Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1867-02-01
4 Five Days Campaign of the Devil.

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York paper Of Saturday last we condense thu
following exceedingly imperfect list Of fv'
days campaign of Satan, conducted, too, un
der all the disadvantages of most inclemen
weather and shocking bad roads, 'i a
On the 18th of January, at Albany in tn.
State of Indiana, he tempted pretty young
woman who had been Tilted by heartles
lover to make her own shroud in the neates
manner and latest style, and then to tax,
poison, from the effects Of which she died.
At Valparaiso, in the State Of Indiana, al
amiable and accomplished Northern gentle
man named Charley Page, deliberately muir
dered his wife and mother, emptied three bar
rels of Colts revolver into the body of
young lady friend, and then fired the house
in which were the remains of the murdered
women, and burned their bodies.
| On the 18th instant, at that Sodom of the
Lakes, the great city of Chicago, a most bru-
tai assault was made upon young lady Of
wealth by ruf1ian, who dragged her from
the street into a vacant lot, when he was
discovered and knocked down, but succeeded
in tearing away from the police, and made
his escape.
In the town of Flint, in the State of Mich
igan, on the 18th of the present month, Miss
Mary Mitchell was seized, while walking in
an unfrequented street, and compelled, by
two persons to swallow poison. DR. Oxford
was called in, and, by the speedy use Of a
stomach pump saved this young laly's life. q
In the town Of Auburn, Maine, on the
18th instant, two elderly ladies were chopped
to pieces with an axe, and for four days the
authors of the murders remained undiscoy-
cred. We omit all the CHASTITY details with
which the Northern papers are filed Of the
horror of this murder.
The New York correspondent of the Gin
cinnati Commercial publishes the fact that
Madame Restell, notorious woman, who
resides in splendid mansion on Fifth ave-
nue., and who has grown enormously rich by
secret practices, which are unmentionable,
has, in the basement story Of her magnificent
residence, a large furnace, in which one of
her servants has just testified that the bodies
Of infants are destroyed by fire.
On Thursday, the 18th of January, at
Cincinnati, Mrs William Mclaughlin muir
dered one Mollie Thompson, the cause being
Jealousy The parties were wealthy and Of
good social position.
This is most imperfect record of some
thing less than five days deeds of the devil,
at season too not at all adapted for his
work. 1t denotes a wild carnival of crime
in that section of the Union. where the stern
piety of fathers is sometimes evinced, by
whipping their offspring to death for neglect
Of their religious exercises. Times
Reported Views Of Secretary Stanton Oh
the Situation.
The Washington correspondent Of the
Boston Post sends the following to that jour
nal:
"Hon. John Coyode called upon Sccrcta-
ry Stanton yesterday, and there ensned a
long and friendly discourse on the status Of
the country. Mr.. Stanton appeared very
DESTROYS Of discussing the current events Of
national import, and expressed himself free
ly. He confessed that from the very outset
the disputations of the executive and legisla-
tive branches of the Government had caused
him the liveliest alarm, which, since the
movement toward impeachment, had in
creased to an apprehension Of revolution and
anarchy. The burden of his remarks was
in regard to certain acts of the President and
Congress, and he pointed gloomily to the
deleterious effect of each upon the nation
In parting with Covode, Mr. Stanton re-
marked: I aided to place two million %of
men in the field to put down the rebellion
three hundred thousand have bitten the dust,
and an equal number are cripples throughout
the land; and yet, with all this tremendous
effort and corresponding sacrifice, the country
in my judgment, is Swallowed with gloom
Of a darker hour than was incident, to any
crisis Of the late war; This latter express
sion Of Mr.. Stanton's solicitude is given me
with scrupulous exactitude by a gentleman
infinitely acquainted with every circumstance
in the premises, and who further AYERS that
the Secretary seemed completely unnamed
as he uttered the last remark, and abruptly
turned from his visitors to conceal his emo
ton"