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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1882-12-01

MOsBY's OPINION OF MAHoNE.-A
correspondent of the Lyunchburg "Vir-
ginian" writing to that paper from Wash
ington, gives Col. Mosby's estimate of
Malone. He has him down flee as will
be seen by reading the following extract
Gen. John s. Mosby is at present most
pronounced. Tho writer has seen several
letters of recent date from the distinguish
ed guerilla chieftain to friends who asked
him for advice as to whether they should
sustain the Malone movement. To their
prop 'sitiOn he was plainly and positively
opposed. To one frierd he said: Il re-
gard Malone the mcst vindictive, unsclu up
ulous and meanest tyrant that ever figur.
ed III American politics"
To another who suggested that an Or
gan izati.'n known as the Mosby Club in
tended to endorse Malone. he said: The
club bearing my name has no more right
20 disgrace it (my name) by such an unho-
ly alliance, than it has to forge my name
to a negotiable note"
To still another be said: IL have too
great rrLard for my reputation and good
name to have either corrected with Ma
hone In any mani er, y, d have written
70 Gen. Grant tsliin. him would rather
be buried beneath he waves nf The Chinese
cean than to hold amy fficr by or through
snch IA creature as Mahn,e.''
In one OF these letters lie Coz, pares Ar
hur aud Malone to the Siamese twins
the enc moved by the other. and each de-
serving public condemnation.
Like Arnold, he styles Malone "Billy,
the KID" ard expresses the wish that the
KID aforesaid be made aware of the esteem
IN which he holds him.
Dem nstra' IONS from both ends of the
earth might we'll cause this notorious in
dividual to hesitate in his disglaceful and
degrading conduct.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1882-12-01

Nothing since the election has occasion
Cd 80 much comment az the action Of Pres
ident Arthur in the star route cases, upon
the report Of Attorney General Brewster.
He last Saturday issued an order removing
from Office Chas. E. Henry, Marshal of
the District Of Columbia, D. B. Anger,
Postmaster at Washington, NJ. NJ. Park.
or, assistant postmaster. M. D. Helm,
foreman Of government printing Office,
and Geo. E. Spencer, Commissioner of the
Union Pacific Railroad. on the grounds
that they interfered with the administra
ton of Justice in the Star-route cases.
The summary action Was taken without
any warning to the parties, and fell like q
thunderbolt fr,m clear sky upon the de-
voted heads Of tho unfortunate cffice hold
ers,
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1882-12-01
The Returning Board.


The State canvassers, consisting Of Gov.
Cameron, Attorney General Blair. Audi.
dltor Allen, Secretary of State Elan and
State Treasurer Reverly, met at the capi-
tai to canvass the vote Of tho State. The
principal contest was over the First and
Seventh Districts. The Seventh was first
disposed of. Col. O'Ferrall was present
with his attorney. Hon. Jno. T. Harris,
Capt. Paul was also present and represent
ted by Edgar E ankee) Allen. who favored
tile motion to exclude the vote OF Augusta
upon the protest of the Readjuster County
Committee. Judge Harris earnestly insist
cd that Augusta should be counted. The
vote stood: to exclude. Blair and Reverly
against, Cameron. Alien and Elan. 81
Augusta was crunted.
Judge Harriss for Col. O'Ferrall, entered
his protest ayainst sun1ry irregularities
In the district and the vote VAS then
counted as follows
OFFICIAL VOTE OF TIL DISTRICT.
O'FerraIl Paul
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1882-12-01
BE HONEST.

We have no sympathy with the policy
which would take advantage of mere
technical irregularity, when the intention
was clear, to throw out poll and invali-
date an election. Such were the facts IN
the case of Chalmers Of Mississippi. The
tickets voted for him, in the county thrown
out, were all printed correctly, j. X. Chal.
mers, but, the county clerk in making up
the returns endorsed upon the poll list the
vote as for J. r. Chambliss, and the Sec
rotary of the Commonwealth who had the
counting to do. considering his duties
purely ministerial, rs he said, threw out
the whole fourteen hundred and odd votes
and gave the certificate to his opponent.
Manning.
Now this was all wrong. While we
would like to have seen the renegade
Chalmers defeated, the Mississippi negroes
to whom he appealed, voted for him as
reward for his apostacy and fairly elected
him, and fair minded Democratic con-
Rress will not invalidate mans election
on account of the mistake OF laundering
clerk, should Manning accept the certifi'
cate rendered him which indeed 10 some
what doubtful.
The case in this district is very diff
ferent one. Numerous instances Of cases
of illegal voting have been discovered,
more than enough in this county alone to
equal the paltry 205 majority allowed
Capt Paul by the State canvassing board.
and no mistaken otions Of polio = should
deter Col. O'Ferrall and his friends from
sitting the alleged frauds to the bottom
and IL he is elected righteous Congress
will seat him. Though the party will be
In q situation to be independent Of Dem
ocratic vote from the Seventh District,
justice must be done and the good judg-
ment of tbe psople which has SO recently
indicated itself in 50 startling way can
be depended upon to see the difference be-
tween blind partisanry and even handed
justice.
Since the above was in print the action
of the State canvassers in the First Dis.
trict case has been reported, and while
such outrageous action can but meet with
the condemnation of all fair minded men
and excite spirit of retaliation, We in
sist that our people must be fair. Chsl
mers must have justice, and that is his
seat in the next Congress. Mr.. Garrison
will assuredIy get his seat and the out
rage perpetrated by the Virginia return
ing board in awarding the certificate te
Mayo will recoil upon their party. The
mills of the Gods grind slowly, but surely
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1882-12-01

It is unfortunate that the State Board
of canvassers did not have before them
last Monday the lucid aud elaborate argu-
ment of the Valley Virginidn on Augusta g
Vote" 1t could never have come to the
conclusion that the combined Opin ion Of
two learned judges and an intelligent
board OF commissioners was law in the face
Of that admirable legal dissertation of our
learned contemporary. The Hon. John
Paul and jealous friends from Augusta,
who went down with the gallant Captain
to help him to dlsfranchise 767 free and
intelligent white men of this county could
not have seen that mastery presentation
of the leading Coalition organ of the
Seventh district, or these gentlemen would
bave put the paper in their pockets,
carried it to Richmond, forced their way
into the presence of the august board and
read them an argument that would have
made Yankee Allen hide his diminished
head, and the majority of the board blush
for shame that they had ever conte mplated
voting as they did. Such a preceding
would have offered but brief Interrupt
ton to the work of the Board, the article
Is short one and to the point, as all the
articles In that valuable journal are, in
fact it is the wonder Of its readers. how
SO much can be said in such few words.
But we are DEPRESSING. The ''Virginian"
must be surprised to learn that there
we're members of that returning board
who bad the curiosity to look at the code
themselves and to read the balance of the
law which it quotes, "a registrar shall be
appointed for each township, ward and
voting place of their respective counties,
cities and toscns.'' and understood that to
mean that there should be a registrar for
each toa sip Of the counties, each ward
Of the cities and each voting place of the
towns. The Board must have made tho
mistake OF going to Webster's Unabridged
for definition OF the word, respective, and
in consequence Augustus white men were
ale we'd to vote, aid the opinions and
wishes ct our esteemed Contemporary utter
ly ignored.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1882-12-01

We acknowledge the receipt of the an.
nual report Of the Board of Trustees 81
the Peabody Fund sent us by Hon. A. II.
II. Stuart, q member of the Executive
Committee. The amount of the fund dis.
tributed to Virginia last year was So 1874 Al
Further reference to this very interesting
report will be made hereafter.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1882-12-01
Sleeping with Snakes.

Prof. Bell, the Smithsonian Institution 8
agent, shipped his last collection of snakes
to the North two weeks ago, and already
has his museum full again. 1t is surpris-
ing how rapidly they be come domestica-
ted under his treatment. During the re-
cent cold snap some of them that he turns
loose in his room at night climbed up the
bed-posts and coiled the mselves up in his
blankets He felt them bunting for cosy
pots about his legs, and knew that he
ought to get up and provide them with
some loose straw, but sleepy man in a
warm bed of a cold night is not over oblg-
ing. and the Professor snOred as musical
iy, as is his custom. The reptiles crowd
I'd upon one another, quarrelled. fought a
little, Missed, but the Professor did not
bulge; only now aud then he would wake
slightly and cry softly, whist, boys! be
easy, boys!"
At last big "coachwhipn snake found
an opening near the edge of the blanket is
and slowly glided in. There was gentle
waving up and down Of the beG clio hes as
the big claybank serpent moved about get
ting himself comfortable, when SUDDENLY
he slapped about twO-thirds of his frIgid
length against the warm legs Of the doing
proprietor,
The proprietor made vio,ent remark.
He sat up in bed. gathered n handful of
snakes in each hand. depositing them
carefully on the floor; tlen throwing back
the bed-cl0thes, he administered a kick
that sent the coachwhip flying through
the dark to the further end OF the room.
encountering in its aerial flight and knock
ing from its bracket on the wall the fragile
skull of an ancient Florida mound build
er.
"Freeze aud be hangedI' exclaimed the
irate Professor. ''I'll share my bed with
you. but you shan't drive me out" He
drew the blankets over him. A few mo-
ments later several pa irs of Ii tie red eyes
moved up the bed-posts on either side,
and soon snake-herder and snakes, in one
couch, were lost in peaceful sleep.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1882-12-01

Brown Allen. the Clerk OF Botetourt
county, died of consumption about two
weeks ago He was brother-in-law ~
Capt. J. H. H. FiRgat, the Democratic
candidate in that district two years ago
for the State Senate. Mr.. Allen was an
efficient officer. true gentleman, a
straight Democrat, and last but not least.
good man.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1882-12-01

Lyncbburg has taken An important step
towards placing herself in line with the
other commercial cities in the State and
country in organizing Chamber of Com
merce. Last week full meeting of her
representative business men, than which
no city anyw here has better type of the
class, organized for the purpose by the cleo
tion Of Mr.. George NJ. Jones, President
of the Chamber. and the appointment Of n
committee to prepare constitution and
bylaws. The committee consists Of
Messrs. J. H. Franklin. Max. Gueeenhi.
mer, Jr., N. r. Bowman. e. M. Blackford
md Joseph Schafer. With these gentle.
men at the front the scheme will succeed
Let big Richmond look to the right or she
will be crowded.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1882-12-01

The "Virginian of last week in trying
to account for the startling revolution Of
public sentiment as manifested by the
late elections. says:
THE very excess of these results, which
are subject to no rational explanation and
justified by no normal consideration. DEM
onstrate the phenomenal character aud
give assurance of the short duration OF
the passion that effected them. The reac-
tion will be IS radical and pronounced as
the excess and will find the people set
Ting down to those administrative ideas
upon which the business of the country is
conducted and the prosperity Of the peo-
pie and nation encoln passed."
Spoken with the Unction Of Inspiration.
and we catch our breath just to remind
the Democrats who may be in trembling
and helplessness, awaiting that ''reac-
ton, }" that the same journal just month
before the election, in forecasting the re-
suit gave Wise 80 900 majority. the got
5 OO0). and Paul 5000. (he got 205), and
pronounced the result of the Ohio election
accidental and really immaterial," and
calculated to stmulats the Republicans in
the great northern States to swell their
majorities. Trembling Democrats, see the
result for Yourselves and thank your stars
that the days OF the prophets are passed
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1882-12-01

q. M. Weber, of the Salem Register, .
was Indicted for libel by the grand jury Of
Roanoke, last Monday, A. N. Derr, of the
Roanoke Review c.m laii ant.
The best preparation Ct iron d,ctcr
can prescribe is Browns Ircn bitter b :
cause it DOES net injure the te. tn as other
iron medicines will.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1882-12-01

A BABY KILLED BY A BEAR:-One OF
the eight little children belonging to the
gang of Arab-gypsies was killed by the
large half-starved black bear at the gyp-
sizes camp, twenty miles from here. Sew
eral of the children were teasing the ami
NAL. who had been chained to = sapling
by its master. when suddenly 5 year old
youngster. who had heen poklng q stick
at Bruin. approached too near, and was
seizr d suddenly by the animal, and crushed
to death. One of the men, hearing the
animal growl, tried to s.ve his infant. but
arrived on the scene too late. Wherelp0n
sefzing large club. he beat the poor bear
nearly to death. The child was buried a
few hours later by the roadside, and the
| band packed its luggage and NOV along
hardly missing the little dead infant from
| the motley thrOng of beasts, monkeys
dogs, donkeys and villainous looking hui.
mans.
| The ceremony over the grave of the in
! FAINT was a very curious one The entire
| band. taking hold Of each Others hands
formed circle around the open hole-for
| it was certainly not a grave-chanted 9
doleful melody, and then went around and
around. Suddenly stopping, Que of this
men repeated iargon prayer. then in con
cert, men, women and children, chanted
..Melahl'' "Melah!" "Melah!" This end
ed the ceremony. and all hands engaged
in covering up the corpse, which had beer
placed in the grave on bed OF driec
| leaves, and covered copiously with th'
same.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1882-12-01

STAuNToN ENTERPRISE IN WEST VIR.
G1NIA-The "Vilginios" referring to the
new Elmo Coal W orks, in Fayette county,
w. Va, on the G. & O., 32l miles from
Richmond, pays deserved compliment to
Staunton citizen as follows:
The operators of this new colliery are
w. A. Burke & Co., Elmo. w. Va. The
business partner is W. A. Burke. of Staun.
Con, Va. a we'll known and greatly es.
tecmed wholesale dealer in Goals and cokes;
the Supr. of the M mes is VIM. Hamilton,
ST., from Kentucky, who has large ex
perience in coal mining operations. A sec.
ond eutry will soon be driven and prapar-
ations made for erecting coke ovens. This,
like all o, her properly coal-ninlng ven
lures in this region, is sure to be success
full. The reputation for fair dealing &C
quired ty William A. Burke, during tn:
years he has been acting as Agent. will u
once give the new firm deserved and sub
stantial footing in the coal and coke mar
kets.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1882-12-01

A friend to the rich I'd poor. A mol.
,ciue that strengthens and heals, il Bro wa s
Iron Bittele.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1882-12-01

Seven hundred and seventy Democrats
failed to vote in the county of Wythe.-
There can be no doubt that the State is
largely Democratic, and the men who thus
fail i'll their duty should do penance until
the next election.
One of the giant trees Of the Calaveras
grove in California is named Otto Won Bis
marck. An admlrer of the German Pre-
mier. resident in San Francisco, has just
sent him fve-foot photograph OF the tree,
expressly taken for this purpose, and ell
closed in an elaborate frame Of native
woods.
The wheelbarrow wager on the election
at Marbehead, Mass, this year was be.
tween two mighty respected women. A
great multitu de saw Mis-. Chapman propel
Mrs. High through the town.
James E. O'Hara, from the second dis
trict of North Carolina. is the only color
ed man elected to the 4Sth Congress. Penu::
| sylvanla furnishes the only Greenbacker in
the same body.
Mahoneism il dead. 1t was an awful
die-nasty.
Tuesday week ago near The Plains,
Fauquier county, AlpEeus Wines tied the
halter of a mule tn bis arm; the mule be-
came frightened and dragged Wines for
nearly mile, killing him.
| A curious charity is conducted by a
German benevolent society which has q
large number of branches in Northern
Germany and the Rhenish provinces The
| society places in every cafe to which it il
allowed access, a tray into which smokers
| drop the ends of their cigars which they
have cut off before lighting them. The
| tobacco thus collected is sold. and with
| the proceeds clothes are bought for poor
| the society are steadily increasing, and
have in fact, dc b.ed within the last three
| years. 8
Eugene Colcannon and his wife. who had
| been married but few days, st opped at the
| Aston Place Hotel, New York city, pre-
| vious to going to housekeeping. They blew
out instead of turning off the gas and both
| were found dead in bed Monday morning
at the depot at Woodstock the Monday
| before the election, E. P. DandIidge Of
| Winchester, met Senator II. Fl. Riddle
| berger and denounced HIM as coward and
scouDdIel. A fight took place in which
neither party was bur: much.
An Ohio paper says, and probably cor.
rectl,: THE South will make 1000, 0OC
| gallons of cotton-seed oil this year, and
| you will buy some of it nicely put up and
labelled finest Italian olive oil, warranted
| pure
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1882-12-01

INTHE DEAD-LErTER OFFICE Among
the 11,791 articles accumulated In the
dead letter, and to be sold at auction on
and after December 4, are one dozen linen
collars 16i,) two hair bangs, half dozen
bosoms, box of tooth picks, font Of type,
q lot of pullers, a side of leather. an cleo
trio battery, several toy pistols, white
knit fascinator. five sets of cow-milkers,
one pair of corsets. (slZe 81, one revolver
and fixtures, one clock forty pocket books,
lady 3 solled collars. hair combings, hair
switches, 2O4 pounds Of scrap-iron, a black
smiths pairing knife, &c. 1t is observable
that very large proportion Of the articles
are such as ladies use and would be likely
to send. The fact that the packages OF
ladies 80 often reach the dead-lrtter offi:e
would hardly speak well for their hand.
writing or teir care in marking address
es. The gentlemen who send scrap iron
through the mails should be more particu'
lar with their chirography.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1882-12-01
NeIv, Advertisements.

.HeyU, Advertisements.
INANTED-AC City Canvasser for the Genuine
w Improved Singer Sewing Machine. Per.
manent position and good salary to the right man.
Call on or address
THE SINGER MANUFACTURING CO.,
No NEW ST.,
Staunton, Va
J. 3. CHAPMAN, Agent. decl Ct
~ SMITHS EXOx vs.. A. II STUART
". ALS.-In pursuance Of the Hastings
Court for the City OF Staunton, entered New. II,
1882, In this cause, shall proceed at my once in
said city, on
FRIDAY, December 70, 1882,
to settle and report to said court further account
Of the transactions of Louisa A, Smith, as oxecu-
trix Of Orlando Smith, decd
JOHN w. STOUT.
decl At Com'r.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1882-12-01

Hemp Carpet, at 20 cents,
Figured Carpet, at 23L1 Gel is.
Handsome Carpets, IS to 81 cent,
WOODEN Carpets, 60 cents.
Extra Super Carpet, IS cents t. &l.9Q,
Buggy Robes az cost,
Be0 Comforts at cost,
CalicOes at 4 cents,
Bost Calicoes at cents,
Gins hams at cents,
1914 heeting at 23l1 cents,
Dress Goods at cost,
Win ow Shades at cost,
Ticking at cost,
Cotton Batting. 10 cents per yard,
Table Linen, Is cents per yard,
Linen towe from 10 to o cents.
Worsttd Dress Goods and 10 cents,
CaSsimeres at cost.
Ladies' Felt Skirts at cost,
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-04-17
STOPPED HIS PAPER.

Nowadays, when subscriber gets
so mad because an editor differs with
him on some trivial question that he
discontinues his subscription and
"stops his paper,' we remind him of
a good anecdote of the late Horace
Greeley, the well-known editor of the
Now York Tribune. Passing down
Newspaper Row, in New York City,
one morning, he met one of his read
ers, who exclaimed
''Mr. Greeley, after the article you
published this morning, | intend to
stop your paper p
"Oh, no, said Mr.. Greeley, 'sdon't
do that
Eyes, sir, my mind is made up.
| shall stop the paper.
But the angry subscriber was not
to be appeased, and they separated.
Late in the afternoon the two met
again, when Mr.. Greeley remarked:
':Mr. Thompson, | am very glad
you did not carry out your threat
this morning."
NWhat do you mean %
"Why, you said you were going to
stop my paper
''And so | did | went to the office
and had my paper stopped. -
s'You are surely mistaken; / have
just come from there, and the press
was running and business was boom
ing"
Sir SAID Thompson, very POM
pously, II meant | intended to stop
my subscription to your paper"
''Ohl thunder !" rejoined Greeley ;
81 thought you were going to stop
the running of my paper, and knock
me out of a living. My friend, let
me tell you something One man is
just one drop of water in the ocean.
You didn't set the machinery of this
world in motion, and you can't stop
it; and when you are underneath the
ground things upon the surface will
! wag on the same as ever.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-04-17
FRIDAY AN "UNLUCKY" DAY

There is a prevailing idea that
Friday is an "unlucky'' day, and
anything begun on that day will not
succeed. Let us see if the rule holds
out. Christopher Columbus sailed in
his voyage of discovery Friday, Au-
gust 21, 1892; he discovered land,
Friday, October, II, 1892 on Friday,
January 4, 1893, he sailed ON his re-
turn to Spain; Friday, March 10,
1888. he arrived at Palos in safety
Friday, November %, 1893, he ar
rived at Hispaniola, on his second
voyage to America; Friday, June 13,
1494, he, although unknown to him
self, discovered America. Friday,
March 6 1896, Henry VIII, of Eng
land, gave John Cabot his commits
sion which led to the discovery of
North America. Friday, September
z, 1868, Melendez founded ST. Au-
gustine on Friday, November TO-,
1920, the Mayfower, with the Pill
grims, landed at Provincetown, and
the very same day they signed the
august compact, the forerunner of
our glorious constitution. Friday,
December p, 1920, the Pilgrims
made their final landing at Plymouth
Rock. On Friday, February p,
1852, George Washington was born.
Friday, October Z, 1771, the surren-
der of Saratoga was made. Friday,
September p, 1880, the treason of
Arnold was exposed, which saved us
from destruction. Friday, October
10, 1871, Yorktown was suuen-
dered-''the crowning glory of the
American arms occurred" Lastly,
Friday, July 4, 1776, the motion in
Congress was made by John Adams.
"that the United Colonies was, and
of right ought to be, free and indie
pendent.