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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1878-02-21

It provides for collecting in money TWEEN.
ty-tive cents of the tax one very hundred
dollars worth OF property, and setting it
aside for the ordinary expenses OF the gov
eminent. 1t in like manner collects and
sets aside ten cents Of the tax for school
purposes, and fifteen cents to meet the in.
terest on the public debt. 1t does not per-
nit the payment of the coupons in dis
charge Of the taxes and dues to the State,
as we solemnly covenanted and agreed to
| do by the provisions of the funding BILL
What would any member on this floor say
if such proposition was made bya citizen
in reference to his private affairs?
A man finds himself largely indebted-to
an extent that it will be necessary for him
| to curtail his expenses and put himself prob
ably to inconvenience in order that he may
meet the accruing interest on his debts. lie
has large amounts Of property. He conveys
and assigns to his wife one half of all that he
| has in a way to secure him from his creditors.
| He then in like manner transfers another
considerable portion to his children. and
says to them, Now | have provided funds
for our maintenance and for the support and
education of the children beyond the reach
Of all creditors, whose money have bor-
rowed and used in acquiring this very prop
erty ind enhancing its value. This debtor
then approaches his creditors and cody in
forms them that he has laid aside a small
pittance for them which they can receive if
they choose, or they can get nothing How.
| Say, would such q transaction in private
life strike honest men? Would the man
who attempted it, be countenanced in the
business circles of any country? Would the
courts of the country allow him thus to cover
up his property and defy his creditors?
Look at it as you may it is exactly the
plan proposed by this BILL
Again Is there anything about this debt
which can Justify forcible measures to avoid
it? Was there anything dishonest on the
part of the creditors at the time of It's con-
traction?
I have here the records showing of what
the debt is composed, how it was contracted,
and what use was made of the money bor-
rowed by the State, and call the attention
of gentlemen on this floor from all parts of
the Commonwealth to the exhibit. From a
report of the Second Auditor, made in Mo-
vember, 1865, now before me, find that the
public debt in January, 1852, was.sin round
numbers, $40, 100000, and that in October,
1865, it amounted, in round numbers, to
$50, 100000. [ find farther, from same re-
port, that the expenditures of the State in
the construction of railroads, canals, turn
pixies, bridges, &C., up to 1861 amounted to
$50, 900, 900. Here is the exact table:
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1878-02-21

For SICK OR NERVOUS HEADACHE.
costive habit, inactive liver, and toward off
malarial fevers ''Dr. Swayne's Tar and Sar-
saparilla R.ills's-are very effective. They
act gently, WITHOUT any gripping or inpleas-
ant sensation whatever, leaving no bad al
feet, as is thecase With blnelfnsss or calomel.
Prepared only by DIR. Swayne Il Son, Phil
adelphia, and sold at % cents a box by Bod
eker Brothers, 1444, Main street, Richmond,
and w. r. Tyree, No. 6 Main Street Staun-
! ton Va, and all leading druggists
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FROM srAUNroN-wEsTwARD

Trains leaving stanton at lO:l5 a. M. and 4:25
%. IN. run daily Except Sunday stopping at all
regular stations.
Trains leaving Staunton at 2.lO a. M, and LIS
a. M. run daily, stopping at all regular stations
between Huntington and Allegheny, and at Gov
ington. Miiiboro' Goshen. Waynesboro', Alton,
GREENWOOD Mediums River, Ivy, Charlottes-
Vile, Gordonsville. Junction and Richmond
The steamer Fleetwood or Bostona leaves Hun
tington daily upon the arrival of the p. m. train
from Richmond. Returning. steamer leaves Gin
cinnati daily at p M and makes connection with
the u a. m, train at Huntington for the east and
north.
Sleeping cars run on 2:l0 q. m. and Ills a. m
trains between Richmond and Covington. Also
Sleeping cars will run on Nos.3 and trains be-
tween Charlottesville and Baltimore and Cor
louisville and Covington
For further information, rates. &c, apply to
]. H. WOODWARD. Ticket Agent, Staunton, Va
CONWAY r. HOWARD,
W. NJ. s. DUNN. q. p. & Ticket Agent.
Engineer and Superintendent.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1878-02-21
VIRGINIA HOTEL,
v STAUNTON, VA,

This spacious Hotel, the leading hotel in the
Valley of Virginia, has recently been reitted and
repainted throughout.
Located in the central part of the city, only two
blocks from either depot
THE OFFICE Is OPEN THE ENTIRE NIGHT,
and guests will be received or called at any hour.
81 Special suits of rooms for families or large
travelling parties.
There is q fine LIVERY attached to the Hotel,
furnishing carriages to all points at reasonable
charges.
No Coaches and porters in attendance at all the
trains TO convey Passengers and Baggage FREE
OF CHARGE.
JOHN d. CROWLE, Prop.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1878-02-21

Wagon Making and BfacI<slnithinS-
w The undersigned. for meriy OF Churchyille,
has open ed Wagon Making ana bacKsmthlhS
establish ment, o New Courthouse street, Staun-
ton, Va next door to the Carriage Factory OF Cap.
tain Waters, where he is prepared to execute all
work in his line, ont of good MATERIAL III the best
manner and at low figures
Repairing promptly done and work warranted.
/ also manufacture Fesieg's patent Lifting Jack
the greatest thing out and Indispensable to far
mers generally Cali and see IT,
feb lS-ff JAMES M. IICKLITER.
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DEVERE HOUSE.
LII HarrisOnburg, Va.
MRS. NJ. C. LUPTON, CHAS. E. LUPTON,
PrOprietress. Manager.
JAS. r. LUPTON and G. B. STROTHER, Clerks.
This we'll known Hotel has been entirely reno
waited and re-furnshed.
ACCOMMODATIONS FIRST CLASS.
Every effort made to render satisfaction and to
make all our guests comfortable.
Omnibus TO and from all trains. may lift
National Hotel,
IN Corner OF Sixth Street and Pa. Ave.
WASHINGTON, D. C.
F. TENNEY s. CO., Proprietors.
nov 2l-tf
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Hotels.

MEXICAN HOTEL.
N STAUNFON, VA.
CHANCE OF MANA CEMENT.
v. VI. CAkTMELL. Proprietor.
Situated near the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Depot and accessible to the business part of the
city, will make it desirable for transient visitors
and especially for the Travelling Commercial men.
omnibus to and from the Hotel free of charge
ar Livery Stables attached to the Hotel. az
jan 25-1y
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HANDSOME PRINTS
Just received at
dee 90 at W. II. WELLER'S-
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owen, Peed, Pendleton, Powell, Purdie .Ragsdale
Riggs. Rixoy. Scott, seaweil, Smith,. Straughan
Strayer, j. Mcdonnell, Taylor, w. T. B. Taylor, Tee
ter Thompson, Townes. Trout, w, A Turner.
Wall. Watkins, Wilson, Volt, Woodbridge and
Wyatt-6S. sssA
NOES.-Messrs. Waddell and Word--2i sf
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1878-02-21

r M. QUARLES,
y. ATTORNEY AT LAW
AND COMMISSIONER IN CHANCERY.
STAUNToN, VA.
Practices in all the Courts of Augusta and ad-
joining counties, and i'll the U. :. District Court
at Harrisonburg. sft
Special attention paid to the collection of claims
and prompt returns made. feb 17-tf
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Passed April 25. 1867

IPaSSeQ Aprls 70. 1907 U
1. Be 1t enacted by the General assembly,
That the Second Auditor is hereby required
to issue, at the request Of all persons holding
registered bonds of this State on which in-
terest is made payable by an act passed
March 81, 1867. entitled an act to provide
for the payment of q part of the interest
upon the public debt, q certificate or certi-
ticates in the nature of coupons, showing
the amount OF interest that will be so pay
able on such bonds at the ensuing semi; an
nual periods for the payment Of such inter
est: Provided, Aoaoerea, That such certifi-
cate or certificates shall be issued not ear
licr than six months nor later that one
month before the anticipated interest will
become due.
8. The certificates aforesaid may be msed
and shall be receiced, IN payment Of Stat
tores and other public dues.
4. Persons holding coupons of interest
issued by this State, for payment of which
provision has been made, may use the same
in like manner in payment OF State taxes
or other public dues at any time not earlier
that six months before the period OF pay
| ment
| desire to call your attention specially te
the vote by which the act was passed.
In the House of Delegates the vote on the
bill was:
| AYES.-Atkinsop. Baldwin Bekem, Bentley
| Booker Bowes, Braxton Butt, Cabell A. Clark
| W. L. Clark Childress, Crump, panel, davidson
Dickinson, Huntington, English, FieIds; Garrett
| brough. Herndon, Homes, Jackson, Jones. Kei
] lam, KendPck, Lee, Leonard, Lewis, Long, Mann
Martin, Mcdonald, Merritt. Moore Morgan
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WI c., VIRG. MIDLAND & G. S. R. R.-JNO
w. s. BARBOUR, Receiver.
on and after Sunday. Feb. 3rd, 1873, Passen-
ger Trains will run as follows:
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Railroads..

CHEsAPEAKE & OHIO RAIL ROAD.
On and after Monday. February llth, Passen
ger trains will run as follows:
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AYES.-Messrs. Alexander. Boiling, Cabell.
Dulany Gray. Hannah. Kello, Lawson
McRae. Meade, Miller. Mitchell, Peck, Richmond
Robinson, and TaliaferPo.-17. rr
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-02-14
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE TERRITORY
OF WASHINGTON.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the Legislative Assembly of the
Territory of Washington by an act approved
the 9th day of November, A. D. 1877, provided
that special election should be held in said
Territory, on the 9th day of April, 1873, for the
purpose of choosing delegates to assemble at
of June, A. d. 1878, to frame State Constitu-
ton; and
WHEREAS, it is further provided in said act,
that delegates to said Convention shall be
elected in the Territory at large and in districts
as follows
Three delegates in the Territory at large.
One delegate in the First Judicial District.
One delegate in the Second Judicial District.
One delegate in the Third judicial District.
One delegate in the County of Walla Walla.
One delegate in the County of King.
One delegate in the Counties of Thursten
and Lewis.
One delegate in the Counties of Clarke, Ska
mania, Klickitat, and Yakima.
One delegate in the Counties of Cowlitz, Pa
cific and Wahkiakum
One delegate in the Counties of Pierce, Che
halls and Mason.
One delegate in the Counties of Clallam,
Island, Jefferson and San Juan.
One delegate in the Counties of Kitsap, Sno-
homish and Whatcom.
One delegate in the Counties of Columbia,
Stevens and Whitman; and
WHEREAS, it is further provided in said act,
that the Counties of Idaho, Shoshone and Nez
Pcrce, in the Territory of Idaho, may be repre-
sented in said Convention by one delegate who
shall have the privilege of the floor but shall
not be entitled to II vote;
Now THEREFORE, |, ELISHA P. FERRY,
Governor of the Territory of Washington, by
virtue of the power and authority in me vested
by said act do hereby call special election to
be held in the several Counties in this Terri
tory on the
Ninth day of April, A. ID. 1873,
For the purpose of clecting the delegates here.
inbcfore mentioned The said election to be
conducted and returns thereof made and trans
mitted as is now provided by law in cases o
general elections for Delegate to Congress
Prosecuting Attorney and members of the
Legislative Council of the Territory. And the
Counties Of Idaho, Shoshone and Nez Perce, in
the Territory of Idaho are requested to elect
the delegate to said Convention provided fol
IN said act, at such time and in such mannc,
| as may be deemed advisable by the citizens OF
said counties.
In Testimony Whereof, have hcrcunto
set my hand, and caused the Great
Seal of the Territory 10 be affixed al
LIS. Olympia, this 24th day Of January, A.
ID. one thousand eight hundred and
seventy eight.
ELISHA p. FERRY.
BY the Governor, n. IL. OWINGS,
Secretary of the Territory.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-02-14

The Chicago Tribune, one of the
great silver organs, says the real sill
yer men do not demand the uncondi-
tional repeal of the resumption act;
they do not want the national bank
ing system abolished, because they
are satisfied, for the most part, that
it furnishes the safest and best paper
currency this country has ever had or
is ever likely to have; they do not
want the country flooded with ire
dcemable greenbacks. Voorhees, and
others like him, it says, ''are doing
the movement for the remonetization
of silver all the injury they can by
Juggling in their exploded fallacies.
They furnish the gold-bugs the ex-
cuse for denouncing the silver move
ment as fraud and swindle, and
their own vagaries, if carried out,
would defeat all the advantages which
Legitimate reconciliation of the
silver dollar will provide"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-02-14
What 1t Costs.

The Chicago Times gives a few
items of the cost to the Government
Of useless political Investigations and
prosecutions, which in addition to
foolish expenditure produce also dis
sension and improbable agitation to
a great extent. Among these are the
following:
The electoral investigation in Louisi-
ana, South Carolina, Florida and Or
egon, as conducted on the part of the
Senate alone, cost s95,212; the in
quiry in 1875 into the Mississippi
election, cost s6,S31; the Chinese
commission, which never reported,
drew s4,SS3; Jones' silver report cost
$4,000; the Belknap impeachment
trial cost 81, ,5S3, and wasn't worth
it; in two summers the Senators
washed their throats with 81 ,5S4 worth
of lemonade, and Pinchback, who
never took seat, was paid SIG, 1866.
We haven't heard yet what it cost to
investigate the Grover election, but
it was dear piece of business, since
there was nothing in it that would
pay at any price.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-02-14

One of the most influential papers
in the South, the Atlanta Constitution,
hits the New Orleans malcontents the
following good rap, concerning that
'bargain" to put Hayes in:
AS to the part the southern Sena-
tors and representatives took in the
business of inaugurating Mr.. Hayes,
when they saw that his Inauguration
was inevitable, we desire to saw to
the North once and for all, that their
action is justified by the results. We
trust it is true that they bargained
with Hayes to do us justice. We
trust it is true that they plotted to
tarn the governments of the southern
States over to the administration of
our own people. We trust they
were wise enough and patriotic enough
to do this-otherwise we should feel
bound to regard them as bound over
to the utter unthrift of idiocy.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-02-14

The Port Townsend Press says that
it is reported that the Governor We
toed the bill authorizing the counties
to vote subsidy to the Seattle and
Walla Walla Railroad. This may be
the secret of no reference being made
thereto in his Proclamation for the
election on April 9th. The prospects
of the people voting for such sub
sidy in any event is considered dubi-
Gus.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-02-14

The first fruits of the effort to
make silver legal tender in unlim-
tied amounts are already apparent in
the decline of American securities
abroad, and already u. S. Bonds are
being sent home from Europe to be
sold in the home market, for fear that
the holders may be compelled to take
silver for what they had been prom
ised gold. The New York Tribune
of Feb. 8, s&ys: "During the last
three weeks s3,OO0,O00 u. S. Bonds
have been sold in this city on English
account; S3,000,000 more are on their
way, and orders were received yester-
day to dispose of 81, 100000 additional
government bonds. They are prin-
cipally 61s, Sos, As, and IS. Yester-
day s1,000,000 government bonds
were sold at fractional decline on
account of German holders.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-02-14

The finest exhibition of cheek we
have heard of for some time can now
be found on Puget Sound. The
Tacoma Herald says:
Regular loggers upon the Sound de-
termine to stop all logging upon gov
ernment land by transient men They
think such competition little too
rough to be borne"
The command goes forth that only
regularly established loggers viii here
after be permitted to filch and steal
the timber from the lands of the Gov
ernment Only rich men can rob the
Government on the Sound. Poor men
must stand back or take the punish
ment that small thieves deserve.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-02-14

How To KILL A TowN.-Under-
rate every present aud prospective
enterprise, speak i'll of the churches
and schools; tell everybody the hotels
are bad; enlarge the vices of the
people, especially the young people;
withhold your patronage from the
merchants and tradesmen, and buy
your goods and groceries somewhere
else, never subscribe for the local pa
pers, and if YOU are in business re-
fuse to advertise.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-02-14

The air is thick with rumors about
that "bargain." 1t is now currently
stated at Washington that Conkling
has become possessed of dispatches
which passed between Washington
and Columbus in the last week in
February last, regarding the policy
that Hayes proposed to pursue toward
the South and the Cabinet he proposed
to form, if declared President. If
these dispatches are made public,
they will be very interesting reading
to some gentlemen whose names were
suggested for Cabinet positions.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-02-14
Newspaper Decisions.

|. ANY person who takes a paper regularly
from the post-ofiice, whether directed in his
name or another's, or whether he has sub
scribed or not-is responsible for payment
g If Il person orders his paper discontinued,
he must pay all arrears, or the publisher may
continue to send it until payment is made, and
then collect the whole amount, whether the
paper is taken from the office or not.
g. The courts have decided that refusing to
take newspapers and periodicals from The post;
office, or removing and leaving them uncalled
for, is prima facia evidence OF intentional
fraud
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-02-14

The Walla Walla Watchman says
that "the doctors don't know what they
are talking about when they assert that
diphtheria is caused by sink sewerage.
1t says that the use of pork as an ar
ticle of food is the cause of the disease. "
Such remarks are rather rough on
the many children of Jews on the coast
that have perished of diphtheria, as
well as an insinuation against the
knowledge of the upper country doctor.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-02-14

BY strict party vote in the House
of Representatives, Pacheco of Cali
fornia, was made to surrender his seat
to Wigginton, Democrat. On con
flicting evidence as to who was actually
entitled to the seat, the politics of the
contestants really settled the question,
and the Democratic might in the
House became the right of the success
full contestant.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-02-14

The Historian says great many peo-
pie at Astoria, and in that vicinity,
''are on the sell''-that is to say they
want to pack up and quit the place.
If any have such notions in their
heads, now is the time to carry the
same into execution. If they do not
avail themselves of the present dull
times and succeed in selling out and
moving away, by and by these dull
tin&s will be over and they will be
compelled to take double what they
ask now for their property, or else
stay to enjoy the new era.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-02-14

A LONDON tailor has this sign in
his window "No American orders
taken without deposit Above
Il bar in Chicago may be read
"No trus., for alleged English noble
en-"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-02-14

The Tacoma Herald says: "Capt.
John Connick, formerly in command
of the tug Tacoma, recently carried
off golden laurels short distance
outside the Golden Gate, while fear
full storm was raging. A large YES
sci was in danger Of being dashed to
pieces. The harbor pilots would not
go to her assistance for less than thirty
thousand dollars. An offer was made
of fifteen thousand dollars, and Capt.
Connick gallantly went to the rescue.
1t was hazardous undertaking, and
the swells of the sea threatened to
swamp the little tug-boat. But the
powerful little craft steamed on to
victory, rescued the disabled sailing
vessel, and entered the harbor safely.
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At Tacoma with Pacific Mail Steamships
for Victoria and San Francisco, and with Sound
steamers for Seattle, Steilacoom, Olympia and
all points on Puget Sound.
At Lake View with stage for Steilacoom.
At Tenino with stages for Olympia.
At Kalama with O. s. \. Co.'S boats for
Portland and all points on the Columbia river.
At Portland on Wednesday and Saturday,
at Il A NJ, with steamers for Port Townsend,
Victoria, Nanaimo, New Westminster and Fra
ser river.
Through Tickets for sale at principal offices
of the Company, and at the office OF the o. s
n. Co, Portland, Oregon, To Victoria and Seat
tie, and via 2. NJ. $. 5. Co.'S steamships from
Tacoma, and o. 5. 5 Co and z, {. :. s Co.'S
steamships from Portland to San Francisco.
Through Tickets to Portland, Oregon, for
sale at Victoria, Seattle, Tacoma and Tenino
SAMUEL A. BLACK,
General Superintendent.
W. WAYNE VoGDEs,
General Ticket Agent
The Mesilla Valley independent. [volume] (Mesilla, N.M.) 1877-1879, 1878-10-26
Go, Buy a Farm

No maH says the ls,ss.s1NlllH hrs struggled
aad toiled twenty years. VIM ilss. not yaFncd
how invaluable becomes mooney IS 'l4ljjasar1t
IF tsi1ors But money itself is tAe least eiliie.
ar mi ne seryitars OF tiFeIess iu,iastfy II
j worthless when nnuseesl,aHd II esci, Is ".
eeediagly apt to take wings Of hanSruptey
Or fraud and fly away, like br,2lfi deitss ~
misers deem il. TherNforo industry wisely
seeks thr ownership of land, and after all,
his IS The i,est psssible property Fittfr
fafta i ibe choicest co-laborer a Iaioser caa
have Il cannot be .Sb,ien, rhieees