Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 182?-183?, 1832-04-20
SPECTATOR.
Observation-Disclosures 90.

Observation-Disclosures 20.
o. We are requested TO correct an errone-
GUS impression which appears TO prevail, that
there will be no elections at the precincts, as
the Court has failed TO appoint Commission
ers TO superintend them. The law makes
ample provision for the case. Either the
Clerk can supply the omission, or the DePu-
ty Sheriff in attendance can call persons TO
his aid on the day Of election.
Mr.. Webster's plan for the Apportion-
ment OF Representatives has been approved
by the Committee Of the Senate-which is,
that F'the population of each State shall be
divided by common divisor, and that, in
addition to the number OF members result
ing from such division, member shall be
aiot0ed to each Slate, ,rhose fraction er-
ceedS moiety Of the diUiSor."
The National Intelligencer says:-"We
hear from Georgia, that a considerable num-
Der of the CherokecS have agreed to go be-
yond the Mississippi; and that indications
rather favour the belief that the body of the
nation will, upon certain conditions, volun
tarily emigrate. 1t has always been our
opinion that it might be 10 their interest
and general welfare 10 do So
The Chief of the State of Guatemala, has
given the name of Livingston to new set
Element on the northern coast OF that State, in
honor Of "the American Patriot and Jurist'
whose penal code it is proposed to adopt for
Guatemala.
Mr.. Buchanan, Minister TO Russia, has
sailed for Liverpool, on his way TO ST. Pc
tersburg.
A case is stated in the Philadelp hian, of n
Farmer, in Pennsylvania, who cursed his
seed before planting it. Strange as the sto-
ry appears, ii seems to admit of no question,
that the curse was visited upon it. his corr
grew up and looked as hourishins as any
around it-yet there was no grair the
name of the Rev. Mr.. Helfensein il = zen,
as vouching for the fact The field i ain
ed about four acres
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There is no little buz about discovery
said 10 have been made by the committee
engaged in investigating the affairs of the
United States Sank, that the publishers of
some newspapers are borrowers ofthe Bank!
This is ia Glamour in which those who have
The oldest scores with the printer will doubt
less feel themselves particularly privileged
10 engage in.
The good people of some Of the towns a
long the Ohio River appear TO have recover
ed entirely from the alarm produced by the
late flood, and, jealous for the character and
interest oftheir situations, would now have
us believe they were rather tOashed than
hurt.
-SGG@
The Retorm.-One of the greatest objects
of the Retormers who combined put down
the late pure and patriotic Administration,
was ayowed to be a reduction of the eXpens-
es of Diplomatic Intercourse. How far they
have succeeded in the interesting and laud-
able purpose is seen very clearly in a few
simple facts stated by Mr.. Clayton, in de-
bate in the Senate.
Expense of Diplomatic Intercourse,
For 1928, $4,000
For 1929, 1877, 800
Two years of MIR. ADAMS, S2S6, 500
For 1890, S2l4, 800
For 1881, 10000
Twoy years of Gen. JACKSON, 1924 500
Excess in 1880 and 1881, SI3S, 900
The appropriation proposed for the
same expenditures, in the year 1882, was.
1926 $50, wanting but fifty thousand dol
lars of the whole sum appropriated for SINH
lar purposes in both the years 1925 and
1890.
Mr. Marcy made a remark in the Senate
that it was not the amount ofmoney cxpend-
ed by the last administration IN foreign in
tercourse, which was the charge against il,
but that it did nothing for the money. Mr..
Clay controyerted the correctness Of this OBJ
servation, and asserted that so far from hay
ing done nothing, the last administration
bad concluded more treaties here, at the
seat Of Government with foreign powers than
any preceding nistration-perhaps all
of them toge'her-and adjusted many long
standing difficulties and disputed questions
with foreign governments