Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1869-02-05

B A handsome set Of plate has been present
ed to Mrs. Abraham Lincoln by the admi-
rers of her husband at Frankfort-on- the
Main. a @ ii
It is reported that President johnson has
decided to pardon DR.. Mudd, and that he
will soon issue the necessary papers. He
will, if this is SO, do JUS tand righteous act
George Alfred Townsend says that as late
as 1861 .Forney was on the point or turning
him off his newspaper for publishing, as a
reporter, an encouraging account Of the free
negro population of Philadelphia 'a.zl= 81
It is said that out Of nearly three hundred
appointments made by the President at the
present session, but three. and those of an
unimportant character, have been confirm
ed.
The Charlottesville Chronicle doubts wheth-
er the Committee of Nine can effect anything
with Congress which will meet with the ap-
probation of the people of Virginia. In rela-
ton to the movement .Ir
The Cincinnati Commercial says: Our
Washington correspondent I'D. P" has re-
Gently seen Mr. Edwin M. Stanton, and
says that gentleman would not accept a Ca
binet office, and regards his life as public
man ended.
Governor Brownlow, Of Tennessee, will
resign about the Goth of February. Hon
Dewitt Senter, speaker Of the House, will
act as Governor during the remainder of
Broynlow's terra Of Office, The latter has
not left his room but few times in eighteen
months: 49,. 5- e.-.s--
Permission has been granted to the citi-
zens having in charge the Inauguration ball
to use the north wing Of the treasury build
ing for that purpose. This in the new ad-
dillon to the building. which will be finished
in time for the ball on the evening of the
4th of March. p" 5- &.t@t &
All the money due by the United States
to the State Of Virginia, with the exception
of $4,000, has been paid to Gov. Wells,
and Deposited in the State Treasury. and the
Governor is now cancelling large numbers
of State bonds on what are considered most
advantageous terms. 5
Senator Morton has from the Committee
on Pensions reported joint resolution grant
ing Mrs Lincoln pension from the death
of her husband. 49, 1g a..ff
1T is stated that the committee have de-
cided that no more than thirty dollars a
month can be granted. aa g.: .e4.
Mr. Peabody acknowledges the receipt Of
the gold medal ordered by Congress to be
presented to him. He expresses his graft
tude, in a letter to Mr.. Seward, and tells
him that he Intends the medal shall finally
be deposited in the Peabody Institute at
South Danvers, Mass, the place Of his birth.
Gen, Robt. E. Lee has been elected Pres
ideht of the Bible Society of Rockbridge
county, Va, and has issued a short address
to the citizens of that county in behalf of the
object of the society which is to supply
every family in the county with copy Of
the Bible. M 4.5lV .r.ze ,.f5
The Columbus, Ca, Sun says: During
the past summer, very distinguished Fed
eral general informed US that nearly every
officer on duty in the South, was the politi-
cal and personal foe of its people, and that
they had been carefully. selected and mani
pulated by Stanton, for the special service.
A treadle attachment for operating sew
ing-machines, has recently been invented,
which, it is asserted, relieves the operator Of
the present laborious work. It is stated
that in order to accomplish $50 stitches, by
the old treadles, wei ht Of seven pounds is
required to be raised 1855 inches; by the
| new treadle, to take the same number Of
stitches, weight Of two and half pounds
| need only be moved sixty inches