Staunton Vindicator

President Jefferson Davis calls for a day of fasting and prayer for the people of the Confederate States on June 13th.

The Vindicator calls on all Virginians to stop grumbling and complaining about the military decisions of the Confederate authorities. The paper likens such complaining to giving "aid and comfort to the enemy."

Table of voting of Augusta County for the Senate, House of Delegates, Ordinance of Secession, and the Board of Public Works. The voters overwhelmingly supported the Ordinance of Secession--3130 people supported it while only 10 voted against.

The vote for the Ordinance of Secession "exhibits a unanimity unparalleled in popular elections," according to the Vindicator. This was the largest vote ever cast in Augusta county.

The counties in the extreme Western and Northwestern parts of Virginia cast a larger vote against the Ordinance of Secession than anticipated. The paper blames this on the large number of federal troops stationed by the Ohio river, who intimidated many voters into opposing secession.

Roughly 160,000 voters in Virginia supported the Ordinance of Secession while 25,000 opposed it.

A large fire threatened much of the lower part of Staunton, although it was contained before it spread. It did destroy Thomas Shumate's stable and badly damaged Mrs. Barkman's house. The fire companies worked hard to control the flames and were aided by the Greenbrier Cavalry and the Augusta Lee Rifles.

Gov. Letcher has given the order that telegrams relating to military operations should not be provided to the Richmond newspapers. The Vindicator supports this action.

Mrs. Gooch, of Churchville, was hurt last Wednesday when the horses attached to her carriage bolted during the dress parade at the military camp.

The Vindicator believes that Staunton may become the capital of Virginia now that Richmond has become the capital of the Confederacy.

President Davis arrived in Richmond on May 29th. This city will now be the capital of the Confederacy.

Mr. Stuart described Lincoln to a crowd at the Court House last Monday. According to Stuart, Lincoln is a large and awkward man whose manners and appearance "clearly indicated that he was not accustomed to good society, but that he was a coarse, rude, and uncultivated man, with none of the qualifications essential to grace the position he holds." Stuart also criticized Lincoln's inaugural address as "insincere and double-faced." The Vindicator reminds its readers that when the paper similarly denounced Lincoln's speech shortly after the inauguration, it was "censured freely for our rashness and want of charity." The paper believes that history has proven it correct.

Praises Maj. Harman, the Quartermaster and Commander at Staunton Encampment, for his "extraordinary exertions in behalf of the State and the Southern Confederacy."

The recent drought has injured the wheat crop.

Capt. Skinner is in the process of raising a volunteer company that will be called the Confederate Guards.

A letter from the Indian Nation assures the Picayune that the Choctaws, Cherokees, Seminoles, and Creeks will give a kind reception to the Commissioners who have been appointed by the Louisiana State Convention to visit them. These tribes are slaveholders, so they support secession and the Confederacy.

The Tribune states that 30,000 federal troops are ready to march from Washington and capture Richmond. The paper believes that the first battle will be at Culpeper.