Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-11-06
ITEMS OF NEWS.

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Thanksgiving in Connecticut November
25th.
Gen. Tom Thumb is in Manchester,
Eng.
Lola Montez has taken passage in the Pa
cifc to leave for Galway ID of Nov.
A Young Mems Christian Association
has been organized at the University.
The gold production from Australia this
year MP to the middle Of August is $2S.,
100000.
Snow. On the 18th ult., snow fell at
Tug Hill, Lewis county, N. Y, to the
depth Of eighteen inches.
The purchaser of Dumas folly Monte
Cristo for $4,000, was the American
dentist Fowler.
He only can appropriately deck the fe-
male cheek, who paints the lily and the rose
less beautiful.
Col. Ferguson, who was shot in the re-
cent duel near San Francisco, and wounded
in the thigh has since died ofhis injuries
No more Madeira wine-hopes of rcviv-
ing the grape culture at Madeira have been
given up.
EF A Mr.. Rowett, of England, has Of
fered to lay rope-covered electric wire be-
tween Valencia and New Foundland for the
sum of 1882. 900.
THos. f. MEAGHER.-It is currently
reported that the British Government will
shortly issue a pardon to Thomas B. Mea-
CHER, the Irish exile.
A suit was brought by well known Gin
cinnati attorney some time ago against cit
izen for erecting hole' on the premises
of his client.
Nor TRuE.-The rumor that Mr.. Pres
ton, Of Kentucky, has declined the mission
to Spain is untrue. He accepted the ap-
pointment and is preparing for his departure
YELLOW FEVER IN New ORLEANS. Ned
CLEANS, Nov. 1.-The Howard Association
of this city closed their labors to-day the fe-
yer being no longer an epidemic.
r. E. SCHMIDT, President :
MANIFESTO AGAINST FIL1BusrERs.-Th
Nicaraguan Minister to this country has
issued manifesto against Walkers propos-
ed emigration scheme, and stating the
regulations upon which emigrants will alone
be permitted to enter the country.
DEATH OF JOHN M. PATTON, ESQ We
are panied to announce that John NJ. Pat
ton, Esq. one Of our most respected citizen
and most distinguished members of the Vir
GINA bar, died last Friday night at 10 O.
clock, after protracted illness. -RicAmone
Enquirer.
A SUSPECTED SLAYER. York, Non
1.-The schooner Madison has been seize,
off East Greenwich, Conn, and brought t
this city, on the suspicion Of being SLAYER
She has no clearance papers, but pape
purporting to be a bill Of sale from Georg
D. Wise Of the Coast Survey to Joseph Gard
ner, and w. NJ. Eddy.
TIRED OF FREEDOM. Some twelve month
ago, slave the property of Col. Hopkins {
Rockingham county Va, ran off and got in
to Canada. His master received letter
few days since begging him to come after hir
and bring him back to his home in Va. tia
he has been sick and half-starved ever sine
he left and that he was tired Of negro free
dom in the North. It is not stated whethe
Mr.. FL. will comply with his request or not
Our reader will observe by our ADVERT
sing columns, that Cooper's Refined Isinglas
is now put up in small sized packages
suitable for families, by whom it is much
used for Blanch Manages, Jellies, &c. This
article has been manufactured by Mr.. PETE
COOPER for the last thirty years, and it
purity and reputation render it desirabl
alike to the consumer and to the trade
Brooklyn Daily Times.
! NEGRO SENTENCED. The County Cour
on Monday last sentenced Watt, the runa
way negro who recently stabbed Mr.. Sam
johnson while attempting to arrest him,
two months imprisonment in the county jail
during which period he is at three separat
times to receive thirty nine lashes, maxim
in all one hundred and seventeen stripes.
His mastea is also required to give bon
and security in $4,000 for his good beha
vior -LeDington Gazette.
AN APOLOGY FROM MARTINEZ NoN-IN
PREFERENCE OF FRANCE Washington Oct
81. " esterday Jerez delivered to Mr.. Gas
a letter-from President Martinez of Nicara
qua apologizing for offensive allegations il
the late manifesto OF the latter on the sub
Eject of Mons. Belly's scheme.
Count Sartiges yesterday had an interview
with Mr.. Cass, and assured him Of the non
interference of France in our Central Amer
lean relations.
DEATH OF Col. VIM. B. YANcEY.
are panied to learn just as our paper goes t
press of the death Of Col. VIM. B. Yancey
He died at his residence, on the Shenando
ah River, in this county, on Wednesda
night, last. We understand he had bee
previously i'll. but was supposed to be improv
ing until the night in which he died, whe1
the first intimation Mrs. Yancey had of hi
danger was finding him corpse by her side
Buckingham Register.
Dover Mills BURNED-Loss $40, ZOO