Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1866-03-23
NEWS ITEMS.

NEWS ITEMS.
Railroad trains are now running on the
Jackson railroad between New Orleans and
Canton, Miss.
General Longstreet has been elected Pres
ident of the Great Southern and Western
Life and Accident Insurance Company.
The Senate of Georgia has passed the stay
law over the Governors veto. He says it is
unconstitutional.
The ladies of Charlottesville, are taking
steps to establish home for the children of
deceased and disabled Confederate soldiers
The Danvile wooden factory with its ma
chinery, stock and appurtenances has been
leased to Baltimore firm.
On Friday and Saturday, some thirty dis
tillers were seized in New York, upon the
charge Of evading the laws and falling to
pay the duty of two dollars per gallon.
An old gentleman was admitted to the
almshouse at Washington. who, five years
ago, was citizen Of fredericksburg, worth
100000.
General Gorgas, late Confederate States
Chief Of Ordinance, Hon, Francis S. Lyon,
and others, have purchased the late site of
the Bib county, Ala, Iron Works.
There are in the District of Columbia and
the counties of Alexandria, Fairfax and
Loudoun, Virginia. sixty negro schools with
ia teachers and G, ISL scholars.
Thad Stevens is reported to have buried
the hatchet- Boston Post
Yes but the handle sticks out i Wash.
Repub.
Governor Vance. of North Carolina, who
lately sustained a paralytic stroke, has nearly
recovered from its effects, and is again able
to be out. The paralysis only effected the
facial nerves.
Secretary Seward is said to have assured
the English Minister that the Fenians will
not be permitted to commit any overt act,
and that the Government will issue procla-
nation in case Of any violation Of law.
KAol1NE-Lt is stated that the company
which purchased the Kaoline property in
Nelson, have already been offered S170,O0O
for their bargain, but have declined the Of
fer.
An interesting paper recently read before
the French Academy Of Medicine, shows
that impediments in speech are very often
caused by the adhesion of certain portions
Of the front Of the brain to the skull.
Edward Bates, of st. Louis, who was At
torney General under President Lincoln,
has written a strong letter against the vetoed
freedmen's bill He finds it not only un-
constitutional but subversiye of the rights
and liberties of all, black and white
The MACON (Ga) Telegraph learns from
private sources that G.. B. Lamar has been
sentenced to three years imprisonment and
$25 900 fine for cotton frauds, bribery,
&c. The decision of the military commission
awaits the approval of President johnson.
The Rev. James A. Duncan, D. D., of
Richmond, has been invited to deliver, in
June next, the annual address before the
Washington Society of Washington College,
and we understand has signifed his accep-
lance Of the invitation.
LECTURE ON GEN. SToNEwALL JACKSON
Gen. r. E. Colston is announced to deliver
lecture IN Baltimore On Thursday evening,
the 22nd inst, entitled g Personal Recollec.
tons of Stonewall jackson, and Critical
Discussion Of his Military Character"
General Palmer, commanding in Ken
lucky, has committed the sentence of death
against seventeen guerillas-James Harvey
Wells, alias VIM. Henry, and Samuel @.
Berry and others-to ten years imprison-
ment at Albany, subject to the approval Of
the President.
VACANT PRoFEssoRsnIps. The chairs Of
Mental and Moral Science, in Washington
College, now vacant, and the chair Of Exper-
mental Philosophy and Practical Mechanics,
endowed by Cyrus H. Mccormick, Inventor
of McCormick's reaper with the sum of
$4,000, will be filled by the Board of Trus-
tees ca the 10th Of April ensuing.
NATIONAL EXPRESS AND TRANSPORTATION
CoMpANY.-Several changes have been made
In this institution recently, as regards officers
! and employees. Among those that we note
particularly is the appointment Of Col Bris-
zoe q. Baldwin, brother of the Speaker of
the House Of Delegates, and Chief of Ord
janice, on General Lees staff, to the position
Fof Superintendent of the Southern Division. -
Richmond Waiy,