn
springs proprietor, having kept the old Columbian
hotel, and the new Spotswood Hotel at Richmond,
destroyed by fire in December, 1851 and the Jor-
dan UNI Springs in Rockbridge He is quite snre
he may claim here in the Valley OF Virginia, to be
able to keep hotel. He therefore invites the peo-
pie Of Rockingham and the adjoining counties and
wood and see whether he does not well understand
the business of his life
It is scarcely necessary to say that the Iape tne
Pariors and the Chambers will always be found
agreeable
The proprietor, in conclusion, is quite sure the
people of the Valley will cordially sustain this ef-
fort to establish first-class Hotel, such as the
Spottswood shall be, in Harriaonburg,
My Omnibus will always be ready to convey pas
'i-70i' = G. B. LUCK,
MOVIE Proprietor of Spottswood.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-06-01

The Dispatch has changed its loves. Some
time ago it was defiant and insulting to the
North, claiming that the West and South
would unite in controlling the destiny Of the
country, and especially the Democratic party.
1t now turns its back on the West, since the
Ohio revelation, and says that the South and
North must unite and save the country and
lists. Our contemporary must expect to ex-
perience a little vexation in running this en-
tire country. 1t is big job,
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-06-01

They sat in the paylor, and he squeezed her
hand. ooh would this hand were minev'
he sighed. s.Why," she simpered. ssBecaNse,
if it we're mine, could knock bpllocks down
with it better'n with sledge-hammer.' The
last seen OF that young man he was trying to
climb on the top Of the house by means q the
Water-spOut.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-06-01

The Enquirer favors the simple issue OF
decentralization. Retrenchmert and Reform"
upon which it claims the country can be car,
red for the Democracy. That deception won't
win. IL played out in 1872.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-06-01

Ex-Gov. Allen, Of Ohio, when making the
canvass for rec lection last fall, was heralded
as one of the old time Statement, and the Viz
gnia Democratic press were proud to claim
Now that he has endorsed his nephew Thurman
in Ohio, and the delegation of that State has
been instructed to vote for him in the st. Louis
Convention, as the choice of the Democracy Of
Ohio for President, on a rag-baby platform, he
is termed an ''old blatherskite."
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-06-01

Thirteen years ago man was driven out OF
town for an offense which he did nos commit.
News now comes that he settled in Chlcage
and studied law, and is now prominent
LAWYER there. Thus we see how an unjust
accusation my blast and rain a mans whole
career.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-06-01

As the morning train reached Jersey iiats
on Monday. very pert young man leane ,'i
forward and addressed lady whom he had
never before seen; .s'rhen there are two OF
YOU, eh, p she promptly replied. Ah yes twins
ycao
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-06-01

Should the Cincinnati Convention fail to
nominate one of the four candidates now most
prominently spoken of as the standard heal ers
of the Republican party for President, viz !:
Conklins. Morton, Blaine and Bristow, we
venture the assertion that the successful man
will be either Gov. Hayes. Of Ohio or Hon.
w, A. Wheeler of New York, now a member
oil Congress from that State, and the author
of the Wheeler compromise Of the Louisiana
trouble which the Democrats Of that State so
shamefully violated.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-06-01

Tyndalps first professional act after his
marriage was to write an article recommend-
ing the adoption of glass rockers for cradles.
infants to loss of elasticity. Argus.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-06-01

Gen. Echols, Judge Cochran and Speaker
Hanger have surrendered all claims they
may have had to be regarded as leaders. They
have submissingy yielded their own conyc-
tons of what was right and proper to the ''curb-
stone statesmen and allowed themselves to
be dragrooned into their selfish schemes. ''Tis
true, and pity tits, its true The people,
however, have convictions Of their own, and it
remains to be seen whether they will ignomln-
iously surrender them to the small Try poll
ticians who dance about the curb-stones.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-06-01

Moi, Train through from Baltimore and Masnln a
ton ana close JUN jan 20
-AsHINGTON CITY. VIRGINIA MIDLAND. ~
w AND GREAT SOUTHERN RAlLhohD
n,,,o Dailv Trains between Baltimore and the
south and Southwest.
Commencing Sunday. $50 a. m, Apr. SOth fasseii-
rer Trains will run as follows:
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-06-01

We admire the pluck and confidence OF the
Richmond Dispatch. 1t assumes i. as fact,
since the ''rising up'' Of William Allen, OF
of Ohio, that Virginia politicians are the only
statesmen now left to save the Democratic
party. 1t demands substantially that the Vir-
ginia delegation shall take the National Con-
yention in hand, run it, and thus save the
Democracy and the country This is modest
and especially so, if the same calibre OF states
men are sent to St. Louis, who now run the
State of Virginia. They have succeeded in
running the Commonwealth, and we think they
would handle the St. Louis Convention and
the Democratic party with equal success.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-06-01
Railroads..

.c1rnILE OF HARfER's. FERRY AND
VALLEY BRANCH, B; y 10, y n n
TAXING REJECT JANUARY Sid.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-06-01
A merican Hotel.
n Immediately at c. s. Ohio Railroad Depot,

N Immediately at c. s. Ohio Railroad Depot
STAUNTON, VA.
McCHESNEY & NADENBOUSCH, Proprletors:
The Proprietors in resuming the management OF
this we'll known and popular hotel SO long andfavor-
ably known to the travelling public, promise in the
future to retain the reputation the American has
borne, as FIRST-CLASS HOTEL.
Its locality Immediately at the Railroad Depot rem
ders it a convenient stopping place for persons on
business or in search of health.
Bar and Barber shop in the House.
All the ofic IS of the Telegraph and Stage lines rum
ming to this town are adjoining this house
RS-A firstclass Livery Stable, conducted by Eat
C'Toole is connected with this house.
McCHESNEY & co.
NB-Citizens of the county will be furnished din
der at so CENTS and Horses fed by Pat cTooe at ~
cents.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-06-01

TRAINS leaving Stanton at lO35 a. NJ anG 10 p. 2.
run daily except Sunday stopping at all regular
stations. ,,- ~ o,a 10 Ok ,,
M. run daily, stopping at all regular stations
tween Huntington and Alleghany, ana at 20 "
Mechum's River Ivy, Charlottesvllle' dofoohsVlle'
junction and Richmond ,,o,r
m. trains between Richmond and Covington:
RgFor rates, Tickets and informatlon' Apply 10 d.
w HOPKINS, AGENT Staunton Va
Nv ~ ->11'' 70 CONWAY R. HOWARD,
w. NJ. S. DUMMY e. T. q Ilche' ASo ono
Gen. Manager. w
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-06-01

Big long-legged man don't always some
times get ahead of little boy" is Chinese for
''Ihe race is not always to the swft.''
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-06-01

Mail Train connects at Washington and os Batlmors
IN ~ Of Harpers Ferry Tor all points West. Quick
line to Chicago and Cincinnati by fast mall trains.
SOUTH
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-06-01
SOUTH BOUND.

ACCoMMOD ATION TRAIN daily; except nu AIey
from Nav ist-Leaye Washington ago p. ~, ATT
andra 500 D. M. arrive at Front Royal 9;i9 p
Leave Front Royal 42l a. m, arrive a1 AioA'
s3;48 a. M and at Washington $3.50 a. m
MANASSAS DIVISION.
p-tai, Train-Passengers leaveANashington al ouV d
M Alexandria at s:35 and arrive at
$40 n m Leave Strasburg at 6:3o a. H. arrive 'e al
exandria at $50 p. IN.
WARRENTON BRANCH
Connection to and from Warrenton with " AL Train
only. , ,,.l "a
At washington, close connections with Nof,n aio
west At Danville daily weh South ana SCUM W WeSt
at Lynchbsigg. twice daily, 70 south ahn Wa" Mai
and at Goraonsve and Charlottesyllle' py Ma MAI
Train' with Chesapeake & Ohio R. r. East and west
Twice daily connections to Richmond
Roth trains from the South connect WIN Chaa''
neake & ohio at Charlottesville for the west.
as- PULLMAN SLEEPER daily without ch an ifi
betWeen Baltimore and New Orleans leaN ing Dill
more af 500 A. IN. Also Sleeper between Baltimore
and Lynchbarg, by night me
Centennial Excursion Tickets to fhliadelp,t.a on
sale from May 10th. good for thirty DAYS anu
ticker, 10 the S 1uth and West at lowest rates.
G. j. FoREACRE, Genl Manager.
J. NJ. BROADUS mav11
Gereral Ticket Agent "S Il
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-06-01

= fashionable London preacher RECENTLY
sald ''St. Paul remarks, and partially ayre.,
with him-'' 20.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-06-01
IRON OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.

and Ohio RaSiroad.-Onand after
March l. i6fe Passenger Trains Will run as
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-06-01

Virginia Hotel,
JOHN D. CROWLE, Proprietor.
This well known house having recently changed
hands is preparedto accommodate transient ana
permanent boarders at reasonable rates. The table
will be supplied with the best this and other markets
can afford Polite servants always ready to walt
upon the guests and every attention will be paid to
their comfort. A share of the public patronage is
respectfully solicited Omnibus to and from the De-
pot free of charge.
nov lift JOHN D. CHOW LIE.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-06-01

Silks are ruinously low in price, say the
modistes. ~
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-06-01

DEVERE HOUSE.
ID KarrisOnburg, Va.
MRS H. C. Upton CHAS E. LUPTON,
Proprietress. Manager.
JAS. R. .LUPTON and G. B. STROTHER, Clerks.
This well known Hotel has been entirely removal
ted and re-furnished
ACCOMMODATIONS FIRST GLASS.
Every effort made to render satisfaction and to
make all our guests comfortable.
Omnibus to and from all trains. may n-tf
National Hotel.
IN Corner of Sixth Street and Pa. Ave.
WASHINGTON, d. G.
F. TENNEY s. CO., ProprIetors
21-tf
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Professional Cards.
Ohm. w. STOUT.
AttOrnSy-at-Law,

STAUNTON, VA,
Will practice in the Courts holden in Augusta and
adjoining counties. nov 4-u
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Brevities.

Reporters are downwrite good fellows
There are exceptions, how ever
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-02-09

A CHILD BEATEN TO DEATH.-The trial
OF Mrs; Mary Nreeland and her husband
Henry K. Nreeland, for assault on Ralrh
Nreeland, aged five years, was begun In tie
fassalc county court yesterday. They were
trlec last week for the murder of the child,
put being acquitted were then held for as
sau!t. Inc prosecutor, in opening the case
SAID That there were three indictments
against Mrs. Nreeland and two against nor
husband. The boy was Mrs. Vreeland's ster-
son, and on the murder trial the neighbors
testified that Mrs. Nreeland had frequently
threatened 10 put an end TO his life. Dr..
Amasa A. New hitney testified yesterday
mat when he made the post mortenn exami-
nation OF the body 1t was covered with con-
fused wounds, bruises and scars, that were
the result OF external violence. There was
no sickness or disease, he said that could
found IT. The trial is 10 be continued to-day.
". y. Sim, Sh, ~ >J'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-02-09
Crooked whisky,

INV ORLEANS INDICTMENTS
Colonel w. J. Behan and john Thorn, or
the firm OF Behan, Thorn u Company. and
John Henderson, have been indicted by the
grand jury in New Orleans for receiving
Packages of distilled spirits as wholesale
llquOr dealers. and knowingly, wilfully. uu-
lawfully and fraudulently heglecLing or
emitting 10 make proper entries in books
Whlcn the law requires them to keep. There
were nVe counts against Henderson, whose
Dall was fixed at $1,000, and eight counts
AGAINST Behan and Thorn, their bail being
ilAed AT $4,000 each. District Attorney, J.
IL. BeckWlth, his assistant, Mr.. Gurley; Gen
eral Brady, supervisor; Mr.. Wheeler. revenI e
agent, and others, are busily engaged in
searching out cases OF violation OF the reye-
hue laws.
THE CROOKED IN BROOKLYN.
Revenue officials yesterday seized an Illicit
WHISKY distlllery in Brooklyn. When the
pyemises.