Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1866-05-11
NEWS ITEMS.

MEMS lIEMSs
Mr.. Mason, the late Confederate Com
missioner, will shortly proceed to Canada.
The rag business in New York amounts to
thirty millions of dollars per annum.
The negro testimony bill passed the Ten
nessee House of Representatives on Saturday.
Confederate exiles are returning from
Mexico. They bring unfavourable reports.
A Georgia newspaper predicts the best
crop of wheat in that State this season that
has been made in ten years.
An intimation has been received here
from General Sickles that he will decline the
appointment of Minister to the Hague.
The falling health of Jefferson Davis is
said to be the reason why the President has
consented to allow Mrs Davis to visit him.
Rumor has it that the Lieutenant General
has said that Congress must increase the ar
my, as he cannot get along without more
troops sts ae a dw aaf
Another proclamation from the President
having reference to Texas and referring ex-
plicitly to martial law and the hobeos corpus,
nay soon be looked for.
A Philadelphia company exhibited last
week process by which poplar tree, fresh
from it's native soil, is converted into clear,
white soft paper in the space Of five hours
The New York Advertiser says it is ru-
mored that President johnson advocates the
calling Of a National Constitutional Conven-
ton to settle the issues now pending. I'D
Mrs. Isham e. Harris, and her son, Cap
tain, Eugene Harris, reached New Orleans
on the 10th instant, en- route to Cordoya,
Mexico, to join her husband. atsi
There were only six persons in Memphis
in 1861 who voted against secession. Now
there are not less than six hundred persons
claiming to be one Of the six.
81 The Commissioner of Agriculture has re-
ceived from Honduras, Central America, a
swarm of stingless bees. These bees are
easily swarmed, and are excellent honey
makers. .' 81 SO
The Louisville Courier says the report of
the Board of Health for that city establishes
the annual mortality Of the negro population
at eight per cent, while that of the white is
only two. q a .i,@ t4i1sI
Mr.. Sumner was graciously pleased to say
in the United States Senate that the mechanics
of the country contributed almost as much to
the national success in the late war as the
freedmen! aa.-a..s -.f-4.gr:
ftar -, +,
j. A traveller reports that he saw General
Mcclellan at Dresden few weeks ago and
that it was thought he would "break up his
winter quarters and advance in the spring as
soon as the roads were dry"
" The cholera is fast abating in New York
No deaths have taken place nor additional
cases received on board the hospital ship
Falcon since Friday last and all on board are
reported to be in fair way Of recovery.
.azo TIE New York DELEGATION. MIR. Ray
: mond, himself member, who has already
come out against it, says that the New York
r. delegation in Congress did not agree to sup.
port the proposition as whole which was re.
ported by all the Reconstruction Committee
~ A Republican in Maine, who had served
out his time of thirty days in the Augusta
!, Jail, was asked when he came out how he
liked it. g I had a bully time,"' said he. =
There were seyentysix inmates OF the jail
and not id Democrat amongst the
lot" .. e,l FL 'l.f M
A Mr.. Parker, of Holmes county, Miss
issippi, sued General Writ Adams for false
arrest and imprisonment laying his DANA
ges at $3.50, 900 The case was decided il
Mr.. Parker's favor, the jury finding dana
ges for him to the amount of one dollar, which
it is said some Of the jury paid.
The Vienna, North Louisionian says:
,ra There never was more fattering pros
. peet for an abundant crop Of fruit in all Thu
section of country, than at present. Thf
fruit trees Of every variety are literally
loaded with fruit. The oak trees are full o
acorns, and good mast and fat hogs may
be expected. .a
= A monster fish, known as the nurse o.
sleeper, has been carried into Newburyport
It is eighteen feet long and eight in circum
ference, and measures are being taken t.
preserve its skin for the Cambridge Museum
When hoisted from the water by the tail, thu
r monster disgorged barrel and a half o
small fish. o.
~ BIZ A Nashville paper says that the Goyerno
of Georgia has called upon General Thoma
for troops to aid in the execution of the law
in the Northern counties of the State. Il
Fannin county, the civil officers are defed b,
the mob and disaffectad The request wa
complied with by squadron of the 9th U
S. Cavalry being ordered to the locality o
the trouble.
A New ARTICLE OF COMMERCE. 1t seem
that even broom-sedge, the bane of many
farm in 90 the region roundabout is abou
to become an article Of merchandise From
two to ten dollars per one hundred pounds i
offered. The sedge roots are admirable fo
small brooms, brushes, &c., and take tn
place Of stiff hair and bristlcs
burg Herald.