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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1877-03-09

Fellow citiZens, we have reached the
close of q political contest marked by the
excitement which; usually attends the con-
tests between great political parties whose
members esp0use and advocate with ear
nest faith their respective creeds. The
circumstances Were, perhaps, in no respect
extraordinary, save i'll the clOseneSS and
the consequent uncertainty Of the result.
EGG the first time in the history Of the
country It has been deemed best, in view
of the peculiar circumstances Of the case,
that the objections and questions in dis
pute, with reference to counting the cleo
tOral votes should be referred TO the DE-
cision Off tribunal appointed for this pur-
pose. That tribunal, established by law
for this sole purpose. its members all of
them men OF long-established reputation
for integrity ana intelligence, and, with
the exception OF those WhG are also mem
beis OF the supreme judiciary, chosen
equally from both political parties, its de-
liberatians enlightened by the research and
the arguments of able counsel, was en-
titled to the fullest confidence of the Anne
rican people. Its decisions have been
patiently waited for and accepted as
legally conclusive by the general judg-
pent OF tie public. For the present, opln-
Ion will widely vary as to the wisdom of
the several conclusions announced by that
| ltAoAtId2. TIfo Ia W ~ aiiU4ClDdLeul i CyeIy
! instance where matters 6 fdisputa are made
/ stlbiee. Of arbitration under the forms of
law. HuGl&n judgement is never unarr>
ing, and is fafeiy regarded as otherwise
than wrong by the unsuccessful party in
the contest. The fact taat two great poG-
ltical parties have have in this way settl-
ed a dispute il regard to which good men
differ as to the facts and the law, 20 less
than as the proper course to be pursued in
solving the question III controversy, is all
occasion fog general rejoicing.
Upon one point there is entire unanimity
IN p the 1S seadp1eIs; I yna5 c on ngiesh Gla and
peacefully adjusted, and tia5 when SO ad-
justed tine general acquiescence Of tbs IA
ton ought surely to follow. 1t has fpeeG
reserved for a government Of the people,
where the right of suffrage is universal, to
give to the world the first example in his
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1877-03-09

A STRIKE THE MINERS.
who had been working at 2 cents per
bushel; they demanded 3 cents and in
several of the mines they had carried their
point. A good hand can get out $50 bush
els a day and earn his 81, 50-good wages
when there is no capital invested, and this
kind of labor is in demand. Perhaps some
Of the bone and sinew of Stanton who
are out CT work will be giadto hear Of this
good opening for honest labor. Stopping
off at
SWOOPE'S DEPOT
I find the grangers and their wives, sisters
and daughters gathering for a meeting in
their new building which has been recent
L; finished and neatly furnished. The wri-
ter after some little brushing up succeed
ed in convincing the brethren that he had
been a farm L and q granger, tho now
sadly fallen from his former high estate.
The newly elected officers of this grange
have iust been Indicted into office. These
are Master, G. Child; Overseer, r. p.
McPheeters; Lecturer, J. W. Calhoun [;
Steward. J. T. Calhoun; Asst. Steward,
&. W. Trimble; Chaplain, Baxter Claw-
ford Treasurer. John Thompson :; Secle-
tary. David f. Hoover Gate Keeper, j.
T. Bell; Ceres, Miss Emma Peck; Pomo-
ia, Miss Nora Mason and Lady Asst.
Steward, Mis- Kate Wilson.
The trustees are Messrs. G. W. Swoope,
w. G.. Gilkersop and 6 T. Hoover.
Nj. Joseph T. Harlan and Mr.. John W.
Waldrop in the mercantile line and Mr..
A. NJ. Taylor dealer in hay are the bust
ness men at Swoope's and getting a fair
share of it too. A StauntQn pushing man,
Mr.. " F. Summerson, has recently rented
the Valley Mills near the depot and pro-
Y,oCsC ~ W. ~ E,,. nf tic mill th1c c,,i>-
There is no gainsaying it that the coun-
try ground Swoppe'5 is the garden spot of
Augusta, yes, we may say Of Virginia.
There is no country III the State that can
beat it with its fine meadow lands worth
$1G0 per acre covered with a sod thick and
close as matting which has not been bro
ken for half d century and affords unfail~
ing pasturage the year round to herds of
sleek, lazy looking cattle; or when Guilt
waited turns up to the bright sun the rich
black loan which invites the sower to sow
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1877-03-09

be thus proven:
Apiece of black mica will allow no light
to pass through it, but offers no obstruc-
ton to solar heat.
A plate Of glass stained ap%ple-green with
the oxide Of copper, is perfectly transpa-
rent to light but opaque OF impermeable to
heat.
Glass which has been stained yellow
with oxide Of silver, allows a flood OF light
TO pass through 1t, but permits no permea-
tion of the chemical rays. And, on the
contrary, if we use glass colored deeply
blue with oxide of cobalt, but very little
light will pass through it, while it gives
ready passage to the chemical rays.
This fact of yellow glass interfering
with the passage of the chemical rays, has
lately been taken advantage Of in photo
| graphy. The photographer no longer shuts
himself and his prepared plate in a dark
room or closet! For now the old dark
chamber, camera obscura, is beautifully
illumlned by tie SUMS light passing through
yellow glass, which, hoWeval. etfectually
excludes the chemical rays which alone the
photographer breads in this part OF his
process.
Now, in employing blue glass as a me-
dign for the SUMS light, the readiest trans
mission is afforded the chemical rays. :
deed, these L US are concentrated and the
chemical power of the sunbeam is greatly
enhanced thereby.
1t is q matter of daily observation, that
seeds terminate and plants grow most
readily under the influence OF the suns
light transmitted through blue glass sky
lights. Such is the silent but potent lEflu-
ence of the chemical rays of the suns
light. Now, would we not pc warranted
in asserting that the bodily structures OF
no living animal could be subjected with
out decided results to q concentrated path
of the SUMS chemical rays breaking II
polseless but almost innuMer cradle waves
upon the exposed surface? Who can fail
to recognize the wonderful power OF the
suns light in the natural world, and the
three distinct principles-light, heat and
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-03-31
The Case of South Carolina.

Washington, March 30.-Though no
direct knowledge is obtained from Of
fetal sources as to the ultimate inten-
tons of the general government upon
the question of political issues pending
in South Carolina, there is an impress
sion, sustained by various facts, that
the end of the deliberations now in
progress will be the issue of an order
removing the troops from the state
house at Columbia. The anxiety is so
to consummate the action Of the gov
eminent that no discord can possibly
result. A fair inference from results
which have recently occurred is that it
will soon be announced. The deliber-
ations of the cabinet to-day involved a
careful review of the statements re-
Gently made to the President, both by
Chamberlain and Hampton, and this
will probably be continued tomorrow.
1t is also understood that the cabi-
net was engaged for q short time to-day
with questions concerning a few ap-
continents to Office.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-03-31

Washington, March 30.-The dele
CATION from Charleston Chamber of
Commerce have divided themselves into
committees to call on the several secre-
taries.
Secretary Evarts read to the COM
mittee that waited on him a dispatch
from leading bankers of New York,
urging that the most favorable consid-
Grafton be given to the Charleston COM
mittee's views, and saying, if time
permitted, they could have the dispatch
very generally signed. Evarts said
that when the President was prepared
to act he would do so OH his own re-
sponsibility, not seeking to place any
part of the burden on Representatives
Of either party or the parties they
represent.
Secretary Sherman said the President
would of course make a decision in the
Carolina case, but his hope was to re-
lieve South Carolina of one of her two
governors in such a peaceable manner
as to insure peace and the absolute
enjoyment Of the rights of the colored
people. Much stress was laid on this
point by all secretaries.
The popular demonstration in honor
of Hampton has been abandoned, the
conservative leaders thinking it not in
good faith,
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-03-31
The Council of Nine.

Chico, March 3d.. M. Swan,
member of the Council of Nine, has
made confession of the manner in
which the affairs of the council were
conducted, which agrees with the pre-
viously published statements of the
deliberate plans which were laid involv-
ing the destruction of property and
taking Of life, both white and Chinese.
Among those who were proposed
to the council as fit subjects of their
murderous designs was Hon. John
Bidwell, candidate for governor on the
Independent ticket in the last cam
paign, who was inimicable to the order
on account of his employing Cinnamon
on his ranch in the vicinity of Chico.
The council appears to have been COM
posed of three captains, each of whom
appointed two lieutenants, and each
captain had a certain district assigned
him in which to operate. The utterly
constituencies and deliberate manner in
which the members of this secret Or
ganization laid plans for burning and
blowing up buildings in Chinatown
and manufacturing establishments in
which Chinese were employed, and dis
cussed the propriety and expediency of
making away with parties who had
incurred their enmity, is almost incred-
able, and throws Charles Reade's TO-
mancing accounts of the inner working
of the English trades union completely
in the shade. All the prisoners have
been removed to the Jail at Orrville,
the county seat, and every precaution
taken to render escape or rescue i'm
possible. Double guards are stationed
within and without the Jail, and APP
proaches to the town patrolled by
an armed force. The excitement over
the disclosures Of the criminals is in
tense, mingled with fear.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-03-31

San Francisco, March 3O.-The Am
erican ship Frank Jones, in ballast for
Manila, while being lowed to sea to-
day, parted her hawser off Fort Point,
and vent ashore about two hundred
yards outside the fort. A strong north
west wind was blowing at last reports,
and the ship pounding heavily. AS the
bottom there is covered with jagged
rocks there is scarcely any hope of saw
ing her. The tug kept too near the
south shore. The hawser broke three
times, and the last time the ship was
close to the rocks. The pilot attempt
ed to get sail ON her, but she struck be-
fore anything could be accomplished.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-03-31
TICKS.

The brig Harriet has been lost near
Mistaken Point, N. F., with all but
two of the crew.
]. D. Colony & Sons cotton factory
Mt Munroevile, Y. H., was destroyed
10y fire Friday. Loss $4,000.
The Grant house, in Wheeling, w.
Va, was destroyed by fire on Friday
morning. The occupants escaped. Loss
500, 00O.
A fire in New York Friday night
damaged two buildings on Greenwich
street and four on Vesey street. Loss,
$50, 000.
Capt. A. II. Bogardus broke 1000
glass balls, one at a time, in n min
utes, Friday evening. He missed %
balls out of 1,02S.
Good Friday was observed as a holi-
day by the commercial exchanges and
business men generally of New York
and Philadelphia.
The bulkhead of the dam on Farming
ton river at Rainbow, Conn, gave way
Wednesday night. Three paper mills
were saved by turning the course of
the flood.
1t is probable that Lord Dufferin will
| DC ollCltu llC DOSlIloh VI ollllou ullIllo-
ter to Washington. His term of office
as governor general of Canada expires
next August.
Good Friday seems to have been OBJ
served all over the country about as
usual. In a majority of instances a
few corporations and many individuals
kept the day.
Under a pressure of ice and water in
Saco river, Maine, a sawmill and ma
chinery were swept away at Salmon
Falls Thursday night. 1t is thought
another mill will lie carried away.
Articles of consolidation have been
adopted by the stockholders of the st.
Joseph 81 Pacific and Kansas & Nebras-
ka railroads. The whole road will in
future be under IL management.
The drought in South Australia is
broken. There has been a heavy rain
fall over all the agricultural and pas
toral districts, extending into the inte-
rior and right across the continent.
Judge Russell, U. S. minister to
Venezuela, arrived in New York Fri
day, EN- route to Washington. He says
the charges of bribery in connection
with the Venezuela claims, made by
him in a letter TO Secretary Fisk, would
be sustained. r sv
The charges against ex-Consul Cen
eral Seward, minister to China, are said
to be the result of an old quarrel with
the present consul general. There is
nothing in the department of state
showing anything discreditable to either
his public or private character.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-03-31


Washington, March 30.-An account
is published of a meeting on the 9th of
February at Wormley's hotel, between
Foster, Matthews, eX-Gov. Dennison,
Garfield, Sherman and other friends of
Hayes, and Ellis. Gordon, Levy, Wat
terson, Col. Burke and other southern
Democrats. Ellis said louisiana want
ed peace, home rule, honest govern
ment, and that Democrats in the House
were iilibustering to defeat the count,
under the apprehension that Hayes
would sustain Packard and Chamber
lain. Matthews replied, as a personal
political friend of Hayes, that the lat
ter believed the time had gone by when
states should be upheld by military
power, and if he was ~inaugurated his
policy would be to give peaceful gov
vernments to the states of their own
choice. Foster showed a letter from
Hayes endorsing the speech made by
Foster in the House. Watterson said
that the policy Of withdrawing troops
from South Carolina and Louisiana,
.enunciated by Matthews, was what
could be expected. Senator Sherman,
in response to a query from Ellis, said
he approved and endorsed all PROPOSE
tons of Matthews in behalf of Hayes.
Next day the Foster-Matthews letters
appeared, as a sequence to the above
meeting.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-03-31
RESOLUTION.
BE it resolved by the Board Of Trustees
of the Ctu of (heuenne.

Be it resolred by the Board Of Trustees
of the City Of Cheyenne:
Hereafter it shall be unlawful for any
member of the Board of Trustees of the
City of Cheyenne, to become directly or
indirectly pecuniarily interested as
principal or surety, in any manner
whatever, in any contract or employ
ment for which the said city shall make
payment, or become liable therefor. Any
member of said Board who shall violate
the terms and spirit Of this resolution,
may be expelled, after a hearing of the
complaint, by a two-thirds vote of the
members present at any regular meeting
of the Board and a special election shall
be ordered to fill the vacancy created
by such expulsion, and the expelled
member shall be Ineligible as a candi-
date to fill the vacancy SO created. {
Adopted March cath, 1877.
d. FISK,
President of the Board of Trustees of
the City of Cheyenne, and ex-oficio
Mayor. u -t-attf
Attest:
GEO. B. STIMPsoN,
m27-6t City Clerk.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-03-31

REroRrED EXPRESSLY FoR THE LEADER-
REPORT
WASHINGTON
Schurz and Hampton.

Washington, March 30.-Secretary
Schurz is not altogether satisfied with
Hampton's promises, andlast night at
tempted to get him to sign some agree
ment which could be used in case he
became governor and ignored his ver-
bal promises. Hampton defiantly and
utterly refused, and said:
1.-THE question is as simple as a hoe
handle; withdraw the troops and peace
will follow. This is all / want, and
can accept"
This fact, it is thought, causes delay
in sending Kruger an order to withdraw
the troops.
1t is asserted that the President has
rendered Chamberlain either the Span
ish or Swiss mission if he withdraws
from the contest.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-03-31
:. Nc Railroad

Under the heading mo Railroads.
the Helena IN. IT, Independent of a
recent date publishes the following:
A telegram was received yesterday
from Mr.. S. T. Hauser, stating that in
all probability Messrs. Gould, Dillon &
Co. would decline to accept the propo-
sition of the north and south railroad
bill. This will be unwelcome intelli-
gence to many of our readers, and We
trust that Mr.. Hauser may be mistaken,
and that the gentlemen named will yet
file their acceptance Of the proposition;
nevertheless, we must confess that Mr.
H. has excellent opportunities of judg
ing, and the probabilities are against
their doing so.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-03-31

The plans for the coming seasons
explorations by Prof. Hayden's Geolog-
ical Survey have been arranged except
in minute details. The work will be
conducted the coming year north of
the Union Pacific railroad, commenc-
ing along the fortieth parallel, explored
by Clarence King, and continue north
and west in the Territories of Idaho,
Wyoming and Montana. The corps
will be arranged in four divisions. The
first, or triangulating party, Will be
under the direction of Mr.. A. D.
Wilson, who will carry forward the
system of primary triangles in the same
manner as they were employed in Col
orado. All the higher peaks will be
located in this way. The Western
Typographical division will be in charge
of Mr.. Henry Gannett, who will ex-
plore the region of country from Ogden
east and northward. The Eastern div
ision will be directed by George B.
Chittenden. This party will explore
the country along the Sweetwater and
Wind River. The Northern division
will be under the charge of G. r..
Bechler, and will occupy the country
about the sources of the Snake River,
and along the borders of the Yellow
stone National Park.
1t is intended to have the party reach
the field by the 18th of May, where
they will remain about five months.
Each division of the survey will cover
an area of about 10000 square miles.
The entire region to be worked and
mapped this year is but little known
geographically, and it is expected
that the results of the seasons work
will add much to nj geographical
knowledge of the Rocky Mountain re-
gion.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-03-31

Washington, March 30.--Judge Loch-
rane, of Georgia, had a long interview
with the President last night. The
judge says the questions talked over
referred more to Georgia state APP
pointments than to national politics.
He was impressed with the candid
manner of the President, and was graf
flied with the result of the conversa-
ton. President Hayes was, in his
judgment, an honest man, and would
in proper time sweep out every official
in the state who has chung to office by
the adhesive love for public plumber.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-03-31
CALIFORNIA.
he Chief conspirator confesses,

San Francisco, March 30.-The con-
fession of A. NJ. Ames, organizer of
the Labor Union of Chico, who is now
under arrest, confirms the previous re-
port that that organization is respon-
sible for the recent reign of terror in
Chico and vicinity and that the Coun-
Gil of Nine were but the instruments
of the union.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-03-31
Contradictory.
The following is from the Helena In
dependent of March Goth:
BOHEMIAN, MoNT., March Is.

BOHEMIAN, MONT, March 10.
1 write to correct a part of the dis
patch sent a few days ago, that Tom
Irvine and party were killed. 1 learn
10Y that Irvine and party are at the
mouth of saltwater, safe and sound.
and the report that Muggins Taylor and
party were killed is not confirmed yet,
although the Sioux were plenty in the
section Of country in which they were.
From the fact that some of them have
not been heard from, leads n to be-
lieve the story is true. When 1 re-
ceived the news, it came with such ap-
parent authenticity that 1 did not doubt
it at the time. As the country was so
full of Sioux, it vas presumed that all
the hunters and trappers in that part
Of the country were taken in. Yours,
S. W. LANGHoRN.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-03-31
The Louisiana Commission.

Washington, March 30.-The COM
missioners who are here will start for
New Orleans Sunday or Monday. They
will meet the remaining members at the
st. Charles hotel Thursday. Money
has been supplied to them for their
travelling and hotel expenses, but from
what source they are not informed.
The Secretary of the Interior details a
shorthand writer to be attached to the
commission, and to act as secretary.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-03-31
The Ho, Springs Reservation.

Washington, March 30.-Ex-Senator
Cragin, of New Hampshire; ex-Repre-
sentative Coburn, of Indiana, and ex-
Governor Stearns, of Florida, have
been appointed commissioners to take
charge of the Arkansas Hot Springs
property and make satisfactory ar
engagements with the squatters thereon.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-03-31
ILLINOIS.
Freights Abou, to Fall.

Chicago, March Bottle trunk line
freight agents are in session here, and
the general impression is that they will
reduce freight rates or will separate
without agreement, and thus produce
another railroad war.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-03-31

San Francisco, March 30.-James
Hayes was hanged in Bakersfield,
Keene county, to-day, for the murder
of Thomas Goodwin, keeper of the
Mountain House saloon, Tehacape Pass,
on the Southern Pacific railroad, on
the Dist of October.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-03-31
An I~neipient Brawl.

Washington, March 3o.-There came
near being a free fight this morning,
as Hampton came from the hotel to the
White House. A motley crowd, most
ly ex-rebels, cheered Hampton Justify,
which led to Kisses from some Republic
cans. The police, however. prevented
trOuhlp
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-03-31
L
Fast Freight Time.

Baltimore, March 30.-The freight
train which left San Francisco March
90, loaded with silk, tea and hops from.
Yokohama, arrived at Locust Point
ct 9 a. m. and left at 9:20 for New York.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-03-31
NORTH CAROLINA.
Death Dealing Distillers.

Death = Dealing Distillers.
Greensboro, March 30.-Revenue Col
lector Patterson, with a posse of men,
made a raid on some illicit distillers in
Wastango county and was fired upon
by them. Two of the posse were killed
and Patterson wounded.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-03-31

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