Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1864-12-09
No AZ
miscellaneous.

A despatch from Cairo, dated the aSth,
SAYS that the "rebcl General uindman.
with his staff and bndy guard, crossed the
Mississip;,; u, Catfish Point, some days ago.
en- roa:e 10 Arkansas. He had heavy box
of specie with him."
A despatch from St Louis says the steam.
err William S Ewing. bound South, with
Government stores, munitions CT war, and
troops, suuk yesterday forty miles below
here. Zen lives were lest The boat. val
ued at forty thousand dollars, will provca
total loss
Seth kinsman, native Of Union coun-
~. Pennsylvania. and who has spent the
greater portion. OF his years ON the frontier.
present i lainoo n, q few days ego, with
handsome chair manufactured by himself
from the trophies Of his adventures in the
forrest The cereaoaies we're witnessed
by several ladies and gentlemen.
Tie mansion IL, Portsmouth. tFew Hamp-
shire. cccupied by Daniel Webster during
the first years Of has practice, is now ali
oys:er saloon.
A pcdestria:i IN Maine has just walked
four consecutive days and nights, with but
swenty nsiuusto rest each day. He per-
formed the feat lacking some twenty min
CITES. though at last he vas delirious.
The Western papers say that John G
Frementi is to be Minister to Franco and
Salmon p. Chase Minister to England.
Chicago has just completed new census
total, 1863 353, against 109, 260 in 1860.
Total valuation Of property S4S, 132. 1872,
against $37 ,053. 512 in 1860.
The amtunt Of interest On United States
bonds FILLING due in January is S9,300,-
900, and deducting the interest on the reg
istercd bonds, the coupons now paid by az
tcipation will amount, it is reported. to
about 100000
TIE SOUTHERN RESIDENTS
Die Is busi]y prosecuting the Southern
residents" of the city Of New York. They
are called up, registered, rigidly examined.
bullied, sworn. and spotted to be logged
with spies. The Herald says:
1t is believed that there are rot less than
twenty Ave thousand Southern people resi-
dent in this city, the great bulk of whom
are poaceable persons not likely to trouble
themselves With plots or conspiracies. OF
these large proportion ere females. tho
wives, sisters and daughters of Southern
residents here, and also of many who still
remain in tue South from choice or necessi-
,ty II is said even that some of these fe-
males are the wives or near relatives of off,
GERS in tile rebel army.
The official vote III New York, for Pres
densial electors, stands TINS:
Horace Greeley, I.ineoln, sos 1856
Vim Kelley, (McClellaa j..."~ 56l .oS1
LiHeolns majority. 505
Mrs Sarah Hutohcns. recently convicted
by military court in Baltimore Of acting
as an agent to furnish the rebels with sup
plies, has been committed 20 the House Of
Correction at Fitchbnrg, Mass. under
sentence OF imprisonment for five years.
Gen Buckner (Coufederate) has his
headquarters at Alexandria, La, md has
strongly fortified it. for the purpose of pre-
venting Usion guuboats from pavigatipg
Red river
A Cairo dispatch says that information.
of seemingly reliable character, has been
received, that Captain Semmes, of the Ala
BAN. has arrived at Begdad, Mexico. Gu
his way to Richmond, by way of Matamo-
ras.
Hon. Joseph Holt. of Kentucky, las
beer appointed by Lincoln, Attorney Gen.
| eral of the United States. cice Mr. Bates.