Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1869-04-09
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They call the French woman who xii
newly-born infants angel
The New York Revolution wants marrice
women to retain their maiden names.
! Shad are selling in Norfolk at twenty-five
to thirty cents pair, and dull sale at that
Richmond supports two velocipede schools
now, and the mania is increasing among the
young men.
Ex-Governor Wise has received dona
ton of 500 from the Irish Literary As
ISOLATION of Memphis
Jos. Hidden, esq one of the oldest and
best citizens of Orange county, died at his
residence on Sunday last.
The Ohio papers report that the Balti
more and Ohio Railroad Company has LEASED
for term of years the Sandusky, Mansfield
and Newark railroad.
On Wednesday an explosion occurred a
a colliery in Lancashire, England. Twenty.
eight person were killed outright, and many
were seriously injured.
Nearly the entire business portion Of Rod
ney, Mississippi, was destroyed by fire on
the night of the 31st ultimo. Loss 5000
600. partially insured.
Among the nominations to be made by
General Grant for justices of the peace for
the District of Columbia will be one colored
man-Neo York Herald.
The daughter of Nine. Jenny Lind Gold
schmidt, girl Of twelve years, is said to
possess much of the great talent of her moth
er, and to have an excellent voice.
The New Jersey Legislature adjourned be-
fore the bill from the Senate, to submit the
ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment to q
vote of the people, was called up in the
House
We have never known anything to fall
quicker or taatter, than the idea of forming an
administration party in Virginia, outside of
the Radical party. It is clear case of col
lapse Allen. Gazette.
Herndon, confined in Jail at Orange Court
House, on a charge Of murder, escaped from
prison on Wednesday morning before day.
He was discovered by the jailor, pursued
captured and taken back.
A rumor prevails that the Spanish Minis
ter will present remonstrance to the State
Department against the recognition Of Cuba.
and that he will leave the country in case of
the adoption Of Mr.. Banks's resolution.
Rev. Mr.. Munscy preached last Sunday
in the Church in Baltimore, where he has
been stationed, and which has debt hang
ing over it, for buildings &c. It's stated
that 81, 900 were collected and subscribed at
the close of the sermon.
The EARrHoUAKE.-The Bedford ,Senta-
mel states that at the same time on Tuesday
morning the shocks Of an earthquake were
felt at Gordonsville, reported in this paper,
several persons in Liberty were aroused
from their slumbers by similar shock.
The bill to provide provisional govern
ment for the State Of Mississippi was taken
up in the House of Representatives, yester-
day, but, in spite of very earnest effort by
Mr.. Butler, the House voted yeas 103, nays
62, to postpone the subject to the next scs-
sion Of. Congress.
Farms on this peninsula are changing
hands constantly, the purchasers generally
being men who propose to cultivate fer them
selves. A number Of Scotch gentlemen ar
rived last Saturday at Lambs Hotel, in this
city, who are here to locate permanently. -
Williamsburg Gazette.
The Committee on Foreign Relations of
the Columbia Senate have reported against
the treaty of January Nth with the United
States for the Isthmus canal. This is the
treaty that Caleb Gushing negotiated The
Star and Herald says that this will force
Panama to contract for the opening Of the
canal.
A colored preacher, recently arrested in
New Orleans as disorderly person, was I'M
able to pay the fine imposed. He was about
to be committed when happy thought
struck him If your Honor will trust me
till Monday, I'll take up a collection to NOR
row. He was trusted.
A boy and girl at Gofstown, N. H, aged
respectively sixteen and eleven and half
years, are said to have got married A cler-
gyman whom they called on sent them to the
town clerk for ga stifkit." On their way
man married them for thirty seven cents.
The wife q now attends school, and grave
ly talks to her playmates about her cold
man."
Few are aware of the fact that China con-
tains one-third of the human race. The la
test returns made to her central authorities
for taxing purposes, by the local magistrates,
make her population four hundred and four
teen millions and this is more likely to be
under than over the actual aggregate. Near
ly all of those who are over ten years old not
only can but do read and write.
It is announced in the Washing ton Chron-
icle that the Radical party sis, at last, in
full command Of the situation" and that
Radical President, Radical Cabinet, and a
Radical Congress ''must POW begin to make
up q right record II And this is the enter
tainment in which the Conservatives Of this
State are invited to participate and assist
on the ground that because supposed ma
jority is in favor Of this state Of things,
those who are not in faTor of it, must give
up all their avowed principles for the sake
of being With the majority!
A Washington telegram in the Alexan-
dria Gazette says:
Messrs. Mckenzie, of Alexandria, and
Crenshaw, of Richmond, addressed the COM