Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1857-05-02

Lester from Itah Territory Files Of Tie
Desctet News, published at salt Lake City.
to Feb. 9Th, have been received. They con-
lam nothing Of startling Importance. The
population II tie territory is said to be =
bout sepenty-seven thousand. Military
matters seem to be receiving good deal of
attention Brother Joseph Young, Presi-
dent 81 ike Quorums Of Seventies, calls up
on al Tie quoruRis to report Tie number
and namcs Of Their members IT = ctutfsi
point The Deaeret News fidiettlea tie
lea of the general government sending
eiiee2s oat there to rale them.
Scarcity II Fodief The Wassaw West
ern New Yorker, Of the 2lst ut, SAYS Che
snow storm of last week was most disastrous
10 stock Il mentions a uuntbcr % Instances
whprc cattle We're either knocked GA the
head or died of starvation faddcr Icing
81 high-hay from SIS to s25 per ton-~it
was considered cheaper to let the caiiio die
tlIau to undertake 70 winter thcIa through,
Aaosher Nanifccnt Donation j is only
two or three weeks siuee we recorded tie
gi.t Of twenty-five thousand dollars In the
American Colonization Socoty by David
Hunt, ESD, of Mississippi TIE National
intclligencer now announces an additional
donation from the same phi,anthropist Of
twenty thousand dollars; check for which
amount was received from him by the
Treasurer of the Society, Thursday.
I1dae qfa Clergyman IN Oregon In
teiligence from Oregon Territory states that
Father pandosy, Catholic Missionary,
was taken prisoner by Skloom, an Indian
Chief, who demanded for his ransom two
white women aud two hundred sacks of
-four.
1t is stated in a New York paper that the
merchants of that city are about to present
to cx-Secretary Marcy a service of plate
valued at $40, coo.
The body of Chrisley jenkins was found
in the Shenandoah river. near Mr. Isaae
longs in Page county. 1t is supposed that
the deceased fell in the river, aud that he
Was intoxicated.
Ingenious Deciee-A fellow who had an-
dertakcn to serve some subpnnas, finding
the roads in shocking condition, wrote n
note to each of the parties, stating that a
sum of money was deposited in his hands,
which they could have by calling on him
They called and got sub@na and l2l
cents each
Iolpe IF the Grass Crop Charles f..
Flint, Secretary of the Massachusetts, Board
of Agriculture, in has last report, saws the
annual value of the grass crop of the United
States, for grazing and moving. is not less
than $500, 10000
Heaty Sat Decided -Ameng tie ia-
portant suits tried in Pulaski county. Va,
was the ease of Andrew Griffin and wife,
vs. John Tineley, and was decided in favor
of the plaintiffs and involved some 30 600
acres of land, large portion of which is
valuable
The account of E. +. Beall, late Indian
superintendent in California, has been SET
! tled and the United States owes him IS
cents.
The Abingdon Democrat says that dur
ING the week preceding Tuesday Last snow
fell daily Yin Washington county The fruit
is generally killed and vegetation is very
backward through the southwest portion o
the State. Many cattle are dying.
The New York Legislature adjourned
sine de on the 18th inst. Joint resolutions
denouncing the Supreme Court for its de-
eision in the DRED scoTT case were passed