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Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1839-01-03
SPECTATOR.
CONGRESS SENATE.

Mr.. Rives has moved searching inquiry
Gun the form OF call on the Secretary OF the
Treasury for inf,Tmation) into the CORES.
pondebce, transactions, and dealing of every
kind, which have transpired between the Go.
vernment and the United States Bank OF
Pennsylvania. He has also submitted an
inquiry in relation 10 the Deposi,e Banks
Mr.. Rives has taken stand eminenlly bel
!'gerent to the Administration, but seems
disposed TO fight it altogether on his own
hook
MIR. Cr,t,enden, OF Kentucky, hos report.
ed bill 10 prevent the interference of Fed
era! officers in elections of The people The
bill has been read tw ice and referred to tho
Committee on the judiciary. IL makes the
ofr.nce a high misdemeanor
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
The committee on elections have reported
Judge Dolly entitled 10 seat in the House
as delegate from Wisconsin, and that Mr..
Jones, the sitting member, is not. Tho re-
port was laid on the table and ordered 10 be
printed
Mr.. Wise delivered u scathing speech on a
resolution offered to sppoin, a committee to
investigate the deialcation OF Swartwout.
He said he had no faith in shy committee
that would be appointed-,hai the Speaker
would take care 10 appoint such as would
whi'ewash the transaction, anal screen frum
blame these who wore cult pablo He though,
the Secretary Of the Treasury deserved i'm
parchment, and would be .mpeached if JUS
tice were done him. MIR. Wise took care
TO remind the House Of his attempts to &c,
an examination into the affairs of govern,
meht officers, two years ago, which were
| resisted by President Jackson. lie said Il
the examination had been Above then these
enormous defalcations nigh, have been pre-
venied;-as il wac, he thought il would he O
little use 10 take up The .ime of the Hous,
| in stating the accounts OF absconded Sub.
! Treasures
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1839-01-03
JAMES RIVER COMPANY

A meeting Of the stock hodars ofih he James
River and kans~ha company was held IN
Richmond week before Iast-Col. Dorman
OF RockbIIdge in The chair-st which re .
solution was adopted directing an applica>
ton to be made to the Legislature for a sub
scription on behalf of the State of three f;t,hs
OF SIX millions of dollars, and for authority
Tor the company TO borrow tho other two.
hfths-which sum. it is thought will be
sufficient TO carry their great work through
10 the Ohio
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1839-01-03
From the -A5,ngdon Statesman.

We regret TO learn, that about ones
third of the to "n OF Wythe C. III. was
destroyed by fire, on Sunday morning
last. The fire broke out in the Mer-
chant Tailor establishment owned by
Messrs. Mathews s. Gibboney, between,
a and 5 o'clock on Sunday morning.
1t is believed TO he the work of an in
cendiary. Upwards Of so houses were
burnt, % of which were occupied as
dwellings. The whole loss. iu houses.
goods, furniture, Sc. is estimated at a.
bout S60. 0G0.-The following is a list
'of the property destroyed, together with
the names Of the sufferers
On The North side of The street, the
Store house OF Mathews s. Gibboney,
with considerable quantity of goods
the dwelling. house of Robert Gjbboney;
Merchant Tailor Shop Of Mathews &
Gi5boney; Halter Shop Of J Ii. n.
Maddox, Store house Of James St. Clair
& Co. with part OF their goods Tav-
ern- house occupied by Robert Kent,
with the greater part of the furniture
Store, dwelling and out houses owned
by Robert Kent DR.. Robert CTockett's
dwelling house and office; and dwelling.
house owned by James II. Miller.
On the South side of The street, the
following houses owned by Jacob Hal
Ter, and occupied as named, were de.
stroyed r. Kents Blacksmith Shop
J.. Campers Wsgon>msker's Shop A.
A. Owne's dwelling house and Shoe
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1839-01-03
A mea.a,ed sERyiLE iNsURREC

A mediiaied SERyILE INSURREC.
TON was recently detected and promptly
crushed in w williamson county, Tennesee.-
The ringleaders (says the Franklin W eek.y
Review, of The 7'h inst. have been "welI
punished. The same paper says @AIo st OF
The negroes on their examination, appeared
Ia have been U.der the impression that MIR.
Vac Buren was friendly 80 the cause of
polishing slavery, and they thought that aid
OF counienance would be given TO their Of
forts in consequence This plot, and ihe
prompt detection and summary punishment
OF those engaged in il, should show The b.
"iiiionists the real tendency OF fheIr labors
aud rs we believe that many good but delu-
ded men are engsSed in this crusade against
the South, il Is perhaps only necessary ,hst
they should he satisfied OF the unnamed coil
oil their course, al once 10 abandon u-ev,l
both 10 the masters, few of whom MAY iall
victims to a Temporary outbreak, but more
surely To the slaves, hose nsurreciiunar y
attempts ars almost cure 10 be detect ed
oeioTe they are matured, and which
even II momentarily successful, will drag
down upon oil engaged in them, blond y
reitibuiIon. II these men, then, he really
fhiiahihropisis in theory, we assure them
That practically they arc the worst enemies
OF those whom they would benefi;-aBd who
u 'hey were sagacious enough To appreciate
The consequences OF their Interference. migb,
well pray TO he delivered from ibair ",,ns;
mercies. - Nrg.
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1839-01-03
No. 6.
From HE Richmond Compiler.
EX>PRESIDENEADAMS


The course Of this strange man has been
so erratIc and wanton ofIate, that where we
used TO say "hold respect his age and spare
him for his past hoaprs and services" we
now say clay on" The following from The
New London (Mass Gazette. is a good hi,.
IL issddsessed "to -of Congress - bu,
we canno, mss the mark
"Old woman old woman whittier 90 r,;,b
Seventeen times as high ms the moon, 20
10 sweep the cobwebs off the sky,
And IN be amcng you very sam.
IN RAISE such mighty dust at ST. James
Shall make the Queen swoun in II. idst Of her
danes.
she doesn't yet know What j. due 10 her
honor,
hut soon she will learn for my eye'supon her
oC"nnell. my friend To ,hy aid viii Gy
n" "shator thou art, and So too am l."
Odd woman! old woman! whittier so h;ob
To-. 10 a"eep the cohwebs off .hc sky -
They hide the light from the African rsc.
A"a 'hat' the reason they re black in the
IN 'oid' us true thar make mat,e.,wor
Onl san sweep on, Far whsrs rha, 10 ,,sa
Uonneli, my friend TO Thy aid will fiv
sun oa"i for the slaves, aud so loo will "a
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1839-01-03

We learn from Tie New York Ex.
press that The bakers of that CITY make
great complaints of The short weigh, Of
Flour. 1t appears from the statement Of
the bakers that nearly every barrel Of
flour which they purchase is seriously
snort OF It's legal weight which is 1876
lbs. The de!icicncy ranges from ? to
ISibs. upon barrel, and in one instance
. baker found ii not to be less than -
lbs. This loss is independent of that
by tare, or weight Of ~ God in the barrel,
which upon the average. is said TO BE-
about = lbs per barrel more than is reg.
uiaily allowed for tare -AIer Gcz.
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1839-01-03

Mr.. Amos Kendall. being called upon
to keep his 'hireIihgs" from interfering
with the Legislature Of Pennsylvania
aud exciting MODS to dispense the Senate,
thus wrote to the Postmaster at Phila.
delpbia U:
IF any clerk in your employ ment is
at Harrisburg, actively engaged in the
disturbances. recall him, or If he thinks he
has higher duties to discharge there, re.
quest his resignation
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1839-01-03
From The Richmond Wing.

Gentlemen-I wish you would sug-
gest the propriety of elec,ing Judge
LUCAS p. THOMPSON to ill the vacancy
in the bench of the Court Of Appeals
Judge Thompson possesses very high
qualifications. and an aptitude for the
bench. which, at his time of life. war.
rants The belief that at no distant day,
he will rank very high in any judicial
station. He will be supported for this
station by those who will bring his mer-
its fully before the public.
A hiOUNTAINEER.
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1839-01-03

The STOLEN SERmoS-Two ,,,-
men, who had attended cbs,i.v go.
mon were talking OF it afterwards in
company. "Didn't you like our par.
SOP sermon. very much" said one
ts' replied the other, cit was a
good sermon; but he stole it," Th;s
was tod the preacher, who resented Il
ana called on the gentleman 20 retrsct
what he had SAID. II am not" replied
me aggressor, very apt TO retrsct mo
words but in this instance ] win. ..;5
you bad stolen the sermon, / perce;rs T
was wrong Tor on returning home and
referring 10 the book that thought il
was taken from, found it was there ).
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1839-01-03
From the Romney Intsliigenccr.
LARGE HOGS.
MooRErIELD. DEC l2.

MooREFIELD, Dec II, 1898
Mr. HARPER--ln your last paper you
publish the weight of n large Hog, siaugh.
teredhy Mr.. w lillian Inskeep, Gal pounds, }
Mr.. Nicholas BAKER, Of this county
killed, few days since, Hog, twenty Sc
ven months old, which weighed SEVEN
HUNDRED AND FIFTY NINE pounds
Mr.. GEoRGE CUNNINGHAM, also killed
one, which weighed SIX HUNDRED AMI
EIGH1Y pounds, and MIR WILLIAM Gun
NINGHAM killed ona which weighed FIVE
HUNDRED AND NINETY.-These weights
throw your Hsmpshire Hog in the shade.
Yours respectfully.
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1839-01-03

The great Harrison meeting. which
was TO have been held at the Park on
last Saturday afternoon, is reported By
the Herald, to have been complete
failure. mo go !"-Rich. Eng.
No such meeting has been thought
of or called, and consequently the Rich
mond Enquirer has the merit. If not OF
manufacturing fiction, at least Of circu
la,ing it. with every reason TO know i,
was one. IN. Y. Express.
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1839-01-03

Shop; William Patterson s. VIM. H..
Spiiler's Tin establishments; William A.
Benefits dwelling house Halter 8,
Crockett'sApotlecary establi>hmen and
Jacob Hailer's dweliing-house. Three
houses owned by Arthur Steele. and oc-
cuPied by A. S. Fulton and Floyd 8,
Matthews, as Law Offices. were blow n
up. by which means the progress of tile
flames was arrested upon the North side
of the street..
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1839-01-03
IN CHANCFRY.
4 copy--Teste.
CHS. l.. FRANCISCO, Crk
Nov'r %. 1888.

VIRGINIA, to wit At Rules held in
the Clerks Office OF the Circuit SUPERB
or Court of Law and Chancery for Au-
gusta ca"nty, December the Sd, 1883
Robert Hansbarger, plaintif1-against
James Alexander. Sheriff OF Augusta
county. as administrator with the ~ i'll
annexed Of Major Dowell. deceased,
Ann, Coleman, Abraham, Major, and
Jane Vines. devisees OF the said Mas
jor DoweIl, deceased, James Dowell,
Ben amin Dowell, and John Dunla y
aud DoIcas his wife, late DoIcas Dow
ell, the heirs ct law Of the said Major
Dowell. deceased, defendants
The defendants James Dowell, Ben
Jamin DowelI, and John Dunlap and
Dofcas his wife. not having entered their
appearance, aud given security accord
ing to the act Of Assembly, and the
Rules of This Court. and it appearing BY
satisfactory evidence that they are not
inhabitants Of this Commonwealth 1t
is ordered, that the said defendants do
appear here OH the first day OF the next
term, il0th Of June, and answer the
bill of the plaintiff, aud that a copy of
this order be forthwith inserted in the
Ssauuton Spectator for two months sue
eessively. and posted at the front door OF
the Court house of this county.
a copy-Teste.
NICH'S e, KINNEY, c.
Deer 81, 1888
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1839-01-03
A hOUNTAINEER.
Mr.. Mercer seems to be pressinp wit

Mr.. Mercer see ms to be pressing with
all proper zeal, the passage of a bill giv>
ing the assent of Congress to an act OF the
General Assembly of Virginia, TO amend
an act incorporating the Falmouth and
Alexandria Rail Road Company. The
bill was ordered to third reading in the
House OF Representatives on Friday
Richmond Wig.
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1839-01-03

Picdse sign The papcr.-A female IN
ringing at the door Of Respectable "a
mily was told tina; she could NOT see The
'aoy OF The house; vet she entered the
Pa'Iour where two ladies were and all.
"a enc whether she would sign a nane,
10 sOoiiSii slavery in the district Of Go.
iumo's. The lady answered no <hs
knew nothing Of The subject, and did NO,
WISH 10 NEEDLE with It. ''yout vou
s'gn 1t = said she turning to The oiher
Iady., NO I never sign papers with,
out ',l "a, tHe knowledge of my husband ),
wen, said The woman. this is preuv In.
efty Indeed. that a lady must ask br,
h"soards permission to sign paper 70
sustain the cause Of liberty then tnrn.
ing 10 the waiting maid, who was dust.
ing something in the parlor. she asksJ
htr to sign the paper, but receiving mn
encouragement she LEFT the house. TIL
IS the fashion in which abolition nett.
uons are got up in this city and obtrudea
on congress as public opinion.-Nem
York Star, @'S0
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1839-01-03
From thSsf'ortsmouth Old Domiseion
GREAT FLEECE.

We have been requested to givo the fol-
lowing statement Of fleece taken from
Ram one year old, belonging TO William
w hiehursi, Esq OF Princess Anne. Can
any Of our Northern farmers bca, il?
Fleece from The sheep l6 4 lbs.
Do. prepared for Carding IL I2
Twenty four yards Of strong negro Cloth
was woven from the same.
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1839-01-03

hPFRoFR1ATE hlss.-A Norlh conn.
4" "'aA' returning from neighborino
, - having paTtsken too freely of John
Da5ieycorn. fell asleep by the road side
s"u pig icing attracted 10 the 500,
oe@an smriiing at the drunken fellow ;.
mouth The latter FEELING the salute
ont m's'aki"s the applicant, reared ont
W has kissiagane no,y3 y..sea,ah,
II is 10 be we'll liked AMONG the Iassaa .,
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1839-01-03

Resolutions have passed the lower house
OF The Georgia Legislature, by a vote Of 60
10 o2, recommending a divorce of Bank and
e'a'e' but discarding the specie feature of
the Sub. Treasury.
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1839-01-03

ne daughter Of Themistoclcs had
Two lovers; the one a coxcoo,b ,hs a,t'
~ .h al honest man. The iirst was ricb
I'VE SECOND poor. He took Tie honest
man Tor his son .in-law; for Il :,a,! ra,b.
e. SAID he "bave man that wants
wealth than wealth that wants AZ,
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1839-01-03

On The night OF the 10Th, the stables Of
Capt Heth, al Dover, in Goocbland, were
consumed 10y FIRE, with from IS TO 80 head
OF horses and mules. The whole loss is es
lima;ed at from fifteen to twenty thousand
doiars. The fire broke on, nj 3 O'Clock in
The morning, and is ascribed 10 design.
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1839-01-03

The i'ev. Mr.. SLIcEE has been elect
ed Chaplain to the House Of Rrpresrn.
tatives,at Washington, and the Rev. Mr..
REESE Chaplain to the Senate. Both Of
these gentlemen b.long to the Methods!
Church.
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1839-01-03

..,, MAJ. NoAH's PsocLAmArIo,--
:, 'h ye T"sca's and rebels now as4en.
"'ed al Hsrushurg you DON, f,rIIw;rh
se'''" I" your homes, il you have any 7
sns', 'sKe eotn'nand Of my ola regimen
we n'""oy oi'h. aud msrch upon Won with.
n'' os'ay- Take warning. Ynu know raw
narm % no!'s business: just, hut sun,
mary ha"s tlrsi, and try afterwards.
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1839-01-03

Gen. BrGdy.--The ioafer patriots. on
the morning Of their attack opposite De.
'roit, endeavored to hustle the veteran
Gen. Brady, the U. S. Com mander, into
the dock, but he drew his war sword on
them, and they didn't like the color oft.
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1839-01-03

The Russian Minister gave a splendid
iete in Washington, on Wednesday night,
IN honor Of the Emperof's birth doy. II
was on scale of European magniiicence
and as!onished The natives not little.
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1839-01-03

THE Striped Pig Beat.-The Buckeye"
a manmoih hog Of Ohio. 10 feet long, and
weighing 1000 lbs, is ON exhibition at Lnu.
isville, KY.
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1839-01-03

IL IS SAID that the Committee of Ways and
Means have now before them the Sub .Trea,
aury Bill toithout the Specie clause, which
Mr.. Cambreleng will bring iorward imme.
diAtely after the Christmas holidays.
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1839-01-03

e5- II is rumored that Gen. Jesup"is no!
exactly In position IN make a satisfactory
repnr, on his disbursements" Who next:
= Firginian.
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1839-01-03
A slip from the Telegraph says

An su'hor writes only when the spirit
moves h'm' An editor must write whether
The spiri, moves him or not.
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1839-01-03

fENNsYLvANIA - From Harrisburg we
learn that the Senate has refused to recognize
The Hopkins House Of Representatives,
"A letter, dated the Goth, says
"lt has been formally and solemoly de
Cared IN the Senate to,day, that the body Of
men over which VIM. Hopkins presi,Ies ss
speaker, has not been organized as HOUSE
., representatives, according TO the Law.
constitution, and usage OF This Common
wealth. This decision was made after So
'en'h ana able argument Oh both sides of The
question So lar, il is determined that there
Is no Legislature in existence in this Com
iponwealil. The decision was made late sf.
Yer dinner hour, and no other resolution wss
ohered. Tomorrow il will be followed up
oy resolution, declaring that The body over
which Ih6Sas S. Cunning cham presitdes as
speaker, wa organized according 10 Law
",'o usage, which vii! bring The matter 10 a
slip from the Telegraph says
The Loco Foco members Of the House
nad meeting This afternoon in The Hal! Of
me bouse, where they gave ut,etsnce 10
'neir Indignation, and passed the follow ing
resolution, offered by MIR. Broadhead
HesoiDed, That Committee be appointed
10 prepare for the consideration and adoption
o. The House, an address 10 the friends OF The
commonwealth, calling 90 them 10 take i'm.
tneoia'e measures for the restoration of the
Government"
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-07-05

HNHE subscrIuer having obtained Letters Paten, for
IL hs newly invented Machine for hlashing and
cleaning wheat, rye, oaia, aud all ether kinds of small
gram 10 now prepared TO furnish them 10 all who ma
wish 10 purchase He recommend them To the public
as possessng many decided advantages oil other
CHIMES now IN use. He has several now i'm succpssul
operation, and all who have had them in use or ha
seen hem without hesitation give them ccided pre-.
ference TO all other machines with which they are nc
quaihled This machine may he worked with or ;
horses and when properly will thrash and
ready for market: from 400 bushels Of wheat per DAY
and one OF the many advantages il possesses over all
lhrashng Machines in use is, The vast saving of
labor and ime-Or, it only requires the same force Ia
thrash, clean and measure up the grain for market that
other achines require to perform the single
thrashng Four Ave horses and ten hands will thrash
clean and measure up from TO 400 bushels of wheat ne
day, and rick tue straw The public respectfully in
vited 10 examine the machine. IL may be his shop
IN Siaunon, where he is prepared furnish them ready
made OF The best materials and the most approx ed work
manship-And he intends TO have machine in opera.
ton in the vicinity Of Richmond some time in the month
OF Juy-he time and place Of operation will be made
known hereafter.
The subscriber will sell State County or single rights,
on the most accommodating terms All orders will be
thankfully received, and promptly attended to- post paid
ne SUBSCRIBER hereby fureWarns oil ppfsons from ma
king using his Machine using any part OF i, 10
other machine, without his appreciation
MATTHEW KEEYER, Patentee
Certificates.
We, The undersigned certify that have had SIr Mat.
thew keever 8 newly invented pa,en, Thrashing and
Cleaning Machine IN farms and we ,hrashed
and cleaned from two hundred and fifty TO three hundred
bushels Of Wheat per day. with the same number of
hands and horses that we have TO work the common
thrashng machine hefetolore-and We consider this ma
chine of the greatest time saving and labor saving
machines have ever had in use We consider il a
valuable improvement and recommend i, TO the public
GEORGE w. CRAWFORD,
SIrAs II SMITH,
w. J. ID. BELL,
JAMES BELL
ID. w. FATTEsoS.
STAuEroH, Jan. IL, 1889
We, The undersigned have examined Mr. NJ M'Kee
ver's newly invented patent Thrashing and Cleaning
Machine, and consider it a valuable Improvement The
labor saved by it in cleaning The grain as il is hrasbed
without any additional force is advantage well worth
the consideration Of farmers We fully concur in The
quantity ,hrashed with The above gentlemen, and we
have no doub, more could have been thrashed under
more favorable circumstances.
THos J. MIcHp,
BESJAMIS CRAWFORD
NIcHs g. KINNEY,
s. NJ WOODWARD,
WM H ALLEN,
JoHS {. SowER.
"0! a. Swift