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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1878-03-07

DrestOn A. Baylor,
L ATTORNEY AT Law,
AND SOLICITOR IN CHANCERY,
STAUNTON, VA. .-l-s I'D lfir
Practice in all the Courts OF Augusta and adjoin-
ing Counties iI % 1t al-e'
OFFICE-The same formerly occupied by his
father, Col Geo. Baylor dec d. on Augusta street,
opposite the Courthouse. i-s' nov 1O-1y
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Railroads..

CHhsAfhANh i" 0--o NAA Ao
On and after Monday, February 18th, Passen
ger trains will run as follows:
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Wagon Making and Bfacksnithing.-
w The undersigned, formerly OF Churchville,
has open I'D a Wagon Making and Blacksmithing
establish ment, on New Court house 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, out of good material in the best
manner and at low figures.
Repairing promptly done and work warranted.
L also manufacture Feseg's patent Lifting Jack
the greatest thing out and indispensable to far
mers generally. Call and see it.
feb 13-f JAMES NJ. LICKLITER.
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Professional Cards.
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HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN, (
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OFFICE HoURs.-s to 10 A. NJ, . to 8 p NJ, 7
to8 p. NJ. ~.-. --, ..i F,.-
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OFFICE AND RESIDENCE, .f,l,. s,.ii
COR. FREDERICK AND WATER STREETS,
OFFICE HoURs.-8 to 10 AM, IL to . and to 9P.M.
Especial Attention giuen to Diseases Of Females.
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IL is,., formerly of Waynesboro'D
Physician and Surgeon, 3J
STANTON, VA. i.er 5qg.,,
OFFIcE.-Over National Valley Bank, opposite
spectator Office. nov 15-tf
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a 4.f s.#4 gf4 en9 styai iSTAUNTON, VA,
Will practice in the Courts holden in Augusta
and adjoining counties. nov Att
GEORGE M. COCHRAN, Jr.,
M ST IN Hiiia Attorneys f- Law .
7Ssaei! "a srAUNFoN. VA. 81 l'''is2
~ OFFICE opposite Circuit Clerks Office, and
above the Office OF Clerk.of Court OF Appeals.
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OFFICE. on Augusta street, in the room occu-
pied by George c. jackson, Esq. LIB I'll .-Iin.i
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DALTIMORE < OHIO RAIL ROAD co.

Winter Schedule OF trains on V. R. R. and Il. F.
and v. Branch Baltimore Ohio Railroad taking
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1878-03-07

HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN,
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1878-03-07

District Agents for Virgnia-Nelson. Albemar1e
Fluvana and Louisa counties excepted. =
For Non Forfeiture and return assessment
plans. see circulars. Feb 14.6rn
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1878-03-07

OTHER PROPERTY FOR SALE.
gg-Persons wishing to buy sell Real Estate
should address this Land Bureau.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-03-13
a CONTR ASST.

The Louisiana Legislature men on the
LIST Monday of January, and its session
expired by constitutional limit within
two months; but at that time it had not
passed the revenue, appropriations, regis
tration and election, levees, peniten-
tiary, floating debt. militia and other bills
essential to the State government. Con
sequently, the Governor was compelled
to call an extra session. We mention
the fact to contrast the Louisiana Legis-
lature with our Mississippi Legislature,
which, after sitting the same time oc-
cupied by the former, transacted the
business required at its hands, and adj
journed decently and in good order. In
all the Union, there was no Legislature
which dispatched its business as promptly
as the Legislature of Mississippi at its
recent session-and yet there were people
who complained at its alleged hardness,
and refused to be comforted.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-03-13
A GOOD snbject for Repatriation.

VIRGINIA is a bankrupt State. She
has a debt Of thirty or forty millions OF
dollars, large portion Of which was
created before the war and has been run
ming on interest during and since that
time. Her "honor and dignity politi-
clans have been insisting upon paying
the last farthing, principal and interest,
although most of IT is due to Northern
capitalists, who contributed their money
to the destruction of the property rights
and of the improvements which coDsti-
tuted the only means by which the debt
could be paid. Nevertheless that class
of politicians have continued to hold out
the delusion that every cent Of the debt,
original and interest, could ard would be
paid. As it is impossible for moity
of the one or the other to be paid, they
were holding out the word of promise to
the ear of the Northern Sbylocks to be
broken to the hope. In evidence of the
utterly bankrupt condition of the State,
and to show that the present generation
of Virginians will be compelled to fol
low the example of their revolutionary
fathers and repudiate the debt-a step
which will be thousand times more
profitable under existing circumstances
than under the circumstances existing
when the State came out of the revolu
tionary war-the Auditor reports that
there is but S109 in the treasury, and
that there is no present way of increas-
ing the amount The State has recent
" borrowed $4,000 from the banks
but they will lend no more. The public
institutions are without funds to meet
current expenses and the members of the
Legislature cannot draw their pay. All
taxes are paid in coupons representing
interest on the bonded debt of the State
the discount on them being 30 per
cent. The only hope for the State is to
realize the situation at once-banish from
her counsels the narrow Drained "honor
and dignity" demagogues-put her
offices in the keepin of practical states
men-wipe out the debt since the obll-
CATION to pay it has ceased-and take a
fresh start in the race of life.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-03-13
AN UNRHGEHTEOTS VETO.

The Presidents veto of the bill to hold
a special term of the United States Court
to try the cases of the timber seizures in
jackson county, is monstrous outrage.
1t is denial of justice to the people
whose business has been interfered with
and irreparably injured. 1t is the de-
prival of the speedy trial to which they
are entitled and that it is done in a
pure spirit of malice and partisan hatred,
we are left to infer from the fact that the
pretence upon which his action is based,
is wholly superficial and insufficient. If
the House of Representatives had not
fallen into the 8 by snare, and had in
sisted upon installing the President
elected by the country in 1876, this, with
innumerable other wrongs, would have
been spared the lll-used people of our
section.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-03-13

AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL
CoLLEGE.-The trustees of the ''Agri-
cultural and Mechanical College of the
State of Mississippi" were appointed by
State at Large - A. NJ. West, Holly
Springs Frank Burkitt, Okolona Chas.
l.. Gilmer, Sharon, Madison county
Congressional Distrtcts-1st. w. b. Mont
gomery, Starkville; I'd. Thos c. Dock
cry, Loves Station; 4th. VIM. B. Au-
gustus, Macon 4th. L. B. Brown, En-
terprise 9th. j. NJ. Causey, McComb
City; 9Th. y. L. Phares, WOOdvilIe.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-03-13

AS Pike has been included in the
"Southwestern counties" where lawless
ness was alleged to exist, it is just to
publish the report of the Grand Jury of
that county. 1t will be seen that it
fully accords with the report of the Leg
islative Committee and attributes the al
legged lawlessness to the same cause.
Both documents encourage the hope that
the disposition 10 obey the laws among
the class that have been violating them,
is improving.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-03-13

The Daily Monitor, a Republican
paper printed at Concord, New Hamp-
shire, says that the ''Kemper county
"(Miss. J Herald frankly declares that it
makes no pretence of keeping an ac-
count of the crimes committed in that
Estate, and adds that Democratic rule
''dOes not seem to check lawlessness any
''more than Republican rule did," This
is a lie out of whole cloth. No such
statement ever appeared in the Herald
The Kemper people have shown their
readiness for trial in every case in which
they have been charged with violations
of law. They were recently tried on a
charge of violating the laws of the Uni
ted States enacted to protect persons in
the enjoyment of their political rights
tried before a Republican Judge and
prosecuted by able Republican attorneys
and acquitted and at the recent term
of the Circuit Court of their county they
we're ready for trial and the States cases
were postponed at the instance of the
prosecution.
An election for State officers takes
place in New Hampshire to day, and
hence the manufacture of such state
ments as are above mentioned.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-03-13
"LATKN UNION "

The second section of the silver bill
provides that the President shall invite
the governments of the countries COM
posing the Latin Union so-called, and of
such other European nations as he may
deem advisable, to join the United States
in conference to adopt common ratio
as between gold and silver for the purpose
of establishing internationally the use of
bimetallic money and securing a fxity of
relative value between these metals.
For the information of the uniformed,
we will state that the Latin Union is a
monetary league composed of France,
Italy, Belgium, Switzerland and Greece,
and derives its name from the Latin
origin Of most of the natiOnalities of
which it is composed. The object for
which it was formed was to establish and
preserve a uniformity in the weight and
fineness of the coins of those nations,
each nation to receive the coins of all
the others at par. The gold coins in
circulation in the Latin Union are one
hundred, fifty, twenty, ten and five franc
pieces, and the silver coins are five, two,
and one franc pieces, and fifty and
twenty centimes, all which coins are legal
tender to any amount for debt due the
State from citizens, but only to the
amount of fifty francs between the
citizens themselves.
The Latin Union was entered into
thirteen years ago-in 1865. Since the
decentralization of silver by Germany,
the relative values of that metal was
changed so that restrictions had to be
placed on the amount of silver coin to
be issued by each government. A
conference to be held a month ago had
been agreed upon to read;ust these re
strictions, but it was postponed until
December next. The ratio of gold to
silver adopted by the Union is 151 to L,
while that adopted by this country is 16
to l. The Latin Union exists, accord
ing to the terms of agreement between
the different countries, until 1880, and
if notice of dissolution is not given one
year in advance, the contract holds for
another fifteen years, and so on from
time to time. The annual silver coinage
as now allowed by the league is as fol-
lows: France, So, 100000; Italy, So,
600, 900 Belgium, 81 ,0SO, 900; Switzer-
land, $3.50, 900; Greece, $3.50, 900.
The section of the bill with its provision
in reference to the Latin Union was put in
by way of amendment in the Senate, and
knowing the object of that Union, it will
be readily seen why the staunchest friends
of the Silver Bill in its original shape AS it
came from the House of Representatives
were so bitterly opposed to it, containing
as it evidently does the seeds OF opposition
to the very principle upon which the origi-
nal bill was founded. We have little fear,
however, that with all the help of all the
Unions, whether Latin, French or English
silver will ever lose its present status.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-03-13
The Calhoun County Delegation.


CdfilOui ' iNILtC-I
Our Representatives acquitted themselves
with great credit, both 10 themselves and
county. \ reference TO the House journal
will show that they were always pre- -eut and
did noble service. Quite prominent part
was assigned Hon. y. L ROane in the work
before the Legislature, and he proved him
self the peer of any in the House. Calhoun
will welcome the return of her Representa-
tiyes with the plaudit at ''well done
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-03-13

THE REVENUE LAws-We are author
lied by Auditor Gwin to state that he
will forward within ten days to sheriffs,
assessors and others, a pamphlet con-
tanning all the laws passed by the recent
Legislature pertaining to the assessment
and collection of the public revenue.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-03-13
senator z<ins and is Commitments
Port Gibson Reveille.l

I
Senator King, of his Senatorial district
has been in feeble health during the session
Of the Legislature, but he has been all the
time an able aud efficient worker. Ii will
be a comfort for him to know that his
Claiborne constituents speak OF him with
great unaninity. faithful and able pub
lie servant. The f5iiinre Of The elaborate and
well considered road bill, offered by Col.
King, is greatly deplored by our people.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-03-13

THERE is not an intelligent being in
the country who believes the self evident
falsehoods and absurd sensational stories
that have been manufactured by North
ern writer's in reference to the capture Of
President Davis Nevertheless, Maj. w.
L. Walthall has rendered valuable ser
vice to the cause of truth by publishing
through the Southern Historical Society,
a faithful narrative of the affair. 1t will
vindicate Mr.. Davis in the eyes of future
generations from the clumnies of his
slanderers, and place n's conduct, which
was strictly that Of brave and knightly
but fallen foeman in the hands of brutal
captors, far above the shafts which they
have aimed at his good name.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-03-13

In another column, Republican Ex
Governor Of South Carolina tells how the
vote of that State came to be counted for
the Republican, candidate for President.
1t is another chapter in the history of
the stupendous fraud by which the peo-
pie were robbed of their choice.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-03-13
Hon. Charles N. Wood. Directing.
PascagouIa Start

PaSCH gUUId CIdT.I
Hon. Charles Wood returned home We'd
neSday morning. He has been in attenance
at the Legislature, and we are glad to record
the fact that he has been an active and eff =
cent mem Der. aud has never been absent a
day since the meeting OF that body.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-03-13
The Oxford Eagle saws that there al

THE Oxford Eagle says that there are
rumors of disafection in the air. 1t
says:
The thing IS cropping out. Alcorn Re-
publicanism is coming to the front. Ifnot.
why are his former adherents and an
pointees buying up Democratic newspapers,
starting others and getting ready for the
contest? They may sail under Democratic
colors, in order TO mould public sentiment.
until the hour te strike, and those who
grew sleek and fat Oh his Secret Service
Fund and those who accepted Office under
HIM, of course are expected to rally to his
support.
While we do not fully understand the
illusions of our contemporary, we can
only say this, that the Democratic party
with its invulnerable record was never
in better condition to maintain its in
tegrity and defend itself from assaults
come from what quarter they may. 1t
has won the fight, and overthrow Re-
publicanism, but it does not intend to
put off its harness.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-03-13

THE act to prevent the carrying of
concealed weapons took effect on the date
of its approval, 18th February, instead
of ''from and after the first day Of June,
1878" We republish the act in this
issue
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-03-13

THE Vickeburg Commercial. since the
withdrawal Of Mr.. J. Fl. Sullivan, the
sprightly and talented journalist, is con-
ducted solely by Mr.. Il. w. Campbell,
to whom We extend the best wishes Of
THn CLARroas.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-03-13
a Parting Word.
Oxford Falcon.l

ONIOFu FAcON.J
The DAILY CLARION and the Legislature
stepped down and out together. For the
first, we regret ID give il up. Il was on
time, ably c&ited, and tull of interest.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-03-13
The New EHperiMLende nt OF the
H-unasic Asylum,
Okolona Southern States. ]

OkOlona southern states.
Our capital cotempOrary place a proper
estimate on the talent, worth and fidelity of
our personal friend, De. I. j. Mitchell. We
speak by the boon when we say that a bet
ter or a more popular nomination could not
have been made.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-03-13

Houston Patriot.

Col. j. L. 5. Hill. one of our Represent
tatives reached his home two days ago, in
good health. His colleague in the House
Gen. Tucker a we learn is also at his home
in o. olona. We are willing to endorse
their good intentions as we'll "a the faithful
ness of their effects to promote the good
OF their constituents.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-03-13

A HALT was call q tin other day IN
Congress on the bill to appropriate $780,
600 to the Southern ante bellum mail
contractors by the production Of evil
dence from the Confederate archives,
that contractors and railroad mail car
riers from the date of secession in the
several States to the 31st of May, when
the United States Government ordered
the discontinuance of service, were au-
thorized to be paid by the Confederate
Government; and the production OF
proofthat some of them were actually
paid. The subject was laid over for fur
Their investigation. The bill should be
framed so as to exempt from its provis-
ions those who were paid by the
Confederate authorities
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-03-13

By-the-by. Mr. Lanneau has told IFS all
about the other members from this county,
now won't some of them tell ms something
about our Senator? -Natchez Democrat.
We hope we don't intrude in saving
that Mr.. Lanneau won golden opinions
in his capacity as a legislator AS a
member of the Judiciary Committee, his
services were invaluable. He was Con.
stantly at his post and his labors were
constant and arduous. Eloquent in
speech and wise in council, he ranked
among the ablest in body of as able
men as ever sat in the Senate of Missis-
sippi in her palmiest days. Adams
county has reason to congratulate herself
upon her choice of Senator, (and of Rep
resentatives) but the State is interested
because she has participated in the bene-
fits resulting from her selection.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-03-13

The General Assembly of Virginia has
reelected the following State offices
Democrats:
treasurer. II Do. +. Hunter; Second An
dltor, Gen. ASS Rogers Railroad Commits
sSsnop.er, Coi. Thomas II. Carter, George l..
christian was elected Judge OF the HuafinCs
Court Richmond. Judge Christian has
Deen Ilerk n the Supreme Court or An
peala FOR several years. :. 2 y
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-03-13

IhE income tax bin which has been
drafted ~ subcommittee Of the House.
e1empts ell incomes under q. 900 !
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-06-08

a REPORT is in circulation that
the society called l. o. w. Mn
dependent Order Of Workingmen-
is a secret political organization
There could be no greater mistake.
The society is similar In its gen "a!
workings, to the Knights of Honor,
Foresters and other organizations
whose object is mutual benefit and
insurance. The obje Of this socie-
ty Is TO secure member provision
toI bis family in case of his death.
That is all. 1t is non eectarian.
non political and entirely free from
any entang cement that could posi- =
bly,, by any stretch, be construed as
connecting it with any object save
only a provision for the families OF
the members after their death
Judge Wm. l.. Jackson, OF Louisville.
n.y., formerly of Parkersburg. is the
highest officer in the United States,
and his name alone ie an assurance
OF the high character of the order.
The lodge 10 PArkersburg is com
posed OF Republicans, Greenbacke rs,
Communists, so called, and Demo-
Gratis, which wipes out the probabil-
ity oil there being anything o. po-
litlcal nature connected with the So
ciety. Any member OF the order
will cheerfully give information to
any person inquiring,-Sentinel.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-06-08
FROM WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, D. G. June 5.


Decoration day, the Both, passed
as usual In a general holiday. The
Government clerks make a regular
gala time Of 1t, though not few oil
them have cause to remember the
occasion OF the day most mournfully.
Anything that lets loose from Office
the thousands of persons who serve
Uncle Sam, gives our city 4th Of
July appearance. Memorial day is
getting to be one of these; though
1T Is strange that the people here
can be anything but sad at such
a time, for in no other city in Ameri.
ca can be seen so many who were
bereit by the war.
The marked point of interest in
this vicinity on last Thursday was
Arlington-just across the Potomac
from here-where extensive oere-
monies were observed. The roads
from Washington to that cemetery
(the distance is perhrps three miles
were thronged with people and
and vehicles all day. Many g. there
OH loot, especially the colored peo-
pie, for portion Of the National
Cenetry on All ngton Heights is set
apart for the graves of blacks who
died and were killed in and about
the district of Columbia during war
times. The soldiers graves are al!
marked with marble blocks, bearing
tull name, place of residence and
time of death; but the graves OF
the negroes have wooden head and
foot-boards whereon is seen one
word alone, the familiar name by
which the person lying beneath was
known during lie as "Sambo,"
~ M or "Jule."
Ii Genera Sherman and GO lesser
Generals paraded The New York
streets in full uniform on d decoration
day, as the papers stated, we would
fam inquire? Is this day for pomp
and parade? The reason for the
days being set apart tor anythinq
occurred more than half score OF
years ago. There is no need to in
fict personalities upon the public
mind now. The memories of those
to whom last Thursdays ceremonies
had any meaning, need no quicken
ing or ever will. There is no call
tor uniformed officers to prevent for
getiulness OF the past, as year after
year we lay our pansles, roses and
and iorget-me-nots on the graves OF
our dead.
MERRILL.