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The daily gazette., 1880-09-04

Col. MARTINS speech last night
was very forcible and well directed ar
gument in favor of the Democratic side
of the questions of the campaign. 1t
contained some wholesome truths that
the people should give ear to and heed.
His reference to his older brother in
the law on the Bench whom the Re-
publican Convention has eudeavored
to draw into the political arena was
just such as might be expected from
one of Colonel Martins open, liberal
and unselfish nature. 1t is a very
strange thing to witness the voluntary
withdrawal from the Bench by a gen
tleman of Judge Houston's age and
qualifications for the position he holds
to take nomination for Congress
from the quarreling, jaring factions
that the Republican party of Delaware
has been split up into during the reign
of the ruling negro element. Strange
bhhh6ot hOHSNSii h"ppSh ih POiibiNS 40
well as in matters more romantic.
If it has proved true that change
has come over the mind of the Judge
and he now longs to again appear in
the halls he once graced with his learn
ing and eloquence, and he accepts the
honor rendered him at Dover ON Thurs
day, we shall accord to him all the re-
spect that a journalist can give TO a
gentleman of his age and commanding
responsibility. But we shall, never
theless, give to him no advantage
which we would not extend to a gen
tleman less venerable. lie was an
adroit and able politician. We had
hoped he had sunk his political feeling
in his present more agreeable duties
which seem to nave been held in the
highest esteem in all parts of the State
Leaving the romance Of the nomina
tion of the veteran law reporter and
coming down to serious work, through
he examination OF the political opin.
ions of the two gentlemen presented tc
our choice we have no hesitation tC
say at once that we believe the best
interests of our State and its people are
more deeply involved than the reade
might suppose, and can be far bette
served by the reelection ofMr. Martil
to Congress than by sending com
paratively new man and a strange
to the Democratic majority which nov
controls the House of Representatives
although that stranger may be learn
ed and able jurist from the Bench o
Delaware, which has always held !
high rank in the estimation of the lie
gal profession in all parts of the Union
The daily gazette., 1880-09-04

HANDsoME.-The Democratic Clubs
made q handsome appearance last
night as they marched to the Demo-
cratic meeting in the Ninth Ward. 1t
was hard to decide whether the red or
the blue uniform was the most to he
admired. But there was no trouble
in discovering that they were decided
ly handsomer than any uniformed
clubs that have yet made their appear
ance on the streets. What added
greatly to their attractiveness was the
fact that they are voters and not mere
beardless boys. The absence of the
crowd of negro bucks and glrls that
had so far this year followed in the
wake of the clubs that had been on our
str~otc 7raa apo+hrr y p~+irphln faatprn.
The daily gazette., 1880-09-04

w r. ROBINSON,
PRACTICAL TIN ROOFEh,
No. 2. E. Third street,
The daily gazette., 1880-09-04

THE NEWS of the death of Gen
eral Torbert, one of the eminent citi-
zens of Delaware, will be received
with extreme regret in all parts OF
our State.
We should be glad if we could
give our readers some hope that the
General might have escaped the
terrible fate that swept so many of
the passengers Of the Vera Cruz
into eternity during the dreadful
storm in which she was lost on SUM-
day night last. General Torbert
was a gentleman of fine qualities of
head and heart, and as an officer in
the Army, distinguished himself for
bravery and all the best qualities
that adorn the soldier, while as a
citizen he was estimable and de-
serving. He will be missed by a
large circle, and his hard fate be
lamented by the whole Of our people.
The latest accounts of the wreck
and brief sketch of General Tor
bert will be found elsewhere.
THE NEGRO CADET ON THE STUMP.
Some of the Republican newspapers
are very much annoyed to find the
young West Point negro who cut his
own ears some months ago and then
tied himself to bed post, in order to
| fix the charge of assault and attempt
TO kill upon some of his fellow cadets,
on the stump for Garfield. One of our
Republican contempories speaks of the
young negro as follows
Cadet Whitaker is going back
frightfully on his best friends by max
ing stump speeches ostensibly in fa-
vor of the election of the Republican
candidates. Chairman Jewell really
ought to take charge of this unfortu-
nate young man, and talk to him kind
ly but firmly. Apropos of Whittakers
appearance on the stump as Repub
lican campaign speaker, it is note
worthy that Mr.. Hayes has just gwen
him rather damaging backhander. 1t
appears that about year ago several
Cadets were expelled from the West
Point Academy for the offence of haz-
ing. The President, however, prom
ised to restore them providing there
was no hazing during the current
year. AS he has just restored them
all, it is evident that he does not be-
lieve any of Whittaker's fellow cadets
guilty of the offence of Sitting his
ears. We understand, however, that
even Professor Greener has abandon
ed the theory that the outrage on
Whitaker was perpetrated by any of
the white cadets. Ills idea now is that
some outside person for purposes un-
known did the deed.
The daily gazette., 1880-09-04
WASTE LAND CHINA

The great plea for Chinese emigration
has been that the country is so densely
populated that the overplus of humanity
must move OIL or starve. 1t appears.
however, from recent proclamation Of
the Governor of Che-kiang that the enor-
nous areas of land left uncultivated in
his district, and that, although seventeen
years have elapsed since the last war
which so terribly ravaged the country, a
large extent of land has never been able
to pay the taxes, and has consequently
been left uLtilled This is particularly
observable in the departments of Chin
houa, Chuchow, and Yen-show, in
which upwards of l 100000 acres are
idle; while in those OF lllng-shCw, Ka-
shing, and llu-chow, there are G,000, 900
in the same predicament. Some of the
land is too poor to return much for la
boz and capital bestowed upon it, but
there are at least 5,500,00O acres OF
really rich and fertile soil at present
completely neglected. This arises part
ly from the fear lest any cultivator of
| the land in question should be called
! upon TO pay up the arrears of taxes, but
the Governors proclamation specially
mentions this exemption. In view OF
these facts there does not seem any spec
ial season why our own vacant lands
should be taken up by wandering China.
men.
1t now turns out that the sO-called
Confederate flag exhibited at the re-
cent Democratic meeting in Washing
ton, and about which the organs have
been making such a splutter, was the
national flag of Liberia-the negro
republic of Africa. This is a fair
sample of the kind of campaign ma
terial to which the Republicans are
rcHu"ol
The daily gazette., 1880-09-04

nINIDEN D.-A dividend OF forty cents
~ per share has been declared by the
Wilmington and Philadelphia Turnpike
Company, pay able on or alter the 18TH
inst. JOS. TATHALL,
SmOJ- lot. Treasurer.
The daily gazette., 1880-09-04

NOTICk-THE STAR LOAN ASSO-
IN CITATION. .-Shares in n new series,
commencing with July, can be had on APP
piication To Philip i1unkctt, Treasui cT,
=. W. corner mira and Market streets, or
to JNO, r. MILLER, sec,
jSH-lm. AR Market ST cut.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-10-08
Funeral of Miss Mary Lara.

The First Presbyterian Church was fill
ed last Saturday morning with a throng
anxious to pay the last testimony of theil
regard for the memory of Miss Mary Brown
Lara, daughter Of A. s. Lara. Esq. The
death OF no person SO young-she was only
twenty-two-th we can remember, has
SO generally touched the hearts of this
community. So pure in heart, SO gentle
yet so firm in character, the silent in
f1uence of her Christian life and example
had spread far beyond the circle of her
friends and even OF her acquaintance, and
for many days before her death her dan
ger had aroused the anxiety of many in
the community, who did not even know
her. The circumstances of her death were
made more touching from the fact that,
in addition to other dear ties severed, she
parted from generous and manly young
man, to whom she was shortly to have
been united, and who was among the
grief-stricken ones at her side in her last
moments. She died very young, but there
was SO much of sweetness and loneliness
in her life that her influence will live as
long as her memory. She was full
graduate of the Augusta Female Seminary,
and among he sincere mourners that fol-
lowed her remains to Thornrose Cemetery
were the Principal and Faculty of that In
stitution. The following gentlemen were
the pail bearers: Alex E. Miller, GUY
Cochran, Howard wayt, W. p. Tams,
Charlie McGufan, T., p. Euritt, NJ. N.
Bradley, and Jos. y, Rollins.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-10-08
Baltimore Booming.
THE GREAT CENTENNIAL CHILE
BRATIoN NEXT WEEK SO FAR COMPLETED AS TO
INSURE REMARKABLE SUCCESS.

The elaborate details of each particular portion Of
the weeks celebration at Baltimore are under such
splendid Roadway as to make success simply beyond
gram%e carefully can form any idea Of the vast
amount of work necessary for the full completion Of
the great enterprise Now that Baltimore has wa
The display of the ctys progress for the century and
half will be wonderful exhibition. Next to 1t in
importance will be that made by the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad company. twill be upon an immense
SCALE greater in fac than ever before attempted by
any corporation III this country. In this and the
making Of half fare rate from all stations on its
nue. Tie old b, o. proves its devotion, not only to
CITY, but to friends and patrons throughout Ma
ryand, the Virlinias, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana
and Illinois, who have stood by it for half century
or more. The rate will be IN force from Oct 9th to
20tn, the celebration commencing OH the 18th and
closing on the 10th. The Mardi Gras is now an as
sured fact and the preparations for 1t are being car
ried forward with great energy and most lavish
exp-ndi ure of money. In addition TO the magnin-
cent intments originating in Baltimore, the city
h IS secured all the paraphernalia used at the re-
markable carnival he in New Orleans last Februa-
ry The taLleaux, cars, trappings and appointments
costing upwards Of twenty-five thousand dollars.
The Mardi parade will be at night and the city
will be Illuminated as no city ever was before.
In addition to the illumination Of all the build
ines ON the line of march, there will! be car-
cium and electric lights and the scene Will be one
OF SURPRISING srlendor. The military display on
Wednesday promises to be notable occasion; the
Seventh Reg Inc mt OF New York has accepted an In
Wit ltion 10 be present. also have the crack com
Marine Corps and Naval Cadets The great number
of bands which will take part in the festivities will
of tnemsely'S be worth 1Ourneylng miles TO near
The most noted organizations in the United states
will discourse sweet music day after day In short
there will be everything that money hospitality ano
enterprise can command to make the week one con
people, her great manufacturing and mercantile IN
terests, and her advantages the nearest seaport
proposes to show to the world at large that in enter
PRISE energy and hospitality she is the Empress o.
the Atlantic Coast.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-10-08

THE Y. M. G. A. LAST SUNDAY.-The
meeting on Sunday afternoon was the lar
gest since last spring. the house being
crowded and the seats reserved for ladies
all full.
The services commenced promptly at 4
O'Clock and were of special interest. Capt.
L. ID. Ransom led, opening with singing
and prayer and the reading of the I'd chap
ter Of Job, after which he spoke at some
length on the subject, engaging the close.
attention of the large audience.
Mr.. H. M. McIlhany presented for prsy-
or the case of young man who had sent
written request to that effect and at the
invitation of the leader, the Association
engaged in special prayer in his behalf.
Further interesting and instructive re-
marks were made by Messrs. L. M. Crosby,
A. M. Simpson, and A. F. Robertson, and
after several prayers and some inspiring
music. Mr.. M. s. Turner at the organ. the
meeting was dismissed with the benedic-
ton by Rev. j. M. Frost Of the Baptist
Church.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-10-08
THE OLD SOLDIERS.

Capt. Paul's remarks about the poor SOL
der, disabled by wounds from making mon
ey enough to pay his capitation tax,
being turned away from the polls in conse-
quence, received a round of applause
on court day. But our readers must
not think that Capt. Paul expressed
the sympathy of his faithful al
lies" in his remarks on this subject.
While the Virginia Senate was in session
last winter, MIR. Cephas Davis, colored
Senator and prominent as faithful ally, :"
in the legislation of the Readjuster party,
gave the following early opinion of how the
old Confederate soldier should be regarded
it is very interesting reading to the old
soldiers just now:
Mr.. Davis (colored) seconded the nomination Of
Confederate mentioned very often Of late in con
nection with certain nominations, and he was
heartily tired Of hearing It. It was the duty OF the
long the spos This is not the place to reward the
Confederate soldier who has one leg or one arm nor
to reward them. He was sorry that the name Con
federate had been used so often here. They belong
t the Lost Canse ana nave no Rars IN pos
one-armed Confederate soldiers are put up at this
late day to prey on the sympathsS OF the vctOrs to
reward them, he thought 1t was nonsensical. He
hoped it would be the pleasure of the Senate that
that name shall not even be mentioned here-"Con-
federate, Confederate one-armed, one-legged, sol
der" He had sympathy tor him, but lie would
spurn the last OF them for policys sake and for
the party's sake. The Funders said greatdeal the
other day about a one-legged nan for doorkeeper;
have been defeated. Had he not fought in the Con-
federate army he probably would have now two arms
and two legs, but he made mistake in going into
the wrong party and lost all claim on the people OF
the country. They should be glad to have that name
silenced and that forever. Hehoped Senators would
ates) had been defeated, and since acknowledged
that they wrong 1t were better to let them 90
down in the world far as political issues are con-
cerned.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-10-08
A HOLLOW PLEA.

We hear it frequently stated in an off
hand way as a reinsurance to Democratic
Readjusters who are doubtful about i'm
perilllng the success of Hancock by voting
for the Independent ticket, that if Gen.
Malone should see any danger Of the State
going for Garfield he would pull down his
ticket, or words to that effect. This is a
superstition hardly worth spending words
on. In the first place-and last too if you
like, the State Committee Of the Indepen-
dents decided unanimously few weeks
ago at Richmond that neither their Chair
man nor themselves had any right to take
down, or even make changes in their cleo.
toral ticket except to fill vacancies; that
any movement affecting their ticket must
60 before the ''people'' in primary, aid
that the only primary they could submit
to those people must be one in which every
body must be allowed to participate, One
leading gentleman, as We are informed,
denied fatty the right Of the Committee,
its chairman, or anybody else except those
that appointed him, to remove him. That
settles the matter about the taking down.
Those Democratic Ready listers who have
been under the impression that they can
stay aboard the Independent bark up to a
few moments in advance of collision with
the Democratic ship which may be fatal
to both, and then Capt. Malone can take
in. sail. transfer the passengers, haul down
the flag and get everybody sn4g without
anybody being hurt, are mistaken II has
been decided that the owners OF the
independent bark must hold a meeting
and DECIDE on these things, and q.
grave danger lies iI the fact that the Re-
pubiiesns are part owners and would like
to see collision,
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-10-08

ceived the second premium-a bride; Miss Agatha
Gay, who received the third premium-a whip;
Mrs. Emma C. Grove, Mrs. Virginia Hamilton, and
Misses Fannie McComb and Alice Blair. The lar
gest gathering of the exhibition crowded around the
track to witness this contest. The Committee
Messrs H. l.. Hoover. Jas. Cochran Samuel McCue
and M. F. Gilkeson had close ballot in making a
decision. Capt, Hoover made the awards in neat
speech very complimentary to the grace and skill OF
each lady who contested. The awards were receiy-
ed with loud cheers from the crowd who seemed to
heartily approve OF the decision of the judges.
THE PLOW PREMIUMS
There were l6 competitors for the plows given by
Hugh F. Lyle & Co. to those getting LIST premiums
smooth wheat bearded wheatand corn. T M Smiley,
Of Newport, got tine plow on smooth wheat, Thos
Kirkpatrick on bearded wheat and j. Mop. Craw-
ford on corn.
We will publish the full list OF all the premiums
next week.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-10-08
SOME OF THE "GOOD WORK''
FOR HANCOCK.

In his speech here last week Capt. Paul
stated that Auditor Dyson and Judge
Mays, Republican Readjusters, were do
ing 'sgood work'' for Hancock. The lat
ter-named gentleman is the County Judge
of Botetourt, represented that county in
the Republican State Convention which
met in Stanton last April, and put Gar
field electoral ticket in the field. Let us
see now what is the ''good work" for Han
cock he was doing in the month of Sep
TENDER, only five months later. He is now
one of the faithful allies,'' and is stump
ing for the independents r. Assistant Re-
publicans, according to Everett w.
Early. and made speech at Lynchburg
few days ago. In his remarks, as re-
ported in the Lynchburg "Virginian. he
said he was voting with the Readjasters
ssbecause sohen Readjusterism tri,emphed
auere IDENTICAL" His only desire, he went
on to say, was ito beat the Democratic party.
He soarsted the Readjusters to consolidate
soith the Republicams-or acith the devil, If
necessary, to beat the Dens0cratsi"
That is a fair sample of the ''good work.
that one of the converts" to the indie
pendent ticket is doing. We shall not
take exceptions to Judge Mays remarks
He is Republican, was member of the
Republican State Convention, and helped
to put ticket in the field. which he hoped
would ''Deat the Democratic party" Since
then he has found faithful allyn in the
Independent electoral ticket, and made up
| his mind that a coalition would be con-
| ducive to the success of his main object
the destruction of the Democracy. This
is all natural enough in a Republican Be
adjuster, but how any Democratic Re
adjuster can consort with him politically,
or can speak of him as doing 'sg00d
work" for Hancock exceeds our compre-
hension. How independent advocates
can stand before an audience, composed
| in large part of Democratic Readjusters,
and say that party holding Judge Mays
as one of its authorized exponen.s has any,
thing of "Simon Pure" or any other kind
Of Democracy in it, is something that we
cannot understand. Nor can the au-
dience UNDERSTANDABLE least in the way the
orator desires them to take 1t. When De-
mocratic Readjusters of Augusta are told
that converted Republican member of 3
| Republican State Convention is doing Q
good work for Hancock, and they see that
he is announcing from the stump that his
object is the destruction Of the Democratic
party, they can very readily understand
that that ssgood work'' Is the very work
they don't want done, and they won't be
likely to join in it.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-10-08

The B. & .. AND THE BIG BooA.-As-
many persons will doubtless desire to re-
main in Baltimore to attend the great race
meeting, which continues throughout the
week, commencing the 18th, the Baltimore
and Ohio has kindly extended the limit ON
the centennial tickets, to and including the
23d. These tickets will be sold by the B.
4 O. at one-half the regular rate, and will
he good going from the 9th to the Goth,
and returning, to the 23d inclusive. What
with these exceedingly low rates, nearly
three weeks limit on the tickets, the glo-
rious festivities of centennial week, the
Mardi Gras, the great trotting meeting at
Washington and the grand running meet
ing at Piaalico course, Baltimore, from the
11th 20 the 23d, will be the centre of splen-
dor and gaytey such as no city in this
country has ever equaled.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-10-08
The Ohurchville School.
Editors indicator =:

It seems that my article published in your last is
sue has been personally applied. / knew of no ap-
pOintments of teachers for this school, and as yet
not been consulted Therefore, it could have had
no personal reference. The subject was mentioned
with the hope that it might call The attention of the
patrons and arouse them to action, as well as to
guard against hasty appointments where so many
are interested and the welfare of so large school
thought there were no teachers competing for the
princpalship in order to avoid strife and confusion
and to further the harmony that existed last session.
when the teachers were selected by the patrons.
And again, appeal for such conservative and i'm
tablishment of such school as should and can be
successfully maintained here. ANON.