Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-11-15

Robertson and SOuthall. Rev. JOhn b
Massey also addressed the court in his OWL
behalf charlottesville Chronicle.
PHILLIPS SOBER THoUGHT.-General
Shields, in one of his late visits to Boston
met W endell Phillips and had a long and
friendly talk with him. Mr.. Phillips, il
the course of the conversation, exclaimed
with some earnestness "Gen. Shields,
want to see the Southern Democracy gel
back into possession of this Government. ,
Shields asked how that could be after hi
had fought the Southern people so hard.
II know 1 did, said Phillips, .sbut that
was on account of slavery Slavery is
dead now, and want the South to gel
control Of the government
''But you used to say" argued Shields
that the South held the lash over the
Northern Democracy
Il know I did, and the Nor hern Demo
crazy deserved it," ontinued Nh. Phillips
eve have no craftsmanship IN the North
Our leaders are all mercenarv, and there
is mercenary faint about all our legisla
ton. We want the old style of Southern
statesmen who had thoughts above dol
lars, and who legislated as they believed
for the welfare of the country, and not
for individual profit. They had compe
tence, and they acted as If there were
higher aims and ambitions than the mere
accumulation of wealth. We want suci
men in Congress again, and in control
tOo.''
"But, Mr. Phillips. in kill. G slavery
haven't you killed off that Class If stares
men and the possibility of Their reproduc
A., ,I,Af>
racy possible. Tue favored were able tC
did cares, to questions of state. | venture
the assertion that the South without sIa
very won't produce the quality of states
manshp you admire so much.
'Ah, there's the trouble, there's the
trouble" said Phillips, retlr lively, Il
don't know but you're right. st. Louis
lanes.
SALE OF a FARM-Ti:e Culp' per News
says: Colonel James Cochran last week
sold $50 acres of his farm. near Culpeper,
to Mr.. N. B. Meade, of Winch ster. Vir-
ginia, formerly editor of tie Richmond
Wing" at $40 per acre. He also disposed
of his dwelling on E st street . the same
gentleman for the sum OF 500 D.
Mr.. Bowman If Uwasso, Mi>t., was q
heDpecked husband. He bore it as long
as he could, and then took to the woods,
where he built a hut under the roots OF a
fallen tree, ate nuts ami ruoS. and hid
from his wife. He was not discovered I'M
til two weeks after his disappe france, and
then Mrs. Bowman, made reJentant by
sorrow at his absence, induced aim to re-
turn home by promising to h npeck him
no more If Mr.. Bowman's vention is
not already patented it will soon be in gen
eral use.
Paradise, New, is not to political candi-
dates all that it's name implies. Two men
who were running for Office wput there and
made speeches, after which TIL y lodged III
the only hotel. In the morning they found
that all their clothing, except the shirts
that they kept on their backs, had been
for whiskey. Of course, any show of
resentment would have been injudiciOuS.
Beecher was advertised recently as fol
lows by the managers of a Maryland fair:
This wonderful man, Beecher-orator,
writer, and logician-will assuredly be in
Cumberland, and deliver the address at
The fair. The managers have engaged him
1t an enormous outlay, but we are assured
hat it is money we'll invested, as thou
lands will be draw to hear the remarkable
man,
Jim Lindsay, a full blooded African, who
'oted the Democratic ticket at Culpeper
m the 5th inst. was visited the next day
" VIM. Lightfoot, a mulatto, at his black
NTH shop, to give HIM his opinion of him
or 'deserting his party" The opinion,
very bad one, had not been fully deliver
d when Lindsay picked up hoe and
ractured Lightfoot's skull.
The Rev. Thornton S. Sampson, who, it
will be remembered, preached in Staunton
ast summer, and shortly thereafter left
With his wife to undertake missionary
york In Greece, arrived safely at Athens
n the 9th of September, and has ''gone
o housek eeping.'
Montgomery Presbytery has refused to !
low Rev. J. M. Rawlings, pastor Of the
nd Presbyterian church at Lytchburg, to |
esign aud become assistant editor OF the
Central Presbyterian" of Richmond. |
he refusal was IN compliance with the |
arrest request of Mr.. Rawlings congre- /
alton.
These chilly November mornings tie
will be read with d shlyer
laG twelve guests yet remain AZ the Al |
gbany Springs, Va, aud Wn b. tuere
IL December, I
Secretary Thompson, of the Navy, was
| LOudoun county, Va, last week, visit
lp r. G. I.itItetOn his rel ssva The
ecretary, in youth taught soha,l at Red |
ill, in that county.
Mr.. Rcharts, On marrying the third |
nee, remarked that bis first wife was Zoo
tellectual, the second too rell ,ous. and |
le third one just right. Perhaps he will |
Id the last one toe young.
Miss Sallie \. Ball, of Alexandria, Va.
appointed postmaster at Sitka. Alaska.
c. Fannie E. Kellogg, resigned. Miss t
Ill is a dau0 liter of the collector, M. D.
III, formerly editor of the Sentinel, at
exandria, Va.
Miss Belle Jordan, daughter of Mr.. E
JORDAN, OF Jordan Springs, was severely
rned Sunday week, by her clothes tax
; tire, and her parents were also badly
rned in their attempt to save her.
A Quincy, ILL.,, Methodist minister has,
Image fashion. visited gambling houses
d other resorts, and is telling not only
lat, but whom he saw,
The Committee on Church Extension
The M. E. Church (North) has apprO- :
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