Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-07-10

great crowd at Grace Church, San. Fran
cisco. The sexton, Mr.. Cornerstone,
was unable to find seats for all who ask
ed for them, and when one of the lady
pew-holders raised question of privi-
[ege and attempted to exclude strangers
from her seat, he lost his temper and
treated her rudely. The vestrymen |
censured him and accepted his resigna-
ton. The old man rose early on the
last Sunday in June-his successor was
to appear on the following Sunday-and
kissing his wife and child babe them
goodbye, The hour of service drew
near; the doors of the church were still
closed; group Of worshippers gathered
on the stone steps; the sexton could not
be found. The rector finally ordered
the doors to be forced open. When this
was done they discovered the sexton
lying on the floor of the chancel with
cash in his throat and q razor in his
hand. He was not dead his wounds
were dressed and his recovery was pre-
dicted in fact, his sole object seems to
have been to arouse the sympathies of
the congregation.
THE NEXT HoUsE.-A Washington
correspondent of the New York Tribune
states that an active republican, who
has had an opportunity of examining
the roll of the next House of Represen-
tatives, recently completed by Clerk
Adams and filed in the Office of the
Treasurer of the United States, as evil
dence upon which members are paid,
says that it shows 152 democrats to 1874
republicans, with seven vacancies. The
seven contested seats are in the first and
fourth districts of California, the single
districts of California, the single dis
trict of Colorado, second district of Flo
rida, the fourth and sixth district of
Louisiana, and the third district of
Missouri. It will be accordingly seen
that should all the vacancies be awar-
ded to the republicans the democrats
will still have majority of eleven in
the next House.
| The Recent Election in Charleston, s..
c., despite the fact that the republicans
refused to put ticket in the field, was
largely participated in by the colored
people. Thus we observe that the "ral-
lying committees" included colored vo-
tiers as well as white, and that 300 of the
], $50 democratic ballots in one ward, and
It's of the 1886 in another, were cast by
colored voters. In the aggregate the
colored voters seem to have cast about
the same proportion of the total demo-
cratic vote as their representation on the
ticket of the whole list-three out OF
seventeen. This certainly affords good
, basis for colored democratic element.
The Iowa Republican met in Stats
Convention last week. After nomina
ting candidates for State officers, a res
olution endorsing Hayes Southern
! policy" was introduced, and met by 6
storm of Kisses and was tabled by
three-fourths vote. In the New Hamp
shire House of Delegates a similar res
olution was defeated, the Republican
voting against and the Democrats for it
Is the enmity of the North against tn
South never to die out?
) The New York World says Governor
Hampton left for South Caroline las
night, having won golden opinions from
all who saw him here. He devoted
himself exclusively to the public bust
ness which he came here to transact
General Conner. his coadju.
tor in the arrangement of the State loan
has been suffering from severe bron
chial attack, and still remains at the
New York Hotel.