The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1868-10-07

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CHEsAPEAKE AND ONO RAiEKo load --y We
learn thai the work ofe1tendipg this road is.
going ahead finely The number Of laborers
is daily increasing. It is believed there will
besa thousand 81 work iupoa ittBy the LIST of
November. Being in the mountains. Of Y il
GINA, there viii Be,no suspension on account
Of winter The work viii tbesteadily and en- en-
cfgetically pressed forward, s..iBaa;a s.aoi +
.Ths@diHcalties aeaasiiapsd BY ths, long sasT
pension IF thezworki are not SO great. as were
apppahepdsds The Hred tunnel "A trouble
some part -ofthesline=-aE part Of which, had
fallen il; viii be cleared with ease and as
thefssarcsonly about ahundred feet Of now
ito cut through, il viii be finished in time for
the ine1t;summer's travel, Indeed, the ,engii-
neer and the contractors have Hetwith nothing
to dampen theirs fder. On the contrary, APP
pretended difficulties have disappeared, and
there is every reason to believe that the road
will reach the White Sulphur at an early pc
Rod of the summer. ~ ispatrh. - &; 4.
Z PREbicrIoNs-The Washington Express
predicts Dem ocratic gains in several Ohio con.
gressional districts. The. New York cores
pendent Of the Charleston Courier predicts an
easyiyictery for the Democrats in the Empire
State. The Philadelphia Age predicts a
Democratic victory . in Pennsylvania. Z, The
New Yord World gives table based upon
the elections already held this year. which
figures out al electofalvotes for SEYMOUR
Up, the. twenty FIVE States that voted in 1891
The decisive day is near at hand, Predic-
tons are dangerous just now. Es-si ea
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From sourH AMEn1cA- EARTH
QUAKE ST. BY. the steamer Alaska, atalNewi
York, from aAspinwall, additional details of
the terriblescenes during the late earthquakes
are receiyed. In Ecuadora alone it is now
stated, the list of killed amounts to forty thous-
and. In Peru the dead are yet hidden under
the ruins Of houses in many instances, and a
stencil infcsts the air which it is thought
will produce a pestilence. A band Of robbers
ARE. .raam through the ruins tobbing every
one who hassanyt hing eft.T
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Gen: fIhosltE. -Hindman, who. was. foully
assassil1sted At Helena, Arkansas, on The 9th
instant, .'was born in Tennessee in 1918;
served as a second lieutant Of Mississippi
volunteers in the Mexieani war, and was
pdmocratic Representative IN Che Thirty
sixth Congress from the first district Of Ar
Kansas. He was re, elected to thess Ehisty-.
seventh Congress, but when the war broke
out he cast his fortunes with the Canfedoracy,
and rose to the rank, Of major general. At
the close Of the war he became a. resident Of
Arkansass Pa VS. s.a|ssEsaffs ~
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! sCAAEpINaa o6Ts AT THE. EAIR.r--We are
requested ~ the. proper authoritiss, to ~
form such of our people aspNish to do 50, that
there IS ample ground room, free, for all who
wish to camp4oqt in the eldsfashioped style:
As the city will be crowded this is an ex-
.cellent suggestion to those who wish to be
quiet and live cheap at the Faif. sFAi.a
RA1LRoAb WlkA TAere is renewal of
the var I between shs' sR5aYpts Central and
'Rriesrailroadsst Through, rates TO- Chicago
New Yesk, are now gaidto be scarcely high
nj
enough to pay for handling 'dlii Good
for shippers of freight, temporarily, atleast
but eathtosthe railroads themselves. /,
!. The Republic IF Columbia, formerly New
Grenada, has paid into the United States
TEreassry, s238,ooo as indemnity to citizens
'ofthisi country for spoliations,. etc, during
the Panama riots some years ago. a balance
of s33,o00gislstill due, se
Mr. Joseph Birkby died suddenly at his.
residence in Leesburg, Va, last week. He
had filed for number of years the office Of
recorder Of the town. 80 A9sboasg :,
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:. DEATH OF Hon. GEORGE W.SUMMERs.
Died.at his residence, near Charleston, Ka-
ndwha county, West va, on Saturday, Sep
TENDER 10, 1868, Hon. George William Sam
mers. "4e 's37iltIh
The Louisville Journal Company on the
23d dismissed George D. Prentice. IIe had
been on salary of forty dollars a week.
TUE nlrrERENcE- The Igka (Miss,)
Gaseteealstates, the difference between the
carpet Dagger andthe scaalawag as follows ::
"The carpet Dagger is Northern thief,
who comes South to plumber every ywhite
man who'isla9 gentleman of any property or
respcctability and getall the offices he cam
The scallawag is a Southern born. scouudrel,
who viii do all the carpet Dagger will, and.
besides, murder the carpet Dagger for the
gutta- percha ring his sister gave him when
he 1rft hnn,n ),