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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-05-03

The Wing very fierceIy comes to the de-
fence Of Gen. Malone against the assaults OF
his enemies. It is evident that the General
is arranging determined campaign for the
Executive chair. That means business, and
the friends of the other candidates might as
well commence taking off their coats and
rolling up their sleeves fer the conflict, OF
retire. If they have no fancy for fight,
this is no time for their aspirations.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-05-03
It is stated that the President desires Co,

It is stated that the President desires Con-
gress to fully discuss his Southern policy
thorough discussion, he fears that the Re
puhlicans of the North might labor under a
Misrepresentation which might affect unfa
verably the fall election. The President has
nothing to fear from thorough ventilation
of his policy. He can point to results, which
no politician or SET of men can gainsay,
looking to the peace and prosperity Of the
country. 1t will be found that {" he who
serves his country best serves his party
BEST" and that the people will sustain him
in the policy he has adopted.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-05-03

WOMEN AS BANK OFFICERs.-Woman are
popular as bank officers in the West. Miss
Frank MeGrew has recently been appointed
assistant cashier of the First Nationa. Bank
OF Huntington, Indiana; Miss Bella Wallace
is cashier Of a private bank at Mechanicville,
Iowa, and Miss Anna NJ. King of a private
bank at New Sharon, Iowa, and the banking
business of firm at Fort Collins, Colorado,
has for some time been conducted by Mrs.
E. B. Young, the junior partner. Mrs. Ly
dia Bradley is director of the First National
Bank of Peoria, Illinois, and Mrs. L. Mccall
OF the First National Bank Of Canton, Ohio.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-05-03

Hon. John E. King has been appointed
Collector Of the port of New Orleans, vice
Mr.. Casey. Judge King was Union man
during the war, Republican afterwards,
and always gentleman. The appointment
gives general satisfaction to the business
men of New Orleans Of both parties. He is
one of the Justices of the Packard Supreme
Court, who was commissioned by Kellogg,
when Governor, and confirmed by the KEEL
1our Senate
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-05-03

They are having warm time in the Rich
mond post-ofice. Postmaster Van Lew has
discharged assistant Jeffards and money
order clerk Caruthers, because JeAards is an
applicant for the place Miss Van Lew holds,
and Caruthers sympathizes with him. JET
fards was only an applicant, until dis
charged, on the condition that Miss Van
Lew could not get it. He is now against
the field.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-05-03

A boy named James Finch, aged eleven
years, waylaid, shot and killed another boy
named Paul Newton, aged nine years, on
Thursday last, in Stafford county, and then
made his escape. Young Newton's father
had forbidden Finch from coming on his
premises, because of the profane language
he continually used, and it is thought he
took his revenge by killing the little son of
Mr. Newton.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-05-03

The St. Louis Globe Democrat thinks this
government should send Gen. Grant and
Gen. Joe Johnston to Europe to watch The
progress OF the war, and take notes. It
thinks that Gen. Grant should report upon
the aggressive Russians, and Gen. Johnston
on the defending Turks.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-05-03
Commissioners Sale of
~ Valuable City Property

Commissioners Sale of
" Valuable City Property.
In pursuance OF decree of the Circuit Court of
Augusta county, in the cause of the Southern
Mutual Insurance Company vs.. the Mozart
Institute Company, entered at the November
Term, 1876, the undersigned Commissioners will
proceed to sell at public auction, in front Of the
Court House in Staunton, on
TUESDAY, MAY goth, 1871
that valuable four-story brick building, contain
ing about sixty rooms, and known as Mozart
Hall.
The building is situated in tie city Of Staunton.
opposite the grounds of the Virginia Female In
stftute, on the corner of Frederick end Washing
ton streets. The building is heated throughout
by steam, and is furnished with all the modern
improvements and is a most desirable invest
ment for persons desiring to open boarding
house or public school.
TERMS OF SALE:-Enough cash in hand to pay
costs of suit and sale, and the residue upon a
credit of six, eighteen, thirty and forty-two
months, in equal instruments bearing interest
from date of sale the purchaser to give bonds with
good personal security for the deferred payments,
and the title to be retained as ultimate security.
RICHARD P. BELL,
s. T. PHILLIPS,
JAS. BUMGARDNER, JR.,
III. MCCUE,
may 3-tds. Commissioners.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-05-03

Rev. John P. Strider, of Jefferson county,
W. Va, will deliver the address before the
alumni of Washington and Lee University
at the close of the present session. Rev. DR..
J. L. Leftwch, Of Atlanta, Ca, is to preach
the baccaaureate sermon, and sHon. W. G.
P. Breckenridge will address the literary So
ieties.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-05-03

VERDICT AGAINST A RAILROAD.-We
learn from the mail agent, Mr.. Sullivan,
that the jury in the case Of Koontz, admir- Of
W. Wightman, decd. VS.. the B. & o. R. R.
Co., brought in verdict for the plaintiff oil
S., 900 on the I'd inst, in the Shenandoah
Circuit Court. Wightman was one Of the
victims Of the Marrow Passage disaster last
summer.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-05-03

The Glover Hill mines, in the county of
Chesterfield, and Glover Hill railroad, rum
ming from the mines to Osborn's, on James
river, was sold at public auction, in Rich
mend on Wednesday, to J. W. Johnston, Of
that city, for $40, 200.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-05-03

Hon. Alex. Fl. Stephens, who had been
hanging on the verge Of the grave for the past
SIX months, argued case in the Supreme
Court OF the United States, in Washington,
en- Monday last.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-05-03

A Mr.. Cartier waltzed for five consecutive
hours in New York last week, without halt
ing or resting. He exhausted about two
dozea partners, but came out OF the whirl
gay and happy, winning various wagers.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-05-03

Will the State please not mention it again
that it was the first paper in Virginia to
definitely urge Mr.. Randall for the Speaker.
ship? 1t is in bad taste, which is very
unusual in that we'll conducted journal.
Why, we have kept silent as to who first
mentioned Hayes for President, while at
least fifty persons have appeared in print,
claiming that each was the first, although
there are living witnesses that we predicted
Hayes and Wheeler would be the nominees
of the Cincinnati Convention months before
the Convention assembled. When getting
on the cars to attend the Cincinnati Conven-
ton, and being asked the. probable result,
cur answer was-'Hayes will be the nomi-
nee," and so we reasoned at the Conve ntion,
with very gratifying results.
But newspaper men can afford to let the
public Judge Of their sagacity, in matters
where it is their business to draw conclu-
sions, without INDUCING in the II told you
so" vanity, that in others would be excusa-
BILE.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-05-03

AN ACT of the General Assembly OF Virginia to
amend and re-enact section %, chapter l72,
the Code of 1873, in relation to parties to suits
testifying in certain cases. Approved March 81,
1871.
l. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Virginia, That the twenty-second section chap
ter one hundred and seveDty-two Of the Code OF
Virginia, edition of eighteen hundred and seven
ty-three be amended and re-enacted so as to read
as follows:
22 Nothing in the preceding section shall be
construed to alter the rules OF law now in force
in respect to the competency of husband and wife
as witnesses for or against each other during the
coverture, or after its termination, in respect
to attesting witnesses to wills, deeds, or other in
struments and where one of the original parties
to the contract other transaction, which is the
subject of the Investigation, is dead or insare
incompetent to testify by reason OF infamy or 9TH
er legal cause, the other party shall not be admit
ted to testify in his favor, in favor of any
other party having an interest adverse to that Of
the party so incapable of testifying, unless he
shall be first called to testify on behalf of such
last mentioned party, or unless some person hav-
ing interest adverse to that of the party in
capable of testifying shall have previously testi-
fed to some fact occurring before such inability
accrued or unless the contract or other transact
ton which is the subject of the investigation
made or had with the agent of the party so in
capable of testifying. who is alive and competent
to testify; unless in the of partners 9th
er joint contractors, when the person who has be.
come incapable of testifying was not the only
partner or other only Joint contractor with
whom such contract or other transaction was
personally made or had; and when one Of the par
ties is an executor, administrator curator, or
committee or other person representing dead
person. an insane person, convict in the PEN
itentiary, the other party shall not be permitted
to testify in his own favor unless such contract
OF other transaction was originally made or had
with person who is living and competent to
testify. except as to such things as have been
done since the powers OF such fiduciary were as
sumed, and except. also, when some other party
in interest has previously testified; or unless some
person having an interest adverse to the party so
incapable Of testfying shall have previously tes-
titled as aforesaid.
.. This act shall be in force from its passage.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-05-03

William e. Washington, aged " years,
slied in Stafford county on the Both 0lt. He
was great nephew of Gen. George Washing
ton and a nephew Of Mrs. President Madi-
sann
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-05-03

Twenty-Five orphan boys from New York
Orphans Home Society arrived at Peters,
burg, Va, on Thursday, in the vicinity of
which they will be provided with suitable
homes and employment.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-05-03

DEATH OF Mr.. VIM. F. RITcHIE.-Mr.
VIM. Foushee Richie died on the &c
inst. at Lower Brandon, on the James river,
Va, in the sxty-six year of his age.
Mr.. Richie had long been an invalid, suffer-
ing acutely from govt and other disord ers;
but at times his physical health was good
and his mental faculties at all times unim-
paired. Mr.. Richie was the eldest son OF
the late Thomas Richie, and vas for many
years the editor of the Richmond Enquirer.
for the State of Virginia. After many years
of attention Mr.. Richie was married to Mrs.
Anna Cora Mowatt, nee Ogden,) the distin.
guished actress and authoress. This lady he
survived several years. Mr.. Richie was a
brother Of Mrs. John S. Cuttings, of Balti-
more.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-05-03

The people are still talking about Massey
as an Independent candidate for Governor.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-05-03

A great temperance revival is progressing
in Ohio. under the leadership Of man
named Murphy.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-05-03

We have heard it intimated that franklin
Stearns will be urged by his friends as an
independent candidate for Governor.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-05-03

Gov. VIM. G.. Brownlow died at his home
in Knoxville, Tenn, on the 10Th, in the 73d
year of his age. His life was one of tempest
anG storm, aggressive and Incorporating
in everything he undertook, and true as
steel to convictions.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-05-03

R. P. Morgan, sheriff of Clarke county
Va, for the years s70-71, died in San Fran
cisco, whithe he went several years ago,
on the third Of April. His death resulted
from injuries recei lived by a street car six
months ago,
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-05-03

The corporation of Fredericksburg prompt
ly paid the interest falling due upon its
bonds LIST of Nav,
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-05-03

Gen. N. P. Banks regards it as very GER
tain that the cotton States will soon be dot
ted over with cotton factories.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-05-03

Mess re-. Burroughs s. Wing, large tobacco
dealers in Riohmo nd, have failed.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-05-03

ENFORCING TEMPER ANCE.-Th Missouri
Legislature has passed a law making it pun
ishabe by fine and imprisonment to sell or
to give intoxicating liqnors to students, ex-
cept upon prescription, the written con-
sent of parent or guardian, or the order of a
president, principal or professor.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-05-03

Gen. Noyes, OF o hio, will be appointed U.
S. Minister to France.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-05-03

EoR sHEETINGs, coTToNs, TIC KINGS,
L Cheviots, cling bans, sSkittings, &C.. &C.. go
to ". H. WELLER'S.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-05-03

Gen. Longstreet is represented to be pleas
ed with the outcome OF affairs in Louisiana.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-05-03

IN THE DISTRICT G couRr OF THE UNITED
i States.-In Bankruptcy.
In the matter of P. H. Oliver, Bankrupt
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
The undersigned I. L. Niche, of Charottes-
vile, Albemarle county, Va. hereby gives notice
of his appointment as Assignee of the estate Of
P. II: Oliver. of Cumberland county, Va, in
said District, who the day OF a..
d., ,adjudged bankrupt on his own petition
by the District Court OF said District.
Dated April 26, 1877.
mays 3w 7. T.. NICHE, Assignee.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-05-03
We1O Advertisements.
TIcT COURT OF THE UNITED

TN THE D1srrcr d 5oS: ! Or THE UNITED
Il StateS.-In Bankruptcy
In the matter Of Chas. g. Snead, bankrupt.
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
The undersigned. T. L. Niche, OF Charlottes
vile, Albemarle county, hereby gives notice OF
his appointment as Assignee of the estate OF Chas
G. Snead of Fluvanna County, Va, in said Dis
trict, who has been adiudged bankrupt on his
own petition by the District Court of said Dis
trict.
Dated April 26, 1871
may3-3t T. l.. NICHE. Asst gnee.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-05-03
Southern Trade.

A correspondent Of the New York Times,
writing from New Orleans, very intelligent
ly discusses the causes which have operated
against New Orleans business, and locates
them where they legltimately belong, with
the changed condition of the labor system.
We were impressed with the argument he adj
duces, when on visit several years ago to Ala
bama. There is no doubt but that the crops
of all of what are known as the Cotton States
are larger and aggregate larger gross re-
turn than before the war. The difference
is, that the trade is taken from the large
towns and stores, and instead OF monopoly
Of dealers in the principal cities, dealers are
scattered all through the rural districts.
This results from the destruction Of slavery.
Each freedman has his patch. He sells it to
the nearest country merchant; whereas in
slavery times the planters controlled all OF
the production, and dealt in bulk with the
city dealers. The large wholesale dealers in
the cities do not seem to understand this,
and have always located the decline Of the
trade Of the cities with political influences.
Politics have had nothing to do with it. The
change in the relations OF labor, and the
consequent destruction of monopolies has
operated to effect change in the channels
of trade, and instead of everything center
ing in New Orleans or Montgomery, as the
case might be, cotton and sugar and rice,
are shipped in small quantities from the
country towns along the railroads to the
most favorable markets. It is simply diff
fusion OF trade throughout the State, instead
Of its concentration in the large cities, under
the command of monopolies. The produc-
ton Of the States has increased, and conse-
quently the wealth of the people more gen.
orally equalized, under the changed condi-
ton of the labor element.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-05-03

VTIRGINIA-IN VACATION.
In the Clerks Office Circuit Court of Augusta.
County, April 18th, 1877.
Christian Landes, Plaintiff,
VS..
Eli March, Defendant.
In CHANCERY.
The object of this suit is to enforce the vendors
money of lot Of land sold by the plaintiff to the
defendant and to attach the real estate of the de-
PENDANT, to secure and satisfy the debt due from
defendant to- the plaintiff.
The Defendant, Eli March. not having entered
his appearance and it appearing by affidavit filed,
that he is nonresident Of this State it Is order
ed that he do appear here within one month after
due publication Of this notice. and do what is Ne
cessary to protect his interest.
Teste,
| Shelf Bum pq. JIM. RYAN, Clerk.
| apr l9-4w
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-05-03

TRIAL OF C. T. CR1TrENDEN.- trial
Of c. Il. Cri ttenden, late LIST doorkeeper of
the Virginia House Of Delegates, for embez-
element and forgery, was set for Tuesday,
the LIST, but it was postponed until yester-
day. A number Of the prominent lawyers
Of the Culpeper bar, the home of Mr.. c., are
in Richmond as volunteer counsel, among
them Hon. James Barbour.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-05-03

COLONEL SPOTTED ITALIA Washing
ton dispatch states that the proper reward
which should be extended to Spotted Tail
for his signal services to the government in
closing the war is now engaging the atten-
ton Of the Indian commissioner and Gen.
Sherman. Commissioner Smith has suggest
ed that he be commissioned an officer with
the rank Of major or colonel, and the sug-
gestion meets with favor from both Sherman
and others. The War Department has au-
thority to enlist thousand scouts, and Gen.
Sherman has expressed decided approval
of recommendation that this number of
Indians be enlisted ard organized as a regi-
ment Of regular cavalry, with Spotted Tail
and other chiefs having commands, with a
white officer in full command and in charge
of some of the companies.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-05-03
docket Case No. sSl,

Docket Case No. 3Sl,J
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED
STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF
VA. In Bankruptcy.
In the matter of VIM. w. johnson, bankrupt.
Western District OF Virginia, IS:
THIS IS TO GIVE NOTICE, That on the 2sth day
OF April, 1877. a Warrant in Bankruptcy was is
sued out OF the Dist. Court of the United States
TOT the Western District of Va. against the es-
county, in said District, who is adjudged a Bank
rupt on his own petition: That the payment of
any debts and the delivery of any property be-
and the transfer Of any property by him, are foi
hidden by law and that meeting of the credit
ors OF said Bankrupt. to prove their debts. and
will be held at q Court of Bankruptcy. to be
holden at Danville Va. before John T. Watson,
ESQ.,, Register in Bankruptcy for said District, on
A. s. GRAY,
may 8 st U. s. Marshal for said District.
VIRGINIA-IN VACATION.
In the Clerks Office Circuit Court Augusta CO..
April 80, 1877.
E. Hageman Plaintiff
VS..
R. H. Mcauinnity and Jno 3. Quidor, Defts
IN CHANCERY ON ATTACHMENT.
The object of this suit is to attach house and
lot in or near Churchville in Augusta county be-
longing to, or in which the defendant r. H Me-
Guinn1ty has an interest, purchased by him from
John B. Quidor to pay the plaintiffs claim for
$50 co. with interest from June 8th 1876 till paid
and waving the benefit of the Homestead Exemp
ton.
The defendant R. H. McGuinnity. not having
entered his appearance and it appearing by afflda
Wit filed that he is non resident OF this State it
is ordered that he do appear here within one
month after due publication OF this notice and do
what is necessary to protect his interest.
W. E. Craig p.q. RYAN, Clerk
may3-4w
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-05-03

AN ACT OF the General Assembly OF Virginia to
secure the payment OF wages or salaries to GER
tain employees of railway, canal, steamboa at and
other corporations. Approved March 81, 1877.
l. Be it enacted by the General Assembly, That
hereafter all conductors, brakesmen, engine-dr
vers, fremen, captains, stewards, pilots, clerks,
depot or office agents, storekeepers, mechanics
or laborers, and all persons furnishing railroad
iron fuel and all other supplies necessary for the
operation Of trains and engines, employed in the
Service OF any railroad canal, or other transpor-
tation company, chartered under or by the laws
of this State, or doing business within its limits,
shall have prior lien on the franchise the gross
earnings, and on all the real and personal proper
ty of said company, which is used in operating
the same, for and to the extent of the wages or
salaries contracted to be paid them by said COM
pany; and no mortgage, deed of trust, sale, con-
veyance, or hipothecation hereafter executed OF
said property, shall defeat or take precedence
over said lien.
O. ANY person entitled to the benefit OF the lien
Aforesaid, shall forfeit the same unless he shall,
within six months after his wages salary shall
have fallen due, file memorandum stating the
amount and the justice of his claim, under af1da-
w.t. according to his best knowledge and belief.
with the clerk of the county corporation
COURT and the said clerk shall forwith record the
said memorandum in the deed book, and index
the same by the name OF the person filing the
same, and also in the name of the corporation
against which the claim is. And it is provided
Also that it shall in all cases be sufficient for the
claimant to file the memorandum aforesaid with
the clerk OF the court wherein deeds may be re-
corded in the county or corporation wherein the
chief Office OF the corporation against which the
claim may be, is located
8. The assignee OF the claim Of any person enti
tied to the benefit OF the lien provided for in this
act shall have the same rights as his assignor
and may sue and enforce said len in his own
name, or in that of his assignor and said assignee
may file the memorandum and make the oath
above provided.
4. This act shall be in force from its passage.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-05-03

The day for high prices is past and as the times
get harder the people naturally look for the place
where they can buy the largest amount goods for
the least money Why should they pay high prl-
ces when they can buy the same goods at
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-05-03

THOR NICE RLAcK aRENADINE. cheap, go
T. to W, H, WELLER'S
TOR OPERA and NEW SHADES OF KID
T. GLOVES. (every pair warrantedl go to
w H WELLERS.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-05-03

EMEMBER. BLACK GOODS. speciality and
II satisfaction guaranteed, at
w r. WELLER IS,