Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-03-24

and IN proportion to value. Can you ex-
empt one Institution of learning and not
exempt another, one church and not anotl-
| er? No! You must exempt all or tax all.
| You cannot exempt the University and tax
Margaret Academy. The choice is to tax
all or exempt all. The bill is a new depar-
| ture in legislation and is in conflict with
| the true principles of taxation. 1t taxes
| one class of churches, those of the cities.
! and exempts others, those in the country.
| He warned the House not to initiate Il
| policy that may be perverted to the most
mlschievous purposes.
More COwhiding at Richmond
Sending the Young Lady to
StaunfOn.
From the Richmond dispatch of Saturday.
Mrs. O.. Whitlock, Morgan Hall, and
Charles Porter were before his Honor the
Police Justice yesterday morning, charged
with assaulting E. NJ. Wells. The affair
occurred at the house of Mrs. Whitlock,
near the corner Of Eighteenth and Venahe
streets. 1t seemed from the evidence that
Mr.. Wells had been paying some attention
to Miss Whitlock, though not with the
approval of her mother, and that one or
two letters had passed between the young
lady and MI. Wells. In reply to one he
had received. Mr.. Wells wrote the follow
ing:
Friend Emma: Your words sound very
pretty on paper, but actions speak louder
tlian words. It's one thing that will have
to be done. You will either have to drop
that friend, that worthy friend of yours,
al to hat hoto n
pretend to him that you love him, or you
will have to drop me, one OF the two. If
you should conclude to drop him and they
should say anything about it at home, why,
tell them that you love me, and tell them
that you don t propose to marry me at any
time soon, but you intend to see me at
every chance you get. Be little braye.
They won't OBJECT after they see that you
are determined to see me. Emma, [ won't
change my mind from the note that wrote
this morning until | see you. If you pos
sihly can, meet me on the corner of Four
teenth and Main, Monday evening at 5
O'Clock. Did you know me this morning
when [ met you on Eighteenth street? I
heard your voice, and pulled my hat over
my face and walked very fast to keep you
from knowing me. Why is it you sent
those notes OF my lady friend, and also my
note back to me, when told you to destroy
them?
Your friend, MARSHALL.
P. 81 think your friend MI. Hall was
very kind to get you free pass to Staun-
ton. Emma, hold your own, no matter
where they send you to. [ will see you if
they send you, to Staunton. Let me know
at what day Mr.. Hall will visit you, and
| will be there and fret the young man
little
Yours now and forever, MARSHALL.
If you should be On the street tomorrow
before O'Clock come 20 Gil and call for
me. Come up the steps and knock at the
door. No one will see you but me.
MARSHALL.
The No. Oil referred to is No. oil Main
street, Lelbermuth's tobacco factory,
where Wells is employed, and where there
are some ten OIL twelve men at work
This note fell into Mrs. Whitlock's
hands. Considering that it was quite i'm
proper, she, in the absence of her husband,
who is an employee Of the Chesapeake and
Ohio Railroad Company. resolved to chas-
tise Mr.. Wells. A note was accordingly
sent to Mr.. Wells requesting him to call at
Mrs. Whitlock's house at 100 O'Clock 1.-THE
number of the house, not the name of the
writer Was given) and MI. Wells innocent
lY and promptly responded. When he rang
the door-beli Mrs. Whitlock and Mr. Hall,
boar1er, and his friend, Mr. Porter, were
in the dining-room. Mrs. Whtlock went
on up stairs, and requested the two gentle
men to follow. Mr.. Wells was shown into
the parlor, and Mrs. Whitlock, after as
crlblng to him improper motives in writing
the note, proceeded to strike him several
blows with a cowhide. Mr.. Wells protested
that he had the greatest respect for Miss
WhltlOck, and meant nothing wrong. He
pulled Off his coat and offered to hold him
self personally responsible to any male
member or friend of the family, but re-
fused to strise Mrs. Whitlock Once he
caught hold of the cowhide, but Hall COM
manded him to release it, and he did. He
attempted to go out of the room, but Por-
ter prevented him by standing with his
back to the door, AS for the whipping
Mrs. Whitlock gave him, Wells said to the
Police Justice than nine-and- thirty were
nothing to it. One of Mrs. Whitlock's
daughters, who was in the parlor, begged
her mother not to cut the young man in
the face.
Mrs. Whitlock did not deny the assault.
She said her daughter was only about fif-
teen years OF age, and, in the absence of
her husband, she deemed 1T right and duty
to become her daughters defender.
In court Mr.. Wells protested that he adj
dressed the note to Miss Emma Whitlock
with the pureSt intentions. He stated that
where he expected to meet her was at his
(Liebermuth's) factory, which is q ute
public place.
Mr.. Hall-the gentleman mentioned in
MI Wells note-and Mr.. Porter declared
that they took no part in the cowhiding,
but Justice White, nevertheless, was of
opinion that they were acconplices.
Justice White said that as the cowhiding
had been done il house, not in the street,
as in other cases were the public had been
outraged, he would impose on Mrs. Whit
lock the light fine of five dollars. Hall and
Porter each were fined ten dollars.
Mrs. Whitlock is the wife of Mr.. Whit
lock, who is engineer on Capt. Fits pas
senger train, on the G. & O. Road gentle
man who has many friends in Staunton.1
Mrs. Herscbel V. johnson, Jr., died in
Georgia, last week, within less than year
Of her marriage. Within a comparatively
short period no less than twenty-five Of
her near kinsnen have also died.
There is no doubt about the truth of the
report that Mr.. VIM. J. Bigger, assistant
clerk OF the Virginia House of Delegates.
will marry a pretty and wealthy young
lady of Sacramento, California.