Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1866-06-01
MEMS ITEMS.


VI Old General Wool has been making a
sarcastic speech on General Scott and Simon
Cameron. .i
A son Of Brigham Young is in Washing
ton, urging the admission Of Utah as a
State. -
81 There is a man in Cincinnati taxed on an
income of $4,000, who eleven years ago
exhibited monkey in the streets for a living
Since last report no admission nor deaths
from cholera have occurred on the hospital
ship at New York, and all are well on the
Virginia and Illinois.
The wife Of Albert Sidney johnson is
teaching school in California to support her
self and children. She wishes piece of
land owned by the General in Texas sold for
their benefit
The sale of the Covington and Ohio Rail-
road to a New York company, although
agreed upon, has not yet been consummated
AS the parties purchasing ask for several
months before signing the papers.
- Some of the Massachusetts, Representatives
in Congress have been dealing in coniscated
property and specializing in cotton largely.
So says the Boston Post,
: Mrs. Loretta j. DeCaulp, who served in
the Confederate army as Lieutenant Buford,
and who was twice wounded in battle, is now
writing, says the Atlanta IntcUigencer, a his
.toryJof her adventures.
Governor Humphreys, Of Mississippi, has
received check for S., 500, from ladies who
managed the Baltimore Fair, and will soon
receive s., 900 more as the share allotted to
that State. y, 80 = .- -
The Hon. James NJ Mason, Of Virginia,
was among the passengers of the steamship
Monravian, which arrived at Quebec On the
18th instant Mr. Mason has since gone to
Montreal, and is lodging at the St. Lawrence
Hall. g.. .-.
: The Rev. J. P. Hyde delivered the ad-
dress at New Market, at the Episcopal Gem
.etry On the 18th, the anniversary Of the bat
tie of New Market, on which day the ladies
of that place and citizens marched in process
sion to the cemetery and decorated the graves
of the dead heroes buried there. e'ia
Fremont has just bought the railroad run
ming from St. Louis to Springfield, for 81
100000. Seventy miles of this road
have already been completed It's owners
claim it will be worth $50, 100000 when
completed. -Four or five millions will be nee
essary to finish it. sa .a
,- Peachy R. Grattan, a learned and distin-
cha6 Of 4. 10
been chosen reporter for the Virginia Court
of Appeals. Mr.. G.. was the reporter for
the. former Court, and is well known as the
author Of the famous Reports" bearing his
name, and which are deservedly noted for
their accuracy and fidelity.
The ladies of Raleigh; North Carolina
paid a floral tribute to the dead soldiers bur
led near that city on Thursday last and fes-
TONED the grave Of Andrew Johnson's ia
Their, to testify their respect for the Presi-
dent, and their gratitude for the magnani-
nous policy which he has adopted towards
our unhappy section.
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The Louisville journal has been shown,
by gentleman of that city, sample of plug
tobacco manufactured from brown paper and
tobacco stems. The pings are sented with
: hquorice, and painted with lamp black
The market has been flooded with this bogus
article, which beats wooden hams and nut
megs. We presume it will be found harm
less substitute for the original niggerhead
twist. 4 ~
Wilkes's Spirit records the sale Of another
flying trotter, a Massachusetts, bay mare, by
Ethan Alien out of Pocahontas. The price
paid was $40, 600 1t is stated that she
went a mile in harness in 2m 25as., and
then, after the usual time allowed between
mile heats, repeated in Pm. OBS
Prov DRAWN, By NEGRO WoMES. The
Alexandria Gazette says travellers on the Lit
tie River turnpike, day or two ago, wit
messed an agricultural procedure which, be-
fore the war, had been heard of, but never
seen in this locality Two negro women,
hltched to plow, and driven by a negro
man, We're breaking ground at the point
named. The women looked tired and worn
and the driver had not the happy counte
nance Of a cornfeld hand five or six wears
ago T.. on a1@ 81
ANOTHER DECISION AGAINST A Test ()AYrr.
At the recent session Of the. Circuit Court
of Hampshire county, West Virginia, Judge
Bunker pronounced his decision upon the
law requiring suitors to take the test oath ia
the following clear and emphatic language:
s"This law is in violation of the Federal
and State Constitutions, violates the essen
cial principles Of our Government. and is
therefore illegal and Of no obligation"