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Du Buque visitor. [volume] (Dubuque, Lead Mines, Wisconsin Territory) 1836-1837, 1837-02-08
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AN ACT 70 Incorporate the Inhabitants OF siesa
iowns az wish 10 be incorporated.
Section /. Be il enacted BY the 4
council and house of representatives,
That whenever the white male inhab-
itanls over the age of twenty -one years
being residents OF any town or village
OF any number of dwellings situated
contiguous and convenient for saesa,
purpose in this territory, containing
not less than three hundred persons.
shall wish to become incorporated for
the better regulation Of their internal
police, it shall be lawful for the said
residents who may have resided SIX
months therein, to assemble themselves
together in public meeting at the court
house or other place in said town, and.
when so assembled, they may proceed
to choose president and clerk OF the
meeting from among themselves, both
Of whom shall be sworn or affirmed
by any person authorized tc admins
ter oaths, faithfully to discharge the
trust repesed in them az president .asa
clerk Of said meeting: Provided, how
ever, that at least ten days public no
lice Of the tine and place Of holding
said meeiiag shail have been given ia
some public newspaper. or BY setting
up public advertisement at the most
public place in such town.
Sec. e. The residents Of ans town
aforesaid, having assembled as directed
in the first section Of this act, may
proceed to decide by vote, viva voes,
whether they viii be incorporated OF
not, and the president and clerk, after
their votes are given in, shall certify
under their hands the number Of vote.
in favor Of being incorporated, and the
numberagainst being incorporated. and
il it shall appear that two-thirds of the
votes taken are in favor Of being in
corporased. the president and clerk
shall deliver a certificate OF The state.
] ment Of the poll to the board Of trus-
tees to be elected a hereafter prori-
ded.
Sec. 8. Whenever the qualified 70.
tiers under this act, Of any town. shall
have decided 10 the manner herein pro.
rided that they wish 70 be ineorporz
ted, it shall be the duty Of the clerk o,
the meeting at which they may 80 de
eide, to give at least Eve days publ,
notice to the said voters to assemble !
the place Of holding county election
in such town, on 4 day to be named i
such notice, to elect BY ballot, fiye Il
sidents Of such town for trustees off
& same, who SHALL hold their Office Il
one year and until other trustees a
chosen and qualified, at which first
lection the president and clerk Of Il
first meeting shall preside, or in e..
. of the absence Of either Of them, som
q q suitable person shall be appointed b
TIE electors present to ill such vacal
cics, and at every succeeding electio
for president and trustees, they sha,
I direct the manner in which the sam
shall be conducted.
s. S. Sc. The board Of trustees Of /
b ~ town, elected agreelbly to Che pr
r;.;ous 81 the act shall choose pres
dent at 81, iheir own body, and 4
,,,,res;dlent sud trustees Aforesaid g
es.s ~ nili d thena
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1837-06-15

Melancholy Siaiemen,-Tbe New
York New Era contains the following
AT no period Of its history has there
oeen so great degree of general distress
IN TINS city as there is at this day. OF
IT'S mechanics and other working men
at least ten thousand are now w;thou,
employment; and the wives and FAM.
lies OF these, which amount, upon = low
calculation. to ten thousand persons more
are suffering want, many OF them bite
heart-rending want. The letters which
ABOUND upon our table from commercial
clerks. state that there are at least two
thousand OF that educated class who have
been dismissed from their OCCUPATIONS
and whose previously scanty salaries al.
lowed them to make little il any prnv;-
sian for SO sudden and DISTRESSING a con-
tingeuey. OF seamstresses, book folders
bonnet-nakers and other industrious f..
males. we are assured, from sources like.
iy to be well informed, that certainly
three thousand are at this m omeut in min.
.ng restitution. and exposed to heartIess
temptation
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Presbuerian General Assemble

Presbyterian General AssemblY.-It
having become evident that there must,
Tor the sake of harmony, be division
OF the Presbyterian Church. the General
Assembly, now in session in Philadel.
phia, directed the appointment of ten.
1--WE from each party, TO report a plan Of
separation. That committee, however,
were unable TO come to a satisfactory a
greement.-in reference TO their opin-
ions, the y. Y. Journal of Comm.rce
says:
"The Committee OF the General AS
sembly Of the Presby terrain Church ap-
pointed to draw up plan of separation,
was composed OF an equal number of
members (fve) from each Of tae two
parties Into which the church is divided.
Alter several conferences, the committee
were unable to agree, except On the ques-
ton of separation, which they were u
unanimously ofopinion had become neces-
ssry. Two reports were accordingly
made by the two moieties of the com
mittee, -cne recommending, las we learn
from gentleman who was present. tt at
the Old School men should hold success
sion as The General assembly that the
Princeton Seminary should be theirs,
and that the funds of the Assembly should
be divided according to representation.
The New School men proposed that
there should be no succession, but that
the present organization. should termin.
ate, and each party start de mono thai
Princeton Seminary should be made in.
dependent of either, if the Legislature o
New Jersey consent, and that the funds
should be divided equally. As yet the
reports have not been definitely acted up
on but it seems probable that sepsra
ton will take place"
Subsequently, a question arose, whc
Their the Synod Of the Western Reserv,
, constituted a part OF the Presbyterian
Church, and was entitled to representa-
ton in the Assembly, which. after lon;
debate, OF intense interest was decide,
E against the Synod. by vote Of 1872 {
1880 that that Synod is Gu, off fror
the Presbyterian Church. The MAORI
, ty in the Assembly consists Of the OIL
School-the minority of the advocates c
Neao Measures. The views of the tw
parties are regarded as so iTreconciieablt
by many OF them, and indeed have S
long and so violently agitated the Church
that they have come to the couclusio
al that separate organization is the onl
remedy,
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TO SADDTERS

!, FOR the information of those who
nave, or may purchase the right of usino
my fatent Spring for Saddles. will
S'a'e That L have succeeded in maxine
arrangements with Mr.. ALLEN P.Iwr
;Da''inore' who will furnish the
p.nsS IN any quantity. on a reasonable
no'ire' al One Dollar each, with 1.-The.
raj discount for cash. luz
An persons, therefore, who want
springs viii forward their orders to MI
ayhe. HENRY SHEETS. =
Staunton. June 10. 1897.
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FOR THE spectacle,

Ncssrs. Editors-in your last paper. some
great unkno,cn icriter, who has the honor OF
certain individuals in his holy keeping, has
Inquired, in one of his happies, efforts, before
the public, in dragging from deep, damning
infamy, Into which he snpposes he was pun-
gcd, Thomas Elliott - The old man |,
whose head is blossoming for the grave :
must be helped in this extremity Who
first placed Elliott before the public in the
attitude in which he stands in his certificate?
Vas il OF his own free will and accord ? No:
the crimson negative mantles the cheek of
every alder and aheltor in the matter. WHY
was Elliott lngged into the controversy p
Was II not to divert the public mind from
The real question at issue between Composers
to oppression" and certain individuals ?
These are questions of which we should not
lose sight. But would now ask, in what
manner have |, in my certificate, affected
the character oil Elliott more than his writer
has: Ei!iotts writer says in his certificate
that ne never received value for the "S 1000
| bond" and in his subsequent production he
admits fully that he did receive value for IT,
He further sought in his certificate TO max
the impression that ioybearance money wat
exacted and really paid bu: in his subse.
! quen. piece he denies ever having made
such a charge. In what dilemma is Ell.
liou p'aceu oy MS friends! never placed
him there. | only stated in my cerl6cat,
| what Elliott admits, or his writer for him
that he never paid forbearance money ant
that the $1,000 bond was executed for val
liable consideration. If j. were necessary,
could establish by respectable men, that
neld conversation with Elliott but, h
having admitted all that relates 10 the lotte
ry transaction, deem ii unnecessary t
trouble the public with any thing more o.
the subject. now give Elliott, his alder
and abettors over TO their fate, infamous a
ii may be. ii. 3. CEASE.
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The Bunk, the Government, and lie Ma
Oal Pension Fund. We have seen a variety
OF paragraphs in the newspapers, in relation
10 an arrangement said TO have been made
between the Bank OF the United States and
The Government, by which the former has
agreed TO pay, at certain points, four hundred
thousand dollars on account OF pensions to
our naval veterans. Wehave made inquiry
and have reason TO believe tho statement
true but can perceive nothing in the affair
very unexpected or remarkable. The PEN
sion fund has, like every thing else, parlaken
somewhat of The existing arrangement ofthe
currency; and it was highly credilable TO
the Secretary, in his anxiety to secure the
payment OF money yotedby Congress 10 those
who had served their country in her hour o!
need, 10 avail himself OF the facilities of the
oahk while The promptness OF that insiilu
ton, in acting with him in the measure, is
entitled to equal commentator Ifthis dis.
position on both sides were practised more
frequently, 1t would be far better for the in,
seie'ts OF the country Phil. Inquirer
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For The Staunton Spectntor.
NORFOLK, Juno 6. IS

Messrs. EditorS-It is with regret
that we again make our appearance in
your paper-especially when we must
know that controversy of this descrip.
ton cannot be interesting to your read
ers. With your permission we think
proper to notice piece in your paper
Of May 18th, by Mr.. II. Sheets, headed
"To the Public" He first charges rs
with having designed to injure the sale
Of an Invention IN the Spring Saddle, as
invented by him. 1t was undoubtedly
orr design to put stop to any thing
like infringement on our patent, and had
we considered his alteration on ours an
improvement, we would not have come
out in the manner we did.
Again ;he says that the charge by US
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VI A S O N &c.
June Is, 1887.

The Festival of ST. John the Baptist
will De observed on Saturday the 24th
inst. by the members of Staunton Lodge
NO. IL. At Ii o'clock, A. NJ. the Pro
cession will move from the Masons'
Hall to the Methodist Episcopal Church,
where Masonic Address will be deliv-
cred by the Rt. Worshipful and Rev.
Brother JAMES ID. McCABE, G. Chap
lain of the Grand Lodge of Virginia.
The Procession will then move to the
house OF Brother ]. H. Gums, and par
take of Dinner prepared for the occa
sion. Members of neighboring Lodges,
and transient brethren in good standing
are respectfully invited to attend. All
brethren who wish to join the Process
sion, and share in the festivities of the
day. will meet at the Masons' Hall at 10
o'clock, A. NJ, as no one will be per
nitted TO fall into the Procession after j,
has moved from the Hall, OF leave il
until it has returned thitheg.
A full band of Music from Lexington
is engaged for the occasion.
BY order Of the w. Master,
The Committee of ArTan cement.
Staunton, June Is, 1887.
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Observation-Disclosures

Some months ago. Amos Kendall re .
FUSED TO pay Messrs. Stockton 81 Stoke
sum OF money due on their contracts
with Tue Post Office Department, alleg.
'ng that he had seized upon it to replace
money illegally paid TO them by his p1e.
decessor. Maj. Bsrry-remunerating the
Department by sort of "snap Judo.
meht' or, as we in the South saw bv
resort to negro Tau" Messrs, Stockton
~ oIoKes carried the case before Con.
gress. by whom it was referred to the
Solicitor General. who decided in favor
OF the claimants-but Amos refused to
pay! The subject was then referred
10 the Attorney General, who concurred
in opinion with the Solicitor-but Amos
still refused to pay Stockton 81 Stokes
then carried the case before the Presi
dent, who submitted il to the Senate.
That body referred it to their committee
on the Judiciary. who reported unoni
mOusty ia favor OF the claimants, and that
report was unanimously concurred in by
the Senate-and still Amos refused TO
pay !! Stockton g. Stokes then brough,
suit against Amos in the Circuit Court of
the District of Columbia, and Amos re.
fused 20 appear, denying its authority
to bring into review the actions of his
High Mightiness alleging that .'im.
Peachment is the only constitutions al re-
medy against an Executive o(icer-as if
even successful impeachment,-a thing
impossible. with the present Congress,
even IT the blacklist crimes were fasten-
ed upon him by the most indubitabie
testimony.--as if even a successful i'm
parchment would redress the wrongs
complained Of, by Stockton 81 Stokes,
and put into their pockets the money
illegally wrested from them by the inso-
lent despot WHO has scrawled in his own
slime to HE footstool Of Executive pow
en- -
II men dressedin ali,tle brief author
!ty," can thos wrong and defrsud their
fellow citizens. and there be no redress,
IF when the law advisers OF the Exc
cative decide that claim against the
government is just, aud Congress direct
1t to be paid. petty upstart may disIe-
gard that advice aud spurn that direc-
tion,--and il, then. the process of the
Judiciary proposing OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
IS to be thrown back upon them with
contempt--wherein does our government,
IN its practical operations, differ from
the most absolute desPotis,n ?-Lynch-
burg Vi5ginian.
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Se'Wnfnn SpRraatnr s. Qzrmrrar 0a,,,,a%=-

| From FLORIDA the Express Mail NJ
Yesterday afternoon brought us rumo,
that on the 29th of last month (Monday
week some teamsters arrived at Garev;,
Ferry reported that n baggage train. 70.
turning from Fort Mellon 10 Tampa Raw
had been attacked by body of Indians
and the wagon-master Zone of the late
South Carolina militia) was killed. with
two transfers, and some of the inhabi.
tants in the neighborhood, who had re.
turned to their plantations, supposino
the war was at an end.
The information which we receive
from Florida is any thing but satisfactory
Surprising that the account which W..
published yesterday from the Charleston
courier be erroneous, as il probably is to
some extent, still the delay of the Indians
IN coming in is very suspicious. Not 70
speak OF the anxiety which it must cause
TO the Commanding General, the detach.
ments OF the Army and Navy on dutv in
mat country are in very trying siiua-
"on The latter especially, who are ola.
ceu on shore for garrison duty, for which !
,,iey are not by nature at ali adapted. ia
'he utter exclusion of their performance
OF The service for which. our vessels are
SO much wanted as cruizers The Slooo
OF OF war VANDALlA has been lying in
4 ampa Bay, her crew constantly either
rowing about in open boats, or threading
inc swamPs, or standing as sentinels in
camp or garrison, for how long we do
not remember, but it must have been
! nearly twelve months. Meanwhile, the
hdians hang back, aud transports are
Tor them at an enormous expense
% the Government for demurrage, &c.
he accounts from Tampa Bay, are to
ne 18th. and the Indians were still hol-
ling back, though two months and half
had elapsed since the conclusion of the
1 really for their immediate removal
Nat, Int. June Z.
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Mr.. WEBsTEh's reception at Louisville
wns enthusiastic beyond description. lie
was entertained al Barbecue. The Jour
nal states that it "was noble affair No
less than twenty sheep, twenty five calves,
thirty shoaIs, sixty bacon hams, and several
heiters, were prepared for The occasion. The
crowd was tremendous, consisting Of not less
than 900 persons. Mr.. Webstcr's speech
was hours in length, and, although we
could not distinctly hear him, the loud and
Isng continued thunderpeaIs OF applause, that
followed the vivid flashes OF his eloqueoce
were to US the best possible testimonial Ell the
immense power CT The orator."
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Zen. SANTA ANNA.-Frum the follow.
ing extract from the published Currespon.
dence Of the New York Courier & Enoui.
rer, our Impression is confirmed of the in
correctness of the report Of the arrest of Gen.
SANTA ANNA by order Of his Government
Nat. Int.
New ORLEANS, May 25, 1887.
Brig Hnne Dorothea arrived yesterday
from Vera Cruz
Every thing was quiet at Vera Cruz, but
serious apprehensions were entertained of a
war with the United States, which the inha.
oitants Of that city felt very anxious to avert.
because the blockade fthe portby an Amer.
lean naval force would soon reduce them 10
ruin. Santa Anna WINS still positively at
Mango de Ciavo on the 10Th, aud therefore
me rumor WHICH was aflnat al Tampico, ut
The latest dates that he had been arrested and
carried to the city of Mexico, is decidedly
untnunded. A friend Of mine spoke with him
on the 9Th, and found him in high spirits.
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against him for having used precisel,
our angie spring, is incorrect. as is prov
Cd oy our patent before him. He then
So on processing to quote the claims tc
ou' pa'en', Dat he is very careful not to
- .ue ialter part of our claims. keen.
ing mem out OF sight, and then goes on
Pu' ms own construction, evidently
s"eu 10 answer his purposes. for
w"en lie quotes our claims r.Ia,;v. 70
me form OF the spring, he then tmps n.
way from them by saying that our snr,no
IS ike the buckle which old m-n ussI
10 wear In their shoes. II is ou;ts ~
fortunate TO US that the form ~ ths Co.,
ana front of a saddle are so much Lii
, W Is poor subterfuse to resort to
nave no doubt that Mr.. Sheets had
ms own reasons for not quoting the latter
P"' vi our claims, gcing on to claim ;,s
CONSTRUCTION TO the head of the tree by |
straps and webbing. which goes mors
,uny 10 explain the first part of our |
claims. When we say that we do NJ,
claim the W shaped spring TO the bead
OF the tree, we evidently allude IN n Gat
w spring riveted to the head of ,h. ,,a
IS was formerly the custom; SO that when
me claims IN our patent are properIx
Examined and taken in connection ,bsv
WI GO 10 prove that our claims are M,
20 limited as he would have them. And
y, are not SO widely mistaken as Mr..
meets would have the public to believe.
n calling it precisely our angle spring
,urved, as claimed By US. And the fact
100 stubborn to be denied, that he has {
lSea every part of our plan in construct. .
nS ms except that he has two frames in
'lace of our one.
we next hasten TO notice his answer
o our public threat against him for in. I
rihse ment. The fact of our being from ,
ome at the time his spring made its ap-
earance, is sufficient reason for our
curse and had we been at home we ..
ee nothing SO very unmanly in it.
III. g. A. BEARD, =,
GreenyiIle Va
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TO the Public,

WE, the undersigned, Saddlers. have
examined Boards patent Spring for
Saddles, and also similar spring sent
here for inspection by NJ. Sheets. of
Staunton, Va, and in giving our opinion
relative to their utility, we are compelI-
ed to give Boards the decided prefer
ence. Boards plan does not require a.
ny SUCH addition as that Of double slid
ing frame, as it only adds to weight,
bulk, expense and difficulty; for we
might almost as well try to get our
Smiths to undertake TO make steam
engine, as to undertake to make one of
those double Sliding frames SO as 10 work
right. And if he has intended it for an
Improvement, in our opinion he has
widely missed the mark and we ven
ture to predict, that when reverse de.
cision is given, it is by such individuals
as have been deprived of a right to
Boards invention, and are unhappily
disappointed at the rise and progress of
Boards potent. as likely to supercede all
others upon which saddles have been
erected. And it affords us a pleasure to
state, that Boards pateAt hes given more
general satisfaction than any other pat
ent vended in this state. 1t is regarded
astone of the most valuable inventions of
modern times. We are disposed to en-
courage good Inventions. Given under
our hands this 2sth day of May, 1887,
st Raleigh, North Carolina.
..e.. ALFRED PAXTIN.
a.e. DANIEL GARDNER,
BAILEY WADDLE,
HENRY BURNES,
SAM'L POKENHORNE.
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NOTICE.

LIE Books. Bonds and Accounts Of
tue late hrnh of Henry Im6oden 6, Co.
are IN the hands of CHEsIEY KINNEY
Esq. who alone is authorized to receiye
MONIES due the firm, and settle its nc.
counts. Persons indebted w i'll find it TO
their interest to call upon him and make
payment Immediately, as further iuiul,
gence cannot be extended.
HENRY IMBOBEN.
GEORGE GEIGER.
Stanton, June I5. 1877
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For Sale or Rent.
June Is, 1887.

WE are DESTROYS of selling that
very valuable BRICK DWELLINGS
noCSE, on Main Street, in Staunton.
Two doors west of Mr.. Cowan's old stand
nearly opposite the silversmith shop of
capt. VIM. Young. and lately in the oc..
cuPancy of Mr.. Henry Imboden. We
would sell on accommodating terms or
we would rent for one or more years
MERRITT & CHURCHMAN
June Is, 1887.
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a private mail is abou, ,o bo ,,
between New York and Rest s''"riisned
transmission of letters and ns,.ta Ut Tue
special messenger Ii appears thai ,h oy a
cceJ;nn oJ%ere,s nuthorising such a pros
SVSe","g. The charge for letters from, ~.
oia 10 Boston will be ten cents each Tho
.,s essengar IS TO carry the letters nv ,ho
p. NJ. 0" raves daily at 8,
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Turnpike Company

THE Stockholders of the S,aunion and
James River Turnpike Company, are here
by notified that an adjourned meeting will
he held at the Courthouse in Stanton, on
Saturday the 9Th day of June next, al / o.
clock, a. Nj, for the election of President
and Directors, and The transaction of such
other business as the interest OF the COMPANY
may require. WILLIAM II. ALLEN,
May il, 1881 General Hgent.
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$ III 4. e.
Under Deed of Trust.


By virtue of deed of trust executed.to
the subscriber on the 2lst of January, 1885.
by Samuel Peace, and OF record in the Coun,
~ Court Office Of Augusta, will be sold. at
the residence Of said Peace, on Saturday the
l7th day of the present month, Dime TO
the highest bidder for cash, the following
viz.
:. One Road Wagon and Gear
for four horses, 2 Horses, Mare, a Cows,
2 Calves, 10 head of Hogs, 4 Beds and their
fnrn,,uFe' z Pleughs, Bedsteads, 9 Axes,
Hiattock, Shevei and Dung Fork ouan,
THY Of Pork, Beef. Corn, Whea, and Rye,
and ali the Household and Kitchen Furni,
ture belonging to said Peace.
JEFF ERSoN KINNEY, Trustee.
June ], 1887.
ssasSszA By consent of parties the a.
gGsS bove sale is postponed until
Friday the 23d instant.