Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1865-10-24
General News.

General News.
The Culpeper Observer hoists the name OF Mr..
John NJ. Bolts as United States Senator from Va
Garrett Davis has left Washington, satisfied
that the troops will he Withdrawn from Ken
lucky.
Several ladies have been arrested in Mis-
souri, for teaching school without taking the
oath.
A negro munster from Georgetown was ar
rested in Washington, on Friday morning,
| for stealing eight hams, one shoulder and
bag of sweet potatoes.
| A newspaper, the Gainesville (Tennessee)
Chronicle, has been suppressed by the militia
~ authorities, because they did not approve
of the tone of its editorial articles.
The story about Secretary Seward notifying
the British Government relative to Fenian move
ments is not credited in Washington by those
presumed to be in q position to give an unequiyi-
cal denial. s 4s
The Nashville Banner has story to the
effect that WIN. Z. Yancey, died of spine dis
ease, brought on by injuries received In a
! personal encounter with Ben. Hill, Of Ca,
/ in a secret session of the Confederate Senate.
This is mistake.
The N. Y. Express states that the letter
which lately went the rounds Of the papers,
purporting to be Que from the late President
! Lincoln to the late Gen. Wadsworth, express
ing opinions in favor of negro suffrage, was
"a bogus or forged letter..
| A o1yobl otf oft bo al
ton in Connecticut,on Monday,was the unanimity
of the soldiers vote. The returned veterans of
the war, bronzed in years of toilsome marches
and Scared in battles, voted nearly unanimously
against the proposition for negro suffrage.
An old citizen of Leayenworth, just from Salt
Lake, reports trouble brewing between the Nor
mons and the United States authorities. The for
mer are said to feel that the Gentes are encroach-
ing on their ghts by settling in their midst and
lsaying hard things of their favorite practce-po-
Ilygamy.
! Rev. Robert Castleman, q well known member
of the Protestant Episcopal Church, was brutally
murdered on Wednesday night week, near CASTOR,
N. G. The perpetrator Of the deed was not iden-
tilted. The deceased was widely known and much
beloved in Virginia.
There is but little news of Importance from
3 South America. In Peru the rebels were still
holding out with more or less yigor 1t is still
a very doubtful question as to which party will
be finally successful, through mat tiers generally
looked little more favorable for the Govern
ment. The rebels still hold the Chincha Islands,
Y but allow American English and French vessels
to load under their regular charters
! Col. Sells has made an important treaty
a with the Usage Indians, which provides for
the cession of million acres Of land, Govern
: ment to pay the sum of 100000. Two
millions more are also ceded, which are to be
sold, in trust, for the benefit of the Indians
e These lands are all in Kansas, and the rights
of the settlers are fully protected by the treaty
!. A dispatch from Philadelphia states that
: quite sensation was produced in one Of their
. city churches on Sunday last, by the appear
A anee IN the chancel of the Reverend Doctor
r Wilmer, clergyman Of ''secesf proclivities, .
to assist in celebrating the Holy Communion
e service, which was the signal for large por-
n ton of the congregation to leave the Church
in disgust. a - q
: 1t is evident that that church has good
t deal Of piety to boast of .asa -
neA. The first ssession since the close Of
V the war Of the United States District Court,
Judge Underwood presiding, convened Mon
: day week, in Alexandria, Va. The Distric
Attorney, L. H Chandler, made very elo
: quent and forcible speech, urging upon The
: the Court liberal policy in treating the large
number of con6scation cases upon the docket
-
i The Judge, before adjournment; made the
!, following decision .ssss
"Ordercd-That in all cases where pafdon
IT have been granted, and where the amnesty
oath has been taken, save as to those under
u the Presidents proclamation, all suits TO
property under the confscation law are dis
. missed upon payment of costs
If A large number of citizens interested un
der this ruling were present in court, and i'm
' mediately went forward and paid the cost
: that had accrued upon suits begun agains
u then,