The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1868-08-05

The Valleg pjr9inia11.
STANTON, VIRGINIA.
Wednesday Morning, August 5, 1868.
&C A L.
Gen. Lee is at the Warm Springs, with his
family.
Gen. Wade Hampton is to edit paper in Col
umbia, S. C.. What .!'charge' that will be
For latest local and general news, see fourth
column, SECOND page
The young folks of Harrisonburg had a tourna-
ment the other day. When is Staunton's turn
coming?
Stafford county has child s ysaSs old, which
weighs 1876 pounds. Augusta has one you can
put in tin cup!
Mr.. s. I. Pulliam, one of the oldest and most
respected citizens in Rich mond, died Monday.
Tsaere are 700 visitors at the Greenbrier White
Sulphur Springs.
Rev. A. T. Spalding, of Mobile, has accepted
3 call to Baptist Church at Petersburg
ar. Thomas Turner, a prominent physician
of Winchester, died suddenly Saturday.
The Albemarle "Ghost continues his pranks
at the house of Mr.. Moon, near Scottsville.
saev. DR.. Munsey is rusticating and resting at
Bristol this summer from which section he origi-
nally came.
In the list Of arrivals at Allegheny Springs,
Johns.
Fred Douglass declines to stump for Grant be-
cause he once owned negro, and must, there
FORE be On essential Democrat
A Dinwiddie county negro being censured for
withdrawing from the league pitched in and whip
ped five Of its members.
The Princess of Wales was safely delivered,
July 9th, at half past 4, Of q daughter-her
fourth child. A negro woman in Augusta has
had Gig ht in the same time!
SAcR1LEGE.-The Second Presbyterian Church,
in Petersburg, was robbed on Saturday morning,
of furnance CRATE, and number of books.
LAND SALE.-Mr. A. P. Rowe has sold a tract
of land, near Fredericksburg, known as 'Alum
Spring." to Mr.. McLecr, of Pennsylvania, for
1900.
This cheated term is enough to make one des-
.perate. A wicked wag says the only reason he
does not commit suicide is he fears it would be
dumping from the frying pan into the fire."
The Local of the Roggh Notes "enjoyed' the
sight, on Wednesday last, of a white girl WALK
ing with negro soldier, who was tanning her
very gracefully for darkey
Col. Withers addressed the people of Salem on
Saturday last, and the Roanoke Times character
ICES his speech whitening expose of the abomi-
nablc scallawag constitution.
Col. John S. Mostly, of Warrenton, has been
invited to deliver an address before the Southern
Association of Louisville, Ky, of which Gen.
Basil Duke is President.
Hon. Montgomery Blair. Of Maryland, brother
70 Gen. F. P. Blair, our next Vice President, ad-
dressed the people at Rockbridge Alum Springs
on Saturday, the 25th ult.
1T. Hoke has gold his interest in the Berke.
ley Union (NongreD to R. NJ. Price, of Baltimore
county, Md. The paper will hereafter be con
Quoted by Wisner & Price,
They have new drink down east they cal
.Butler cocktails" You stir it up with spoon
squirt one eye, drink the liquid down, and pu
the spoon in your pocket.
The barns of Mrs. Mary Kyger and Rey. S
CARRIER, in Rockingham county, were struck by
lightning and destroyed recently, together with
much wheat, corn, &c.
William Bailey, Esq, nephew of DR.. Grimes,
fell from wagon near Orange Court House anG
died from his injuries on the 9th. He was in hi
9th year, and resident of Kentucky.
The Hon. B. A. Davis has been nominated o.
the Democratic candidate for Congress from th
Pittsylvania District, in place of Judge Gilmer
declined.
Miss Peggy Hedgbeth, of Suffolk, the oldes
person in Suffolk, the oldest member of the churcl
in Suffolk, and one of the best women that ha
ever lived in Suffolk, died in Suffolk on the 17tt
ult, aged % years. She is also buried in Suffolk
Mrs. Hatcher, of the Bend, says that SOM
eggs stored awayin a house for some five weeks
have been Matched out by the necessarily hot
weather which we have had. Here is at least
Sne advantage Of the LOG degree temperature
DEATH OF JOHN L. MARYE.-This old and vel
known citizen died suddenly at his residence
''Brompton," on Saturday evening about o'clock
He fell Dead suddenly, in his library whilst pre-
pairing to make call on some neighbors.