Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-10-09
ITEMS OF NEWS.
HLord Derby has retired from th
English turf.

GS AOru OeIDy las TetlreQ from the
English turf.
It is alleged that the indemnity to be paid
by China for the war is S., 600, 900 to Eng
land, and $3,0O0,000 to France.
" Eveay hour that man is in debt is
year spent in slavery" According to this,
what an everlasting long life some people
must live
Mr. Charles Dickens readings have prov
ed profitable speculation. Three evenings
in the city Of Cork, for instance, netted him
/ 81, 400.
EY The earth and the comet are getting
to be quite near neighbors. The distance
between them now is said to be only about
40, 900, 900 miles.
EE A Louisville paper says:
There are supposed to be about one hun
dred women in the city of Louisville who
make habit Of getting drunk.
EW Letters received from General Hous-
ton announce his intention to press his Mex
lean Protectorate resolutions upon Congress
next winter.
Eg- The New York Courier records
sale of four hundred shares of Nicaragua
transit at one cent per share of one hundred
dollars. Valuable stock that.
Ex-President CoMoNFoRT. of Mexico, is
in Massachusetts, He visited the Encamp-
ment of the First Division on Friday, the
day Of the review by Governor Banks
H- A Western editor publishes long
leader on Hogs" A rival paper in the same
village upbraids him for obtruding his family
matters upon the public.
EY- The grave of Franklin, which has
long been concealed from public observation,
in a graveyard surrounded by high wall.
in Philadelphia, is at length about to be
exposed to the view Of the people.
The Value Of one Tote.-The official re-
turns Of the Wilmington Del.) election
show that Mr.. Young, the democratic candi-
date for Mayor, was elected by majority
Of only one votel
EE ''Mr. Lemon has come over to our
party" said a politician exultingly to an op-
ponent. "Well, if your party has nothing
stronger than lemon aid to recruit with. it
must be in bad way
LARGE TAX PAYER. Tuesday, says
the NY. Tribune, William B. Astor called
on the Receiver, and after paying about
S26, 900 On personal estate, rendered his
check for$60, 900 the amount Of tax on his
real estate
The Com CRop AT THE WEsr.-It is sta
ted that private letters from the West repre-
sent the yield Of the corn crop as much bet
ter than was expected month or SO back.
The warm weather of the early part of the
month had an excellent effect, and there is
now every dication that we shall have
two third crop and one that will be in con-
dition to ship.
JUICE Jos. G.. BA1owza-At the late
election in California, 10. G. Baldwin Esq.
(author Of Party Leaders, &c, } who is a ma
tive Of Winchester, Va, was elected Judge
of the Supreme Coura of that State, by q
handsome majority over his competitor.
Judge Baldwin, on the first ballot, received
the unanimous vote Of the Democratic State
Convention, as the Democratic candidate for
that Office.
! Measures are alb out being taken, through
the naval expedition to Paraguay, to intro
duce into the United States, the mate, or
Paraguay tea ); also valuable medicine
plant called nerd, believed to be a sure
specific against the bites Of venomous in
tects or reptiles; and peculinr kind of
honey bee, which builds on branches Of trees,
instead of in hives or trunks Of trees, as
with the common bee.
| H A New Orleans writer says that city
is in g bad way; the banks are ali bursting
not from want Of money, but from an over
gorge Of coin. The vaults are all full to replc-
ton, and the cry is s'What will we do with
it?" Good, bright, new half dollars are at
discount great many business houses
begging buyers for the portrait of our fair
goddess, done in silver, at discount Of two
per cent.
AN AMERICAN 'sBARoN"- George Par
ish, a we'll known millionaire of Ogdens-
burg, n. Y, has fallen heir to additional
wealth and honors. His uncle, the Baron
of Seuftenberg, in Bohemia, and knight of
several orders, has inst died, leaving him
heir to his title and vast possessions. Mr..
Parish, our Baron, is now in Bohemia,
making all the arrangements necessary in
connection with the succession.
Gun SHOT WoUND--Last Saturday eve
ming couple Of Cadets we're starting out
from the Institute on cunning expedition,
when one of them accidentally dropped his
gun, which was discharged in the act of
falling, the load passing through the calf
Of the others leg, inficting a severe but
not dangerous flesh wound. The name of
the wounded Cadet is - Hart, of Fauquier.
Lexington Guzette.
IMPORTANT DECISION. A few years since
the physicians in this section of the State,
says the Abingdon Virginian, determined
to test the constitutionalty of the law taxing
them for the pricilege Of practicing their
profession. Accordingly Dr. n Snead, of
Washington county, refused to pay his tax,
whcreupon the Sheriff levied upon his horse,
and the doctor was presented for refusing
to comply with the law, and practicing
medicine without first procuring license.
At the last Circuit Court held in Abingdon,
Judge Fulton declared the law uncons titu-
tional and nnashed the Indictment