Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-12-04
ITEMS OF NEWS.
Congress meets on Monday next and ad
iourns on the 4th Of March.

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Congress meets on Monday next and ad-
journs on the 4th Of March.
James Anderson the oldest printer in New
Orleans, was run over by the cars last week
and killed.
The New York Seventh Regiment have
furnished themselves with eight hundred
Minnie muskets.
Ew Jerroldana-Every rose has its thorn
you never find woman without pins and
needles.
Eg- George Washington Reifcnyder, of
Pottsville, Penn, has expressed himself
anxious to fight Thomas Hyer, for $1o,-
00O
QUESTION SETTLED, The directors of the
Virginia aod Kentucky railroad have select
ed Abingdon, instead of Bristol, as the east
ern terminus Of that work.
A western editor wishes toknow whether
the law recently enacted against the carry
ing of deadly weapons applies to doctors
who carry pills in their pockets.
R A very respectable business is cram
berrying in Wisconsin. The last crop was
1000 bushels, and $58, 1869 have been
disbursed in the traffic.
AE The Hartford Times announces the
death of DR.. j. L. Comstock, of that city,
the author Of number Of elementary and
other works on different branches of sci
ence.
Professor Morse and his family are about
to return to the United States. The Pro-
has received the first nstalment-100,O 900
francs of the testimonial oft ten Europe
an powers.
An elephant, escaped from menagerie,
was killed on the premises Of Col. John M.
Sharpe, of Benton Miss. on the 4th inst. -
The huge beast wac shot through the brain
with ball from rife, and died without a
struggle.
KNOWLEDGE 1t is in knowledge, Irving
says, as in swimming he who founders and
splashes on the surface makes more noise
and attracts more attention than the pearl
diver who quietly dives in search Of treasure
at the bottom.
WIFE CRop One of our exchanges says
s'The nife crop Of Gasconade county, Mo ,
this year, is estimated at $4,000 gals. p
The wine crop was referred to but $4,000
gals will make good crop Of wives notwith-
standing.
BURIED ALIVE. On Monday afternoon
as man PANIED Hickey was digging vel
in Medford, Mass, the earth caved, bury
ing the unfortunate beneath heavy mass
The body was dug out in about three hours
but life was extinct
~ In Vermont recently young man
logged his brother severely for preventing
his father from hanging himself. On being
demonstrated with for whipping his brother
for saving his farther's life, he replied-'1
wanted him to know that it was his business
to let fDther haze has opn aoay!"
DEATH OF Hon HENRY BEDINoER. Jus
as we are going to press we learned will
deep regret, that the Hon. Henry Bedinge
late Minister Of the United States to Den
mark, died at Shepherdstown, on yesterday
morning. He was attacked with Pneumo
MIA, we understand, on Tuesday last.
e. OF the fortv-eight Senators wht
took their seats III The 1eph Congress, 1873
only two survive-Martin Van Buren,, o
New York, and John Brance, of North Car
DINA. Both Of these gentlemen, it will b
remembered. were members of Gen. Jack.
sons first Cabinet s
W- Every man in China must pay hi
debts at the beginning Of the year, and also
at the time of a religious festival about thu
middle of the year. If unable to settle a
these times, his business stops until hi
debts are paid. Wonder how such a jus
observance might suit the United States?
The parties that accepted the Thousand
dollars challenge Of Messrs. Ladd Webster
& Co. for trial before the Franklin Insti
tute, to show the superiority Of their sewing
machines, have formally withdrawn from
the contest, and the money has been repaid
to the challengers.
HUNs By 4 Mora man named Myers
was wantonly stabbed and killed at Hanna
bal, ILL.,, a few days ago. by desperate
named Adams. The citizens Immediately
assembled, seized Adams, and strung him
up to the first convenient tree, whore ht
hung until life was extinct.
! SILVER IN ARIZONA. Private letters from
Lieut.. Mowry state that new silver mines o
great richness have been opened in Arizon;
and that the gold diggings yielded we'll
He had secured from the Mexican autllori
ties in Sonora privileges Of communication
between Guayamas and the mining re
gions
EF The Legislature of Minnesota ha
passed law exempting homestead of 8
acres from levy from debts Incurred, ais
$500 worth Of household furniture; $500
worth Of stock and utensils, $3.50 worth Q
tools, %be library Of a professional man ant
frovisions enough to support the family on
year.
THERE are about ninety-seven thousan,
adults, in the State Of New York, who cal
neither read nor write. At the taking 9
the last census, Virginia showed an igno
rant army Of some eighty seven thousand
and was regarded as possessing the larges
number Of uneducated adults to be found il
the entire Union-a decided mist axe, a
the above abundantly shows.