The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1879-11-27


revolution in progressing in the South. and
tne younger men of the South are leading ~.
ohe after another of the old beliefs when
came by that powerful law of nature. hered-
ity, have been peeled off like the husks and
scales OF a bursting bud, or as the blossoms
are blown away when the fruit is being
tomed.' Such a revolution here must
inevitably find its reflex movement in the
North; and it is TO the newer generation
there that we must look for its direction and
guidance.
There can he no craftsmanship, no high
ground in politics, no purity in government
al administration, no reformation 10 the
civil service, where contendlng parties meet
solely on question of political expediency
as regards party success, and that question
so detestable one as sectional prejudice.
The Young blood that is infusing itself
into the veins of the body polite will cause
the fostering ulcers with which it now suf-
fers to disappear. Passions and prejudices
that have been held more sacred than the
precepts of the DecalOgue will wane and
perish under the new regime, and re- unit
ed and common country. emanclpated
through the liberal spirit of youth from rabid
sectional rancor, will come to learn that the
words Of the great English statesman are
the embodiment of wisdom and of truth !;
1.-The strength OF a nation is in her young
men,"
PERSON AL-Gen'l Jas. A. Walker passed
through Staunton on Monday to attend the
funeral of his venerable mother. which took
place from Stone Church, on that day.
C. B. Jones, Esq. and Mr.. Eugene Har-
man, have been elected as deega es from
the Baptist Sunday School of this place to
the Baptist association which meets at Cos
hen to- day.
We learn from the Bridgewater Journal
that Rev. John II. Taylor. of Laurel Hill,
Augusta county, has received and accepted
call from the Baptist congregation OF
Bridgewater. He will preach his first SER
mon there on the 7lh of Dec, and on the
LIST and 3rd Sabbaths of each week thereaf-
ter.
We learn from the Greensboro, N. C.
place in the Methodist Church Of that place.
on Wednesday evening the 18th inst, the
parties being Miss Nellie C. Scales, one OF
Greensboro's favorite ladies and formerly
pupil at the W. F. Institute of this city, and
Branch H. Merrimon, Esq, a son of the
Hon. A. S. Merrmon of Raleigh N. C. The
presents to the bride are represented to have
baen numerous and very valuable.
Elk Gov. Hartranft, of Pa, and r. n /.
Pool, Esq. now of Philadelphia, passed
through Staunt'n last week on their way to
Ferrol Furnace and Quinnemont. Gov.
Hartranft is very much impressed with the
is taking deep interest in its development.
He is the President of company which has
recently purchased the Lynchburg Rolling
Mills, and is making arrangements to erect
a Furnace near that place. He expresses
the opinion that there is a great future for
Virginia, when the coal and iron deposits
are better known and capital introduced to
utilize them. The remarkable iron forma-
tions at FerroI, which he visited, and the
coal and coking industries at Quinnemont,
were matters of great interest to him. 1t is
an important point gained when gentlemen
of such commanding influence in the bust.
ness circles of the North, manifest desire
to become acquainted with the mineral prop
critics of the State, and are so favorably i'm
pressed with their great value. His brief
visit to this portion Of Virginia, and the in
formation he gathered. may be of much ben
eft to this section. He is a gentleman OF
broad and practical views about every thing,
and commands the fullest confidence OF the
people of his State and section.