The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1869-08-26
Editorial Sh0rt-StraWs.

be on the decline, for Grant never refuses any
thing.
More than half the criminals arrested
in New York last year were single men. Mar
ried men get their punishment at home.
They are feeding on rats in Paris. We
we're not aware that Chinese labor had reach
ed that part of the world.
The ladies Of Paris have dropped lap
dogs and taken to pet-monkies. They have
plenty of natives on hand,
Among the fashionable sojourners at
Saratoga are a number of wcl-dressed pick
pockets of both sexes.
DR. Mudd, who recently got out Of the
mud at Key West, has recovered his old
practise but lest his health.
A Century plant" less than twenty years
old has recently bloomed in Louisiana. The
flowers were still born.
The Cinnamon wash for fifteen cents
dozen in Chicago Here it is one dollar
dozen minus shirt buttons
Olive Logan is said to be the best swim
mcr at Long Branch She must have been
using cod liver oil recently.
We should like to see Andy johnson
get back to Washington once more, if it's
; only for the pleasure Of seeing Grant reused
up.
The fence of grave yard in Richmond,
! Ind, bears the inscription in large letters
! use Hoofland's bitters if you wish to keep
! out of here''
California pears are sold at retail in
$ Chicago, six for a dollar. Pairs can be
n made single for nearly the same amount in
e the same place.
|, ! There is to be match between Howard
. and Oxford boat clubs on the 31st August =
# A wag says it will be one Of ''the last roaos
,. of summer"
II An exchange says, if the newly elected
> Governor of Tennessee is member of the
% Fcnian Brotherhood, he certainly must be
the head Senter.
~ The Siamese Twins have returned tt
n New York They are compelled still to vote az
As an unit as long as they remain in tho Unitec
,r State.
At They have cut so much grass in Berk
TT shire, Mass. that every passing shower is es
timated to do SO 900 damage. We should
like to know how much shower would dam
e, age us.
j. Mile Chemerousowskon is enchanting thu
Of Londoners with her singing. When the au
g dience call her out they have to sneeze three
lie times and turn summersault before they car
lie pronounce her name.
: That magnificent gold watch" awarded
lc by J. W. Waters & Co., Bankers, New York
IN to the Local of the Old Commonwealth, hal
d. not vet come to hand There is a stron!
n probability that the watch is as mythical as
IS the firm, aud that we shall die all ere it il
n aoound up.
is The latest sensation is the marriage Ii
er high life" of Frederick Douglass, Jr., ant
to Miss Hewlett, the daughter of Molynean1
Hewlett, professor of the "manly art" at liar
as ward University. NIolyncaus, in our youth
Use to be as.great bruiser, and having used VI
p. all the fighters in America, went to England
&c and became the champion by whipping Crib
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~ Arrest Of General Dix at the Suit Of John
IL Mitchell.
$ It will be remembered that in the summer
T. of 1864, while General John A. Dix was il
c. command of the Department of the Allan.
y tic, Mr.. John Mitchell, the Irish patriot, was
y arrested in New York by order Of General
P Dix for some alleged Unreasonable act done
l. or words spoken.' Since his restoration to
e liberty Mr. Mitchell has been prevented from
"getting even" with General Dix, by reason
s. Of the latter's absence in France. Recently
u the General returned to New York, and Mr.
a Mitchell procured his arrest last Tuesday
g upon an affidavit setting forth his grievances.
General Roger A. Pryor is counsel for Mr..
Mitchell In his charge he afirms:
y That he was retained in close confinement
S in New York for two days, then taken to
r. Fortress Monroe, and further restrained of
. his liberty for the further period Of four
; months and fourteen days, without reasona-
l. BILE cause and without any right or authority
is so to do, whereby the plaintiff was not only
J. injured in body and mind, but also prevented
Il from attending to his necessary business du-
- ring that time. That by said imprisonment
% his family were deprived of their means Of
S livelihood and support and subjected to great
:. priyation and distress. That at Fortress
e Monroe lie was confined in casemate with
. out liberty to take out door exercise or to
: read any book except the Bible, or to con-
t verse with his fellow prisoners, Or even to
D smoke for the first month of said confinement;
;, and treated like common felon. That the
provisions furnished him were unclean, I'M
wholesome and unfit for use; that in two
months he was Frustrated by sickness and
seldom able to rise from his bed that by
o day and by night an armed sentinel, with fix
f ed bayonet, paced his beat backward and for
ward in his prison casemate.
After such confinement for two months he
was informed by his attendant physician that
he was dying-then for the first time he was
furnished with wholesome food and permit
ted to take outdoor exercise.
That he has never been informed or in any
way appraised OF the offence for which he was
arrested and subjected to such harsh treat
ment, by reason of all which he has been sub
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