The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1868-04-01
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---- Brick Pomeroy~ addressed the Maryland
LesieAatMes BY ingitatiep sthe pthqr aaygT .
Mr.. Van Winckie has been commissioned
as Marshal Of Virginia.
y. There are 80, 600 lawyers in the United
States, whose aggregate annual earning amount
q ssaeo 900. s's7s''
Z. The California Legislature has, Indefinite,
y postponed the proposition to remove the
8 capital from SACRAMENTO a.~.&sssaa baa =
no There has sheen great rejoicing in Balti-
7snore over the arrival Of the. Bremen steamer
direct from that port, y;jirs.,ri "a Ia
The Democratic majority in Harrisburg,
Last Friday was 34e, against II last fall, and
3 they elected oil the Council,nen. -f = '@q
- Five negroes have been sentenced to be
hung for. the murder Of Mr.. Wooten, of War
wick county, in September last, s .la 4
.qssA telegram to the President informs him
that the Constitution has been defeated in
Arkansas BY from 5000 to 10000 . ~. !
Col Shepherd Of Washington county, Tex
as hasrealizedd $50 900 from an investment
of only s9ooi in sheep five years ago. ,'''
2 Fifteen thousand copies Of j. Ross Browns
report on mineral resources were ordered to-
be printed, BY the House Of Representatives,
-. In Algiersthe famine is terrible An Arab
woman recently killed her daughter, twelve
years ofase, and gave the flesh to: her other
g childrensasd partook of it herself7a,i bae i
saa Nsa Dowahass been occurring IN Bath, Me
AMONG other things he said that the English
matrimonial law forbids the ssolemnizatien Of
any marriage after IL o'clock in the day.
ste AsNorfolk merchant was recently challeng-
>aeedabya North 'Carolinian because Of some
expressions Irises Of disrespectin business letter!
The Norfolk man. accepted. e But it was set
tied vat hout "a aducl,gd Al Cd da'aF io f'99
'ssThe louisville Courier advises the Demo
craey to steer entirely, clear Of the financial
question the coming campaign. 1t argues
thar toitake position on itmust create dissen-
ssiooa. sAges4 81 rA'---'i;I9StssE@ reg ''9
Among the important incidents connected
with the impeachment trial is this -" Mr..
Stevens discussed with apparent relish some
Z raw oysters brought him from the refectory."
ID General Hancock, writes Washington
lady correspondent, vas at the Presidents
last leyeeA the handsomest man a woman s
eyes have ever rested upoa in the military
1sseTyice., Fgd- msdl HsE<sf p s'-i's''2
p - e.. 10 ha called the
aaEseensinq; .Nsms, will be published in Rich
~ nnlond on Monday next Messrs. I. IL
-Wynne, j ohm Gr@me, and William H. Wade,
all. ex perienced and accomplished Journalists,
will be the editors. 7s}'gFA #.''-' y"
~ This is said to be the year for the reappear-
ance Of the seventeen year lecusts These
destructive insects made their first chronicled
appearance in 1899, and returned every sew
-Eepteen years after that time They last APP
Ipeared il 1851, Of which many Of our read
ers doutless have a distinct recollection.
.-l The Courier dc Etats- Uuis9 concludes a
recent article upon the political situation, with
remark which is painfully suggestive,
.-"New York it says, '.has grown calm again.
Business men are chiefly anxious fsf some So
tuition Of the pending difficulty. Whether
that solution be just or unjust is with most OF
them. but a secondary consideration. The
market cares very Little for principles, and we
all remember the sharp saying ef BEAUMAR-
cHA1s, that money knows neither family,
country, nor honor" 'aa 5'9 "a