The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1882-07-06

A practical Pennsylvania farmer says |
That two bushels OF salt per acre sown broad |
cast ill clear out the army worm and also
increase. the growth of grass. Salt would
serve, also, as a permanent fertilizer.
tScnator Ben Hill is still suffering from the
cancerous affection of his mouth which has
caused him so much pain His strength seems
to be pretty fair, but the disease has shown NO
evidence of disappearing. There are nc fears
of an immediate fatal resalt
The 10th annual convention Of tae Rsht
more Conference Sunday School Society Of
the NJ f. Church South will be held IN
Harrisonburg. July IL to IA. Bishop \, ",
Wilson is expected to be present to take
part in tine proceedings.
81 Gen. Malone has succeeded in hay my tySss'
ferred TO the Nor folk Navy Yard lAgsso NM
ton of the work which has hitherto Neea dese
at the other naval depots Of the country, lsS
this means, profitable employment viii he fur
nished to large numbers of Virginia people,
Gen. Nathan Golf jr., has resigned the posi-
ton of u S. District Attorney Tor West Viz
ginia, to attend to pressing private business,
Gen. Golf is quite wealthy. and the large es-
tate left by his deceased father, Gen. Waldo
Golf, requires his attention. He was an able
honest and faithful public officer.
The action of the Democrats of Peters
burg shows how tenaciously they hang on
to office and cling to the spoils After they
have been defeated in fair election. about
which there was no contest or controversy,
they usurped authority, about the time their
terms expired as Councilmen, and under
took to elect officers to serve under the in
coming government. 1t must be very ag-
gravated case, when not single democratic
paper will venture to defend it, and this is
how it is 18th the Petersburg usurpation.
Bourbons lie hard. but they must go.
The Republican State Committee of Penn
sylvania has been called to meet on the 18th,
Tor the purpose of considering the situation of
the party in that State There are now two
Republican tickets for State offices in the
field, the regular, headed by Gen. Beaver for
Governor, and the Independents, with MIR.
Stewart as the contestant for Gubernatorial
honors. The Democrats have nominated a
very strong ticket, with Mr.. r. A. Pattison
as their candidate for Governor. The ques-
ton to be determined is very plain and SIM
pie 1t is either to unite the Republican party
on one ticket, or surrender the State to the
Democrats. 1t is understood that the call for
the Committee to meet looks to a new Con-
vention the delegates to be chosen with a
view 10 harmony, and that, if necessary, an
entirely new ticket will be brought out. The
one controlling object to be decided on is sue
cess, and not to make that paramount, regard
less of men, would be ineXcusable folly.
On the 3rd inst Hon. John Paul succeeded
in having called up in the House the bill
making appropriations for public buildings at
Harrisonburg and Abingdon and after some
discussion, it was passed 1t having pre-
viously passed the Senate, it now goes to the
President for his approval, which it will re-
ceive, and thus become a law. This is quite
favor for our sister town, and as Staunton
could not secure it, we are gratified that Har-
risonburg is to have the appropriation for
buildings which long since should have been
provided for the accommodation of the Courts
and the Government offices located there.
This is one of the results Of practical politics,
and is only an indication OF what might have
been done had the political sympathies OF our
representatives in the Senate and House been
in accord with the administration. The bill
found opponents only in democrats, and was
passed in both the Senate and House by Re-
publican votes, with a few exceptions. Har-
risonburg will now have boom.
A friend. writing to us from the Sth dis
trict, states that if Mr.. Farr will consent to
the use of his name for Congress, in oppo-
sition to Hon. Jno S. Barbour, it is by no
means certain that the latter W i'll be elect
ed. The writer informs us that the Repub-
licans and Readjusters W ill unite cordially
on Mr.. Farr, and that there would be fair
prospect of success, should he yield to the
solicitations of friends to announce him
self. We are satisfied that if the coalition
lists make judicio us nom nations. they can
carry every district in the State except the
Sth and if the calculation of our friend be
correct there is a fighting chance for that.
Mr.. Barbour's views on the tariff question
and the sentiments announced in his card
two years ago inclined usto the belief thai
he had very little sympathy with moss-back
Bourbonism, although he is identified with
the Bourbon organization. Our cores
pondent, who is Republican, thinks diff
ferently, and being better acquainted with
his own district than we are, we will not
pretend to oppose our judgment to his in a
matter where the Republicans there are so
directly interested. The policy of the Re-
publIcans should be to support Liberal
candidate in every district. whether he be
Readjuster or Republican, and to combine
their forces to defeat the Bourbons, and thus
strengthen the administration in the popu-
lar branch of Congress. We hope Mr. FAIR
will give his consent to contesting the field
with MIR. Barbour, and that he will actively
enter the canvass as a necessary step to
arouse and bring out the full voting strength
of the coalition force
A writer in a recent number of the r ich-
mond Dispatch, who that paper locates as
an ex-senator from the Valley, bemoans
the change in the two mobile charities at
Staunton, and intimates that the new Of
ficers will fall far short in the discharge of
the duties pertaining to those institutions.
Without intending to Re fleet upon the past
management of the two ''charities" referred
to, wethave no hesitation in saying that they
b I'VE never been better differed than now.
nor will their present conduct suffer in the
least by comparison with past admins
tions. The Superintendent of the Asylum
a I'D his assistants in the various depart
.nents have shown admirable capacities for
the duties imposed upon them, and all the
appointments of the institution show judg-
ment, care, industry, and efficiency in a
marked degree. The character of the ger
tlemen who entered upon the adm inistra-
tion of the affairs of the Deaf. Dumb and
Blind Institution On the LIST inst, is suffi-
cient guarantee that Its interests will not suf-
fer in their hands, land that the friends ofthose
entrusted to their care will have no cause
to regret the change. 1t is cons istency
for Bourbon writers to reflect unfavorably