Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-09-02
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England.
The Zulu Chief, Cetawayo, has not
II yet surrendered.
- The New Catholic church at Manas-
II sas was dedicated last Sunday.
Hon. John Welsh, ex-United States |,
minister to England arrived at Phil
y adelphia on Sunday Evening.
~ They are having trouble over the
y newly discovered silver mines in Mex
e leo. Several men have already been |
[. killed.
~ Capt.. Grant Thompson, founder and
VI editor of the Albany Law Journal died
of diphtheria on Friday at Saratoga
re Springs.
- Capts. Webb and Boyton will swim
match off Nantucket Breach on Thurs |
~ day next, in mile stretches. Boyton
wagers that he can go 125 miles while
Y, Webb covers 105 miles.
rs Charles Harris was hanged at Mon
DIS tague, Texas, on Friday last, for the
III murder of his brother. The drop fell,
while the 5000 spectators were singing
N 1.-THE Sweet By and By"
III At meeting of workingmen held at
Gu Hamilton Park on Sunday it was de-
e. clared that the condition of the work
ingmen was, at present, worse than sla-
Ill very, and that the republican party had
m prosecuted the working classes, and were
X. responsible for tramps.
LAC During 8 heavy fog on Saturday
morning the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
III road night express ran into the rear OF
IL the Short Line New York express, near
a.. Cincinnati, badly wrecking the end of
ne a passenger coach and seriously injur-
Vs. ing one passenger.
IS Col N. A. Miles has arrived at Fort
an Keogh, D. t., with bis command, bring
'h ing 1000 half-breeds, who have been
- furnishing arms to Indians between the
lg' Yellowstone and the boundary line. He
'as has driven Sitting Bulls followers a.
DIV cross the American line.
IN Mrs. Elizabeth Storke died at her
,r home, Stafford, WestmoreIand county,
m Va, recently. Major Henry Lee. the
oy AANS1
~ married her sister. He inherited Strait
49, ford from his mother, the first wife OF
10 Light. Horse Harry Lee, Who married
~ first Miss Lee, his cousin. Mrs. Storke's
~ maiden name was mccarthy. Her bro
~ ther-in-law. Major Lee. became her
guardian. He died largely in debt to
his ward, who became the purchaser of
>,I 70 tho nd fhJ1c
u passed the estate from the hands of the
Lees.
nd Rev. w. w. Walker, one of the finest
RI orators in Virginia, will take the stump
,e- this week in advocacy of the State debt
nd settlement, speaking at Winchester yes
es, terday and at Woodstock on the 9Th of
be September. In a letter placing his SER
ek vices at the disposal of the conservative
yp' executive committee Mr.. Walker says:
THE fight must be won, cost whatever
- time or trouble it may"
rv The official envelopes Of all the de-
~ partments at Washington have print
fo' ed notice on the front forbidding their
&c, use for any private purpose The no.
full tice is in the following words, with the
soc name OF each PAL tICGidI OtICc IASCItou,
in lieu Of "Treasurer of the United
d. States :"
70' TREASURY DEPARTMENT..
IS. To be returned to
ny TREASURER OF THE UNITED STATES.
On If not delivered in ten days.
Official Business.
,,o Any person using this envelope to
avoid the paynent OF postage on private
no matter Of any Kind will be subject to a
ng fine Of three hundred dollars.
he Thousands of copies of John Sherman's
ITO partisan speech have been circulated in
Ase these envelopes ali over the country, in
en- direct violation of law, for which the
to sender might be prosecuted. When the
n head of department thus openly pro-
-, stitutes public trust to personal OBJ
go ject and makes his subordinants partici-
aft pants in the offence, it is easy to see
of what effect such an example must have
Nv on the clerks. and what the state of dis
cipline must be under him.
u This is only an illustration Of the
a practices at Washington. where the
in whole public service is used to advance
nv partisan and personal interests, and
NJ where hypocrisy is added to the corrup-
!, n' ton that Grant bequeathea as legacy
ne to his successfully. Y. San.
ng -~->-.---
he VERY FAIRLY STATED.-The De
-, YouEgs, of San Francisco, are undoubt.
VII edly couple of ruf1ians, and their pa
p per has been managed with very little
Ii conscientiousness, but now that we have
10 before US the article in full upon Kali
Ioch which led to the shooting, we can
lce see very little in it which was not fit to
~ print. It is simply a condensation of
he the record of Kalloch's life, as made by
re himself and no unbiased jury would
80 have awarded him verdict if he had
III brought q suit for libel against the pa
ter per. Kalloch may plead that the scan
ed dals with which his name has been con-
FIR nected are lies. but when man COM
III mences in early youth to build up a |
LII certain sort of reputation and carries it |
lg, with him from place to place, constant
ch ly adding to its offensiveness wherever
40 he makes habitation, it is very unlike |
=, ly that it is undeserved A pure man |
Vs. hardly becomes besmirched in charac-
0y ter in every community of which he
re has been citizen, which is precisely |
the case with Kalioch. And when he
was put up as candidate for such an
- office as Mayor of San Francisco by a
&c party whose success threatens the i'm
pairment Of all material interests, it |
oe was fair political device on the part OF
ms the opposition to let the public know
lis the incidents in the past life of the man
"a. for whom their suffrages were solicited.
l. Wnue tnefe can De no excuse Tor the
liz shooting, neither is there for the as
rs sault which Kalioch maie upon the
u personal purity of the mother of the De |
n. Youngs
THE CATTLE TRADE.-The total |
r. weight of live stock shipped eastward |
" over the Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio
- railroad from Southwestern Virginia
OF alone during the year ended April 80,
lg 1879, was nearly forty million pounds.
er ana many more were driven down the
}, valley, across the Blue Ridge, and over
u to Hinton, on the Chesapeake and Ohio