Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 182?-183?, 1832-03-02
considered so now, unless indeed The words

considered so now, unless indeed The words
o. The poet are truo:-
hat men change with climos;"-
Principles with times"
In the second place, Gen M'Coy was full
~ sustained by his constituents for his vote
on that occasion, as believe he would be
now, by four-lifihs of them, for similar
vote-ior the People of this District do not.
as they ought not, to regard this, a party
question, but nearly all ,as far as have had an
opportunity of Judging, jackson and anti
jackson, concur in the opinion, that the best
lnlereStsot the country require that the Bank
should be re-chartered. To refuse TO re- char
ter 1t, they believe would be productive of
vast individual, as we'll as national distress.
and would have the certain effect of depre-
eating very much thcvaluc OF real property,
which in all conscience is low enough now
we want something TO give it spur, rather
than sink il lower Now when our Farmers
sell out with view Of removal TO some of
the Western States, The first thing they seek
TO provide themselves with, is the United
States Bank paper. This they know will pass
current in every State in the Union. But de-
stroy the U. y. Bank, and they must take
with them, Virginia or District paper, and
before they can pay for the land they pur-
chase, they must undergo the operation of
Shaver or Broker 10 the tune of some 8, 5
or l0per cent MADISON.
Our paragraph was not founded on this
vote, but on private information We would
be as much gratitied asany one, should the in
10 rmallon prove to be erroneous. 3D. Spec.
-5GG$e.-
Ine Unconstitutional Intelligence.
Beaver (Pa.) paper says that the rise in the
Ohio and Beaver creek, was greater by sew
Ell or eight feet than ever was known before.
Brldgewater, Sharon and Falls-t town were
all inundated. A great many light build
IngS were carried away. The loss of one in
dlvldual, Stephen Stone, is estimated at near
$4,000 The water was up TO the ceiling
in Gen. Lacock's house, and his stable and
other out houses, fences and hay stacks, were
carried away, and his valuable library DIES.
troyed.
The Maysyillc Monitor of the 18th says:
Maysyllle is believed TO be one of the high
est situations of any town on the Ohio, vet
The water is now invading our streets to con-
siderable extent, being near seventy feet a.
oove low water mark, and at the time of
writing this, tie rise still continues. The
extent OF damage sustained by farmers and
others on the river is immense, and without
precedent in this part o! the country. For
several days stacks of small grain, and hav
have been floating past here in continued
succession. Several frame buildings ofcon-
siderable size have also passed down, moving
on with the calm majesty peculiar to the
great river which has swept them from their
A Cincinnati paperofthe 18th says: Water
ST. is navigable for boats ofalmost any tenn
age. The destruction ofproperty is immense;
cellars filled with water-board yards swept
OF every stick oftimber-and some houses al
ready on the nloUe. The water was still on
the rise, some people were moving from the
first to the second stories-others from the
second escaping in boats.
The Cincinnati Gazette of the 18th saws
"The river continues 10 rise, and Individual
distress is increased. We learn from be-
low that the inhabitants of the lower part off
Louisville have betaken themselves 10 the
upper stories"