Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1859-04-02
ITEMS OF NEWS.

A young lady named Riner committed
suicide in Berkeley county, Va, 18th inst,
BY drowning herself.
James Barbour has been nominated for
the House of Delegates by the Democracy
Of Culpeper.
The Manassa Bank, located at Front
Royal: Warren county, Va, will go into
operation IN the course Of a few days.
The loss in fruit trees in Illinois, within
the last three years, is estimated at about
So, 100000. The retentive nature of a.
clay subsoil is supposed to be the cause.
A slave Of A. Ridgely, residing near
Wheeling, Va, who ran away in 1856 was
in Ohio last week, and returned to
his maste..
The Governor of Massachusetts has ap-
pointed Thursday the 9TH of April to be OBJ
served as a day ofpublic fasting, humiliation
and prayer.
CoUNTERFEITs ON THE BANK OF KANAwHA:
Notes Of this Bank, of the denomination of
five dollars, have been changed and altered
into notes of $780, The Bank never
issued any notes ofsuch denomination. It
has issued only S., $40 and $40 notes.
EE In Connecticut they find use for al
most every thing. An old lady in the State
is collecting all the political papers she can
lay her hands on to make soap Of. She says
they are s'desput sight better than ashes
they are most as good as clear lie.''
AN IMposroR A despatch from Fort
Edward New York. dated March 23d SAYS:
The committee WHO were recently ap-
pointed to watch Mrs. Hays, the woman who
pretended to have lived two years without
food, have reported that she is an impos-
ter.
WONDERFUL escape Michael Maggin-
mis-, Waterman on the Pennsylvania Rail
road, walked over precipice Of 1913 feet at
the Pack Saddle Falls near Pittsburgh, last
Friday night. He managed to crawl to
neighboring house, and was still alive at last
accounts.
A DISTANT HINr.-The Baltimore Grand
Jury, in formal presentation, have express
sed the opinion that the murders and other
acts Of violence 50 frequently perpetrated in
that vicinity, may be attributed to the quail
ty as well as the quantity Of liduor drank by
the offenders,
Come 'AMoNa THE INDIANS. -Col. AL
bert Pike is about to depart on tour of bu-
siness and pleasure among the Indian tribes
Of the West He will be accompanied BY a
few gentlemen who know the ways of the
red men. The excursion will occupy some
two or three months.
Costly CRADLE. A four hundred dollar
cradle is on exhibition at one Of the Furni-
ture Stores in Philadelphia. It is made Of
paper machie, inlaid with pearl, and got
up with degree of splendor exceeding any
thig of the kind that has yet been presented
to an extravagant public. This is worse than
gold spoons.
ELECTED. Benz. S. Turner, al sable stu
dent Of the Western Theological Seminary
at Pittsburg, was elected by Constable
from the Masonic Hall, in that city last
week, where he was in attendance at Read
ing Of Mrs Kemble. The dark hued indi-
viduaf persisted in sitting among the 'twhito
folks"
SALE OF TIE ssUN1eN. Gen. George W.
Bowman, at present Superintendent Of the
Public Printing, has become sole proprietor
Of the Washington 'sUnion" newspaper, and
will takessfull possession of the establishment
GA the 18th day Of April next, when he will
make his own announcement Of the course
he intends to pursue. - Washington Uaioa
UNCERTAINTY OF FORTUNE IN THE LAND OF
GoLD.-There are now smany men in San
Francisco, whose families are in state Of
restitution, who few years ago were worth
hundreds Of thousands Of dollars. Specula-
ton in real estate ruined them. one family
that were intensely aristocratc during the
inflated days, now keep boarders and take
ia washing.
THE LONG BRIDGE On Tuesday afternoon.
as three ladies, accompanied by some male
friends, were crossing the Long Bridge, one
Of them suddenly disappeared to her waist
through the fooring-a plank, on the end of
which she had placed her foot, having tipped
up and let her through. Fortunately for
the lady her crinoline extended beyond the
limits of the aperture through which she
had fallen, and it together with her presence
Of mind in extending her arms, saved her
from death Wash. States. 9th.
w Hanemann reeonverted to common
sense. At meeting Of .'spiritualsts," an
invalid warbrought forward dreadfully af-
Aicted with ulcerous scrofula that all the
doctors had failed to cure It was proposed
to appeal to the spirit land for advice, and
a Homeopathic physician present interroga-
ted the departed spirit Of Hanemann as to
what remedy should be taken. Loud and
distinct raps, audible to the whole audience
told off Ayers C-a-t-h-a-r-t-i-c Pills.
Homer ~. VI Wing.
DEATH FROM Po1soN. One Of the two
persons who died from the mingling Of poi
son in the food, at Mrs Beetham's board
ing house, New York, was Fayette Robin
son, Of Virginia. A letter says:
Fayette Robinson, Esq who died from
the poisoned coffee at the boarding house of
Mrs Beetham, in East 14th street, vas q
member Of one of the best families Of Vir-
GINA, and for the last ffteea years connect
ed with various literary enterprises in this
city. lie was the author ola history OF the