Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-05-28

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Presbyterian church of Louisville, KY,
on the third Thursday in May, 1879.
A REM1NIsCENCE.-The Spirit Of JET
Jerson says: On the 25th of May,
sixteen years ago, at daylight, Jackson's
advance force approached the lofty hill
on the southwestern side of Winches-
ter, and the Stonewall brigade, com
manded by Gen. Winder, charged ano
gained possession of the heights. The
defeat of Banks, and his retreat through
the streets of Winchester, was the result
of few hours hot fighting. The en-
trace of our troops into this noble ane
patriotic valley town, was as the com
ing of morning after long and stormy
night. Men, women and children
thronged in crowds from the houses
Confederate flags and white handker
chiefs waved from every window, and
the glad voice of women and children
filled the air, crying, "Thank God, W.
are free once more" Jackson, the mar
of iron, for once in his career, gave way
to the excitement of the hour, and the
people of Winchester remember now
the face of the Christian hero as he rode
through their streets, his faded cap in
hand, and the first and last cheer that
escaped his lips rang out so clearly above
the rattle of musketry.
MARRIAG OF DEAF-MUTES.-On
Wednesday last, at st. AIMS Church, n.
Y, a deaf mute couple was married by
DIR. Gallaudet. The bride was Miss Caro-.
line Bamberger, of Jersey City, the
daughter of q well-to-do family residing
on Eighth street, in that city. The
Groom, Mr.. John A. Dunlap, is a broth
er ofthe well-known halter of that name.
Both are well educated, being graduates
of the Deaf and Dumb College. Both
groom and bride seemed to be about
twenty-five; the groom of dark COM
plexion and oflow stature, and the bride
his equal in height-a charming
blonde with sparkling eyes. When the
party was arranged in the chancel the
assistant rector began the service, read
ing it after the manner of the Church,
while DIR. Gallaudet interpreted it upon
his fingers to the silent pair before him.
EDISON's LATEST IDEA.-This is a
new heat measure deriving its potency
from the employment of the same won
derful carbon" used in the Edison tele-
phone and so sensitive that it is capable
of detecting the ffty-thousandeth part
of degree Fahrenheit. To New York
Sun reporter who visited him last week
Mr.. Edison said that he had not yet been
able, owing to the pressure Of other work,
to construct the Instruments necessary
to show the full ability of this new pow
er, but that he had satisfied himself of
the feasibility of SO employing it that it
will register heat influences smaller by
thousands of divisions than any that
have yet been registered. He prophesied
that he would be able to draw sufficient
heat from star to close an ordinary cir
cult.
EXCITING SCENE IN A CHURcH.-At
the Church of the Immaculate Concep-
ton, Philadelphia, last Sunday. the
canopy of the altar of the blessed Virgin
caught fire from taper with which an
acolyte was lighting the candles, and
Father Kieran, in trying to extinguish
it, threw piece of the burning fabric
behind him, the fragments falling upon
the lace surplice of the pastor, Rev.
Father Filan, and setting it in flames
A young man jumped over the sanctu-
ary railing and tore the vestment off
just in time to save his life. Intense
excitement prevailed among the congre-
cation.
MEMORIAL DAY AT LEWIsBUEG.-
On Saturday next, June LIST, the graves
in the soldiers cemetery at Lewisburg,
w. Va, will be dedicated. An address,
appropriate to the occasion, will be de-
livered in the Presbyterian church, after
which the procession will march to the
cemetery on the hill hard by, when the
floral offerings will be placed on the
graves of the soldiers there peacefully
in "the bivouac of the dead"
We suppose the procession will he head
ed by the "Lewisburg Cornet Band"
and that the "Greenbrier Light Infantry
Grays" will form marked feature of it.
SOUTHERN SENTIMENT.-The leading
Southern papers generally are utterly
opposed to opening the presidential title,
yet not one of them thinks it improper
% make such investigation as will show
who committed frauds in Florida and
Louisiana by taking the testimony of
McLin, Dennis and others. who volun-
arily offer to tell about things to which
hey were parties, with distinguished
'isitors, &c.
THE TAX ON STATE BANKS.-The !
correspondent of the Rich
nond Dispatch says that, Estate Trea-
urer r. M. r. Hunter has written a let
sr to Judge Harris. of Virginia, COM
lending i'll high terms his bill relieving
tate banks of the ten per- cent. tax now
imposed on their circulation"