Staunton Spectator

In accordance with th request of the ladies of the Cemetery Committee, on Thursday last the citizens of Staunton close their houses of business and repaired to the Cemetery with picks, hoes, spades and shovels to dig graves to receive the remains of the soldiers buried on the battlefield of Piedmont and of such others as were buried at Stribling Springs and other places in the county. Such of the citizens as were not able, from sickness or other cause, to go to labor themselves hired persons to work in their stead. Some colored persons volunteered to assist, and many were hired. All worked well, and by 5 o'clock in the evening they dug, it is supposed, a sufficient number of graves to receive the remains of all the soldiers buried in the Cemetery. The next labor will be to disinter and have the remains of the soldiers buried at Piedmont, Stribling Springs and others places, brought to the Cemetery and properly buried. The Cemetery Committee will not cease their labors till this be accomplished, and then they will probably succeed in having suitable monument erected in the Cemetery.

The "civil rights," or negro equality bill, which has lately been passed over the President's veto, is, it is said, to be amended shortly, imposing the following penalties on those who refuse to recognize "Cuffee" as abolitionism thinks he should be recognized.

For neglecting to step off the pavement as Dinah or Sambo passes, a fine of five dollars.

For neglecting to bow and take off your hat to them a fine of three dollars and a half.

For refusing to shake hands, eight dollars.

For refusing to kiss a wench when you meet her, seventy-six dollars and thirty day's imprisonment.

For neglecting to nurse their babies in streetcars or churches, thirty-six dollars and ten day's imprisonment.

For refusing to see one home from church ten dollars.

For passing them on the street without smiling, two dollars.

For asking them to work, ten dollars.

For believing that you are as good as a negro, five hundred dollars and three year's imprisonment.

For saying that you are better than a negro, ten thousand dollars and fifty year's imprisonment.

For refusing to marry one, imprisonment for life and the confiscation of your property.

For saying the government was made by white men, for white men, six thousand dollars fine and fifteen year's imprisonment.

For saying that white soldiers fought as bravely as did the "colored troops," a fine of two thousand dollars.

For refusing your daughter to any buck that wants her, to be hung by the thumbs until dead, and have your wife and children turned out on the highways to starve.

The fines in all cases to be handed over to the executive committee of the abolition party, and when the money is not to be had, Bottled Butler is to be sent in order to collect it in spoons or whatever else he may be able to find.