Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1867-05-09
. NEWS ITEMS.

A letter written on the top OF the Ser
"a Nevada mountains, March 8, states
that the snow was then nineteen feet four
inches on the level, and that in some places
it was piled up as high as fifty feet
Avalanches, or snow slides, are frequent
and fatal In one case camp Of Cinnamon
were covered up, and seventeen of them
killed. At another time the snow came
down on camp Of white men while they
were asleep. Eleven of them were buried
in fourteen hours, and afterwards dug out
alive; three were killed But ride of
five hours brings one to the Sacramento
valley, where Spring is in full bloom, and
wheat is growing waist high. 10y
& Some mathematician has been figuring
up what the acquisition of territory has
cost our Government since the year 1900,
with the following result In 1903 Louisi-
ana was acquired from France, for $15,-
000, 900; in 1919, Florida, from Spain,
for 5000, 900 lin 1S4S, California New
Mexico and Utah, from Mexico, for 49,
600, 600; in 1854, Arizona from Mexico,
for $40, 200, 900 in 1867, the Russian
purchase, for 81, 600, 000-or total of
$50, 100000. TO a proper understand
ing of these transactions the present value
of the acquired territory becomes nccessa-
~ For what sum of money could the
original owners, OF anybody else, buy
it now? 3 r i@H.+t .t0 2At al 3t-1
The Hunnicutt faction, it is said, is very
angry and indignant at the course pur-
sued by the 'skid gloved Radicals who,
it is insisted, are all in favor of running
Gov. Peirpoint for Governor. putting his
friends in all the Offices, and ignoring the
''no gloves in the distribution of. ''hon-
ors''' and 'fenaoznments." Thus. much for
men. As for measures, they admit, there
is not much difference, and think, as. the
fox said to the squirrel, whenever, it comes
to executive or legislative action, both the
kid gloves and the, no gloves viii "meet at
the hatter's. ~ ~
. A dispatch from Montgomery, Alabama,
says: The restitution is yet great among
the poor. Between here and Allan,
tai have seen people selling their bedding.
forcorn. Gen. Swayne is doing what hecan },
but more help is as much needed now as
at the surrender daily rations are served
to. 10000 of the most needy. In addi-o
ton, he says there are about 20, 600 who
are on the verge Of distress adt ua.i4uo
The message Of Gov. English. at tie
opening Of the Legislature Of Connecticut,
takes strong ground against the uusurpa.-.
tions of the 39tb Congress, whose meas ea
ures, if persisted in, be asserts, will trans
form the Republic into a despotism He
declares its legislation to belwEolly unwsa irr-
ranted, and as fatal to the Union and the
Constitution as TIE doctrine ofSecession.
A letter from Monrovia, February 9,
gives a favorable account of affairs in Lib
eria. Agriculture is on the increase, and
the inhabitants generally were, turning
their attention to farming as. q means Of
securing a competence for the future. 30.
The people are raising all the necessary
articles for home consumption. :. ss,qe
An immense immigration from Europe
is expected this season. A thousand i'm.
migrants "a week may take passage at
Queenstown, where, as the United States
Consul states, the cholera has appeared.
John Oliver, colored. has been appoint
ed Notary Public for Richmond and Hen
rico county, BY Governor Peirpoint. This
is the first instance in which a colored
man has received an appointment of the
kind in Richmond. .t;
The late Confederate steamer sShenan-
doahs has been purchased by the Sultan Of
Zanzibar, to be usedsas pleasure yacht. Il
The Asiatic cholera is prevailing with.
great severity in'the principal cities Of
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