Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 182?-183?, 1832-07-20


in other bedsteads.
Connecticut School Fund.-The n.
mount of this fund, according to the late
annual report Of the Commissioner. is
Sl,902. 9oS, invested in bonds and mort
cages, bank stock and other securities,
and land and houses. The income re-
ceIved the last year in interest, div-
dends, and rents, amounted to S96, 70S.
ihe number Of children attending
the public schools, as enumerated in Au-
gust last, was 50, sos; the sum distribut-
ed from the fund for the support of
schools was So, 5S5 or 80 cents for each
scholar. 1t is stated as a remarkable
fact that the children enumerated last
year exceeded The enumeration of 2S2I
by only rs, and fell short of that Of ls-
II by lO3.
Post Office Influence The Cincin-
natl Gazette has ascertained that the
Central and District Committees OF the
supporters OF Gen. JACKSON in Ohio, in
clude Serenteen Post Masters. Besides
these, the Editor states that there are a
few moredependents of the Treasury up
on the committee, namely, John A. Bry-
an, insolvent commissioner David
Smith printer of the laws of the U. S.
James B. Gardiner, Indian Agent, and
some one or two land Office deputies,
making sum total OF very disinterested
patriots.
The VICE PRESIDENT of the United
States left this City on Sunday for his
residence in South Carolina Int.
1eNe&
In the absence of the VICE PREsI-
DENT, the Senate proceeded to ballot
for President pro tempore of that body.
The 4th ballot Gen. SMITH having
withdrawn his name after the second) re-
suited in the choice of LIrTLEToN w.
TAzEwELL, one of the Senators from the
State of Virginia. The other Senator
who divided the votes with him, was
Mr. PoINDExTER, Of Mississippi, who on
the fifth ballot, received 81 votes.
Nat. Int.
WIN. H. PORE has been elected Pres.
ident Of the U. States Bank at Louisville,
Ky. in place of JAMES HUGHES, resign
ed.-Nat. Int.
We find in the Charleston City Gaz-
cite the subjoined extract of a letter
from the Vice President of the United
States. dated 18th May, 1882, addressed
in reply to an invitation from Commit
tee for arranging fete at Spring Grove,
Laurens' District, S. c. Sin honor Of
Free Trade and State Rights" II
ought to be read with attention. After
his exposition o. last Summer, the Ian
guage of this letter is more painful than
surprising to US, who learnt much of our
constitutional doctrine, from the veal
1918, to about the year 1922, from MIR
CALHOUN himself, and who are neither
able, nor disposed now to unlearnit:
Extract Of a letter from Mr.. Calhoun.
II do most sincerely believe that the
cause of Carolina is the cause of the
Constitution, of Liberty, and the Union.
My opinion has not been hastily formed
It'll the result of much reflection and
long observation and am prepared
to test its sincerity by sharing the fate Of
the State, be it whatit may.
"Our government is clearly tending
towards consolidation and on consolida.
ton, corruption, oppression, and finally,
monarchy, must closely press. There
is but one remedy, but trust that is all
sufficient to avert such calamities, the
reserved rights ofthe States. They are
the only solid foundation of American
liberty. On this rock our fathers placed
tit, and there let us be prepared to main
tain il"
-1aI95
LOUISVILLE, KY. JGne Is.
The undersigned, believing that debt oil
gratitude was due 10 General Andrew Jack
son, for his patriotism, and services 10 hi,
country, together with other reasons of a
political nature, which cannot be detailed
here, were among his supporters to elevate
I him 10 the DISTINGUISHED nfIica tvhicb 10 ,.o,,