Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 182?-183?, 1832-06-01

burg and New River Rail Road Company
at meeting held on Saturday last, in that
place, determined by vote of 1912 10 1925,
10 surrender their charter. The object is to
unite in the new James River scheme.
MIR. HARPER At the late Railroad
meeting, Committee was appointed TO cor
respond with the Executive Of the g. States,
to ascertain whether we could get an En-
gineer from the U. S. corps TO survey the
Valley. Have this Committee done any
thing! If they have, what is the result OF
their correspondence? If they have not why:
r. r.
We do not know whether the Committee
have written TO the President or not-Since
their appointment, our correspondent is no
doubt apprized that Engineers, in the em-
Ploy of the State, have commenced survey
OF the Valley; and we are persuaded, if the
Committee have not written, it has been ow-
ing to this circumstance.
BY the way, while we are answering one
question we will ask another. How are the
Commissioners coming on in getting sub
scrlptiona We have heard of one gentle
man who has five thousand dollars on his pa
per, and another who has three thousand
Have others done as well?
Co 1t will be seen that Mr.. Van Buren,
has been nominated as the universal candi-
date ofthc jackson party for the Vice Pres
idency, by the Baltimore Convention. We
doubt, however, whether he will prove so,-at
least we hope not. 1t is very certain that
less acceptable nomination, TO those op-
posed to the administration, coNld scarcely
have been made, if he is 10 be elected-or
one more acceptable, SO far as concerns the
chances of the contest.
Clear the tcay-cIeGr the tray Col. John
son, it appears, has surrendered his preten
sions to the Vice Presidency. This is one
out of MIR. Van Buren's way. We have q
report, also, that the place of Minister to
England is TO be offered TO Judge Barbour
30 that WILDE the Judge should
agree to be "bought Off"
Fan Buren, in Pennsylvania A
merican Sentinel, leading jackson paper
in Pennsylvania, published in the City
OF Philadelphia, asks-"Who represented
Pennsylvania in the Baltimore Convention
That they were self-constituted is certain
meetings for this purpose not being held in
more than six counties in the State" The
same paper calls the whole affair at Balti
more a piece of management, and declares
that the body of the jackson party in Penn
sylvania will sustain the nomination of Judge
Wilkins for the Vice Presidency. Mr.
Dallas is also held up as the candidate OF o
portion of the party for the same Office. If
the split should be considerable, the Clay
ticket might succeed in that State.
Martin Fan Buren,, was, on Wednesday
nominated as a candidate for the Vice Presi
dency, by the Baltimore Convention. to be
run or the jackson ticket. With the ex-
ception OF three individuals, we will venture
10 say, that no nomination, more obnoxious
TO the jackson men of this county, could
have been made.
Layers tOtcrs Torch Light.
05-Nathan Smith, Esq. who has been G.
lected to succeed Mr. Foot in the Senate of
the United States, as representative of Con-
necticut, it appears was reformed by Gene
raj jackson out Of the office of District At
torney.
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A correspondent ofthe Charleston Courier
transmits the following piece ofintelligence
There is a rumour that there IS more
trouble IN the Cabinet--it is said that the
Secretaries OF the Treasury and of War are
about to resgn-the cause or causes not yet
publicly known ] have it from undoubted
that Mr.. M'Lane intends making
Baltimore his future residence, and there
pursuing the practice of the law"
$50
The Columbia Telescope says, Mr.. Dray-
ton is about 10 appear as mediator on The
Tariff, and will propose as the basis Of COM
promise, the surrender Of the constitutional
question, and recognition of the principle of
protection. The good sense ofthc Country
with few exceptions, has rapidly Of late, I'M
iergone a change on the constitutionality of
giving up the gorund Of uncon-
stitutionaliIy as untenablo.- Whig
GsHGE-
The Pennsylvania Inquirer says that a pa
per is in circulation in that State, for the
signatures OF those who were jackson men,
but are so no longer, avowing the resolution