Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1870-01-07

MEETING AND ORGANIZATION OF THE ONO
LEGISLATURE Columbus Jan. 3.-The Gen
eral Assembly met at 10 o'clock to day
The Senate organized by electing E. +.
Hall, republican, clerk, and B. f Churchill,
damocrat, ergeant-at-arms. The House
partially organized by electing A. Cunning
ham, (reform of Hamilton county, speaker
The vote stood Cunningham ST, Dennis 81 ,
Hitchcock 1. Cunningham received the en-
tire democratic vote and by voting for him
self was elected Amos Layman, democrat,
was elected clerk, Three republican reform
ers from Hamilton county voted steadily with
the democrats E
The House completed its organization this
afternoon Alexis Keller, democrat, of
Hamilton, was elected sergeant-at-arms.
One assistant clerk is republican and one as
sistant ergeant-at-arms. The organization
of the House is, in the main considered a
democratic triumph. Resolutions ratifying
the fifteenth amendment we're introduced in
the Senate and referred to the committee on
federal relations The annual message of
Gov. Hayes was delivered to the General
Assembly this afternoon. 1t is quite short,
and only alludes to national matters by re-
commencing the ratification Of the fifteenth
amendment to the constitution. $3.50
TELEGRAPH OpEnAToRs' SrR1KE.-The
Western Union Telegraph Company having
reduced the salaries Of some of its operators
in San Francisco, who thereupon resigned,
the Association Of TelegrapAers demanded
that they should be reinstated at their former
wages. and tie company declining to make
such concession, the members of the Asso-
citation struck. The strike reached Omaha
on Monday morning, coming East, Cincin-
natl Monday evening, and Richmond yes
terday afternoon at o'clock, the operators
leaving the Office here at that hour. The
operators belonging to the Association have
quit work in Pittsburg, New York, Boston,
San Francisco, St. Louis. Chicago, Louis
Vile, Washington, Baltimore, Raleigh,
Wilmington, &c. The company has put
other men on in all these Offices, and bust
ness will be transacted to-day with reduced
force - Wing. <F9
The STAY Law AGAIN Gen Candy is
| sued the following order, on December 9th,
| extending the Stay Law, which we publish
for the information of our readers:
RICHMOND, Va, Dec. Oath, 1869.
General Orders No. $40.
"The provisions of General Orders No.
| 80, of June 90 No. 81 of August 10; and
| No. 100, of August 81, 1869, from these
headquarters, are continued in force until ten
days after the publication of the order an
nouncing the approval by Congress of the
Constitution ratified by the people Of Virgin
ia at the election held 90 The 9Th day Of Ju-
ly, 1869.
by command of Breyet Major General
Candy Louis V. CAz1ARc, d
Aid de Camp, 4. A. A. General.
WASHINGTON, Jan The following re-
port about the Texas election has been re-
ccived @ rat.r rfs. -
| HEADQUARTERS, Actin, Texas, !
Jan. 3, 1870. -a
Gen. Dent, Secretary to the President:
All the counties in the State are heard
from officially except four, and those are
heard from unoficially. but reliably. Da-
Wis majority in the whole State is IT'S. An
official report through the Adjutant- G ener-
| al, for the President, will be sent as soon as
| these four counties are officially returned.
J. j. REYNOLDS,
Major General.