The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1868-07-15

by himself obeyed.
"If such . man there be, where'er
Beneath the sun and moon he fare, q
He cannot fare amiss,
Great Nature hath him in her care
Her cause is his"
General News.
Detroit ladies are forming boat clubs.
The Locust, have almost disappeared in th'
Valley. ~ =
Several cases of cholera are reported o
Vicksburg. u
The buckwheat crop promises to be very
large in Kentucky.
J. G. Bennett, Jr-, spends most Of his time
on his yacht nowadays.
Longfellow has been elected member o.
the English Reform Club.
The last novelty is fan that can be used az
q parasol, a veil, or bonnet.
: General Grant left Washington for his
Western trip on Monday last.
It is stated That John N. Bolts is seriously
i'll at his resident ip Culpsper
Louisiana has debt of $685., 6Oi, .ex-
elusive Of Convention expenses.
A barber won the $4,000 prize in the
'sPoor Ghildrens" lottery at Paris.
General Daniel, formerly member Of Con-
gress from North Carolina, is dead
Over two thousand foreign immigrants
arrived at New York on last Wednesday.
Libraries have been called the madhouses
Of the human mind and the tombs of books.
The very latest fashionable color in Paris
is delicate shade of salmon, yerging towards
. pink.
The Hon. Henry J. Raymond sailed on Sat
urday for Europe, whence he will return early
in the autumn.
Three men, two white and one colorcd, were
killed by stroke of lightning, at London,
Ky, on Friday.
A novel has been published in London un
der the curious title Of" One Foot in the Grave
Love Story"
The weevil is said to be injuring the wheat
crop in Pennsylvania. The harvest, however
will be good one.
Counterfeit twonties on the Consolidation
National Bank Of Philadelphia, altered from
five, are in circulation.
The young woman who was lostip thought
after wandering in her own mind, found her
self at last in her lovers arms.
New York merchants are preparing for !.
heavy fall and winter trade, but business yitl
them is terribly dull just nov.
Mr. W. Calhoun, conductor on the Vniol
Pacific railroad, has had twelve arrow wounds
and been twice scalped, and lives.
The young man who recently went on {
bridal , topr With an angel in muslin has re
turned with termagent in hoops.
Why are sunbeams in breezy weather like
persons borrowing money? Because they arr
rays in the wine (raising the wind)
"Do you water your MILK" asked our land
landy Of her new milkman. "No madam
we water our COWS" was the answer.
The Reconstruction Committee have deci
ded upon reporting adversely on NJ Stevens
proposition to crt up Tezas in two or more
States.
Mr.. William Houston, a beloved and es
teemed citizen of Rockbridge, died at his resi-
dence in that county, few days since, age'
80 years.
Prentice thinks, ifa young lady has thous
and acres of valuable land, the young nen or
apt to conclude that they are sufleientground
forattachment
General Joseph e. Johnston, late Of thu
Confederate service, has received full par
don from the President, through the influence
of Mr.. Seward. n, go
White hellebore is said to be remed
against the currant worm. We would like t
find remedy against the "hellbores' that in
fest printing Offices. "
The ladies of the Mount jackson Memoria
Association had their third apnul floral offer
ing on Saturday, June 2Fth.a The cercmonic
were participated in by large coneourse.
The spirit Of persecution Of the Jews is no
vet extinct in Europe. In Roumania the,
are not only subject to great disabilities, bu
have recently been exposed to the most scand
alous impesitions
Mr.. Rossvalley has been exhibiting on tn
river, OFT Washington, new lie prcserVer
which, it is said, prevents person cased in il
from sinking even in heavy sea. Ths expe
ri,nents at Washington were successful.
A beautiful purple ink is made by boilin
one ounce of ground logwood in one pint AM
a. half of soft water, and half an ounce Of pull
vcrized aIau,. Boil twenty minutes, strain an
bottle for use Keep the air out, and it wi
keep a long time,
Mormon missionaries report great success
in they ministrations in Virginia anq Mort
Carolina, having during Che latter half Of las
year baptized twenty-five proselytes in Smyt
and Tazewell counties, VA, and having organ
lied during the present year in surry county
N. G., sschurch" of thirty members. Man
others are reported to be favorably disposed
and meetings are attended by large and re'
pcctful audiences
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