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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1867-03-15

Welearn from telegraphic dispatches from
Washington, of the 18th inst, that the Ju-
dietary Committee Of the lower House Of Con-
gross reported bill to facilitate RECONSTRUCT
ton. The telegram says:
'sUnder this bill the General is not author
lied to delegate his powers to the acting Gov
ernor. The registration oath required is, that
the voter is sincerely and earnestly attached
to the Union and Government of the United
States, and will steadfastly support the Con-
stitution and obey the laws, and induce others
to yield their support and obedience to the
same" A majority of the registered voters
is required to confirm the constitution adop-
ted. All elections are to be by ballot. The
bill was passed-ayes III nays 27.''
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1867-03-15

In the last 4" Exposition of the condition
Of the French Empire" presented by the Gov
eminent to the Senate and Corps Legislatif,
the Emperor says, in regard to Mexico, that
reasons growing out Of the military situation
caused the modification in the times of with
drawing, by detachments, the French troops
from Mexico, by the substitution of stimuli
taneous withdrawal of the whole corps da-
NEE in the spring of the present year, and that
during the month of March all of the French
troops will have left Mexico.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1867-03-15

The Baltimore Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church South, now in session, con-
sidered the question of a change of name to
Episcopal Methodist Church, and the question
of admitting Lay Delegates. Both measures
received the unanimous vote of the members
present, being 1o4 ayes, noes none. We
learn from the Enquirer that this vote car
ries the question Of admission of Lay Dele
gates, but the proposition to change the name
Of the Church was lost, 159 votes being re-
quired. The Enquirer says, however, that
Conference in Illinois will likely join the
Southern Church with votes sufficient to Sc
cure the success of the latter proposition.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1867-03-15


Since the passage of the Stevens Sherman
Shellabarger BILL an association of negroes,
styled 1.-the Loyal Political Society has
been organized under the leadership Of Hun
nicutt, and others of that iIk. The OBJ
ject is to send lecturers throughout the State
to inform the negroes in regard to their newly
acquired privileges and for whom they should
vote, these lecturers to be supported by an
initiation fee of twenty-five cents and con-
tribution Of ten cents per month. Here We
have the seeds of future disturbances pre-
pairing to be sowed broadcast throughout the
State. These lecturers will endeavor to poi
son the minds of the negroes against their
only friends, the whites of the South, and
will succeed with the ignorant material with
which they will deal, unless an antidote is
administered. This antidote we have at
hand It seems to us incumbent on those
persons, in every community, who have the
greatest influence with the colored class, to
call them together and explain carefully and
truthfully the situation in which they are
placed, by the act declaring them sufragans,
and point out to them the course they should
pursue, which leads to no conflict with, but
will retain the friendship Of their white friends
of the South, with whom their lot is inevita-
bly, cast, and upon whom they arc entirely de-
pendent. A failure to do this is failure to
perform duty to our former faithful slaves,
who will thus be left at the mercy of those
men who will be sent among them to SOW
distrust broadcast, and whose teachings can
only be productive Of evil to Whites and
Blacks.
The time of the General Assembly has
been mostly occupied during the past week
in considering the question of calling State
Convention. A bill to that effect was passed
by the Senate and substitute therefor of.
fered in the House.
The Senate passed the following bills: the
SENATE Dill 10 secure interchange of cars on
connecting roads and through tickets on al
roads IN the State; the Senate bill to pro
tect administrators, executors. guardians ano
other fiduciaries from loss on account of in
yestments made by them in Confederate Cur
rcncy during the war;
A resolution, to appoint Committee o
FIVE on the part Of the Senate to repair a
once to Washington, and confer with tn
Government on the subject of the call of
Convention by tho Legislature, was ais
passed and the Committee appointed, con
slstlng Of Senators Boiling, Keen, Ould
Gray and Lee.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1867-03-15

The swoop of the House of Representatives
on Thursday, on the city and county Of Alex
andria, was like that of the kite on an unsus-
pecting brood, and is another chapter in re-
construction. The bill was passed the same
day it was introduced by vote Of Ill to %,
and undertakes to reinstate the former bounds
of the district of Columbia.
Section l repeals the act Of July 8, 1915,
retroceaing Alexandra county to the State
Of Virginia.
Section provides for the protection Of
private and public property and rights.
Section 3 provides that all causes in the
courts now pending and not concluded, and
hereafter to be brought, shall be conducted
in accordance with the laws in force in the
District of Columbia
Section regulates the assessments and
collection of taxes of every description in ac-
cordance with the laws in force in this Dis
trict
| Section 5 declares vacant all civil Offices
in the city and county of Alexandria, and
requires new appointments and elections un-
der the laws in force in the District.
Section rquires all causes pending in the
courts Of record Of Alexandria city and coun-
ty to be transferred to the Supreme Court OF
the District of Columbia, and all proceeding
before justices Of the peace to be decided oy
! justices hereafter to be elected or appointed
Section 7 provides that the law shall take
effect from and after it's passage.-Enquarer.
GENERAL McCAUsLAND. We learn from
the Mason county journal that General John
A. McCausland, who has been self-exiled in
Mexico ever since the close Of the war, re-
Turned to his home last Friday week
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1867-03-15

IMpoRTANT.--A law was passed at the last
session Of the Legislature Of Importance to
all persons who buy or sell real estate, and
to which attention should everywhere be
called. Hitherto the certificate Of a single
notary public that married woman had
signed a deed and acknowledged the same
before him, was sufficient to bind her to re-
Inquish her dover, BY the present law the
certificate must be signed ''by two notaries
public, who shall be present together within
the United States. -Eraminer
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1867-03-15

A FINANCIAL Storm IMMINENT Re
marking upon the necessity Of the adoption
of some national financial system, the New
York journal Of Commerce says: Gun
less some recognized system is soon adopted,
it will be too late to prevent financial storm
that will sweep with a cruel blight over all
the land. If we were seeking for political
revolution, we should say that such a crisis
could come none too soon; but not even to
open the eyes of the people to the fearful
dangers impending from Radical legislation
would we willingly invoke the tempest that
must wreck so many fortunes"
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1867-03-15

When Mr.. Lincoln violated the Constitu-
ton SO palpably that the violation could not
be denied, the Radical party white washed
and legalized his acts. The idea of his i'm
parchment never occurred to them, or if it
did, it was secuted with laughter and de-
rision. He was acting with them then, they
said, to keep the Southern States in the
Union. Now they propose to impeach Mr.,
johnson, because he will not aid and assist
them in keeping those same States out. Po-
litical power was the motive in both cases.
Lincoln was their tool-Johnson is in their
way. Such is the. consistency Of Radical
ism. -CirczeoiUe (Ohio) Democrat.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1867-09-19
JUDGE HALL.


i. II. BARR n CO., AND MeDowELL ~ Co.,
". TmE Hicks ENGINE CoMrANy.--Tlis case is
an effort to force this Company into the liquidla-
tion of its debts in accordance with the Bankrupt
law.
Mr.. Harrington opened the case in behalf OF
the plaintiffs.
The first witness called was MIR. William Her
bert, Sheriff of New Castle county, who testified
| to receiving the wris of execution and to taking
possession Of the property. In his testimony he
incidentally referred to the fact that the feeling
amongst the woIkmcn was very strong on the
subject Of the seizure, the Company owing them
considerable amount Of wages, and that they
threatened to destroy the property of the Com
pany.
William g. Wliielcy, Esq, was next called Ia
the stand. 1T appeared, from his evidence, that
he had acted MS Attorney for Garnet Duncan one
Of the alleged preferred creditors, to whom a
Judgment of $4,000 had been given.
ltappcarod that Blanton Duncan, PIT si,lcnt OF
the Company and the son of Garrett Duncan had
placed this Judgment in Mr.. WIS hands with in
strucions to do rs he pleased with II, and that
MIR. Whitley acting under these instructions had
ordered Sheriff Herbert to execute the Judgment
which that officer had accordingly done.
| At the time that Mr.. Banton Duncan had
brought II bond to Mr.Whltely in favor of Garnett
Duncan he had presented bond dated in 1866,
| and Mr.. Whitley calling his attention to the fact
| that the Company was not then organized, a new
| bond had been written and that was the bond
Judgment on which had been executed.
| 1t further appeared that there had been some
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1867-09-19
The People and Grant.

Colonel Foncy sends the following dispatch
from Washington to this mornings Philadelphia
Press =
an coaciaced Mm Tie people q he United
states hare nerer had more abaadam reason for
gratitude TO General Grant, and for reposiag The
FULLEST confidence in his intrepid patriotism than
they hare at he present moment. General Thayer,
Senator in Congress from Nebraska, who was in
command of the First Nebraska Regiment, and
reported to General Grant while he was stationed
at Pilot Knob, Missouri, in August of 1861, where
he received his first commission of brigadier
general, and between whom the most intimate
relations have existed ever since, is now in Wash
ington, and this morning had a long interview
with General Grant. Senator Thayer possesses
the entire confidence of our friends in Congress
and cordially endorses the opinion expressed IN
the first sentence of this despatch. j. w. F.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1867-09-19

rGrAklSG aEouND foR TIIEin SEW CIirgcn
BUILDING.
Monday morning quite number OF ladies and
srntlcmcn--problbly about IN members and at
len,lants Of the First Unitarian Society, now wor-
Shipping In the Institute Building, met ON the
ground, some time ago purchased by the Society,
on West street, above Eighth, for the purpose OF
witnessing and taking part in the ceremony of
breaking ground for their new church.
The lot is the one next to the Hannah More
Academy. and is the only vacant one in that
beautiful section Of the city. The Society have
such IL pleasant location.
Shortly after ten O'Clock Rev, Fielder Israel,
pastor Of the Society, made few remarks con-
graduating the members ON this start toward the
achievement OF the object OF their hopes and la
bors-a church Of their own; II Christian church
Of the Living God, founded on Jesus Christ and
devoted to Christian progress, to humanity and
all that Is good lie also explained that they did
mol attach any slipefstitious Significance To the
ceremony they were about to perform, that they
did not consider that Ms peculiarly hpllowed
sond, for all ground, Us all times is hallowcd
unto God. After Mr.. Israel had concluded Ills
''''"''N" ~ ''''' 'iici anu appropriate prayer
i"i Coils blessing On the work they were about
10 commence. lie then invited Mrs. sisson and
Mrs. Dinyton, MS the two oldest members of the
rocciy, to dig the first spade full Of earth which
these ladies accordingly did, Mrs. Israel dug the
next earth and s. NJ. FELTON,, Esq, President of
The Delaware road, the next These were follow
cd by quite number Of others, amongst them
Mr. and Mrs. Sewall, Mr. and Mrs Charles
Bent DIR. and Mrs. Thomas, Dr. Cameron. Mr..
> n. Fosg, MIR. and Mrs. T. Y. DeNormnndjc
Mr.. Bent, Auditor oi the z. w. ): Is. road, Mr..
Lea Puscy, and quite anunbcr Of Others including
several young Ladies'.
wheel-mrrow was suon illlcd which Mr., Gu
Kin Of the r. W. " u. road wheeled away MS his
contribution towards the pleasing labor in which
all were taking part.
The church will stand on Il line with tbc
houses built along that side of West street. with
yard in front, and will be raised several steps
above the level Of the street. 1t will be hand
some and peculiar looking little cdiiice, the main
building % by 81 feet, with a Sunday Sehot
room % by 20 feet at the reai and yestibulc u by
" ieet in trout 1t will be of red and bl.ck brick
Tue latter being put in ornamentally but not ill.,
lerspersed through the red as they are seen i'm
many old buildings. The church will be Int one
story high and will hayea steep roof. The build
ing Will be rapidly pushed forward to completion,
the congregation being anxious to get into a
house OF their own as soon as possible.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1867-09-19
Explosion of the washington Stenm
Hire Engine.

Fire Engine.
On Saturday evening, about Il after SIN o'clock
while the Washington Fire Company had their
engine at Ninth and King Sts., trying her, the
boiler suddenly exploded, seriously damaging the
engine and scaldlng quite II number of persons,
II is said that tile fireman screwed down the
safety valve after the gauge indicated pressure
of 200 pounds of steam, and that this was the
cause Of the explosion.
The boiler burst ut the bottom and the cxplo-
sion raised the engine some distance and threw
1t violently over on TO Its side, smashing off the
whole OF the sheet brass top covering the boiler
and smoke stack, breaking The beautiful colercd
lamp of Of the air chamber, and damaging the
engine generally II looked quite dilapidated
when taken to the house, and large numbers Wis
led IL yesterday.
Mr. Mnrphcy, the engineer, was scaldod and
somewhat bruised. Richard Jackson was badly
scaldcd but not so badly az to occasion any fears
for his life A large number Of others were
slightly scaded by the escaping steam, but no
one was seriously hurt, which, considering the
fact that there was n large crowd standing around
at the time, seems almost proyidential. Had the
side, instead of the bottom, of the boiler burst
the effect would have been terrible
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1867-09-19
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New Railroad EntcrDrisc.


'ilh hAhirAN AND DELAWARE HAy, riiE VINE.
hNNn AND THE sMfRNA ASn DELAWARE RAY
RAILROAD.
we nave already noticed the efforts being made
"a construct the last two of the above named rail-
roads and connect them with each other by boat,
and the Vincland road and the the r. & d. b. al
Alsion, and the 8. & ID. B. with the Delawarc
road at Clayton thus making them al parts of a
new through coast limo hctwecn New York and
Ms south.
The Vnoland company has entered enthusiasts
lically lht) the scheme and IL and the Raritan &
delaware Bay Company have entered into a con-
tract by which they agree to unite their two
roads ut Atsion
The Il. ~ ID. B. Company accor, some valuable
privileges to the Vinrland company receive
equally valuable ones in return. Tie union ii
appears to us can not full to lie attended with adj
NAA'ascs to both tho contracting parties. The
Nincland community gain new means of access
"fililadelplla by connection with the Camden
Atlantic which the new road crosses at Wins
INV. They also gain direct communication with
Now York via the r. II ID. d. road The latter
ri'.l an the other hand gains by the arrangement
Nal''''l'lt feeder running through a rich
"H'a's 10 one oil The most enterprislng settle
"V"'' :" any portion OF the United States Here,
""eVer, II seems TO us that all the advantage to
n W canned by either party ends. We have felt
"",'craple interest in this as in all other rail
'""' projects calculated to benefit this Peninsula
II ~ "',e eohsuitea ihtciiigeht and experienced
''''u iien eoAccpling this sohemc and find
IVY lhfY 90 not consider il practicable so far ms
'u''es 70 Inc Delaware river connection with
VIEWS on tils SIDE and thereby the making of q
Nv through route Dctweeh New York and thu
~"
ihe great difficulty the Rartan and Delaware
"'s hoau now iabors under in lis efforts to com
ps'e WIN the camden y Anhoy for freight AMI
"'E.' pNWqft NOW york and Philadelphia is thu
sea' iehgth ana difficulty OF the ferragc bctwcei
s"' Mu.'hoa'h ana New York. but on the nev
,"u'e ic'ri'se Is proposed across the Delaware
mner ~ poiil where u Is about five miles wide
".i nv n.sua'' hurpor Oh cithcr side. Tn
up.'on u nniiroaa men seems 10 he that eve
Wv V'','So oc'"e'n ieuiiss'o'eahu wilmington
Where the river Is much narrower, would icndc
"'possipc' OF " ieasI diilicuil' ior Inc new lin
.po'c w'h 'hc oiu ONES, al'lough traveller
aa".n a'Se .ne eno.ccoi passing over inc pei'
'so'u ". =" 'iic f'r eoutii, Or over lhc Z. W. :
,",,e W n'n,iliorc anu washington anu by I'll
.,'a ,oaa without ehange OF cars
ouiu .hc present anllcaDle relations exlstin
Amhov ever he seriously disturbed, IT is possib
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1867-09-19

IMrRoyEMESTs-Mr Geo. IL. Tindall is erect.
ing eleven three story brick houses on Ninth
street, ut the corner of Lombard.
Mr.. Joseph schoicld is building three story
brick house on Tenth street, below Tatnall.
Alex. Brattcn is the carpenter, and Boughman &
Sharp the bricklaycrs.
MIR. David Chandler is having put up two three
story brick houses, on Ninth street, below King.
Mitchell & Wilson arc the carpenters, and Hiscr
& Lea the bricklayers.
Hugh Mcguire is having constructed II three
story brick dwelling house and store, Oh the cor
ncr of Ninth and Walnut streets. Patrick Dillon
Is the CONTRACTOR
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1867-09-19
OUR LETTER BOX.
d" Negro EquaIity.-

CANTERBURY, DEI.., Sept III. 1867.
Our cars arc continually insultcd with this slang
phrase, from men who claim to be Democrats. II
We had no other evidence that these men arc not
Democrats, this alone would be sufficient True
Democracy has ever accorded the negro his
rights Not single State in the Union ever gave
the right to vote to the negro Which was not, at
the time Democratic. This is history, and these
false and ignorant prctenders TO Democracy
should know it. If they do know ii they must
presume largely upon the Ignorance of the COM
munty in which they retail such cap-trap stuff.
If you inquire into the history of these men You
find many of them were nurturcd at the breast OF
the very negro they SO much effect to despise.
Their mothers, too aristocrdtic to support their
own offspring, delegated TINT maternal duty to
her negro woman. Deny this If you dare. The
negro, then, was your foster mother. You grew
up with the young negroes, were educated by as
sociating with them to such an extent that you
have never been able to get rid of n corrupt pro-
nnnciaton of our language which you acquired
of your associates.
After roofing your noses for years in the breast
the ''sncll of the negro!' What ingratitudc.
No, your party do not oppose the negro so much
on account of smell us there are many living
witnesses to prove, MS on account of the wrongs
you have inflicted on them. You know thai when
the negro has the right to vote. he will exercise
that right in opposition to u .tulse Democracy,
which has ever sought to Cypress him, by rcbcll-
ing against the best Government the world ever
had, that you might extend the end of human
bondage under the assumed name OF Democracy.
A. Z. OSMOND.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1867-09-19

BoAEn or TRAsE.-WeYarc authorized to an
nounce that the President and Secretary of the
Board Of Trade meeting have appointed the
following gentlemen committee to prepare a
plan for organization under the resolution of said
meeting. Joshua 7. Head, Howard NJ. Jenkins,
Francis Barry, q. P. johnson, E. T. Warner, Jr.
The committee of five from each ward to visit
our business men on this subject will be named
at early day. City papers please copy,
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1867-09-19
DYSPEPSIA.

DYSPEPSIA.
There is no disease which experience has so amply
proved to be rcmedable by the
PERUVIAN SYRUP,
"a protected solution Of the Protoxidc Of Iron,) as
Dyspepsia. The most invetcrate forms of this dis
have been completely cured by this mcdcine,as
ample testimony OF some of our first citizens proves.
FROM THE VENERABLE ARCHDEACoN SCOTT.
ID. ID.
DusnAM, Canada East
81 am an inycterate Dyspcptc of more
than 25 years standing"
~ have been so wonderfully benefited in
the three short weeks during which have used the
Peruvian Syrup, that scarcely persuade myself
of the reality. People who have known are as
tonished at the change. | am widely known, and
can but recommend TO others that which has done
much for me-"
ANOTHER CLERGYMAN WRITES AS FOLLOWS:
"My voyage to Europe is indefinitely postponed.
have discovered the NFonntain of HEALTHY on this
side of the Atlantic Three bottles Of Peruvian Syrup
have rescued me from the fngs of the iiend Dyspep
sia."
A pamphlet of 80 pages, containing a history Of
this remarkable remedy, with treatise on "Iron as
medicine" will be sent free to any address,
The genuine has "Pcruvian Syrup" blown in the
glass. J. +. DINSM0RE,t Proprietor,
30 Dey street, New York.
Sold by all Druggists.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1867-09-19

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