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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-06-09
GENTLEMEN.
MARRIAGE S.


At Trinity Church. in this city Thursday night,
June I'd, by Rev. W. Q. Hullihen, Mr.. Waldo M.
Allen, jr., and Miss Carrie Scott Gay, daughter of
Mrs. Chas. 8. Gay.
On May 18th, in Waynesboro, at the Methodist
Parsonage, by Rev. j. r. Van Horn, Mr.. j. P. c. M
Childress to Miss Fannie Douglass, all of Augusta
county.
In Luray, May 18th, by Row. DR.. Linthicum, Sam
uel j; Richey, ESQ, son Of Rev. F. H. Richey, OF
Woodstock, and Miss Lula V. Watson, daughter of
Mr.. J. W. Watson, Clerk of Page county.
At chatham Pittsylvania June LIST, by Rev. Mr..
Aldridge, Mr. Floyd Heck, formerly of Staunton, to
Miss Ella D. Bennett daughter of Col. G. D. Bennett
In New Hope, at the residence of the brides
mother, by the Rev. Alexander Sprunt, June 1st Mr.
Samuel H: Kerr and Miss Lucy j. Wsddell, daugh-
ter OF the late Addison Waddell, M. D..
In Ftncastle, on Wednesday morning, June LIST, by
Rev. j, W. Wildman, Mr. Eugene A. Luster and
Miss Alice Aunspaugh, daughter of Henry Auns
paugh, Esq.
On May Goth, at the Lutheran Parsonage, in
Woodstock, by the Rev. Mr. Bushong, Mr. j. Luther
Wisman and Miss GIMME @. Hannah, both shen
andOah county.
In Staunton, on June I'd, by Rev. R. R. s. Hough,
Mr. William Jones, late of Liverpool, England, to
Miss Virginia. daughter of Philip Greaver Of Staun-
ton,
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-06-09
An EXAMPLE

The remarkable fact is stated that the
State of Missouri, at public bid, for a loan
OF $4,000, placed her bonds, bearing
three per cent. interest, for the amount
| stated. There were seven bids for the lOar
two at per cent. one at 81 per cent,
one at 81. two at 4 and one at Al per cent
The Bank of Commerce OF st. Louis was
the successful bidder at per cent. This
fact is worth considering in Virginia. u
the politicians, the mere agtators for polit-
zeal power, would leave the debt question
alone, and the proper authorities authorized
to issue long three per cent. bond it would
be taken and the necessary means provided
for redeeming the issues under the laws OF
1871. The amount would be about Sl5 ,0OO,-
900. bearing six per cent. interest-aggre-
eating 100000 annually-thus saving
| $3.50, 900 annually in the interest charge,
and placing the whole matter within reach
of the resources, without adding one "copper"
to the present tax charge. The State has
the option OF calling these bonds in after
ten years from date of issue. We believe
| they bear date from January or Jhly I, 1871,
and consequently they are redeemable GER
| tainly after the LIST of July next.
No State in the Union has better natural
security for her obligations. The vast MIN
eral deposits. heretofore non-productive
and dead, now being rapidly developed-the
immense capital they are commanding for
their utilization--the important railroad
schemes in process of construction and PEN
etrating and opening up hitherto isolated
sections of the State. rich in every element
Of natural wealth, and the industries which
naturally must follow, constitute basis OF
credit which must in the near future place
the Commonwealth on a high financial
plane.
What more is wanted is for the people to
understand that the constant agitation OF
the debt questien, is causing distrust OF the
purpose of the State to meet her obliga-
lions. No rational man, in the light OF the
improvements now going on and the devel-
opment of material resources which are be-
ing daily made, can doubt the ability OF the
State to meet the demands of her debt and
ali other essential obligations. All the i'm
aginary difficulties connected with the sub
ject would disappear before a courageous
determination to meet them. And this res
olution once declared would attract
attention and command confidence. and
open upa future commensurate with the
marvellous natural resources of the State
Less of political agitation and more OF prac-
| tical business methods might, it is true, re-
tire few Of the modern statesmen who
have fiourished of late years in the domain
Of sensation, but at the same time the people
would be the gamers, the credit of the State
advanced and the great interests of the
Common wealth subserved.
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The Plan of the Re-Ajuster Cam
paign.


paign.
The correspondent of the New York 1}S-
bune (who is said to be Mr. F. A. Burr, CORE
spondent of the Philadelphia Press writes to
that paper as follows: ~
The Anti Bourbon State Committee held
meeting on the 9th and discussed plan OF
operations for the coming campaign 1t was
decided to begin Immediately thorough can
vass of the State, the purpose being that one
or another of the candidates on the State ticket
shall visit every county before election day and
spend some time in each, making the per
sonal acquaintance of the voters and impress
ing his arguments upon their minds. The most
remote and inaccessible counties will first be
visited, and it is expected that by the time the
Bourbons have their ticket in the field the
Anti-BOurbOn leaders will have worked the
ground SO thoroughly that they will have lib
erty TO meet their opponents whenever they
may appear. Gen. Malone, after short per-
iod of rest, will take the management of the
campaign into his own hands, and will per
sonally supervise all its details. Even his most
bitter enemies concede that as a political man.
ager General Malone has no equal in the
State. In previous political campaigns the
Bourbons have, it is said, received considera-
BILE pecuniary aid from the North to pay the
necessary expenses. III Jncy should ignore
the debt question:" as they evince DISPOSE
ton to do, they would not be likely to re-
ceive much help from outside this year. The
Anti-Bourbon management of Gen. Malone
will be comparatively inexpensive. He says
that he shall maintain no costly "headquar-
tiers" or large staff of clerks and secretaries;
but that he will have corps of speakers so
large that the people of every town and ham
let In the State will have an opportunity to
hear Anti-Bourbon doctrines expounded be-
fore the day of election. The Anti-Bourbon
leaders hope and expect that number OF
prominent Northern speakers will come to
their aid in this canvass, and the Bourbons
also expect the help of speakers from other
States. There were some symptoms OF dissat-
isfaction Friday night among few of the par
tisans of the unsuccessful candidates, but signs
of discomfort are hardly d;scoverable to-day,
and they will probably vanish altogether
before a week has passed. Riddleberger's
disappointment seems to be the greatest, but
his friends declare that he will soon get over
it. A curious illustration of the eagerness OF
the Bourbons to grasp at anything which they
think might enable them to retain control is
afforded by the suggestion, soberly made by
some Bourbons, that Riddleberger be nomi-
mated for Governor by the Bourbon Conven-
ton, and that the" Riddleberger bill' be adopt
ed as the sentiment of the Bourbon party in
regard to the debt question.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-06-09

Writing from mid-England, a correspon-
dent of the Cincinnati Commercial, who
has given some study to the subject, repre-
sents the condition of the English farmers
as almost desperate. A succession of bad
harvests, high rent for the land, and COM
petition with the United States and Canada
has reduced them to poverty and nothing
remains for them but emigration as relief,
which the landowners will be very reluc-
tant to grant. But even should rents be
reduced 1t will be but partial relief. They
are unable to comprehend that wheat, for
example, can be imported from America
and sold in their own markets for less than
they can raise it and meet their expenses.
In fresh and cured meats also they can not
successfully compete with their rivals on
this side of the Atlantic. They attribute
the depression In agricultural interests to
local and temporary causes. and are dumb
founded when told that they are of more
remote and permanent nature and likely to
operate with still greater severity. A feel
ing is growing up among the more intell-
gent of them that tariff must be put upon
Imports, such as Germany has imposed upon
wheat.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-06-09

The correspondents of Northern papers
who attended the Re-ad5uster Convention
IN Richmond last week, lay great stress up
on its size and the representative character
Of the delegates. From this they assume
shat the State is on the eve of revolution.
They forget, apparently, that the Re-adius-
Der Convention Of 1880, was equally as
large, If not larger body. and that it en-
braced almost identically the same dele
gates. And yet only 81 900 out of 10000
voters followed the fortunes OF the Read
5ssser party.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-06-09
The Wheat Crop Outlook.

The Cincinnati Commercial of the Sd pub
lished the following editorial paragraph. whicl
we transfer to our columns to give our read
ers the views of an intelligent and well in
| formed observer
| The capitalists engaged in the wheat trade
have, according to the Chicago Tribune, CONF
ports of their agents, that the winter wheat
crop of 1881 will not aggregate more than
| two thirds of the crop of last year, and thai
| the acreage sown TO spring wheat this year is
| twenty per cent less than in 1880. The guam
tity of old wheat on hand is put at 7 800 ,0O(
bushels, enough for our needstill the new cror
| is harvested.
Should this estimate prove correct we shall
have but small surplus for export this year
| though enough for our own wants. Should
| the foreign demand continue, through shortage
| in the wheat yield of Europe, there will be a
| material advance in the price of. breadstuffs
1t is to be hoped. however, that the result will
be more favorable than the estimate. But the
hope of a Weld that will maintain figures OF
last year rests upon the possible increase OF
acreage in the far West and not upon the
average weld per acre the country over.
Wheat looks fairly well, but the heat and
drouth of the latter weeks OF May may have
affected it, though it is too soon to come to
conclusions as to that. 1t is quite probable
the wheat crop of Europe will be an improve
ment ON that of the past two years. The re-
ports concerning it are favorable The tariff
recently imposed by the German Government
on wheat will materially diminish importation
into the most important OF the central Euro
pean States, and this, with better home sup
ply, may modify the demand lor the American
product.
IT is tn the interest of our people that all
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-06-09

r,; AT aeorgetown colorado, on May lotn, Emma
Charlottesville, Va, and wife of Rev. c. ]. Wilson.
"Blessed the pure in heart, for they shall see
God"
Near Keezletown Rockingham county, on the 4tl
inst. Mrs. Sallte Roudabush-formerly Sallie Peel
wife Of Mr.. Hiram Roudabush At the same time
and place infant twins-children OF the above Hell
remains were buried in the cemetery at Harrison
burg, on last Sunday evening, attended by large
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-06-09

Ii the Funders propose to make their can
vass this year on the old issues of 1869, as
Mr.. Keiley's late address would seem to in
dictate, athey might as will save themselves
the trouble and expense of a campaign
They will be buried so deep that no earthly
agency could reslrrecr them Mr.. KELLEY
seems to forget that decade has passed
since by fraud and treachery Virginia
passed unler the control of the party he
assumes to speak for. He forgets, too, that
in the meantime his party has made re-
cord; that the promises it gave in 1863
under the name of True Republican, -
were broken, and the people deceived, and
that those who were its staunchest sup
porters then, now condemn and utterly de-
spise it.
The times have changed, and so have the
conditions. The world moves, and eleven
years have brought to the men of Virginia
wisdom enough to see that political party
which offers nothing but hate and bitter
ness. is not the party to secure good to the
State or prosperity to those whose interests
are bound up in the material advancement
OF the Common wealth.
We shall refer hereafter to Mr.. Kelley
pronunciamento, and i'm the meantime we
tell him and those who uphold his action
that the Republicans of Virginia would
vote for the devil himself rather than that
such policy as he outlines should succeed.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-06-09
-.APpo1KrnErr OF RAILROAD oFrrc1ALs.

-APPoIETMENT OF RAILROAD OFFICIALS.
-C. W. Smith, general manager of the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. has made
the following appointments, taking effect
June 9th: w. NJ. S. Dunn, general super
intendent; B. S. Fitch, general freight
agent; Il. w. Fuller, general ticket and
passenger agent; John Mcfarland. super
intendent Of motive power; W. H. Lowry,
auditor OF disbursements R. II. Fisher,
auditor of revenue; B. B. Welsiger, gen.
eral bookkeeper John Garrett, cashier.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-06-09

A Richmond dispatch states that the man
now most prominently mentioned in con-
nection with the Democratic nomination
for Governor of Virginia is Gen. VIM. H.
Payne, of Fauquier county. He is broth
er OF Capt. Payne, of Indian war fame
He has never held any State office, save
that of member Of the House of Delegates.
but is gentleman of fine abilities, and
will doubtless receive the nomination if he
is willing to accept it. Gen. Fitz. Lee seems
TO be second choice.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-06-09

A meeting of the stockholders of the
Richmond and Allegheny Railroad Com
pany is to be held in Richmond, Va. June
%, at whicha proposed plan of consolida-
ton of said company with the Atlantic and
Northwestern Railroad Company, corpo-
ration of The State of " lest Virginia, and
the Ohio Central Railroad Company, cor
poration of the state of Ohio, will be sub
mitted.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-06-09
LIST OF LETTERS

LIST OF LETTERS
Remaining in the Post ONCE at Stauntun, August,
County, Va.
June 9, 1881.
LADIES.
Brown, Mrs Charlotte Foster, Mrs NJ @
Bailey, Miss Bettie Grany, Mrs Mary
Buchanan, Mrs L Gordon, Miss Nettie
Brooks, Mrs Lucie Holt Mrs A L
Collins, Miss Bette Hill, Miss Mary
Crawford Mrs CatherineLewis, Amanda
Crosby, Mrs Mary Lee, Miss Alice
Dtckerson. Miss LouisaRobinson, Miss Julia
(colRoss, Miss Margaret
Eutsler, Mrs Ida Slaughter, Miss Annie
Todd, Mrs Mary E X
GENTLEMEN.
Antonio, John Howard, George
Alderman, Ii Henry George
Clark, Harry Jones, VIM R-2
Carr, Munson Lavell. Alexander
Dutrow Charles Lawrence, CB
Dire, Edgar Lyon, Prof M to g A
Eryen, Benn Lyon, Prof NJ to q
Fry, Robt-2 Metcalf, VIM
Gayers, John Smith, Edward
Grimes, Rev DR. Str1bling, RObt Guy
Gardner, Edgar Thompson, Bill (coD
Gibson, HC Whitlock, Chas Fl
Goldsmith Louis Yancy, George
The above letters, If not called for within thirty
calling for them will please say they advertised
s. M. YOST, P. NJ.
Unavailable Letters remaining In Staunton Post
Office, June 9, 1881.
Miss Emma Mauppin, Ivy Depot, Va.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-06-09

The election OF Supervisors in Page
county turned upon the question of issuing
the 5000. bonds subscribed for the con-
struction of the Shenandoah Valley Rail.
road. The Old Board had refused to issue
them. and the right OF the county to refuse
payment is now before the Courts. The
old Board was reelected by vote of ,O92
to $50 for issuing the bonds-a very full
vote.
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GALE OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE

-
~ IN STAUNTON.
By authority of a deed Of trust executed to by
J. Sidney Moffett and wife on the goth day OF APRIL
1879 OF record In the clerks office of the Hastings
Court for the City Of Staunton we will proceed on
SATURDAY THE 9Th DAY OF JULY 1881,
to sell at public oucry in front of the Court House
in Staunton, that fine pasture and building lot be-
longing to j. Sidney Morett, situated in the of
the property now owned by DR.. A. M Fauntleroy,
fronting on Green Street,
CONTAINING AROUT ACRES.
The location of this lot, fronting 1t does and be-
ing adjacent to the reservoir makes 1t very desira
BILE for building purposes or for pasturage
TERMS-Cash In hand sufficient to pay the cost OF
executing the trust and the balance on credit OF
one, two, three, and four years from day OF sale,
payable In equal annual instruments, the pur-
chaser giving bonds for said deferred instalments,
with approved personal security, bearing interest
from date and waving the homestead exemption,
and the title to be retained as ultimate security
Sale to commence at 4: 80 p. m. -
siA 70 ~ VIM. A. HUDSON.
VIM. PATRICK.
tun9 ids Trustees.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-06-09

The election in Luray resulted in the
choice of council opposed to granting Ii
sense for the retail Of ardent spirits. The
ksus was local option" and the Average
u a5orfty against license was 20 out Of a vote
q ~
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COMMISSIONERS SALEl

HOMMISSIONERS' SALE
"
Pursuant to a decree of the Circuit Court of Au-
gusta, entered at the March Term, 1881, In the
Chancery suit of Shomo VS.. DeBruyn, we will, as
commissioners therein appointed proceed,
SATURDAY, THE 9TH DAY OF JULY, 1881,
in front of the Court House In the city of Staunton
to sell at public auction, to the highest bidder,
tract OF land, situated in Augusta county, about
mile west Of Staunton, containing
90 ACRES FOODS AND IS POLES,
being the same land conveyed by Hugh Stewart, to
H. T. DeBruyn.
TERMS Cash in hand enough to pay costs of
suit and Of sale and the remainder upon credit
with interest from the date of sale, the purchaser
giving bond with approved personal security, and
The title retained as ultimate security.
.F-sl4 MEADE F. WHITE,
G.. M. COCHRAN, JR.,
w. E. CRAIG;
faajo
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-06-09

The official majority of Shue, Demo ,rat, for
clerk of Rockingham Circuit Court, is S5, and
the majority of Logan, clerk of the County
Court is $50.
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in every particular, believing that it indicated
the only way to secure an honest, fair and final
settlement Of the Virginia debt. Captain
Blair acknowledged the compliment paid him,
and thanked the convention for their generosi-
ty. The platform, he said, expressed his SEN
timents fully, and he put himself flat footed"
upon it. He congratulated his hearers that q
new era has been instituted in Virginia. The
people had been heretofore separated, but now
all men of all races and affiliations could come
together, and stand upon one common footing
Virginia intended to start out on the great
highway of prosperity, and Bourbonism should
not stand in the way of her progress The
liberalism of General Malone should charac-
terize in the future the course of the people of
Virginia. He wanted Virginia 10 receive from
the administration some of the blessings which
Bourbonism could not get for her At the
conclusion of Captain Blair's speech there
were loud cries for General Malone, but than
gentleman not being present, a motion to adj
journ was adopted
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-06-09
E YOU DESIRE A GREAT BARGAIN CALI. EAR1y,

And glancing over his FIVE AND TEN CENT COIN
TIERS is how in the world such bargains can be sold
at those prices.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-06-09

THE DEBT OF MEMPHIS.--The Supreme
Court of Tennessee decided on Saturday
last that when charter of municipal
corporation is repealed, and the same peo-
pie and the same territory are incorporated
as municipality under a new name al
though with different powers and different
officers, suit pending against the old cor
poration at the date of the repeal may be
revived against the new corporation, and
that the present taking district" being a
successor and continuation of the city of
Memphis, as such, is liable to suit OH the old
debts of the city. The indebtedness OF the
old city OF Memphis, amounting to over
five million dollars, can now, according
to the above decision, be sued for against
s'the taxing district government" as the
successor to the defnnct municipality,
through the Federal Courts. This is at
least one point gained. 1t settles the ques-
ton as to where the liability is lodged
Whether the creditors will be able to make
anything out of the new district govern
ment is point which has yet to be deter
mined.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-06-09

Every year, all over the country, about
the. time for the opening of schools, there
is complaint about having to buy new books
for the children. Changes are made and
the books that have been used by the older
children are OF no service to the younger
ones. The impression is gaining ground
and it may be well to look into the matter,
that too many books are used, and that the
best teaching is done without so many
Ihey seem to be i'm advance of us in acting
upon this idea abroad. A correspondent OF
Boston paper declares that teachers teach
more in Germany than they do in America,
and that this is the reason that in the Ger
man schools he has never for an instant
seen the attention flag or interest lost. He
adds that in America ''books have become
the sources OF instruction; books do all the
questioning, books do all the answering /;
books prescribe the daily lesson books map
out the terms whole work. and hooks lay
down the very list of review questions
with which any teacher, with a superb
flourish, il he happen to be blockhead,
may wind up the course of study. The
whole truth is that teachers are becoming
machines; that they do not KIN w their schol-
ars; that books and supervision and what
not have actually estranged them from the
real position they ought to hold, and which
in Germany they do hold"
While these statements may be extreme,
yet they contain much of truth, and much
that it is worth while to seriously nvesti-
gate.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-06-09

The Republicans of Virginia should not
overlook the fact that the Philadelphia
Press (and possibly the New York Tribune,
bases its opinion as to the Re-adjusters
Convention upon the representations of
Mr.. Frank p Burr, the gentleman who
IN company with Mr.. Lovelace, succeeded
IL betraying the Republican party last fall,
and thereby gave the State to the Demo-
Gratis. Virginia Republicans have had quite
enough OF Mr.. Burr's interference, and
those outside of the State ought to know
that he is not safe adviser for Repubzicans.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-06-09

General Grant has been elected president of
the Texas Western Narrow Guage Railway
Company.