Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-02-04
Lottery in Virginia.
The Richmond correspondent of the p


tersburg News says:
The move made ON the part of the Legis-
lature to abolish the southern Associa-
tion'' lottery has brought eX- Governor II. A,
Wise to his feet. The matter was he, ore
the Committee on Propositions and Griev-
ances this morning. 1t seems that Thomas
Branch and other prominent chufc1men
have recommended the abolition Of the as
sociation, and set forth that it had ruined
many young men. and was an evil to the
city.
This morning before the committee, ex-
Governor Wise took occasion to denOunce
MI. Branch in the strongest terms. He
said Mr.. Branch belonged to that class OF
Christians who looked around at all the
churches to see which las the most money
in it, and when they find that church they
at once join. MI. Branch, who made the
first speech on the occasion, advocating the
repeal of the charter, heard all that the old
Governor said about him. General Wise
denounced him as one of d class of money,
apd who, when they sleep, dream of moth
'whited sepulchre," who lived upon
the msfortunes Of his fellow men, and who
belonged to u class of creatures scarcely toll
Grated by society. He thanked God that
he had not become so degraded as to make
his living by such Il source Governor Wise
said he was himself ''full of wounds and
purifying sores from head to foot, but he
could present himself to God as whole, by
the side of such whitened sepulchreS as
Thomas Branch"
At a meeting Of the Methodist clergymen
of Richmond, held at the Broad st. church
Sunday, the following resolution was adopt
ed:
9'Resozved, AS the sense of this meeting,
that all lottery schemes, under whatever
name, or for whatever purpose conducted,
whether secular, religious, or benevolent,
are palpably in violation of morality, and
that we affectionately exhort and warn our
people not to patronize such schemes; and
from what we have learned of the charter
and workings ct an enterprise conducted
under authority Of law; and known as the
Southern Association for the benefit OF
Widows and Orphans would caution our
people against it as being in its practical
effects UNNECESSARILY corrupting and disas-
trous to the morals of the community"
The Richmond enquirer in an edi-
torial notice says:
If the General Assembly cares nothing
for the public veal, and fails to see the
necessity to the State of heading off this
rising tide of trouble, it should at least in
respect for Itself repudiate the position of
accomplish or tolerator to any of these
mighty Molochs. All acts authorizing
lotteries,b by whatever appellation veneered,
hGwfysr r eae5 ene2ay %h BY
washed, are forbidden by the supreme law
of Virginia.
Rev E |. Lewis, of the Baptist church at
Winchester, has resigned, to go South.
The State Mission Board failed to render
the assistance formerly given that church.
How would this ticket work next time?
For Governor, John Goode, of N orfolk.
For Lieutenant Governor, j. Marshall
Hanger, of Augusta. -RicIamo'ed Guide.
At asleap-year party in Wilmington, N.
g., last week, Joseph Walters was elected
''belle'' of the evening, and duly crowned
as the Queen of Love and Beauty.
Capt. T. W. Savage, an old citizen of
Charlottesville once captain Of the Jeffer-
son Guard, and after the war appointed
mayor Of the town, died last week.
Judge Stewart, of Page co., Va, has de
clined to leave his court and accept the post
of committee clerk in Wash ington, all eS-
ample which is worth following.
Remark by Ex-Governor Letcher -
"They'll Legislature a fellow into Heaven
or hell, or any other place, through the
agency of corporation here"
Out of twenty different subjects taught
in the public schools of Virginia, the text
books are prescribed by the Board of Edu-
cation for only seven.
Judge J. W. Moore, member of the
Confederate Congress from Kentucky, re-
siding in Washington city, was paralyzed
Friday morning.
Rev. Dr.. Ruffner, Superintendent of
Public Instruction, has been elected Vice
President of the American Social Science
Association.
Capt. John Henry Freeman, the famous
hotel man of Virginia, who was stricken
with paralysis several days ago, is reported
much better.