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Changes An POstAl Rates.

washington, September 2S.-The
70 lowing char gps have been made in
postal rates: Bank checks, drafts
snd similar printed forms, such az
deeds, insuran 9 policie', etc, will
hereafter go through the mai s az
third cla's matter, vt the rate OF one
cent for two ounces. This will in
clude CHECK books or books of blank
drafts, but not ordinary BLINK books
which are fourth class mater, one
cent an ounce Chez ks, drafte, policies
and other such papers fl led up with
writing will be charged letter postage.
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NnhIe EInallRa

CoSsTANTISoPLE, September 2s.-Sir
Edward Tco'n on will leave for Lol-
don Sunday
LONDON, Septem Der % --Mrp Par
nell depsre ed from L.verp lol for Avcn-
dale, Wicklow.
LONDON, September 2S.-Dr. Maun-
sell has absted rents 10 his tenants at
Ashford, County Limerick, 20 per
Ce0t.
ROME, September 2S.-Sirce the last
report there have been fou teen
desths from cholera and twenty-six
new cases in Italy.
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Specials Notice to Shippers.

MtBsIsslPPI AND TENNESSEE RAILROAD Co.,
Memphis, September 3, 1886
THE comp elton of the YaSoo and Missls-
l. sippi Wiley II. r., from Jackt on, MISS,
10 Greenwood, Miss OPENS UP AN ALL
RAIL LINE, without break of bull or trans
fer Of freight, to following named points,
Ta1OO city, Rden, II. Lake, GO0d
Hope Giv. MHesViIIe, SHACK lrfoFd,
TchUIa, KERN, Cruger, SidOs, Rising
sun, Greenwood.
Shipments to landings near these points
should be made to nearest station named
above. Your business Us respectfully 20.
licited over the M. and T. Road, as fIeient
reaches its destination the fOllowinsg aay ot
delivery at cur DEPOT. A, ! kNAkhf, nt
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Reecher and wife Kntertained.

LONDON, September 28-The Con-
gregalit nal Bosrd OF Ministers formal
ly enter, aimed the Rev. Henry Ward
B echer and his wife this afternoon in
Memorial Hall, in FarriDgdon strest.
The teItainment was inaugura ed
with "iea" end concluded with a
meeting Tee Rev. John Num-,
president Of the board, pres ded and
presented Mr.. Beecher with an ad-
dr., IS OF welcome in behalf Of the Con-
gregatiol alists Of Eugland, to which
the American clergyman replied intn
eloquent and characteristic manner.
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Raised 10 The presidential Class.

WASHINGTON, September 2S-The
following fourth class p st fficts have
been raised to the p esidentis class:
Knox, Pa; Mifli nburg, Pa; Schuyl.
kill Haven, Pa; Caltt' ga, Ca; Ala
mosa, Cal. Lsmoure, d. r.; Navy lie,
D. T.; L,po,te CITY, Ia; Wnamac,
Ind; Ashland, Ka'.; Manka'o, Kss.
New Kiows, Kas Pleaeanton, Kas. !;
B,idgeIo on, Me South Berwick, Me. /;
Fowlerville, Mich; Leelie, Mich. /;
Portsmouth, Miob. Cnadrou, Neb. !;
Crei on, Neu Dopbs Ferry, NY. /;
Darlington @. H., S. c.; Lagrange,
Tex August', Wiz; HiIlshoro, D T.;
Bar o, Fla. Lemont {; Elkader, Ia. !;
Galena K4s Moron, Kas.; Machias,
Mo-; Redwood Falls, Mimi Inoi.
amelia, Neb.; Hinsdale, N. H.; hender-
son. Tex,
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-29
MaIhh Hmm Rnnnfin

LONDON, Septemb Der 2S. - Toe Welsh
Harp Regatta has been fixed FIR 0oto-
Der 9th and lltb. Goodmen, Rubear,
Mes n, Teueyeose and Hamm have
entered. Beech did not meet Hanlan
Yesterday, to accept the latter's cha
lenVe.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-29
"He Does Nos Dare appear"

LONDON. September 2S. Ru sal,
Ii e'al Unionist member OF P-rlis-
ment for Tyrone, iutima,ed his inten-
ton to attend the demonstration at
DuDgsnuon Thursday to meet the
charge OF the Nationalist. He does
not care sppear. Disorder is expected
and extra p'li"e will be on ia d.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-29
Petition for Assignment of Dover.

WILMINGTON DEL, September 20. -
In the Orphans Court here today a
pstition for assignment OF dover was
presented from one Martha Coughley,
OF England. who claims to be the law
full widow OF the late Henry B. Couit-
ney, of the Diamond Match Com
pany, and entitled to share tf his
lsrse estate. MIR. Courtney als) left a
widow aud iami Y here.
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New Conductor Of Chorus.

CNoMNATI, O., September 2S. - The
Musical Fes'ival Association hrs
chosen Prof Gail Rs,tsr, OF Pit,sburg,
Pa. as conductor OF the chorus, in
pace of Arthur Mees, resigned. Prof.
r tier will make Cincinr att his home
aud will begin his duties h re 0cto-
bAr IS h.
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postmaster. Commission cd.

WAsHIRorou, September 2s.--The
President today CONF iss oned Charles
n. Schmick 20 he pos master at Lee
tonia, O., and Frank 7. Lynch TO be
plstmasler at Lesvenworth.
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Arrested for Assault aud battery.

JERsEY Cry, N, j., September Is
Mss Mamie Cannon, TIE young lady
who cowhded Reporter Lsnhsrt last
night, was afrestedf)r assault and bat
terry on his complaint today aud held
to await The aolion OF the grand Jury.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-29

LONDON, September IS -Eatries for
the international sweepstakes regatta
are closed. Ross, Teemer and other
we'll known scullsrJ Rave entered.
ii 'nlsn declined to enter, hut donated
500 to the Regatta Committee.
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-not Wenther nt New York

NEw YoBE, September 2S.--The
weather is iusu tferably hot aod close
this morning, and gives evidence OF 30
continuing. Thee is not brelth OF
ar st ring. The international yacht
race is au impas Utility today.
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CONSIDER ToNGALIER a very valu-
able remedy for neuralgia snd rhenm-
atism. Have used il with good effect
and can commend IL.
JN0, I. HAMILTON, M. D.,
Grab Orchard, Mo,
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Dividend in Favor of Creditors.

WASHINGTON. Sept mber 2S The
Comptroller Of the Currency has d.
clsred third dividend Of 5 per cent.
in favor Of the creditors Of the First
Nat'oual Bauk Lesdville, Col. Tnis
makes in all 80 per cent. on claims
proved, amounting to about 5000, 900.
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Trades Unions and the K.OfL,

Pail DELPnIA, Pa, September 2S.-
MeNrs. William Weihe CT Plttsburg,
p. J. Mcclure Of Cleveland, Adolph
Strmser Of Buffalo, Christopher Ev-
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Mr.. eladstone's Daughter Seriously

LONDON, September 2s.--Mr. Glad
stones daughter, vile Of the Rev.
Henry Drew, is serious y i'll, and there
is great anxiety at Hawarden about
the outcome.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1886-11-04

Henry Norris, prominent colored mar
Of the county, died at his home at Fort
Dfance on the I'd inst.
Abram Hewitt, Democratic nominee
for mayor in New York city, has been
elected by a large plurality. Henry
George, the labor reform candidate, polled
$1,000 votes, and Roosevelt. the Republi.
can nominee, was third in the race.
A fire occurred Monday morning about
2 o'clock in the town Of Mines, in Page
county, consuming five or six houses and
injuring much other property. The est
mated losses will reach $40, 900 or ST., O0O
which are covered by insurance to the
amount of about $4,000. It is supposed
the fire originated from the explosion of q
coal oil lamp.
A st. Louis dispatch, dated the 31st,
says The ST. Louis Sugar Refinery, the
largest in the west, shut down last night
and discharged about one hundred and
twenty-five of their employees. The cause
of closing is said to be the same as recent y
compelled the shutting down of several
Eastern refineries-i inability to compete
with Sandwich Island raw sugar, which is
admitted into the country free of import
duty. The refinery is not closed perfla-
nently, but will start up again, should it
prove that the new crop of Louisiana raw
sugar can be purchased at prices which
will yield profit for refining.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1886-11-04
1.-The Rascals.''

Virginia was the first state to feel the
proscriptive methods of this reform demo
cratic ministration. 1t was assumed by
the democratic congressional syndicate
that those who held Office under the Re-
publican administration did not represent
the people = they were the first s'ras-
cals'' to be turned out, and Virginia was
made an exception to the application of
the civil service law, and in effect the Re
publicans were practically outlawed-were
placed before the country as aliens to the
commonwealth and unfit for recognition
at Washington.
Virginia is the first state to respond to
this slanderous assumption. Of the con-
gressional ring. there is certainly but two
left to tell the tale of the political earth
quake that desolated democratic hopes
on Tuesday last. Tucker, entered into a
forced retirement. Barbour, after feeling
the sting of an ungrateful party, HE'D him
self across the waters to heal his wounds.
Cabell is ingloriously defeated. Daniels
district is turned over to a republican OF
the true principle. Croxton is condemned
by his own people, and the chances are
that O'Ferrall fell under the same severe
rebuke. If he escapes it will be scratch.
Thus it is that the ''rascals'' respond to
the unjust reflections cast upon the Re
publicans of the state and commission
their representatives to speak for them in
the 50th congress and resent to the face of
the administration the malicious SANDER
to which they were subjected by men who
have been upheld by their constituencies
they misrepresented.
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MARRIED.

dence in Lexington' MI. las. b. 6ayennort of
hath comfy. and Mrs. Virginia A. LAYTON of
hocKor'oge'
IN tho same dav nv tho game at J,vi,a,s
Hotel Mr. Henry B. Histocls and Mrs. Kettle
T. Dempsey. ali OF Rockbridge.
"Wednesday, oct. zIh 1885, MI. FRANK LareW OF
Greenville, Aagips1a Co. Va.' and Mics Lizzie
IN Thnrsaa Nv mornine at 11lx O'Clock colona,
W w Michoiaa Prafessor ~ Anniia, Wnthe
,.,atics at the Virginia MilatarV fpstitnte and
Miss I'd monia T. WaddeII, daughter of the late
hn,,, VI he bride in Te2imoton a. 'ne
noiio u ono SA-eo =
A. tho Metbodist Chnrch in Jexincto, ~,
the 18Th by Rev. Louis q. Miller formeriv, Of
lexington, now of Harrisonburg Mr.. j. W.
Iarrici. the leading merchant of Middletown.
We va and Miss Annie ". Kirknatricil dau@hteI,
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1886-11-04

A RIGHT CONCLUSION. -Lynchburg Ad-
canoe Mr.. Tinsley. the State tax col
lector at Richmond. whose refusal to levy
for taxes where coupons have been Of
fered, like that of the treasurer of Alex
andria, Norfolk, and several other of the
most responsible treasurers in the State,
has heretofore been noticed, has published
common sense card, in which he says
that he and his sureties are bound by law,
and not by party platforms, or instruc-
lions from irresponsible so-called idem-
nifty boards, or letters from auditors, OF
newspaper editorials. and, that being so
bound, he Will obey the law as expounded
by the highest court the land, and let
the platforms. instructions, letters, and
editorials referred to waste their sweet
ness on the desert air, or words to that
effect.
In this action or the part Of Mr.. Tins
ley and other collectors of State taxes, we
think they are precisely right. They are
responsible to themselves and their Sc
curities for their conduct, and under the
ruling of Auditor Marye and Ruffin no.
body in the State could be found to go on
the Eond of collector or sheriff.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1886-11-04

Baltimore American It is interesting
to note what queer condolences some
times occur in the columns of the news
papers. We picked up contemporary a
moment ago and read an item, which said
that the Free Trade League, of New
York, had raised campaign fund of
$4,000 for spreading the gospel of free
trade in this country Reading a little
further, we ran across the assertion Of the
London Telegraph that thirty per cent
of the children who attended school in
London last winter under the compulsory
laws. were there without having any
food" and that it was proposed to furnish
free meal each day to appease their suf
fering The country where this occurred
is the country of free trade. Would it
not be well for the New York League to
send its $40, 900 to feed the children who
are starved by the system which it wants
to encourage and extend.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1886-11-04
The Eleventh Amendment.

TRANSLATED from the RlcnmonolnO DlspaccloJ
To the editor of the Alexandria Gazette:
If there is anything on earth that Vir-
ginians ought to love and yenerate, it is
the Eleventh Amendment.
In the first place, it is printed on page
81 of the V5ryiasia code Of 1878; it will be
100 years old the 9Th day of January 1898;
it is written in the language of Shakespeare
and Milton lEnglishD its grammar is
faultless, its punctuation perfect, and all
Hamilton was the author of the punctua-
tion and General Washington Of the spell
ing, 1t is therefore more Virginian than
New Yorker.
In the second place, it is the highest
point of the federal Constitution. having
been thrown up by volcanic eruption,
which originated in the cas- of Chisholn,
E.cr Us. the State of Georgia, Dallas, 419,
decided in 1878. Since his upheavel, the
grand doctrine of State sovereignty has
lowered above the grand doctrine of State
honesty, however, like mountain above
a mole hole. For, o Btato may n0V SOY 20
her creditor: II confess / have violated
one part of the constitution, because I
have passed laws impairing the obligation
of my own solemn contracts; but if you
undertake to sue me, [ will Immediately
fly up in the top of the Eleventh Amend
ment, where your prayers and your pro-
cesees alike can never reach me. In short.
the Eleventh Amendment is at once the
assertion andthe guarantee of my sover-
eign CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT OF REPU-
DIATIoN 70
We fully concur In these remarks of the
sovereign State (supposing them to be
made by State.) Indeed, in our Com
mentaries of Constitutional Law, we have
deliberately argued the right of State to
repudiate her obligations, upon this gen
eral ground: A State is great big Sow
ereign and creditor is but one little man
or woman, as rule. Now. on the princi-
pie of Gresham's Law, which is "the
greatest good to the greatest number, .
it is perfectly clear that reputation will
do less damage to the creditor, because he
is one, than paying the debt will do the
Sovereign State, because it is many, @. E. ID.
In this connection we might also invoke
Sir VIM. Hamilton IS familiar Flaw Of par
simony.' Philosophy of the Conditioned,
chap. ~ for parsimOny in a Sovereign
would be nothing more than simply econo-
my in an individual.
Moreover, Honor wont buy a break
FAST" In fact, Virginian's honor would
hardly buy ten cent lunch, just at this
particular time. Then why attempt to
deal in honor, at all Certainly, we can
not exclaim with st. Chrysostom, the
golden mouthed. "There s millions in it'll q
IN. B.-We are well aware that the opin-
ion Of an attorney general is not SO weigh
ty as judicial decision or constitutional
amendment.
Questions of public faith and finance
were formerlv considared varv diffien1t
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The General Election.
LOSSES AND GAINS THROUGHOUT THE
UNION,


UNION.
Elections were held Tuesday i'll thirty
five of the thirty eight States for repre-
sentatives in the fiftieth Congress. which
meets on the first Monday in December,
1887. Seventeen States also elected gov
ernors and other State officers, and in
seven States officers below the rank of
chief executive were chosen. 1t is impos-
sible to give detailed and definite results
of all the voting. but enough is known to
indicate pretty clearly that the Democrats
will have a majority in the House. There
haye been cheering Republican gains in
numerous localities, but some OF these are
offset by Democratic gains, SO that the
outcome will probably be Democratic
majority somewhat smaller than that of
the present House.
Principal interest centered in Pennsyi-
vani, where Beaver, Republican, is elected
Governor by over 10000, and in the con-
test for the mayoralty of New York city,
where Abram Hewitt, Democrat. de-
feated Roosevelt, Republican, and George,
labor candidate, by plurality of % 600.
Democratic losses are reported in twenty
third and twenty -fourth congressional
districts of New York In Massachusetts
the democrats claim a gain of two and
possibly three Congressman. In Con-
necticnt they have gained one, and posi-
bly, one in New Hampshire. In Ohio the
Republicans claim to have gained five
congressman, in Illinois one, and in Wis
consin one. In Indiana both sides claim
the majority of congressional districts.
In Baltimore city both the democratic
candidates for Congress were elected by
large majorities. Genl Nathan Golf,
(Rep..) a favorite with our people, is
elected for the Clarksburg, w. Va, by an
increased majority.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1886-11-04
Briefs

Thomas Garrett. OF Alabama, is 119
years old. and has voted the Democratic
ticket all his life. Republicans are not SO
long lifed in that section.
When Victor Hugo carried his first
manuscript Of poems toa publisher it was
| handed back to him unread, sbecause po-
etry was drug on the market. y
No Democrat has been chosen from the
Slate of New York to the United States
Senate since 1915 except Francis Herman,
who was elected in 1875
A gentleman of Calais, Me-. has Ma
sonic jewel worn by the Scotch poet,
Robert Burns, as Master of Tarbolson
Lodge. Ayrshire. The jewel is of old
silver and of elaborate and beautiful work
| manship.
A London publisher has received an
ton: who is your favorite author ?n
Dickens received $50 votes Scott, o26 ];
Kingsley and e. M. Yonge. 81 each Shake
speare, 10; George Eliot, Al and other
prominent authors less number.
The relatives of Miss Carrie Welton,
who was frozen in at attempt to climb
Pixies Peak two years ago, are trying to
inyalidate her will. which bequeaths all
her estate, valued at $500. 900, to Henry
Bergh for the use of the Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. In
sanity is alleged.
A calf was killed in Zionville, Pa, one
morning, the skin was at the .tannery by
noon, was tanned and turned over to a
shoemaker that evening, and by the next
morning was made into a pair of boots
which were worn by the man who owned
| the calf that had worn the skin the day
before.
An organization has just been founded
in New York. 1t is composed of men ex-
clusiYely, and is known as the Kissing
Club. Its members are pledgedto attend AS
appointed by the executive officer, all first
performances for the purpose of using the
sibilation Of disapproval, if it becomes ne
| cessary.
l 4ulCudCl 1dtIu Ids uldI kGu OuU buc IOuGt
for his coming tour. He is to start at
Leadvilie on the ed and come east ward
by way of Denver, Omaha, st. Paul, Chi
cago, st. Louis, Cincinnati, Pittsburg
Detroit and Montreal. From Boston, af-
ter New Years he will go to Philadelphia,
and will visit other large cities in the
East.
Voltaire's old home at Ferney now be-
longs TO sculptor. who has preserved the
philosopher IS bed room in its old state
The room contains bedstead, table, and
armehairs. On the walls are two pictures
of Catharine Of Russia and of Voltaire
| himself. At Ferney and through the
country roundabout Voltaire is almost for
gotten.
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DIED.

Bessie Goodloe, aged about ten Yeas, daugh-
ter of Mrs. Bette and John If. Goodloe. near
Oman, Nelson county, Va, died October 20th
earth, little Bessie's spirit took its flight to he
God who gave it. Her death was very unex-
pected to the family and to the community.
Sweet little Bessie is with no more; her
body lies in the cherries tomb, but her spirit
we trust is in the realms OF eternal bliss None
knew her but love her, name her but to
praise her Her sweet, childlilSe simplicity
gained the affections of all who knew her. She
was che of the brightest scholars in the sunday
school. Mother and father. sisters and BROTH
ers weep not for little Bessie; Angels viii take
care of her.
Little BESSIE is gone oh may she be
guiding star to erring me,
y, ~ bile long life's pathway we gather flowers
mat only spring II ON earthly bowers.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1886-11-04
The Congressional Election in va.
TREMENDOUS REPUBLICAN GAINs-FIyE
REPRESENTATIVES, LOST TO THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

The result of the Congressional election
in Virginia surprised both Republicans
and Democrats. The sweeping and uni
form Republican gains show that the peo-
pie have commenced to do their own
thinking. The discussion of the tariff
question has been the principal factor in
working out the change. No clearer in.
dex to the sentiment of the masses could
be cited than the fact that the 10th Dis.
trict, now represented by one of the most
pronounced free traders of the nation,
Mr.. Tucker, returns strong protection
list, by majority almost double that
received by the Democratic nominee two
years ago.
In the other districts the Republicans
and Independents stood squarely and un
eauiyocally for protection, and pressed the
fight upon that line at every point. The
result is grand triumph for the cause
and demonstrates that the people of Vir
ginia have at length been aroused to theil
true interests.
In the 1st District Thos. Croxton, Dem
ocrat, and present member, is defeated by
T. H. B. Brown, Republican nominee.
In the Second Geo. E. Bowden, Repub
ican, is elected over Marshall Parks
Democrat, by an increased majority.
In the Third, Geo. D. Wise, Democrat
end present member, is elected over Ed
mund Waddill, Republican. Had Mullen
Knight of Labor candidate, been allowed /;
fair field he would have beaten Wise, bu1
day or two before the election Muller
withdrew in Wise's favor.
In the Fourth, VIM. E. Gaines, Repub
lican. is elected by tremendous majorit.
over Mann Page, Democrat.
In the Fifth, j. r. Brown, Independent
Republican, defeats Geo. c.. Cabell by
handsome Inajority-a glorious result.
In the Sixth, S. I. Hopkins, Knight 0
Labor and protectionist, defeats Samue
Griffin, Democrat, by safe majority.
In the Seventh q. T. O'Ferrall Demo
GRAFT, and present member, is returned owe
J. E. Roller, independent protectionist, b.
a greatly reduced majority. O'Ferrall'
majorities, so far as known, are as follows
Clarke, 625; Frederick. 1872; Rappahan
mock. 40; Warren, 5S6; Albemarle, $50
Rollers majorities: Rockingham, $50
Shenandoah, So; Page. 1872 Mad ison, las
Greene, 66.
In the Eight, w. 81. F. Lee, Democr at
defeats W. G. Elan, Republican, by
greatly reduced majority.
The glorious old Ninth comes up grand
ly for Henry Bower, Republican. giving
him majority of 5000 over R. R. Henry
Democrat.
In the Tenth. Jacob Yost Republican
has majority of about 1900 over james
Bumgardner, Democrat.
Tuesday was bright day for the Ok
| Dominion,