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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-05-19

IT lives upon sensation, and will be very
apt to die OF an over dose of it.-Basenaent
Organ on the Va1edicator
The Basement organ has lived upon the
fumes of the Basement, and is now about
to die of an overdose of it. Too much
''nigger," Sammy! White man can't
stand it
The political atmosphere, to be healthy,
must be impregnated with moral fra
GRANGE Virgiria1.
Distilled from the perfumes of the Base
ment we suppose
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-05-19
Candidates for OHice.

GITY CLERK-TO THE VOTERS OF THE
~ CITY OF STAUNTON: Gentlemen-I here
by announce myself candidate for reelection
to the Office Of CLERK OF THE COURT OF
HUSTINGS for the City of Stanton Having
devoted more than quarter of century to the
duties Of the office, and grown gray in your
service, trust that it will be your pleasure to
re-elect me, pledging myself, if elected, to dis
charge the duties of the office faithfully and
impartially with the aid of Mr.. Argenbright.
ap7-tde JAMES F. PATTERSON
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-05-19

HIS ROYAL HIGHNEss AND PECULIAR
FITNESS has adopted the entreaty system.
1t wont work. my old boy! The boys can't
be coaxed, persuaded, bullied, OF distrained
on into the Radical pen.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-05-19

SAND they all follow me-" says Taylor
Jefferson. And so they DO.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-05-19

THE question to be settled next Thurs
day is whether this CITY is to be called the
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-05-19
BRINGING IN THE CANVASSERS

BRINGING IN THE CANVAS;SER,S.
At the Council meeting Tuesday night,
our old friend, Mr.. VIM. FL. GORMAN,
member of the Council from Page and
various other counties, but formerly resi-
dent of Staunton, appeared in his seat for
the first time in a long season. His pre-
sence has reference doubtless to the forth
coming city election, in which, as resident
of various counties in the district, and an
US. gauger, he is deeply interested. We
have kindly recollections of WILLIAM,
when he was Conservative, and good
ore too-indeed the first electioneering we
ever did was to seat WILLIAM in spite of
TAYLOR JEFFERSON and the BICKLE
ring. But times have changed since those
pleasant days when he was popular
with our Irish fellow-citizens in Il political
way, and he has got on the wrong side Of
the fence-and government office. WILL
LIAM proposes to do little canvaSsiug
between now and the 25th, but it will be
up hill work. You may ask an Irishna'i
to join you in social glass and he may do
it; you may solicit him to vote for your IA
vorite candidate and he may hear you out,
but If you propose to him to vote with ne
groes against white men, the quicker you
get out of the door the better.
You will find it so WILLIAM!
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-05-19

TiTY ATTORNEY. = TO THE VOTERS OF
~ STANTON: If it shall be your pleasure to
re, elect me to the Office of COMMON WEALTH'S
ATTORNEY, it shall be my endeavor in the flu
ture, as it has been in the past to discharge
with the utmost fidelity the duties which per-
tain to the place.
apl4-tds YHQS. G. ELDER.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-05-19

NITY sERGEANT.--TO TIRE VOTERS OF
" THE CITY OF STANTON hereby an
nounce ysnlf a. candidate for The Office of CITY
SERGEANT, subject to the decision of the
CONSERVATIVE PRIMARY ELECTION.
Having discharged the duties of the office since
June last to your satisfaction, as trust, hope
1t will be your pleasure to elect me; and if
elected, pledge myself to discharge the duties
OF the office promptly, faithfully and impair.
TALLY.
ap7-tde VIM. D. RVNNETS
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-05-19
lie VIM. D. RUNNEI,S.

NITY TREASURER. RESPECTFULLY
announce Gyaet candidate for the Office
of CITY TREASURER, and in making this
announcement, beg TO say to my friends that,
after serving you for Eve years as Treasurer, /
was forced by stress of circumstances
trust you appreciated to resign The reasons
for my resignation are now removed, and if
elected, intend to devote my ENTIRE TIME
AND ATTENTION to the duties of the office.
isespeotfully,
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-05-19

The black brigade will assemble in tie
cellar next Wednesday night, for consul
tatiOn
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-05-19
ap!-tde JOHN NJ. CARROLL

4 NLERK or 7 2 HUSTINGS COURT II
y / hereby announce myself candidate for
CLERK OF THE HUSTINGS COURT of tho
city OF Stanton. l have had TEN years. ex,
perience as Deputy Clerk of a Court of similar
jurisdiction, and refer to the Staqnton Bar Tor
qualifications.
citizens Of Staunton. Subject TO the decision Of
the Primary Election.
apt tide RI RYAN
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-05-19

IITY TREASURER FELLOW CITIZENS
~ most respectfully announce myself can
didate, and solicit your suffrage, for re-e,eeton
to the office of CITY TREASURER. If elected;
viii IL thef4tqre as in the past, devote NV en-
tire time and attention to the discharge Of the
duties of the Office,
ap7~tds HEBER KER.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-05-19

COMMISSIONER OF THE REVENUE.-TO
~ IN II VOTERS OF THE CITY OF STAUN-
ION: Gentomen-l respectfully announce my
self q candidate fol- reelection to the office Of
COMMISSIONER OF THE REVENUE Should
1t be your pleasure to re-elcct NE, will dis.
charge the duties of the office to the best of nv
ability, Respectfully,
APT GEO r. HUDSON
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-05-19
MORE BLNEE.

The Radicals and their allies have fallen
back exclusively on the game Of. brag, III
which lying is their trump card. For days
before the last meeting they were tearing
around town saying that Gen. EcHoLs
would support BIcKhE; that Senator
COCHRAN would not aid in the campaign,
and other statements as absurd. Now,
assisted by their neutral allies, they are
getting up election statistics. We will
give one which comes from the record,
leaving out the fact that MI. BICKLE was
beaten in 1870, with pretty much the same
set he is running now, by over 300 votes.
At the last Gubernatorial election. when
the largest vote ever cast in Staunton was
polled, the vote stood:
KEMPER ..".."oo4
HUGHES .......' to'
Conservative majority. 1877
Since this vote. and in the last three
weeks the Conservatives have spotted and
thrown out as non-residents IS Radical
voters, and have added 81 white votes over
and above what negroes were added by
registration, so that ds to votes, the Con-
sentative party goes into the fight 81
stronger, and the Radicals IS weaker,
which would make the vote:
Conservative OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 74l
Radical ooA
We give this as the cote, because it would
be useless to refer to the registration to
make it the basis of calculation. 1t has
not been purged for years, and on it may
be found any number of absent and dead
voters of both colors. The nalr es OF men
who have been gone for years, are upon it
such, for instance, as Rev. JAMES A. LA
TAME, Maj. J. G. CovELL and Others If
the Radicals carry the city they will have
to overcome a majority of $50, and Mr..
BICKLE will have to get ia white men to
vote for him, which he hasn't the barest
chance of doing. There amt ia white
men for sale in Staunton.
With such d showing, unless the Con-
sentative party in Staunton is houeycombed
with corruption, it cannot fail at the polls.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-07-20
New Discoveries in Assyria.

At meeting in London of the Asiatic
Society, Sir Henry Rawliuson made q
statement, which the AiheRGuns calls
Zone of an astounding character" re-
garded from an historical standpoint.
He began by alluding to the ancient
Egyptian enigma, and said that, ap-
parently by the merest accident, Mr..
George Smith had made one of the most
marvellous archaeological discoveries of
the age. 1t should be stated that this
gentleman. who is connected with the
British Museum, has made three visits to
the River Euphrates, for the purpose of
making explorations on the site OF
Nineveh, Babylon. and among remains
of other ancient cities in Assyria, from
the last of which his return is now soon
expected, and it is he who has made
these remarkable discoveries through the
cuneiform or a. iow-head inscriptions.
Sir Henry Rawlinson stated "that a
city had BEN found which, when ex-
cavated, would prove as wonderful as
Nineveh; that this city was the capital
of the Hittites of Scripture; that 1t was
the connecting link between Assyria and
Egypt; that there was found the solution
of the great enigma, how Egyptian art
was SO similar to Assyrian; and, finally,
| that in reality the Hittitss were
Etruscans p' This theory, Sir Henry
stated, was based on four foundations.
First, it is known that the Hittltes were
the chief aborigines of Canaan. secondly,
he pointed out the name OF the newly
discovered capital of the Hittites to be
actually identical with that OF the
Etruscaus. Thirdly, the Hittite city is
halfway or so between the great empire
cities OF the Euphrates Valley and,
fou,thly, that as sculptures have been
found similar to those in Egypt it seems
probable that it was through the Hittites
that Egypt received much of the several
forms of its sculptural art.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-07-20
Thoughtful Thoughts.

Nobody is ever SO happy or so unhappy
as he imagines.
1t requires greater virtue to sustain
good fortune than bad.
Our passions are the only orators who
are certain to persuade us.
If we had no faults ourselves, we should
not have so much pleasure in discovering
the faults of others.
Philosophy triumphs easily over past
evils and evils to come, but present evils
triumph over philosophy.
The evil which we do does not draw
upon us so many prosecutions and so
much hatred as our good qualities.
Misfortune sprinkles ashes on the head
of the man, but falls like dew on tne
head Of the woman, and brings forth
gems of strength of which she herself had
no conscious possession.
Man is the highest product of his own
history. The discovery finds nothing so
valuable to him. The greatest star il
at the little end of the telescope
that is looking, not looked for, mol
looked at.
God has fixed upon the earth two gates
which lead to heaven. He has placed
them at the two extremities of life; one
at the beginning, the other at its end.
The first is that Of innocence, the second
that of repentance.
Love is indeed heaven upon earth
since heaven above would not be heaven
without it; for, where is not love, there
is fear; but "perfect love casteth out
fear" And yet we naturally fear most
IN ofIend what we most love
The only way is to hang, kill, cruelty
your gods, and execrate and trample
them under your stupid hoofs for cen
tury or two, Till you discover that they
are gods; aud then take to Dragging
over them, still in very iong-eared
manner.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-07-20
DIR. JOhnsOn's Sentiments.

There is nothing too little for so little
creature rs man. 1t is by studying
little things that we attain the great art
of having less misery and as much hap
piness as possible.
A man has no more right to say an un-
civil thing than to act one; no more
right to say rude thing than to knock
one down.
Fame is a shuttlecock. If it be struck
only at one end of the room it will soon
fall to the ground. To kept up it must
be struck at both ends.
No money is better spent than what is
laid out for domestic satisfaction. A man
is pleased that his wife is as well dressed
as other people; and wife is happy that
she is we'll dressed.
AdventitiOus accomplishments may be
possessed by all ranks; but one may dis
tinguish the born gentlewoman.
Sunday should be different from other
days. People may walk but not throw
stones at birds. There may be relaxation
bnt no levity.
have always considered clergyman
as the father of a larger family than he is
able to maintain. l would rather have
chancery suits upon my hands than the
cure of souls. ] do not envy clergyman's
life as an easy life, nor do / envy the
clergyman who makes it an easy life.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-07-20
The Fort MOultrie Monument.
IHarper's WeekIy.l


Every reader of American history is
familiar with the heroic act of Sergeant
Jasper, who, during the bombardment
of Fort Moultrie by the British feet,
replaced on the battements the flag
which had been shot away. Shortly
after the commencement of the action,
which was one of the severest of the
whole war, the flagstaff of Fort Moultrie
was cut in two by a cann0n-ball from one
of the British ships, and the crescent
flag of South Carolina, that waved OPP
posite the Union flag upon the western
'bastion, fell outside upon the beach.
Jasper leaped on the parapet, walked the
length of the fort, picked up the flag,
fastened it upon a sponge staff, and il,
the midst of the iron hail pouring upon
the fort and in sight of the whole fleet,
he fixed the flag firmly upon the bastion.
Three cheers greeLed hin. as he ascended
70 the parapeJ and 'aap,d, unhurr, within
the fort. On the day a. er the ba.ile
Governor Rut'edge visited the fort and
rewarded Jasper tor bis va'or by present
ing him with his own handsome small
sword which hung at his side, and
thanked him in the name OF his country.
He offered him lieutenants commits
sion, but the young hero, who coald
neither read nor write, DOdestly refused
it, saying, 81 am not fiji to keep officers
com pany; l am but sergeant"
Jasper lost b life ia 1779 at the Spring
Hill redoubt, Savannah. lie had sprung
upon the paropet to secure the cOlors,
which had fallen from the hand of a
dying soldier, when bullet pierced his
breast. He was carried to the camp, and
soon afterward expired.
in commemorSJiOn of his daring deed
at Fort Moultr the citizens of Charles.
ton, South Carolina, have erected in that
city an elegant monument. Ga the north
side are intcribed the name Of tbe Second
South Carolina Regiment of the Army
of the Revolution, o'ganized June IL,
1776, and the seal of the CiIy OF Charles
ton. The south side bears the names
OF those who were wounded during the
bombaIdment, and the seal of the Saate
of South Carolina. On the east side are
the names of the officers of the garrison,
and the inscription, surrounded by q
wreath of oak and laurel. ''To the De-
tenders of Fort Moultrie, June %, 1776."
The west side bears the names of the
killed, and representation, in bass re-
lief, of the raising OF the flag by the heroic
Jasper. Underneath are inscribed Jasper's
own words on that memo able occasion,
"Don't let us fight without flag" The
monument, located on the Battery, in
Charleston, is surmounted by a statu,
of soldier of the Second South Carolina
Regiment of The Revolut; ouary Army,
holding in his left hAnd sponge staff, to
which. when unveiled on the hundredth
anniversary of the fight, a flag was at.
tached representing the State flag in use
at that period of the war. The monu.
ment was designed by Mr.. w. Ii. Chap
man, of the Palmetto Guard, and exc.
cuted by Mr.. E. T. Viett. Its cost was
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-07-20
srAR.SPANGLED BANNER.


Oh, say, can you see by the eawn's early light
What so proudly We hailed at the twilights last
Whose broad stffipes and bright stars through the
Der the ra@parts we watched were SO gallantly
And the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still
Oh, say, does the star-spanged banner still wave
O'er the land OF the free and the home OF the
brave?
On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the
Where the foes naughty host In dread silence re.
What is that which the breeze DER the towerin.
As it tiuily blows, half conceals, half discloses
Now 1t catches the CLEAN of the mornings first
In full glory reflected now shines on the stream; :.
It's the star-spangled banner, oh, long may II
Ger the land Of the free and the home Of the
brave.
And where is the band who so vauntlngly swore
That the havoc OF war, and the battles confusion,
home and a country would leave us no more
Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps
pollution.
No refuge could cave the hireling and slave
From the Of fight or the gloom OF the grave;
And the star-spanged banner In triumph doth
Ger the land Of the free and the home Of the
brave.
Oh, thus be II ever when freemen shall stand
Between their loved homes and wars desolation
Blessed with victory and peace may the heaven-res-
cued land
Praise the power that hath made and preserved us
a nation.
Then conquer we must when our cause 1t is just,
And this be our motto" In God Is our trust! !" -
And the star-spaDglcd banner In triumph shall
wave
Der the land Of the free and the home Of the
brave.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-07-20
TRUTHS AND TRIPLES.

EMINENCE is not reached by frantic
struggle. The road to it is much more
commonplace. He that would dazzle
must first dig.
The man who can leave fruit store
without hooking handful of peanuts as
he goes out is the one green oasis in
great moral Sahara.
DON'T live single hour of your life
without doing exactly what ought to be
done in it, and going straight through it
from beginning to end.
If you want to find out mans real
disposition, take him when he is wet and
hungry. If he is amiable then, dry him
and FIJI him up, and you have an angel.
A VIRGINIA coroner will help to hang
man and then instruct his jury to bring
in verdict of "death from unknown
causes" However, no man can be per-
| feet.
CHICAGO Times: There's a mining
town out West called "Nowhere."
That's where a man has always been
when his wife lets him in at two o'clock
in the morning.
A CLERK in one of our grocery stores
fell down the cellar stairs with a basket
of eggs the other day, and when he came
up the proprietor thought he had been
painted up to take part in the Fourth Of
July parade.
THERE'S beauty all around
When there's love at home;
There IL Joy in every sound
When there's love at home.
Peace and plenty here abide,
Smiling sweet on every side
Time doth sofly, sweetly glide
When there's love at home
SOME people were talking with Jerrold
about gentleman as celebrated for the
intensity as for the shortness of his
friendships. eyes" said Jerrold, "his
friendships are so warm that he no sooner
takes them up than he puts them down
again."
The Cairo base ball club is called Qui-
Nine. The Vassar club is known as the
Femi- -Nine.-Graphic. If these be the
names of Cairo and Vassar, how would
it do to call the National Base Ball AS
sociation the Assy-Nine ?-Philade!phia
Bulletin.
MARQUETTE Mining Journal: Somebody
wants to know, if all men are created
equal, what the difference is between a
nice little Sunday-school scholar and
boy of the cannibal islands. The differ
ence is that one keeps cent for the mis-
sionary plate, and the other a plate for
the missionary sent.
Norwich Bulletin I" 1 make it a prin-
ciple not to lend money" said a good
man to friend yesterday, but in your
case, 1 sacrifice principle for interest"
And when the latter found he had
charged twenty per cent, discount, he
said he thought he did.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-07-20
The Chances OF War.

from Lord AlDtmarle 'F1fth Year.
We halted and formed square in the
middle of The plain. As We were per-
forming this movement bugler of the
Fifty-fii ST who had been out with skirm-
ishers AID had mistaken our square for
his own exclaimed, "Here l am again,
80 e enough" The words were scarcely
oil of his mouth when round shot
took off his head and spattered the whole
battalion with his brains, the colors and
the ensigns in charge of them coming in
for an ext "a share. One Of them, Chas
Fraser, a fine gentleman in speech and
manner, raised laugh by drawling out,
"How extremely disgustingr' A Sec
Ond shot carried of six OF the mems
bayonets, "a third broke the breast-bOne
ola lance sergeant (Robinson), whot 3
piteous cries were anything but encour-
aging to his youthful comrades. The
soldiers belief that "every bullet bas
its billet" was strengthened by another
shot striking Ensign Cooper, the short-
est man in the regiment, and in the very
centre of the square. These casualties
were the affair of a second. We were
| now ordered to lie down. Our square,
hardly large enough to hold us when
standing upright, was too small for us in a
recumbent position. Our men lay
packed together like herrings in bar.
rel. Not finding vacant spot | seated
myself on drum. Behind me was the
Colonel's charger, which, with his head
pressed against mine, was mumbling my
epaulette, while / patted his cheek.
Suddenly my drum capsized and l was
thrown PROSTATE, with the feeling of a
blow on the right cheek. l put my
hand to my head, thinking that half my
face was shot away, but the skin was not
even abraded. A piece of shell had
struck the horse on the nose exactly be.
tween my hand and my head, and killed
him instantly. The blow / received was
from the embossed crown on the horses
head
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-07-20
A Striking Illustration.

'TFrom Article by Charles Barnard
In 1872 large manufacturing firm in
New York called its workmen tOgeth her
aud ANNOUNCED that, after certain date,
every man would receive, over and above
his wages, share in tte profits of the
business, be they more or less, according
to the scales. The men received the
statement with io, eduli,y and returned
to their work. Six mon yhs passed, and
the firm annOunced that IL had $4,000
to divide among the men Il proportion
to their wages. The immediate result
of the actual division of the money
was gratifying to all concerned.
The men resumed work with remarkable
animation and industry. Every one be.
came his fellows overSeer. No idleress
now, no one-handed work." no shirk-
ing and dilatory.pipe-ligb ting, no guards
to watch for the foreman, no waste Ol
material and time. Never before bad
so much work been performed in dav
never had such skull, economy. apvituoe,
and intelligence been shown a. the
benches, and never had better goods
been made. The men were apparently
satisfied, and the firm was more than
con. rem eted for the increased outlay by
the improved quality of the goods
Several months passed, and the house
announced that IN few weeks it would
ave a surplus of $4,000 to divide
among the workmen. s. ddenly led away
by some epidemic of unreason the mer
struck for reduction Of time to eight
hours. The proprietor would not COD
sent to this, aud as consequence fol
two weeks the shop clesed. In vain were
the men shown the money coming Il
them; in vain was it demonstrated tha
they were making more than the men il
the same line in other shops. They per
sisted in the strike till they could holt
out no longer, and then resumed work a
before. the firm declined to proceed
further with the CO operative experiment
and what had been fair with premis
was thus brought to disastrous end.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-07-20

ARGRICoLA, writing to the New York
Herald, tells how he learns horse to step
between thills. never draw carriage
up to horse when he is about to be
hitched before it. No matter how awk-
ward and laundering he may be, he is al
ways taught to step over one thill to the
desired place between the shafts. Before
horse has been trained to step over one
shaft the two shafts are placed on small
bench. eight or ten inches high. Then
the animal is led along the side of the
carriage and taught carefully to step
over one shaft with the fore feet, and then
to place his hind feet between the shafts.
If he is awkward at first exercise patience
with his stupidity, and lead him forward
again and bring him around until you
induce him to understand what is de.
sired of him. A tractable animal (if his
driver knows half as much as the horse)
can easily be taught to step between
the thills and never touch them with his
feet