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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1865-06-16

The ERENou IN MEXICO. The foreign
advices by the City Of Washington would
seem to indicate the approaching close of
the French occupation Of Mexico. 1t is
stated that at a recent meeting Ct the French
Cabinet and Privy Council, NJ Fould ad-
vocated the immediate withdrawal of the
French forces in Mexico, and stated that he
had felt it his duty to send dispatch to the
Emperor Napoleon, in which he urged the
necessity of taking this step. If this report
be correct, Max;millan would better pack
his imperial traps and get ready to accom-
pany his protectors in their homeward voy-
age.-New York Times.
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EE A. Gillette, a Democratic lawyer of
Saratoga, n. Y, has sent to Washington
for copy of the indictment against Jeff
Davis, saying that the friends of the latter
have chosen him (Gillette) to aid in the ex
Presidents defense.
The American armies are not the first
that have been troubled by assertions. ME-
O'Rcilly recently stated in Parliament THAI
more than twenty-five thousand men ran
away from the British army during the
Crimean war.
James McCabe, seaman on board the
steamer Neptune, lying at Fortress Monroe,
was drowned Wednesday morning. De-.
ceased was a native of Lancashire, West
Virginia.
Milligan, Bowles and Horsey, the Indi-
ana conspirators, whose death-sentences
have been committed to Imprisonment for
life, have arrived at the Columbus (Ohio)
penitentiary.
We learn that Mr.. Thomas Dodamead
has been appointed, by the Board of Public
Works, General Superintendent of all the
railroads in this State.
The information from St. Paul declares
that the Indians are still hostile. One wri-
ter advocates bloodhounds to hunt them
down.
Colonel Eggleston, commanding at At
lanta, has ordered all civil officers to come
forward and take the oath Of allegiance.
w Governors Vance and Letcher have
fled applications to be paroled. with an as
surance of successful response.
EE Mrs John G. Breckinridge has Como
on visit to her relatives in Kentucky, hav-
ing been granted permission by President
johnson.
| ES- Mount Vernon is again accessible.
A portion of the 10th New York has been
sent there as guard.
Seven BARRIERS, srraigned in New Haven
for violating the Sunday statute, procured
their discharge by proving that shaving
was a work Of necessity.
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S flette 3 . oetrg
BY Mrs. /. N. DAVIS.

Homel What is it? TITS the place
Where love sits tranquil on each face /;
: The place where heart and soul unite,
To cheer the day and bless the night.
1t is the place, when long away,
Bright visions oft in fancy stray,
To view the spot so dear afar,
That's guarded by some distant star.
Sweet memory now is borne the while,
These quiet moments to begui.e,
10 my sweet Home, in sunny cline,
Where creeps the ivy trelised vine.
IT'S here the mock-bird chants his lay,
At noon, at eve, at break OF day,
And pours sweet music all around
That each may catch the gladstone sound.
The lilly stands with kingly; mien,
Beside the rose, of flowers the queen,
The snow-drop With i IS petals fair,
The oleander rich and rare.
The jessamine of sweet pc. fume,
The honeysuckle fresh with bloom;
All these fringed by hedges green,
And bright with dew, the tamarisk seen.
And here the broad mimosa, too,
With downy flowers exposed to view,
The limbs festooned with ivy round,
In graceful waves hang to the ground
An al borvite stands beneath,
Almost enyeloped by wreath,
Which wraps this emblem of pure love,
In drapery falling from above.
Hard by the shrubbery looms an oak,
With spreadin boughs, and shadowy cloak,
1t rears aoft its stalwart arms,
To shield from blight each bud that charms.
A perfect heart of life like mould,
displays itssoutlines, stong and bold,
Engraved upon its rugged trunk
By natures chisel deeply sunk.*
The vision touched with sense more keen,
Looks forth in rapture on the scene;
A prairie stretching far and wide,
With struggling shrub and tree to guide,
Its undulating waves are seen,
O'eIspread with flowers and carpet green
These varied beauties grace the spot,
And weave charm around nv cot.
How oft amid these scenes so fair,
I've raised my heart in silent prayer,
To Him who rules the spheres above,
Whose nature, and whose name is Love,
To lead me where the Christian laves
His trusting soul in bjlssful waves,
To guide my children while they live,
And grant them all that Heaven could give.
*The heat on the oak ia 10 poetic fiction. It i
arteen inches in diameter, well defined, and W a.
ere when t place was first settled
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Programme of the Administration.

Programme Of the Administration.
The Washington correspondent ola lead
ing Northern journal says, writing on the
9Th:
1T is now we'll understood here in we'll
Informed circles that the President is deter
mined to what he thinks right, no matter
how bitterly he may be assailed for it. He
does not believe that an unsuccessful rebel
lion has destroyed the rebellions States or
their constitutions, aud he will leave the
question Of suffrage to be decided by those
who have the right to decide it. It'would
not be at all surprising if an administration
party should be formed cut of the recent
political parties parties which will give to
Mr.. Johnson's administration very much
OF the vigor and strength which character
lied the administration of General Jack
son."
Another highly respectable authority
says:
'''The President has laid down certain
rules for his government, among which are
to be understood the following
ISL. land most lmportant,) the restora-
ton Of civil law and its operations every
where, through the provisions of the Con-
stitution.
I'd. The restoration of all Gas the rulel
to civil privileges who evin ce. determine
ton to be loyal men to the Union and Con-
stitution.
Z. Sd. All sectional principles and govern
ment to be disowned and discountenauced 9.
4th. A strict construction of the Consti-
tutor.
9Th. A strictly economical administra-
ton OF the Government as soon as the pres
ent burdens upon the Treasury can be re-
moyed.
9th. The reduction of the Public Debt
or Of the present heavy system of Taxation
Gone or both) as speedily as prudent.
The President is in constant colnmunica-
tion with the heads of Departments, in the
hope Of carrying out these reforms"
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AUGUSTA County Court CLERKS office to loti

augusta County Court Clerks office to vit:
UNHREE ESTRAY CATTLE-Taken up by
i William ID Anderson on his land the 4th day
of January 1865 of the following description to wit
lst. A Steer of black color, crop and slit in left
aud in right ear white under the Oelly, two years
old ext spring, and appraised at $500.
End. A Steer OF red culor, sli in both ears and
crop off the left, white back and belly white on
end Of tail, star in forehead, two years old next
spring. and appraised at $500.
3rd. A Steer Of red and white spotted color,
underkeel in both and crop Off the left, one
year old and appraised at $500 bv james Craw-
ford. Samuel Cline and John Mo orman before
William Crawford r.
Extract Teste.
WM. A. BURNETT, Clerk.
Fob
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will be seen, by comparison appended to
the tables, that we have made a fair allow
ance for its increase in proportion to its ex-
fpendlture. While the cost ofthe civil SER
vice, the War and Navy Departments and
Pensions and Indians in 1859 was only
sixty-six millions three hundred and forty
! six thousand two hundred and twenty -four
dollars, Eve provide for. an expenditure of
one hundred and thirty millions of dollars
in 1881. We have added half million
each year to the cost Of the civil service.
and have deducted an equivalent sum from
the list of pensions, as it is only natural to
suppose that the decease of pensioners would
be in keeping with this progressive scale.
The currency being an important feature in
our national debt, We have provided for its
funding at the rate of fifty millions year,
compencing in 1869r7O, so that at the end
Of Twelve years only national and State
bank notes would be in circulation. Thus,
if all went we'll with US, the liquidation of
the principal of the debt might be accom-
plished without any resortto extraordinary
measures in the present generation.
1t would be premature, however, to take
~ AL e. "ut0u IAdt tuc AdvOIdUlc cStluldteS
we haye framed will be actually realized -
To lay down plan for SO long time, in
rapidly growing and ever-changing coun-
try like ours. is necessarily a hazardous
experiment. A thousand contingencies may
meanwhile, affect our national interests ad-
versely or otherwise, and for these all due
latitude must be given; but provided we
have no fOreion war we cannot uoll coo 1phv
the nation should not be able to extinguish
its debt by the mere application Of its sur.
plus revenue to the sinking fund For
some little time to come our finances will
probably present less encouraging appear.
ance than We have depicted, for our foreign
exchanges are adverse to us. and the cotton
and tobacco III the South cannot be liberia
ted Immediately; but so soon as our ex-
ports receive an impetus the tide will turn
in our favor. Meanwhile we. can safely
look forward to an ultimate future of pros
perity.-N. Y. Herald.
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Railroad Notice.

OFFICE Va. CENTRAL r. Co.1
RICHMOND, October 18th 1864.
A RTICl.ES of Freight shipped to Waynesboro,
IA Fishersvie or stanton must he removed
from the cars Immediately ON their arrival as the
Company has no depot at either point and will not
be responsible for losses after their arrival at des
tinatons nor goods oe suffered to remain in
the cars FOR storage.
II. d. WHITCOMB.
Genl. Super't
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1865-06-16
OUR HO US e,


vTsHE Proprietor OF the above popular Establish
i ment respectfully announces to the pubic that
hs has enlarged his Establishmcntby the addition
TWO ROOMS
adjoining his present location recently occupied
by r. j. Rankin, viz:
These rooms especially intended for :.
Ell TIN q s II Il % o " s !,
where will be served up in fine style all the delica-
cies that can be procured in this and the Richmond
aad Lvnchburg markets without regard tocost.-
In order to meet the wants and crafty the wishes
of m any persons frequently made known, one OF
the rooms will be set apart for the accommodation
Of
LIDIE.S AND GENTLEMEN,
who NAV desire to take plate of Oysters, quiet
Meal, or a saucer of Ice Cream, and at the same
time be free from the noise aud confusion too Of
ten incident to Eating Saloons.
John Christ ian,
the popular caterer for the House with other well
trained servants will always he on hand to wait
on the Patrons of the OUR HOUSE.
Feb l9-tf
VIRGINIA.
At Rules held IN the CLERKS
Olico of the Circuit Co"t for augusta
County. lie 9Th day IF February 1865.
JAMES Il and JuLfA 4 BARCLAY, PltG.
The object of this suit is to have settlement of
the trust fund and the appoi ntinent OF new TruS
teo, to whom the Plaintiff will be allowed to trans
fer the fund in his hands.
The Defendants James T and Julia Barclay
not having entered their appearance and it APP
pearing by satisfactory evidence that they MT
residents OF this Commonwealth: 1t is ordered
that they appear here within month after due
publication of this rotice, and do what is necessa
Nv to protect their interest.
CorY-TEsrE,
A II II Sru ART, p z. JOS RYAN, Clerk.
Feb l7-4t
lit Rules held IN the Clerks
Office of the Circuit Court for Angusta
County, tie 9Th dog IF February 1865.
{. SAML KESxpRLY, Jr Pltf
RoBKmr I Wu1rLock, Dsh
The oje It of this suit is to attach about so
OF land in Augusta County. adjoining Hunter, Har-
ris and Others, bought of Chapman, Arthur and
others, belonging to absent defendant to satisfy
debt due plaintiff.
The Defendant Robert Z Wbitlock not having
entered his appearance and it appearing by salts
factory evidence that he is not resident of this
Commonwe ath 1t is ordered tnathe appear here
within month after due publication Of this no
tice and do what is necessary to protect his inter
est.
A CoPY-TEsTE,
n X TRuor, PQ. JOS RYAN, Clerk.
Feb lift
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1865-06-16
FARM wANTED,y

A NY person having farm to rent or not hav-
"A ing. sufficient labor to cultivate and secure
the corning crops, and desiring to save the same,
ran attain either object hyapplying to the aver
tiser who has the necessary stock and hands.
For particulars see Editor of the ..VINDIcAroE,"
June 2nd,-tf..
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d he Uimditator.
W. II. II. LYNN, Editor T. Proprietor.
TERMS

The ssvlND1CATOR" is published weekly, at
Two Dollars a year; lpar funds) IN AD--
VANCE, or Three Dollars if paid at the ex-
piraton of the year.
square of ten lines Cor ess) for every insertion,
pay able in advance.
afs- The number ofinsertions should be marked
on the N manuscript Otherwise they will be inserted
uutu forbid and charged accordingly.
sza1- Obituarics, Marriage notices, Amour nee
Iaent of candidates and all Communications No
tees of personal or private character, or intend
ed Or calculated to promote any private enterprise
or interest, will be charged for as advertise
ments.
Ms-Parties, sending advertisements can APP
proximate.to the No Of squares by estimating
words as 4 line, and remit according TO our terms,
ms advertised above.
Mas- Office on New Courthouse Street, oppo-
site Brandeburg's Old Stand, and pear the Va.
Hotel.
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n 4 D.
~ DIR. r: F. BALDWIN offers his pro-
fessiona services to the Citizens Of Staunton and
vicinity.
June 2,-f.
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A. wEsONDONCK,

RICHMOND, VA,
Broad Street, lel, between 9th and 7th
Commits Sion Merchant
for the sale Of
LARD,
BUT TER,
BACON"
and all kinds of coustry produce.
Feb. Aft. "
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A UCTION AND COMMISSION BUSINESS.

A UCTION AND COMMISSION BUSINESS
WE have this day entered into a co-partnership
for the purpose of conducting an
Auction and Commission Business
IN thst own OF Stanton. Any business entru ste
to us will receive our prompt attention We wi
make sales in town and country, and receive 90 cd
ou commission at our Sale Room, Corner of Au-
gsta and Be- eriy Streets.
BRUCE & PECK. Auo tioneers
= Feb I7-5t and Commission Merchant
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1865-06-16

Brig. Gen. Sam. Jones, of Virginia, and
Commodore Hunter and Captain Lewis,
lately in the Confederate States naval ser
vice, have arrived at Fortress Monroe from
the South.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1865-06-16

We have now in official figures, from the
hands of Secretary McCulloch, showing us
the aggregate Of the national debt as it was
known to exist on the LIST of the present
month The following are the details:
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1865-06-16
.4TIV Sill ON s ,

where will be served up in fine style all the delica
ces that can be procured in this and the Richmond
aad Lvnchburg markets without regard to cost-
In order to meet the wants and crafty the wishes
of m any persons frequently made known, one of
the rooms will be set apart for the accommodation
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-04-06
VIRGINIA..

A Washington dispatch reiterates very old
and stupid blunder as follows:
"Gov. PerPont Il to trnnsfcr the Government o.
the State Of Western Virginia from Alexandria %
Richmond Immediately. large party OF ladies and
gentlemen will go to Richmond with lin TO inaugura'e
the new Government"
There is no such State as Ussfsrn Virginia,
and Gov. Pierpont is not the Governor Of Uest
Virginia, but Arthur j. Foreman IS. Francis
H. Pierpont is Governor Of old Virginia-that
is, Of the loyal State Of that name. And, as
the time has arrived for the reconstruction
of old Virginia, il seems to us that it may adj,
vantsgeously crystalline around the Piepont
organization, hitherto restricted to few
counties on the eastern verge Of the State. On
this point, we are not tenacious, and may judge
differently when better advised; the vital mat
ter being that there shall be loyal Virginia
constituted and recognized SO soon as may be.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-04-06
FOREIGN NEWS.

The Etna, from Liverpool, March %, via
Queenstown. March 90, arrived here yesterday bring
ing four days later news.
: The Richmond correspondent of Tie London Times
agan assures the people of the United States that their
work is not more than half done The House OF Com
mons had discussion on the seizure Of cotton In
Savannah Mr.. Layard stated that the British Charge
d'Aaires at Washington had been instructed TO ex'
Dress hope that no obstacle would be nterposed to the
claims of British subjects Mr. II. Berkely ana MI
Peacocke delivered speeches on the, probability oil
war with the United States and denounced the Amor
lean people.
Judgment has been delivered In the celebrated 90
lenso case The sentence pronounced by the Bishop oil
Cape Town is declared null and void.
The OesterreicAiscle Zitrng of Vienna which Is re-
gardcd as semufcial organ of the Austrian Govern
men asserts that MIR. Lincoln has promised to recog
MIC the Mexican Empire OF the close of the war.
We learn from Panama. that on the 9th OF March a
revolution broke against the President of the States
THE national troops taking side with the revolution
lists the President at yielded and sought refuge
in the United States Consulate
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-04-06

Railroad, was a leading Democratic Senator
from Brooklyn few years since. lilo was not
"a candidate, and was probably the most aston
ished man in Ncw.York at the tldings OF MS
nomination. There was no assumption that
Firemcn have any exclusive rights in the prem
ises, but It was believed that their expe-
riehce would be valuable in so constituting the
new department as TO secure whatever was eoou
and avoid whatever was Objectionable III the
old. We do not know but presume that 'he
material of the new department will be seiected
almost entirely from that which it superSedes
Our personal preferences were in good part
unqualified in the selection OF commissioners
but we can none the less heartily bear testimony
to the anxious desire of Gov. Fenton to dis
charge the difficult trust imposed on him with
entire devotion to the public good. And we
cherish high hopes of the renovated Fire De-
partment, as it will be constituted and directed
by Messrs. Booth, Pinckney, Sloan and Brown.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-04-06

-
above The rate Of pix hundred dollars per 'nS
Be exempt from tie provisions Of this law"
Now, the fact is, that the act q ll6) doS'
seem to exempt OAiciaLcompensation from tax;
but, if The Sus will examine \ 1913, 1t will per-
ceive that the Government takes care to deduct
the income tax when paying its officers and en-
ployss, and so fails to make them return their
compensation as income, because it has made 1t
pay income tax already. This section reads as
follows: ... o.. f.t .r.
"SEc. 123 And be further enacted That there shali
BIO levied collected and paid. on all salaries OF oeeis
or payments for services to persons In the CIVIL ml
including Senators and Representatives and Delegates
in Congress- when exceeding the rate OF $500 per an
num- duty of five per centnm the excess above tne
said $500; and 10 shall be the duty Of paymasers and
all disbursng officers, under the Government OF the
United States or Ia the employ thereof when making
any payment to officers and persons as Aforesaid 70
duct and withhold the aforesaid duty Of five per cent
um," &C.. &c.
The Sun must SEQ that, instead of being
favored and exempted, the officers, Legislators
and employees of the Government pay before
everybody else, and pay to the uttermost
farthing. Others may understate their in
comes; but here is no chance to withhold frac-
ton of the Governments honest due. And, as
the mistake on this point has caused some popu'
lar discomfort We urge all journals that love
truth to diffuse this correction.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-04-06
NEWS OF THE DAY.
Gold Closed Last Night at 1928.
THE WAR.

The steamer Harriet Deford, of Baltimore,
was captured by party of Rebels at Fairhaven
Patuxent River, on Tuesday afternoon. lSbe imme-
diatcy started down the Chesapeake and Is feared
will destroy many vessels.
Special Washington dispatches declare that
Gen. Grant considers the spirit of Lees army com
pletely broken. If Lee stops at Lynchburg be will be
surrounded by our forces
The Provost-Marshals in the different DIS
tricts in this city busly engaged yesterday
In examining recruits they had time to devote to
drafting. a.
A, The War Department has ordered the Exam
lining Board, Of which Major Gen Casey is President,
10 Immediately adjourn to Richmond, Va.
1t was Gen. Ewell who set Richmond on hire.
The oonaagraton proved quite serious one, destroy
ing the greater part of the principal business street
The Rebel raiders were discharged from GUS
tody at Montreal yesterday morning but Immediately
re-arTested aud sent TO Upper Canada