Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-04-15

The Highland Recorder says that miss Nam
ME Henderson. the accomplished, and efficient
assistant teacher at Oakland High School, Doe
Hill, will remain another year. Miss II. is
from Augusta county. is a talented lady, and
quite popular as teacher"
On Friday week, Hattie, a little daughter OF
Jacob N. Hull, living near Monterey. met with
sad accident. She and little brother of near
the same age, were playing together, when by
some means her left hand was almost severed
from he arm by a stroke from an axe in the
hands OF the little boy.
An accident occurred to daughter of Mr..
David Rexrode near Doe Hill. She was rid
ing on horseback and the animal from some
cause, threw her, and broke both bones of her
forearm,
Rev. Sam1 McCune preached on Shaw's Fork
Sunday night of last week to q large and atten-
tive congregation. His sermons are always
good, impressive and instructive. He breaches
regularly every two weeks at this appoint
ment.
There was not as much maple sugar made in
Highland this season as usual.
Harmon Kiner, Esq, the delegate from High
land and Bath, publishes an able letter in the
Recorder giving satisfactory and conclusive rea-
sops for his support of the bill for the settle
ment of the State debt-"a most important
measure, and one calculated to do great good"
We have room only for the following ex-
tract:-
Under the law as heretofore we were bound
for the payment of 81, $4,000 of interest on our
whole debt annually. Under the present bill
thing upwards Of s9OO 200 annually.
Under the operations of the bill already al
luded to the State of Virginia will save up
wards of $50 000 900 during the time that it runs.
We can pay the interest on the whole debt un-
der this bill from the present revenues without
any increase in taxation; and in addition to
port and maintenance Of the public schools, so
that hereafter they cannot be interfered with.
know that there are In this county, as well
as elsewhere, some persons who only read the
Richmond Wing, who are opposed to the bill !;
they either do not understand its provisions or
its operations, or they wish to repudiate the
about the barbour bill, and say that it was
the great measure for the relief of the State.
Yet if the Barbour bill had becomes law We
would under it have paid annually 81, $50 900 in
terest, as against 100000 as by the McCulloch
bill.
In the House of Delegates there were fifty
votes against this debt bill; yet of these fifty
men, upwards of thirty were radicals, negroes
and boilers from the Conservative party. OF the
seventy-six men who voted for this bill, all.
with two exceptions, were true, reliable. and
honorable Conservatives.
wish to God that every intelligent voter
throughout the broad limits of this grand old
Commonwealth, and especially do wish that
the gallant Conservatives of the two banner
counties have had the honor to represent.
could have been at the Mozart Hall convention
on the 25th of February, and remained in Rich
mond until the closing scene of the last Gene
raj Assembly. Certainly all who are open to
conviction, and who have shadow of capacity
for constituting motives, would never be found
acting with the opponents of the bill. They
only wish to keep up an agitation on this debt
question in order that they may ride into Of
fice."
Fresh kale, onions, lettuce, and radishes re-
ceived daily by c. G. Wheat. ap82ts