Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1865-02-10
NO g..
miscellaneous.

Senator Foote has arrived in Sieriian's
lines aud having refused to take the oath,
has been sent 10 Washington under arrest
General Grant returneg to Fort Monroe
on the Both, from Fort Fisher. :.
A reconnaissance from Ger eral Thomnsss
army, at Eastport, Mississippi, showed that
the main portion of floods force was, OF
the Goth ultimo. at TupeIo. Mississippi -
On tie appearance ofthe Union troops be-
fore Corinth, some fou hundred rebels
stationed there evacuated after burning
the railroad depot and T.shem;nge Fl ,use.:
Between thirty ard forty Of them were cap
tured
An order has zen issued by the militia
~ authorities in Mis- ouli for the banish-
ment from that Safe of the wives and
children of all men in the rebel military
service.
Colonel Geo. r. Latham, Of the Sixth
West Virginia cavalry, has been dismissed
from the service of tie Uuised Stats, on
the finding ola court martial, for SLOWING
the post q Nea creek Wess Virgi ia, to b
surp-is by rebel raiders some time ago,
and its garrison captured;
New York and Penn y lvania both have
commissioners at Washington to protest a.
gainst their heavy share of the draft
A novel scene was witnessed IN. the
Supreme Court room at Washington, We'd
esday j. S. Rock, negro lawyer, Of
Massachusetts, being admitted on the mo-
ton of Hon. Charles Sumner, as a practi-
toner.
The Yankee House has passed bill for
| the. construction of ship canal around the
Falls Of Niagara.
The general officers in the regular Uni.
ted Sta.es army now are: Lieutenant Gen-
eral Grant, Major Generals II. w Halock
William T.. Sherman, George G.. Meade,
Philip II, Sheridan and George II Thomas.
Brigadier Generals Ir1ih Mcdowell, Will
liam S. Rosocrans. Philip ST. George
Cooke, John Pope, Joseph Hooker and
Winfield S. Hancock.
The Vulture, Lark d Wren. blockade
running steamers. have gone to Havana,
| it is said, to be fitted out as Confederate
priyateers.
The Yankee Congress has adopted a
proposition for the incorpd Grafton into the
Constitution an amendment ordaiuing fbas
''neither slavery or involuntary servitude,
except as a punishment for crime, whereof
the party shall have been duly convicted ;.
/ shall exist within the United States or any
place subject to their juri- diction
Very summary measures have been ia
ken in connection with band of outlaws
that for some time have had their head
quarters in the notorious locality of Shift
let's Hollow in this county under the Blue
Ridge. They have committed great many
outrages and depredations on the people Of
THAT eigRborhood. They were deser ers
from the armys aud the proceedings against
them were doubtless under military author
| ity. Two of these men were captured and
brought to the Jail in this place about a
week ~iace. A few days since they were
taken out Of jail by order Of Major Mason,
and carried back to Shidett's Hollow. Que
! of them named Hoy was hung. Four 9TH,
ers Gnclu ling the companions of How were
shot. We learn that the names ofthree of
them Eve could not get the name of the
fourth) we're Beddo, Frazier, and ShiAett.
| We do not like irregular proceedings of this
kind but are inclined to the opinion that
in this case some abrupt and vigorous meas
ure was necessary. These fellows have,
been deserters for long time, and were
the terror of the country which they infes-
ted Chronicle