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DEBRIS OF THE POLITICAL
FIELD.

Gen. Malone is receiving by express
some mementoes Of the late election. A
rooster with no tail and OF generally har j
and piucked appearance, was sent him in
coop. On Tie coop was card bearing
this inscription: Senator William Ma
hone Compliments of the ballot-tox
suffers of Aspinwall precinct, Charlotte
county. which gave 303 majority" Anolh-
er was an immense beet shipped from
Staunton, and on the tag was the name of
Nv. A. Mann, Augusta, J" the sender.
Among the numerous congratulatory
letters Hon. John s. Barbour lis received
upon the successful issue Of his manage
ment Of the recent Campaign in Virginia.
containing an official certificate of the
death of Mahoneism. The first cause of
death is set DOWN as an overdose Of hone st
democratic ballots, and the sec0nd, the
loss OF Arthur's federal patronage and its
own innate corruption.
Judge Geo. w. Ward. of Abingdon, who
was shot by Dr.. White, the Independent
candidate, was still lying ill of his wounds,
in his rooH on ELECTION day, the polls
being hundred yards away. He had
himself drawn to the window, tied his
DEMOCRATIC ballot to key, to which was
attached string of SUFFICIENT length to
reach the ballot box. The crer recognized
him, cried bis vote, and the ballot was
deposited in the box.
In Norfolk county, at Churchland poll,
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THE WIG" TURNED OYER To
A RECEIVER.

On The petition Of II. L. Pelouze, a
creditor of the Richmond Wing Publish
ing Company, Judge Holiday of the
Chancery Court Of Richmond, On Monday
TOOK charge of the "Whig" and appointed
Charles e. Clarke, its Business Manager;
60 he Recsiver. AS the debt is small aud
much Of the "Whig's' outfit is valuable,
We infer from the Publishing Company
allowing the paper to go out Of It's hands
under Sucn circumstances that those who
hava been b tcking it and contributing to
make good The pecuniary loss at which il
was run. intend to discontinue its publ
cation. An editorial in the paper COM
H. ms this view by saving that lit will MOI
be long before 1t Will pass into other
hands, either to perish, or to enter upon
a new career-let US hope, a useful and
an honorable one, with all success" The
Wing" has teen the meaus of bringing tc
The front VIM. g. Elan, one Of ths abest
political editors that Virginia has pro-
duced. and one whom we shall regret
90 see out Of the profession. The papei
uas also been the vehicle through which
Senator Malone was most prominently
held up TO public view, and its present
situation betokens an Intention on his
part 10 retire from politics, or at most to
confne himself to a more limited sphere.
1t is not TO be regretted. Gen. Malone
undertook an impossiollity- play the
role of a boss in Virginia-for it was d
new crop to this soil and no amount Of
fertilizing could make it stick.
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teachers institute.
In Russia all officers of courts wear military
uniforms. The judges wear military frock
coat with gilt buttons, the standing collars
and cuffs covered with heavy gold braid. The
attorney generals coat is the same, except
that the gold braid is not SO heavy. The
''high sheriff" and all his deputies look very
smart in their gold lace military frock and
light dress swords at their sides.
Chas. I. Hawking living near oakland,
Loudoun county, has, during the past three or
four months, lost about fifteen large cattle
eight of them dying within the last three
| weeks. The cattle when first taken sick refuse
| to eat, and generally die in few days after.
The disease is unlike anything heretofore OBJ
| served among cattle.
w. G. Bryant has been expelled from the
| ithaca Masonic Lodge in North Star, Mich,
because he proclaimed himself agnostic,
neither acknowledging nor denying the exist
ence of God.
The wife of Senator Vance of North Caro-
lima, who is wealthy in her own right, has just
completed a hand, ONE building in the bust
ness portion of Louisville, Ky, as an invest
ment. 1t is to be rented for Office purposes.
custom of the days gone by still obtains
| in the District of Columbia courts According
to an old Maryland law, the foreman of each
jury is presented with pound of tobacco on
rendering the verdict in each case. AS this is
far in excess of the demand for the weed, the
cash equivalent of 81 is substituted. The to-
| baceo fund amounts to considerable sum
during term of court, and is usually devoted
to the purchase of cane for the foreman
| for the iurOrs
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CLEANED FROM THE MAILS.

The will of the late Admiral Powell, U. S.
N, involving 100000, which is being con-
tested, has received a verdict in favor of its
validity from jury in the Washington City
circuit court The contestants have now APP.
pealed from it to the U. S. Supreme Court.
The deceased was an uncle of Hugh L.
Powell, Esq, of Staunton.
Prof ). S, Wilson of Loudoun, who is still
we'll remember in staunton, by his lecture
before the State Normal School here, lectured
this week on Astronomy before the students of
Roanoke college.
There were no remarks made by the lawyers
in the Cluverius case when it was called in
the Supreme Court at Richmond, Tuesday,
The simple encouragement was made that the
case was continued. When it will come up
for argument is yet to be ascertained. Proba-
blv it will not be heard until March or April
Glpveriops was sentenced to be hanged on the
goth of this month, but stay of sentence has
been granted by the Supreme Court. The new
Attorney-General, Hon, Rufus Ayers, will
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THE NEXT q. 8. SENATOR.

! ~ - IL ISSt - ~. a'IS-'~A W -St
We publish elsewhere, this morning.
some extracts from the State press with
relation to the next Senator from Vir-
ginia, not only because it is part OF the
current news of the day bat also because
TO the Democrats Of Augusta Mr. Barbour
is the almost unanimous .choica for The
position. This feeling is shared by The
Democratic people Of Virginia to the
furthest limits of the Commonwealth. 1t
is not surprising. when we recollect the
circumstances under which John s. Bar
bour took charge of the organization OF
the Democratic party. short two years
ago. 1t was divided and distracted on
local question, it had long since lost the
legislature and but a short time before,
led by it's most brilliant orator. it had
been defeated for the GoverDo rsnlp AM
the whole State government had passed
from its hands. Its conQuer0r, Malone,
had entrenched himself at every point.
He had made political machines of the Ju-
dietary, the school system, the Federal
revenue system, the State offices, tbs
charitable institutions, the educationai
boards-in short. everything that could
strengthen him against future assaults.
It looked like forlorn hope indeed. The
State Democratic convention IN despai
turned to Mr.. Barbour and appealed to
him to take the helm of the storm beaten
ship. 1t was hazardous undertaking,
, but he did not hesitate moment. 1t was
work to be done for Virginia and he was
Virginian. Every one recollects the
result. A lightning blow was delivered t,
Malone in the fall of 1888, and his legis-
lature was endorsed. Again he STRUCK
him in 1884, and his electoral ticket WAS
laid III Jne dust. Again, ,ass week Tue TT
lentless arm was raised and The blow
ground him TO powder. And to-day the
al! powerful tyrant of two years ago lies
poweriess at the feet Of tie Virglnians
| whom he SO long ruled with an iron rod
| La the hearts of the people there is not d
doubt or question about who ought to
succeed him in the U. 5. Senate. Practical
| advantage as we'll as poetic justice point
to John s. Barbour. And so say We all.
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bridges and sresties into some fine coun'
try at Cecilia junction where six miles
branch road leads to Elzabethtown on
the Louisville and Nashville r. r.
Before reaching Cecilia, the Big Clifty
is crossed on one of the highest iron
trestles in the country. 1t is l2S feet hIgn
and 800 feet long and splendid piece OF
mechanlcism. Tbs country from thIs
point on for many miles is not an agrlcul-
tural one, the soil being sandy, but as it
ishe aviy tlmteled there is large
trade in timber. slaves, shingles, spoke
and bcx tin Der, &c.
Then, striking the Green River country,
we come at McHeDry into the great coal
region Of Ohio county. There are about
this locality four mines i'll successful opera
ton, and few miles further South at
Central city, and near by, seven othefs,
while immense quantities OF The hidden
| wealth is yet undevelcped. One of the
mining villages, where there is a railroad
| station, Is named EchOls, after the wee
! President of the road, who Is also III ~
ested in the mining at that place.
| The coal in this section is raised by
shafts from some distance below the sur
face. 1t is much sought after and is being
shipped South in heavy quantities, con-
| tracts now filing for Tennessee. Louis
| lana and Florida. An officer of the
road, met here tells me there is q strong
increase in the business Of the road every
month of this year. showing an advance
over the business of the c0rresp 1nding
months of last year, the prospects of the
road being very encouraging.
Central city is the point where, last
year, Messrs. Mason, Gooch Il Hoge placed
several hundred OF their convicts from the
Kentucky penitentiary to work in tho
mines under contract with the operator
there, But the miners and people of the
adjacent communities sympathizing With
them. protested by public meetings and
otherwise, so strongly against this compe-
tition of cheap labor, that the convicts,
after several weeks trial, we're removed to
their quarters at Frankfort.
| Il, G, M,
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A Tlmaly Presidential Proclamation of
Thanksgiving.

President Cleveland, on Wednesday of
last week, issued the following proclama-
ton:
The American people have always album
dan5 cause to be thankful to Almighty
God, whose watchful care and guiding
hand have been manifested in every stage
Of their national life, guarding and pro-
tectlDg them IN time OF peril, and safely
leading them in the hour Of darkness and
of danger 1t IS fitting and proper that a
| nation thus favored should on one day in
every year, for that purpose especially ap-
pointed, publicly acknowledge the good
| ness of God, and return thanks to him for
all His gracious gifts.
Therefore, l, Grover Cleveland, Presi-
dent of the United States of America, do
hereby designate and set apart Thursday,
the 26Gh day of November inst, as day
of public Thanksgiving and prayer, and do
invoke observance of the same by all the
people of the land On that day let all
secular business be suspended, and let the
people assemble in their usual place of
worship, and with prayer and songs of
| praise devotedly testify their gratitude to
the giver of every good and perfect gift
for all that he has done for US in the year
| that has passed for our preservation as a
| united nation, and for our deliverance
| from the shock and danger OF political
commissions; for the blessings of peace and
for our safety and quiet while wars and
rumors of wars have agitated and afflicted
other nations of the earth; for our secur-
| ity against the scourge of pestilence which
| in other lands has claimed its dead by
| thousands and filled streets with mourn
| ers; for the plenteous crops which reward
| the labor of the husbandman and increase
our nation s wealth. and for the content
ment throughout our borders which fol-
lows in the train of prosperity and abun-
dance; and let there also be on the day
thus set apart reunion Of families, sane
titled and chastened by tender memories
and ass 'ctations; and let social inter-
course of friends with pleasant reminis-
cences renew the ties of affection and
| strengthen the bonds of kindly feeling;
and let US by no means forget, while we
give thanks and enjoy comforts which
| have crowned cur lives, that truly grateful
hearts are inclined to deeds of charity, and
that kind and thoughtful remembrance
of the poor will double the pleasure of our
condition. and render our praise and
Than sglvlng more acceptable iR-tse sight
of the Lord.
Done at the city OF Washington this,
the second day of November, one thou
sand eight hundred and eighty.five, and
of the independence of the United States
the one hundred and tenth
[Signed GROVER CLEVELAND.
By the President,
T. F. BAYARD, Secretary Of State
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BREAKING THE LINE,

When the J.ynchburg Convention OF
anti-Repubiicau colored men met q few
weeks since, We took occasion to say that
the very appearance of such body in the
political armament foreshadowed a break
in the solid line Of black men which has
hitherto faced the Democratic party at
the polls. An analysis Of the returns of
last weeks election in Virginia shows
that the break bas commenced. In the
list Of counties which elected Democrats
we see Louisa, King Williarc, Caroline,-
Gloucester, Isle CT Wight, Norfolk city.
Southampton, Halifax, Charlotte and
King and Queen. in all OF which the blacks
are in majority. 1t is charged tha'
these counties were carried by the use OF
money. There is no proof Of it. bat if
they were, that does not affect the fact
that the colored vote is breaking, for tel
years ago. aye, five years ago, money
would have been OF no avail in those cOun-
ties. The situation is very much like
that when Malone was making Repubii-
cans in the white counties. The Demo
cratic press charged vehemently that
money was being used, but that did not
affect the reality of the change going
ON in the white vote; for. five years bsfore
1879. money could not have been used il
the white counties to make Republican
votes Whenever at the South the float
ing vote gets Sc Indifferent between the two
parties that ll5tle money will secure a
voter, it shows that the ground is broken
and the element that is thus secured one
year, will be apt to go the same way the
next without the bride being repeated. 1t
may be set down as an accomplished fact.
that well defined break has occurred in
the color line in Virginia. That it has
been possible to make enc in this genera
ton is because q Democratic National
Administration has proved to be as harm
less aud as beneficial TO the colored race
as Republican Administration, and be-
cause in State matters the Democracy has
not been hostile TO the colored man. II
is the policy OF the Democratic party now
to recognize these colored Democrats. II it
is abreast Of the times it will do 80. If it
is blind, then it will yield to the clamor of
that class Of office seekers who want all
the earth, and give the colored Democrats
nothing.
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RAILROAD LETTER.

A RAILROAD RUN BY sTAUNTON MEN
AN IMPORTANT LINK IN A GREAT
| LINE-BIG SHIPMENTS OF COAL-sALI
| RIVERA NEW TOWN WITH A sTAUN-
TON NAMEsAKE.
| correspondence of the Staunton vIND1cAToK.l
PADUCAA, KY, Nov. s, 1855.
1 have been travelling over the Chesa-
peake, Ohio & Southwestern railroad a
road under the management of Stauoton
men. Gen. John Echos is Vice President
and Manager, and Mr.. John l.. Frszer,
son of the late William Frazier, Superin-
tendent The G. o. & s. W. is part of
the great trunk line which runs from San
Francisco through California and Texas
to New Orleans. thence up the Mississippi
Valley via. Vicksburg and Memphis to
Paducah, hence up the Olio and Green
River valleys to Louisville, then across
Kentucky to Huntington through West
Virginia and Virginia via Staunt,n and
Richmond to Newport News st.d Old
Point, a magnificent line which i to liay
an important part In the future inter
state commerce of tbs country.
The q. O. 4 S. W. line is 39l niles long,
22e miles from Louisville to Palucah and
-
ducah is fac town Of 1850 nhaE tia ate.
at the jul ctiol Of tie OHIO ali, Teunessre
rivers. TIE streets are paVd entirely,
from one side {, tbs other, with a hard
cement formed from their grSel along r.v-
er which sias 50 much iron ililJ that after
being used while, IL becomes as hard as
rock and makes excellent smooth SIDE
walks and roadways. It said to be the |
best drained City in the solth.
Comtne I nth from louisville tie roaii |
pnttoms OF the OHIO to RTer Visw. where
there is magnificent vies OF the OAio. |
Here is the mouth OF tie famous Salt
River. aluggish, mnldL, sad n~okipg
asream, on whc. lcaallS. Wis, & Co
took ship o. N v hb-r Sd Ia
road then passes ragh tne heav
wooded Muldraugh His and some very
Aue scenery, across aeYsat splendid iron
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THE VOTE OF STA UNTON AND
AUGUSTA
4.l0s 2.a71 1851 2.7as

Tie county vote shows a Democratic
falling off of 2l2, and a Republican falling
off Of 124. The town vote shows Demo-
cratic falling off of "a and a Reps blicaD
falling off of 9. Counting the st. John
vote $50 in 1881 the Democratic town vote
gained 6 instead Of losing a and the Re-
publican vote lost 80 AS for the number
of Democrats who voted the Prohibition
ticket. it is hard to calculate it with
mathematical exac5ness, but By the rules
which govern all such calculations, uncer-
tain at best, it appears that 40 Democrats
voted for the Prohibition Candidates for
the legislature ia county and town to-
gether.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1885-11-13

We sincerely trust that among the fl rst
things the new Democratic legislature of
Virginia turns its hand to, will be gen.
erous appropriation to have Virginia
properly and adtantdgeously represented
st tie New Orleans Exposition. What
the Democracy, after its great victory, is
expected by the people who gave it that
victory to do, is something practical for
the peoaEe.
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Foraker seems to be catching it on all
sides. The New York "Evening Post, y
(Rep. Mug J. which fought Hill, (uem J,
for Governor, says that among the causes
of the Republican defeat in New York
was, that 1.-The narrow-minded Foraker
was imported to disgust decent Republl-
cans with his Iantings.'
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1885-11-13

AUGUSTA COUNTY COURT Clerks Office to-wit:
L'STRAY HEIFER.
Taken up by Cornelius Conner on his land, the
sd day of october, 1885. near Wayne sbOro OF the
following description: OF red and white spotted
colof white on belly. underkel in right ear, sup
posed to be two years old, and appraised at $ll 2
by Jacob Conner, VIM. f. Koiner and Peter Hang
er, free holders before Martin l. Leonard, j. P,
Extract test
WILLIAM A. BURNETT,
Oct Is, 1885. Clerk.
oct $685.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

Sf.OCKHOLDERS MEETING
Notice is hereby given that the Annual Meeting
of the Stockholders of the Valley Railroad Com
pany, will be held at the office OF Shelley u Bum
gardner, that being the COmpanys Office, on MON
DAY. the 10Th day of NOVEMBER, 1885 at y NJ.
VIM. Il IJAMS
ocI19 ~ Secretary.
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TO THE PUBLIC

Having this day sold my entire Stock of Groce-
rles, at No % s. augusta Street. opposite Court
House, TO kAkLE & JONES. who will conduct the
&JONES. -
Al those who have claims against me, will please
ples NJ them 1or settlement and those that are in
debted to me, will please come forward and settle
at once ~ 0o
thanking the public for their liberal patronage
anu asking The continuance of the same to the
new hrm. RESPECTFULLY,
Staunton, Nov. 2, 1885. VIM EAKLE.
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STOCK s ALE.

=, Stock sale at Charlottesville, Va, sss=xsszv>
THIRD THURSDAY of every month. SfFI H1asY8M
Handbills describing stock, &C., will VAsISY
be furnished on application. G..A
BURNLEY & SMITH,
Junel9-6m Charlottesville, Va.
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The recent Indiana legislature enacted
that any person knowingly allowing Can
ada thtstles to grow and mature upon bis
land or land Il, der his charge, shall be
Gned not less than FIVE nor more than
twenty dollars; and for the second and
each subsequent effense, double the
amount Of tie first fi.e. Supervisors of
the highway OF tha state who allow this
ties to grow on any road In tleir districts
are subject to like penalties; as are ALSO
road masters of railway lines who allow
the pests to grow about stations or along
the right OF way under thair supervision
This is a wise law. and worthy of enact
ment in other States.
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At the Republican State headquarters to.
night [ heard old veterans say they never ex-
| pected to see another Republican Governor.
Judge John Fitch ex-Register of Bankruptcy
said This is the end of the Republican
party. The Democrats will elect President
again in 1888. and will keep control of the
country for the next quarter of century, I
shall be dead before they go out of power"
Emigration Commissioner Edmund Steph-
enson, one of the oldest local leaders, said
''It is fatality. My wife said to me when
Garfield was shot that I would never see
another Republican President. I did not be-
| lieve it at the time, but it is forced on my
mind with double belief now. "-Ieleqrana
! from Men York.
Well. that is about the size it! There
will not be another Republican President
until the Democrats make mistake of
their own in administering the affairs of
the country. The American people will
! never turn them out On account of the
mistakes Of the Republican party, as they
, were asked to do in the recent campaign
ny lho Haio tiuieS OiatOEs. HaGlV6 and
| imported, who asked that the Democrats
| be defeated because after having the gov
eminent twenty four years the Repub!i-
cans had left the country In a state of
| great financial depression. If the Demo-
cratic party in Congress makes sensible
revision Of the tariff protecting raw
material, and a common sense dis
position Of the silver question, stand
ing by silver as one of the coin metals,
and voting an increase instead of decrease
of its coinage, they will get control of the
country in 1888. with comparative ease.
Locking at the average possibilities of pol.
itcs, there are few middle aged men now
living who will live to see another Repub-
llcan President.
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THE SUPERINIEND ENCY OF
PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.

Next month the legislature is to elect a
superintendent Of Public instruction 10
place of r. r. Farr, whose term ex-
plres. Among the candidates we are
pleased to learn is Charles Grattan, Esq.
Of this city. He is d gentleman fitted III
all respects for the p st; by educatlon-a
graduate Of the University Of Virginia
and By eXperience-a former successful
and conscientious school superintendent
of this county. Ia is friend to the pub
lie school system and at the first conven-
ton Of School superintendent held i'll
Virginia, offered resolution urging
National aid to the cause, on the principle
of the Blair Bill. It is not out of place to
call the attention of the coming legislature
to the fact that al The last election of State
officers by its predecessors the section of the
State west of the Blue Ridge was wholly
ignored. Henkel, Harman and Baltic
were all defeated. Now tbs Valley comes
forward with man suitable in Ii respects
for the post Of Superintendent Of Educa-
ton and asks for his election, not ouly
because he will make good officer but
because the Valley OF Virginia is DESTROYS
of being permitted to furnish at least
one good officer to the State.
THE VOTE OF STAUNTON AND
AUGUSTA.
The vote Of Stanton and Augusta cast
last week as compared with that cast i'll
1884, having been much discussed, VT
give the following figures for comparison
1884. 1885.
Dem. Rep. Dem. Rep
Augusta, 1882 2.472 8 .120 2,34s
Staunton, I'll 499 TAI 49{