Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1850-11-13
MIsCELLANEOUs ITCma

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! NOVEL PRocEpURE-'rhe Common Council of n.
City Of Noolk Va, suspended The salary Of the M,vo,
on account OF his approval of slave festival held in ih,t
city. The Mayor now comes out with long, ndign.o.
protest against the action Of that budy maintaining Tho,
every slave present had The written permission of his
er-ha the law was therefore strictly carried out and thar
the council unjusty arragned tried and found him guilty.
and sentenced hin To ''wcrk for nong and find hmse"-
OF resign his office IN this emergency he appeals The
people. There much excitement.
o. The Presbyterian Synod of Kentucky has lust cos
60 us session at Frankfort 1t completed The endowment
Vi proessorsp In the rheuogical Seminary al New Al
1a"y' Indiana aud elected Rev. Lewis W. Green (now
resident OF lampden Sydney College, Va 10 the Chair
Oh fccesasIca History and Church Policy of that insti
lu'" II also decided that lcentiates may riphulIy per
'" '10 ceem0ny, reversing the decision of the
West Lexington Preslyery. - wv
W Is S'aeu "at Inc Nlormons have recently discover,
ed ,chpools the Salt Lake, which NAV nss;v YER
To the discovery of sme outlet for the ,,,s ~ H. 80
Basin in which the Mornons ave established ,ha;
The basin is some FIVE hundred miles in d;n",a
way, between four and five thousand feet aboye Tho ~
Of the sea- shut in all around by mountains. with r.. &
system otakes and rivers, and having no known
ton whatever with The sea.
Trouble has arisen Among the Mormons congrega.d on
neVer isiand Lake Michigan, growing out OF quarrel
between Elder Adams Mormon preacher and tragdan hv
turns and James E. Srang, one of the Prophets who in
sIsts upon his right TO help himself to the properly Of
such "gentiles. as don't submit 10 his law Srang has
been arrested and sent prison Macknac for six months
for his NAL practices.
o. Measures are in progress to erect magnificent NOM
nment, at Madrid, to Christopher Columbus preIm-
mary arrangements hint colossal statue oftwenty feel hgh
and of groups surrounding it, forming base Of 40 fee, 10
circumference The statue 10. be Of The finest FIorentine
bronze, and the pedestal of reddish granite The lowest
estimate OF the Columbus monument is 100000.
s The number of passengers arrived at New York from
foreign ports during the month Of October was be
ngan increase of9 $3.50 The corresponding month ofS4q
The this year from the following places Gre,,
Britain and Ireland 1852; Hsnse Towns 2Ss2 France
1850; Belgium 454; Holland 453; Chagres 744 other
ports 240.
20 The Nashville Banner speaks of two papers upon lie
,aoie one rom South Carolina the other from Boston the
first containing the proceedings Of State RIGHTS Assi
aton" The last the report of the donps al eFuoitiva
Slave Law Neeting;" and while it looks l,e rem,r-
kabe, each contains long list Of names of ons,;t
ting Committee Of Sgfly"
STEAMERS TO RrcHMoND-The sum required tn buiII
two superior steamboats, ply regularly between Phads
phia and Richmond has been obtained within 5000 A
company has been organized and the officers elected to car
ry this desirable object into effect The steamers will be
commenced without delays and completed in time for the
spring trade.
vs. The population of Phlade pha is expected to reach
about 4OOOOO-n lS40it was 25S. 407 Ptisbury. with
IFS suburbs, has about S0.000-n 1910, 10000 Lancas-
ter, about l6,OOO-in 1910, e,4i7 READING, 5e2I-in
$780, S,4l0 1t estimated that the entire population Of
Pennsylvania will be shown be far from 800 OCO
and that Of Ohio about eco.
0- The citizens of the District Of Columbia are some.
what uneasy, said of proposition submit
ted to The Virginia Reform Convention for the expulsion Of
The Free Negroes They dread The overwhelming influx
of that class and The addition that would be made TO the
Ten thousand already residing the District majority "
whom are idle and worthless.
The General Assembly of Rhode Island Adjourned
Friday evening TIE bill for the removal Of The p,lii-
ca disabilities OF those convicted Of offences against the
State in 1882 having special reference 10 The Of En:
Gpvern9r DIR, was rejected in the Senate by vote VI
ii 10 r.
c. Sir John Jervis states that at the present ne FIVE
leading harrisies in Lnnd m make upwards Of e! 600
year each, eight above s300O year each aud twenty
five make annually sbJve .ej 000 each But this NOT
equal To wla. Sir James Scarlet used to Go: he made $50.
0U0 year.
e. At Iemin and Sholl's Packing House in CHM, l25
head of beef cattle daily killed aud packed: 5000 head
10 be put up fr Nrvries s. Su, " worth $40 90;
and dnring the pork packing 5000 hogs w be dali
y added the beef business. Other large establishments
are aso engagad in packing in Cleveland
o. The barque Helen Of rhomsion. from Malaga ar
rived at New York on Monday repnls that when abreast
a
the fort which shattered the stock lie anchor and pass.
ed within fnr feet Of The mate. This matter requires OK.
PLANTATION, and we hope our government will demand it.
o. The New York papers learn by anarival at that por.
from ST. Domingo, thai conspiracy against the Govern
ment. had been detected at Jacnel, and that men had
been shot eight had been Condemned DEATH and
Two Or three bundled imprisoned awaiting their
trials.
o. The total amount coined at tho United States Mint
in PHILADELPHIA from The LIST of January the 30h Sep
temhe was S20032 1880 The officers state that they
will be enabled coin five millions month in future which
will meet the wants Of the public.
Co. The Lebanon (Oho) Star says that it is authorized
to stale that if The Hon. Thomas Corwin is reelected 10
The u S. Senate, that he will serve. He and John c.
Vaughan will be The two prominent canddaes-but Coz
win will no doubt be elected.
o. The Natchez (AIiss Courier says that there s an
evident Sinking the part Of Governor QutmaD meet
Senator Fooie before The people; and that scheme has
been devised goad jefferson Davis into The performance
Of this duty, SO unpa pabe to the heroic Governor
DEATH OF A CURIosrrY-The latest English papers
announce the DEATH the Cd Of Oc Of Mrs. Sarah Bin,
the celebrated miniature painter born without hands
arms and who painted with her feet She died. n grea,
digence, at the age Of sixty six.
0 1t has been very generally stated that Amin Bey the
Turkish Envoy, now visit This country, had six
wives, plurality of wives being allowed by the laws of
his native county He has, however requested The editor
of the Christian Waterman to correct the statement, and
say that he has but wife,
N5- remarkable suicide occurred at Swift Creek, N.
c., on the 2st ult where Henry Marker, only ten years
DID, having been drunk the day before, ashamed
of his conduct that he placed the muzze Of gun his
forehead pushed the trigger with stick, and Shot himself
dead.
Nc The business Of killing sheep for their hide and
lalow is carried on quite extensively at Cincinnati Ono
house slauehers 600 head uf sheep dalythe skins
taken off, and the whole body rendered out" into laow-
the meat being thrown 10 the hogs.
&C. Mrs Gen. Taylor, Mrs. Bliss, and DR.. Wood and
lady arrived in Savannah Thursday last, and left next
morning by the railroad for Macon, On their way 10 LOU
isiana.