Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1869-09-24
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We hear that half a corn crop will b
made in Albemarle.
Nearly 100000 bushels of coal vii
leave Pittsburg, Pa, on the present rise.
During the month of August LII ,4e(
pounds of chewing tobacco we're shippe'
from Richmond in bond.
During August 43, 1855 barrels, and ,35(
half barrels Of flour were inspected in Rich
mond.
A recent census of Charleston. S. G..
shows Il population of Al 952 ian increas
of blacks of 7 $40 and decrease of whites
of 3,210 since 1860.
The "girl of the PERIOD in Arkansas il
described as thirteen years old, shoelcss
bonnetless, stockingless, and with the sher
if after her for stealing horse.
The Democratic Convention at Cincinnati
yesterday nominated a ticket composed ca ual
ly of Democrats and Republicans of Conser
vative tendencies
THE PEABODY FUND. Rev. Dr. Scar
has given $500 of the Peabody fund for thu
education of orphans Of Virginia soldiers
The only other appropriation made in Vir
ginia was given to school in Petersburg
According to affidavits on file in the Lou
isiana auditors Office, there are in that State
more than five hundred veterans still living
who fought with jackson in the great battle
of January Sth.
From present appearances it is probable
that the sum of $25O,000 will be raised and
forwarded within month for the relief Of
the sufferers by the fire at the Avondale mine
in Pennsylvania Tits specially noteworthy
that most of the collections are made in small
sums, varying from 81 to $40.
The RESULT IN CAL1FoRN1A.-S far 4s
democrats and radicals are elected to the
Assembly, with II democratic Senators
radicals Or 5. The democratic popular
majority will be about $4,000. The next
United States Senator from California will
it is thought, be democrat
THE ENGLISH HARvEsTs. The latest COM
mercial circulars from Liverpool generally
concur in the statement that though the
cereal crops are very unequal, they will
probably not fall sufficiently below the aver
age to make much difference in the current
prices of bread and -four It is rather too
early, however. to pronounce a definite
judgment.
Another conspiracy has been discovered
in the city Of Mexico. Juarez and his Cab
met and Generals were to have been assas-
sinated on the Goth ult., while celebrating
the twenty second anniversary of the battle
of Cherubusco. The plan of conspiracy was
discovered that very morning and its leaders
arrested
NFw ORLEANS, September 20.-Suit has
been entered in the United States Circuit
Court against General James B. Steedman,
ex-internal revenue collector for this district
and his sureties, by the United States dis
trict attorney, for over $500, 900, which a.
mount, after adjustment of accounts by prop
er officers, is found to be due by Steednan,
as tax collector, to the government
A very poor family passed through Wythe-
vile, Va, few days since, and encamped
in an old field near the town. During the
night, with no shelter from the rain, which
was falling in torrents, the mother gave birth
to four children The Bristol News, in CIV
ing the item, says that the husband was too
lazy to even carry straw from a neighboring
stock yard to make the woman rude bed.
LARGE WHEAT Y1ELD.-Major E. S.
Hutter, near this city, seeded last fall eight
acres in ''Deihl'' wheat, from which he har-
vested three hundred and fifty six bushels.
This was Al bushels to the acre-a yield
we believe, in this section. The
wheat was sown too thick and had it been
thinner, the Major believes the yield would
have been even larger than it Yas.-Lynch-
burg (N.) Neus.
IMPORTANT Work InoposED IN SOUTH
CARoL1NA.-It is proposed to cut a canal
from the five lakes in South Carolina form
ing the head waters Of the Ashley river to
the navigable portion Of the river, in order
to secure easy transportation for the phos-
pilates recently discovered there. The cost
is estimated at about $35, 900, and it is said
over $4,000, 900 worth of the deposits can
by this means be transported cheaply to
Charleston.
LAY DELEGAT1oN.--T vote on Metho-
dist lay delegation, according to returns re-
ceived up to the present time, stands as fol
lows:
Whole number Of votes cast, 225 900 /;
for lay delegation, $4,000; against lay
delegation, $4,000.
The whole number of members belonging
to the Methodist Church is reported to be
one million two hundred thousand, but a
large discount is to be made for minors.
LOUISVILLE, September 1S.-Ex-Presi-
dent Willard Fillmore has been appointed a
delegate to the Commercial Convention, and
will attend. He will organize the conven.
ton, having been selected to do SO. The
delegates will greatly facilitate the commit
tee Of arrangements by writing to the chair.
man at once, stating their intention of at
tending, giving their address and the inter
ests which they will represent. Suitable
preparations can thus be made for mem
bers coming. The proper credentials shople
be brought. in order that no difficulty may
arise in determining the delegates rights tt
seats.