Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1877-03-09
THE DEAA4-tI IL I'LL iflisNE1
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Mr.. MOFFETT's liquor bill, after many
concessions by its friends, was yet defeat
ed in the House by eleven votes, Messrs.
CRAIG and HANGER of Augusta voting
against it, and Mr.. STUART voting for it
Mr.. CRAIG who, as we recollect. was voting
with the friends of the bill up to a late
period, appears to have been suddenly bull
dozed at the eleventh hour into voting
against the only practical proposition that
has been made in the last five years to at
ford even the most indirect relief to the
farmers who constitute the bulk of his con-
stituency, from a heavier taxation. MI
HANGER, who voted to increase the tax Oh
land, voted against a tax on whiskey which
unlike other taxes, was merely optional OF
incurrence by the citizens.
The Radical members. who are ever
boasting of what they would do for the
State if they had the power, being IN a
bomb-proof minority, as far as response
bility is concerned, had a fine chance this
time with the balance of power in ther
hands, to have done the State some service
by casting their vote for the bill, but the
majority Of them voted in opposition ane
sealed the fate of the bill.
It is to be hoped that the friends of this
bill, will not give it up so. If they could
understand how sharply its defeat has
drawn the attention Of the agriculture
communities of the State to the votes OF
their representatives, it would put them II
better heart for the next time.
Let them tax liquor at the lips of the
drinker, and the bill will find a majority i'll
the House. A great many OF the we'll
meaning members got confused by the re-
cital of their hardships by the dealer and
distillers, and thought they were protecting
their constituents by resisting all tax-but
put the tax at two cents on each drink, AND
common sense will teach those whose heads
are level, that nobody suffers but the MAJ
who wants to suffer.
And then wind up by being men enough
to tax tobacco!
The Farmers and Merchants Bank il
Charlottesville, of which Judge John l..
Cochran is President, broke on SatE rday
last. A circular from the directors says
that for the last twelve months it has been
under a strain to keep up, it having re-
ceived a severe wound when the Chesa-
peake & Ohio r. r. Co.. failed. The fail
ure Of additional debtors more recently
settled the question of the banks existence.
The directors say that hey''cannot prom
Use that the assets will yield anything to
the stockholders" J. NJ. Goodwin and
C.. D. Fishburn have been appointed to
wind up the affairs of the bank. A gen.
tleman from Charlottesville Wednesday
informs us that the failure has quite par
alyzed business there.
The. Washington Union, one of the best
newspapers ever published in Washington,
edited by Mr.. Montgomery Blair and sup
ported BY Mr.. W. w .Corcoran, at a cost
of nearly a thousand dollars a week for
the patriotic purpose of assisting the effort
to inaugurate the rightful PRESIDENT, sus-
pended publication Saturday.
On the goth Of February, Mr.. Aleck
Bryson, Of Raleigh county, slaughtered q
hog one year and six months old, that
weighed seven hundred and forty-two
pounds. 1t was so fat. that when opened
two gallons Of pure lard ran from it.
Charlottesville was visited 5y a fire on
Thursday night. The restaurant OF Ell.
V. Daniel & Bro, the dwelling house OF
Mr.. John Daniel and the Morris building,
occupied by various persons, were de
strOyed.
James P. Sterrett, appointed by Cover
nor Hartranft to fill a vacancy in the Su-
prame Court OF Pennsylvania, COMPLETED
his law course in the University of Vir-
giuia in 1848.
Ex-senator John T. Lewis, OF Va. was
on the floor of the Senate today. He is
here looking after the patronage" nav
ing several relatives directly interested
Washington letter AleG. Gazette.
But one false step, but one wrong habit,
one corrupt compassion, one loose princi-
pie, may wreck all your prospects. and all
the hopes Of those who love you.
The ladies of the First Presbyterian
ehurch in LynchbuEg, have commenced a
series Of church sociableS in their church
zieeture-room, with hand-araupd suppers.
Rev. Edgar Woods has resigned the pas
s5oral care OF the Presbyterian church at
Charlottesville, and will retire to his farm
in Albemarle.
Mrs. Mary Bailey, a lady Of seventy years,
while walking a country road near Dan
vile, Va, last week, was torn TO death by
pack of hounds.
Joel Hart, the sculptor who made !tile
CLAY statue at Richmond is dead.