Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1867-01-24
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nifty by going out to see four Confederate
youths hanged in cold blood by jayhawkers.
The woman was en- ceiate at the time. and
soon after son was born her whose tongue
Tolls continuously from his mouth, and whose
neck bears the frayed appearance and goes
through the convulsive motion of one in
the final agonies Of sufocation N lorh
/ World
/ Commenting on the recent decision Of
Judge Meredith, and the possibility that
his opinion concerning the Stay Law, may
be sustained, the Richmond Examiner
says: There is a moral Stay Law, how
ever, to which We would call the attention
Of that class, which might, for the reason
that they have been restrained, as they
will think without constitutional sanct;o
from enforcing their legal claims, now con-
slider that they are warranted in pressing
them to the utmost Humanity should
prompt them to consideration of the IN
parallelel losses which we haze sustained. =
AUNT AIilly,"a colored woman former
ly belonging to Capt James NJ. Harris re-
siding near RockGsh Gap, in Nelson coun-
ty, died at the residence of this gentleman,
on the It'll instant, in the one hundred and
thity-siath gear Of her age. She was born
in 1871. in the beginning Of the reign of
George IT, She was a contemporary of
Pope, Swift. and Observation-Disclosures
probably she never heard of them.-CAar-
loHsciUe Cir, nicle,
Impeachment progress under great Sc
crecy. Letters, four in number, written
by Andrew johnson shortly after the re-
bellion, to certain gentlemen in South Car
DINA, and containing direct proposition
to them to aid in restoring the old political
elements Of the South, are spoken of as
main indictments Of high crimes and mis-
demeanors. Ex-Chief Detective Baker is
said to have had OF Matched these letters.
Where is Conover ?-Hermes- Charleston
Mercury.
At late session of the District Court
of Bastrop county. Texas, Judge Ireland
decided the late act Of the Legislature,
commonly known as the Stay Law" to
be unco lstitutional, and directed the Clerk
of the Court TO Issue executions as though
no such act had never been passed.
Married, on the 9th December, near
Warrenton, Eugene Callahan, white, late
a soldier in the T. S. army and native
Of Lowell, Mass. to Roberta EIudnalf color
ed, formerly the slave Of I B. Stewart, of
Fauquier. Worremon (Vo.) Mde1.
|
Charles O'Conor and Mr.. Shea, counsel
| for Mr. Davis, are in Washington. They
have had a conference with Greeley, who
has had one with the President. It is ru-
mored that Mr. Davis will soon be released
On parole or bail.
In the House Of Representatives the 9th
er day, Seward aud Stevens were seen chat
ting together as friendly -as,--never
mind what. On another sofa sat Horace
Greeley, John NJ Bolts, and A. ]. Ham
ilton Angels and ministers Of grace de-
(! fend us!''
Dir. Paul Gregory. who has made an ex-
animation of the lands in Fairfax county,
bordering on the Potomac, thinks the indi-
cations are all favorable in that region for
coal oil.
James Douglas, a son of Willlm Fl
Rutherford, aged twelve or thirteen years,
residing in the vicinity of IIarrisonburg,
was severely bitten in the right wrist on
Saturday last, by rapid dog, belonging to
his father.
The Caroline County Court has unani-
mously voted to exempt from the poll tax
all who had lost d limb or been otherwise
disabled in the war. The example is wor-
thy of imitation by every county court in
the Commonwealth
The house in Richmond, formerly occu-
pied by Mr.. Jefferson Davis, is owned by
the city of Richmond, and it is proposed
so purchase it, for Southern Orphan As
ylum.
Forty-six bills have already been passed
by the Senate Of Virginia, and one hun
dred and fifteen by the House of Delegates.
When the list Of pardoned Confederates
IS finished it viii include Is, $50 names.
The clerical force of the Attorney Gener-
ais Office are at work finishing the roll.
The chair occupied by President Lincoln
when assassnateJ has been transferred by
Secretary Stanton to the Interior Depart
meni, for preservation as al historical relic.
The edueston Of the negroes by native
white teachers is advocated by the Norfolk
Day Book.
The Republican caucus in the Illinois
Legislature have nominated Mr. Trumbull
for reelection as q. s. Senator from that
State
The japanese Embassy have arrived at
Paris, and will shortly sail for this country.
Thirteen thousand school children have
been severely logged in the Boston schools
during the past nine months. This is all
r;e.hh as thew are al white. but let the