Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1866-12-07

The Government depots at Jacksonville,
Indiana, contain over 500, 900. 900 worth of
Government stores
The assets of the National Express Office
at Wheeling were sold by the sheriff at public
outcry on the 2lst.
Brigham Young is 7luxuriating, IN the
honeymoon of his forty-fifth bride, beallti-
full Danish girl Of Seventeen.
81 It is stated thati Mr.. R. NJ. 7. Hunter
succeeds in getting pardon, he will sell bis
property and leave the country.
Two hundred and eighty-fve gallons of
sorghum molasses were made from one acre
of cane this season, by a Rockingham farmer.
s Gen. Dick Taylor, while at Atlanta, on
the 10th, expressed the belief that Jefferson
Davis will be released from imprisonment at
an early lay, on parole.
~ Richard Lawrence, who made an attempt
to assassinate Gen. Jackson in 1885, still
dives and is an inmate Of the Maryland Luna
tic Asylum.
Z. Halls Jowmo& Of Health expresses the
opinion that buckwheat cakes contain more
nourishment for less money than any other
article of food @s
A writer in the Danville Register nomi-
mates Gen. Il. q Lee for Governor of Vir-
aglnia, as the individual, above all others, who
would be most acceptable to the people of the
entire State eff,f - ss<4
&c 1sDon't be foolish You can make Six
dollars from Fifty Cents. Call and examine
an invention urgently needed by every body.
.4Of sample sent free by mail for 5Oc, that
retails easily for So, by R. L. Wollcott 40
!. Chatham atl Square, New York. waJune15--1y.
o. The Texas Legislature have unanimously
passed resolutions to set apart portion of
the State cemetery for the burial of deceased
limited States soldiers, and appropriated five
thousand dollars for the purpose Of enclosing
the grounds with suitable wall.
sIssGeorge Washington, nephew of Wash
,Ington, died suddenly few days since in
- Wilmington, Clinton county, Ohio, while at
i tending case he had in court. His remains
awere taken to Prince William county. Va. for
l'interment.
- BALTIMORE, November 28.-It is rumored
tiiatiionorable Reverdy johnson will take
seat IN the Cabinet, and that the Democrats
VIII elect Governor Swami to the unexpired
term OF two years, reserving the full six
years term for straight out Eastern Shore
Democrat. g2ExP
q :,
After four ballots, the North Carolina Leg
lslature elected M. E. Manly United States
!. senator gen lie was formerly Judge of the Su-
: preme Court of that State under the Southern
: Confederacy. He was an original secession
list, and is still State rights man.
oALT AS MANURE.-A correspondent of
the canada Farmer experimental with salt
-tills season as manure. : He sowed it on bar
icy and oats, at the rate of one hundred and
nifty pounds per acre, leaving strips Of I'M
soWn grain in each field. in order to test the
-elhcacy OF the salt. He is confident that it
added third to his crop.
A statement has been published that the
President has given to Mrs. Thomson nere
ms. mission Tor her husband, Jacob Thompson.
toreturn home. This is untrue, as the Pres
ident has positively refused to give any such
permission, but said that Thompson must
take the consequences Of returning to this
country the same as other prominent Confed-
crates who are still abroad.
JAMES RIVER AND. KANAwHA CANAL
The never firing Bellot des Minnieres has
> been heard from again even SO late as the Sd
ofsNovember. In enthusiastic French fash
ION NOW declares positively that he has
raised the capital sure and certain, but he
wants an extension of time beyond that pre-
scribed in the charter. There ought to ho
no mystery about this thing any longer. and
therefore we think that the public ought now
aSlast toEbel made fully cognizant of what
Mr. Minnieres has to say for himself