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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1867-01-04

THE HoRRoRs OF THE WAR IN CANDIDA
A CONVENT BLOWN UP BY A MoNK-OvER
Two THOUSAND LIVES DESTROYED. -New
York, Dec. 23.-Mail advices from Gambia
give the details Of the disaster to the Turks
at the Convent of Orcadion. The convent
contained $40 souls, including 343 women
and children, leaving 1877 men to defend it
against Mustapha Pasha's army of 10000.
The Cretans refused to surrender, and the
Turks bombardcd the convent two days and
nights. After preaching the wall, the Turks
poured into the court Of the convent, but the
Christians continued to defend themselves
from the cells, and finally monk fired the
magazine, hurting Christians and Turks in
to the air. Two:thausand Turks were killed
and a large number wounded, and only thir-
ty-nine men and sixty women and children
Of the garrison were left alive. Over one
thousand wounded Turks have arrived at the
hospitals from this explosion. The Turks
had burned seven Cretan villages, in revenge
for which the Cretans have burned twenty
seven Turkish villages.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1867-01-04

INTERESTING TO RAILROAD TRAVELLERS
The following rules of the road" are based
upon legal decisions, and ought to be uni
versally known The courts have decided
that applicants for tickets on railroads can be
elected from the cars if they do not offer the
exact amount of their fare Conductors are
not bound to make change. All railroad
tickets are good until used +; conditions 8 good
for this day only" or other admitting the
time of commences, are of no account. Pas
sengers who lose their tickets can be elected
from the cars unless they purchase second
one. Passengers are bound to observe deco
rum in the cars, and are obliged to comply
with all reasonable demands to show their
tickets. Standing on the platform, or 9TH
erwise violating the rules of the company.
renders person liable to be put off the train.
No person has right to monopolize more
seats than he has paid for; and any article
left in the seat while the owner is Temporal
rily absent, entities him to bis seat on bis re-
! turn. s-aet4-.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1867-01-04

A USEFUL INVENTION "A very useful in
vention for windows, dispensing with box
frames and weights, has been introduced in
to this city, which promises to be generally
adopted for public and private buildings
On each side Of the upper and lower sashes
there is rack representing straight cog,
which works on spur wheel in the centre of
the frame. The whole is held by spring
lock in the lower part of the frame, and by
pressing lightly upon that the sashes can be
raised or lowered at pleasure, and to any
height Each sash acts as balance on the
other, and by raising the lower sash the up
per one can be brought down any required
distance. For purposes of washing or gla-
zing, the windows can be removed from the
frame in a minute, and returned to their
proper places in the same space of time. 1t
is as easily applied to old windows as to new
ones, and the cost is not ten per cent. of that
of weights tits in the possession of Messrs.
Roberts & Humphreys, at the Fountain Ho-
tel, where it has attracted a good deal of at.
tention .-Baltimore Gazette.
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Is ALABAMA A STATE OR Territory p
The question of the status of the Southern
States lately III rebellion is about to come be-
fore the United States Supreme Court for de-
cision. A man named Jordan was recently
brought before the Federal District Court
sitting in Montgomery, Alabama on charge
of felony, and having been found guilty was
sentenced by Judge Busted to twenty-one
years. imprisonment. His counsel have de-
termined to apply to the Supreme Court for
a writ Of hobeas corpus, on the ground that
Alabama is not State, but territory, and
as such Judge Busteed's District Court had
no legal status. The matter viii thus be
brought fairly and squarely before the learn
ed Judges of our highest judicial tribunal,
and if they will meet the question openly and
render plain decision, may expect solu-
ton of what is now a very complicated polit-
ical subject -Ne,o York Herald.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1867-01-04

A Boy CHARMED BY SERpENrs. The
Maysville, (Ky.,) Eagle" says that little
boy, four or five years Of age, of Irish par
entage, in Bracken county, was in the habit,
during the whole of last summer, of going
out in the woods near his home to play with
his pretty things" as he called them. AT
ter much persuasion, one day, his mother
was induced to follow him to his play grounds
to see what attracted him so much, when, to
her horror, she discovered her little darling
playing with trio Of huge black snakes,
wholly unconscious of his peril. The boy
was completely fascinated, and would ad-
vance and retreat, and sport and daily with
his hideons comrades as if he were in the
charmed circle of his brothers and sisters
The mother, in terror, ran to the house cry
ing for help, when the father of the child
rushed to tie rescue of the boy, and, after
some difficulty, killed the snakes. Wonder
full to relate-and we have this information
from gentleman of unquestionable veraci-
ty--the little boy soon took to his bed, from
which he never arose. He pinned away and
died, an early victim Of the fascination of the
serpents.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1867-01-04

WONDERS. When young man il clerk
in store and dresses like a prince, smokes
''foreign CIGARS" drinks mice brandy" at
tends theatres, dances and the like, wonder
if he does all on the avails of his clerkship :?
When young lady sits in the parlor du-
ring the day, with her lilly white fingers
covered with rings, I wonder if her mother
dosen't wash the dishes and do the work in
the kitchen.
When the deacon of the church sells strong
butter recommending it as good article, !
wonder what he relies upon for salvation.
When a lady laces her waist third less
than nature made it, / wonder if her pretty
figure will not shorten life dozen years or
more, besides making her miserable while
she does live.
When a young man is dependent upon his
daily tolls for his income and marries lady
who does not know how to make a loaf of
bread or mend a garment, | wonder if he is
not lacking somewhere, say towards the top,
for instance?
When man receives periodical Or news
paper weekly, and takes great delight read
ing it, and don't pay for it, I wonder if he
has soul or a gizzard. -E1. 1s 1 zig
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Cause Of the Low Prices.

Our Radical farmers are now reaping, In
a measure, the reward of their politicaI fdiy.
They voted to sustain the ruinous policy Of
Congress in refusing to tranquilize the coun-
try by admitting the Southern representa-.
lives and thus remove the apprehensions Of
the Southern people, so that they could set
about building up their broken fortunes. and
put themselves in position to buy the pro-
ducts of our Western farmers, as they have
done in times past, and the present ruinoqs
prices for hogs and other farm products is the
consequence. Instead of quoting the fears
of the South, Congress threatens them with
confscation, with reduction to territorial
status; with a eyocation for their pardons,
and with every evil the crazed brains OF it's
members can invent, and the consequence ID
that the Southern people have no encour-
agement to put forth their energies to build
up their sections or to do anything for them
selves beyond what they are compelled to do
to provide for the immediate necessities of
their families The consequence is they have
no money, and cannot 20 into the market as
purchasers. Being no foreign demand for
pork. and the Northern demand not equal to
the large supply, and the Southern market
cut off on account of the Southern people
having no money, the prices have tunlbled
to figures that will not pay for the corn fed.
If our farmers want good prices for their pro-
ducts, they must have an expanded market.
To get that, we must have national tranquil
ity and confidence. The Southern people
will then resume their culture of cotton, if
the unequal tax is taken off of it, and be
able and willing to buy the hogs and corn Of
the farmers Of the Great West. Wcneed the
South for customer, and the sooner we put
her in position that will give her means to
become purchaser, the better it will be for
us. -CAilicothe (Ohio) Advertiser.
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WHITE MEN OUrwITrED by NEGRo.-
Two of our most respectable citizens were
terribly hoaxed by a contraband few days
since. He formerly lived near Memphis,
Tenn, and stated to several gentlemen, pri-
vately, that he had been the confidential slave
of his master. and that when the Union ar
my advanced on Memphis, his master, with
his assistance, had buried So, 600 i'll gold +;
that he escaped North, and soon after his
master was killed, aud none knew the place
of the deposit Of the treasure but himself
He applied in vain to several parties, but at
last succeeded i'll getting two of our citizens
to 60 with him to Memphis, promising to
remunerate them from the treasure They
accordingly started to Memphis with the ne
gro whe cat and drank of the best in fact,
lived like lord by the way, and arriving
there, went in the night with the negro to
dig for the treasure in yard. While
they we're digging the negro made some ex-
cuse to get away from them, and then ma
king sudden bolt, left them, with their
spades and shovcls, to get away the best they
could. The operation cost the parties about
$500 Huntington (Dcl.) Republican.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1867-01-04

MORE OL.-We understand that DR.. Paul
N. Gregory, man Of science, who has for
some time been prospecting for gold, oil, &c. !,
on the line of the L. e. Ell. R. RI, in Fair
fax county, has made the discovery that oil
in great abundance exists on the place of
MIR. Thornton, near the station that bears
his name A well has been sunk under his
direction, and the yield thereof is represen-
ted by those who have recently visited that
section. to be in advance of the most san
guine expectations. This is cheering news,
and our dull old town bids fair to become
soon one of the "slickest and greatest pla-
ces within the borders of the Old Dominion.
Alexandria Ntots Journal.
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The SUFFERERS AT THE Dry ToRTUGAs Te

The SUFFERERS AT THE Dry ToRTUGAs TO
HAVE CIVIL TR1AL.-The Washington Re-
publican Of Monday morning says:
We learn that Judge Wayne of the Su-
preme Court of the United States, will, under
the recent decision Of that tribunal against
the right of military or naval commissions to
try citizens not in the the military or naval
service, issue writ by which DR.. Mudd, one
of the assassin conspirators, will be removed
from confinement at the Dry Tortugrs and
brought before civil tribunal for trial. SINH.
lar writs may issue in the cases Of Spangler
Arnold, and Laughlin. the other conspirators
confined there
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Gather the sacred dust,
Ofthe warriors tiled and true,
Who hore The Flag Of our nation's trust,
And fell in cause rs greafa just,
And died for me and you.
Wherever the brave have died
They should not rest apart,
Living they struggled side 10y side
Why should the hand of death divide
A single heart from heart?
Gather them each and all,
From the Private to the Chief;
Came they from ehip or lord's hall,
Over their dus, xtaRc fresh tears fall
Ola nations holy grief.
No matter whence they came
Dear is their liieess clay
Whether unknown or known to fame,
Their cause and country were the same
They died-and wore the Gray.
Gather the corpscs strown
Ger many LATHE plain
From many grave that lies SO lone,
Without Il name and without stone
Gather the Southern slain. -
And the dead shall meet the dead
While the living 0 CT them weep;
For the men whom Lee and Stunewall led,
And the hearts that once toy ether lied,
Should now together sleep.
DECEMBER 3rd 1866
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SALT YouR Cp1MNEys-Tn building

SALT Your Cn1MNEYs In building a
chimney, put a quantity Of salt into the NOR
tar with which the intercourses of brick are
to be laid. The effect will be that there will
never be any accumulation of SCOT in the
chimney. The philosophy is thus stated -
The salt in the portion Of mortar which is
exposed, ahsorbs moisture every damp day.
The SCOT thus becomes damp and falls down
the fireplace Our readers should remember
or preserve this little piece Of valuable infor-
mation. --Er
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1867-01-04

A FEMALE CAyALHYMAN.-- "A Mrs. Fran
ces F. Sigcl is now in Washington, applying
at the Pay Department for back pay for SER
vices in the Western armies as cavalryma,.
She says she enlisted in 1861, with her hus-
band Ga John Clepton, in the 18th Missou-
ri Cavalry, and fought for two years as a
cavalrymon in our armies. She fought un
der Grant, Sheridan and Rosecrans She
was in the battle OF Shiloh, or Pittsburg
Landing. ard Stone river, and at the latter
battle her husband was killed and she Sc
vcrtly wounded Her sex thus became
known, and she was discharged the service.
She has married since and is now endeavor-
ing to get the pay due her when discharged
but there is no law which would authorize
her payment. females not being recognized
by any as soldiers, is not this rather hard
case? If she performed the services, is she
not in justice entitled to the pay?
Mrs. Sigcl's appearance and manners can
not be said to be very prepossessing. Size
has evidently seen hard service in camp OF
elsewhere, and has contracted all the rude
airs, attitudes and manners of a man She
wears Scotch cap, cooked on one side d
her head. chcws tobacco smokes, and swears
like very trooper as she claims to be. She
is accompanied by her present husband. =
Both are very poor, and have been compelled
I'd sleep in the Station House every nigh
they have been in Washington. Altogether
| Mrs. Sigcl, who bears traces CT having once
been in better condition-oncc even good
looking presents sad illustration of the eff
fects Of a woman stepping out of her natura
sphere, to enter upon a career entirely for
eign to the design Of her creation. A frienc
asks: . Would she not be valuable sub
ject for the study Of the advocate Of what i
called :. Wonan's Rights 2"
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IsrERrxfINe LEc4L QUESTION Ind,

INTERESTING LEGk QUESTION Judge
Meredith has just d ed case Of much in
tercst to many fduciaries in Virginia, ant,
for their benefit we publish the following cor
rect abstract Of the facts and the decision on
them The case was this:
g An administrator qualified in December
1864. The personal property, consisting Of
household and kitchen furniture, was sold,
in order to pay funeral expenses, doctors
bill, &c. The sale took place in December,
1864, and the property brought most ex-
travagant priceain Conf rate money, to
wit: SIG, So The administrator paid
off all the debts, (none being since present
cd), AMI there was left in his hands the sum
Sl2, 284 20 on the first of April, 1865
He filed bill in Judge Meredith's Court
asking how the balance should be liquidated.
With the facts above stated before him. and
the additional fact that in ordinary times,
say in 1859 or 1860, the proceeds of the sale
of the furniture would have been barely more
than sufficient to pay the debts which the
administrator paid, the Judge decided, hat
as the administrator had the right to retain
it in his hands for long period, and it coulc
not have been invested or distributed or fur.
Their used in the payment of debts, and a.
the Confederacy fell within four months af
ter his qualification, and before it was prac
ticable to obtain an order for the investment
of said balance, the administrator should no
be required to discharge the said balance il
any other than Confederate currency, anc
that the estate should be charged with TIN
same as loss. r
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Fools and their Money Soon Parted.

The English papers are telling of the Duke
Of Hamilton, sample of the British .je'nesse
doree, who, three years ago, at the age OF
twenty came into fortune of f70 900 a
year-nearly thousand dollars day. He
is now pensioner on the liberality of his
creditors. The Oil City (Pa.,) Register re-
ports the parallel history of a rudcr scion Of
the genus homo, as follows:
We noticed in brief, in yesterdays paper,
the sale of the John w. Steele, more famil-
iarly known as the Widow McClintock farm
by the United States Deputy Collector, w.
L. Groves, to satisfy the claims of the Gov
eminent for taxes due The claims against
the property are heavy.
| A brief history of this farm may not prove
uninteresting to large class of our readers.
The Widow McCiintock farm, consisting Of
about one hundred acres, is Immediately OPP
posite the fourishing town Of Housewife, on
Oil Creek. 1t was Que of the first among
the oil producing farms of the valley. The
Van Slyke we'll, on this farm, struck early
in 1868, produced for some time at the rate
of 2. 500 barrels Of oil per day, The Ham,
mond we'll. struck some time after produced
at the rate of FIVE hundred barrels per day.
In 1864, Mrs McClintock died Her
death was caused by being badly burned
while kindling fire with crude oil. After
her death, it was found by her will that the
farm and all her possessions were left entire
to her adopted son, John w. Steele, youth
Of nineteen or twenty The daily income of
the farm, averaged about $4,000. In the
iron safe where Mrs. McClintock kept her
money was found $40, 900 in gold and $780,
900 in greenbacks All this fell to Mr.
Steele as heir. He was young man of av-
erage principles, but uneducated. No soon
er had he obtained possession of his proper
ty than he was surrounded with parasites
He proved an easy victim to these sharpers,
who went with him all the time, and gave no
heed to the counsels of those who were his
best friends. To finish the history, we will
merely state that Mr.. Steele is now reduced
to poverty, and is shunn-d by those who
fawned upon him in his day of prosperity
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Poetry.

The following lines, by father Ahram Ryan,
author of the Conquered Banner" will thrill
the heart and nerve the efforts and open the purse
of all who honor the memory of the brave, and
are not dead to every impulse of PATRIOTISM
They contain an exquisite argument and appeal
in behalf of the holy cause to which our ladies
have consecrated their energies Let our dead
together Sleep
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STIEFF'S PREMIUM PIANOS,
Factory 81 j. Sc Camd0m St. g. As s Al Perry St
NE1R HO WARD.
W.rerooms No. ~ Liberty st. ADORE Bait.
THESE instruments have been before the pub
ic for he last thirty wears in co npetltion with
the best m lkers of the country. and are now
pronounced by all the leading professors and ar
m ,tures The hes; Pianos manufactured. These in
struments have all the latest improvements and
are warranted for five years with the privilege OF
exchange within II months if not entirely salts
factorlv to the purchaser.
Second hand Pianos at prices from $50 to 5000,
Mslodeons, and Parlor Organs from the best ma
kcrs always on hand.
Reference, Cen Robt e. Lee Washington Col
lcye Lexington: Rev. R. H. Philips. Va. Female
Institute; Miss Mary Baldwin. Female Institute
&c. Covell, Principal and Prof w. c. Graham
of Va Institute for Deaf Dumb and Blind, and
J. w. Abby and Prof. Al Turner. Etaunton, Va.
A call is solicited. Terms liberal.
Sept. Is lS65-1y
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TIME stated communications ofStaunton "A
Lodge No. 10, of Free and Accepted ~
Masons, are held at the Masonic Hallon the ~
SECOND and LAST FRIDAY of each month
Transient Brethren in good standing are fra
ternally invited to attend
By Order of the Worshipful Master
JAMES F. PATTERSON. Sec'ry
September 9Th. 1861 IF
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From the Fredericksburg News.
LINES

Respectfully inscribed to the Ladies' Memorial As
sociation Of Fredericksburg, Virginia.
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Business SNYEs.


| ANNE N----------1 ~ .VVV
| Ibis COMPANY has resumed business in WIN
| CHESTER at the new Office on Water ST., form
erlv occupied BY r. Y. Conrad Esq. as Law
Office, and are prepared TO receive applications
| and issue Policies on BUILDINGS. MERCHANDISE,
/ FURNITURE. &C.; &c.
All losses equitaby adjusted and promptly
paid.
JOSEPH S. CARSON, President
JOHN KERR, Dr.. DAN'L. CONRAD,
ROBERT STEELE L. P. HARTMAN,
GEO. E. PRICE, AGENT,
Sept 8, 1865 If Staunton, Va.
H. NJ BELL, President w. II. TAMs, Sec'y
TINE VA. Insurance Company.
CHARTERED CAPITAL, $1,000 900.
PAID IN CAPITAL, $3.50 600,
This Company, Chartered by the Legislature for
Virginia, December 18th, 1868. in presenting it
self to the public with lana fde Capital paid in
of a quarter of o Million Dollars, sufficient to
cure the protection Of its Policies and command
the confidence of the public, hopes as HOME
INSTITUTION, by just and liberal policy to
secure a fair portion of patronage
Its rates will correspond with those of other
First-class Companies.
For risks upon
DWELLINGS, STORES, MERCHANDISE.
and all other insurahle property,
apply to
WILLIAM II. TAMS SECRETARY,
Stanton, Va.
GEORGE r. PRICE,
June emo Actuary and Gen. Agent
RAsA'sG DEPARTMENT
VIRGINIA INSURANCE COMPANY.
This Company having Banking privileges un-
der its Charter, has commenced business in the
Banking-rooms of the late Central Bank Of Fir-
ginia, Staunton.
DEPOSITS will he received and ACCOUNTS
| kept as in othe Banking Institutions.
| COLLECTIONS on all accessible points, and
prompt returns made at the lowest rates.
DRAFTS furnished on the principal cities.
TINE PAPER purchased, negotiable CT guar
anteed.
GOLD, SILVER and UNCURRENT MONEY
| bought and sold.
! u s. Internal Revenue Sampson hand for sale.
w. II. TAMS
Secretary & Cashier
JOHN WAYT, Teller.
June i'm
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