Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1870-03-03
News items.

III lIOuuou.
LISBON, Feb. 29.-The regular mail
steiner from Rio de Janeiro arrived here
at late hour yesterday.
At last accounts Count D'E.l was NOV
ing across the Alpa river in hopes Of
interceptipg Lopszs retreat.
Sydney Smith once srii. ..Phtlan.h ropy
is a universal sentiment Of thu human heart
WheneVever A sees in trouble he always
vans to help him.
The London Times asserts that the le-
gal-tender decision ia tue United States
Supreme Court restores English confidence
in American Justice.
Cars now run from Baltimore to Cincin
natl, in twenty-thres and half hours,
passengers being carried through Without
change.
Algernon Maupin, former postmaster at
Stanton, Va. ): arrested some days ago in
"ashiugton on the charge of forgery, was
dismissed Thursday.
According to recent estimate. every
fifth man above the age of 81 who has
died in Connecticut during the past forty
gears. was Incorporate.
The Viceroy of Egypt's latest foible is
married American beauty, whose infuenc
over his H;ghness has been the theme oe
Cairo gossip fer several weeks past.
Mr. Olivier is said to be tho frs
Frenchman who has ever reached the rank
Of First Minister OF the Crown without
having been the recipient of single order,
nstivc or foreign.
Tus FsUIr Caop' According to the Nor
fox Virginian, tho cold snap off the past few
days in that region has destroyed the
vitality of the peach and apricot blooms
which had put cut under the influence of the
warm weather during the past month. Fears
are entertained in other sections Of lEis count
rY fcr the salty of the fruit crop.
A person calling himself Louis Napo.
leon Boneparte, aud pretending to be
son OF FIRST Napoleon, has just published a
pamphlet,in Berne, Switzerland. entitled.
"Society and My Rights" Hs is said to
bear startling resemblance to the Bona
parte family.
The Baltimore American says that the
recent rejection of the nomination of MIR.
Hoar. for the Supreme Court, was princi.
pally owing to his petuent disposition,
his rude manners. aud his discou1teou.
treatment of persons who have business
with him, in the Attorney Generals Office
There is a little-a small speck-of IN
Il fbo
sian governments, in relation to til, inter
0ss Oh the Alaska pnrchase money, and
the claim Of Mr. Perkins upon Russia.
Our dearly beloved friend and ally" Is
thought to to be acting rather uugraclous-
ly.
AS one of the immediate results OF the
adoption Of the fifteenth amendment, the
collectors Of several prominent parts on
the Atlantic coast, have already been call
ed upon to make appointments OF colored
men 10 position in their custom houses.
The great mail lettings of the present
spring viii far exceed those of any previ-
Gus year since tAe organization of the
postoffice Department. All the expert
eneed force OF the Contract Office which
could be detailed FROM current duties have
for seveal weeks been engaged in a revirw
of the present service in each State aud
Territory, with view to the improvement
Of mail facilities ..'r
One day last week General Malone
discharged every one of the workmen at
the Central depot for refusing to answer
at roll call unless the time thu, lost should
be taken from the time Of labor instead Of
from the interval allowed for refres4ment
and recreation. abingdon Wrginim.
A small number of coored people left
Harrisonburg on the o., \ Il VI. L. Il
on Tuesday, to work on the internal i'm
provcments in the far South. There were
few or none whose removal will Interfere
with labor here. The better class of the
race do not regard cmi grafton with much
favor. -RocAtnghuna Register.
According to the statement transmitted
to the House yesterday, by the Secretary
of the Treasury, in compliance with
resolution of that body. the Governm ent
expended for buildings, grounds, &C., in
the District of Columbia. prior to june
1st, 1858 81. 715, $50, Is, and from
that time to January 1st, 1870. $40, 010,-
S5s, 81 making total of $43, 726. 400
So
How IT WORKS. The discovery Of Steel
ore. in the county of York, of a very su-
perior quality, is likely to lead to pleasant
and profitable results. Last week con-
tract was entered into BY the York County
Iron and Steel Works with Messrs s. W
Hopkins &c, an English house in New
York, for one thousand barrels of steel
ore to be shipped to that country. The
English company also reserved in the con-
tract tho privilege to take FIVE thousand
tons at the same price-to wit, S. per
son.-Kork Pa. Er.
TROUBLE ABOUT CUBA, The Washing
ton correspondent of the Baltimore Ga
sette says:
1t seems the danger of, trouble with
Spain in regard to Cuba is by DO mcans
over. The Senate committee on foreign
relations, of which the gigantic Sumner ia
chairman, has had the subject under !.
heavy discussion. and. it is said, will re-
port favorable upon Morton's bill decar.
ing the Cubans entitled to recognition as |
lelligerept power. 1t is conceded, in
Radical circles, that Mr. Morton has sup
planted the Massachusetts, peacock as the |;
Radical leader in the Senate Sumner is !;
wofully crestfallen.
\ 1t is an evil day for any country. when |
a suspicion of corruption in any depart |!