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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1882-04-07
LEGISLA TING JUDGES OFF THE
RENCH

The intent of the State Constitution in
putting the election of judges in the hands
LOT the legislature instead of the people,
was two-fold. 1t was first to secure calm
ana wise selection to greater extent than
could be had in the excitement Of the
polls, and second, to remove as far as pos
sible from those chosen any catering to
the popular will with an eye to second
| term or other advantage. Judges are but
men, and the Constitution treats them as
such. It fixed their time of election i.
their time Of entering upon the discharge
| of their duties; and their terms OF serv ice
with rigid particularly. To carry out its
second intention toward them. it protect
| ed them from the legislature itself 80 as to
render it Impossible to remove judge who
was both honest and competent. until his
term had expired. The Coalition legisla-
/ ture at Richmond, has sought to evade
the plain requirements OF the Constitu-
tion by bill rearranging the judicial cir
cults so as to throw the present incumbents
out, thus, in effect, providing that the ma
jority voting in every legislature may re
arrange the circuits instituted by its pre-
decessor two years before. So that for
one two years Virginia might have a
set of Coalition judges, the next two, if
! the Democrats are in a majority, set of
/ Democratic judges, and SO on to the end,
making the bench mere political cOmpen-
sat;on to partizans and and thus setting ut
|naught the intention Of the Constitution
/ to preserve the bench from being mere
mirror to reflect the passing political va
carries OF the times.
The bill to effect this which has just
been defeated in the Senate, but has
quickly re-appeared in a slightly altered
form. is directly opposed to the eontitu-
lion both in spirit and letter. and is an
|undisgnised effort to put iE set OF judges
whose errand shall be to bolster up the
|Riddleberger bill. 1t is q part OF series
| of legislative acts unconstitutional in their
character and unparllameptary in their
passage with which the coalition majority
fhave startled the people of the State with
liza the last few months.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1882-04-07

A true assistant to nature in restoring
the system to perfect health. thus enab-
ling it to resist disease, is Browns Iron
Bitters,
DIR. James Andrew Johnston. of Bote
tourt, died on Monday from an overdose
of choral taken to relieve neuralgia.
Jos. Harper, head Of the great New
York publishing house of Harper Broth.
srs, was at the University of Virginia last
week visiting son who is student there.
A. ZollDan, a we'll known sporting man
of Lynchburg, died last week, leaving q
fortune of $2O, 900 to brother in Rock
bridge.
Mrs. Beazly, an English lady, has pur-
chased the Harper Anderson farm near
Ivy Depot, Albemarle, ION which Meris
vether Lewis, the Rocky Mountain ex-
plorer was born) for SIS. 900.
James G. Shipman. who once represen-
ted Rockingham in the Virginia legisla-
ture, died in California recently.
The West Virginia legislature has voted
down the report of the joint committee
adverse to the first Assistant Physician of
the Weston Insane Asylum.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1882-04-07
Presentiments.
AN INVESTIGATION OF THE CAUSES or
THOSE DARK FOREBODINGs WHICH
MAKE POWERFUL MEN WEAK.
GOLDEN RULE.

GOLDEN RULE.
Much apprehension has been occasioned
throughout America from tire announce
ment made by Professor Proctor, that the
return in nineteen years Of the great com.
ton of the earth. But while people are
becoming so strangely exercised over this
announcement, an event of far more seri-
GUS importance, which is taking place to-
day. seems to DO almost wholly overlooked.
The nature Of this most vital subject can
DO best explained by relating the following
experiences 49,.
Bishop z. @. Haven, known to the on
tire land was unaceonAtably awaksnea onp
night out OF sound sleep, and lay awake
until morning. His mind seemed unusu-
ally active, and he not only reviewed his
past life. which had been an eventful one,
but laid extensive plans for the future.
He did not feel especially i'll, but could not
account for the unusual activity Of his
brain, nor for the rsstlessness which SEEM
cd to possess him. In the morning no had
but little appetite, but was apparently well
in other respects. In few days, however,
hs began to feel restless and morbid, al
though he tried earnestly to overcome the
feeling which had taken possession OF him.
But try % no would the shadow Of some
evil seemed to follow him. and he was con-
scious of gradual sinking and wasting
away Of all bis physical faculties. 20 had
been an earnest and diligsnt worker, and
In his zeal frequently over-taxed his
strength, and being absorbed in his duties,
failed to observe the common symptoms
with which he was afflicted, thus permit
ting the work Of destruction to 90 on I'M
needed. But the end finally came in most
psrsmptsry manner. Shortly before his
death he wrote q lstter-ths last one he
ever lndited-in which he speaks Is fol-
lows "a belief that death is near Affects
different minds differently, but probably
all who are in q fair condition of physical
and mental strsnRth instinc.ively shrink
from 1t With an indefnabls dread and hor-
r0r. A dying man is no more able OF him.
self to foresee his own destiny OF che dss-
tiny Of those he leaves than he was before
ne began to die"
The recent sad and sudden death Of Hon.
Clarkson N. Potter, il one of the most se.
rious warnin q ever given In the long list
of innunsrabls cases Of fatal neglect. It
10 not sufficient ia say that manv other
brilliant men. including Everett. Sumner,
Chase. Wood, Wilson and Carpenter we're
swept away by the same fatal trouble. The
question IL. we're these men sufficiently
careful Of their health, and could they have
been savsdy Tho Albany Argus. In speak.
ing OF Mr., Pottsr's sudden illness and
death, saysi
"One Of the physicians xha attended Mr.. |
Potter here was interviewed last evening.
He stated that Mr.. Pottsr's inability to
converse had tor some time served TO kaf1le
the physicians in their efforts to determine |
Tho Tost Of big jllRses, II sssms, however,,
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1882-04-07
THE BILLS FOR IMPROVING THE
COUNTY ROLDS.

We published last week the synopses
+ of two bills-House bill No. 172, intro
duced by Mr.. Hanger, and Senate bill No.
.ao5 introduced by Mr.. Koiner, intended for
the Improvement of the Augusta roads.
Either would be good bill if heartily adop-
ted BY the people, though tried on their
practicsbility and probable acceptability
. TO the voters of the county. the Senate bill
F is likely to be the favorite. That. because
| it would change the present plan of work
F ing the roads little more than the House
bill does and because it contemplates i'm
proving all the roads in the county at the
same time. It falls short Of accomplish
| ing that most desirable object, MacAdam-
izing the leading roads of the county, but
| it might bring about, directed by the
Board OF Supervisors representing every
portion of the county, great improve
ment in the roads by better and more sys-
tematic working. The bill, however. il
not free from objections. and indeed NO
bill can be drawn that will be free from all
objection. One, that will be raised against
| it is that when large district of roads il
let to one contractor, he having the right
/ to two days work from every man liable in
: his district. it will take from thirty to six
! ty days for him to get around all tho pre-
cincts. and some OF the hands will be called
for their quota Of work just in the busiest
time of the year; whereas a. the road law
now stands the roads are laid off in pre-
cincts of frem four to five miles with an
overseer to each, and all may work at the
same suitable time as to season, condition
OF the ground and general leisure Of the
Farmers. At this point the House bill has
the advantage as it does not change tho
present provision just named. II we may
Judge BY former Notifying failure to get
some step taken in the improvement Of
our roads and some Of the arguments that
|aided in bringing about that failure, the
weak point of the House bill in the popu-
liar mind of the county will be the fact
that, necessa, lily, some road or roads must
! be paved before others and one farmer
will vote against it because he fears
that he will have to pay the tax for three
or four years to pave some othsr farmers
road, while he has to plod through the
mud Then. again, there is considerable
number of our county people who reside in
easy distance of depots who really don't
care whether the main roads are MacAd-
amized or not, as their use Of them is very
little and the road they do use to the de-
pot is short, out Of the way, CROSS road
which might be touched by the Senate bill
but not by the House bill. For these rea
sons we think the Senate bill will have the
best chance Of acceptance by the county
people, though as matter of i'm provsmsnt
we should be exceedingly glad to get eth
or bill into operation.
Bye-the-bye, Mr.. Koiner as We see from
the reading, has drawn his bill under the
erroneous impression that there is gen.
eral election next May. There is none.
and he will have to amend his bill by pro-
viding for special election in Augusta.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1882-04-07

The Governor of Maryland has signed
the bill passed by the legislature of that
State making the public whipping post the
punishment for wife beating. It will be
but poor defence to the women who it 10
expected to protect. Very few wives will
be willing to testify against the husband
that they will have to live with afterwards,
if their testimony is to subject HIM to the
irretteivsble disgrace of the whipping post,
and, 30 inexplicabls is their devotion. many
will perjure themselves to shield tho brute
on whom the law has already laid ito
hand.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1882-04-07

The Hinton Herald says that the trsstle
the Chesapeake 4 Ohio Railroad was long
since known to have been unsafe AID
dangerous. piece of patch work, and this
patching process was going on whom it
went down. If this can be verified in .
West Virginia court, heavy damagss may
be recovered from the company for the loss
of life and limb sustained.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1882-04-07

Lately we have seen two or three msn
lions Of some mysterious, and also We
Judge mythical fund, which has been un-
der the patronage of members of the lsgis-
lature to start Democratic "organ'' at
Richmond and which some day or other
may be raised. A political organ un-
der the control Of the members Of =
party in the legislature would be an anus
ing curiosity. It is Bourbon idea and
doubtless smanatel from the brain of some
fossil who isn't yet aware that the WASH
ington Onion has bsen discontinued. A
campaign paper is always in place whom
campaign is progressing, but an organ is
one of the things of the past, or if it isn't
it ought to be. It is thing living on pa t.
ronage in the worst sense Of that word.
The healthiest press in this country to-day,
the press that has its roots in the ground
and draws its own living up Is The Demo-
cratic press. It hasn't had . dollar of
National government pap and not enough
of any other from the public crib to spoil
it. In Virginia this is particularly true.
0OuS1l VuO OOAONAooAN RoASJ A10S OO0A
power for nearly twenty consecutive years.
its State patronage of the newspapers
hasn't been enough to call the editors at,
tsntion to the fact that their own party
had the government. When the new par
ty came into power they found no patron
age to build mp press with and had to 60
to work and make laws to that end. As .
consequence the Democratic press has been
healthy and hardy and could afford to DO
more devoted to the interest of their State
than to the personal fortunes of this OF that
ambitious member of their party.
At present there are in Richmond two
able Democratic newspapers. not organs,
which we will venture to say are far more
efficacious in enlightening the general pub
lie on the true lnwardnsss Of legislation
and party affairs generally there, than they
coald possibly be if they were organs.-
After the Democrats in the State get 3
leader it will be plenty Of time to talk
about getting an organ; it is only a party
owned by boss that has any real need Of
an organ.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1882-04-07
a GREAT FAIR FOR 1882.


A combination of events makes it impor-
5tant that this year Augusta county shou Id
have not only successful fair but one
that will attract attention everywhers.-
Both the Shenandoah Valley and Valley
Railroads will be completed by that time.
BESIDES largely increasing the facilities for
visitors from Rockbridge. Botetourt aud
'pther counties, the attendance of strang-
|brs from the Northern section of the Union
is made sufficiently easy to induce large
numbers to come. Especially will an at
tractive fair be valuable in drawing to our
bounty the attention of the scores of tray,
oilers from that section who are roaming
Through Virginia in search OF homes or
Investments. Not in twenty years has
augusta been in SO prosperous condition
Ind 80 we'll able to give the stranger cor
~ what there really is in her in
lrming advantages and minor
That prosperous condition ex-
6e affairs Of the Society itself,
Zcellent and efficient chief officer,
Sproul, Esq, the retiring President,
at in excellent financial condition
lad with Board of Directors and Presi-
|ient full Of enthusiasm for successful ex-
EDITION next fall.
Now q year in which two railroads are
apened. q year in which great prosperity
has prevailed, year in which every train
Virginia has among its passengers men
5ekinp out for ho mes or business IL not
lear to ie, slip by. The same sort OF year
hay not come again in the life time OF
hose who read this. Let oar people be-
Eir.themselves. President and Directors
d Premium list are very necessary in
Dir way, but they can't do oil the work;
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1882-04-07

B. T LzrFw4oH 49,, oaAs. W SNUFF.
T EFTWICH 4 SNUFF,
GROCERS AND PRODUCE DEALERS
No. 10, North augusta Street,
sTAUNTOM. VA
Keep constantly on hand choice and select stock Of
FAMILY GROCERIES,
Teas Tobacco, Cigars, Leaf Clover and Timothy
Seeds, Flour, Grain nd Mill Feed.
ALL KIND QUNTRY PRODUCE
taken in exchange for goods OF at highest cash price
Thanking my many customers and the public gen
R Rrss ask continuance OF inc same to the new
octl5tf R. T. LEFTWICH,
y. 'lAhlAn DEALER IN
GROCERIES AND PRODUCE,
and Agent for
TINSlEY's CANNED GOODS.
rombAEIE3N 2h IF RI bEAs Il e sfFrE lima
Earl s y s9HE COIN FfkANs' ana
All arst-class Goods warranted to give satisfaction.
Also his EXTRACT OF TOMATO. an excellent
article for making Soup and much cheaper than the
Tomato.
Also Aren't for the American Standard Ink Co.'s
iNAs-the best In the market. Warransea hsI , e
with them. Buy ne other. For sale In any qaantt-
" . s. No. o. North August. Street.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1882-04-07

For aged men, women, weak and sickly
children, without rival. Will not cause
headache. Browns Iron Ditters,
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1882-04-07
Mourning Goods!

OF all Kinds Such as
l. A 9 X G A S H M IRE
In Mourning Black
B l. A @ * Sill
In all the Noted Makes
BLACK SATIN AND SATIN DELYONs.
HENRIETTA CLOTHS
SILK WARP TAMISE, NUNS VEI1JNGs
BLACK MOIREANTIQUE SILKS.
All Prices.
All we ask is an examination of the above Goods
to show that our Goods are the BEST and prices tbe
LOWEST. ~ '--oe" VIC
We also have full line of
English Grapes, Grape Wells. Mourning
Buttons and Fringes, all prices.
marl7
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-05-23

to be crushed out the crushing pro-
cess ought to begin. 1t is weaving de-
lenses in every form, and there IS
world of machinery to be applied to
uses of evasion and defense. Yet the
President unhappily delays the ap-
pointment of the Utah commissioners.
Whatever means polygamy can invoke
to confound the government will be ap-
piled. The law must grapple all in its
way. 1t encounters a long rooted
system. Influences operate together,
move side by side under a pressure
whose moral force is incredible in the
very light Of morals. Whence can
come the perfect unanlmlty with which
Mormon women clamor for polygam-
Gus homes? 1t is obvious enough
the law makes them brothels. Yet
were they no less brothels if the law
left them untouched, and must derive
no impunity from the very depravlty
that makes their desperation seem
virtue. Time is being lost which
neither the country nor the Mormon
question can afford to lose and we
trust the President will see it SO.
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-05-23
Tuesday, May %, 'S2.
EDITORIAL PARAGRAPHS.

THE bill for a custom-houSe at Gal
weston has passed the senate and will
be signed by the president.
This bill is Wash. Jones bill, and is
one of the triumphs conceded by the
republicans to Texas independents.
IF Judge Ireland should be made
governor end Burgess congressman,
both of them would be retired from
the practice of law, and Seguin would
afford a good opening for enterprlslng
young gentlemen Of the legal profess
sion.-[ Age.
Dan McGarry has his eye on the va
cancy no doubt.
lust as the splendid new cotton ex-
change, in New Orleans, is getting
into noticeable proportions the
court of appeals of that city, which IS
an inferior supreme court, or court OF
last resort, declares the invalldlty OF
operations in futures. The suit was
upon a pote given by one of the gam
blers to the other for the amount of
his loss. The grounds of the judg-
ment are that the contract is an alea-
tory one not permitted by law, there
being aleatory contracts, such as bets
on horse races, sword fence, ETC., that
are permitted by law. The civil law
rule is to legalize such bets as tend to
promote the arts, encourage merit,
improve stock, exalt the mind, impart
strength and activity to the body, etc.
But the aleatory fraud doesn't care
judicial row of pins about the court of
appeals or any court. The lame duck
who got himselfinto court on the note
he couldn't pay had closed his account
in futures. There must be the honor
for the operators pledge, and the
cash to redeem it. When it comes to
giving a note the game is up. The
way to deal with these lords is to make
them gamblers by statute and then
put the police in the cotton exchange.
IT is an odious debt which one has
not the privilege to pay. The creditor
may be compelled to receive payment
and cancel and ordinary obligation
without awaiting maturity, unless it be
cut of his power. But it is not SO
with the government. 1t must buy its
bonds at whatever extortlonate preml-
UNI may be demanded, or await ma,
turity. $500, 900, 900 Of its bonds ma
ture within the next IS years. With
the revenue now accrulng they would
in a few years be paid. But the bonds
are exempt from taxation and not one
would be surrendered before maturity
excepting on payment OF an enormous
premium. The indefinite postpone
ment of all reduction of customs du
ties will, before a great while, bring
the government squarely upon the al
tentative of reducing taxation to thu
level of expenses, or paying any ex
tortionate demand of the holders il
the redemption of its untaxed bonds
There is but one of these alternative
government has the right to do. l
has no power to give away the none
of the people. Congress has no RICH
to bestow dollar but in consideration
or acknowledgment of benefits. While
therefore, it will be more UNIVERSAL
satisfactory to cut down revenue to tn
level of expenditure and get the publ
debt cancelled as its terms permit,
will be the only justifiable course.
A pretty Woonsocket girl Of 10, VIII
"wouldn't have her name mentioned Tor an.
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-05-23

The accomplished and fascinating private
secretary of the president, it is rumored, met
his fate at last in the person of the witty and
vivacious daughter of western millionaire
politician.
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-05-23

A pretty Woonsocket girl of 10, who
"wouldn't have her name mentioned Tor any
thing" has cut and sold her luxurlant brown
hair to lady in Providence for S2oo, to pro-
cure comforts for her sick mother,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-02-01
LOCAL BREVI7IE,S

There we're 40 cases q. police Headquarters to-
day.
a rate ION was caught on the wharf this morn.
Ing BY boAtman. Jhs animal il s7p2ostd 10
have come tc:es, from the Maryland snore.
Mr.. John Downey and Mis- OSuliyau,
daughter Of Mr.. Daniel OSullivan. were msr.
rled in St. Asry's Church early this mo,ning.
TL.,e car loads OF Lumbar for the repairs 10
10 The Alexandria Canal Aquadnct have arrived
IN Washington. Several car loads n,re sre
expected next week. Fifty thousand feet Of
TIN Der In all have bsen ordered.
The weather teddy, bright and brt ci az, with
!hs ground coYared with snow, hiss bean ,endid
10, 'lsiIhing, and not q few have avsiled them
salyts OF she opportunity thus afforded for the
hrst Tia tLis season.
tramp, recently disch, Jed from the chain
garg got very drunk this sftern DON and assault
ed several peepls who refused to give him
money: Among those he attacked was Cap.
Marx Price, who WIS sbou. to sive him whs.
ne deserved. 6 bod thr,shing, when the vsgs
bond WAS Carried of bodily by four policemen
The drus g,i of this city are still active in en-.
deaVorlrg 10 induce the Legislature to exempt
them from the provisions of the pharmacy bill
before it becomes law. Mr.. 3D. sr Wsrfed
left here this M orning for Rich m md to ,poaar
before the Committee of the Legislature, having
the matter in charge tomorrow morning, 10
which time the consideration of the bill, was at
the request of the diuggi.s, Of this city, p st.
poned.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-02-01
AUCTION sALEs.

HOM AISSJONER'S SALEOF FAIRPAX
~ LaND-B7 virtue of decree rendered at
the November term. 1881, Of The Circuit Court
OF Fairfax county in the suit Of Otis vs. Amer
the undersigned, commissioner, will sell at
public auction. at Fairfax Court House. On the
TWENTIETH OF February. 1882, (Oourt
day) the following piece of land. containing
oEVEN % ACRES. This tract of land is sit.
uated about one mile from Clifton on tbs V. N.
Il. X: 1t has upon ita SMALL HOUSE, to
which is attached a garden. with fruit trees.
Terms: Cash.
ian2O-w4w J. n LOVE-. Gomm'r.
TRUSTEP5 SALE OF DWELLING
4 HOUSE and GRIST and SaW-MIbL.-
6y virtue OF deed of trust from James WEIGH
and wife bearing date the 10Th of ovemb Der
lo7S recorded 10 liber <, No. a. folio rs, land
RECORDS OF Fairfax county, under the direction
OF the parry secured, shall offer for sale st pub.
nc auc!lon on MONDAY. ths Goth day OF Feb.
rusry. lSS2, vt Eairfax 9 H., in front of the
Court Htu.s door. n valuable DWELLING
HOUSE, GRIST and SAW MILL. The said
property lies on the Georgetown Turnpike in
fairfax cGucty. and IL about nine miles from
Georgetown, d. y. The greater part of the
Terms: DO much cash as will paw The costs
and expenses of sale aud the sum Of 81 6Sl, with
interest," on said sum from Nov 10Th, 1879 to the
day OF sale ms balaune on 3 credit of l 2and
years. with interest f:om the day Of sale upon
deferred lnstAln enIs. to be secured by deed OF
trust upon the property sold.
JIM. LOVE
JtnZU-W4~ Substituted Trustee.