Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1888-09-26
ATreasure-Box Opened.


theran congregation. when preparing to build
the church which for thirty-eight years had
stood at the corner of Beverly and Water Sts..
in this city, deposited treasure box contain
ing local publications of the day. coins. etc.
The church was erected in 1858, and after thir-
five years of service, as a past generation
erected their temple of worship.it has willing
ly yielded to the DEGREES of progress. and in a
new edition, revised and b eautifled, will rear
itself on more imposing site, and with wider
portals and a larger sanctuary, will invite
to its affairs the adherents in christian faith OF
the immortal Luther, and all the people who
chose to come in the bonds of christian fellow
ship.
The walls of the old ediflce have been level
ed to the earth under the direction of Mr.. J.E.
Tinsley, the contractor for the building OF the
Young Mems Christian Association, which is
to be reared in its place. The treasure box.
deposited in June 1858, when the foundation
of the church was laid. was found in its place
1t was of tin material, made by Berkeley T..
Bemberton, deceased, who then pursued his
trade in Staunton. He died in 1854. The box
was opened the afternoon of the 2lst, at the
Office of the Equity Life Insurance Company,
by Mr.. VIM. A. Grubert, an expert in band
ling timers tools, in the presence of several
members of the Church Council and other gen.
tlemen who had assembled there to examine
it. Dampness and the red rust of time which
had preyed upon the box and its contents had
exerted their decaying powers. The box was
failing by degrees and small holes were visi-
BILE. 1t measured 1914 inches long. wide. and
6 deep. The coins found were one cent. a three
cent piece, and twenty-five cent piece, all
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mass of rust in a damp condition unmistaka-
bly, indicated considerable deposit of man.
uscript or printed paper. from which were col
lected the tracings of bible, hymn-book
and an almanac. The annual reports for the
year 1852 of the Western Lunatic Asy lum and
the Institution of the Deaf, Dumb and the
Blind, and copies ofthe STAUNToN SPECTATOR,
published by ]. A. & L. WaddelI, and the
Stdu7ton Vildicdtor, published by F. J. Alfred.
The coins and all the reading matter inteli-
BILE will be placed with the collection to be
made for the deposit in the foundation of the
new church in a new copper box that will
shortly, with Masonic and religious ceremo-
MES, find Its place in the chief corn er-ston e,
that then, with the reh earsal of solemn ritu-
ais, and in the presence of a vast multitude Of
people, will be laid, when the new temple
Will rise III I'LL lbS GACelieacG Ol aTculJ6cburdl
proportion.
Present at the time of opening the oox was
Mr.. David Butcher, the con tractor, who in 1853
built the church. His contemporary Mr..
Pemberton, who made and sealed the box, Is
among the dead. whose names the records of
Staunton will perpetuate.
Personal.
1S4t.1
Woodstock "Sh enandoah Heraftl," was in the
city yesterday
In the Presbyterian Church at Rocky Mount,
Franklin county, next week. DIR. Carter Berke-
ley of this city will be married to Miss jamie
Hale, a niece of Gen. Jubal A. Early.
Mrs. Martin, the widow of the late Rev. DR..
John S. Martin, is visiting her brother, VIM.
A. Ruff, ESQ.,, at Lexington,va.
Rev. DIR. Shanks. OF Lexington, will preach
at Union Church next Sunday. September Goth
at IL A. NJ.
Ga Wednesday last. Mrs. James Kemper,
near Fishersvilie, went on a visit to her uncle.
Mr.. G. Koiner, near New Market.
Harry Tucker called upon the P. esident at
the White House on Saturday for the purpose
of trying to prevail upon him to attend tn q
Baldwin District Fair this week.
?. Mrs. Geo. w. McCutchen living near Craigs-
Vile in this county died on Wednesday, the
18th inst. She was very large woman and
weighed 375 pounds.
AT Mt. Scion to- day will take place the mar
riage of Mr.. Oscar H. Gresham of this county,
formerly of Prince William county, and Miss
Josie E. Cupp. youngest daughter Of John j.
Cupp. Esq.
Miss Sadie Lindsay, daughter of Col. ]. M
Patton, OF Albemarle county, and Mr.. Arthur
]. Hutchinson, formerly of the British army
were married Wednesday at Christ Church
Gordonsyille.
Mr.. VIM. NJ. Black, OF Lynchburg, who wai
elected an assistant in the High School of thi,
city, has arrived and entered upon his duties
He comes well recommended as to character
and qualifications He is a graduate of thu
High School of Lynchburg, and was graduated
in Latin, German, and French at the Univer
sity of Virginia. Having passed through tn
public school and graduated in the branche
mentioned at the University of Va, he is quail
fled to fill satisfactorily the position to which
| he has been elected.