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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-07-15

A BALL Is YEARS IN A SOLDIERS
BREAsT.-A few days ago Mr.. Thomas
Wright Of this town succeeded. in cut
ting out with his own hand very large
leaden ball which he received in the
battle of Chickamauga in 1864. He was
shot in the back and the ball lodged in
the breast bone where it has been con-
slant source of irritation; causing him
frequently great pain. For some time
past it has worked to the front of the
breast, where it could easily be felt
Mr.. Wright had suffered so much with
it that he refused to submit to an opera
ton and finally cut it out with his peck
ct knife. The ball is a very large one,
is very little battered, and it seems that
its great weight alone would have caused
its displacement sooner. But SO it is
being IA years and eightmonths between
the time it was shot into Mr.. Wright's
body and its removal. He was shot
some l6 times during the war.-Bristol
NeaOs, 8th inst.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-07-15

A DEMAND FOR INDIAN SUFFRAGE.
"A large meeting of whites and In
dians-some 1000 of the latter being
present-was held at Wyandotte, No.,
on the Fourth of July, at which speech
es were made by ex-Congressman B. F.
Franklin, Bogus Charlie, of the Modocs,
Steamboat Frank, Jim Charlie, John
Greyeyes, of the Wyandottes, and other
famous chiefs. In favor of organizing
territorial government in Indian Terri
tory, and enfranchising the Indians.
Jim Charlie said it made his heart swell
to welcome their white brothers on1the
anniversary of their independence. He
could weep when he realized that his
people had no longer an Independence
to celebrate. He hoped the day would
come when the red man could celebrate
the day nssunison with the whites as
one people.
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On ACCOUNT OF RACE, COLOR, AND
PREVIOUS CoNDITIoN.-The graduating
class of the Poughkeepsie High School
has refused to allow its single colored
member to participate in its annual Gel
eb1ation. And yet no cry of Outrage"
has been raised in the North. If such
an indignity, well says the Alexandria
Gazette, had been put upon colored
graduate in the South, the Radical pa
pers from one end of the North to the
other would have teemed with accounts
of it, and the outrage been held up as
another refusal to accept the results of
the war. In the case referred to an
outrage" was perpetrated, for if the
graduate was good enough to pass
through all the grades of the public
schools of Poughkeepsie, and to attain
a position among the graduating class
of the High School of that town, with
out objection on the part of her school
associates, it was cruel insult to ex-
clude her, at the last, from the enjoy
ment of the honers to which she was
as much entitled as those to whom they
were awarded. Circumstances, howev-
er, alter cases, and the difference made
by the ownership, Of the gored OK is as
effective in the North as elsewhere.
Blood is thicker than water. and the
hypocrisy of the North in denying that
truth has been exposed SO frequently
that further attempts in that line are
ridiculous.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-07-15

James Heaton, the republican ex- clerk
of the Superior Court az Wilmington,
N. c., and ex.judge Of probate, shot and
killed his colored paramour, Mary Rad
cliffe, in the streets, Saturday night, in
a fit of jealousy. Fhe woman had aban-
dOned him, and encountering him Sat.
urday night, refused his proffered hand,
when he drew pistol and shot her in
the breast. Hethen fled, but being pur-
sued and cornered deliberately shot
Heaton had been in the peni-
teltiary for melting riot. but had been
pardonsa. He had since been convict
ed of offenses In office, which would
have sent him to prison fer ten years
but for his tragic death.
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Virginia News.

There are now 200 Southerners sum-
mering in Wytheville.
A black bear, weighing 400 pounds.
was killed near Bristol last Saturday.
It is proposed to employ peniten tiary
convicts to construct the New River
railroad.
The steam saw mill of Caffee & Sen,
In Pittsylvania county, was destroyed
by fire Monday night.
Mr.. James Jameson, after an absence
of IA years in China. has returned to
his old home in Lynchburg.
Rev. T. J. Edwards, of North Caro-
lima, has accepted q call to Emanuel
(Episcopal) Church, Harrisonburg.
DR.. Alban 8. Payne, of Fauquier
county, has been elected professor in
the Atlanta (Ga.) Medical College, and
has accepted.
Major A. B. Venable, formerly of
Farmville, has been nominated for
States attorney by the democrats of
Sacramento, Cal.
Mr.. J. A. 81. st. Andrew, late editor
of the Farmville Mercury, has arrived
in Philadelphia, after nearly a years
absence in Europe.
In the Saratoga boat races, on last
Wednesday, VIM. Murray, of the Eliz-
abeth Boat Club, of Portsmouth, won
the second heat for junior single sculls
over four competitors.
A letter from Col. Mott D. Ball, dated
Sitka, June 18th, to a connection in
Warrenton, conveys intelligence Of the
death of his little daughter, Annie Adj
Olson Ball, aged 4 years and months.
Capt. s. H. Buck, of New Orleans,
has purchased 500 acres of the BIRD
wood" estate, in Albemarle county, for
$25 per acre. He proposes to improve
the place handsomely for summer res.
idence.
The London newspapers contradict
the report that Miss Mildred Lee, daugh-
ter of the late Gen. R. E. Lee, Is en-
gagged to be married to an English mer-
chant of Birmingham, and say the state
ment is utterly without foundation.
At Kent Station, three miles above
Wytheville, on the Virginia and Ten
nessee railroad, last week, the EASTERN
bound train, running thirty miles an
hour, ran over and killed an unknown |
negro, who refused to get off the track, |
but attempted to outrun the train.
The board of visitors of old William |
and Mary College have unanimously de-
clined the proposition of the University |
of the South to remove William and
Mary to Suwanee, and a committee has |
been appointed to devise means for rails
ing $4,000 to extinguish the indebted
ness of the college.
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CAPTURED AND LYNCHED FOR AN
ATTEMPTED OUTRAGE.-On the night
of June 30th, negro man, Mart Lee,
who had for several years been in the
employ Of Mr.. I. J. Settle, of Kanawha,
attempted an outrage upon the person
of Mrs. Settle during Mr.. Settles abb
sence. Her violent struggles, however,
prevented him from accomplishing his
iendish purpose, and he fed, starting
down the river in q skiff, which he soon
left for the woods. From the Mountain
Herald we learn that Mart Lee was
captured at Parkersburg, and, as he was
being taken by Canelton on last Tues
day night, the train was boarded by a
party OF miners, who took him from
the officers and hung him at ] o'clock
Wednesday morning.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-07-15

A ROYAL SPoNsoR.-The Prince of
Wales stood sponsor to Capt. and Mrs.
Arthur Paget's baby, that was christen-
ed at the Chapel Royal, ST. James Pal
ace. two weeks ago. Mrs. Paget was
formerly Miss Minnie Stevens, of New
York, daughter of Mrs. Paran Stevens.
This is the first child OF American-born
parentage who has had sn heir to a
crown as godfather.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-07-15

THE "PosT" SUsPENDED.-With the
issue of last Wednesday the Petersburg
Daily Post discontinued publication. 1t
was an ably aud well conducted paper,
and will be greatly missed by the Press
of the State. We heartily join the Ed
itor, r. H. Glass, ESQ.,, in the hope that
sit will not be long before both his
health and fortune will connect him
again with the Press of the State, to
battle la the cause of right and for the
interests of tho people,"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-07-15

AMERICAN WoMEN IMPROVING
American women, who used to faint
continually-in crowds, at bad news, at
scenes of distress-now faint compare
lively seldom; and the fact is ascribed
to their REIMBURSEMENT, for the most
part, of the habit of lacing, to their in
creased exercise in the open air, and
their better physical conditions.-New
York Tribune.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-07-15

The TEN-FoRTIEs. Governor
received telegram from prominent
London banker asking if arrangements
had been made to pay the July interest
an HE new bonds. A message was re-
+,,rnoS within ten minutes after the re-
CENT of tie inquiry, informing the
banker that the July interest would be
met promptly.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-07-15

Benefits last mammoth advertising
dodge in the shape of North Pole ex-
ploring expedition eliminated last Tues
day in the sailing of the "Jeannette"
from San Francisco for the regions of
perpetual ice. The crew is composed of
picked men, commanded by officers of
the navy. The commander being Lieut..
De Long, and the surgeon of the expe
dition Virginian, DIR. James M. Am
bier of Fauquier county. The mania
for pole hunting is periodic, and we pre-
sumo will never abate as long as money
and men can be supplied to 60 on the
FOOLS errand. What impression the
Jeanette and her crew will make on
the Esquimaux and Walrusses of that
region we will possibly never know
We can only wait until some other gen.
tleman with plethoric purse feels in
clined to fit out vessel to go out and
hunt for the Jeanette.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-07-15

A DOUBLE ExECUTIoN.-The War
renton laadeT with truly metropolitan
air surrenders nearly three Of its local
COLUMNS to an account of the hanging at
that place on last Friday of Winter
Payne and John Williams, lhotn copd),
and an accountof their lives and crimes.
John Williams was found guilty of the
murder of Howard Holtzclaw, telegraph
operator and depot agent at Warrenton
Junction, on the 9Th of last February,
and Winter Payne Of the murder of an
aged negro man, James Adams, op tie
10th of last April.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-07-15

NOT A CANDIDATE.-In reply to q
letter Of enquiry from the editor OF the
PanoIs (Miss.) Star regarding pub
lished statement that the name of JEFF
ferson Davis would be presented to the
Mississippi Legislature as a candidate
Tor the United States Senate, Mr.. Da-
Wis, writes: "You may contradict it
positively and by authority" This
ought to set at rest che idle talk of North
ern partisans,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-07-15

ESTRAYED OR sTOLEN.-From my lot.
" one and half miles from Stauntoh, on the
aight ofthe 10th Of June, 1879, medium Red
end Of her tail, a smooth crop off her left ear
with tolerabIy long horns which stand prettyv,
well out: viii give reward of $500 for any
information that will enable me to get her
jys-2t c. O. R'y Depot, staunton. Va.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-07-15

A DMINIsTRATOR's NOTICE. have
"A administered upon the estate Of + Wavt
Bel, decd, and hereby request ali parties hay-
Ing claims againt said estate to present them
to me that may arrange for their payment-
settle with me, n nj REIiI.
je24-st Admir- Of j. Wayt Bell. deed.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-07-15

CHASTITY FIGUREs.-The New York
World has compiled a table of the num-
Der of persons who were killed or wound
ed on the 4th of July in the United
States. This list is necessarily only a
partial one, but it foots up eighteen kill
ed and one hundred and seven wound
ed. A complete list would doubtless
more than double the number of wound
ed, and, if the number of the wounded
who have since died or who will die
could be ascertained, the list of fatal
cases would probably be doubled. Pts
tolls and f1re-crackers and the like ex-
plosives did this fatal work. The World
omits from its list the loss of property
and damage to limb resulting from fires
started by fireworks. In New York, it
says, there were twenty fires due direct
~ to the heathenish style of celebration.
and in Philadelphia there were fourteen.
Baltimore, fortunately, enjoyed almost
entire immunity from accidents and
fires, simply because of rigid enforce
ment of its ordinances against fire.
crackers, pistol firing, &c.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-07-15
Wednesday. July 80, 1879,

to inquire into and report upon the matters
contained in said petition, stating in such re-
port the real and personal estate OF Mary
McAlear, the fee simple and annual rental
Michael McAleer as Committee of Mary No
Alear, showing the balance in his hands, as
such committee, the debts and liabilities of
said Mary MeAlear.-especially the debt due
the Western Lunatic Asylum, &c. At which
time and place you are required to attend
decl-4t JOS. A. WADDELLl. Com,r
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-07-15

One thousand pounds ofdried cherries
were purchased in two days by firm at
Front Royal.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-07-15

commander of the Zulu forces. accord
ing to an enterprising American cores
pondent, is a Pennsylvania negro, being
born in that State in 1888. He served
as a valet to an English nobleman, and
being in Europe at the tiWe of the
Crimean war, enlisted as = soldier and
was at the storming of Sebastopol where
he was wounded. In 1859 he became
valet to French nobleman, and in 1854
being in England again he joined Con-
federate cruiser and came into Savan-
nah. He then made his way into the
Federal lines and was appoin ted Lieu
tenant in a negro regiment. At the
close of the war he was taken in the ca
pacity of private Secretary to an Eng
I;sh Colonel to. the Cape of Good Hope
where he devoted his time for two years
to the study of military science. He de-
serted the Colonel and smuggled him.
self on board a Dutch schooner, which
dropped him at the mouth of the Tulei-
ka River in Zululand. Here he fell in
with the natives, and we presume his
color being satisfactory, he was at once
admitted to the privileges of citizenship.
His native shreWdness and experience
in military affairs soon obtained him an
important command, and now he is
King and the thus far-saccessful adyer-
sary of the trained soldiers Of Great
Britain.
We can not but consider this sketch
as one identical in the matter of veraci-
ty with the biography which appeared
some year or two ago of Sitting Bull,
making that sanguinary chief native
of Kentucky and graduate of West
Point. Whenever. anybody achieves
anything smart the tendency Of the
American press is to ciatrc him as the
product of our own glorious constisco-
shuns.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-07-15
A Word to our Farmers.

We have often heretofore through the
columns of the SPECTATOR urged upon
our farmers the Importance OF sheep and
wool growing. In view of the recent
demand for wool and its consequent rise
in price we would again direct the atten-
ton of the farmers, especially Of Au-
gusta county, which is SO well adapted
to sheep-raising, to this subject, and ask
their careful perusal of the following
timely and well.considered article from
the Bedford Star:-
1.-THE consumption of wool in the
United States is far ahead of its produc-
ton. A certain market is therefore Of
fered for all that we produce. For sew
eral years past the manufacture of wool
into various fabrics has continued to in
crease, In quantity and quality, until
new our wooden manufactures are ad-
mitted to be superior to those OF any
foreign country. From the finest broad
cloth to heavy blankets, the American
production is not behind that OF any
country. Cashmeres are made from
fine to medium merino wool grown here.
Flannels unsurpassed in texture are
made from American wool. The best
knit goods are made from our combing
woods. A most beautiful fabric called
the American india shawl is made
from the finest long wool. Delaines,
alpacas, &C., are made in this country
now, even bunting goods for ladies'
dresses being of home grown wool. In
carpets we are SURPRISING English man.
ufacturers. The best 'Ingrain,' three.
ply tapestry Administer, and 'Brus'
sels,' are made in Philadelphia and 9th
erplaces. Nearly all our cloths for mems
clothing are home made.
'There is alwaysa demand for wool o.
every grade. No country is better adap
ted to sheep culture than ours. Much O.
our land can be more profitably cultiva
ted by keeping flock of sheep. to clear
it up and rid it of briers. Lands tina
will not pay to Craze cattle, will supper
sheep. In no branch of industry il
there better promise of profit. If you
wish to keep sheep it makes but ittl'
difference what kind you keep. An!
kind of wool will sell. The course
short, carpet woods of the low grad
. sheep; the medium wool of the South
downs, and half and quarter blood me.
rinos, the fine short and long comb1ne
merino woods; all these are wanted ant
used, and none of them 60 amiss to thu
manufacturer. It should be borne IL
mind, however, that the best sheep, TO
us, are those that produce both wool ant
good mutton.
"We wish our farmers would thinl
more about this important industry
Proper attention to sheep husbandr.
would add thousands of dollars of wealtl
to the country.
"Wool is easily and cheaply trans
ported. No industry is more permanen
than that of wool growing, and non
more profitable. The home supply doe
not meet the demands Of our manufac
turers, and there is no danger, for man.
years, of overlooking the market"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-07-15
Edward Echols, Pa.
Attorney for petiJ1onef. je24-4t

NOTICE TO TEACHERS-A Teachers,
~ Institute for Augusta county will be
held In the Young Mems Christian Association
rooms In Staunton on TUESDAY AND WEpNR Rs.
DAY, 18TH AND 10Th OF AUGUST, 1873. A full
attendance Is earnestly requested, and all who
are interested In the cause of education are in
vlbed TO attend. Any papers on any subject
likely to occupy the attention of the Institute,
and directed to nae, If not too lengthy and
deemed worthy, will be read, whether coming
On Thursday, the 2lst of AUGUST, 1879, those
teachers desiring to apply for places in the
county schools will meet me In Staunton at the
Academy for examination.
CHARLES GRATTAN,
Supt Schools of Augusta county.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-07-15
VYIRGINIAlTO WITIIn the Cor

VIRGINIA-TO with the County
Court of Augusta county, June 23rd, 1873,
upon the petition of Harrison Shihett and 9TH
ers, asking that the North River Gap Road in
Augusta county should be repaired and
changed SO as to make it passable for the trav.
cling public, and 1t appearing by affidavit filed
that John H. Miller, X. 81. Robertson and villa
]. W. Miller, Geo. Allan and wife, and Osbers
Miller, neirs-at-law Of Henry Miller, decd, ara
non-resldents of this State, it ia ordered that
they do appear here within one month after
due publication hereof, and show cause, if any
they can. why the change petitioned for shall
not be made and established through their
land agreeably to the report of Commissioners.
SamI A. East and James w. Todd.
Copy-Teste,
Edward Echols, D, q.
AtfOrnov for ,ptii1ana. soat
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On Original and Amended Bin.
Lewis NJ. Bumgardner, p. q. jyS-4t

A LII PERSONS interested in the matter
"A Of the petition of Michael McAlear Conn
mittee of Mary McAlear. to the County
Court OF Augusta, filed May l. lS79,-TAKE No.
said Court on said date, shall proceed, at my
office in Staunton, on
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-07-15

DIANO FOR SALE.-Can be had cheap and
i on easy terms, because have no further
use for 1t.
jyl5.tf E. LOUIS IDE.
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LIEUTENANT VS.. PRINCE.-It was
Voltaire who, when he was asked why
the British government had court-mar-
tailed and shot their brave Admiral
Byng, replied, with his usual shrug and
bitter epigram, "Pour encourager les
autres !" 1t is probably to encourage
the others that Lieut.. Carey is now to
be court.martialed, because, being sur
prlsed by the Zulus while on recon-
noisance with the French Prince Impe-
rial, he permitted himself to escape
while the Prince was killed. In the
eyes of the Duke of Cambridge this was
as disloyal proceeding as it was for
Cardinal Wolsey to use good Latin
Ego ct Rer-and put himself first when
writing about the King, Henry VIII.
Lieut.. Carey ought by all means to
have persisted and let the Prince escape,
but would he have been able to do so,
after all? Lieut.. Carey was probably a
better horseMan, better soldier than
the Prince, and in a surprise of that
kind p1inces are on level with common
troopers always. Still, Lieut.. Carey is
to be tried. and he will surely be con-
victed if he should prove guilty. But
he will not be shot, even to encourage
the others. The whole British govern
ment is not strong enough to face the
storm of indignation that would be pro-
voked by the execution of young man
for trying to save his life under such
circumstances and in such cruel emer-
gency.
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~CoMMIssIoNER's OFFICE,
StaQptQn, June 23rd, 1879.

OOnkAAsoi0NEhS OFFlCE,
stanton, June 23rd, 1879.
ID Va.
Mcmahon and ala,
In pun suance of the order of reoommittal en-
tered IN the foregoing cause ON the 18th day Of
June, 1879 have fixed upon the 2lst day OF Ju-
W, ,oIS. as the time for taking the accounts re-
ca IN SAID cause are hereby notified. u attend
on That day without further notice.
Je@44t JOHN NJ. KINNEY, Com'r.
SFEClAL NOTICE 1.-THE accounts of the
~ urn OF Thornburg & Shafer are in our
themselves indebted to the firm are requested.
to settle.
THIRTY days from date. all accounts, not paid,
Will be put in the Constables hands.
JOHN M. KINNEY,
WILLIAM j. NELSON,
Staunton, June 23d, 1879. At Trustees.
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Dritt0n, &c. VS.. BrittOn. 4Ec.-In pur-
ID suance ola decree of the circuit court Of
Augusta Co., entered June TO- 1879, in this cause,
shall proceed at my office, in Staunton, on
Wednesday, August 6, 1879,
to ascertain and report who are the parties en-
titled to the proceeds OF the real estate sold in
this cause and the amount coming to each.
jyl5-4t JOS. A. WADDFLL, Com'r.
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A BILL TO REDUCE THE NAvY.-A
Washington dispatch says the bill of
Senator Mcpherson, of Delaware. pro-
viding for general reduction in the
number of officers of nearly every grade
in the navy, has given rise to anxiety
in the minds of those upon whose fort
unes it promises to have an. influence.
Senator Mcpherson is chairman of the
Senate naval committee, and this fact,
in connection with the we'll known o.
pinion of the majority that the navy as
well as the army has at present more
officers than the necessities of the SER
vice require, gives to the measure more
significance than usually attaches to
schemes of this kind from individual
Congressman. Senator Mcpherson in
tends to press the measure at the regu-
lar session. One of its provisions is that
officers who resign within one year from
the passage of the bill shall be entitled
to receive one years extra sea pay for
each term of five years (not exceeding
two terms) which they may have pass
ed in the service. The indications are
that should this project ever be carried
out many officers will resign rather than
remain in the service with the diminish
ed prospect for promotion.
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COMMISSIONERS OFFICE,
Qfanpfop TuuA ORD 1870

COMMISSIONERS OFFICE,
staunton, June 2Srd, 1879,
Menefee's Admir-
VX VS.
Mcmahon and ais,
In pursuance of an order of reference entered
In the foregoing cause on the 30th day of No
vember, 1876, will proceed at my office in
Staunton, on the zlst day 0 July neat, to state
of the "Staunton Iron Works Company" and
other accounts required by the decree afore-
quired to attend at the appointed time and
place without further notice
jeA-4t JOHN N. KINNEY, Com'r.