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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-04-07
OLLAPODRIDA.

The basement organ loaded up with bird
shot and fired off yesterday morning. 1t
scatters so that it is hard matter to get
them enough together for an answer. 10
quote the language Of that eminent colored
statesman with the forehead (MR. HENRY
DAVENPORT, it's scurrispund" is not to
the ''pint.' Our neighbour is like a bad
boy who has been telling his father, the
Public, that he has been playing with nice,
respectable boys, and somebody who has
seen him comes along and tells the old man
what company his boy has really been in.
The bad boy wants to talk about anything
except who he has been playing with. We
pick out some of the shot.
Mr.. FRANK WARE, whose English, by
the-by, we did not misprint, and who uses
about as good language as any negro we
ever heard, ibid say that caucuses were
held by the colored men of Staunton in
city elections. Mr.. WARE might have
specified that at the last city election col
ored caucuses were held here to the num-
Der of three, and, what is more, they have
pcIlCCU llSuU W oAiy Choo
hereafter there must be no more sneaking
about it, and they must nominate "the
present efficient mayor" openly.
THOSE twenty-nine were new, not re-
|, newals! But the publication of the fact
was not intended as reflection On our CO.
temporaries. We don't consider any coun-
try paper in Virginia competitor, still
less rival. The VINDICATOR is special
ty. SUI generis.
WE are looking out for squalls THAT'S the
right way to spell squalls, SAMMY-not
''squawls' \, but in the mean time you
must try and bear it.
Oh, come now; the VINDICAToR re-
porter's English is as good as the average
country reporters.
IT is a ''hit," SAMMY. We never had
you that bad before. 1t is the worst we
ever saw.
IF the organ believes in its party and its
men, why is it afraid to run city ticket ?
On, for an hour of the Substantial ele-
ment.''
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-04-07
DEA TIT or BISHOP JOHNS.

A telegram received at INDICATOR
Office yesterday announces that the yena-
BILE BISHOP JOHNS, Bishop Of the Diocese
of Virginia, died in Alexandria at mid
night Wednesday night. He was stricken
by paralysis week or two since. He was
one of those church dignitaries whom long
life, and perfect Christian character, have
made the common property Of all
the churches and people of the State ire
spective of their creeds, and his loss will
be lamented everywhere.
The Bishop was d native of Delaware.
He was educated at Princeton College, and
stood very high there for talent and schol-
arship. He studied law, but soon entered
the ministry, and was for many years rec
tor of Christ Church Baltimore. He was
elected assistant Bishop of Virginia in
1912, and succeeded Bishop Meade in 1862
as Bishop OF the Diocese Of Virginia. In
the General Convention of 1871 Bishop
JOHNS took leading part in setting a con
troversy about the baptismal service, and
the bishops of all schools of opinion enter
tanned the highest esteem for his judge
ment. He was in his S0th year, and main
tanned full vigor of mind up to the time Of
his present attack.
The estate" publishes the ''platform"
of the mysterious independents of Rich
mond, which seems to be neither more nor
less than a fair and square attempt to Grip
pie the Conservative party Of that city, to
the end that it will be defeated And yet,
as we remember, it cost money, blood and
life to get the metropolis into the hands of
the white lnabtants. 1t has not been ten
years since in those streets unarmed whites
fled pursued by mob of blacks; since a
house Was Quilted by maddened black
mob In search Of white man, and since
the pavements sounded with the tramp of
thousand men following to the grave the
body of a brave policeman murdered by a
band Of negroes resisting the law. Our
Richmond friends do not seem to remem-
Der those days.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-04-07
A Very Sad case.

From the Richmond Dispatch
Charles L. Taylor alias McRae was az
rested yesterday morning by Sergeant
Howard, charged with robbing the money
drawer in the billiard-room of the Ballard
House of seven OF eight dollars. A portion
of the money was recovered and identified
by Mr.. W. Scott Darlington. Accused
came here last Tuesday.
The following note was written by him
and sent by boy to Colonel Darlington,
but not delivered:
ssExCHANGE AND BALLARD HOUSE, !
"RICHMoND, March 80, 1876.
"Colonel j. L, Cnrrington, present:
s'Dear Sir AS l am very anxious to OBJ
tain employment apply to you, hoping L
may meet with success. l will gladly go
it may be, although [ claim to be a first
class double-entry book-keeper am a
graduate OF the Washington and Lee Col.
Iege at Lexington, Va. [ am native OF
Baltimore, Md, but have been out in Den
yer, Colorado, since 1 left school, three
years ago, and [ assure you that | have
reaped full satisfaction. Remember, Col
onel, l will go at anything you put me at
very willingly, and if you desire l can give
references at the college in Lexington,
Va, or in Baltimore. I don't want to go
home busted; that is the whole truth about
the matter. Please leave an answer with
the boy for me, and oblige
| sYOurS, truly JOHN 2. MCRAE.
II will be glad to see you in person.
From his cell in the First station house
he wrote the following:
'sDear Sir,-I am just beginning to real
ize when am told that they accuse ne of
stealing money! Can it be true ? | am a
book-keeper by profession, and a graduate
of the Westinghouse College, Of Lexing-
ton, Va. You can imagine what causes
me to be away from home and among
strangers not drinking alone but gamb-
| ling, and the two combined will bring any
man to want. Please. my respected sir,
| let me come in the office and sit by the
fire. [ am very cold [ assure you [ would
not get away, even If l could. Do grant
this request of an unhappy young man
| who prefers his grave rather than where l
am. Excuse writing, as | cannot see.
'Respectfully,
ITO gentleman an office"
| The prisoner does not seem TO be an Old
offender. He is quite intelligent and geu-
teel looking, and is about, twenty-eigut
years of age. He Says he stopped at the
! Emmett House here. He has evidently
been drnk ing. His father is dead and his
mother living in Galveston, Texas, accord
ing to his account. He doesn't know, OF
won't tell, why he came to Richmond.
The young man has been finally commit
ted to Jail as a vagrant, the charge of lar
ceny rot being prosecuted.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-04-07

IT is a 'shit," SAMMY. We never had
you that bad before. 1t is the worst we
ever saw.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-04-07

UPHILL Work The defence of the
Cellar Convention, called by the "Corn-
field Statesmen" which. fizzied.'' See yes
terday's issue of the Basement Organ.''
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-04-07

In every city in Virginia where there is
a shadow of hope the Republicans run
ticket. 1t is only in Stanton, where
they are in the minority. that they try the
sneak game.
Col. WIN. E. CAMERON has been nomi-
mated by the Conservatives of Petersburg
for mayor of that city. just the very man
for it.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-04-07

If the organ believes in its party and its
men, why is it afraid to run city ticket :!
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-04-07

WEare looking out for squalls THAT'S the
right way to spell squalls, SAMMY-not
.squawls' J, but in the mean time you
must try and bear it.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-04-07

Oh, come now; the VINDICAToR re-
porter's English is as good as the average
country reporters.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-04-07

On, for an hour of the substantial ele-
ment.'
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-04-07

A STAUNTON CORRESPONDENT of the
Richmond "Whig" says ''all the brain of
the Republican party in Virginia is here"
Yes; we saw it in the Basement Conven-
ton
Weekly Trinity journal., 1876-02-19

HELP ONE ANoTHEK.-Th little SEN
tence should be written on every heart and
stamped on every memory. 1t should Ue
the golden rule practised not onl;' in every
household, but throughout the world. By
helping one another we remove sorrow
from the pathway and anxiety from the
the mind ; we also feel II sense ofpeasure
in our own hearts knowing we are doing
our duty to fellow citizen. a helping
hand or an encouraging word is no loss to
us, yet it is a benefit to others, Who has
not felt the power Of this little sentence ?
Who has not needed the encouragement
and aid of kind friends How soothing,
when perpleXed with some task that is
mysterious and burdensome, to feel gen
tie hand on the shoulder, and to hear n
kind voice whispering, Do not be dis
courageG ; | see your trouble let me help
hope created ! What sweet gratitude is
felt, and the difficulty is dissolved as dew
beneath the sunshine. Yes let us help
one another by endeavoling to strengthen
and encourage the weak, and lifting the
burden OF care from the weary and OPP
pressed, that life may glide smoothly on,
and the iount Of bitterness yield sweet
waters and He whose willing hand is
ever ready, will aid our humble endeavors,
and every good deed be rs bread cast upon
the waters, to return after many days, if
not to us, to those we love.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1876-02-19
Weaveryille, February 10, 1876

LAMARTINE's MARRIAGE.-The story
of the great French poet and statesman
is one Of romantic interest. The lady WAS
OF an English family named Buch, and
very wealthy. She first fell in love with
the poet from reading his Medituuons
FoehQUeS. She was slightly past tie
bloom OF youth, but still young and fair.
She re"d and re-read the NeditattoAS,
and nursed the tender sentiment in secret.
At length she saw Lamaltiue in Geneva,
and her love became part OF her very
life. Not long after this She was made
acquainted with the fact that the poet
was suffering, even to unhappiness, from
the EN- barrass0d state of his pecuniAry
/ affairs. Miss Birch was not long in de
Gliding upon her course. She would not
allow the happiness OF lifetime to slip
from her it she could prevent it. She
letter, acknowledging her deep interest
and profound respect, and offered him
the bulk of her fortune, if he were will
ing to accept it. OF course Lamartine
could not but suspect the truth. Deeply
touched by her generosity, he called upon
her, and found her to be not only fair to
look upon, but Il woman of a brilliant ht-
erary and artistic education. He made
an offer Of his hand and heart, which was
promptly and gladly accepted; and in
the after years Alphonse de Lamartine
owed not more t. his wi!e's wealth than
to her sustaining love and inspiring en-
thusiasm.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1876-02-19

a COLONY OF MAD MEN. The town
of Gheel, situated III the province Of Ant
werp, has been for six centuries AN abode
Of mad-men, and tradition even takes the
story back eleven centuries. There are
IL 900 people in tie place, and they have
charge OF 300 lunatics from abroad, who
are boarded around in the families aud
are treated with great consideration. The
children from youth are tamiIiarized with
the business, and all the people know how
to manage those committed To their care.
The inhabitants are all, so to speak, en-
gagged in the surveillance OF the lunatics
One of the greatest social punishnehts
that can be inflicted on family is to de-
clare that it is unit to receive boarders.
The lunatics are disposed OF by the inhab-
Itunts according to their wealth or station,
wealthy patients being sent into the bet
ter families, the poor ones to the poorer.
OF course the very immoral or dangerous
lunatics are not thus disposed o.. The
cures average from sixty to seventy five
in the hundred. Ghee is divided into
tour districts, each with its overseer and
physician. Large sums Of money are
spent in the place by the patients, and
families generally are always desrous OF
having one or more lunutics Oh their
hands.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1876-02-19
Advertising Rates {;
ADyERTISERs' DIRECTORY.

|BAICH, j. r.. Dealer in Clothing, Etc, I'm
dor odd Follows Hall, Weaverville.
BEACON LODGE NO. 300, l. o. G, T., meets
every Sunday evening.
'CHALLENGE SALOON Main Street. Wea-
ycrville.
COMET LODGE, No. 81, |. o. o. f., Trinity
Center meets every saturday evening.
DOUGLAS CITY MEAT MARKET, Wal
lace Il Mabie, Propretors.
EARL, A. X, Justice of the Peace and Notary
Public, Douglas City.
. EMPIRE HOTEL, Main Street, Weayorville,
William Condor, Proprietor.
GERMAN HOSPITAL SOCIETY, meets first
. Sunday in March, june, Sept. and Dec
GRIFFIN, NJ. f., Main Street, Weaveryille,
4 California.
4 #iANSEN, D., Dealer in Tobacco, Cigars, etc
4 Main Street, Weaverville.
0HOCKER, HENRY Dealer in Provisions, etc
+ Main Street, Weaverville.
ERWIN, JOHN c., Attorney and Counselor
At Law, Weayerviile, California.
i JONES, f. f., County Judge, Office in Court
House, Weaverville.
#KARSKY & ABRAMS, Dealers in Clothing
and Dry Goods, Woayerville.
IKUPER, KARSKY Il CO., Dealors in General
Merchandise, Junction City.
NKARSkY & CO., Dealers in General Nor.
chandise, Indian Creek Trinity County
kLANG, NJ, Dealer in Groceries, Liquors, etc,
4 Main Street, " eaveryillo.
ElORD, DR.. JOHN, Physician and Surgeon,
Il Weaveryille.
l0VEJ0Y, L. F., Attorney at Law, Oliico
Court House Building, Wcayerville.
Hl0WDEN, W. s., L. S. Deputy Surveyor, Of
fee Mill Street, Weayeryillc.
&NARSHALL 4 MASON. Dealers in General
Merchandise, Douglas City.
|AARTIN, JOHN, Dealer in Flour and Grain,
Main Street, Weaverville.
EAcCAUSLAND, 4. T., Rcpairer of Watches
and Clocks, Weayerville.
MONTAGUE, DIR. j. c., County Physician,
0ffce Court Street, Weaverville.
NEW YORK HOTEL, Main Street, Weaver
ylle Morris N Rule, Proprietors.
EN0RTH FORK BREW ERY, North Fork, Cal
Mecke Bros, Propriators.
.A0RTI STAR LODGE, No. Gl, |. 0. o. F.,
meets every Thursday evening.
EPlNCUS, l., Dealer in Dry Goods and Cloth
ing, Main Street, Weayerville.
EEEADlNG HOTEL, B. Conroy, Proprietor,
Reading, California.
ElUMFELT Il LORING, Dealers in General
Merchandise, Trinity Center.
EbCllALL, LOUIS, Boot and Shoe Store, Main
Street, Woavervile.
EfHERMAN & HYDE, Music Dealers, San
Francisco.
EeIELLA ENCAMPMENT, No. II, |. 0. o. f.,
meets First and Third Tuesdays.
lAMMANY SALOON, Main Street, Weaver
II vile, Alex. N Love, Proprietor.
ZIMMERMAN BROS, Cabin't Makers and
"A Dealers in Furniture, Weaverville.
FREMONT HOTEL, Rcd Bluff, California,
. VIM. p Mayhem, Proprietor.
lRlNlrY CHAPTER, No 10, X. A. NJ, meets
II Second and Fourth Tuesdays.
E4hNlrY LODGE, No. q, L. Il A. NJ, meets
on last Saturday of each month.
]Nl0N HOTEL, Court Street, Weaverville,
. Nollmers x Paulsen, Proprietors.
}Ni0N SHAVING SALOON, Main Street,
Il Weaverville, c. Hartman, Proprietor
~ RAISON & BROWN, General Merchandise
Lewiston, Trinity County.
&hEtE EERVILLE DRUG and BOOK STORE,
Il J. Barnickel, Proprietor.
FlLLlAMS, C. f., Attorney at Law, Office,
Main Street. Weavorville.
OLF, JOHN, Boot Maker, Junction City,
Trinity County.
ElVUNG, FRANK w. Notary Public and In
'arance Agent, Weayerville.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1876-02-19
STICK TO YOUR BUSINESS.

There is nothing that should be NOR,
frequently impressed upon the minds o
young men than the Importance of stead.
lily pursuing some one business. The
frequent changing from one employment
to another is one Of the most common or
rors committed, and to it may be traced
more than half the failure OF the mon in
business, and much of the discomfort and
disappointment that render life uucom-
Portable. 1t is u very common thing for
II man to be dissatisfied with his business,
and to desire to change it for some other,
which it seems to him will be moro la
cratve employment but in nine cases
out of ten it is a mistake Look round
you and you will find among your ac-
quaintonces abundant venGcation OF our
assertion.
Here is young man who commenced
life as a mechanic, but for some cause
imagined he ought to have been doctor;
and after hasty and shallow preparation
he has taken up the saddle bags only to
flnd that work is still work, aud that his
patients are no more profitable than his
work bench, and the occupation not u
whit more agreeable.
Here are two young men, clerks; one
is content, when his first term OF service
is over, to continue II clerk till he has
saved enough to commence business on
his own account the other can't wait,
but starts off without capital, and with a
limited experience, and brings up, after
a few years, in court of insolvency,
while his former comrade, by patient per
severance, comes out at length with Il
fortune
There is an honest farmer, who has
toiled few years, got his farm paid for,
but does not grow rich very rapidly, as
much for lack Of contentment mingled
with his industry as anything, though he
is not aware of it. He hears the wonder
ful stories Of California, and how fortunes
may be had for the trouble OF picking
them up; mortgages his farm to raise
money, goes away to the land Of gold,
and after many months Of hard toll,
comes homo to commence again at the
bottom Of the hill for more weary and
less successful climbing up again.
Mark the men in every community no.
torious for ability and equally notorious
for never getting ahead, and you will
usually find them to be those who never
stick to any business long, but are always
forsaking their occupation just when il
begins TO be beproftable.
/ Young man, stick to your business. |;
may be you have mistaken your calling
it 50, find it out as quick rs possible and
change it but don't let any uneasy desire
to get along fast, or II dislike OF your hon
est calling lead you to abandon it if you
are sticking types, stick away at them
If you are selling oysters, keep on selling
them If you are at the law, hold fast to
that profession pursue the business you
have chosen, persistently, industriously
and hopefully, ard if there is anything OF
you it will appear and turn to account in
that rs well a. or better than any other
calling only, il you are a loaler, forsake
that line as speedily as possible, for the
longer you stick to it, the worse it viii
"stick " you. Scientific american.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1876-02-19

FRETTING.-One frettcr can destroy
the peace Of family, can disturb the
harmony Of n neigh borhood, can unsettle
the councils of cities and hinder the legis-
lation of nations. He who lrets is never
the one who mends, who heals, who re-
pairs evils more, he discourages, enfee.
bles, and too often disables those around
him, who, but for the gloom and depres-
sion Of bis company, would do good work
and keep up brave cheer. The effect up
on sensitive person Of the mere neigh
borhood OF lretter is indescribHble. 1t
is to the soul what cold, icy mist is to
the body-more chilling than the bitter
est storm And when the fretter is one
who IS beloved, whose nearness of relation
to US makes his iretting at the weather
seem like personal reprosch to us, then
the misery of it becomes indeed insup-
portable. Most men call freltiuga minor
part, foible, and not vice. There is
no vice except drunkenness which can so
utterly destroy tho peace, the happiness
OF home.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1876-02-19
a BRAVE AND HONEST NAN.

Formed on the good old plan,
A true and brave and downright honest man
He blew no trumpet in the market place,
Nor in the church with hypocritic faco,
Supplied with cant the lack Of Christian grace;
Loathing pretence, he did with cheerful will
What othors talked Of, whilo their hands wore
sull.
-WmrUER.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1876-02-19

THERE Is in China a remarkable peo-
Pile known as the 'namelcss sect They
profess an old religion which prevails
more or less all over China, but especial
ly in the province of Shangtung. Dis
liked and prosecuted by the civil authori-
ties, they have lora long time endeavored
to keep their beliefs aud practices secret.
Their religion is said to have come from
the West, whence also they expect u
deliver. They do not worship idols.
At the close Of their religious services
they have meal, OF which bread and
wine form the greater part. It's thought
they may be the remnant Of the native
churches planted centuries ago in China
oy HISTORIAN missionaries, who are said
to have preached the gospel for nearly a
thousand years through Southern and
Middle Asia with marvellous energy end
success, and to have exerted powerful
influence in China for upwards of six
hundred years, from the seventh to the
thirteenth century.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1876-02-19
REC0NSrRVCFION.

In wagon made OF willow
Wheeled | once little maiden,
Ringlets shining on the pillow,
Rolling homeward treasure laden,
Like a boat upon the billow.
Ten years fled All, how | missed her,
When We left the village school
But she said she'd be my sister
As we fingered by the pool,
And passiouately kissed her,
Ten more fretting years rcnew it:
Little wagon mado OF willow
Loving eyes are bent to view it
Loving hands adjust the pillow,
And we've fitted rockers to it.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1876-02-19

AGES OF THE PREsIDENTs.- Seventeen
persons have preceded Gen. Grant in the
chair-three of them, Tyler, Fillmore
and johnson, by the accident Of death to
their superiors, but none The less Presi-
dents, because every Vice President, by
the law and the will Of the people in his
election, is President in case the prcsl-
Dental chair is made vacant from any
cause, before the expiration Of his term.
The entire seventeen are dead, yet no one
died young, and only one, James X.
Polk, in middle life, that is al 81. Only
one other died before he was sixty, Abra-
ham Lincoln ut %, by the hand OF the
assassin. Five died between 80 and 10 {;
Washington 90 Harrison, Is; Pierce, 90;
johnson, 81; Taylor, G8. Five between
70 and so; Tyler Y; Monroe and Fillmore,
10; Buchanan, II; jackson, rs. -Four be-
tween so and 80; Van Buren at so; John
Quincy Adams, 81; Jefferson, 81, and
Madison, So. John Adams survived to
81, and died July 4th, 1876, the same day
and almost the same hour with Thomas
jefferson, his most intimate personal
friend, while the two were politically as
far apart as possible. James Monroe al
so died on the 4th Of July-the third
President who gave up life on the nations
birthday, amid popular rejOicings, the
booming cannon and the waving flags, as
dohn Adams, long before his Presidency
had predicted the day would be observed
to all time. As whole the Presidents
have been an iron race, men Of
strong constitutions, strong wills and
great intellects, and all OF these give
endurance. They have died younger Of
late years because younger men have been
elected, and the duties-the wear and tear
OF the ofiice-have greatly increased. 1t
is not with our Presidents rs in mon
arches, where the king can do no evil,
and the ministers are responsible. The
President answers for al his subordinates,
and the burdens and anxieties OF the po-
sition are now such as to wear the life
out Of the strongest.
THERE are men who think detecting a
Typographical error in newspaper after
il is too late to correct it is something
Weekly Trinity journal., 1876-02-19

A GENTLEMAY in Baltimore bought
some sponge cake, which he put into his
pocket with bunch OF blue headed
matches. The cake became imprognated
with sulphur and caused the death Of lAe
gentleman. Where Nas his taste?
Weekly Trinity journal., 1876-02-19
TRINITY COUNTY.
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY :
COURT TERMS +;

NWUHN E.HtNHos
""'riet COurt-Second Monday in April,
august and December
'uhty COurt-First Monday in anu
4 March, May, July, September and No
'oo@te COnrt-(Samo as County Court,l
'"ru Of SupervisOrs--First Monday
''uary' May, August and November,
Weekly Trinity journal., 1876-02-19
Weeklu Crjnitu 9ournal.
OUR AGENTS :

THOS. BOYCE. RoOm No. 80. New
Merchants Exchange Building, San Fran
clsco' is our only authorized agent in that city
GEO. T.. ROWELL ~ CO., 40 Pari.
Row, are our only authorized Agents in New
York City.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1876-02-19

OFFICE, AZ his Residence, corner
Court and Centar Streets, Weavervile. l.