Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1866-03-30
NEWS ITEMS.

The wheat prospect in East Tennessee is
very promising.
A negro is on trial for forgery in Dan
vile.
Capt. Coxetter, the famous blockade runner
has resumed his sea-going vocation as COM
mander of the Charleston ship " Dictator"
Mr.. George Keller, an old citizen Of Win
chester, fell from bridge, Monday night
last, and broke his leg.
Lieut.. General Pemberton has purchased
a farm in Fauquier Of POI acres, Of Mrs. Mary
Gaskins, at $25 per acre.
Col. Mosby has entered into partnership,
IN the real estate business, with NJ. Bannon,
of Baltimore.
Judge Thompson, Of Philadelphia, has
decided that colored persons must not ride in
cars provided for whites in that city.
B. G. Mannard, Esq, principal Of school
at Bristol, arrested by military authority for
an alleged rebellious programme for his COM
mencement exercises, has been uncondition-
ally released by order of Gen. Terry.
Miss" Edmonia Lewis, an American
colored woman and sculptor, occupies in
Rome one Of the rooms were Canova former
ly had his studio She i" soups exclusive
~ in colored marbles
The Dublin correspondent Of the New
York Neaes writes that Stephens, the Fenian
Head Centre, had made his escape from
that city, and was en- roeae for the United
States.
NEGRO REPRESENTATIVES, THE Augusta,
Georgia, papers report a rumor afoat that
there will soon be negro convention held in
Augusta, for the purpose of sending repre-
sentatives to Congress from the g Territory
of Georgia"
All the stage lines. express and dispatch
companies west of the Missouri river, have
been consolidated under the name of Halli-
days Overland Mail and Express Company.
Fares will be reduced twenty-five per cent.
after April LIST.
A great fire occurred at Cincinnati yes
terday, which destroyed property, it is said,
to the amount Of S., 900, 600. Pixies opera
house was burned and several other buildings,
Offices, stores, &C. Adams Express Office
was burned
A New York letter writer says that Z" Gu
rious rumors prevail in literary circles touch
ing forthcoming work by young mulatto
girl Of this city. The manuscript pit has been
read by several well-known literary men,
and it is said to show great briliancy Of style
and yigor and thought.
The repairs to the Winchester and Poto-
mac river railroad are fast approaching COM
pletion to Winchester, Va The track is
now laid within two miles Of the town, and
it is expected, the remaining distance will be
completed by the first Of April.
Alabama does not seem anxious to have
Northern literature introduced within her
borders. Her Legislature has passed tax
law compelling all newsdealers to pay an an
nual license fee Of ten dollars. If, however,
they sell any newspaper or periodical, pub
lished outside the limits Of the State, they are
to be taxed fifty dollars.
Gold has made q sudden tumble from
twentyeight to twenty-five per cent-by far
the lowest figure il has reached for more than
two years. This will have most important
effect upon trade and finance at the North,
and we should not be surprised if it occasion
ed heavy financial disasters among large deal
ers.
Judge Thomas H Davis, Of the Probate
Court Of Monroe county, Mississippi, has re-
Gently decided that guardians who, in good
faith, invested the proceeds Of their wards
estates in Confederate securities, are not LA
BILE to make good their investments under
their bonds. The case has gone up to the
high Court Of Errors and Appeals.
The Superintendent Of TIE Government
Farms in St. Mary's CO., Md, has written
to the Assistant Commissioner of Frecdmen's
Affairs, asking permission to send such of
the freed people as are able to work to Vir-
ginia He gives as the reason, that the freed
people are averse to hiring out to the farmers
in St. Mary's county.
On the return of Senator Howard, (who,
went home to attend the funeral Of his wife,
that section of the J5int Committee on Re-
construction, Of which he is Chairman, will
submit the testimony taken concerning Vir-
ginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina.
This will include the evidence Of Gen. Lee.
The Second Comptroller Of the Treasury
has decided that the claims against the Gov
eminent Of persons domciled in the South
ern States before and during the war, now
presented for payment, are not lawfully en-
titled to liquidation. He thinks that the laws
Of nations, and Of Congress and the decisions
Of the Supreme Court justify the opinion.
ADMIRABLE JOKE OF THE PRESIDENT. -
John Happy, Of the Nashville Banner, when
applying for pardon, was asked by the
President, what position he had held in the
rebellion, to which he replied, " A quarter
master" The Chief Magistrate chuckled
and smiled. MY ancient and venerable
fr;ou,i Io cold &c -,o,, think that yOJrR de-