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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-05-11

wants ut this time is capital ahd enterprise
Nature has lavishly dealt with us, but the i'm
portant agency for the utilization of our mu-
nfcen5 endowmrnts we have not. The close
OF l,ostlities left lis poor indeed, stripped of
everything but land. Tie proceeds of our in
dustrY since theils have been necessarily APP
propnated to rebuilding the wastes of war,
and meeting the demands of individual and
State Indebtedness. fmprovdent legislation has
contributed to DIR embarrassmcnts, and there is
no hope of realizing the advantages of our natu-
raj resources, without the Introduction of cap
ital and skilled labor from a. distance. The
North has the surplus means, the experience
and tlic energy, and the sagacity of the bust
hess men Of that section will not long hesitate
to avail of the splendid opportunities that pre-
sent themselves in this beautiful attractive
and picturesque portion of the country.
We confidently expect the operations of the
Royal Land Company to be followed by other
enterprises. looking to the development of the
! mineral riches Of Virginia and West Virginia,
aud that Stannton will eventually be recogni-
zed as the point for the concentration of the
capital and enterprise which will find their way
to this inviting field.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-05-11

The South Carolina Democratic convention
at Columbia Friday elected General John
Bratton, Hon. W. D. Porter, D. WYATT Aiken
and General J. D. Kennedy delegates at large
to the national convention. Ex-Governor
Perry IS one OF the districs delegates. They
are unlnstructed and have different preferences
as to candidates, but will vote in convention
1or the candidate most likely to win. A heat
ed debate occurred last night on platform
pledglng the Democratic party of the State to
accept the National Democratic platform, and
TO the nomination of a straight Democratic
ticket, with prospect Of its adoption.
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.Assignee's Sale
II II AL ES.I AINIE
PAGE COUNTY, VIRGINIA.

Tn pursuance of an order of the District Court of
the United States for the Western District or Vir-
na in the matter of Noah Sigler, bankrupt, Twill,
as Assignee OF said bankrupt, on
SATURDAY, the goth day of MAY 1875,
in front of the Courthouse in Luray, Va, sell at
public auction, the following real estate, to wit:
tract of "A acres, more or less, lying on the wa
tiers OF Stony Run in said county, and is very desi-
able property tract OF II acres more or less and
is situated on said waters. Also one-haf of 500
acres, more or less, being Undivided interest in
and is mountain land, situated i'll said county.
TERMS OF sALE:-One-fcurth cash, and the resi-
due in three equal nstallments, at six, sweve and
eighteen months. with interest from day of sale the
purchaser to execute bond with good personal secu
rty for the deferred payments and the title to be
tanned as an additional security until all the pur-
chase money is paid.
i. JONES ARMSTRONG, Assignee
may Lids OF Noah SigIer, Bankrupt,
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MIsrepresentafjons.

The shameful manner in which the cards
circulated by James F. Patterson and Heber
ker, were misrepresented on the 9TH. should
revolt the moral sense of every fair minded man.
Mr.. Patterson is a candidate for reelection to
the position OF Clerk Of the Hastings Court
Mr.. Ker is a candidate for reelection to the
office Of City Treasurer Neither had recog-
nlzed the necessity or propriety of a primary
election, and they had announced themselves
before the people, regardless of the result of
the primary. On the morning of the day Of
the 9TH, Mr.. ker learned that he was being
voted for at the primary. His understanding
Of a primary was that every candidate who
consented to be voted for, committed himself
to its action. He had been solicited by various
friends Of his opponent for the office he holds
to allow his name to be voted for He had de-
clned, as he did not think the advice of his
Conservative opponents should be taken
against that of his Conservative friends who
counseled to stay out Of the primary. When
he heard that his name was being used at the
primary, he very promptly and properly pub
lshed card that it was without his consent
ed and honorable. He did not want any de-
ception or double-dealing. He did not desire
to be placed in the position of consenting to
the use of his name at the primary, and then
il defeated, to claim the right to submit his
claims to the people. The history of primary
elections will vindicate the wisdom of this
course, fo- it has always been regarded that
when a candidate consents to the use of his
name, he is bound by the decision.
Mr.. Patterson took the same view of the
matter, and from similar considerations, adopted
the same course.
These gentlemen are both Conservatives.
They have always voted with their party in
purely party elections. They are faithful
public officers. They are useful and respecta-
BILE citizens.
But so soon as their cards appeared, it was
famed over the streets that they did not want
tie votes Of tine Conservatves-tha they had
insulted the white people OF the city, and
thrown defiance in their faces; when the fact
was they had merely indicated their claim to
the respect of all good citizens, by disclaiming
any purpose to deceive or mislead any one.
1t is for the people to say whether these
gentlemen have been fairly dealt with and
Judged and to determine the matter at tile
ballot box.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-05-11

Ex-Governor Henry A. Wise has created
quite sensation at Washington by appearing
before the House Committee on Elections as
The counsel for Platt i'll his contest with Goode.
The Governor spoke for two hours, and con-
cluded his argument upon the points at issne
in the contest, bit the larger part of his
speech was devoted to general matters. and
was full OF the old fire for which he was once
noted, and which has not yet burned ont
His speech was full of quaint and curious ex-
pressions, tinted with the egotsm that is not
altogether unbeconling or dstasteful in man
OF the Governors fame ard wears. He said
while he was Governor Of Virginia if he could
have caught Greedy he would have hanued
him and partloned John Brown, and vet Gree
ley was the man the Conservative party in
Virginia voted for for President. He said he
tried to keep Goode from going into the Gree
ley party, but Goode had disregarded his adj
vice and had gone over to the Black Renuh,i-
cans and voted for Greeley. Which is the
worst, said the old mar, a black Republican
or black Conservative? Some one asked if
he was not fatigned, and if he would not have
some refreshments. He replied, '.If you can
prinS INC Si'sss OF Soou; pure sweet milk [
will take it, but cuNse whiskey, brandy and
rum.'' lie praised President Grant for
his honor and nagananimity in insisting that
the parol given at Appomattox should be kept
in good faith. He said Grant was a GREAT
and worthy to receive the sword of
Robert E. lee. His denunciation of the Con-
sentative party of Virginia was terribly scath-
ing. Referring to the actions of Goode. against
whom the contest is carried OIL, using one of
his old-faslioncd fiery expressions, he said
''By the eternal gods, I would have nv ryht
band cut oft at the wrist before | womb hold
NV pen to sigii a test oath.',
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-05-11

On Saturday morning a terrific storm burst
over Leavenworth, Kansas, destroying every
thing i'll its path and causing damage to the
extent OF quarter of a million dollars. Tins
Tar no lives are reported lost. A hurricane Of
terrible violence also swept over a portion of
chicago saturday afternoon, doing an immense
Frustrated, many buildings blown down or IN
rooted, trees torn up by the roots, carriages
and vehicles OF all descriptions demolished.
ana general havoc made wherever the storm
struck. A large number of casualties are re-
ported, several OF which will prove fatal. The
damage is roughly estimated at two hundred
ana nifty thousand dollars. There was also
heaVy ram storm at Kansas City, Missouri, and
every railroad leading into the city was so
badly washed as to cause an almost comnlato
suspension Of traffic.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-05-11

The Georgia Republican State convention
appointed delegates at large to the Cincinnati
convention: II. P. Farrow, James Atkins. II.
NJ. Turner, (coloreO and George Wallace (col-
ored) The delegation, it is estimated, stands
Morton five, Bristow six, Conklirg three,
Blaine eight-thirteen white and nine colored
delegates. The convention Endorsed the adj
of General Grant. 1t adjourned
without nominating Governor or electoral
ticket, but recommended a convention for that
purpose to assemble in Macon before the first
of August.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-05-11

The first response to the foolish charge Of
Mr.. Springer against Senator Morton, was
given in the municipal election of Indiana
polls. The Democrats had entire control Of
the city government. and the Republicans at
the recent election carried the city by over
1900 majority. GOV. Hendricks regarded the
result as very Improbable and rather dis
gushing.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-05-11
(Sgned) IT, S. GRANT
WASHINGTON, May 4, 1875.

The Republicans at Washington are delight
ed with the message, and pronounce it the
cleverest hit President Grant ever made. The
Democrats admit the force of the Presidents
arguments and the correctness of his conclu-
sions. Most CT them freely acknowledge that
he has completely outfanked them. and that
he has driven absenteeism out of the coming
Presidential campaign The comments Of the
Democrats Gu the message were amusing. One
remarked: ;'First, Clyner made great mis-
take in the Belknap matter, then Garfield
brought Davenport ami trouble on the De-
mocracy, next Springer gave Norton chance
to make terrific raid, and now Blackburn has
exposed us to this deserved castigation." Rea-
gan, of Texas, thinks the message a proper
and dignitied reply to an improper irqury. and
valuable as an historical paper. Ex-Governor
Thomas, Of Maryland thinks the Democratic
side deserves the.rebul1e so admirably admin
istered for permitting the inquiry to be made.
The resolution is conceded to have been an
impudent and Improper one, which both par
ties should have united to suppress.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-05-11

In the Senate, Friday. the resolution of the
House to accept the invitation to the Centen-
NAL, and to adjourn from Tuesday to Friday
OF next week, was .concurred in. The i'm
parchment case was taken up, and ex-senator
carpenter argued against the Jurisdiction of
the Senate, and Manager Knots in its sup
port. In the House large number of private
ollls were passed. The naval appropriation
Oil was reported. The bill appropriates sl2,-
so6,o3o. 1t contains a provision looking to
the sale OF the naval hospitals at Annapolis
and Washington, and directs them to be clos
ed during the next fiscal year; it also con-
taIis provision looking to the sale of the ma
Wy yards at Washington, Charlestown and
Pensacola.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-05-11

The Boston Watchman, religious paper,
thinks: 1T is time to turn about and inyesti.
gate these Investigations The party in pow
er ases witnesses just as burglar uses dark
lantern, A little light is let on to certain
spots, but Il there is any suspicion that the
holder oil the lantern is suspected by the good
man 81 the house, out goes the light
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-05-11

Cease No.
DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
~ For the Western District of Va.
To Samuel Bane, and to ali whom it may concern,
Greeting
Notice is hereby given, that the Goth day OF
February, 1876 key containing about -four gal
Ions OF whiskey, of the estimated value of Ten
dollars, and claimed or owned by Samuel Bane. of
Pulaski county, Virginia, was seized by the Mar
ed to the use of the United States, and the
is belled and prosecuted in this court in the name
of the United States. for condemnation for the
es in said Libel set forth, and that said will
stand for trial at the court room in bngdon on the
23d day OF May next, when and where ali persons
are warned to appear to show cause why condemna-
ton should not be decreed and to intervene 1of the
interests
Dated Abingdon, May 6, 1875.
NAV Inv B. GILDERSLEEVE, Dist. Clerk.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-05-11

About II O'Clock Saturday night the maya
zine of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Wes-
tern Railroad, situated at the Jersey City
Palisades. and in which q large quantity of
giant powder and nitro glycerine was stored,
exploded, creating great havoc among the sur
rounding property. One man was killed. 1t
is supposed to have been fired by the strikers.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-05-11

Ross Tweed has been tracked to Canada,
where he wintered in an old mill.
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SOUTH s. BOUND.

ACCOMMODATION TRAIN daily, except Sunday
from May lst.~Leave Washington 4:2O p. M, Alex
3nora i Zoo ?. m arrive at Front Royal sl9 p M
Leave Front Royal 4:2l a. m, arrive at Alexandria
S:45 a. M, and at Washington $50 a. m.
MANASSAS DIVISION.
Mail Train-PassengeFs leave Washington at 800 a
M Alexandria at 5:35 and arrive at StraSburg
$40 Leave Strasburg at 635 M, arrive at AL
exandria at $3.50 p.
WARRENTON BRANCH
Connection to and from Warrenton with Mail train
only
AT Washington, close connections with North and
West. At Danville daily with South and Southwest;
at Lynchburg, twice daily, to South and West.
and at Gordonsvie and Charlottesville, by Mail
Train, with Chesapeake Ohio X, Il. East and West.
Twice daily connections to Richmond.
Both trains from the South connect with Chasa
peake & Ohio at Charlottesville for the West.
Asg- PULLMAN SLEEPER daily without change,
between Baltimore and New Orleans, leaving baul
more at 500 a. Also Sleeper between Baltimore
and Lynchburg, by night line.
Centennial Excursion Tickets to Philadelphia on
sale from May 10th, good for thirty days and through
tickets to the South and West at lowest rates
G. ]. FOREACRE, Gcn'l Manager.
J. VI. BR0ADUS
Gc-.eral Ticket Agent may II
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.VezD advertisements.
may LIT

DRIVATE INSTRUCTION in the Classics Mathe-
i matics Surveying or Bookkeeping.
The undersigned will take private pupils in any
of the above branches
II young man can spare only one houra day, any
hour day night, which he may select, will be
devoted to him alone. Under this system, pupils
can learn much in a session in the regular six
hours school.
Young Ladies who may desire to take lessono in
French, Latin, Mathematics Literature, will be
taught at tLeir homes,
may Him WIN. B. JOHNSON. A. NJ
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-05-11

WASHINGTON CITY. VIRGINIA MIDLAND
w AND GREAT SOUTHERN RAILROAD
Double Daily Trains between Baltimore and the
South and Southwest.
Commencing Sunday. $50 a. M, Apr. S0th. Passen-
ger Trains will run as follows:
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-05-11

The Centennial Exhibition was opened yes
orlnI
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-02-04

KEEP STILL-We fancy this is
what every small boy would like to
say if he only knew how.
Keep still ! That's what they al
ways say to us boys. Just as if there
never had been any noise in the
world until we were born. Haven't
old folks all been boys and girls
once? Didn't some of them get box
ed on the ears at school? Didn't
some OF them drum on the milk pans,
or crack nuts with the fatiron, or
slam the doors? Everything that
is smart goes off with bang. This
would be dull world if it were not
for the racket the boys make. Noisy
boys are always saucy. Some are,
but we are not. We belong to the
"Boy's Rattle-te-bang Society of
Good Manners" and we invite all
our young friends to come and join
us. AdUdnce.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-02-04

i
for which they have been cruelty
stolen from their mountain homes, or
sold with vet baser cruelty by un-
natural parents-they are to be
secondary sort of wives for the great
and to lead a life of luxurious idle
ness, waited upon by swarms of black
aves, who perform all the menial
work of the establishment. As far as
can learn, the blacks are never sold
by their parents, but taken by force
from their villages by the ''iellals," "
or their agents, under whom they
suffer un,o.d misery till purchased
by householders in Cairo, or shipped
off to Persia or Turkey. In general
they are not ill-treated here, espe-
cially since a law has been made hu-
namely allowing them to apply to
the police court in case of cruel
age. The men or boys are then
taken into the army, and the girls
sent to the Government schools or
factories. OF course there are many
who, being new to the country and
language and utterly ignorant, can
not understand this, and some are
children, who are nearly powerless;
still, on the whole, it has kept down
the tyranny of owners, and will do
so more as they get to understand
it better. The Oriental habit of
shutting up women in the house SO
mnch makes it more difficult for a
slave cirl to escape than for a man
or bow; still, they do manage it. and
| have several times had slaves come
to nv house to ask me to get an at.
testation from the British Consulate
to free them from a cruel mistress
Still even with this loophole of es-
cane it is wretched system. for
the moor VICTIM who has been torn
from friends and home when a child
has lost, past recall, all that made
life most dear, and is thrown back,
a. it were, on the worst part of hu-
man nature, the mere animal part
which seems particularly strong in |
the negro races. The pilfering and
love of eating, etc, are inveterate
among the greater part of them.
have known some fine exceptions,
but they were rare. Their domestic
affections have no natural vent, they |
have no home and family of their
own, and instead of the outdoor life |
for which they are physically best
fitted, they are cooped up in houses
in narrow, damp streets, and num-
bers die in the prime of'life because
this mode of existence is so I'M
healthy for them. The negro boys,
if promising, are often sent to school
and made a great deal of by their
masters, but the girls and women
learn only how to cook and do
housework, and as much mischief as
they can pick up through gossipping
with neighboring slaves from the
fiat roofs where they go to dry lin
en-, or to amuse themselves while the
sIeeps.-SundaV at Home.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-02-04
Domestic slaves in Egypt.

Field labor is usually done by
hired laborers; but all the service of
native families as well as of most of
the Levantines-or Europeans who
are settled and naturalized in the
East-is carried on entirely by
slaves, who, with few exceptions.
are all of negro races from the inte-
rior of Africa. In this last respect
Eastern slavery differs from the
slavery of Scriptural times, as we
have no reason to think slaves were
negroes chiefly, or even frequently
in those days, at least among the Is
raelltes. Hsgar was an Egyptian,
and we hear of some who were cap
tives taken in war from the various
tribes around them. Many were born
in the household and looked on more
as members of the family, than de-
spised or ill-used. OF such was the
trusted Ellezer, who was to have
been heir to Abraham had God not
given him son. 1t seems strange
indeed that such a system, even mod
fled, as 1t undoubtedly was, by pa
triarchal habits of life, should have
been so distinctly permitted as it
was in the law of Moses; but we
may remember that so was divorce
permitted, ''for the hardness of their
heart" as our blessed Lord Himself
said, no doubt because in both cases
still worse evils would have arisen
from the prohibition in the barbar-
GUS state of things then prevailing in
the world. Without being approved.
these things were tolerated under
certain restrictions; and these We're.
as regarded slaves of the Hebrew
race, so stringent that in fact He.
brew, unless by his own wish, could
not be a slave for more than :. six
years, which amounted to nothing
mere than what we call being bound
for term. The hired servants. of
whom we so often read in Scripture.
seem to have been chiefly outdoor |
laborers. As is the case now in the |
East, negroes are found among field |
workers sometimes, but it is rath-
er exceptional. The open slave marts
which existed few years ago are no |
longer to be found in cairo or Alex
andria; but as many slaves find their
way to these cities as formerly, and |
whoever wants to purchase can al
ways do so by applying to the prop
er quarter. Every native house has
at least one, if above the very poor,
and rich families have from ten to
twenty, while the great harems count
by hundreds. These l allude to at
present are almost entirely negroes;
the white slave brought: from Geor-
gia and Circassia are only TO be
found in the families of Pashas, and
domestic service is not the purpose
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-02-04
THERON S. WINSHIP. of Il
sherIa,s Sale of Lands In Partition.
AshtG5uIa Common Pleas, N0U, Term, 1875
Wesley Harvey ct al,
vs..
James Harvey ct al.

James Harvey ct al.
pY virtue of an Order of Sale in
- Partition duly issued from said Court in the
above case TO me directed. will offer for sale by
way of public auction, at the door OF the Court
house in Jefferson. Ashtabula County, o.. Monday
the l4th day of February, A. D. 1876, between the
hours of l2 and o'clock Of said day the follow
ing described lands, to-wlt:
Situate in the township OF Saybrook. County
of Ashtabula and State of Ohio, and known as
parts OF lots No. sc and 81 and bounded as fol
lows-commencing at point in the center Of the
north apd south road and in said lot No. So In
course south AZ deg. west and five chains and
twelve links from the southeast corner of lands
of VIM Hills, ana running thence north 69% deg.
west twenty-on O chains and ffty-hve links 10
land of John Alcock in said lot 81. thence south
X deg west along the east line Of said John AL
cock land to the south line of lands of Harris
Harvey, deceased, which is also the south line Of
said lotNo. 81, thence east along said south line
and the south line OF of said lot No. Sc to the CEN
ter Of said north and south road, thence north ~
deg east along the center of said north and
south road to the place Of beginning; containing
seventy and forty-fve one-hundredths acres
of land. be the same more OF less, subject to all
legal highways.
Torms-1S cash, q in one year, and = in two
years Deferred payments drawing interest, and
TO be properly secured by mortgage upon prem
ises sold Appraised at g, ,46I:
Sherif-s Office, Jefferson, o., Jan. 12, 1876.
5t135S E. H. FITCH. Atty for Plaintiff.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-02-04

THR BROOKIET.

Thou brooklet, silver clear and bright
Thou'rt Fastening ever from my signe'
Upon the bank. stand, and say
whence eomest thou! and where away?
Bon in some rocky cave, / run
Ger flowers and moss. to greet the sun;
And on my mirror, you decry
A picture Of the azure sky.
And so have no anxious care,
I'm hurried on, I know not where;
I'm sure that BE, who governs me,
Ny Leader and my friend viii be.
MNETTE.