Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1866-08-14
News Items.

Almost all the religious conventions recently
held In the South have adopted measures for
the education of the freedmen.
A riot occurred in Washington on Wednes-
day between the white and negro troops sta
toned there.
One hundred and twelve cases of cholera were
reported in New York and Brooklyn and their
institutions on Wednesday.
Neither the Richmond Enquirer nor Erdnn-
ncr is pleased with the delegates appointed to
Philadelphia from Virginia.
Mrs. John G. Calhoun, the venerable widow
OF the great Southern statesman, died at Pen
dleton, South Carolina, on the 18th July.
belle Boyd has recommended her profess
sional career, and reappeared lately at Manches-
ter, as Pauline, in the Lady of Lyons.
Holden, of North Carolina, Unconditional
Union man" signed the ordinance of secession
passed by the Convention of that State, in 1861.
NEGROES TRoUBLEsoME.-The Lynchburg
papers mention number of outrages and robbie
rles as occurring in Lypchburg and that imme-
date vicinity.
| The Cincinnati Enquirer understands that the
estimable wife of Gen. John c. Breckenridge,
at present temporarily residing in Canada, pre-
| scented him, few days since, with twins.
The President message to the Queen, con-
tanning seventy words, passed through
the Atlantic cable in eleven minutes, and was
delivered to the Queen almost Immediately.
A johnson meeting in Philadelphia was mob
bed the other day by a gang of rowdy Radicals.
Maybe they will attempt something of the sort
on the Philadelphia Convention.
Attorney General Stanbery has given an opin-
ion that the nominations for public offices re-
jected during the session of the Senate can be
Ior do h,,< ~
The fashionable churches in New York, it is
announced, will be closed during the month of
August. Even religion is silent where fashion
rules Gods house is closed and the voice of
prayer is hushed
Gen. Santa Anna has been arrested in New
York and held to bail in $4,000 to answer a
complaint of man named Montgomery, who
claims $25, 900 damages for malicious imprison-
ment.
THE FRENCH IN MEXICo.-A Paris journal
says the French troops will be withdrawn from
Mexico, Macmillan organizing native army
fifty thousand strong, to be differed by Euro
peans-Frenchmen preferred-and holding the
strategic line" from Vera Cruz to Mexico city
Marshal Benedek after the battle of Sadowa,
said to the correspondents of the newspapers,
you may tell all There is no way of pallating
this misfortune. An honorable leader takes all
the faults upon himself l am responsible for
all that has happened"
While some of the Radical journals are en-
deavoring to make political capital out of the
riot at New Orleans, it is a healthy sign of the
times to see that many of the considerate pa
pers of that party have no hesitation in placing
the wrong where it belongs.
A LIVE QUEEN Queen Emma of Hawaii,
is expected in this country. She has been, as
is known, on visit to England and is now on
her way home. She will be received with the
national honors which are customarily paid to a
sovereign, and it is thought, will visit Wash
ington city before her departure.
Attention is called in the newspapers to the
violation of the Articles of War;" by certain
military officers in constantly abusing and
speaking disrespectfully'' of the President of
the United States. Some of these military Off
Gals are getting to be noted for their abusive
language.
THE TARIFF OF THE ATLANTIC CABLE.-It
is stated the President message to the Queen
contained seventy-seven words, and that it was
transmitted drought the cable in the short space
the company about $3.50 is charged for trans
uniting twenty words.
Nor RATIFIED.-It has transpired, officially,
that the Tennessee Legislature made no ratif-
cation Of the Constitutional amendment. The
State Department has received no official mott
fcation OF the fact, and reliable intelligence from
Nashville adds that the matter will now 20 over
to the next session of the Legislature.
THAT'S THE TALK.-The N. Y. World, re-
ferring to the second step of the Radicals to-
dare. The bullets and the gibbets, however
costly, which in that case would assuredly rid
us of the inhamers Of our first and the plotters
OF our second civil war, may, after all, be the
only way to a calm world and long peace
A Fortress Monroe letter says:
''Mr. OConors late visit down here during
the past week has demonstrated one thing,
which is, that Mr. Davis has .tniled IN heath
considerably since has precious visit
''Mrs. Davis devotes all her time to her hus-
band. She hardly goes out except in his COM
pany about the fort
Thomas Jefferson, in letter to John Taylor,
of Caroline, Virginia, june 1898, said: ''It is
true that we are completely under the saddle of
Massachusetts and Connecticut, and they ride
us very hard, cruelty insulting our feelings, as
well as exhausting our strength and subsis-
tence." This was in l79S It is strange that
many people think precisely the same might be
written in 1S66-isn't it?
TEXAS RESTORED. dispatch from Calves
ton, Sd, says:
The President telegraphs to Judge Bell, Sec
rotary Of State, that the Legislature of Texas
will meet without hindrance on the 9th. The
GOVERNOR will be inaugurated on the 9th and
then the officers of the Provisional Government
will turn over their respective badges to the
officers elect.
THE New ORLEANS RIoT-A letter from
New Orleans to gentleman in Petersburg, af-
ter recording the terrible scenes of the recent
riot there, says: 1.-The negroes are very docile
now, very polite and anxious to cultivate the
friendship of the Southern whites. They de-
clare that the riot was the fault of men whom
they do not intend to have any further connec-
ton with
The National Inteligencer says TT is be-
ieved that the credit machinery is now being
put into full operation, and will be run to a
dangerous extent. The mercantile deposits in
the banks amount to six hundred and seventy
millions, which is virtually an increase of paper
credit to that amount. Financial observers
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