Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-05-22

Nixon, the New York murderer,
was hanged OH Friday.
Gen. Grant continues to visit
Washington occasionally. Il, ,, ...-
-Have any of Virginia Congress
men returned their back pay?
The italian murderer, Lusignani,
was executed at .Morristown, New
Jersey, last Thursday. s. r'4 -i.,
-Congressmen ehder the salary
grab law receive $4,000; that is at
the rate of 81 800 per month.
The street cars of New York city
transport three hundred and fifty thou
sand persons daily.
CHARLES Sumner has returned 81,
444 to the Treasury, his share of the
Congressional back pay grab.
Mrs. Carl Schurz has been left
$4,000 by a.selati,e in Hamburg
i-Coh,snbia College, New, York, has
Just turned out one hundred and thirty
eight young lawyers. +a
Judge Chase's decease leaves but
three of Mr.. Lincoln's original Cabinet
living Messrs. Cameron, Welles and
Blair e H. e.ai.v -.... ....r- I'll
The Supreme Court of New York,
has granted awrit Of error in the ease
of Edward S. Stokes, upon the express
stipulation of his counsel to take the
case Immediately to the court OF
Appeals. - '--.-..~.4
Tho fund provided by the General
Assembly at its last session for furnish
ing to the citizens of this Common
wealth artificial noes who lost limbs
during the war has been exhausted.
1T is said that the President has
decided not to appoint a successor to
Chief Justice Chase until the meeting
Of Congress.
Mr.. Daniel w. Voorhees,, Of Indiana,
is to deliver an address upon the sub
ject of the James River and Kanawha
Canal, in Richmond, Va, in Novenbe,
next. -.te' 5e,
go The results of elections this yea1
in Connecticut, New York, Ohio, and
Indiana, show that the power of the
administration is waning. III -'' -s'
Practically, there have been, since
the foundation of the Government, but
five chief Justices, whose aggregate
term extended over seventy-fve years,
two-Ma1shaH and fancy held the
place sixtyfour years. "
y, Twenty condemned criminals are
tc be hung within the next two months,
in Georgia Fifteen out Of the twenty
are negroes. Before the war the ex
eeution of a negro was an uncommon
event
The newspapers are indulging in
merriment over President GRANTS
speech at Galena. We present it in
full: 5 T.'@ Al
Although it is probable that I never
will live among you, but in the future
be only visitor, as I am at present,
yet hope to spend some days with
you every year and remain longer than
l have been able to this time, and ]
expect to cast my vote here always. ]
repeat ray thanks for this cordial re:
ception. @ ~.... ,.
ION Saturday night last two men
named Negal and Grace got off the
~ upward bound train, on the B. g. O.
r. r. at Polntof Rocks, and were walk
ing along on the opposite track, I'M
mindful Of. j another approaching train
by the locomotive Of which they were
struck and one of them instantly killed,
having his head and one leg severed
fromahis body, while the other was
thrown upward, coming in contact
with the head light of the engine, and
so mutilated that itheresis 30 hopes q
= his recovery. This is the third fatal
railroad accident at thispoint within a
month. T 'tffaie.i orit .H:ye @r
b The report Of the special House COM
mittee to investigate Indian afairs