Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1865-08-22
GENERAL NEWS.

he DlStTlCb u w
by General Wilcox, has been abolished by
order of General Augur.
The total appropriation of the last Con-
gress, will amount to eight hundred and
twenty millions in round numbers.
--rhe Siamese twins, having lost their
property in North Carolina by the rebellion,
are about to EXHIBIT themselves in the North
ern cities
1he gold sovereigns gathered by General
Tom Thumb during his present visit to Eng
land will considerably outweigh his entire
party, baby included
The coored citizens of Vicksburg h
mass meeting on the 18th ultimo, and passed
resolutions in favor of enfranchising the ne
groes of the State of Mississippi.
There was dissolute boy who, when he
was told that the best cure for palpitation of
the heart was to quit Kissing the girls, said:
eff that is the only remedy for palpitation, I
say, let her palp!'
The registers of voters in Maryland held a
Convention in Baltimore on Tuesday, and re-
solved not to enrol any man as voter who
has the general reputation of having sym
pathlzed with the rebellion
All the military prisoners on Johnson's Is
land have been discharged and left the Is
land, except Major Styles, of Georgia, and
Captain Cuseman, of Louisiana, who refuse
to take the OATH
BISHOP JOINS is in Alexandria, Virginia,
upon business connected with the restoration
OF the Theological Seminary there. The
Government, it is said has consented to turn
the property over to the trustees
The man brought from the West whom
some supposed to be John IT, Surratt gives
his name as John Ryan, and has been Cap
tain in the Confederate service He bears
singular resemblance in feature to the Surratt
family.
The official statement of the public debt as
appears from the books of the Treasury De-
partment, on the 31st of July, shows the
amount outstanding to be So, 757 ,253, 1915,
having increased S122, 600, 900 in months.
OF this debt s64,521,s37, is payable in gold
The New Orleans Picayune says that, on
account of the Generalization of negro labor
in many parts of the State, the white popu-
lation have vigorously and industriously
taken hold of the WORK themselves, and are
procuring some of the best crops now grow
ing.
Slavery is rapidly passing from Ken
lucky. The LauasyiWe Democrat estimates
that over 60, 900 slaves have passed over the
river under General Palmer'S passes, since
fIrcf IF A / l. IL I. Il
slave population of Kentucky viii "pass
away IN less than one year.
During late debate in the British Par
lament a member stated that in England
and Wales alone there were a million of
paupers, and five hundred thousand more on
the verge of pauperism. The heavy nation
al bebt and the high taxes necessary to meet
the interest upon it were assigned as the
cause.
PRESIDENT JoHNsoN's PoLIoY-A Wash
ington telegram says
'lt Is reported that in yesterdays Cabinet
session President Johnsons,s reconstruction
policy was discussed in very animated man
her by some of his Secretaries, and that he
expressed his determination to adhere to it,
regardless ofoppostion."
On account Of the many complaints by
freedmen of the Northeastern Virginia, made
at the headquarters of General Harris at Fred
erieksburg, an order has been issued by Gen.
erai Harris compelling employers to keep
their colored servants until March, 1866,
when work Will be more easily obtained
The order authorizes the punishment of all
servants who leave their homes without