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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-04-02

SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION AT WAYNES-
BoRo'.-Last Friday morning, the churches
composing the first district of the Augusta
Baptist Association met at Waynesboro' to dis
cuss some matters pertaining to Sunday
schools. The body was organized by the cleo
ton of VIM. H. Peyton as Moderator, and w.
o. Whatsoever as Clerk. After the introduce
tory sermon on the conversion of the young
the following subjects were discussed, on some
Of which written essays were prepared Of great
merit, viz: The Teachers preparation of the
lesson the relation of the Family to the Sum-
day school; mutual relation of superintendent
and Teachers; Country Sunday schools-their
peculiar difficulties and how to overcome them;
the importance of training the young in De-
nominational principles; the best methods OF
teaching-with special consideration of the
uniform lesson system; the Importance OF
training the Sunday schools in systematic con-
tributions; and Sunday school music.
The discussions were participated in by
Messrs. G.. j. Pratt, w. H. Peyton, G. w. SUIT
ler R. B. Hundley, E. FUR, Jas. Bowen. ]. H
Loyal, L. Vawter, ]. s. Gillian, and the Revs.
J. A. Woodson, ]. H. Taylor. w. T. Yarbrough
W. A. Whitescarver, G. Manly, S. Frank. S. r.
Huff. It was specially gratifying, too, that in
response to an invitation from the body, Rev.
Mr.. McCutchen. of the Presbyterian chnrch,
and Rev. Mr.. Grabill, of the Methodist church,
took part in the exercises. Indeed, one of the
most noteworthy features of the occasion was
the free and cordial way in which the MEM
bers Of the different denominations in the
place mingled throughout all the exercises
The churches were supplied by the Baptist min
listers on the Lords day; and, in the afternoon,
a mass-meeting of all the Sunday schools was
held in the Baptist church, which was crowded
to its utmost capacity. The services were con-
Quoted with great interest and spirit, and, from
the expressions heard on all sides, must have
given universal satisfaction, and cannot fail to
be productive of great good.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-04-02
LECTURES OF MAJ. JED HorcHk1ss.-on last

LECTURES OF MAI. JED HOTCHKISS.-On last
Thursday night, Maj. Hotchkiss delivered the
fourth in his series Of five lectures the geolo-
gy and geography Of Virginia. This lecture,
like those which preceded it, was very interest
ing and was much enjoyed by the audience
The lecturer did not have the time to present,
as he had intended, all the subjects assigned to
that lecture. He will notice them in his next
lecture, which will be delivered next Saturday
night, at half-past seven O'Clock. We hope our
readers will bear this in mind, and that
they will be sure to attend on Saturday night.
That will be the last Of this very interesting Sc
ries of lectures, unless Maj. Hotchkiss can be
prevailed upon to continue them, which we
hope will be done. as the subject is by no means
exhausted, and the lectures become more inte-
resting to the audience as their increased
knowledge of the subject enables them better
to understand and appreciate them.
The following are the subjects which will be
presented in the lecture Saturday evening"
The geology Of the State-its rocks, their dis
tribution and condition-its mineral resources
their kind, location and present and prospect
i've economic Importance; its soils, their dis
tribution, adaptations and capabilities.
The vegetable and animal productions of the
State-kind and observation-disclosures in past
and future. Influences that regulate and con-
troll the distribution of plants and animals.
Its people, their origin, condition, occupa-
tions, institutions, and history; the effect Of the
physical conditions here found upon their char
acter, habits, employments, growth and pros
perity.
GeOgraDhical pr0preSS &c
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-04-02

81 will buy pair of fine Calf Box Toe hand
made Boots, every pair warranted, at
WEIIER'S Root and Shoe Store
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-04-02

Shad cheaper than Lake Herring at
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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-04-02

Il. A. i.
Standard Natural Observation-Disclosures bu the
Medical Procession for
The crisis., 1878-01-03
TR4T FRAUD.
The Democratic Committee
Roundiy Denounced.

CCin. Enquirer 25th.
We have read the call for State
Convention by the Central Commit
tee IF the Democracy OF Indiana.
We think We see in the document
the hand or the same architects who
haveherctoforo played INTO the lands
of wall street, aud have brought
shame and defeat upon tho Democra-
cy of our sister State. In the call
they have devoted thirty-six words
to the silver and resumption ques-
tons, and three hundred and eighty
three words to the wounds and brulis-
es of Messrs. Tilden and Hendricks,
as if pamding the frauds by which
these gentlemen were defeated was
going TO put bread INTO the mouths
of thousands upon thousands of the
suffering poor Of Indiana. The De
mocracy Of Indiana need no remind
ing Of how Hayes was elected OF
how Ti,den was defeated. They
are at present engaged IN finding
how to stop the universal conisca
ton OF the property of the debtor
class, how to prevent the heartles'
Money Power from taking thcll
farms, houses and savings, and how
to give employment to the thous
ands of working people who are
starving and freezing. The call wa'
evidently inspired by the swell head
ed Washington Club that does the
gentcel for the high steppers of The
Bank Democracy Of Indiana. The
ragged Reubens who do the work
pay the money and cast the votes
we are sure had no hand in bringing
forth q document that never men
toned the question Of Nationa
Banks and Grcenbacks. They al
tempt to ignore these questions, as i
they were new to the Democracy
but we are sure that this attempt Il
stltle the voice OF the Grcuhbayl
men will cud in the Convention
adopting the mosl pronounced plat
form that Indiana mas yet had. TIN
call contains no invitation TO the lie
publicans who think as they do OF
the financial question TO unite wit
them, but invites that portion Of tn
people who think We were chcale
last year to come 10 the gathering
If the call were made into pial
form tor Indiana 1t would not sc
twenty thousand votes in the Stat,
The Democracy must order the mi
kers of the call TO the rear, and d
their own work in constructing
platform.
The crisis., 1878-01-03

Tho fo,,ow;rr ia ,bo conclusion of
~, IT, - ,u.,,
an aple specch oy hoi' d. d. O'"rN'
Jr., of the Eleventh (Mo) District,
on the Silver Bill:
Tho orrmhl;ny wrocl,s Of financial
d,.,S,or ara s,r.wn ,rnnnd rs in wild
confns;on. movnfar,orios havc clos.
oJ n"d ,ho n"r.J ,;nh, ~ nourrr
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The crisis., 1878-01-03

Jefferson City Tribune: Mr..
Buckner has introduced a Till in
Congress to tax Gall sales of stocks,
bonds, gold and silver bullion and
railroad bonds, shares, gas and bank
stocks, and all other shares or
bonds of corporations" the tax to
be one per cent Of gross sales The
Same bill reduces the tax Oh manu-.
featured tobacco from "a to cents
per pound, and removes the tax
from loaf tobacco entirely after Jan.
!, 1879. This is one of the best
moves made this session. |, propos.
es to get at an immense amount OF
taxable values which have hereto.
fore escaped the tax.gathcrer, and
compel every man TO pay his share
of tho taxation necessary for the
support of tho Government. Mr..
Buckner will deserve well Of his
country If he can succeed in carry.
ing such a law through Congress.
Any man will deserve to bo pom
stoned for life who will devise and
carry out a law to equalize and dis.
tribute tho burdens OF taxation until
all alike shall bear them.
The crisis., 1878-01-03

Missouri Republican: 1t is not to
be forgotten that the estimates made
of the present valrc of the silver
dollar are necessarily Inaccurate and
that il is practically impossible for
any one TO say just what the rel
alive value of u silver dollar com.
pared with a gold dollar will be
when it is made full Icgal-lcnder.
The most careful of estimates can
be no more than Approximately cor,
rect and very few Of them assume
to give more than the value of the
4l2 IL grams Of standard bullion
900 fine contained in the silver
dollar. But 1t would be plain tc
every one that the bullion when put
into the shape Of r'ia must repre-
sent a greater value than it did be,
fore, because Of the addt lonal labor
expended upon it, without regard tc
the value given it b. its logal.tcn
der quality.
The crisis., 1878-01-03
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From the Mexico Leader.
Our Sheriff, II. GlascocH, always
has one eye on the lookout for Grim
iral;, and last wccl; us lie was on his
way to Vanda.ia, on B. Bishops
freight tram, to serve Il writ Oh
some person in that part of the
country, be happened TO see the ne
gro, Sam Balton, who escaped from
the Fulton Jail with Curley Young,
a few weeks since, by knocking
down the jailer Glascock told
Bishop to stop his train, and he
would try to catch hlm. As soon
AS Glascocli got out Of the train,
which was then near Littlcby Sta
ton, the negro started to run. Glas-
cock then challenged him to "halt," ,"
but the nogro thought some one
was calling him in Curryville, so he
keyt on. Glascock promptly fired
at him with his pistol which was
very light. The shot took effect in
his left hip and knocked him down,
but he was up in a moment and of
like deer. Glascock shot four
more times at hm, but his pistol
was too light to be effective. If he
had had his double. barrel shotgun
the murderer would have bitten the
dust at the first shot.
The negro is a desperate character
He has murdered one man, and at
tempted murder on different oc
casions.
The crisis., 1878-01-03
EUits of Mtei,sperahce.


To the Editor of the CRISIS:
Could all the forms of evil pro,
duced in tho land by intemperanco
come upon us in ono horrid array,
it would appal the nation and put
an end to tho traffic in ardent spir-
ia. If in every dwelling bull by
l. ood, the stone from the wal should
utter all the cries which the bloody
traffic extorts, and the beams of
timber should echo them back, who
would build or live in such n house?
What if in every part of the dwell
ing from the cellar upward, through
all the halls and chambers, bablings
and contention S, voices and groans,
and shrieks and wailings, were
heard day and night? What if the
cold blood oozc d out and stood in
drops on the walls, and, by lretcr
natural art, all the ghastly skulls
and bone OF the victims destroyed
by intem pcranrc, should stand upon
them, in hor rid sculpture, within
and without, who wou Id rear such q
buiIdinr =? What if at cycntidc. and
at midnight, the airy forms Of men
destroyed by intempcrancc were
dimly seen haunting the distilIcres
and stores where they received THEN
bane, following in the wake of the
ship engaged in commerce, walking
upon the waves, fitting Il thwart the
deck, sitting upon the rigging and
sending up, from the hold within
and the waves without, groans, loud
lamen,s, and waiIings? Who would
attend such stores, or labor in such
disti!eries, OF navigate such ships
But, these evils agc a. real, rs il the
stone cried out Of the wall, and the
beams answered it; as real, as if day
and night, wailings were heard in
every part of the dwelling, and
blood and skeletons were seen upon
every wall; as real, as if ghOslIy
forms OF departed victims fitted
about the ship as she passed over the
pillows, and showed themselves
nightly about stores and distIIIeries
ard with unearthly voices screamed
in our ears their loud lament.
In the name Of God and humani
ty shun these evils and calamities
f join our temperance order here ii
ChiIIicoihc, give your influence
, and labor, and you shall receive
your reward.
The crisis., 1878-01-03

St. Louis Times: The United
States Trust Company, in New York
was applied to few days ago for n
loan of 100000 to Chicago, which
was refused unless the bonds were
issued on a gold basis. Another
loan of 81 100000 from a Western
city was declined by another bank
on the same grounds, and still an
other of $4,000 for ninety days
met the same fate. All Of which il
paraded as the consequence of q
probability that the silver bill will
pass Congress by two-thirds vote
AS a matter of course, all the bond
holding concerns IN the country vii
do whatever they can for arguments
against The silver bill, because it
passage will create larger paying
power for the dcbtor class, and al
kinds of securities must advance ant
cut down the shavings of those witt
loan. The kind of fmoney the bond
referred to above would have beer
payable IN, is not stated, Presuma
bly,, it was greenbacks or Na;iona
Bank notes, worth 81 l.2 cents, Will
silver is cried down to 92 cents.
the Bland bill passes, q silver dolla
must be worth the same as n green
back dollar, and the paying powe
of the country will be increased jus
in proportion as the volume oISlve
is increased. And that is Just wha
the New York sharks do not wan
The less m oney in circulation, til
more facility they have in g1ndln
big per cents from borrowers.
The crisis., 1878-01-03

We notice that Il great many
banks and mercantile interests are
failing in Canada. These failures
are not attributed 10 the silver ques.
tion nor are they con si1ered as the
legitimate result of the resumption
act.- Cambridge City Times.
Nor can they he attributed to
greenback "inhation" or "irrcdeem.
able" money for they have no green
backs in Canada. They have the
"solid," "stable," "honest" specie
basis bank-note system in Canada
and that system must be held resi- on,
slbls for all their ills. Don't forget
it.-Ind. Sun.
The crisis., 1878-01-03

Last week a long list of firms at
Chicago was carefully filed away for
future use by strong banks here.
"Why" it was asked. because
this is n list of firms who support
BANDS bill they are in favor Of
paying 80 cents on the dollar whore
they can find a flaw in the bond. 1t
may be well to know such firms by
and by. The man who will blacken
the public faith in such a case will
never lack excuse TO cvGde n debt
which he does not want TO pay, and
his own faith will not be more sa-
cred to HIM than that Of hi, country"
SO spoke an old banker Of note.
Was the verdict harsh? Of one
thing Chicago may be sure: men
who make war on public credit will
not the sooner get credit for them.
selves. --Neu York Tribune.
We desire our readers to look ,at
this carefully and take in its full
meaning. What is here directed at
Chicago, will apply to the entire
West. Have these "ShylocHs" been
in the habit Of loaning money to
Chicago, or any other place in the
West, without ample security? This
is an infamous threat, and the most
outrageous attempt to "bulldoze" the
West, that we have yet seen. We
have moro than once declared tha t
the great fight in the coming strug-
gle, is against the National Banks,
and every day brings that fact more
prominently before the country.
We have appealed to the people TO
send up to their Congressman and
Senators, petitions and resolutions
telling them what they want. We
again urge this matter as Of vital
importance. Only by united and
vigorous effort can your rights be
secured. We are glad to notice a
strong tendency-through the i'm
provement of the Mississippi River
to transfer the grain and produce
trade to Europe by way of New Or
leans. We hope this will be done,
and teach Wall Street that it is not
the United States. The material
prosperity of the West depends on
the frmness with which we defend
our rights. Don't depend on some
, body else in this matter. The party
$ leaders are TOO timid, and party or
gans hesitate to tackle this mon.
strous fraud that is being urget
. against your rights. Thank Goo
: we have nine Congressmen from
c Missouri, who have made y goot
a record on the peoples side. But W
9 have some papers which claim to b.
IS the ercluS.re party organs that dar
not breathe full, or give one worC
of encouragement to such men a
l. Buckncr, Crittenden, Clark, Frank
Is lin, Bland, Rea, Glover, Morgan an
u Hatcher. all Democrats. These sam
'e organs will attempt to destroy tn
influence of any man or paper, thG
" openly defends the action of thes
70 men. "Those who are not for u
10 are against u.s." Neutral grounC
y will not do, and the man or pap,
u that attempts 10 carry water on bot
shoulders, will find thomsolv,
al Swampsd. We have some bold p
,r pers, and some bold leaders who n
u. not wearing collars prepared
at Wall street. Let the people raj
on to their support.
The crisis., 1878-01-03

St. Louis Times: After all the
captures reported by the Spanlards
in Cuba, the rebels seem to be max
ing better headway than ever.
Maximo Gomez, at the head of l.
900 cavalry, on December II, inva-
dcd a department occupied by the
government troops and captured a
number of small forts, threatening
to burn the plantations as soon a'
the crops are saved.
The crisis., 1878-01-03

st Louis Times: If our friends
Of the grecnback persuasion expect
to make any impression on the in
coming session OF Congress, they
should get their ammunition ready
A slow siege will never capture the
citadel.
The crisis., 1878-01-03

San Francisco has a Home for In.
cbriates, where habitual drunka rds
are sent by their friends to be cared
for, and, if possible, cured. The
Legislature appropriates $500 a
month for its support, and a portion
of the fines inflicted in the Police
Court for drunkenness goes to the
institution. A proposition is being
mooted to tax all sales of liquor fol
the benefit of the "IIome."
The crisis., 1878-01-03

"As | remarked" he continued,
",ho people of Jefferson City never
seem to enjoy Christmas. And |
always feel like saying-d-n the
mud" lie finished the sentence
thusly as he got up and went down
into Bill Heidt's barber shop to
hire the polar bear to scrape him Off
jefferson City Tribune.
The crisis., 1878-01-03

The speech Of Judge Kelly on the
repeal of the resumption act is pub
lished in the indianapolis Sun and
IS an able and exhaustive argument
on the financial question.
The crisis., 1878-01-03

The suspension Of the Real Estate
Bank of st. Louis Is reported. Also
the Drug house Of John d. Park 4
Son of Cincinnati. More rcsump-
ton wrecks.
The crisis., 1878-01-03

Fredricktow- JeferSonion: Still
son Huichins Wll be a candidate for
United States Senator 20 succeed
Senator Armstrong. lie will get
all the votes he can buy.
The crisis., 1878-01-03
THE CRISIS.

The Senatorial question in Ohio
is beginning to create some sensa-
ton. Tho race will likely bo be-
tween Pendleton and Ewing.
The crisis., 1878-01-03

Indianapolis Sun: About the
only good thing left to say of Hen
ry Ward Beecher is that his. brother,
Thomas X. is q Grecnbacker. This
is virtue for II. W. BY imputation'
But II. W. has gene back on the
doctrine of imputed righteousness
The crisis., 1878-01-03

Kansas City Times Senator
Herman has counted all the auti-sil-
Yer men in the Senate and finds on
IL "a in u body of 76 members.
The crisis., 1878-01-03

Mr.. Voorhees, Is devoting the re.
cess to the evolution Of the "rrcat
est cifor, OF his life" on finance.
Put out the storm signal,-N Y.
Tribune.
A warning well given, to all
shakey concerns like the Tribune
whose timbers are not sound, and
whose foundations are not baseG
on the immutablc principles of jus
tice.
The crisis., 1878-01-03

Jefferson City Tribune: The Tri-
bune hopes and believes that the
present Congress will pass the Bland
silver bill, that it will repeal the re-
sumption act, at least the clause
which names day for resumption ;
that it will make Investigations of
the work of the various departments,
as to their acts in the past, and with
a view to an honest, economical ad-
ministration in the future, and, hay
ing donc these things, and not left
undone many other important mat
ters, they will have done their duty
well, aad placed the country again
on the high road to pro spcrity.
The crisis., 1878-01-03

We published last week a call
made by tho County Committee for
meeting an the 2Sth inst. at Col,
lier's office. We were informed that
n copy was furnished the Constitution
but we failed to see it in the columns
of that paper. Why is this thus
Has the Constitution become so much
wooded to instantaneous" resump-
ton that il doubts the Democracy
Of the County Democratic Commit
tee. Come neighbor, that nest Of
neutral eggs won't hatch, and Con
gress meets again on the 10th inst
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1878-06-01
EASTERN AFFAIRS.
Position of Powers.

The Herald prints set of inter.
views from St. Petersburg bearing on
the great question of peace or war.
ltappears that Germany and Italy
are neutral and Austria is silent as a
Sphinx.
LeAo, Nigra, Sanguan and Jomini
believe in the congress.
Baron Hamburger says that if war
is necessary Russia will light.
Lord LOTUS says that England will
remain what she is-the prepondera-
ting nation. Roumanta is bellicose.
The Herald says the persons inter-
viewed are the most eminent members
of the diplomatic corps at St. Peters
burg, with the addition of two cons
picuous Russian statesmen, Jomiui
and Hamburger, connected with the
Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
1t stands out very clear in the in
terview that, so far as the treaty of
San Stefano is an European question,
and not NEARLY an English question,
there is substantial unanimity among
the representatives of the continental
powers. They have all the same in
terest in the EUROPEAN balance of pow
er that England has, except that two
of them, Germany and Austria, being
close neighbors of Russia, and having
coaterminous borders, have strong
motives for jealousy than the more
distant stations of Western Europe.
But Austria is perfectly willing to go
into the conference, which England
rejects.
1t is not as an European power,
but as an Indian power that England
is so jealous and recalcitrant. The
recent order sammonipg native troops
from India to Malta, for tho pusposes
of the expected war, is a notification
to Europe that Great Britain, which
has heretofore ranked as a great naval
rather than small military power,
intend to assert her military stregth.
She has endless resources in India
for recruiting soldiers and the Suez
Canal has SO shortened the distance
that she can make them available.
She has abundant wealth to pay them
and abundant ships to transport them,
and it is not meant that empress of
IndiaN shall he a vain title.
1t is apparent from the interviews
that every nation of Europe, except
England, desires peace. Even Russia
would be glad of a respite before en-
gaging in another war. France, Ger
many and Italy intend to maintain q