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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-10-30
N SPECTATON AND GENERAL ADVERTISER
THE ARMY AND THE M111T1A.-Th,

The ARMY AND THE MILITIA.-The
Buffalo IN. W Courier says that the
army of the United States is not prima-
rily designed to maintain domestic
peace and order and to suppress trouble
and riots falling short of an actual rebel
lion. This task belongs to the proper
sphere of the State governments. 1t is
true that the federal constitution forbids
the States without the consent of Con-
gress to keep troops in time of peace,
but it declares a well regulated militia
necessary to the security of free State.
1t is evident that the trainers of the
constitution never contemplated the
maintenance of large military estab-
lishment, as it guaranteed the federal
government the power of calling the
militia of the several States into the
service, providing that in such case
the President shall be the commander
in-chief. Power is vested in Congress
ITO provide'for calling forth the mi
Itia to execute the laws of the Union,
repress insurrections and repel inva-
sions." Congress has passed acts au-
thorizing the President to call forth the
militia in certain exigencies. The con-
stitution further gives to Congress pow
er ITO provide for organizing, arming
and disciplining the militia, and. for
governing such part of them as may be
employed in the service of the United
States; reserving to the States respec-
lively the appointment of the officers
and the authority of training the mill
tia according to the discipline prescribed
by Congress-" This power has never
been fully exercised. 1t is quite certain,
as the Courier says, that the country
will never tolerate a large standing ar
my until it is proposed to surrender its
liberties, and it will continue to regard
the use of the army for other purposes
than war and the suppression of rebel
lion with jealousy and suspicion. At
the same time the army, for its legiti-
mate purposes, and within such limita-
ton of numbers as experience has
shown safe for the public liberties, shall
be made as efficient and we'll organized
as possible.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-10-30
$taumtott Spectator.
TIJESDAY, OCTOBER so. 1877,
Mai. Hangers Position on the State Debt
Unchanged. at

The last Valley Virginiam made the
assertion that Maj. Hanger had changed
his position on the subject OF the State
debt. In his speech at Greenville on
last Saturday, Maj. Hanger said that he
had not at any time modified or qualified
his views as heretofore expressed that
he had not formed or expressed his
opinions with aview to their popularity,
but spoke his convictions and hoped for
approval after striving to demonstrate
their correctness.
He then argued in favor of the moral
and legal obligation on the part of the
State to pay the debt, and in favor of the
settlement that had already been made
and against the power to repeal the same
as had been decided by the Court of last
resort in the State. .
That in his remarks in July last he
had stated as fact that levy of 20 cts
additional on the present assessment
would meet the 100000 deficiency exis.
ting under the present rate of expendi'
lures. He had then said that if any ad.
justment were possible, he would be the
last man to oppose it.
That while these were still his indivi
dual views, as member of the conven'
ton he was bound by its platform, ant
would for that reason cooperate in lega
and constitutional measures to Obtain
an honorable and voluntary settlement
Then arguingby figures he undertook t
show that by measures of retrenchmen
and fair trial of the liquor register W
could meet all our liabilities without a
increase of taxation. ' 'irs.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-10-30
The Southern Policy.

We learn from the New York World
that there was meeting at Holyoke,
Mass, on Friday night to approve the
policy of the Administration, and Pres
ident Seelye, of Amherst, delivered an
address on the occasion which is re-
markable for the fact that it justifies
the Southern policy of President Hayes
on the simple logical ground that this
policy is Just in itself and should have
been pursued from the beginning. This
position involves the acknowledgment
that the reconstruction policy originally
chosen by the Republican party and
maintained so long at such cost was es.
sentially wrong and unwise. We think
that President Seelye in taking this
stand shows his usual honesty and
strong common sense. 1t is useless fol
the supporters of the Administration te
attempt to show that its Southern policy
would have been wrong a year ago
while it is altogether good and wise to-
day. 1t is absurd to maintain that 8
sound system put in operation siz
months beyond certain limit becomes
unsound. Therefore, all who are heart
lily in accord with President Hayes
should fling aside the pretense that hi
course is mere matter of expediency O.
a piece of political experiment, ant
adopt the manly and honest reasoning
of President Seelye, even though they
were in consequence obliged to conced'
that the Republican party has beer
wrong in the past and the Democratic
party right. The theory of Stevens
Sumner and their compeers, that tn
Southern States had forfeited all thei
rights by rebellion, was a narrow ant
|, bigoted one. Its consequences-the es
tablishment of military. governments
the attempt at reconstruction by mean
of the negro vote, the erection of tn
color line and the strife and corruption
incident to carpet-bag government
were political evils that threatened tn
!. whole country with ruin"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-10-30

MURDER AND RoBBERY.-An un-
known person entered the house of E.
S. McVey, toll-gate keeper on the Cir.
cleville pike, six miles north of Chilli
cothe, Ohio, last Friday night, and shot
McVey through the heart and his wife
through tbs hsadl killing both instant
ly. A little girl, the only other occu-
pant of the house, hearing the shooting
jumped out of bed and escaped. The
murderer, after ransacking the. house
for plumber, set fire to it and escaped te
the woods.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-10-30

THE NIAGARA SUICIDE.-Miss 7. T.
Schofeld arrived at Niagara Falls on
Friday last, and At once telegraphetl
to @. A. Kelly, in Toronto, that she be-
lieved she was going crazy. Mr.. Kelly
was matrimonially engaged to her.
She was seen to go across the bridge to
Goat Island, and afterward her cloak.
pocket book, and hat were found on a
flat rock near where Terrapin Tower
used to stand. 1t is supposed that she
jumped into the river and was carried
over the falls. She had been In New
York for medical treatment for lung
disease, but had grown worse, and start
ed for Toronto 80 - '''
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-10-30

The Duke Of Argyll has suffered loss
in the almost complete destruction by
fire of his magnificent Inverary Castle
Fhe alarm was given in early morning.
and the Buke agF 1 Duchess, the Marquis
of Lorpe, and the Princess Louise were
all safely got ont of its walls. Many
valuable and beautiful objects were de-
stroyed, but nearly al the pictures were
saved.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-10-30

The Baltimore Gazette says the cleo
ton of Wednesday demonstrates that
the color line in that city is broken for
ever. The negroes, whom the american,
the Radical organ. counted on to sup
port Thompson, voted largely with the
Democrats
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-10-30

STAND AND DELIvER.-A Big Bluff
lhy.) dispatch to the Cincinnati Enqa1i-
TT says there was desperate encounter
oetWeen Two highWaymen and a COM
Merclal traveller for a Louisville hard
ware house Saturday afternoon about
O'Clock, the particulars of which are
ABOUT as follows: Joseph M. Hansen,
travelling salesman for Pratt d Co., hard
ware merchants of Louisville, was down
the railroad at West Clifty, just three
miles below this place, and wishing to
reach Big Clifty he started to walk up,
as it was several hours before a train
would be going in that direction.
He had proceeded to the bridge which
spans the Nolin river, when he encoun-
tered two desperate looking characters,
who demanded his money. The place
OF meeting was lonely in the extreme,
not house or person visible, while the
bridge upon which they met was over
ayawning chasm, TAG feet in mid-air,
and to gaze into the same from the
bridge will almost make the brain swim,
II We might so express it. Instead OF
delivering his money to the rascals, the
p!ucky drummer drew a revolver from
MS pocket and fired at his assailants
alternately, one shot of which took eff
fect in one of them, stunning him. One
of the would--be robbers was unhurt,
and attempted to throw the traveller off
the bridge, but quick as thought the
latter drew from a sample roll of cutlery
huge butcher-knife, and made rush
for his assailant, stabbing him twice and
pressing him over to the edge of the
bridge until he was precipitated into
the Nolin River, one hundred and forty
odd feet below. Those who have travel
ed over the Erie and Pittsburg railroad
can appreciate the scene, as they will
remember the the bridge over this gid
dy height. It was just the spot for the
attempted robbery and perhaps MUIR
der.
The traveller left the scene hastily,
and, arriving at Big Clifty, related his
thrilling experience with the highway
men on the high bridge. He was great
ly exhausted with fatigue and excite
ment, but fully recovered in few hours.
In the meantime the two highwaymen
were brought into the Big Clifty, but
were not Unidentified. They appeared
to be strangers in this part of the coun-
try. They were removed to a farm
house, and it is thought they may both
recover in time, but it is very doubtful,
as their wounds are very serious, and it
is great surprise to us all how the one
who fell into the Nolin river managed
to escape death. Doubtless the water
broke the force of the fall. The affair
peaceful and orderly neighborhOod.
where such thing has never before &C.
CURED, and is never likely to again.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-10-30

SHOCKING DEATH.-We learn from
the Border IFatch4aan that, on Mon
day of last week, near Reterstown, Mon
roe county, w. Va, a step-son, aged II
years, of Mr.. Jacob auckland, was
killed in the following manner;
HE and one OF two other boys were
grinding sugar cane, and whilst stapd,
ing with his head on a level with the
lever or beam, the beam on coming
around, drew his head up against one Of
the uprights of the mill, completely
crushing his skull and causing instant
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-10-30

NARROW EsCAgE.-The Highland
Recorder says that, "Mrs. A. HI. Flesh.
er of monterey had narrow escape
from serious injury on Tuesday evening
last. She had made ire in the yard
for some purpose, and approaching toe
near her dress caught Are, and In an in
slant she was enyeloped in flames. She
was rescued from this perilous situation
by the promptpess of a little. girl, who
dashed a bucket af water upon the burn
ing and thoroughly frightened LADY,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-10-30
EEVER STILL RAGING

YELLOW FEVER STILL RAGING
There were five ns.y cases of yellow fe-
yer at Fernandina, Fla, friday. The
weather is unfavorable. A special dig
patch says: 1--WE are compelled to fur
nish food to 800 families, business being
entirely susnenses. There is no other
way Of keeping the people fem starva-
ton, and there is no hope of better tins,
till December. Total deaths to date
G1 -
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-10-30

THE GREEK MIssIeE,- Rev. George
L. Ley burn has asked for and received
his release from further connection with
the Greek mission.
The withdrawal of Mr.. Heyburn will
not affeet the general status of the
Greek Mission. DR.. Kalopothakes and
his five native associates and assistants
will go forward as heretofore, and in the
course of time, if it shall seem necessary,
another missionary may be sent out
from this country to join them.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-10-30

Ex-Governor Seymour, of New York,
has written letter expressing deep
interest in the success of the State and
local tickets at the coming election
He says that believing, as the democrats
Of New York do that Mr.. Hayes was
defeated for the presidency lastyear, sit
would be source Of regret that the
means by which he was, put into the
executive chair should seem to be APP
proved by New York; 4lln5 t1
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-10-30

SUCCESS OF THE MOFFETT REGISTER
TIcKET.-At the primary election in
Richmond last Tuesday, the issue being
the Moffett Register liquor law, the
ticket in favor of that law was elected.
The following constituted the nsaaes on
the Mofett Register ticket: Gen. Jos.
r. Anderson, D.. G. Gray, w. w. Hen
nv, S. III. Puliiata and G. X. Crutchfield.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-10-30

DEATH OF Rev. w. E. MUNsEY.-
This able and eloquent preacher, who
had been in feeble health for a long
time, died in Jonesboro', Tenn, on last
Tuesday, the 23rd inst, in the 5Oth year
of his age.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-10-30

Mr.. James M. Montgomery who a
few years since represented Fayette
county in the West Virginia Legislature,
months, died, on Friday week. at his
residence at Coal Valley in Fayette
c'unty, Immediately across the Kanaw-
Il. River from Cannelton in Kanawha
county.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-10-30

EPISCOPAL CONVENTION OF WEST
VIRGINIA. Primary Convention
of the diocese of West Virginia will
meet in Charleston, Kanawha county,
On Wednesday, the 9Th of December
The main and most important busine IS
before it, will be the election ola Bishop,
though other matters viii alao demand
attention. There are fifteen Episcopal
Ciergymen in the Diocese, and about
twenty-five organized Parishes. each of
which is entitled to send one lay dels~
gate, SO that there will probably be forty
members in attendance. The Laity have
an equal voice with the Clergy in the
election of Bishop, and no election is
valid which Is not supported by ma
iotftv of both orders.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-10-30

KILLED BY A STEER.-Last, week, in
Mercer county, w. Va, Mr.. BENZ, Mills,
a respectable citizen of that county, was
gored in the stomach by a two.year-old
steer, which he was attempting to drive
from his field, and lived but short
time.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-10-30

The I,ynchburg Fair was a SUCCESS
fnanciaIIy as well as in other particu-
lars. The Tirgiqidt'e says the receipts
were fsufficient to pay all premiums
amp expenses and leave a surplus in the
treasury"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-10-30

Col. Geo. French Strother, late Super
intendent of the State Penitentiary,
died at his home in Culpeper Wednes-
day night.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-10-30

Doc lTAx.-For the information of
the public, who doubtless desire to know
the amount realized from the tax on
dogs in the county of Bedford for the
year 1877, where there is a dog law simi-
lar to our own, and how said tax was
applied, the following statement is pre-
pared from the records of the clerks of
flee of the County Court;
Net amount realized from tax On
dogs after deducting commits
stons of treasurer $3,557.0 2
Total amount of claims allowed
out of said fund for sheep killed
by dogs 354. 80
Total amount Of claims allowed
for rewards for foxes, wild
cats, ETC., 4S4.5s
Amount-o officers fees for list .r,f
ing dogs, killing dogs, ETC., $500
Which Left S26SO.80, which was ordered
to be paid to the School Board of the
county for school pufposes.-Lerin gton
Gazette.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-10-30

j SHORT DREsSEs.-It is stated that
short walking dresses are now the mode
in Paris, and as American women are
the slaves of the fashions set in that fine
city it would be we'll that they be not
too long ip finding out the facts about
the short dresses. Let Us congratulate
the "fair" that between the practice of
dragging their dresses through the mud
and this other extreme of carrying the
long skirt in the hand, Paris has at last
hit the tr4e average by introducing
dresses that will neither sweep the pave
ments nor impede the wearers when
WaiKiUS, ~.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-10-30

How 1T is IN HOLLAND.-The De-
partment of State has received a report
from our minister at the Hague, in which
it is shown, as an illustration ofthe care
fulness and steadinsss of the Dqtch, that
there has not been bank failure in
Holland in forty years, and that the pa
per money in the banks during that
time has been equal to gold. There is
no such thing as the failure of a fire in
surance company ia Holland, and, while
the rate CT insurance does not exceed
one-half of one per cent. the companies
are Furnishing. First class railroad fare
is only one cent per mile, and yet the
aosds pay good dividends. Pilfering
officiais are rarely heard of. No free
passes are granted. dishonesty of any
kind or failure in business means pubic
dishonor. Four millions of people live
within $1,000 square miles, and all ap
pear happy and contented. The secret
of their prosperity is that all live with
in thsir iaeame and stick to industry
and honesty.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-10-30

DOES REPUTATION PAY ?-The cred
it of a people is their wealth; if you
destroy that, every business interest in
which they are engaged will feel its eff
fleets. It will fall like a blight upon
their prosperity. The most fatal injury
to the laboring class is to depress the in
dustrial interests of a State. They feel
it more than the capitalists, and when
politicians pursue that policy. which
Injuries the credit of those who need
capital, they work a serious injury to
those who are dependant upon the use
of capital to give them labor. The
credit of the States gives credit to those
who give them work, and enables them
to borrow the capital to operate their
business either as farmers or mechanics,
BY preserving the State credit, you give
credit to our business men, which is es-
sential to keep business in operation,
by which the labOrer gets employment.
There is no class more deeply inter-
ested in maintaining the State credit
than the laborer. The State must Ian
guish With the curse of reputation up
Oh it, and as the State suffers all suffer
with it. And when you vote for a
"forcible adjuster," you vote for an at
tempt at reputation, as their theory is
to force the creditors to their terms. or
repudiata the debt. They cannot re-
pudiate the funded debt, and they can
not force those who hold the funded
bonds to settle-and all they can do, is
to do mischief, by injuring the credit of
the State, and every interest in it, and
every laboring man, and all who de-
pend upon capital to carry on business.
-L.eesA~rg Waskingtonion.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-10-30

ONE OF THE EVILS OF Nor PAYING
The State of Mississippi is not to re.
ceive any money from the Peabody ed.
ucational fund in aid of its public
schools this year. The reason assigned
by Mr.. Sears, the general agent of the
fund, is that the income derived from
Mr.. Peabody's noble donation has fallen
off forty per cent. this year, and thai
such aid as the trustees have to give
they propose to extend to those South
ern States that are doing more for their
schools than Mississippi and have re.
ceived less. It was expected in Missis.
sippi that the sum to be received would
be double what it has been heretofore,
and one OF the papers of that State at
tributes her getting nothing to the fact
that the trustees of the Peabody educa-
tlonal fund have invested in bad secu-
rites. This is, we believe, an error
Among the securities turned over to the
trustees by Mr.. Peabody were bonds OF
the Southern States, and notably those
OF the Planters Bank of Mississippi,
which the State had guaranteed, but
subsequently repudiated. In like man.
ner MI. Peabody gave to the trustees of
the Peabody Institute in Baltimore a
large amount of Tennessee bonds. His
faith in Southern honor was very
strong. He believed that all these
bonds, ante bellum obligations, though
the States that issued them were in de
fault at the time, would ultimately be
paid, both interest and principal. For
the failure of Mississippi to Justify his
confidence some excuse may be pleaded.
The war and her rulers after the war
utterly impoverished her. For Tennes-
see there is no such excuse. The prin-
cipal part of her bonds were issued in
aid Of the construction of railroads,
which her people now have in possess
sion and enjoy the benefits of. There
never has been any question as to their
validity, and the first default on the in
.terest due was in 1872. The total
amount of her public debt at the close
of last year, inclusive Of interest past
due, did not much exceed twenty-three
millions of dollars, and she is State so
rich in resources that the continued fail
ure to pay interest on this sum, or to
come to. some satisfactory arrangements
with her creditors, can only arise from
the unwillingness of her people to be
taxed to meet obligations that were
honorably incurred and from which, by
the railroad facilities thus furnished,
they have been largely benefited. Our
own Peabody Institute is sufferer
therefrom in common with other bond
holders, and like the trustees of the Pea
body educational fund, has been obliged
to lessen its expenditures in conse-
quence. 1t is tobe hoped that the people
of Tennessee will not longer suffer this
shame to rest upon their State.-Bal.
Sun.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-10-30
THE BEST OF THE AGE!
The Horizontal Churni"


FIRST Premium awarded this Churn at the
state Fair in 1875, at the Baldwin Augusta Fair
1877, and wherever it has been exhibited it has
Deen successful over all other Churns.. Give it
trlal. All that it claims is guaranteed or no
sale. LIPSCOMR ~ SONERVILLE
Sole Agents for Augusta county end the
- SIS. - a. Valley of Virginia.
STAUNToN, VA. Oct. 18th, 1877,
MESSRS. LIPsCOMB & SOMERyILLE:
! have used about twenty different patterns
ofChurns and consider the Horizontal Churn."
which have used for twelve months, to be the
best that have had.
octl8-2m A. D. WREN.
GPECIAL notice.. G. Yeagers valuable
y Recipe Book, entitled RECIPES FOR
TIE WORLD" has been reduced to 80 cts
The Book contains several hundred Recipes for
making all kinds of Bread, Yeast, Cakes, Pas
try, Puddings, Desserts, Preserves, Jellies, &c.
All orders addressed to the Staunton SPEcTa
TOR will receive prompt attention. -
Respectfully, JIG. YEAGER,
loctx-6m Staunton, Va.
Der wanderer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1867-1957, 1877-04-07

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