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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-10-06
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-10-06
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Daily Kennebec Journal

lssued every morning, except Sundays. Itcontain
Il Markets. and has carefully prepared political and
ieoal articles, and q generous amount of farming,
80 and miscellaneous reading with full cempiIa
eou Of State news.
Terms, q per annMm in Advance, 98 If payment
not made within the year. Single copies cents to
4. had st the bookstores and at this Office
kdyertisements inserted on reasonable terms Rates
usy be had on application at this Once.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1881-09-27

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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1881-09-27
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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1881-09-27

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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1881-09-27
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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-12-29
A New Department.


The friends of Agriculture and Com
merce will not be idle or silent during the
present session of Congress. 1t is their
purpose to urge the creation OF Depart
ment to be known as the Department of
Agriculture and Commerce, and to include
within its duties the Superintendence Of
the Weather Bureau, the Life Saving Ser
vice, the Coast Survey and the Bureau OF
Statistics. The Agricultural Bureau, az
now constituted, is not Commensurate with
the growing Importance of that interest.
nor invested with that dignity which should
attach to that service, which is presumed I'd
represent the larger portion of the Ameri.,
can people. There is no branch of indus
try which contributes so much to national
progress and wealth as that OF agriculture,
and the enlargement of the service to com
port with the interest to b. subserved
should be one of the frs: duties of Con-
gress. The present Commissioner of Aeri-
culture is gentleman of very high order
Of ability and varied accompli shmeats, and
is peculiarly fitted for the duties which
would be imposed by the creation of the
Department OF Agriculture and Commerce.
with the other bureaus named added to it.
DR.. Loring has made the sciences an especial
study, and his recent addresses delivered be-
fore agricultural societies, historical asso-
Citations and industrial expositions, show
his great familiarity with all the subjects
which would properly come under the pa
tronage Of such q Department. There
could be no more expressive reflection Of
public sentiment than for this new DEPART
nent to be created at once, and the present
prcmoted to its control.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-12-29
The Staked Plains.

The building of the Texas Pacific road has
developed, at least, one important fact. The
Llano Estacado has been supposed to be tree
less, waterless desert. As matter of fact
there is in all its extent no running water, but
the rail road engineers found water at depth
of forty feet in the first we'll they sunk, and
REACHED the same result with every succeed
ing well. The country seems to be honey
combed W it'll subterrannean water courses en-
countered at depth varying from thirty to
fifty feet. The water is soft and clear and the
wells have given no signs of failure during the
past season. The supposed desert turns out
to be the best watered division ofthe road. 1t
is rich prairie soil, bearing luxuriant
growth of grass Where the graders camped
and the corn and oats were spilled it was
found that they took root and grew thrifty.
Gen. Dodge says that this region is capable Of
becoming the granary of the Southwest, and
that its elevation of from two to threathous-
s ard. is 81 Above she ZEE e sl
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-12-29

The annual report of the Second Assistant
Postmaster General has been made public. The
cost of mail transportation for the year ending
June 80, 1881, was as follows: For 1884 rail-
road routes, aggregatlng 81 500 miles, ST.
613,368 for 1876 steamboat routes, aggregating
81 1873 miles, $753, 107; for 1922 other routes,
known ss star routes" aggTegating 231 ,299
miles, $685., 1856; total cost $19 ,323, $50.
Compared with the last annual statement.
the railroad service shows an increase of 76
routes Of 6 ,249 miles, aud of d. 14,98a cost.
The steamboat service shows decrease of five
routes, of e,18a miles, and Of $134,054 in an
nual cost. The star route service shows de,
crease in expenditure of 497 per cent. In the
cost as compared with the preceding year.
The appropriation for the year ending June
80. 1889 Ia $7,000,000, being $942 ,645 in ex-
cess Of the cost of the service for 1881. It is
Estimated that the .'star route" service for the
current year, may safely be put down at 81
$50 600 decrease of $650000 from the APP
nropr iation of 1882, and an increase Of $780,
645 above the expenditures Of the previous
wear. Had not orders been made reducing
he STIR route service, an appropriation Of
about 50, 0pO,00O would have been required for
the next year,
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-12-29
A. Fearful Explosion.

/ On Monday last terrible accident occurred
at West Point by which nineteen lives were
lost. The steamer West Point, the property
of the York River line, was loading at the
wharf when terrific explosion occurred in
the hold of the ship, blowing through and off
large portion of her deck, &c. A large
quantity of kerosene and gasoline was being
unloaded from the vessel, which was ignlted
by the explosion, and in order to save the
wharf the ship was cut loose and the wind and
tide ,lrifted her far out into the river. Spon-
taneous combustion of the gasoline is suppos-
ed to have caused the explosion. The killed
were LIS Bradshaw, chief stevedore, Ed
Kerse, Of Richmond, and the following col
ored persons John Jarvis, Sheppard Taylor,
Jim Staples, Lee Jennings, Robert johnson,
William Rocks, Ben Smith, Alfred Jackson,
Nelson gaylord, Nelson Starks, D. Babbit,
Charles Tyler, Charles Taylor, Horace Ribbs,
Joe johnson. Jack Parker, and Sam Watkins
making nineteen in all.
The steamer West Point was comparatively
new, and was built at cost of $4,000. 1t is
a complete wreck, though it is supposed she
was fully insured.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-12-29

tellectual forces, and the most ruinoiis foe
to humanity? We legislate to arrest the
spread Of smallpox and yellow fever. and
invoke all the powers Of government to pro-
tect community from their visitations.-
Why not legislate to arrest a far greater
and more insidious scourge, which creeps
into the inner circle OF home and desolates
the hearth-stone, under the sanction and
encouragement of laws, State and Ma
tional?
The time fixed in the resolutions for the
enforcement of their provisions as part of
the fundamental law, is so far removed
that public opinion could be educated up
to the importance of their acceptance and,an
appreciation of their beneficent purpose.
And if Congress should give them it's sane
ton, the work of preparing the popular
mind for the duty of living up to them,
would find innumerable laborers who
would consider it Gods service to aid in
such grand consummation.
We have very conse rvative views in re-
gard to the rights OF all persons under the
laws. We believe in the enforcement Of
statutes of State and Nation and the obser-
vance OF all cons titntional mandates. So
long as the governm ent Of the Nation and
the government OF the States recognize and
protect the distillatjon of spirits, aud even
encourage it by making it source Of reve-
nue.. we hold that iG is the duty of ali citi-
zens to abide by what is ordained. But
drunkenness has become great national
sin-a vast popular curse-b lighting intel
lections, permeating all the ram ifications
OF society, peopling asylums, poor houses,
prisons, and marshalling crime in all its
phases for the gaze of the world and we
conceive that no higher duty could engage
the attention Of Congress and the Leg isla-
lures of the several States. than THAT which
lis presented in the resolutions Of Mr.. Blair.
which may be found elsewhere in this issue
of the VIRGINIAN And in this work of
educat ing the popular mind to an appre-
citation ard understanding of the whole
matter, the press can prove potential in
strument and vindcate its claim to being
the great safeguard of popular liberty and
promoter OF national progress and pros
perity. We cannot, as Nation, blink the
huge crime which so seriously affects our
national character. 1t must go on in its DIES,
trnctive work. or it must be arrested and
rooted out. Like slavery it has become a
national curse, and like slavery it must be
destroyed, if there is virtue enough left in
the people to accomplish it. 1t is gigantic
work, and it should be approached patient
ly and bravely, and the labor persistently
go on until the end is reached.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-12-29

Four couples were married at one time In
the Grace-street Baptist Church, in Richmond,
Thursday. The gentlemen involved in this
pleasing affair were persona. friends, and
finding that they had all arranged to enter the
blessed bonds OF matrimony during the pres
ent month, determined to be married in COM
pany, to which the ladies acceded.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-12-29
Before retiring from office, postmaste r-Ger

Before retiring from Office, Postmaste Gen
eral james wrote to Hon. George Bliss, ofNew
York, special attorney for the United States
ia the star-route cases, suggesting that civil
suits be entered against the star-route swim
oilers for damages Mr. Bliss in his reply states
that the Government has been at much labor
and expense in working up the criminal cases
against the offenders, and that he will soon go
before the grand jury with sixty witnesses,
with the view Of having the guilty parties in
dicted He will also cause civil suits for dam
ages to be instituted.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-12-29

Postmaster General James commenced
life printer, and took Benjamin Frank
lin for his model. He succeeded, like
Franklin. In reaching the position OF Post
master General. He says. however, that
official position is disappointing"
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-12-29

The Indications are that Tennessee viii
be the next State to dissolve her connection
with the solid South. There is now q Re-
publican Governor, elected on Republi-
can debt-paying platform. The debt-pay-
ing Democrats say they W Ill make common
cause with the Republicans in the next
Legislature in an effort to defeat the low
tax Democrats, and with this as an under
standing, there will be but little reason to
doubt the success OF the Republican ticket
Once fairly in the Republican column, Ten
nessee will remain there. The solid South
10 thing of the past.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-12-29

The Washington correspondent of tho Phil
adelphia Press states that Hon. A. A. Sergeant
of California, will be appointed Secretary Of
the interior, and Hon. W. E. Chandler, of New
Hampshire, Secretary of the Navy. There is
nothing assured about this, but should the ap-
psintments be made, it will convey another
compliment to journalists. Mr. Sergeant learn
ed the printing business, then became editor,
and afterwards studied law in the office of
Judge J. W. G. Smith. of this place, then of
California. Mr.. Chandler has given much Of
his time to journalism, but whether or not he
Is q practical printer we cannot say. Hon.
Thos. l.. James, T. u. General, and Hon. Frank
Hasten, Let asst. P. NJ. General. are both prin-
tera
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-12-29

Col. Corkhill, the prosecuting attorney in
the Guiteau case received Monday, an express
package containing gag, for the prisoner,
ingenieusly wrought out ola corn cob. Mr..
Scovilie also received several packages, one of
them gibbet for Guiteau, and another some
liver pills, labelled wholesome advice for Gui-
teaun
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-12-29

Local option is beginning to assume pro-
portions larger than mans hand in Virginia
A general interest seems to be making itself
manifest, and from all sections of the State
the movement is receiving attention. We
predict that the day is not far distant when it
will be one of the prominent issues.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-12-29

Ex-Secresary Blaine will make his home in
Washington and devote his time TO private
matters. He is largely interested in railroad
schemes, one Of which contemplate the de-
velepment of large portion of West Virginia,
and viii give his attention principally TO
work of that kind.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-12-29

The Huntington Adoertiser says the desire in
that city and vicinity is for Touring mill
There is none in convenient distance, and all
the -four and meal used there is brought from
the Ohio mills We should think it a good
opening for one of our Valley millers 70 in
vest his capital and enterprise
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-12-29
Virginia's Mistake.


Nearly fifty years ago Prof. William B
Rogers made his geological report of Wiz.
ginia, but the Legislature failed to appro-
pirate sufficient fund to more than print
a synopsis; and some eight years ago,
Capt. N. F. Maury completed his physical
survey of Virginia, Of which the Legisla-
sure ordered to be pr inted few hundred
copies, and placed them on sale, with the
State Librarian. at $3.50 per copy 1t was
10 this way that Virginia sought to adver-
1erprise to the State. Had Prof. Rogers
report been printed in full and several hum
dred thousand copies issued and circulated
TO- nothing, and the same been the case
with Capt. Maury's report, the natural
wealth of Virginia would have been known
by thousands and hundreds of thousands of
people, who are now ignorant OF her re-
sources. 1t has been this penny wise and
Veund foolish policy that has dwarfed the
energies Of the Commonwealth, and kept
as sealed book mines of values which
would now be producing immense revenues
for State and individuals, had the most or
binary sagacity and public spirit prevailed
with our State authorities. Political refin-
ing and ambition for Office have commanded
the attention of our people until excavation
seems to have seized them and to all ap-
pearances nothing but the shock OF reyolu-
Jion will arouse them from their apathy
We have mines of wealth, locat ed in every
district and section of the State. which these
reports pointed out, but simply because
they were not printed and scattered over
che world, immigration, enterprise and cap
ftal have passed by and around us and
sought other States and Territories where
the advantages Of climate and proximity
to market and natural wealth are infinitely
less inviting than here. While we have
been content with scheming and plotting
solely for political power, teaching genera
tion after generation that the sum of hui
man life is official position. other States
have gone forward under different and more
practical inspirations, building up not only
their material power, but inciden tally add
ing to their political Importance and
strength.
Had Virginia and the South accepted the
situation, after the war, and gone forward
in practical Observance OF every condition
imposed, leaving the s'bloody Shirt and
sectional politics to rot in the grave where /
they were then consigned, and looking for
ward to the future and building up to it, a |
Tar different state OF things would now exist. |
We have the wealth OF an empire within
our territorial limits, and with these devel-
0pcd and In process Of utilization, that
|Rhich we have yainly sought through polit-
Observation-Disclosures and power in
>1lonsl councils-would coon come to
ust learn to uniearn much of the
goung men must learn to re.
ptthe labors and efforts OF
up material industries-to
hfueEce and effects ofcom-
Nd mental application. and
Virginia and
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-12-29

3 DIR. W. r. Vaughan, of Culpeper, is
spoken of % proper person to succeed
Mr.. Ruffner as State Superintendent OF the
Public Schools. He is an experienced edu-
Gator, good administrative officer. and
his friends will urge has name before the
proper authori les.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-12-29
The Trial Of Guiteau

continues at Washington. The examinations
now being made are chiefly of experts and the
great preponderance Of testimony has tended
to the establishment of the sanity of the as
sassin. 1t seems, from all indications now,
that conviction will likely be the result
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-12-29
The Confederate Treasure.

We publish on our first page the substance
of Philadelphia Press and General Joseph E.
Johnston, with reference to the Confederate
treasure removed from Richmond upon the
evacuation of that city by the Confederate
forces Since the publication of the interview
card over the signature of Gen. johnson,
denying the accuracy of the interview and
stating that he was made to say many things
which he had never thought OF, appeared in
the New York World and was copied in
number of papers, but General johnson him
10 telegram to the Philadelphia Press says
Il did not authorize the dispatch in the World
of the Goth, nor say was beguiled, for know
Mr. Burr"
MIR. Davis has been interviewed on the sub
ject, and states that he did not believe Genera
johnson had made the statement attributed to
him. He regarded it as absurdly false and was
convinced that General johnson would make
an unqualified correction of the whole matter.
General Beauregard makes the following
statement: when the surrender took place
at Greensboro, N. c., Mr.. Davis handed me
$27 in silver, which was at once distributed
pro rata among the men each receiving $115
If there was any other money, have no
knowledge whatever concerning it,"
The Atlanta Constitution states that the Con-
federate treasure train was sacked near Wash
ington, Ga, and its contents carried away by
citizens and soldiers.
Altogether the Press interview promises to
make a lively STIR
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-12-29
Debts Of the States

A recent publication Of Bradstreets gives
some interesting facts CLEANED from the last
census, with reference to the debts due by the
various sections of the Union. The popula-
ton, total valuation and per capita valuation
of each is as follows
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-12-29

Total United States So 1888 SGT $s36s
According to this statement it appears that
in the Southern States the per capita valua-
tion was lowest in the census year This val
uation, however, has doubtless been greatly
increased during the last twelve months, ow-
ing to the development of the mineral wealth
throughout that section, and the building of
numerous railways. The State and local bond
ed debt and the corresponding per capita debt
are also shown, as follows:
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-12-29
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