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The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1883-12-08
FIRST-CLASS GOODS
A SPECIALITY,
AT THE
GLASS 'FRONT.'

Sugar, Coffee, Tea, Starch, Canned
Goods, Foreign & Domestic Fruits.
Largest Stock and Finest Assortment OF
China, Glass and Queensware
IN TOWN.
AGENT FOR THE CELEBRATED
MILWAUKEE, LAG Err BEER,
In bottles, 90 cents per dozen.
Pure Wines, Brandies, Whislsies, Rio
maracaibo and Java Coffees,
Choice Quality, Fresh Roasted Every week.
THE LOWEST CASH PRICES.
W. f. GRIFFITH,
Main Street, Newark, Del
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-02-15

Among the FREEDOM inant influences which
gave the Liberal party in Virginia its sue
cess and attracted the sympathy and sup
port of the masses, was its warfare upon
political rings and family clans. The
Conservative party had been subordinated
house cliques and Office hunting tribes had it
under complete control, and from this fol-
lowed the many abuses and wrongs inflicted
upon the people. This, as much as anything
else, aroused public Indignation and invited
a relentless protest. If the Liberal organi-
cation would perpetua tie its power and re-
tain the confidence of the const fluent body,
it will steer clear Of the rock upon which
the Conservative party split. There is a
strong tendency to divert the power Of the
party into the very channels which the peo-
pie have so signally condemned, and il not
checked by those who have been invested
with authority, revulsion may be exs
pected. 1t is not necessary to elaborate
this thought, pregnant as it is of suggestion
and comment. Wherever the Coalition or
Liberal party becomes the means of SUBJ
serving purely selfish interests-is ayailed
of to crafty grasping greed for place and
profit, its days will be numbered. The peO-
pie have no idea of passing from the petty
despotism of one party to EMBRACE .similar
conditions under another. They owe ale
geace first to their own sense Of right, and
recognize the exclusive claim of no ring or
family to control and direct public affairs
and receive public place and honors. Let
this thought be impressed upon all, for it is
vital.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-02-15
btion of the Tobacco Tax.

- owing special Washington dispatch
big of the 18th, explains ITSELF While
III !" lot believe in the policy indicated in
Z" "Sction named, for the reason, that I'M
an Ire should be total repeal of the tax,
on Nnsumers will not be in the least ben
IRE vet it is proper that credit should be
to the Senator who proposed the repeal.
IN hid lie men will be the only ones benefited,
moss the whole tax should be wiped out, and
LEI nolicv of this is not advisable at this time.
ale statement of the dispatch illustrates
Bourbon methods in Virginia and especially
he malignant spirit which anlmates them
owards Gen. Malone:
The Bourbon newspapers, with their usual
.egard for fairness in their report OF Senate
to-day gave the credit to Sen
ator Beck for the motion to reduce the tax
On tobacco and snuff to cents. The facts
are that General Malone some weeks ago IN :
troduceG a resolution in the Senate reducing
the tax to cents, and, under the rules, it
went over. To-day it was called up on Sen
tor Mahone's motion. Senator Beck himself
arose in the Senate chamber and yielded the
whole subject to Senator Mahones direction
whereupon the motion to reduce was passed :,
together with the rebate feature, which is
most important to tabaceo producers of the
South. Had it not been for General Mahone's
influence and persistent advocacy OF this re-
duction the result could no.ihave been OBJ
tanned. 1t is conceded factthat the tobacco
interest of the country, Represented by "a meet
ing held in this city. entrusted the whole
matter 10 Senator Malone and the action OF
the Senate to-day in redTing the tax proves
the wisdom of their selefIOn.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-02-15

There is something in the persistent ard
consistent devotion Of Mise Susan B. Al
thony to her views of Woman's Right.
that commands our respect, if not admir-
ton. A lady of culture. high social pos
ton, and qualities to make her attractive
in the more effem mate social circles, stn
has devoted thirty years of her life to TIE
work of having recognized the political
rights of her sex and the enlargement d
women's sphere OF usefulness. She is now
63 years of age, but has abated nothing d
her zeal and pertinacity in her self-imposei
life-work. However m istaken we may con
slider her theory of woman's mission, and
however perverted we may regard her con
victions as to the true sphere in which wo-
man should move-encompassing good BY
her power Of gentleness and the persuasion
OF the mellow influences which flow from
trusting heart-we cannot withhold a
word Of commentator from a lady who
has so bravely struggled for what she be.
lieves to be right and due to her sex. She
sails on the 2lst for Europe, where she will
continue her labors in the cause with which
her name has been so prominentlyti denti.
fed in America. Hay ing recently fallen
heir to competency, she will be relieved
from the restraints of poverty, and be ena-
bled to do herself and her missio fuller
Justice.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-02-15

No trues friend of Virginia r the South
can hold allegiance to the Democratic par
ty on the tariff question, and that is the
central, absorbing practical issue now be-
fore the country. The lines will be drawn
tightly as between American and foreign
labor. and the gmatter determined at the
ballot-box by the free votes of the people.
Let the trading politicians remember that
every laborer in this country has this
weapon Of defense, and that he will use it
to protect his. interests. 1t is above party
obligations. and paramount to the selfish
aims of demagogues of either party. Many
a free trade Bourbon will find this out be-
fore twelve months. Labor will not be re-
spected until it respects itself, and this it
will do when the time comes for it to speak
effectively.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-02-15
Judah p Benjamn's Retirement.


n Y Mail and Express.
The cable announcesthat Judah p Benja.
min Secretary of Statlof the Southern Con-
tederacy. has retired from the English bar.
The career of this renarkable man is rs strange
as any a master of ftion would dare to in
troduce into his wOks. When Richmond fell
and the Confedera; government left the city
| in a body. Mr.. Be5amin and Jefferson Davis
travelled togetherOr the trans Mississippi de-
nartment Soorafter Davis went to meet
| his wife Repiaun heard of his capture, and
giving AWAY hi saddle and birdie, he threw a
skeepskin owe an old log and rode on it to
the Gulf coasfn the guise ola farmer. Coast
ing along in a small boat he arrived near
Kew West. there he set out in small sail
boat. and vas almost carried out to the deep
sea by theGulf stream. With no food but
a bnsbel A sweet potatoes for three men, and
100 mile from land, he was about giving up
for lostWhen the wind changed and carried
the pay To the extreme northern emu ol Inc
Bahatas
Tat man who had escaped from the wreck
of de Coniederacy in a penniless condition
sfIuld within few years place himself at
| tie very front OF the English bar, is indeed a
konder. He reached London in September,
N865, and was admitted to the bar the follow
lug June. For two years he supported him.
self chiefly by writing for the newspapers. but
in 1868 be published his Benjamin on Sales y
and the next year made $500 in his profess
sion. In 1872 his income was 5000, and since
then he has amassed large fortune. He is
70 years OF age, and In lite of prodigious en-
ergy he has earned the retirement he now
seeks. His career at the English bar is the
source of much qualification to Americans,
especially at the South, but as he is OF Jewish
extraction his success will afford especial sat
istaction to Jews.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-02-15

WE. Dodge, one of the wealthiest and
most influential and useful of New York
great men, died on Friday last. aged 70
years, He was genuine philanthropist,
and appropr lated his great wealth with un-
stinted hand to char table objects and en-
terprises. He professed conversion at the
age Of ten years, and to the day OF his death
was consistent, practical christian. While
engaged in large enterprises, and director
in many corporations, he never allowed his
name to be associated with one OF them that
violated the Sabbath. AS director in rail-
roads, he would resign as soon as they COM
menced running Sunday trains. de was
very much interested in foreign missions,
and contributed largely of his means to
build up schools and charges in foreign
countries, under American christian enter
prise. He discountenanced the use of spir-
itous liquors in all forms, and would have
no connection with any work that in any
way tolerated the use of Intoxicating
liquors. He was Christian in the true
sense of the term, and appropriated his
wealth as it is the duty of a christian to do.
He was estimated to be worth s.. 100000.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-02-15
The Washington correspondent of the Rich.

Inc washington correspondent vi bAO lslCA-
mond Dispatch, under date of the 10th, says:
1t will be remembered that on motion Of
Senator Vance a committee was appointed
last session to investigate alleged irregular
tiles in the Sixth North Carolina collection
district. The majority OF its members were
Republicans, but they agreed that Senator
Vance might make a report recommending
the reduction Of the tax on tobacco to cents
and on whiskey to so cents gallon. They
also agreed that he might report i'll favor OF
having hereafter no storekeepers or gaugers
at distilleries which do not make over thirty
gallons of spirits day. The tax from these is
to be collected from the owners on statements
sworn to by them. The salaries of collec-
tors are to be 81 900 per annum, with 5 per
cent. on the amount collected from the small
distilleries. Out of the salary named and fees
collector will pay his clerks, deputies, &c.
Senator Vance offered the recommendations
contained in this, with the exception of the
tobacco reduction, which had been acted on,
as amendments to the tariff and internal-rev-
enue bill.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-02-15

AS specimen of the statesmanship of
Senator Lamar, in his speech last week in
favor Of free trade, he instituted compar.
ison between the manufacturing interests
Of the country and the institution of slavery,
and warned the manufacturers that as
slavery, protected by law AMI wormed into
the social and political fabrics OF the South,
went down under the fiat of the American
people, so would the protective policy and
the manufacturing interests. Was there ever
such fustian uttered before In the United
States Senate? The moral entiment fthe
civilized world was against slavery. Is it
against manufactures? In fact where is
the parallel between slavery and manufac-
turing industries. The destruction of
slavery was blow as we'll at free trade for
the free trade theory in this country was
the off-shoot of chattel slavery. Free labor
and protection go together, as slavery and
free trade were twin abom nations. Mr..
Lamar's rhetoric is at the expense OF his
common sense.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-02-15

On the 12th the great sewer in Cincin.
natl was broken from the force of the
swollen waters. which came rushing on,
underm lining restaurant, near the South
ern railroad depot, both buildings going
down, carrying along fifty people who were
standing OH the railroad platform, all Of
whom were supposed to have been drowned.
The river has reached Is feet depth, and
there is great suffering among those who
immense damage has been done to goods and
property.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-02-15

In the trial, in Philadelphia, of the
American Beauty, Miss Montague, against
Adam Forepaugh, the circus man, for
$4,000 for breach of contract, Mr.. Have
ner, counsel for Miss Montague, character
lied Forepaugh as man who had been
charged with every crime known to the
calendar from murder down. For this as
sertion Mr.. FOrepaugh has brought suit for
defamation of character. The result of If
will be looked for with interest, az it viii
show how far counsel may go in denuncR. !
ton OF litigants in contested case. tits
too frequently the case that counsel txe |
excessive liberties, not only in denounchg |
those against whom they appear, but in be |
examination of witnesses. Questions are |
asked which directly assail the integritIof |
witnesses under oath, whose characte, is |
above reproach, with view to confbs on
or contradiction. While proper libfty !
should be allowed to elicit the truth, there
is nothing to justify the harsh and inshb- |
ing methods frequently employed to mai,-
tain cause, lat the expense of the sensibif- |
ties OF the witness. Habit sometimes LEAD
glib tongues to transgress the limits ofpH-
priety in litigated cases. Witness anl
litigant are entitled to proper respec,
and when this is not accorded, it woul
not be amiss for legal redress to be d.
maEded, as the most satisfactory r.
buke that could be offered. Fair ply
is jewel. whether at the bar or in ay
other relation of life, and it should be tie
aim and duty of all to promote it.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-02-15

TIC testimony of Kavanagh before the Dub
,ir court on Saturday in the conspiracy to
,urder Lord Frederick Cavendish and MIR.
Burke appears to be conclusive. Kavanagh
was the driver of the car in which four of the
Phoenix Park murderers rode and by which
they escaped after the assassination was perpe-
trated. He identified the prisoners Kelley and
Brady as two of the men actively engaged in
the assassination, the other two being I'M
known to him. He identified also Carey,
member of the Dublin counsel, Delaney, and
Fitzharris, cab-driver, as present in the park
at the time and accessory to the murders
either Carey or Delaney, he forgot which OF
the two, giving the signal for the attack by
waving white handkerchief. He also identiti-
ed others of the prisoners at the bar as con-
cerned in the attempt to murder Mr.. Field, the
juryman, and IN conspiring to murder Judge
Lawson. Many of the facts stated by Kava-
nagh have been corroborated by other wit
nesses, and there now seems to be little if any
doubt that the government will make out its
case, not only in respect to the Phoenix Park
murders, but also against the men who at
tempted to murder Mr.. Field and Judge Law
son.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-02-15

This is the way that manufacturing indus
tries pay Since 1869 the Eagle and Phoenix
Cotton Mills Company of Columbus, Ga, have
paid 81 $50, $50 in dividends.
The dividend for 1882, just declared, was
$137 844, being eight per cent, after paying for
all repairs and passing handsome amount to
the surplus fund.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-02-15

The dam protecting the low lands at
Louisville. broke at midnight on the 18th,
letting sixty feet of water on twenty
blocks of dwellings; rushing in bedrooms,
and drowning a number of people. 1t is
estimated that not less than 10000 citizens
were driven from their homes by the wa
ters
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-02-15
Strength

says:
Il regard all alum powders as very unwhole-
some. Phosphate and Tartaric Acid powders
liberate their gas too freely in process of bak-
ing, or under varying climate changes suffer
deterioration"
DR.. II. A. Mott, the former Government
Chemist, after careful and elaborate exami.
nation of the various Baking Powders OF COM
merce, reported to the Government in favor OF
the Royal brand.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-02-15


Gen. Fitzhugh Lee and staff reviewed
the Thirteenth New York Regiment in
Brooklyn, on the night Of the 9TH. In re-
spouse to formal welcome by Col. Austin,
Gen. Lee said that he drew his sword in de-
Tense of Virginia in the late war. and at
Appomattox became convinced ''that seces-
sion was not right" The moral of this de-
claratiOn is not in the reiteration of self
evident fact. but in the departure it indi-
Gates from the Bourbon spirit that learns
nothing from experience. We have men in
public positions who have not the courage
to adm it that the South was wrong in the
attempt that was made to break up the
Union, but these are the politicians who
trade upon the passio and prejudices of
the people, and do not seek to inculcate ma
tional devotion. Gen. Lee, doubtless. like
many others in the inception of the war,
believed in the theory Of secession. They
had been educated in that belief; but when
the effort was made to reduce it to practice,
and the disastrous results which followed
fully realized, they changed their views of
the subject, and now have the courage to
the wrong. The perverse
spirit that is incapable Of accepting the
logic of events and adjusting political re-
lations thereto, is that which is properly
designated Bourbonism, and finds its ex-
in those moss back Democrats,
who fame their own Southern devotion for
selfish and partizan purposes. What is
wanted in the South is more Of the practical
Gen. Lee, and the inculcation of senti-
ment of nationalism. which will bring the
sections together in common brotherhood,
and to work out common destiny.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-02-15

The New York Times makes mistake in
its statement that the salary OF Congress-
men is 81 500 per annum. We think 1t is
s., 600.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-02-15

The effects of the protective policy on
Southern interests are forcibly stated by
the Mobile Register. Democratic, in the
following paragraph: Ten years from
now will work good results if the present
policy is continued" but substitute it with
free trade, and ten years from now the seats
of the present industries " i'll be- the abode
of bats and mOles.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-02-15

John Caller, of Rockbridge, courted MISS
McCulloch, of the same county, but was dis
carded. He subsequently visited her again.
and he was 80 frenzied at his loss OF MS lady,
love that he drew pistol and fired it at her.
The ball passed under her arm harmlessly, but
on Tuesday she had him indicted for the act.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-02-15

In both houses of the Tennessee General
Assembly Thursday letter was read from the
attorney general stating that Folks attorney
wanted committee appointed to which he
could pay up his deficit. The resolution passed
both houses, appointing the committee AS sug
gested. The laws of Tennessee grant statu-
tory pardons to officers behind in their ac-
counts when they pay up.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-02-15

Hon. Clifton E Breckenridge, Congressman
at large from Arkansas, has accepted an in.
vitation to deliver the annual address before
the Alumni Association of Washington and
Lee University, Lexington, Va, in connec-
ton with the commencement exercises on the
25th Of June next. Mr.. Breckenridge is son
of the late Hon. John c. Breckenridge and is
said to possess considerable oratorical ability.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-02-15

NEARLY new Steam Saw Mill, Cooper Traction
Engine u horse power, for sale privately If can
get 500 for 1t between this time and Court Day
public auction The engine is near tho top Of Rock
flsh Gap where 1t can be seen, and all the attach
ments are at Mr.. Wallace's, near the engine The
saw Mil is at the foot Of Turks Gap, good stand
perhaps, for five yearss operation; and two miles
below is equally as good II not better stand. My
reason for selling is that am not acquainted with
the saving business, and cannot get such help as
desire.
refer to Messrs. VIM. McKeever and Pullman
Farrar, as to the condition of the engine and its
working capacities.
Ihave also very fine horse, both for saddle and
harness. which will sell privately.
Telegraph, High Flyer will be out on his circuits
commencing about the LIST of April.
Any persons knowing themselves Indebted for
colts, will please deposit in the Augusta National
Bank, and obltge JACOB MYERS
reDl5-I Long Glade.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-02-15
WANTED.
FIVE THOUSAND TONS
BIZ ACK OAK BARK,

delivered on cars at any point B. o. R. R., c.
o. r. R., and shenandoah Valley K. R., Tor Whlcn
will pay highest market price. Address
j. G. STEIGEL.
febl5-3m Broadway, Rockingham Co., va.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-02-15

Gov. B. F. Butler, of Massachusetts,, is
making things pretty lively in the Old Bay
State. He has proposed bill to the Jul
dietary Committee of the Legislature pro-
viding that in addition to the powers now
conferred upon the Executive and Council,
he or they shall, either by themselves or in
a committee, have jurisdiction to investi-
gate the con duct of all executive officers,
established by law or appointed to any
place in the Commonwealth, except legisla-
tive officers; or into the condition or man.
agement Of any institution supported in
whole or In part by the State; and in the
exercise Of such jurisdiction shall have all
powers EN- phatically of court of law as
to the production and taking of testimony
and requiring obedience to their processes.
The act is to confer power to suspend any
officer during the progress of investigation,
If deemed necessary, and the duties Of the
office SO vacated be discharged by tempo
rary appointment by the Governor. He
has also given instruction that he will re-
ceive sealed communications from prison
convicts, with view to having complaints
directly from such prisoners OF any cruelties
and wrongs which may be practiced upon
them by the officers in charge. The War
den of the State prison at Concord has al
ready been dismissed, upon information
thus obtained. The statements Of the
prisoners have been sustained by inquiry
of unimpeachable witnesses, which repre-
sent the conduct Of the warden as abus-
ing his authority and forfeiting the conf.
dence Of those under him. The Governor
has gone into the reform business in dead
earnest, and is adopting novel methods to
effect results.