Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1867-01-25
MISUNDERSTANDING Statements.
The New York Herald, of Thursday

says
No preordained event in human affairs IL
more certain to come to pass than the I'M
parchment and removal of President John
son from Office. This thing will be done
because it has become a necessity i'll the
contamination of this revolution Congress
has no alternative when the suspension of
it's authority over the rebel States for two
years yet to come is morally certain under
President Johnson
1t says the present House will impeach
The Senate, after March 4th, will elect Fes-
sender as presiding oficer-will then ar
raign and suspend the Pr .silent and Fes-
scnden at once take his place. Before May
johnson will be convicted, and Grant and
Farragut chosen by special election to fill
out his term.
The New York World, Of the same date,
says:
The prospects Of the country have never,
even during the darkest periods of the war,
seemed SO alarming as at present. From
wellinformed sources in Washington we re-
ceive intelligence which confirms our opinion
impeachment and the result can be nothing
less than il hideous civil war in which men
will be eager to cut the Threats of their near.
est neighbors. 1t will be no such war as
that from which we have emerged, in which
the combatants were separated by geograph-
zeal lines. There is no part Of the country
in which multitudes Of The best citizens do
thn Of tbo
that Of the Constitution. If all attempt is
made to depose him upon mere partisan
grounds, they will conclude that the supren-
acy of the constitution may as we'll be vinli-
Gated, once for all, and will accept the risks
and perils of maintaining it.
Per contyu-Forneys paper contains the
following correspondence:
The arguments against impeachment are
strongly urged even in loyal circles. Among
them is one that if johnson should be re
moved IN election for President must take
place in November Of this year. which Of
course must be followed by another in No
vemoer Of 1868. The general opinion is
that the Committee on the judiciary will
make up tremendous indictment against
MN, anu ttidt NViiSIC VIII SIMULTANEOUSLY
strip him of all power for harm. and then
permit him to serve out his term.
RESURRECTION FROM THE DEAD-We are
informed that Mr. Peter Butner. a former
resi- ;ent of our town. who has contcndel for
a number of years that he will never die,
but will remain on this earth alive, until
Gabriel shall blow his trumpet, was thrown
into some sort of trance, Il few days since,
by which life was, to oil appearance. entirely
extinct. His belief led him often to warn
his friends not to put him under trrau frma
TOO soon, but to keep his body many days,
so as to convince themselves of. the fact that
he would never die. His warning was ta-
ken, and on the fifth day Of his ransitory,
unmistakable signs of life appeared in Pc
tr's body; and in a few hours lie was him
self again : WytheriHe Dispatch.
CURIOSITY OF NATURE. We saw yest,r-
day puppy with one head, eight legs ard
eight feet, four hind quarters and four tails.
1t was born yesterday, at the Eclipse Livery
Stable and its mother is the property Of
Messrs Southwell and Campbell 1t was
dead when we saw it, and but day old, AMI
indicated the rather mythical condition Of
hermophroditc 1t is the greatest curiosity
VIC have ever seen, and we learn will Re
placed in the possession Of one Of the most
accomplished surgeons Of tl;s citv.-- TICKS
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