Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1865-12-01
NEWS ITEMS.

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The Memphis Appeal states that there ere
no less than nine hundred houses being erect
ed IN that city At present.
III Cincinnati, in two days. forty nine per-
sons were arraigaea il the United STATES
Courts On indictments for counterfaiting.
Two hundred thousand dollars we're rea'-
ICED by the sale Of Government mules at
Springfield, H., last week.
In New York, on Tuesday, whilst Judge
was trying case Of larceny, his coat was
stolen from the desk before him. @t.
The Fenian excitement in Canada has
somewhat subsidized, though troops are said
to be held in readiness in case Of necessity.
General Scott who is escaping from the
rigors Of a Northern winter, awaits at the
Aston House, the departure Of a steamer for
New Orleans.
The Memphis P17etin, Of to-day says:
Last night, for the first time in ten years
talegraphc communication was held between
New York and Orleans, direct
VIM. Prescott Smith, Esq. of the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad. has been appointed
bv President johnson director in the Pa
ciic Railroad.
President Johnson expressed this morn
ing to friend his intention to restore the
privilege Of the writ Of habeas corpus at the
earliest possible time, and to do away with
+ba conrat Cin+an4,vo cnr,.ica
It is mentioned as remarkable instance
Of the duratiouof financial connections in En-
gland that the banking account of the house
of Barring Brothers & Co. with Messrs. Mar
tin, Stone & Co., has reached its hundradth
year.
DnAp.-Colonel John Avery, one of the
largest land owners in Virginia, died in
Prince George county, Va, Sunday lie
owned over nine thousand acres Of land il
that county AMI Sarry adjoining one.
lie was eighty two years old.
GEN. LOGAN WILL DECLINE. The Nation
al IntelIigencer says:-We learn that intel
ligence has come to Washington Of the pur-
pose OF Gen Logan to decline the Mexican
mission. A new appointment, it is believed
will be made before the meeting Of Congress.
DONATION TO THE UNITED STATES. On
Wednesday Secretary Mccullough received
from the executors of deceased Indiana far
mer 81 600 ten forty bond which the de-
ceased had bequeathed to the Government te
be applied towards the payment Of the ma
tional debt.
The committee in the Tennessee I4cgisla-
ture have reported against the passage Of tho
bill allowing the evidence Of negroes in a
court Of justice. They recommend its rejec.
ton because the people are opposed to it,
anl also because legislation on. the subject is
premature.
AMERICAN CrTIrs The New York T,ib
me says: g We believe the census Of 1875
will rank the chief cities Of the United States
in this order: l. New York: 2. Phila;lel
phia 3. ST. Louis; 4 Chicago; 5. Gin
cinnati; G. San Francisco I. Baltimore
8. Boston; 9. Pittsburg; 10. Richmond.
One HUNDRED LIVES Losr.-A collision
occurred on the Mississippi river, near IIele
ma, on Friday night, between tie steamers
Niagara and the Post Boy. The Niagars
sunk, and one hundred passengers, mostly
| discharged colored soldiers. were drowned
The crew and cabin passengers we're ali say
ed
SEIZURE OF Com MINES. The Sheriff
advertisement Of the sale Of the Marpos;
COLL mines for the State taxes Of 1864 (31G
$50, occupies two columns Of the Maripos;
| <Cal.) Gazette. An advertisement ef tht
foreclosure Of mortgage against John c. Fire
mont and others Oh the same property. an,
the postponement Of sale fills three more.
Ten thousand negros are to be tried b,
court-maltial, and executed, we are told, 70
engaging in the Jamaica rebellion. w
Wonder if this butchery Of black rebels vii
be approvel by those who desired ter thou
sand whit; ebels put to death BY the Gov
eminent, and who are daily shouting for tn
execution Of jeff Davis -Neub,uypm
Herald.
On Saturday the President parlonel ia
jor Eohols, who was engineer Of the Rabc
defenees Of Charleston, South Carolina
This is the fist pari,a issued to graduates
Of the west Point AGA ;emy who entered til
Confederate service, and was granted in con
sheraton Of the fact that Echois is the autho
OF an invention promising TO be Of great yalu
to the government, which be could not have
patented until he was restored to the right
Of citizenship.
PAYMENTS CT DGREcr TAx-Sinca tn
close of the war the following State
have paid into the United States Treasur,
the amounts set opposite their names, as Tx
direct tax levied by the act Of Congress o
/ August 9Th 1861 : Tennessee. SI70,C eco
South Carolina, $234,756,17; Virginia
$171 APO u; Florida. SIS, SGT 81: Ar
Sansas, S3Ss165.32 Louisiana. -Ssss, 203
II; Nevada, S3, 592 80 Washington Ter
ritory, s., 145 GO.
THE FAMOUS SporTsYLTANIA STUMP. -Th
stump Of the famous ree, cut down by bul
lets at Spottsylvania Court House, last May
has been appropriately mounted and place;
upon the porch Of the War Department, Al
Washington, as indisputable evidence Of TIL
truth Of the statement, (Which has been gen
orally discredited, } Of the incessant storm 0
lead upon the 2nd Corps front, on the 2nc
of May. The stump measures y inches II
diameter and CT inches in circumference, th'
effect Of the balls was to be seen from two