Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1868-12-11
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Chicago claims to have erected 81 miles
Of buildings this year,
bushel
Belle Boyd" SO well known in Virginis,
will soon make her appearance On the Gal
weston stage.
The crop of Egyptian cotton this year will
amount to 1877 100000 pounds.
The armies of Europe are composed Of
1857 1926 soldiers in active service and ST.
393 drilled reserves.
In all che pork packing States there is a
large decrease in the number of hogs. Ken
lucky reports 123, 900 fewer porkers than a
year ago.
The President to-day appointed Colonel
Florence, editor Of the Washington Union,
assessor for the second district of Pennsylva-
MIA.
Mr. A. A. Low, Of New York, has given
FIVE hundred dollars for the purchase of books
for the library of the University Of Virgins.
A generous and useful donation.
It is stated that Senator Sumner recently
expressed himself as determined to take a
stand in Congress for the immediate resump-
ton of specie payments,
Large quantities Of iron are being shipped
from the iron works in the neighborhood of
Woodstock So much for the Valley Rail
road. -,
The mayor of New Orleans has appointed
board of engineers, at the head Of which
is Gen. Beaureqard, to devise plan for
thorough drainage Of that city and It's pro-
lection from overflow, s.....-
On Wednesday night the store OF Mr..
JAS NJ Wood, at Batesyille, Albe1iiarle,
was burned with his whole stock of goods.
He lost also his books and papers. the mails,
together with some property belonging TO
the post Office:
DECEASED. Gen Nathan G.. Evans. Of
South Carolina, who commanded the Con-
federate forces at the bloody battle of Balls
Bluff. died last week. in Alabama. He grad
uated at West Point in 1S4S,- and former
ly belonged to the United States second cav
airy.
: UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE Pomcrov
has prepared bill proposing an amendment
to the constitution, enfrancfising all citizens
Of both sexes, leaving the States to fix the
age at which any citizen may BECOME oligi-
BILE Ca
Mr.. Corcoran, the wealthy Washington
banker, has determined to erect an ASYLUM
suitable for the accommodation Of 'ssixty
aged INDECENT females of responsibility - with
permanent endowment sufficient for their
comfortable support. Mr. Corcoran is an
honor to his race,
General Custer captured the follvwing
property in the recent fight with the Indians:
S75 ponies. 1923 buffalo robes and skins,
5a5 pounds Of powder, 2,050 pounds Of lead,
4 1000 arrow, 700 pounds Of tobacco. be
sides rifles, pistols, bows, lariats, and an i'm
n,ense quantity of dried meats and other pro-
visions. f4s
Mrs. -the-day, widow Of the chief
Of that name, with an infant eight months
old, is seeking employment in St. Paul as
a domestic. She was before marriage, a
laundry girl in Washington hote.-1N,d,
Ind. Courier,
The Mobile Register says Southern plan
tiers are better off to-day then they were be-
fore the war. They are fire. from debt, and
receiving more for their cotton then eyer be-
fra. Formerly they were always one crop
in debt, and belonged to their factors. Now
they have LEARNED economy, and are their
own masters.
The Petersburg Times, Radical journal,
says:
"We believe that it would meet with the
appreciation Of two-thirds of the people Of
the United States if Mr.. Davis was relieved
from further criminal proceedings
Well said, Mr. 7In,es