The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1868-03-11
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There has been whiskey. troubles in East
Tennessee, and troops have been sent there
to support revenue officers. 4.e
A square in Philadelphia, now worth mil
lions of dollars, was once sold because the
rents did not pay the taxes. I'll HI
A cat in Pitts6eld is well, accomplished in
ball-playing, and has daily game of toss
and catch with her master. 3T
In Texas some intelligent negro vote aries
of Radicalism put their registration papers
into the ballot box. s--;i .,s. ,csii sa5
Of the lis student at Richmond College
70 are professors of religion, and ~ are can
didates for the ministry.
The loss incurred by the destruction of
Barnum's Museum, at New York, is estimated
at half million of dollars.
Charleston, Kanawha county has been fixed
upon by one branch Of the West Virginia
Legislature as the seat of government.
The disease known a pleuro pneumonia is
committing great rayages among some Of the
finest herds Of cattle in the vicinity Of Bal
timore. ttfa.yasf
The, agent Of the freedman's bureau in
Madison, Georgia, has notified vagrant me-
groes that they must go to work at once or
be treated as Migrants.
A mass meeting was held at Cooper In
stitute, New York, Monday night, for the
purpose of raising an educational fund for
Washington College, Virginia.
The Baltimore Gazette says that a stropg
impression prevails in Washington that the
Supreme Court will pronounce the Reconstruc-
ton measures Of Congress null and void.
The recent advance in the price Of cotton
has been, an. unexpected blessing to the
Southern people,. whose business has wonder
fully increased within the past few weeks.
A bill authorizing Alpheus T. Raymond
to practice law in the courts of West Virginia
without taking the attorneys test oath has
passed both Houses of the Wheeling Legis-
lature 5ifa- 81 .ls;
Robert Watson Williams, a young man Of
fortune, who died in New, York last week,
bequeathed to young colored man employed
in the Office of the New York Times, the
sum of $4,000.
A boy and girl of Bristol, R. l., who got
married the other day, were, at the demand
of the offended parents, separated by the
simple process Of tearing up the marriage
certificate in their presence by the minister
who tied the knot. What's the use of going
to Chicago, to get divorced?5
There is a lady Of color in Quincy, Illinois
who claims to be 1876 years old Last week
she assembled one hundred and seventeen
children, grandchildren, and great grand
children. That old lady and family, the
World says, would be invaluable in a Radi-
cally reconstructed Congressional district.
LATEST NEWS.
It is understood that General Hancock
has asked to be relieved from the command
of the Fifth Military District. The Presi-
dent has received number of dispatches
from prominent and influential citizens OF
Louisiana, requesting that General Hancock
may not be removed from his present COM
mand.
E1r and Mrs Jefferson Davis arrived in
New Orleans, and secured rooms, at the St,
Charles, where they have been visited by
many Of their friends and 'aequaiatanees. a.3l
The credentials of Mr. Wicker, Senator
elect from Maryland, were presented on Mon
day, and after debate he was admitted, sworn
in and seated. . ais.5eess - gse Fl d
Judge Chase seems. to be giving the RAIDS
some trouble. sxaEiaA sa 4eia'9E- ~ - Ds'
Gold in New York closed at $40 and
falling. A good sign. s s.s. ii
The Richmond Wing says there will be: q
great tide of immigration to the South, and
especially to. Virginia, and the importance Of
encouraging this immigration cannot be over
estimated, and should not be lost sight Of for
moment The negroes, as class, will meyer
be tax payers, gill for the most part be pau
pers, and will shun productive labor as long
as they can maintain precarious. even a mis-
cradle existence without it. Such lands as we
have, such mines. and mineral deposits, such
extensive forests and such an .unboundad W.
ter power, cannot be neglected by the great
immigration interest. The presence Of saya-
ges did not deter enterprising men from colo
nizing the New World, and the presence. Of
negro, voters, will not deter immigrants from
the Northern States and from Europe from
purchasing and settling on our fertile lands
aud developing and utilizing the varied re-
sources for which there is a growing demand
in all the markets of the world. There will
be rush of immigration hither, and it is for
us to hasten it by extending to the immigrant
all the encouragement and facilities that we
can, and by supporting our immigration socie-
ties and agencies. We confidently expect to
see an influx Of settlers not only from the
North and from abroad, bpt from the young