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Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1843-03-23
To the Editor of the Spectator.

AS the time is approaching, when we shall be
called upon to elect two gentlemen to represent US
in the next Legislature, and as ii is pretty general
ly understood that one of orr present worthy dele
gates, Robt. s. Brooke, Esq. will not be candi-
date for his present station at the ensuing election
the undersigned. beg leave most respectfully to
present 10 the consideration of the people Of Au-
gusta, the claims of one of our fellow-ciizens-a
gentleman every way qualified to make faithful
and efficient representative. Though he has not
been actively engaged in the party conflicts of the
day, yet he has failed on proper occasions,
to give his views in regard to men and measures,
in very calm and dispassionate manner, and to
express them with such force and clearness that
would at once en!itle them TO respect. We alude
to NATH'L MAssIE, esq. of Waynesboro'. To those
who are acquainted with him, we will not say
word, as we have no doubt they will respond in a
proper manner at the polls; but to those who
are strangers to him, we can confidently as
sure them, that if high character, great moral
worth, and sound, discriminating ntind-to-
gether with Jealous determination to do tina,
which is right, and TO oppose that which is wrong,
are requisites to make good representative
may safely calculate upon their support, and
cheerfully abide the decision of the sovereign
people of Augusta. And although the undersign.
ed have had no communication with Mr.. Massie
on the subject. they earnestly hope that he will
respond to the call thus made upon him by
portion of his fellow-citzens, and permit his name
| TO be at once announced as candidate at the ap
preaching election.
MANY VOTERS Of South River.
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For the Spectator.

Mr.. HARPER AS the time is fast approach
ing when the people will be called upon to give
their suiiragcs for "a man to represent them in the
next Senate, and as Rockbridge has now no idea
of presenting candidate, since her worthy son
Gen. c. p. DoRMAN. has positively declined;
beg leave to call tho attention Of the District to
man who is in every way qualified for that high
station; one who has represented part of the Dis
trct in the lower House with credit and ability,
not only to the County, but to himself. The man
of whom speak is JOHN MCUE, Esq, firm
and unflinching "Clay Whig," ard besides, ma.
tive of the County of Augusta. / mention this
because have not sent one Of own sons
to the Senate for upwards of thirty years. hav,
written this call without consulting Mr.. M'CUE
but with the hope that he will consent to become
candidate. A CLAY WING.
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THE OFFICE SEEKERS.

The Washington correspondent of The Balt.
more Patriot, in letter under date of March 10,
says:
ga worthy officer of the army told me that up
wards OF a hundred persons were in the pas
and ante-rooms of the Executive Mansion to-day
pressing for admittance to the President. Nearly
all of them are applicants for Office; and they SO
continually and perseveringly occupy his time
that gentlemen who have other business with him
are obliged 30 wait days and even weeks before
they can obtain an interview. Men of any eleva-
ton Of character also feel repugnance and dis.
gust at the thought of dancing attendance day af-
ter day in ante-chambers filed by such
If ever substantial reform shall be wrought in
this Government, there must be total change in
the principles of administering the powers Of re-
moval and appointment. OF late years they have
been controlled altogether by the accidents Of
court favor; and what the celebrated Mr.. Wind
ham said of the administration Of his day, might
be Justly applied to our own times: Nothing can
exceed the greediness, the sefishness, the ins..
table voracty, the prohigate disregard of ali
claims from merit or services, that we often see
in persons in high official station when PROVIDING
for themselves their relations or dependants.'''
The worst Of it is, as we learn from an intima-
ton in the New York "Union,' that these pre-
tenders to Presidential favors are, many of them,
no better than wolves in sleeps clothing
"Do you Know" says correspondent of the
Union, "that there gentlemen at Washington
very earnestly pressing Van Buren, men for i'm
portant Offices in New York. and trying hard to
make Mr. Tyler believe that true friend of Mr..
Van Buren, is as much to be relied upon US true
friend of the Presidents 90
To which inquiry the Editor Of "the Union'
| responds as follows:
"Let them try--they have not fools to deal with
at Washington, as the result will show.''
We shall see.-NR. Int.
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1843-03-23

DEMOCRATIC MEETING.

In accordance with the object of notice pub
lished in the Stauuton Spectator of tire 9th inst
number of the Democratic Republicans of Au-
gusta convened at the Washington II otel i'm Staun-
ton, on Saturday the 18th day of March lS43
On motion of Michael CARRIER, David w. Pat
| teson. Esq was elected Chairman, and Col. Geo.
w. McCulloch, Secretary.
The object of the meeting having been stated by
the Chairman to be, the appointment: Of Delegates
TO the District Convention, to be holden in the
town Of Harrisonburg, on the 3Oth inst, to nomi-
nate suitable person to represent this District in
the 2Sth Congress,
1t was, on motion, Resolved, That 25 Delegates
be appointed by the Chairman to represent the
| Democracy Of this county, in the proposed Con-
Venton at llarrisonburg, the said 30th currents
In conformity with the aforesaid resolution
! the Chairman appointed the following gentlemen
TO wit Michael CARRIER, esq. Jacob Baylor, esq
William Young, esq, Benjamin Crawford, esq
Clinton G.. Miller, Levi L.. Stevenson, Hatch
Clark, Capt. Joseph Points, Capt Thomas Burke
Cyrus A. Mccormick, John Randolph, Cant
George Baylor, Major David Summers, Ephraim
Woodward, William Kyle, James a. Poaoe. Col
Solomon CoiDer, DIR. William Il. Blair, Portertield
! A. Heiskell esq. Michael G.. Harman, John KEEL
Ter. Joseph Long, ZacarIah johnson, Thomas p
Wilson, esq. and DR.. G.. Fl. Harris and then, or
motion, 1t was Resolved, That the Chairman D
! W. Patteson, and the Secretary, George w. Nc
Culloch be added to the said delegation.
! Resolved, That any Delegate being unable Il
attend, may appoint for himself, substitute o
proxy.
} Resolved, That the Editor OF the Staunton Spec
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MARYLAND.

The Legislature of this State closed its Session
on Friday night, without having elected Sena-
tor OF the United States, and without having pas
sed law to lay out the State into districts for
the choice of Representatives to Congress.
Before the adjournment, however, an act was
passed, of very great consequence to the State il
1t prove TO be available, for selling the States in.
terest in the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, in the
baltimore and Ohio Railroad, in the Washington
Branch Railroad, in the Susquehanna and Tide
water Canal Company, and in the Susquehanna
Railroad Company. The States interest in these
several works is to be advertised for sale in Eu.
rope and in this country until the first day of Ju.
ly next; on oralter which day they to be sold
10 the highest bidder, payable in stocks issued by
The State, for sums not less than five millions of
dollars for the first named work, four millions
two hundred thousand for the second, one million
for the third, and one million and half for the
fourth,
The proposed operation, il successful, will ex-
tinguish fourffths of the whole debt of the State,
and will place these important public works i'm
hands favorable to their prosecution with vigor
and steadiness to useful and profitable conclu-
son.--Nat. Int.
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tator be requested 10 publish the proceedings Of
this meeting.
ID. w. PATERSON, Charm.
CxoRoE w. McCUILoct. Sec'ry.
(From the Lexington Gazettc.)
PUBLISHED ny REQUEST.
IS E. ATORIAL ELECTION.

Mr. Brooke's annunciation Of himself as Cam
didate for the Senate, at the time, and under the
circumstances, undoubtedly demonstrates him 10
be among the most plant and yielding politicians
Of modern days.
Augusta has ever had the Senator-an appeal
is made to the magnanimity of that magnanimous
people TO accord for once to Rockbridge the rep
resen,ative.-The appeal meets generous res
ponse from almost every breast, and in the midst
of this "flow OF SOUL" some one voter,A signing
himself "Many Voters" dominates Mr.. Brooke
through the columns Of the Spectator. Mr..
Brooke. amiable, az he undoubtedly is in all tho
relations Of life, yields to the soft "impeachment,"
leaps at the bait, and without waiting for further
developments of public sentiment, declares him
solf candidate; subject however, to the future
disposal of MS friends. Thus manifes,np 80 far
as MIR. Brooke's feelings can be ascerainsd, dis
position to close the door against the claims Of
Rockbridge, and defeat tho generous purpose
ofno inconsiderabe portion Of the people of Au-
gusta. W
should have been one of Mr.. Brooke's most
determined supporters, if he had been selected by
some preliminary movement in which the fair
claims of Rockbridge could have been heard be-
Tore deputation of old Augusta. But as il is
1 am constrained to give him up and now. as it
is altogether improbable that any Candidate will
be presented TO the people from Rockbridgc, cam
not Augusta give another for the sake Of leefie
sport.
II any other intelligent and respectable citizen
OF Augusta will consent to take the field land thew
have many who could well fill the place,) Rock
bridge will show Master BRooKE "tchere I5nv hid
NE ,pcdge" FAIR PLAY.
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10 the Editor Of the Srecta,oy


SIR:-My attention has been drawn 10 card
In your last paper, recommending me as suita
BILE candidate 10 represent this county in the mex
House Of Delegates. it being generally under
stood that MIR. Brooke, of our present able del
egutes, will be candidate for the Senate. I'm.
feignedly dilJent as am Of my abilities to serve
the people of Augusta in manner either satislac-
tory to them or crcdiabe to myself, and being al.
so duly sensible of the disparaging contrast tina,
will DO drawn between my own qualifications and
those of the distinguished delegate whose place
am called upon to fill; yet do not feel myself a,
liberty to decline the hattering invitation of my
friends backed as it has been by numerous other
solicitations from different parts Of the county
Should the people think proper therefore to con-
fer upon mo the important and highly responsible
office of delegate to the next Legislature,
shall endeavor to carry out the principles Of the
true Wing party to which belong, and faithfully
and to the best Of my ability, represent the inter
es,s of the people of Augusta.
am very Respectfully,
Your ob't Serv't,
J. OWENS FULTON.
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Mr.. EDITOR BE pleased to permit a portion
of the numerous friends of JOHN MCUE. Esq.
to request him, through the medium ofyour valua-
BILE paper, to become candidate to represent in
the next General Assembly of Virginia, the Sen
atorial District composed of Augusta and Rock
bridge.
Mr.. M'Cue, for several years in times past, rep.
Delegates, and for zeal and ability i'm the dis.
charge of his Legislative duties, he stood without
superior. For several years he has devoted his
time and talents to the cultivation and improve.
ment of his farm, and we do most sincerely hope
that he may not find it incompatible with his inte.
rest to respond favorably to the reques, herein
contained. MANY VOTERS.
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THE ACCOMAC DISTRICT.

HILL CARTER esq. Cat present a member Of the
Senate of Virginia from the Richmond dlstrict,)
has entered the canvass in opposition to Mr.. Wise
for seat in Congress. had been in;imated
that Mr.. Wise would be suffered to walk over the
course unmolested, as no one would like to run
the risk of having 'a bullet put into his skim by
coming in competition with him. We truly
glad to see, therefore, that there is at least one
true Wing, who could not be influenced by such a
craven consderaton--and we hope, for the honor
of the district that there many more who
would have been ready to repel, with Indignation,
such an imPutaton upon their manhood. 1t will
now be seen whether Mr.. Wise can transfer the
people of his district from party to another,
like cattle in the market.
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NORTH CAROLINA GOLD.

1t is scarcely too much to say that the entire
middle section of North Carolina is one great
gold mine. The ore has been discovered in SO
many places, some at the surface and some deep
er. that we may reasonably conclude that it "a
bounds throughout the whole region, which pre-
seDts the same general features. 1t is not in every
instance, however, that the laborer has been re-
warded for his time, even where gold has been
found. The person who found the largest lump
of gold ever discovered, died a bankrupt; and all
who have been in the neighborhood Of one of the
mines will admit that instances Of poverty and
dissipation abound there. X few individuals have
good sense to profit by the discovery, but the
great majority Of gold hunters would be much
more probably and respectfully employed in Dig
giDg their corn and cotton fields, even at present
low prces.--fayetteviAe Observer.
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PENNsYLvAsIA.-The petitions calling for an
impeachment of Governor Porter, a short tim.
since, we're referred to a select committee. That
committee few days ago, reported the maiori-
the minority, embodying evidence in their report
OF a character which went very far to show the
guilt of the Governor, and recommending that ar
ticles OF impeachment be preferred. motion to
print both reports was under discussion for sever
al days, and on Monday last, the House refused
to print by vote of SO TO 36-showing clearly
that they are "afraid to let the DEVELOPMENTS Of
tho repor: of the minority go to the world"
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TO Charles II. LEWIS, Esq.

SIR:-1he zeal and devotion which you have
for several years past manifested in all that con-
Germs the interests of Augusta county, is SO highly
appreciated by several voters that they would be
pleased TO have the opportunity Of supporting you
for seat in the House Of Delegates. We believe
that you have the industry disposition, and ability
to make efficient member Of that body, and will
endorse this belief at the polls the 4th Thurs
day in April.
What say you, will you compete for the honor
Of representing old Augusta!
SEVERAL VOTERS.
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THE TAX BILL.

Which passed the House Of Delegates on Tues.
day-and which we have copied at large into a.
no'herpart of this paper-is exciting good deal
of feeling In the country. 1t is regarded as not
only unnecessarily oppressive, (or the people re-
jcct with contempt the random estimates of the
chairman of the committee of Finance, as to the
amount it will produce,) but uncertain in its
terms, unequal in desperation, and most outra-
geous in many Of lis principles. Meetings have
already been held in Petersburg p 'redericks-
burg, to demonstrate against it-ahdtho hope is
that it may yet be arrested in TIE Senate.
The Richmond Wing thus speaks of the bill
'''ro execute it is impossible. No commissioners
of any two counties will interpret it alike. No
two lawyers Will put the same construction upon
it. Tho invitation to perjury is sown broad cast
throughout it. 1t is impossible to conceive Of a
bill more impoent at once to effect what it propo-
ses, or more calculated to harrass thepeople, and
to demoralize the country"
We sincerely hope that the dominant party in
the Legislature will take warning from these de-
monstra,ions of popular opinion, and discard the
illiberal spirit which has led them to force this
most obnoxious measure down the reluctant
threats Of many of their own friends, (and we are
sorry to say Of some of the Wings too as the only
alternative for Reputation. If they do not, they
may depend upon it tina. terrible re,rbuton will
await them.
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a Calhoun man writing to the Charleston
Mercury an account of the Virginia Democratic
State Convention, from Richmond says that il
"seems unpropiious to the prospects of Mr.. Cal
houn, but we, his friends here, Gattcr ourselves
that it is not fair expression of the sense Of
the Convention itscf--much less is it an accurate
index Of the feelings and preferences Of the peo-
pie of the State" The letter says that the Con-
ventIon was organized on the call Of Mr.. Richie,
who managed every thing in his own way to give
the body Van Buren, complexion. Still the
Calhoun men prevailed in the committee of 23 to
draft the address, and would have succeeded also
in the Convention, but that some of their friends
left the city, thinking the question virtually set
tied. We do not pretend to know the merits Of
this family quarrel, nor have we any disposition
20 take sides in it. We are only interested in the
fact, that there is one.
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THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1919.
~ We are r

~ We are requested TO state that A. II. ii.
STUART, Esq, our late Representative in Con-
gress, will address tho people of Augusta, at the
solicitation of number of his fellow-citizcns, at
the Courthouse, on Monday next, (being the first
day of the March court,) the subject of the do
inss Of Congress, and our National affairs gener-
aliv
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MIssIssIpPI.--The Natchez Free Trader of the
9Th ultino, one of the Locofoco organs in M,ssis-
slPpi, says that the LocofocO Convention at Jack
son ''adjourned on the evening of the 9th,
amidst intense excitement" which means intense
violence and fury. The Convention could not
agree upon candidate for the Presidency. Res.
olutions nominating Mr.. VAN buren, for tho
Presidency and Mr.. WALKER for the Vice Presi-
dency, were laid on the table by an overwhelming
majority. An attemp, to get up nomination for
the Office of United States Senator also failed.
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THE TRApE wJTH CmNA.--A late number Of
the Foreign Quarterly says: ''Ihe question ig-
norant'y put by so many French papers, as to our
intention Of monopolising China, may be answer
ed without authority The ports Of China will
be thrown open to European civilization. Let us
add, that no art which envy can suggest, will a
vail 10 snatch from England the glory Of having o.
pened the way for European civilization to one
third Of the human race"
Phtladeiphia Epening JournaL
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SPRING CANVASS.

1f-We are authorized to announce WmhiAM
FaAzIER, esq. as candidate to represent the
County of Augusta in the next House Of Dele
gates.
~ We are authorized to announce JAMES
BELL. Esq. a candidate to represent the county
Of Augusta in the mex, House of Delegates.
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~ We are authorized to announce RoDsRr S.
Books, Esq. as n candidate to represent the
Senatorial District composed Of the Counties OF
Augusta and Rockbridge in the General Assem-
bly, of Virginia.
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Gov. GMMEa is actively engaged in canvass
ing his district for reelection to Congress.
The Charlottesville Jellcrsonian, we observe,
adopts him as a Democrat. OF course, then, he
is not 'every inch Whig."
Mr.. GoGGiN will no doubt be his opponent
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At the late commencement. Of the Richmond
Medical College the degree of Doctor Of Medi-
cine was conferred upon fourteen graduates. The
institution, we believe, is making steady advances
public favor.
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The Charleston Mercury seems to think there
has been some foul play used in Virginia towards
Mr.. Calhoun in getting up the late Locofoco Con-
vcntion. 1t cannot believe that "the vast prepon-
derance,of Van Burenisn,'' as itappeared in that
Convention, docs exist in Virginia" The Mer-
curry is beginning b realize, what every body but
Calhoun man might have seen, from the first,
that Its favorite is only admitted to the uses, not
the honors, Of the party with which he is associated
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Gov. Fairfield has been elected to the Senate
Of the United States by The Legislature Of Maine.
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This is a mistakc.-Thc call was united in bv n
number of respectable citzcns--ED. SpEc.
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meeting OF the Democratic party was held in
Shenandoah county on the 9Th instant for the
purpose Of appointing delegates to tile Conven-
ton to be held at Harrisonburg the 30th, 30
nominate candidates for Congress. Twenty six
delegates were appointed.
The Harrisonburg Register, we perceive, OBJ
ecs to the set Of delegates appointed by the Cen
trail Democratic Committee of Rockbridge."-
1t warns its "negbbors'' if they want to 90 into
convention, ''lhey must send their delegates fresh
from the people,"
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The Senate has receded from its amendment to
the act changing the time of accounting for the
taxes on licenses to merchants and others, by the
SheriTs-so that it is now law.
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G. w. Singleton, Esq. has come out as an in
dependent candidate for the Legislature in Fred
erick, in opposition to the present delegates, who
have been nominated for reelection by caucus
Of the party. This looks like rebellion.