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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1865-10-13

4 PIECE c2 PoLlszcAb HzsToEG TIE
CuzoAuo DEnocrsG1o CoEv1N1ioa Aso THE
CAMP DoyoIAs P1or The following letter
appears in tie BRafisio a. Y. E:aasass
LD1ToRs Exragss About June lst, oe
this year, [ stationed at Selma, Ala
sha1na.. One morning I received 9. visit from
Col. Cunningham. G. 5. A., late Ch;sf-of-.
staff for General John Morgan Of Ohio
raid notoriety the conversation turning
81 horse flesh, Colonel Cunningham said
that in the summer Of 1864 he was ordered
from Chicago, ILL.,, 10 lsichmonl Va, and
not daring to take the care, he made tic en-
tire. distance frosn Chicago TO point il, Vir-
ginia where ha&could take the ears for Rich
iaoG3, at the rate Of fifty miles day
Naturally this drew out enquiries rs to what
he, Conit1cssata Colonel, was dong in
Ilicaeo LII the simmer Of 1854.
Uoloill Cunningham said he was 4 dele
gate to the Chicago Democratic National
Convention from district Of rSoulheraa,Iik-
nois CHS residence is in Tennessee and that
he had the honor Of voting for the nomina-
ton Of McClellan His real GRAND there
however, Was - release the Confederate
prisoners st Camp Douglas. lie had three
hundred picked ,nen Of lis own command
concentrated at Chicago Upon these he
could rely, and he also had the promise Of
three thousand Copperheads to assist him
ie-said that he found the ''Copperieads 10
be only water snakes. They took to the
tall grass. - At any rate he got no Practi-
cal aid from them, as he said, because they
were the d-dest EDWARDS on The fo6tstool.a
Colonel Cunningham further said that,
with his reliable three hundred men, he
could, at solae loss, have taken Camp Doug
las the evening before the Convention met !;
that he would nave done so if everybody
else was as placky az Alexander Long. OF
Ohio; that Long was ''game, :" bat that
.Nallandingham, was 2 thorough going cow
ard, and his lack Of moral courage defeated
the whole enterprise. Sd. . a.f
Colonel Cunningham is now, / believe, in
Nashville, Tenn Should this meet hiss eve,
he viii recognize the author, and [ am per-
sonaly accountable to him, for the above as
q correct version Of a conversation which
had several Witnesses He viii not dispute
it; and only need call attention 10 the
facts Ii exhibits. n .9 ~4,,.
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ATTEsipEp ESCAPE OF THE PRISONER DIR.
trnD FaoN TlIE DRy TonrUeAs. Fortress
.lI"nros, Oct. G~-Ihe Steamship Daniel
Webster, from New Orleans On the 22d
utino for New York, came in here short
of coal to-day. She reports landing prison
oners At the Dry Iogiugas where it was
barred that Dr.. Nludd attempted TO escape,
but was found i'll the coal bunk Of tn.
steamer Thomas Scott. lie was put %
work, Wheeling sand, and the qls'rter1ne ..er
of me steamer Thomas Scott was arrested
charged with aiding Dr. Niudd to escape
An FOR THE Souru.-- letter from New
York says ''-Ehhere Is . great deal Of pri-
vate cIlariy being dispensed for the benefit
oj the South, Of which the world hears
nothing | Know of cna rase where go
eos have been sent To rebuild an Episcopal
church in Alabama: another where 81 ,50O
have been raised for destitute families at
Raleigh \. c.. and a third where $500
have been sent Ter . religious purpose to
Eiek -b,lrp." =
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A1:aHLE GRATIfTIS9 AND lMPOGTAST lx-
TILIIcGNcG FOR THE TRAvE1ING puBLIc---
Information is officially announced that the
route between LynohbuIg and Bristol. By
the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad. il now
open, and the cars are running regularly and
without interruption Of any sort. ConnecL
tionp are perfect with the railroads going
South sud North, so ihat 40 detention il neI-
essarE 10 passengers going in either directior.
The .jaao on the Virginia and Tennessee
Railroad will be six cents per mile on and at
ter the 9th inst, and through tickets will be
established from New York to al points souti,
AMI rlce ters1 by The o5th Of October. on
this route. Travellers going North or South
can re y upon comfort, expedition and safety
especially from nalarious influences, with,
besuty Of scenery not possessed BY other
routes.
The whole equipment Of tie ro&d having
undergone thorough oyerilaulinr with new
seats, painting, aud entire renovation of. the
interior Of the ears, q degree Of comfort un-
surpassed by any other route raay be conf
IDENTIFY looked for and from the acknowledged
prudence and experience OF the courteousa and
gentlenlanly conductors, every satisfaction
may be confidently relied upon Lynch
b1rg I!'epnGtleoa ~ ,.t
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Nsbstsslnsi l.,erf;ar.

Jackson, Miss, Oct @ = nssst,u1,s Of thu
election come in slowly; bat there s ~
longer any doubt Of the olcetiesY CT General
Humphreya ae Gavornor. Judge Fisher.
his opponent, Is here, and has declared his
Intention to communicate with President
johnson, urging the immediate pardon Of
General Humphrey as.s. 1fa''
Charles Potter is elected to Congress in
this district Mr.. llaverson Is elected III the
Second district, and Mr.. Priton is elected in
the Third district. 80. - 'i-'3
It's feared 55S srpgr siarse key, opio i
ion, that the action Of The Convention. cen
farred on the negroes, the right to gi93e, t,@-
timony in courts Of justice, will defeathim
for the United States Senase, Though the
Go=ernor, hitntsalltf, is confident rllat tha
la.tisiatnre viii -ustsiil bin.
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Tor tie yindicatcr.
BAz-Ia.cas. Sent. so, 1855.

Lc1-oa VENo1cA TOE :-;.Ssr.
The 'sabic:noa article IS an extract from
the ereeah Of Jons W. GARRETT. Ise3.lent
Ct the Baltimore ard Chic Rail Road, de-
liverod at the banquet given by the mer-
chants Of Baltimore, to the Odd Fellows as
sc.nb!ed here from 81 parts of the country,
South az well as North, On the G2nd ult.-
Letyour people read It:
u ind, strange az it nay appear, most
interesting Sc It il, that whilst cur comn.u-
My during the war vas divided II sentiment,
from c,rcu.,33ee:.a.aces Ct kindred and personal
affection, and ether causes, ayInpathies exist
&c with tie South, and that thus cc.lnes5
resulted, which affected aoc;al re,at;t'ns in
cur midst find that the intercourse Of
gentlemen from ille South with these who
noat tysnpathisod, y leading their friends in
1arJ'iand TO become earnest Union n1en.-
! Ind that their complete conviction chat the
policy and interests cf the South require ccr-
dial and loyal relations with the Union as
the permanent government Of all the States,
aid that theis reasons, fully and frankly
gwen, arc prod icing a.,silas conviction and
restoring general friendly intercourse and
good feeling. AL are learning te appreei-
.ste the value Of the Union more highly--to
feel that they have pccn in error, as,d to Join
in renewed tlevetio:. to the Federal CQaati-
tuticn and the Union" Eerf
BY the above, it 7aill be seen that spirit
Of fairness. eantloe and Cancellation eTlnced
to the Southern y 3rie, since the terlnlna-
ton Of the war, il doing good, here in Mary
land, and binding the communities with an
indissoluble bond If union and fraternity -
siAll arc learning to appreciate the Union
more highly" Thus It should BE-, and there
ia no class Of our great eonsnunitg, she has
! showed better feeling toward the Southern
people than Baltinlcrcana, as is esinced in
| another portion Of the speech referred 10,
and ,;hich speech should, az Gscllanold
paper expressed it, ''be printed in gold and
circulated by an act Of Congress"
Jet your people come on to sec ms. We
will aso cur best endeavors to make their
sejourn agreeable, and we can assure all
parties. in advance, that what may he re-
quircd for amusement, comfort Or utility can
be purchased here, as low, and better terms
secured, than, perhaps, III any city North.
This viii soon be, more especially The case as
the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road has cs-
tahllshed line Of steamers from Baltimore
to Liverpool, four in number, one of which,
the Somerset, set ont on It's way across the
ocean to-day; and with direct transportation,
nothing will prevent CIR Merchants from
competing with those OF New York.
More anon,
j. II. g.
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Greeley again Advocates Secession.

a d;spatai, TO the Chicago Gii.nees gissa az
account d the lsstslfe Of Hssaes Greedy, ST
ST. Paul, Niinao4osa, "a tie 2eesh aslimo.
He spoke before the Library association Of
that city, an. IIlisi topic vi sFhe East and
Nest = llctlen4ecatod an yhostility between
disc sections adsoeatad : protective tariff;
said tie very differences Between the East
and West were to their zauiusl advantage :;
charged the whole world snd credited New
England with organizing public schools; 81
luded 10 his famous position that the UDion
could never Be pinned together with bayo-
nets; said hc had nothing to retract, it v as
as true now IS when he said il. Whenever
any portions Of this Union were deliberately
convinced THAI the Union vas oppressive Or
contrary 70 theig highest interest, that me
lacnt tie Unlon was Il al ella Nesaid if tha
Pacific States should any time deliberately
make W their minds 70 quit the Union, and
would apply peaceahly and politely for The
privilege, he would be in favor Of letting
them 80, and that he was opposed to coercion,
These sentiments, it is said, were ii;oily ap-
plandod
The Minnesota Press s.ic.nat;zos this a.
South Caroline doctrine; and The dispatch
says truthfply, that if Democrat had made
such 8 speech he would have haz4rded his
personal safety
Between the doctrine Of Sumner, that the
Southern States have gone out of the Union
and arc extinct, and the theory OF Greeley,
that the Western States may 60 out wheney-
CT they deliberately resolve to do 50, VI hst
becomes Of The Union!
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1865-10-13

Fiji .IRoTh',E IN IsNNEssl.f. Fl tovernDr
Beownlos-, ., Tennessee, seems 70 be max
ing hui little progress toward the re-estab-
lisnlnent Of law and order in that STATE.
According to the reports H}icl, come from
there, the condition 81 society. particularly
IN the eastern part IT the State il trul. de-
plorah'c. Crime seems 10 flourish uneheck-
Cd. There is apparently 3 bitter 6oud be-
tween the Union men and tie late rebels,
ssh'el4 IS constantly breaking forth in ,nur-
degs ap.l general lawlessnene Tennessee
was the first q the reclaimed States restor-
ed to federal authority. and it il evidently
behind I'll the rest in settling, down 10 a cor,
ditiol Of peaee and tranquility. Unless the
an,mosi,ics Of IFS people are mere intense
than those Of other States II is difficult TO
account for the present state Of things. ex-
ccpt upon the groaud tl,at Gov. Brownow
Is not the right man for the position be occu-
pies, and for the reason. that the e,ueities
which be personally endured in the early par.
OF the rebellion has so embittered him against
the late rebels. that he cannot bring himself
TO put forth s hand to stay the bloody work,
III which the MON men have. Of course, The
advantage -Acw lork .Sar.
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For the Tindica:or
tournament.

On Fridsy, the 9th Of October, at Bach
elor's Hall, the residence Of VIM. Armstrong,
ESQ, near Craigsville. was the scene Of an
animated and brilliant Tournament A large
number Of spectators Of all ages, sexes and
conditions assembled together from this and
other counties and manifested, during the
jay, lively interest il. the performance.
~ L clock. NJ Twenty knights, Gle
gantiy mounted, we're assembled by the
Marshal, Nr. " A. Burke, aud after elect
ing Judges, Heralds, &c, commenced the
contest for the various honor=. The riding
sas spirited and the contest close. All the
knights seemed TO be perfectly at home in
the saddle and most Of them were partially
successful Mr. c. D. Kunkle, Knight Of
the Golden Circle . vas adjudgod worthy
Of the highest honor and entitled to crown
the Queen Of Love and Beauty, this he did
IN modest and becoming manner, selecting
the beautiful and accomplished Miss Hattie
Bell Of Goshen, as the recipient Of his Justly
earned trophy.
The End honor vas awarded to ar. VIM.
Armstrong, knight Of Bachelors Hail..
who selected and crowned Miss Maggie S.
Bell, Of Rock bridge, as Isl Maid Of Honor.
The 3rd honor was awarded to 4. Y.
Ramsey, Knight Of tic Hills, who crown
ed Miss Mollie Ii. Thomas, Of Richmond,
as 2nd Maid Of Honor.
The next in order vas Mr.. Carrot G..
Gooch. Knight of ''Ingleside" who crowned
Miss Emma Hoagc, of Augusta, as 3rd Maid
Of Honor ee
The 9Th honor was awarded to Mr.. O. G.
Lipscon'b, Knight Of Mountain Top who
crowned Miss Fannie Mitchell Of Clarke
county, 4th Maid Of Honor
After the ceremonies of the coronation
were over, the Queen, Knights. Lords, La
dies and Attendants, were invitod by the
knight Of "Bache]or's Hall'' to partake of a
stimptuous repast which he had prepared for
the occasion. May there be many returns
Of such glorious holidays in our. midst, and
may The gallant Knightof Bachelor : Hall"
be awarded for his gallantrv by some fair
lady making has, her home and thereby prc-
vent it from being any longer a Bachelors
Hall. 3s-''a '
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1865-10-13

GENERAL GRANT IuIsNs MurrAGY ErIH
Saotap CEASE. Tie Rev f. D. Huston.
OF Newport, who was arrested Ia. order Of
contra! Palmer, hiss been sent to tennessee.
Ii il said that General Grant, ca the I'd III
stant, SEM an order to the miitary con.man-
cant IN Kentucky, requiring tn imlocdi&ie
aud unconditional release Of NJ. Huston,
an1 u 2 day CT Two that gentleman Is ex-
poata3 hack in Cincinnati. Ii il tue seuti-
men> Of tTenogal Gr&nt that military rule
should now cease, and that tho civil laws
should be Qnob>trueted. On being made
Acquainted @i,h the facts, he accordingly at
once put stop to the Infamous persecution
Mr. Huston has been subjected 70.
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For the Tindicator

NE. ,E0sroR. Sunday School pic-nes and
celebrations have become quite an Institution
u i'll permit ne to notice one, at which
was present, st Naked Creek, In this county,
Or the 9th Of September a .i
" The exercises took place in q beautiful
grove. a short distance FROM the \ . G..
Curch. The children walked In pro~ession
from the church to the grove Narsllaled hy
Capt 7. BCrEn, AS glanced along bis
lines and say there delighted children, happy
youth, interesting, and must say, beauti-
ful Young ladies, and few good elderly
gentlemen, | thought surely, no man bad
q greater reason to be proud of has corn-
'na1sl. They. came through the grove to the
scat singing beautiful Sunday School
Hymn. When they were. seated the exer-
cisea We're opened with PRAYER by the Rev.
Mr. SMITH. Mr.. ". @. Ross. Of Nj SD
ney Was The first speaker. If-attntiop, on
the part Of the audience, Is any compliment
to a speaker, then .as he highly eorpIi-
ncFted indeed, for every one, both. old and
young. seemed to hang upon his words.
Then followed some Interesting exercises o.
the part Of the scholars, and lhen came that
part of the exercises Of The day, in which
your correspondent was glad 10 take his turn,
viz: TIE eating. There was enough aud to
spare. More than three hundred persons
part0ok and enough remained for as many
more. The ladies Of Naked Greek deserve
great credit and good husbands and ]
would justsllke to say to young gentlemen,
who, now that the war ~is over, want good
wives, Naked Greek is the place to- get
them. ,~ ss -na stafe fa .fisf
After dinner was over, The company again
gathered around the stand, and we're ad-
dressed by the Rev. Messrs. s5nlTu. DAu-
ReN apa,|,Nk'r They were then dismissed.
al seeming. TO be delighted With abpeniox
Ia, ne q thv.lfs 49,. .sGGIitIEis>
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1865-10-13

4 EGr OF $4,000 Is Gotp. 1t is mron~
to bet, and bad to lose. \ correspondent,
tells ue that a bet Is offered Of $40 900 in
gold, ihatthe Democratic ticket Will he elect
CT 81 eco on each Of the ten csnl;date.s
The money is placed, N Sp3eie. il the hands
Ct Duncan 4 Sherman, New York. where
any ore DESTROYS Of taking the wager, in
whole or IA part, can be informed Of tie
name Of the challenger. But tue stake must
be in gol'}-no greenbaehs, or shinrlasters,
or meaay postage currency will be accepted
rs it is Wrong To- h.t and worse To- loss, we
adviso H''e Political opponents MOTTO take up
this wager. -zaltanu 1r1xs -----
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1865-10-13

Dir. SoalNHR AND GoygHSoa psIR-
POI Tho l-ynehhurg Ii1yinjan Of the
24'h lH7tantgreperss the following
When Gov peirp7,nt was about to
set out fns Kichmon4, Sumner said to
h.,h: Your scheme viii be failure.
There is no Loyalty in Virginia and nothing
hut 8 military government and negro Suffrage
vii! DO for these people This, It may be
no breach Of confidence IN rs to sey, we
recaiycd from one who h4d the lest means
of knowing that the conversation took place,
and that Governor Peirpoint denied the alls-
CATION O sumner. and declared that ''thn
people Of Virginia should neither have mil
ltary government nor negro suffrage if be
could help it, s,fs}k-
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1865-10-13

HEEos .YoN BohKr an ex-rebel colonel
now in London has written letter to tn,
London Times, denying 4 statement made
by Il. \. Wise, Us. Navy, TINT ibe tCou-
f.ierate authorities forged ard falsely PUB
hShed papers found en- the dead body Of Col.
Uric Dahlgrcen. He saya he was in Rich.
mond when Lieut.. Pollard, of the eth Vir-
ginia Cavalry, who captured the papers, n,ede,
his report 10 Gen. Lee in regard to the al
fan; that he read them in company vita
General Lee, with feelings Of the greatest
Indignation, and ihat halfa. hour afterwards
they were carried by the General personally
TO President Davis
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The U. s. Direct Tax.

Congress, in 1852, imposed a tax Of, eigh,
tenths Of one cent in the dollar On the value
Of all the lands i'll the United States for the
year 1861. The enforcement Of this law was
suspended but since the peace Tax Commits
sioners have been engaged ii assessing it in
the Southern States. Il.
/ The subject has engaged the attention of
the Raleigh (S. C:)sstandard,iGov. Holden S
paper, and the Governor himself has endeav-
ored % have q suspension Of the tax, The
STANDARD says: T ~ ~
p 'Irue, the tax is not q very heavy one,
but still, owing to the impoverished condi-
tioil Of our people, the collection Of the tax
now must operate most oppreSsiyely In
tact, such is the scarcity Of money. that in
very many cases we fear it will operate ruin
ously. We suppose that never, in any civil
lzed country, was there So little money as in
the Southern States at this time. In every
country, the amount of moneyAthe standard
of value Of all marketable commodities is IN
proportion TO what il sells OF its surplus pro-
ductlpns. oEer and above what is consumed
ct home, added to what is purchased from
abroad, IN the Southern States, the sources
Of wealth that whieh brought n1unay in the
country, and which cuabled money TO remain
horc--wero is agricultural products of cot
len, sugar, rice, tobacco, naval stores and
ivlober. For the last four years of the war,
a very small quantity Of these articles has
been sent away, whilst millions worth of other
commodities hayc been brought in through
the blockade And what has been thus
brought in has not been employed in indus
trial pursuits, and thus adding to our pro-
ductive wealth = but it has been, consumed,
sunk sum as j were, BY the war, aud thus lost
forever" r.. L; +
Ihe Standard gives several forcible illus
frations Of, the difficulty, even upon the part
OF former wealthy planters, Of meeting the
tax At At present. and states that Coy. Holden
has made az earnest appeal 10 President
Johnson to. grant relief. Tl
What is true Of North Carolina is equally
50 q Virginia. The people were never in a
f'oTsa condition 10 I42e; 'lsss xtra sta-laIon
-A6aa. torn Lroc~f 'ress
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Mrs JUDGE u. Ia. " ILSON;
Mrs. JOHN "A. SPEED, 41ta
Mrs GENERAL ROBES,
T Mrs. II s. DOCOCk, a
Mrs. WIN. r. MOSBY. f.a
3nyti -t,ss and 400 others

From a1IssIssrppr.--4Nec To,Ic, October
9th. the Hero1d's special from. jackson
Mississippi on the14th instant says General
Humphreys was chosen fGevermor. Gov
ernor Sharkey had previously declared that,
it elected, he would use every cndoavor &c
have his application for pardon, now lying
ut Washington, granted. t*@
Humphreys success is considered unim-
portant by the best Union men here. a.
NJ West, who is elected 70 Congress from
the 4th District. 's.a good Union 1aaa. G.
Il Walker, who is doubtless elected Asttor-
ncv GcNoral Is IN el.2incnt lawyer
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RS ~ 4G-L.. Ii NlS- s11LA+A,s NGCl G1ss &c
fa:lad Ct Tie QDscs oftAc Rselk;sac.d q 7i'1acs,
is CIR autkorszed agent for TIE c;ty e H.cA~
..soad, to ssccise d,d receipt fer aaseysise-
q,,c,,:s ard Subscriptions.
F~Hyzs stVindica-cr" anpea-s. iris week n
y a. enlarged fo-.r----aa addition Of nearly
eight columns II reading, mater having been
made to itssfosraer proportions. la
The increasing demand upon our adver-
tis;rg columns, and a desire on cur part to
please our patrons, has induced us t. }rc:r
this additional expenditure. a
This seems to be the age Of Improvement,
in almost everything, and we ere detssinin-
co, that the 'sVindicabcr' shall keep pace
With the times. Other in,l rovetneilts are
contemplated which require additional fund.-,
cE which, if cur silbcribers, and those who
cwe US for advertising, will furnish their
quota, we promise to issue a weakly paper
that will not suffer in comparison with any
other il the State.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1865-10-13

The PROPERTY OF MRs. GIN. Ewr11 IL
sToREp. In .obedienceto anorder from After
nay Gen. Speed 70 the district AttorneT- e
Missouri, The property, estimated to he worth
500 900, Of tho wife Of the rebel General
Ewell has hson delivered orer 10 her agents
This property had been hhsLlei for confs-
caticll, and the plea Of amnesty and pardon
made in her favor had been ovarruled- b.
the court, and the re-hearingy -vas set fer reg.
fern. This or:le- f.o1Atls ExeoutjVey hcw-
ever. :lmrnarlv Terminated the ca.e. to the
great rta+l6tatie;r-of dis Ia-,r'a frieu g.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1865-10-13

DssrolIsrios or THE SouTlI en-
ployee Of thc fostoflicc Department, now
experimenting mail matters in Arkansas,
writes flat '.cn the mail route from Fort
Smith, II that State, to Caswcll in Missouri,
there il not q house or.habitation where a
mail-carrher could refresh himself or beast,
III a distance Of nearly two hundred miles.
From Fayettoville to Caswell, b. the oil
mail road the distance is scyenty-iyc miles
and there is not house OF garden fence let;
standing. nor q Geld under cultivation -
The writer remarks, in addition 10 the above,
that throughout the whole Of the State, the
restoration Of postal service Is hailed with
genuine d.|i:sht and thanks. - Eos'ca Coar-
lnr ------t = L-----