Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1857-01-31

AASiNAS
suffered greatly from the cold. We hear Of
whole regions of country whore the wheat.
IN the fall, bore every prospect of fine
crop, which now have the appearances of
commons, with the grass killed by the frost.
without yestige of ycrdure upon them.
Fredericksburg Recorder.
/ We learn that several negroes have been
frozen to death, in this county, during the
present week. One of them was yerv old
man, and when found good part Of his face
eaten away by Norway rats, it is supposed,
Char. AdU., 23d.
The Cold at the 1.-The cold at the
South seems to have been intense. The river
opposite Columbia, S. c., was filed We'd
nesday morning with masses of floating ice.
something which has not occurred before for
twenty-one years. The Cape Fear river at
/ Wilmington, N. c., for the first time within
the memory Of any citizen of that place.
was crusted over with thin coating Of ice
At Raleigh ~ G., the cold was intense.
and the Register mentions 40 families who
were rescued from certain death by charity.
The snow IN that city was a foot deep, and
in drifts six feet. The steamer Marion on
her trip from New York to Charleston, ex-
perienced terrible weather. The cold was
so intense that five horses were frozen to
death and the deck and combng masts, sails,
rigging, and every portion of the vessel ex-
posed were covered with ice to the thick
ness of six or seven inches The steamer,
Black Warrior. from Havana, bound to New
York, passed the Marion while she was. w.
ing to and she was literally covered with
ice.-Rich. Dispath.
Dug Om.-The Danville va Register
states that family, consisting of an old
man, his wife and daughter, were dug out
OF snow drift around their cabin, on the
opposite side of the river from that place.
on Monday morning week. When the snow
was removed the old man was found sittine
on stool, venting hss excavations on snow.
storms and landlords, When Intercepted
as to the creature comforts within his reach,
he SAID he had no fire or wood, and no pro.
Visions ; but that was D small matter when
compared with his total restitution Of "spir-
its"
The funeral of father Mathew, III Cork,
was attended by fifty thousand persons, and
the bishop and seventy priests oficia,ed in
church.
A professor of History is to be appointed
for the University of Virginia, on the 18th
of February.
Mr. William H. Griggs, Of Jefferson co.
had his barn burned on Saturday night
week, together with twelve head of valuable
horses. grain, a new shfsshing machine,
&c. Loss $4,000.
flr. Blackmore, living near Piedmont in
Fauqufer, and now ninety-four years ofage,
recently had an unbroken colt caught and
saddled, and mounting HIN, rode off to see
a neighber Pie vigorous yoangt sssed ex-
ecufed the usual cayortlngs with Which horse
flesh usually resigns its liberty, but found
that it was merely giving itself useless trou-
BILE. Mr.. Blackmore is veteran Democrat
who has voted for every Democratic Presi@f
dent since the days of Thomas Jefferson,
and is still young enough to break colts
Alec. Sent
Hon. II. W. Davis. in his late speech
said that the late election Proved the people
of the United States to BE against the De-
moefacy and the present ADMINISTRATION. IF
50, isproved that they aio still. nsrs Strong
" opposed ts' Black Repdbleahisiii, and
more strongly still to Know Nethingism.
Hence it appears that We are the most con-
traiy and iafractieahle peoose IN the world;
opposed to everything that can be named
1t IS a wonder how we progress at all. Per-
hapss we merely drift along If SO, the eur
rent at least is very democratic We are
pretty we'll satisfied with it, if Mr. Davis is.
-Atca Seatiaeg.
A correspondent Of the San Francisco
Herald furnishes the following as the po-
llygamous condition ofthe last gtah Legis-~
lature:
Councils members, IN wvcs
House Of Rrep 90 members, 159 wives.
Officers OF the House,, % wives.
Governor Young, 6s wives.
Total, a persons, 42o wives.
Keep Trying, way to success is to
keep trying. The Responding should re-
member that time and patience convert the
mulberry leaf into satin, while handful of
acorns only need the fostering influence of
little sunshine and little rain, with % lit
tie OK tugging and little genius, to become
a trigate with two rows of teeth.
A good story is told Of the Republicans
OF Brooklyn n. Y. Before tie election
they hired a room in the Efo6klyn Museum
building, asreoihg to occupy it as their
headquarters, at stated rent, until Ere
mont wos elected The landlord being a stiff
Buchanan man, refuses to release them, and
intends to make them suffer for their folly.
The TRA1roR's REWARD HARRISBURG,
Jan. l4.-Menear, of York, openly boasts
that he received S., 900 for voting for Cam
eron he says he would have voted for For
ney for S., 900 -.
The boaraers at Wilks' noseall,' where Me-
near had been stopping, protested against
his remaining, he was cc'Hfsbea Iuently dismiss
ed by the landlord
Brady, to whom he applied for board, re-
] fused to receive him. Omit has given Wa
gonseller and Lebo notice to quit In the
House an effort will be made to expel Me-
near.
An american Shot in Pa,7s.-A letter
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