Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1869-10-08
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A RUNAWAY COUPLE runaway couple
from Albemarle county passed through this
city this morning, ria the Orange, Alexan-
dria and Manassas railroad, On their return
from Washington, where they had been
married. The young lady left her fathers
house on the evening of the 2Sth for a neigh
boris, TO return that night; but at that
neighbor's her sweetheart put her in bug
gy and at Ii L. NJ. started for Gordons-
vile, distance of fifteen miles, where the
couple got aboard Of the freight train and
came here; from here went to Washington
where the marriage took place. The groom
is twenty eight years old, the bride fourteen
She is rich, he poor; but both belong to
good families.-Aleeamdria Gazette. '',a-'''s-s.
The Lynchburg N;ryinian finishes the
story - . =
Yesterday the enraged father and a son,
expecting the truant pair. went down to
Gordonsyille to meet them Sure enough
they came. The father and son were furi-
Gus, rushed into the train with drawn pis-
tolls, swearing vengeance dire on the object
Of their wrath. He, to escape their vision,
crouched down behind seat The ladies in
the car were dreadfully frightened. and rush
ed out pellmell AT length the belligcrent
pair were gotten out. but the stern parent
continued to flourish his pistol, and threat
ened to shoot any one who meddled with
him. Finally the excitement was quoted
by the train moving off with the happy but
badly frightened couple. They got off at
Lindsey's station, when the father of the
young man met them. The. bride. we learn,
appeared to be not more than fifteen years
old. She has stormy beginning on the
connubial sea- tt...,. .-.. ..
The Lynchburg News says Mr.. Garth,
the gentleman .who attempted to shoot
young man who had clipped with his daugh-
ter. at Gordonsville, on Thursday, was ar
rested the same afternoon, and bound over
to keep the peace for three months, in $500
security. ......[ ..... o+4.~
OAK BARK,-A writer in the New York
Journal Of Commerce says: ,;
II have just returned from somewhat
extended tour through the counties of East
ern, Middle, Southern, and South western
Virginia, and through the border counties
along the boundaries of North Carolina, and
[ will assure you was much surprised at
the immense quantity Of oak forest / every
where saw, including the chestnut, oak, red
oak, yellow spotted willow, water, post, and
white oak-all invaluable for the superior
tanning properties of the bark. Black oak
is found, too, in great abundance all through
this region Of country The bark, of the
black oak, as you are aware, constitutes one
Of the most valuable dyeing materials in use. !
Ground into quercitron, it is worth. fifty
dollars per ton. In London it is, quoted as
selling at seventy dollars, gold, per ton, and
at Antwerp, Hamburg, Berlin, and Leg
horn, at considerable advances on the Eng
fish prices for American quercitron: Made
into favine, it sells at one dollar per pound.
The color of the black oak is used for giving,
the ground colors to the finest and most cost
ly fabrics made in prints" .as
TESTIMONY FOR TIE SOUTH T. Mrs. H.
Waddinger, lady Of high social position
and much intelligence, from Hanover, Ger
many, has recently made a tour Of observa-
ton through the South. Her purpose was
to determine, in behalf of herself and Others.
the question Of removal to America, and her
impressions are communicated in letter to
the Memphis Appeal, from which the follow
ing extract is taken ,sE. Ia
'.The opinion entertained previous to, my,
visit that the Southern States were in many
respects far better adapted to the wants of
my countrymen than the Northwest, has
been fully confirmed, and I shall not fail to
so advise them of their interest in the matter,
and to use whatever influence may be able
to exert, both among my friends in Germany
as well as those in the States north and west.
of yours, in giving such directions to emf
grafton" s.r e fa !.
CAPITAL Coming SoUrH -The Lynch
burg Republican makes the gratifying state,
ment that gentleman who passed through
that city Thursday, left with his commission
merchant there, the sum of SIC, 900 in gold,
to be deposited in the Peoples Savings Bank
Of Lynchburg. The depositor said he would
not consent to have his money remain in
New York, while the fever Of speculation and
gambling was raging 50 wildly, j and result.
ing in so much ruin; and 50 he had it re-
moved to more secure place Of deposit 9.o