The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1867-02-13

Wednesday Morning, Feb. l3, 1867.
TIE NEWS
A "Lovers Dictionary" is just publish
ed.
Alabama has lost Is, 957 negroes since
1860.
Chicago thief was caught in Germany.
A long race.
Shad have fallen in Richmond from 81
to $2a per pair.
A man in Patterson, n J. broke into
Jail to avoid matrimony.
Santa Anna is still in New York, Or
Elizabeth, New Jersey.
The New York Firemen are to be pre-
scented with Bibles.
Shad have made their appearancein the
river, at Wilmington, N. G.
There was good sleighing all the way
from Boston to St. Louis.
The Marquis Of Westminster has an in :
come of 81 100000 per annum.
All the Partisan theatres have received
permission to give masked balls.
There are nine hundred and thirty IL
censed liquor shops in Chicago.
atlanta has 155 widows and 264 or
phans of Confederate soldiers.
The daily pay Ct the Prussian infantry
soldiers has been raised to seven cents.
An India-rubber mandatory is to be
started at Ridleyville, near Charleston S. G..
Napoleon and Eugene have been to see
the performance Of Adah Isaacs Menkin
Able Domenech, Maximilian's Grand
Almoner, has published sTwo Years in
Mexico"
The dog tax of Norfolk, Virginia, is
$500, which is believed to be only one
third Of what it ought to be.
An old citizen Of Lockport lately hand
ed clergyman his wedding fee. He was
too poor to pay when married.
A youth of twenty married damsel of
sixty-one in Wheeling recently. Cupi-
:. dity, not Cupid, inspired the match.
A ball card in the shap Of fan, which
opens for the writing down of dance en-
gagements, is new thing in London.
A man in Memphis, Tenn, has made
complaint before magistrate that his wife
is in the daily habit of cowhiding him.
The deepest gold mine in the Great
West is at Gold Hill, Nevada It is 900
feet deep and has a tunnel 100 feet long.
The President has approved the ha-
beas corpus bill, from the benefits Of which
persons now held for rebellion, are exclu-
ded.
DR.. Usher Parsons is the only surviv-
ing commissioned officer who served under
Commodore Perry at the battle Of Lake
Erie.
A lady in Ohio travelling in railroad
Gar, Will OHS VI ucI leu Out VI luc Will
dow, had her leg torn off in crossing a
bridge.
Twenty well-dressed young squaws and
braves, of the Choctaw nation, have ar.
rived at Nashville for the purpose Of going
to school.
It is estimated one hundred million
of logs will be cut.on the Upper Missis-
sippi this winter, and eighty million on
the st. Croix
In the Mississippi Legislature motion
to pass the stay-law bill over the Cover
nor's veto, received 81 votes to So, and
the veto prevailed.
A Chicago paper talks irreverently Of
St. Louis, which it styles "a collection Of
houses on the west bank of the Missis-
sippi-"
A Mississippi negro worked on shares.
When asked the amount Of his profits, he
said /: ssNuffin. I worked for de seventh,
and de boss only made fifth, darfor /
got muffin"
The table upon which the Declaration
of Independence was signed, and the
"Hancoek chair" are hereafter to be kept
in Independence Hall, Philadelphia, In
stead of at Harrisburg. x~
George ". Ellery, the last of seventeen
children Of VIM. Ellery, signer Of the
Declaration of Independence, died at New
port, 3. l., last week. Deceased has
been collector Of the port Of Newport for
forty years.
A council of general officers Of the
army has been called by General Grant
to meet in Washington to confer upon
matters concerning the army, and partic-
ularly in reference to maintaining garri-
sons in the Southern States.
The Latest News.
The Thespians gave two exhibitions last
week. They were successful and did cred
it to all engaged. They will give another
performance on Saturday the 23d instant,
and we only ask for them such houses as
encouraged them last week.
The news from Europe is not of enough
Importance to justify even this item.
Negro suffrage has been voted down by
the Kentucky Legislature.
The military Reconstructioa" bill is