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Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1841-04-01

judgment for the same with twelve nor cs,,
interest from the time of presentation; makes
Il felony, punishable by confinement in tho
penitenuary FORA term not less than two nor
moro than ten years, for any officer or clerk of
any bank wilt1lly to make, or suffer to be
made, amy false entry, and to omit makinp
any proper entry, or to alter any proper entry
In any account kept III the bank, with intent
10 conceal the true state Of the account. or to
detraud the bank, or to enable any ono to OH
tain money to which he is not entitled. Fix.
es the annual meetings of the stockholders of
the Bank OF the Valley on the third Wednes.
DAY In May. Gives the Legislature the right
10 alter or modify the charter Of any bank ac-
cepting the benefit Of the act or any part oft.
Requires the banks to redeem their notes
heretofore issued under the denomination of
hve dollars, whenever presented at such banks.
or their branches, and whether emitted or is
sued by such bank or agency, where payment
Is demanded or not, and for failure to be SUBJ
Ject to all the remedies and penalties prescri-
oed oy the act passed during the present ses-
sion to allow the issue Of small notes.
THE LAW IMPOSING TAXES.
This law, known in its progress throupb
the Legislature as the ",ax bill, increases the
taxes on lands, from ten to twelve and half
cents on every hundred dollars value on
houses and lots In towns from two dollars and
half to three dollars on every hundred dol
lars value; on houses and lots in towns impro-
we'd and not rented OF occupied, from ten
W '"e',O "s,d h,ir --.-.- ~roroe,;d. IN
slaves from 30 to Az cents; ON stations the
same taxas last year, with proviso, that not
less than sc be paid Oh each one let to mares:
on carriages from one to one and fourth per
centum on their value; provided not less than
% shall be paid on each stage coach and har-
ness. On ordinary licenses from Is to 20
dollars; on houses of private entertainment
from 2 to dollars; on wholesale merchants
from 60 to rs dollars; on retail merchants the
Same tax as last year, with a proviso, that if
they avail themselves of the privilege TO sell
ardent spirits under the act passed March 3,
is4O, they shall pay an additional tax of ten
dollars; licenses to venduo masters and bro
kers not to be granted for less time than one
year; on hawkers and pedlers from 25 to 80
dollars; and on exhibitors of shows from 80
to 40 dollars.-Compiier.
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1841-04-01

OF the many eventsj just now going on, none
is more worthy ofnotce than the Temperance
feeling which prevailes here, especially a.
mong the Irish population. The reformation
almost exceeds conception, and far outstrips
the most sanguine calculations Of the friends
Of temperance. In n. England, in some pla-
ces where there's an Irish population ofs, 400,
1000 have taken the pledge. In Brooklyn,
5000 Catholics have pledged themselves to
abstain totally, and the statistics here will
show state Of things quito as Marvellous
Re,0 York Cor. Nat. Int.
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In the lower House Of the Pennsylvania

In the lower House Of the Pennsylvania I.e-
gisiaturc, on Friday, the bill for the relief of
the Banks, reported by MIR. Hinchman, was
lost. On the question of the adoption CT the
LIST section,-which suspends the penalties of
the Resumption Resolutions of 1910 for re-
iusal TO pay specie, until the 18th day of May
!s13,-the vote stood 10 yeas, to 43 nays
motion to reconsider this vote was after
wards made, and lost, by yeas &c, nays Al.
In the Senate, MIR. Spackman's bill for the
relief of the Banks has passed to second
reading.
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1841-04-01

a. The last Huntsville Democrat assails
Col. McClung, the Wing candidate for the
Office of Governor of Alabama, in this wise :
SIN 1924, Col. McClung voted for WIN. III.
Crawford, Of Georgia for President yet Mr..
Crawford believed a Protective Tariff con.
stitutional, and was an ardent and Jealous adj
vocate Of National Bank Yes: and the
Richmond Enquirer and Virginia supported
the Same MIR. Crawford, notwithstanding all
the clamor now raised about Bank and a
Tariff !-Dire.
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1841-04-01

The n. Y. Express states that the last re-
turns OF MIR. Ex-Collector HoyT's accounts,
to which the Naval Officer deemed it his duty
not to affix his certificates. exhibited def
cheney Of $l79,700. This sum is exclusive
Of the amount for which suit is already COM
menced by u. s., for the recovery back Of
fees and emoluments Of $4,000. Other a.
mounts swell itup to moro than $265,OOO.
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setanntnm sprrtatnr = esRmera1 annrrt,grr

,ncxPrcssiblc satisfaction, il, i'm this view of
my olhciai duty, had been sustained by the
Legislature. am very sensible Of tho i'll
consequences resulting from dissensions in
the councils OF our State on such subjects. 1t
cannot be longer disguised that interests are
inVoivcdin this controversy which are never
IN danger while Nirginians are united in their
defence, which, on the other hand, are ex-
posed to extreme peril by our divisions.
may nave formed an erroneous estimate of
those interests, or entertained mistaken views
as to the high responsibilities of my station.
Oh questions oil such moment, am not will
ing to obstruct the action OF the General AS
sembly by my individual judgment. 1t is
now apparent that whatever OF force the po-
sition OF this department may have possessed
has been impaired, if not destroyed The
Eeneral Assembly have done me no more than
Justice In believing that my course has been
prompted by proper motives. l shall rejoice
II the course which you have indicated will
attain the ends which we mutually desire !;
and while my own conscientious convictions
oil duty TO the State will not allow me to con-
form the action of this department to the views
you have expressed, beg leave to resign to
the General Assembly, as now do most re-
specuully, the Office of Governor or Chief
Magistrate of Virginia, in order to afford you
an opportunity of selecting an individual who
Will concur in the measure which you have
recommended. In thus dissolving the official
ties which have connected US. l canTft for.
bear TO express to- the General Assomss and
Il o. 'i.-'' TO tho people Of Virginia, the
profound sense of gratitude which [ shall al
ways cherish In remembrance of the unmeri.
ted distinction which their confidence be,tow
cd on me.
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1841-04-01

There had been terrible storms in tho Med
iterrancan, and the French vessels Of war and
transports on the Barbary coast had suffered
much, number were wrecked with greet loss
OF lie. The transport corvette Mare, went
ashore in the Gulf Of Stora, and 81 Of her
crew, including most Of her officers, persisted.
Sir Ashley Cooper, the celebrated London
Surgeon, died in London, on the 18TH of Feb
ruary, aged 72 years.
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U. STATES AND GREAT BRITAIN.

The dispatches received by our Govern
ment, by the Caledonia, are reported to be
entirely Of n pacific oharaster 'iha excite-
ment at first occasioned in England, on hear
ing ofthe arrest of Mcleod, was subsiding
at the last dates thence; and looking to those
now in power, there is no cause to apprehend
that the negotiations between the two coun-
tries, in this as is other matters in question,
can have other than peaceful termination.
Bali. Pat.
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1841-04-01

PiHsyfcania Senatorial Dis1ict.-We learn
that Whitmell p. Tunstall, Esq. received the
nomination of the Wing Convention at Henry
Courthouse, as the candidate for the Senate
rial District composed Of Pittsylvania, Pat
rick and Henry counties, so long msrepre-
sented by Capt. David Dyer.--VIRe.
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1841-04-01

d(We again repeat that no annunciatlon
OF candidates can be made, or permitted by
US, In our columns, on tho authority Of o.
anonymous writers. Tho reasons for this must
be obvious to every intelligent mind on the
least reflection.
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1841-04-01

Lord John Russell said i'm one of the parli-
amentary debates in reply to question pro-
pounded to him, that the pension to be grant
ed to Lieut.. Cormick was recommended for
wounds received in the "cutting out' of the
Caroline.
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DREADFUL. SHIPWRECK
One HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE PrRsos
DROWNED

DROWNED.
One of the most appalling disasters at Sea
ever recorded, occurred in the Irish channel,
on the night of the 10Th cf February. The
New York Ship Gov. Fenner sailed from
Liverpool at noon on that day, with one hun
dred and twenty-tour persons (emigrants) on
board-and when offHollyhead, at two hours
past midnight, she came in collision with the
Dublin steamer Nottingham, which was on
its way from Dublin to Liverpool, and the
Governor Fenner sunk Immediately only the
master and the mato escaping.
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1841-04-01

az GEORGE Loyal has been re-appoint-
ed Navy Agent at Norfolk. This is another
proof that President HAaRIsos does not act
upon the prcscriptive principle Of his prede.
cessors
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THE BANKS.


1t RENTS the forfeitures incurred bv the
banks for the non-payment of specie and re-
stores their charters; suspends until the frs.
Of January next the provision which author
ICES any person to recover the amount of notes
or debts from the banks by motion on ten days
notice; repeats so much of any act as subjects
the banks TO forfeiture Of charter for failing to
pay specie, reserving to the Legislature the
right to modify or repeal their charters at pleas
ure.
Suspends, until the LIST of April, 1912, such
acts as subject the banks to pay ter per cent.
damages, and fifteen per cent interest for fail.
ing to pay specie, and subjects the banks, al
ter the ST of January next, TO the payment OF
twelve per cent. interest for such failure sus-
ponds until the lst Of April aforesaid, such
acts as prohibit tho banks from issuinc notes
of less denomination than twenty dollars,
and from receiving in payment or on deposite
the notes OF banks out of the state below ten
dollars; no bank however TO issue or put in
circulation any note of less denomination
than five dollars, except as provided by act OF
the present session.
Prohibits the banks whenever, after the LIST
OF January next, the proportion of coin held
by them shall, to the paper circulation, be
less than as ore to five, and shall so continue
for sixty days, from making any new loan or
discount until by curtailment or otherwise, the
said proportion shall be re-establshed. Au-
thorizes the holders of notes, after suspensions
Of specie payments by the banks, to present
the notes for payment, and if payment be re-
fused, requires the officer of tho bank to en-
dorse thereon the fact and date Of such pre-
sentatioD, and declares that such note shall
thereafter bear an interest ofsix per cent. per
annum until paid ard upon refusal of the Of
fcer to make such endorsement. the holder OF
bearer Of any note 30 presented may obtain
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1841-04-01
THE ACTS OF THE LEGISLATURES.

The Legislative session just completed,
lasted ll2 days. l65 Acts were passed du-
ring that period. We will not cucumber our
columns with the enumeration Of all of these,
most of them being of local character and
of no interest to the general reader. We pro-
pose however, to give abstracts of those of a
general character. We begin with the law
concerning
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1841-07-16
OF THE LUNGS...D-ciaedy

J the most popular remedy ever known IN America
Vegetable Pulmonary Baisam is the most valuable
remedy in use iT coughs, Colds asthma phhlsc,
consumption. whoopng cough and pulmonary aft cions
Of every kind Its sale is steadily increasing. and the
prop constantly .eceiving he fayo' able
account Of its effects. The following new certificates
offered for public examination.
AN lsrEREsIisG CAsE.-ESIracl ola 'eIier from
Mr & 5 Clay. Kingston, USER CO., N, Y. to the
pr prieors. "Yours Of The 9Th inst. was duy reed
4 remarkable cure was effected by The Vegetable Put
monary Balsam IN The winter and spring OF 1850. The
terson, Mr. MOODY, had been suck a long time with
the consumption. Ills phy -ician- had given him up
lie reduced so low as 10 lie unable 10 hep himself
and was raising n large quantity of blond when he
commenced using the Bslsam, which has effected a
complete cure. and he ia As hale and hearty as
ever he Vas. Mr.. Moody has removed from this Town.
but he has promised me more detailed account of his
case. which viii forward you. G. 5 CLAY.
Kingston, n. Y. June 25. 1888.
Extract of n letter from DR.. Jacob Myers The
Vegetable Pulmonary Bal-am has been sold in this
count, for years. and the medicine has gained
uncommon celebrity, for il scarcely in one instance
failed ofha,ing the desired effect. am b, no means
IN favor of the many nostruns, most OF which i'm
positions upon \ crrdulons public, but thai which
know by use be efiecuai, Cannot help but give IN,
approh i,on thereto. A counterfeit preparation has
been offered here by ara,cl'ing Agent, of Coms'ock,
NJ Y. and there another arIic'e ,ended here that
| JACOB MYEas. ". d.
| MifAng'on, Junia,a Co Penn. Ma, 3. 1887 F,on
Dr. Samuel Niorre, to the Prop rIo's Of the Vese
table Pulmonary Balsah. ! am satisfied that the We
seiable Pulmonary Ba',am is a valuable medicine
has been used in this place with complete il
An obstinate complaint OF the lungs, attended with
severe cough loss of voice. aud the raising Of muci
blood, Which had previously resisted many approve,
prescriptions. Alter using the Basam one week, tn,
patterns voice returned and he ,hle speak audi
bly,. This case occurred some time since, and til,
man is now engaged not only IN active hut laboriou
business. Respectfully, &c. 5. MoRRELL.
l L. is now more than six years since was b,ough
very low by affection of the lungs aud complain
was declared TO be ncurabc b, council Of hrce pin,
sicians I was Then restored Ia AZ goo health "a ha'
enjoyed for many years, b. using The Vegetable Put
monary Bssam. Since my recovery have recon
mrnded the Balsam in great many Cases Of uni
complaints and far as | can lea'n. its use has in
yariabiy been followed by much benefit, aud in man
inst ances IL has effected cures which wholly
pec'ed SAMUEL EVERETT.
Bosom, March 2. 1887.
; For sale, wholesale aud retail, hy J, y J.
, PECK & Co., AMI rIlEO. A. PECK & Co, Bur
lngton, VI.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1841-07-16

USSELL'S STOMACH Bl1'rERS may lie
III used in Wncor waer.-These celebrated biller>
are composed purely OF vege able> OF the most lnno-
cen, vet specific virtues. They are recommended par
ucuary for restoring weak constitutions, cleansing
and rengihenng the stomach, and increasing the
appcite-a>o preventative against the cholera NOR
bus, fever and ague, removing nausea, vomiting,
heart hnrning, weakness in the breast, pam IN the
stomach and other symptoms otlaiuencc and indige-
ton. One box will tnc,ure one gallon. Price % cts.
a hoX.
RussrLL's lTcH OINrMESr.-Ths choice and safe
ointment SAID to lie superior to any now IN u>e, for
ba, di,a reeabe and oa,h ,ome disease, the ITCH.
This Ointment Is ceartain IN It's operation that no
person uoubIed with the above disorder ought TO be
without it. 1t Is remedy tor cntaneons erupiions'
scorhlc affections Of the head, any other breaking
ont which arises from sharp humors IN the blood.
Price % cts. a box.
Rus,EIL's VEGETABLE BILuous PILLS, or family
physlc for general use in Gaze, of Jaundlce, morbid
,en>ibv of the stomach and bowels loss of appetite,
frd breath, coslivene>s Piles, aud all diseases ari>
ing from hillary dcraneements,-a fur correcting
the state Of the blood, aud cleansing the system OF
foul and yscId humours. These pills are a mild Ca
thartic producing neither pains nor gripping, and are
therefore a valuable and highly approved medicine,
and are pronounced such by the most distinguished
physicians. Each box containing IS Pills Price
| 371 cts. a IoN
| Russell's celci rated SALT RHEUM OINTMENT.-This
is unquestlonaby the best and safest remedy ever yet
offered 10 the public for that obstinate disorder SA LII
RHIJlM Where other means have failed, II has sue
cceed md the fact that il has been extensively used
| by eminent Practitioners speaks volumes IN lis praise
Ii is equally eHcacious IN all diseases OF the SKIN,
scald head ring worms, and the most lnveteratc ltch
&c. &c. Numerous certificates might lie obtained
In, The proprtor chooses that fair trial should he the
only evidence offs superior efficacy Price 80 cents
box. For ,ae by j. J. II. Peck q Co, Theodore
A. Peck 4 Co., sign OF the Mortar and Robsrt Moody
burlington; Dir. G. f. Miles, and Hull b Cook, Hines
hurgh 5. II. Barnes, Charlotte; l.. james, Georgia
; l.. TYLER, Essex Fuller n Huntington, Richmond
| Also, by the druggists and merchants general
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1841-07-16
June &c, ls4l.
TuNHE LION OF THE DAY.-NO CURE NO
L PAY!-The Genuine old Dutch or Ger

FUNHE LION OF THE DAl.-NO CURE NO
l. PAY!-The Genuine old Dutch or Ger.
Doct Valentine Mott, NJ. ID. of n. Y, and others.
These the orders Any one that does not find re-
lief from these pills the price is refunded lack, these
are the positive orders Of the Proprietor 10 agents and
others. In offering these pills to the public, appeal
to their Intelligence. If these pills are not what thev
recommended, You in duty bound out of respect
yourself and community TO reject them and pnlli>h
them to the world as an imposition, huml,Ig and
quackery. Thepullic may assured they are purely
vegetable, they composed of nine ingrelints par,
OF the medicine is only found in ASIA and IN the val
evs of Germany. For convenience these extracts
are made into pills and will lie found sure cure or re-
lief TOR all bilious complaints, yellow and bilious
fever, fever and a-,e, laundce, scarlet ash, bilious
cholic dyspepsia. DC. 1t Is not pretended that this
medicine j. for all diseases TO which the human
system is liable Ten thousand useless efforts have
been made draw from the regions funk nown fancy
some long-spun theory of magic art, which would
cue each and every disease. Good medicine is not
found in the fire or whirlwind Health and happiness
hang upon chance winds is the herald of truth.
The past at least i secure; they have already raised
monument Of their greatness which will defy the
corroding tooth of time None can be Genuine wl,hou,
| a wrapper and directions on each box which my
name Is written at length Sold wholesale and retail
by the s,ihscrll rr a, Gen's Falls, hy A. b. g. d. SANE
IS, and 100 Futon Il. and II. N. Meig>, 1888 Sou,i
Make, st. Albany. Baum e. Hawley, 2l9 Sver st
| Troy, General Agents for the state OF New York.
MERRITT GRIFFIN.
| For sale by VIM. Rhodes and f. b. Green, Rich
mond; Morton & Clark, and ID. & y. s. Lahrop
WiIli>,on; Haear u Com>iock, Shellurn H. Stanton
J. r. Hurlbui, Wesliord; j. II. Barnes Charlotte;
Moody and Geo. Peterson, Burlington; and ly
BRIGGS, Burlington, gent for Chlttenden Co., wher
Sub-Ag.nts can lie supplied at wholesale prices.
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TNQUIRr..AsK THOSE WHO KNOW.

l. Those only who know by uia ~ immediate obser.
walton, form any idea of the Effects OF the pe,le
relief ofihe almos charm.ke cures effected in
Of the PILES, RHEUMATIsM, all SwELLIsGs, and
all external PAINS, no matter how severe, by the
oil Hays L'nn,ent Find one who has used il that will
not aud II above all things ever used. and yOn will find
what cannot be found. :tLIHior the reliefoi suffer.
ing human beings who ma, be afflicted, beg you ak
ask OF those who know-ask the Hon. ALFRED
CoNKLls, U. s. Judge for that district, residing
Auburn ask MATHEW J. MYERS, Esq. Athens,
N. TASK Gen. DUFF GREEN. late OF Washing on
city, each OF these gentlemen know oTcases uncon1ne-
able by all other remedies physicians, though tried
rr many Years, that have been cured by The Of The
genuine Hays Linnent. Til ,usauds OF other persons
know similar cures. We appeal TO their sense Of jus.
uce-,her human feelings. iL5SIt is but duty yon
owe your suffering lellow.bengs to let this grea,
emed, lie known Speak Of then TO all your lrIeads
This will save much pain where the newspapers are
read or where readers incehulous. because
many worthless articles are advertised for the same
purpose To buyers say, if all who have used do
gay IL Is beyond all praise, then do take it.
The prop, will allow This article he paid for
unless cures, when all The directions ATE fully follow.
ed. Vii any suffer ing refuse TORY il? 1.-The
does he ous be piiied more Tor his obstinacy Than
his suffering. st-31Mr. Hays would never consent 10
offer this article, he compelled by his sense OF
moral o religious dny-Io do all in his power Tor he
victims OF distress and misery For this purpose he
would sooner devote fortune. than dollar for
any worthless article. ;-I@LOOK OUT Some
swiners have coun e, liled this article, aud put uJ
with various devices. DO not be imposed upon. One
thing only will project youit is the of Comstock
& Co that name must be always on the wrapper, o,
you ore cnea'ed. DO uol forget it. Take this d'tec
on with YOU, and test by that, never buy for il l.
impossible for any other 10 be ,yue or genuine
SOLOMON HAYS.
Sold hy Comstock & Co. II Maiden Lane, N. York
THEO. a. PECK & Co. Wholesale Agents for til,
Stare ofV-,mont.
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CABlNETW WAR E.-The subscriber has resum-
" cd the Cabinet business at the old shop Church
street, formerly occupied by Nichols Il Herrck, and
recently by b. r. Walker, where he intends to manu-
facture and keep constantly on hand all kinds of
CABINET FURNITURE of style and quality moi,
inferior to any manufactured in this vicinity. He
hopes hislong experience, together with strict atien-
ton to the BUSINESS, will secure him share of the
public patronage
3TWANTED in cxchanGefor Cabinet Work Birch
and Maple Scantlet suitable for bedsteads; password
plank, and boards from inch to ! inch; white Pine
boards. Most kinds of country produce received in
payment, (but cash would be very acceptable)
Burlington, Jan. |, lS4l. SAMUEL NICHOLS.
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+ OOK AT THIs.--HAvE YCrA COrGHl-

i OVN TNV n NVVVT
- 10000 DIE OF CONSUMPTION every year in
the United States, and millions su Ter feom troublesome
coughs and colds that can La cur,m by Dr. NJ. Hitch
cocks Vegetable Virgin Cream Cough Drops a safe
medical prescription, con'ang no poisonous drugs, and
used in an extensive practice for several years will
most positively afford relief, and save You from that
awful dl>,ace, pulmonary consumption, which usually
sweeps into The grave hunnreds efthe young the old
the fair, the lovely and the gay. Have You cough
BE persuaded 10 purchase bottle OF the Cough Drops
to-day! Tomorrow may lie too late. Have you Il
cough!-Dr. liiicccok's Vegetable Virgin Cream Cough
Crops is the only remedy you should take to you.
For this plaig reason.-Tha in no one the ha,lsand
cases where it has leen used has II tailed TO relieve
Price 7jccnts per hottie. For sale, wholesale and Re-
ST., Uuca, NY. And ly their agents throughout the
n'cd States. In Burlington, by J. d J. II. Peck &
CO., Theo. A. Peck & CO. In Vergcnncs by J. H.
Bowman. In Milton, by Burnet & Sawyer. In Geor-
gia by Lorenzo James. au.2