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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-01-25
THE BLUE BIRDS RETURN.

THE BLUE bklkD > hL1 y nm
BY c. j. NJ. JORDAN.
Would you know that Spring is coming
Right along;
Hold your ear awhile and listen
To that song.
IT'S the Blue Birds matin MARBLE
=, Glad and clear;
All, l know from this wild music
Spring is here.
High in ether scars his pinion
Swift and strong,
While my heart holds fast the echo
OF his song.
And feel soft memories waking
OF Spring,
When that heart was light and buoyant
AS his wing.
When the wide world lay before me
Glad and bright,
And the love that warmed my bosom
Was its light.
Hope was then the syren singer;
Yet know,
All her sweetest strains have persisted
Long ago.
Little bird love thy coming;
All how we'll,
Since of life and living beauty
1t doth tell.
Upward soar, and let thy pinion
Gay and strong,
Bear to utmost parts the music
OF thy song.
Let the bowed in spirit welcome
Thy return;
Bless with melody and gladness
ID Hearts that yearn.
And again to my lone lattice
Come ere long,
That my soul may drink the raptare
OF thy song
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-01-25

trains leaving Staunton at $40 a. m, and 4:25
p. m. ran daily Except Sunday stopping at all
regular stations.
The 6:45 a. M, Train connects at Cincinnati with
all the trunk lines West. Northwest and South
west. RS ~ i7. tr
Trains leaving staunton at AS a. M. and u ,O5
m. run daily, stopping at all regular stations
between Huntington and Allegheny and at Gov
tngton, Millboro', Goshen. Waynesboro', Alton,
Greenwood, Mediums River, Ivy, Charlottes-
vile, Gordonsville, Junction and Richmond.
The $40 a. m Train connects at Gordonsville,
at l:lop. M, with Va. Midland Train, arriving at
Washington 500 p. m. Baltimore 300 p. m. Phil
adelphia 800 a. M, and New York 6:25 a. m.
The 1908 a.. m. Train connects at Gordonsville at
ESQ a. m. with the Va. Midland Train, arriving at
Washington 1880 a. m, Baltimore $50 a. M. Phila-
deiph1a IFS p m and New York 4:05 p. M, ar
rives at Richmond at $50 a, M, connecting with
Richmond and Petersburg 1925 a. m. and Rich
mond and Danville 1850 a. m-Trains for all points
in the South.
Pullman sleeping cars run on 5,45 a. and
1905 a. m, trains between Richmond and Coving-
AFFor rates, Tickets and information. apply to
]. n. WOODWARD Agent, Stanton, Va.
p $50 CONWAY r. HOWARD,
W. NJ s. DUNN, G. P. Ticket Agent.
Eneineer and Superintendent. dec21
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-01-25
Politicians Versus Dogs And Whiskey,

Our able contemporary, the Richmond
Wing, is breaking ground in favor OF tax
ing dogs and whiskey to pay off our public
debt. In his issue of tie 3rd of January the
Wing man takes strong ground in favor of
raising revenue from the curses of society,
and INDUCES in some very plain talk to our
legislative solons upon their duty in the
premises. His suggestions arc conceived in
superior wisdom, aud if carried out to fruit
ton would no doubt accomplish much to-
ward the alienation OF our financial troubles,
and the introduction OF Il better state OF
things; but his plan lacks one important ele-
pent OF possible SUGGESTIVE consent of the
politicians.
Onr metropolitan contemporary oyerlooks
the fact that the people no longer rule in this
country; that is, the moral and intellectual
portion OF the communities.
The pot house politician and the whiskey
guzzler have come to the front and intelli-
gence and decency have retired to the rear
in confusion. 1t las come to pass that cam
idate who makes any pretensions to morality,
| Or who refuses to charter grog shops by the
Wholesale ard debaueh the people cannot
get an Office worth having. Tie whiskey
man always wins. He gets down among
| the slums of society, and by the distribution
| OF 4 little money here, aud Il bottle OF whis-
key there, he gathers a crowd that would
put the State prison to the blush, and march
es them to the nominating convention. The
| - n SIS e;luf "a
Decent people get out of the way and igno-
rance and whiskey rule the roost.
| We know men who made their way into
tile legislature by just such means; and it is
notable fact that people who claimed to be
church members, and respectable and NOR
al men OF influence in society, lent their aid
and influence in society to elevate such
creatures as these to office. orer their breth-
| ern IN the church.
| OF VIVA. avail is the palaver of the Wing
under such circumstances.
| Does the Wing expect politician who
was hoisted into pow er upon Il whiskey bar
rel to spurn with ungratefulness the friendly
easka Does it imagine that fellow who was
elected because of his known opposition to
dog tax, that he is going back OH lis unwash-
ed constituency and vote to put the halter
around his neck?
Our own opinioni is that the present leg
is!ature will not pass 4 dog tax or a Wills
key bill. 10 do so would be to consign four
| ffths of the members to the shades. and the
material OF the Assembly is not of the char
acter which makes martyrs.
| We hope the Whig may be successful in
its effort to get the jackasses no, we mean
the assembled solons, to do something for
change, if it is only to vote themselves addi-
tional pay. There are people in this world
who cannot tell that a storm is brewing un-
til they are strickened to the earth by 4 thun
derbolt; and others who walk serenely upon
the heaving earth unconscious OF hidden dam
gers; and the moral. thinking people of Vir-
ginia might possibly learn something by con-
sidering upon what q slight tenure the Com
monwealh is withheld from ruin .-Lynchbwg
Star.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-01-25

Leave Washington at 2:1O a. m, Alexandria 2:45
a. M, and make connection at Danyille daily with
South and Southwest.
Leave Washington 8:l0 a. m, Alexandra o:45 q
m. and connect at Lynchburg to Memphis, Little
Rock and Texas, and to Atlanta and all points IN
the South, and via New Orleans to Galveston and
Southern Texas; also connect with Chesapeake
Ohio East and West.
Leave washington at $50 p. m, Alexandria at
1920 p. m, getto 4ordonsville at 2:30 a. m, and
connect with Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad west
ward to Huntington, Cincinnati and all the North
west, eastward to Richmond and beyond.
For MANASSAS DIVISION leave Washington
at $40 daily, except Sunday, and get to Stras-
burg at p. m. Leave Strasburg at 6 a. Ill., and
arrive at Alexandria ats p. m.
For WARRENTON leave Washington daily at
sic a. m. ii3sa s-' y ~
Trains from South striving at Washington at
1885 q. n.,6 p. M. and 1853 p, make good con-
neetions with Bait. & Ohio and Bait. Potomac
traihsto Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York,
ana to ali points North and northwest.
decentralization leaves Alexandria for Gordons-
willie Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday. at $50 p M,
and leaves Gordonsyille for Alexandria Monday.
Wednesday and Friday. at Sam
EPGLfMANSLEE daily without change,
between Washington and New Orleans, leaving
Washington at 2:10 a. M.
Through tickets to the South and West at low
est rates az
t,E g. J. FoREACRE, Genl Manager.
]. n. BROADUS.
General Ticket Agent. dec I.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-01-25

Oliver p. Evans, ofAleSandrla, Va, whose
leg was injured while getting out ice at
Harfe de Grace two weeks ago, and VIM.
Hess, whose leg was injured by falling from
window at Canton six weeks ago, have I'M
dergone amputation at the Washington Uni
yersty Hospital.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-01-25
An Ohioan Rises from the Dead.

THE TRANSPORTATION DETHRONES THE
REASON OF HIS SISTER.
The village Of Monroeville is all aflame
with a sensation the dimentions of which are
in an inverse ratio to the size of the town.
On Friday last young man named Charles
Hueston was attacked with disease suppos-
ed to be congestion of the lungs. After re-
maiuing in an unconscious condition for
about two hours the attending physician ex
amined him and pronounced him dead. In
the meantime his relatives, living at Forest,
Ohio, had been apprised by telegraph of
his illness, but they arrived at Monroeville
too late to see the loved one alive. They
were much affected at his Sudden death, and
the grief of his sister, whose age was near
his own, was distressing to see. The re-
passenger train on the Pittsburgh, Fort
Wayne and Chicago railway, to be taken to
| Forest, Ohio, for interment The grief
stricken parents and sister accompanied the
remains. The latter refused to go into the
passenger coach, but remained in the ex-
press car, to be close to the body of him she
| loved. 1t was nearly an hour before the
train arrived at Forest when loud and UNI
earthly shrek was heard, and in a second the
young girl was Frustrated upon the floor in a
Hoon. Several persons FASTENED to her res
cue, and they, too were nearly paralyzed by
the discovery of the cause of her singular
conduct. The supposed corpse of Charles
Hueston was living, moving and breathing.
The head was thrust above the coffin, and
the face, with its deathly pallor, presented q
weird and gtastly spectacle. The young
man was evidently amazed at his surround
ings, and the first returning CLEANS of con-
sciousness found him in a position of bewld-
erment. Hueston was taken from his coffin,
rcstoratives applied under the direction Of
physicians who were Oh the train, and when
he reached Forest was removed to his faith
er's residence. On Tuesday, he was alive,
and, though very i'll was improving some
what, and hope was entertained that he will
recover. The saddest feature Of the case is
yet to tell. The young lady has not had one
| moment of consciousness since the wild
shrek which she gave in the car at the dread
full spectacle which neither eyes, 1t is fear
full, indeed, that her reason is permanently
dethroned by the sllock.-Fort WaYne Ga
zette.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-01-25

A sad story OF the ruin wrought in fami-
ly by an erring son comes from Washington,
where young man named Tyler, the son Of
an old and respected physician, has been
convicted for forgery. The disgrace killed
his mother, and the cost of the trial ruined
his father financially. Tt is said that Mr..
William w. Corcoran will defray the triab
expenses and present to DR.. Tyler the home
in which for many years he has lived.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-01-25

u AttOrney.at-Law.
STAuNToN, VA,
Will practice in the Courts holden in Augusta
and adjoining counties. nov All
GORGE MI. COCHRAN, Jr.,
NJ AtfOrlley.at- Law.
sTAUNToN, VA.
| AS- OFFICE opposite Circuit Clerks Office, and
above the office Of Clerk. OF Court OF Appeals.
! dec 9-tf
j. R. TUCKER H. ST. GEO TUCKER.
Lexington, Va. Stanton, Va.
Tucker & Tucker.
ATToRNEYs,AT LAW,
STANTON, VA,
Will practice in the Courts of Augusta and the
viii attend regularly the circuit courts Of Rock
bridge.
y. ATTORNEY AT LAW,
STANTON, VA.
OFFICE on Augusta street. in the room occu-
pied by George c. Jackson. Esq.
jy9
MEADE f. WHITE.
ln AttOrney.at.Law,
STAUNTON, VA.
COURTS Augusta, Rockingham and Highland
Counties. oct7-tf
WIN. A. Hudson ATTORNEY LAW
STAUNToN, VA.
Will practice in the Courts of Augusta and ad-
joining counties Prompt attention paid to col
lecticns. Office near the Courthouse. aug 28-ly
d. ATTORNEY AT LAW,
STAUNToN, VA
Office, opposite Courthouse Yard.
| Special attention paid to Collections
nov Ally
LEX. F. ROBERTsON.
Will practice in the Courts of Augusta and adicin
ing counties. f-tl,-+ go
Special attention given to the collection Of claims
and prompt returns made.
&S- OFFIoE-No. L. Burns Building. Augusta
Street. --- Sept. Fl. '76tf.'
w ATTORNEY AT LAW,
| AND COMMISSIONERS IN CHANCERY,
| 4l STAUNTON, VA. 90 lis
| Will practice in all the Courts OF Augusta and
Circuit Courts OF the adjoining counties.
Prompt attention given to collecting claims.
sept lily Office with h. B. Niche.
WIN. B. HARRISON. ....
| STAUNTON, VA.,3 s7s as
Practices in ihecourts of Augusta and adion-
| ing counties.
Particular attention paid to the collection Of
claims and prompt returns made. .... ,ss4-
OFFICE-opposite Circuit Clerks office and
above the Law Library. June ST.
L ATTORNEY AT Law.
AND SOLICITOR IN CHANCERY, i
STAUNToN, VA.
Practice in all the Courts OF Augusta and adioin-
ing Counties. RI . al-i
OFFICE-The same formerly occupied by his
i father Col Geo BAYLOR. decd AuQuSt8 street.
l opposite the Courthouse. nov l0-ly
~ fSuccessor to Trout g. Crai9,)
Attorney at Law,
esTAUNToN, VA.
Will practice in the Courts of Augusta and ad-
Joining Counties.
80 Special attention given to Collections. -G&
OFFICE in the building formerly occupie d by
Trout Craig. sep 29-tf
EFFINGER, CRAIG & Graf AN,
| ATTORNEYS AT LA w,
sTAUNToN. VA.
WIN practice in Augusta, Rockbridge, Rock
ingham, Highland, Allegheny and Bath.
Special attention given to the collection OF
debts and prompt returns made. sep SOFT
IT M. eUARLEs. .uropurv At LAW
| AND COMMISSIONER IN CHANCEhI,
| STAUNToN, VA.
| Practices in all the Courts of Augusta. and ad-
Joining counties, and in the u g. District Court
at Harrisonburg.
Special attention paid to the collection OF claims
and prompt returns made. feb l7-n =
ROBERT L. PARRISH, WIN. B. MCCHESNEY,
| Covington, Va. Staunton. Va
| PARRISH & McCHESNEY,
--s- MISUNDERSTANDING,
l STAUNToN, VA.
Will practice in all Courts holden in Augusta
county.
Asr Prompt attention given to collections.
OFFICE on Augusta Street, opposite Court
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Professional Cards.

TOHN w. STOUT.
u AttOrney.at-Law.
STAuNTON, VA,
Will practice in the Courts holden in Augusta
and adjoining counties. nov Att
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-01-25

WcSL. Through LIltSc ClluS tItTc IL d Gull
siderable ravine formed by the flowing of a
small rivulet. On the summit Of these cliffs
lay the French ard Indians concealed by
tall grass and timber, and from this situa-
ton, in almost perfect security, they fired
down upon Braddock's men. The only eX-
posure Of the enemy resulted from raising
to peep over the verge of the cliff in order to
shoot with more deadly aim.
The companies commanded by Captains
Lewis and Grant we're the first to cross the
river. AS fast as they landed they formed
and proceeded up the ravine, arrived at the
plain on the head OF the rivulct without hay
ing discovered the concealed enemy which
they had passed. So soon as the rear of
Braddock's army had crossed the river, the
enemy raised heart-rending yell, and
poured down a constant and most deadly
fire. Before Gen. Braddock received his
wound, he gave orders for the whole line to
countermarch and form phalanx on the
bottom, so rs to cover their retreat across
the river. When the main column was
wheeled, Grants and Lewis companies had
proceeded SO far in advance that a large
body OF the enemy rushed down from both
sides OF the ravine, and intercepted them.
A most deadly contest ensued. The Indiana
| could not pass down the defile as the main
body OF Broddock's army was there; the
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-01-25
sTAUNTON, VIRGINIA, JANUARY 25. 1877.
g0etrp.
WHEN THE SONGS GONE OUT OF YOUR
et4i LIFE.

L
LIFE.
When the songs gone out Of your life.
That you thought would last to the end
That first sweet song of the heart,
That no after days can lend
The song of the bird to the trees.
The song of the wind to the flowers.
The song that the heart sings low to itself
When it wakes in life's morning hours;
<'You can start no other song
Not even tumultuous note
Will falter forth on the empty air.
1t dies in your aching throat.
1t is all in vain that you try,
For the spirit'of song has fled
The nightingale sings no more to the rose
When the beautiful flower is dead.
So let silence softly fall
On the bruised hearts quivering springs;
Perhaps from the loss Of all you may learn
The song that the seraph sings;
A grand and glorious psalm
That will tremble, and rise, and thrill,
And fill your breast with its grateful rest,
And its lonely yearnings still.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-01-25
VOL. XI.
Railroads..

VIZ c., vIRG. MIDLAND G. S. R. R.
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| DrestOM A. Baylor,
L ATTORNEY AT Law,
AND SOLICITOR IN CHANCERY,
| - z STANTON, VA.
Practice in all the Courts of Augusta and adjoin
| ing Counties. ff.s .az ,..C4
| OFFICEThe same formerly occupied by his
father, Col Geo. Baylor, decd, on Augusta street.
opposite the Courthouse. nov 10-ly
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-01-25

chesapeake and Ohio Ra1lrOad.-On and
" after Sunday Dec. 3rd, 1876, Passenger Trains
will run as follows
FROM srAUNToN-WESTWARD
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-01-25

Among the passengers who joined us al
the Suspension Bridge was lady who had
lust returned from Ashtabula, where she had
been, accompanied by her brother-in-law, to
search for the remains and effects OF her
husband and his brother, who was one OF the
victims of the recent bridge catastrophe
Whilst waiting for the departure OF the
train the lady pathetically told her sad story
to the passengers in the cars. claiming that
her husband had $1,000 in his coat pocket,
and she said chat, whilst the officers Of the
Company gave her the valuable papers thai
, 1877-03-03
CADINET-MAKER
TIE Work THEY HAVE LAID OUT.


WAsu1ao1os, D. e., 3larch 2,-1t Is not be-
ltcyed that President IIaYes has shown hks Cab
met slate to anybody except Senator Sherman,
who seems to enjoy position Ia reRtsd TO tho
new Administration similar TO that OF Prime
Minister IN England who ~ invited by the Sow
ctcigu to ass!st in forming new aflnlAtry. Not
more than three Of tho seycn selections to bu
nude had, |. II understood, been definitely de-
cided ui'on whcu Ilayes lett Columbus The4e
aro supposed to be Evsfts for tho State Depart
tncnt, shcrman fur the Treasury, and Hale, or
soma other friend Of blaine II Hale should de-
cline, for the Navy. This outilus Il likely to be
illed up Tomorrow, Attes consultation With thu
Republican leadess, BY tho ehoier Of Penntyl'
vanta maa fur the War Department.; of Nc
CrssY, OF Iowa, for the Interior or tue Attor-
1ey-GeneEalshto; aud Of Judge Settle, Of North
Carollna+ OF John 81. Harlan, Of Kentucky, Or
both, Tor othss petitions. There ars few peo-
, 1877-03-03
DEMOCRATS TELLING THE TRUTH ABOUT EACH
OTHER.


OTHER.
6p<ctoi Dt&patca to The Tribune.
tWAsH1xoToN, u. c., Marrh a.-The division
IN tue Democratic ranks and the bitterness Ut
ftceing cxiat!ng between tho factions bids t1is to
bring cut many Of the inside farts OF tho latc
campaign. For instance gentleman who has
been prominent Is leader of the ftibustcrs III
forms his friends TINT at tho instuurc Of Mr.
TIlden he look On aci1rc part In
attempting 10 secure tho passage
1T tho Electoral bill. and that he
was aasurcd TINT Mr. Tiden was earnestly Ia
favor Of It mud desired It's pzssnsc as the only
possible chance Tor h!f,. Tic aasnc gentleman
says that after the decision Of the Commission
.the sane parties who brought sfr. Tildcn's
message to him implortng him to support tho
Electoral bill came again and urged dim IN slr.
T!ldcn's name to jo!u IN the attempt to defcat
It, and to lsc all thc influence aal pnwer which
lie possessed to secure the defeat 0f the count
for Hayes.
Another gentleman very prominent In tht
movement Vt tho btsl0f january, and wht,s.
speech attracted general attention !u the gouti
try, informs Ills friends that that speech wa:
made Ut tho instance VI Mr, Tildrn; that 1t wul
submitted To HIN In a1ya,Ict. a,ld delivered III
finally agreed up0n between tcul but that sonu
nttcr, whct the voice Or the country was rnkcti IL
~ pronounced manner against the et,i,ffe pio
potcll ty this 6th Of 1anuary speech, Mr. 1ifucn
sud those acting Will him fcpudtatcd lin cn.
tirety.
, 1877-03-03

6rtctdf nttpoieA to TIE Tribune
NAsf1s6foS. D. t.. March 9.-Thc 1ast Of
ilcial meeting Of President Grant and hfa Cabf-
net was held to-1ny.. The session convened at
i,oon and lasted until 8 o'clock, and wna main
y dcroted to thntransactionof routine business.
During this conversation somc favorable COM
ment wns passed. On the appearance and manner
Of the rrctldcnt-clcct. The se.sl,,n Ut tho Cabi-
net was finally closed by afcw remarks fsom tic
President and tho Cabinet officers Tho prcs[-
dent said In substance:
This |. tue last oll,eial meeting Of The cabsnet,
and desffc 70 express I1y grateful thanks far tho
faithful md cticient manner With which yon hase
dcps,nent.. and fof tIe sbTe as.istsnee wheh yoa
hare rendered my Aamtnfstratfon both By atlytec
and cordial co-opctatIon. hope that The friendly
tiuuc. and wish yon all tho Rseatest happiness
and prosperity tn the future.
NH. r1sH,
the Premier Of the Administration, a. we'll 40
the senior member Of tho Cabinet, was the first
to reply to tho President. lie thanked the
President on behalf Of tue members o! the Cab.
met for his kind expressions Of satisfaction and
confidence; said he Was sure every emcmber Of
the Cabinet echoed the hope Of the Pscadcnt,
that tho present friendly relations might con
tinue through tho future. Mr. Fish spoke iu
fitting terms Of the SUCCESS Of tho Aam!ntstrn-
tlon u tfckoent Gfaht III MI It's undefthKlf1Ees
whether in dealing With domestic or foreign
questions, and paid brief but lust tribute to
tho grcat ability shown by the rfesldcnt during
tue eight years In which he hal prceilcd over
the ueatlnlcs Of tho United States.
SECRETARY K0uEsos,
the next In rank of the Cabinet officers, said hc
desired to think the President personally for
his KIND expressions Of esteem and commcnda-
ttun. lie said TINT he could never forget tho
pleasant relations that hni existed between the
President a,d tho members OF his Cabinet, aud
would ever remember them With pride and
satisfaction. liz lind ever tried to perform Its
duty ~ member of tho Presidents official
household. hts sole aim being to contFIbutcwhat
he could to the suecrss Of lis Administration.
lie desired to tar that slncc he had bccn 1nem-
Der Of the Cabinet the President had In no wise
tntcrferrcd With any Cabinet officer tn
the management OF lis Department; that nil
the changes which he had Thought necessary to
make In any Of the different Departments, the
President had etttcr acted On the surgestiUn or
with tho concurrence Of its nft.al head
Secretaries Cameron, Chandler, the Attorney.
Gencrnl. rostmaster.ttcncral Tyncr. anl Ar
6istant-scerctary Conaut each inadc = few re-
marks. After generut flandshakitlE, tho Hlcct-
Ing adjourned. The President and bis Cabinet
will visit tic Capitol tomorrow Ut nu0n for the
purpose Of examining and signing hllts, aud
closing the general business of tho session.