The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-11-22

Mrs. John w. Garrett died Thursday
morning at Monticello, Nd, Mr.. Gar
rett's country seat, from injuries received |
by having been thrown from her carriage |
on the eleventh Of October, ult.
The Bourbons affect to believe that it |
was Col. Sims speech in Danville that pre-
cipitated the Danville riot. That speech |
was made before the riot. 1t was simply |
a reply to the Danyille circular. 1t brand |
ed as falsehood that which was known to |
be such, and Indignantly denounced the
circular as 1t should have been denounced.
No, it was not Sims speech. Some other
explanation will have to be found.
Henry Crews, a colored baker at the
Norvell House, Lynchburg, was dicovered
in the act of placing fire to stable
last week. He was arrested and con-
fessed that he had on numerous occasions
put the torch to stables, buildings, &C., re-
sulting in serious loss of property. De-
tectives, from expert agencies, had
been employed to ferret out the criminal,
but to no purpose. The arrest was made
through the efforts of the city police.
There is great depression in the iron and
steel market, and a number of the plants
have closed work. Various causes are as
signed-some that there has been over
production-others that the demand has
greatly decreased-and the most plausible,
that the reduction of prices does not JUS
tify operations. The fact remains, how
ever, that the iron and steel business is in
a depressed condition. and numbers of
workmen are thrown out of employment.
The census was taken June l, 1880. over
three years ago, Up to October 81, 1881,
it had cost the government IS, $50, 06S67,
exclusive of the printing of the reports
themselves. Of this amount So, 442, 1882
was for compensation for services rendered
by thousands of individuals $132, 731. 30
was for travelling expenses $l64, S52. "a
was for stationery and printing, and the
balance was for furniture, rents, fuel, etc.,
including 81 ,9s4.53 for interpreters. 1t
will be issued complete in few months.
The Bourbon press of Virginia is full
of liberal promises to the negro. We will
see what they will amount to. Having
frightened thousands and thousands of
white men from voting the Coalition tick
ct by the cry of negro rule" they would
now make common cause with the negro,
and treat him as a imam and brother" DO
they not see, by these declarations, that
they brand their own campaign as one Of
falsehood? If the negro is us bad as they
represented him to be, how is it that they
propose to give him Office and recognize
his political rights?
Several days ago Col. A. w. Jones, the
defeated candidate for the State Senate ill
the Hanover district, served notice on
Gen. WINS. G.. Wickham of contest. alleg-
ing certain irregularities and frauds to
sustain the contest. Gen. Wickham re-
sponded i'll very pointed and indignant
terms. In the State of the Goth cores
pondence is published between Col. Jones
and Gen. Wickham, in which the former
announces that he withdraws his notice of
contest for the reason that the facts
upon which he based his proposed contest
could not be established by proof. The cor
correspondence is in excellent spirit, and
the controversy is pleasantly dismissed.
Charlotte county, with a black popula-
tion of 10000 and white population of
5000, gave 400 democratic majority. Hal
flax with black population of 10000 and
IL white population Of $4,000, went over
whelmingly democratic. Pittsylvania, in
Guiding Danville. with $1,000 blacks and
$4,000 whites, gave over 1000 democratic
majority. 1t is well known that the great
mass of the negroes of the State are in
sympathy with the Coalitionists. and that
sthe race issue made paramount and free
BALLOT, they would have voted for Coalition
candidates. These facts speak volumes.
The people can take them and ponder over
them.
Gen. Grant appears to be DESTROYS OF
teaching two of the older nations how to
shoot. According to a Hartford, Conn.,,
press telegram dated Wednesday. two
machine guns have just been completed at
Pratt & Whitney's works for the Gen.
eral as presents to the Viceroy of China
and the Mikado of Japan. The guns are
the Pratt & Whitney improvement over
the gun once known as the Gardiner gun.
Guns of the model after which they are
made have a Government record of sos
shots minute, and have been fired at the
rate of 700 shots a minute and 5000 shots
in thirteen minutes and twenty-six
seconds.
1t is singular and significant common
tary on the make up of the Democratic
party when prominent and influential mem
bers of it in the South express a sense OF
relief that the Senate and Executive are
Republican. They clamor for Democratic
success before an election, but should their
party win, their apprehensions become
fearfully manifest. until they find that
cratic pig-headedness. More than one OF
this class of Democrats have quietly and
confidently declared their hope that the Re-
publicans would succeed in the National
election, but vote with the Democrats. be-
cause of social and sectional influences.
A well authenticated case Of extreme
age is recorded at Derrynam, LesneuI
county, Minnesota. Mortimer Daneber,
aged 121 years, died at the residence Of his
son there on Sunday. Mr.. Daneber came
from county Glare, ireland, could speak
only the Gallo language of his ancestors,
has been very healthy and active man,
never having been really i'll during his en-
tire long life, got up and dressed himself
on the Wednesday before his death, and
retained full possession Of his faculties to
the last moment. His habits us to the use
of tobacco and liquor are not stated, but
his nativity suggests that he smoked pipe
and took drink of whiskey several times
a day.
1t is useless for the VindicdtOr to under
take to defend Democratic methods in the
last campaign. The whole stock in trade
of it's party was abuse of the negro and
abuse of individuals. Its speakers and
press didn't pretend to advocate any legis-
lative measures, or even to discuss those
presented by the opposing party. Appeals
to passion and to prejudice constituted all