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The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1853-06-25

II IL proper here to remark, that all tho
communications referred 10 In this letter
we're made hs Calhoaa. after = call for the
alphabet, and were raped out. letter by
letter. and taken down by me in the usual
way. They were made IN the presence Of
the Misses Fox and their mother.
called on Monday. At the hour appoint.
cd, aud received tho following ccmmuuica.
ton:
"My friend, the question i oi'cn put Ia
you, What good can result from these
Manifestations | will answer it:
I'll is 10 draw mankind together in bar
monv. and 10 convince skep,lcs Of the i'm
mortality Of the soul.
JouS c. CAnmorv."
This remind, nw tia, in 1850. ut bridges
port, In the presence Of other mediums,
among many questions pm, mud answers
received, were the following the answer
purportiug to come from ". T.. Charming.
q What do spirits propose 20 accom-.
plish by these new manifestations
A-To mite mankind, and 10 convince
skepticai minds of the Immortality OF "the
soul"
Tho coincidence IN sentiment, Of the
answer Of ]. e.. Calhoun, and of W. L..
Charming In regard to the object 81 these
manifestations is remarkable, and worthy
OF particular notice. The concurrence of
two such great minds. whether IN OF GU, Of
the body. on subject so enerossug, cam
not fail TO command the attention at every
sdnirer OF exalted in,clcct aud moral
purity
During the above communication OF
Calhoun, the table moved occasionally
perhaps foot, first one way and then the
other. After the communication closed
We nll moved back from the table. from,
two TO four fee. so tina, no one touched
the table. Suddenly the table moved from
the position il occupied some three or four
feet. rested n few moments, aud then moved
back to its original position. Then it again
moved AZ far the other way. and returned
to tho place il started from. One side OF
the table was then raised, and stood for =
few moments at nm angle Of ahou, thirty.
five degrees, and then rested on the door
AS usual.
Tho table was large. heavy, round
table, at which ten or dozen persons
nigh, be rcated At dinner. During all
these movements no person touched the
table nor WINS nuv one near ". A"er ser.
The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1853-06-25

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Nv Yssa pspsrs III. H. c,ys'3 e.,sss
nslfsAisa NJ - "a IT, ~ ss'S'
The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1853-06-25

THE sbbssviation. peculiar 70 k6
known only 10 bic lAttssaie ehd g.
which M i,nItaior eosld kaew. Isteet6
c-d by way Of prtttHs sch saugs1
70 fight forever. N'ss7 e.
This sentence" Il rssfsstly ebetae M
istic Of Calhoun. Il contains ~ tAVG1
Of ..yl. and bis eondeasatica Of tttoo q VI
Tia text from which volsues ~ o
written. Il rrovs1: ~ NJ
l. The Immortality Of the soul. M
:: The power Of spirits 70 ssvte9
earth.
3 Their ability 10 commssisale ~
relative. and fricuds Assl
4. Tho identity Of the spirit u ~ so9
mtg. #S
How ones sopl expands with tl.sse ~ " 4
lime conccptions. How rsiissless 10 thlCsE
1ny ~ h if riA ,iHe sef,flspy
.Aat men caa doubt. when sa,s 1000 Of nv
ing ieft Is poured u ga 'hfW by spirit.
who, n the IHgr,ec OF Webstrf. "req,t
ia "a e.of, of che as~r-i iighs ~ God.
Noss nal' vau-.
y. 4. N.LNADGE.
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The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1853-06-25


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gt.i SIMON Ina, IN. ".neblie eyes mrs |ua,d
rI.e stc ias.sniel IsaAc Nsn Zandt i for tt-
senste. during the natrs dave "a ,,s poe.
..yitv" ma ,-se no bet Col Van xsua,
.f -ie Office metz an.i sad Col ssn
lsnat rs a vorv papnl,- man bst anas.
as clreumstansrs !, Yea. certain, "a ri
oaeh. We were then las. sbaes passing
,5orn our separate Nst,orrsI sx,ssencs, T.,
ou- we..n, form Of s,a.s Government
was not ssppossd shsrs wosla b. essehsr
Texan Congress, and ~ indeed Il turwsi
out Mr.. Van Zsnd. hid 40 ~ n 49,
ming for seat il Congress. And Al ~ -
OF his nomination hy some o( his fr,suis ~
Harrison county, = step taken wiihoss tis
knowledge or consent, wan Al Austin, - T.
sistinc IN tie formation II oxr Stats Coa.
situation. Hc remained At bic post In ~
Convention until its adiourua5tns, ,nahimr
no sse.tious even through his t,ieeds =
home. to secure kis election, lie ~ -
returned hosss wkse ,hs election eas,s -
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Col Johnsons paf,nIa,ity, Lis rvsst ~1nnl1hs
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The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1853-06-25

,a In tsstimous ~he~of, !
have h~ssanto set NY ha"o,
and e.sssd The grea. seal o.
The Ssaas "a b. affixed. Done
=. IN e;tv Of Ass,in. this issh day Of May.
n 1853. ssd Of ths Independence q
Texas. The eighteenth. q, >r,,
Tuos.s Il. DuvAL. Ses''y Of sssss
Jvss II, 1853.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-04-20
The Wing Address.

The address which we publish in this paper,
by the Wing members Of the late Legislature to
the people of Virginia, will command general at
tentien. We hope every one of our readers will
give it perusal. 1t treats of subjects of great
public interest and Importance, and the able and
fearless exposure Ofgresances, which the people
of the State are suffering at the hands of the DOM
inant party, is calculated to Inspire the Wings
with more ardent desire for success and stimu-
late them to renewed efforts to whit. No man
who has been WING Upon principle, desires the
disruption Of the party or mediates desertioh for
himself; but some afe dispirted on account of re-
cent disasters and need to have thef faith and zeal
aroused. This address, il tead and poHdered, will
have the desired effect. A thousand examples
might be cited for the encouragement of the faint
hearted. The men of the revolution did not a
chieve independence, the blessed fruits of which
I'VE how enjoy, without succession of defeats
Many times wefe the patriots utterly routed by
the enemy, but they recruited their forces and
returned to the onset, and after seven long years
of toll and blood glofious triumph crowned theft
efforts,
We are glad 10 see that The address warmly re-
commends matter urged BIZ us last week-the
propriety of the Wings having candidates at eve
ry election, however hopeless the contest may ap-
pear to be. This, evidently, is the true policy;
our opponents have pursued it to their advantage,
and we should profit by The example.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-04-20
The State Debt.

In recent editorial on the subject OF Mr..
GoonE's report-in which he estimated the State
debt to be over $32, 600, 000-we asserted from
the imperfect data at our hand that the true a
mount Of debt would probably not much exceed
Sis, 100000 at that date, March 1853. Since
then, under resolution the House Delegates
the first and second Auditors have made d JONI
statement of the real debt which is summed up as
follows:
.act,ul caisting debt oh The
25th .March 1883 $l5,972,4l5,20
Deduct cash on hand and
in the general treas
ufy N9,170,SS.
Amount of produc-
tive stocks, 8,0ll ,66S,66
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-04-20
the jury Bill.

The late Legislature, just before the adjourn
ment, passed important bill in respect to jurles
the particulars OF which we learn from the Morn
ing Mail. 1t provides that the County and Cor,
poration Courts of the State shall make of once
year list of persons subject to jury duty, one hun
dred for every thousand ofwhite inhabitants which
list shall be subject only to the inspection OF 'ht
Court and Two or more Justices Each name is tc
be written on separate ballot and deposited in a
box, and the jurors except in cases OF felony, are
to be selected by drawing ballots from the box
In misdemeanors and in civil cases jurors will re-
ceive fifty cents for each jury on which they shall
serve, and, where the jury is adjourned from day
to day fifty cents for the first and seventy -hVe
cents for each succeeding day, but no person is tc
receive moro than 81 ,e5 rut july service rendered
in any one day, which sum may be allowed in case
such person has served on three or more juries
during the day, or on two or more jures during
the day where one of the juries has adjourned to
that day. Any juror attending q court but not
called upon to serve shall be entitled to fifty cents
each day County courts and town councils may
prescribe a greater or less compensation in cases
in which jurors arc to be paid cut of county or
town leyies, provided that each person who serves
as Juror shall receive not less than fifty cents, and
every person attending, but not serving, not less
than twenty-five cents. Grand jurors to receive
one dollar term, to be paid ont of the county OF
corporation treasury.
Grand Jurors and jurors in felony cases are to be
summoned, and the latter paid, as previously pro-
yided by law.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-04-20

o. The United States Senate adjourned on the
18th inst, after special session of five weeks
The Senate was called together for the purpose
of acting upon nominations to Office, and the nnu-
sual length of the session is attributed to the diff
ficuly experienced by the Executive in making
selections from the conending factions of the par
ty. In the early part Of last week, it was conf
IDENTIFY reported that Mr. MARCY had been COM
PEELED by the force of circumstances to retire from
the Cabinet, but the rumor turned out to be pre-
mature.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-04-20

Qc- On account of the unusual amount Of build
ing to be doneln Stanton and in the county there
is great demand for bricklayers and carpenters.
The worl,men in the town and country are over
pressed with business, and unable to comply
speedily with the wants of the public. We are
told that such is the call for dwellings and bust
ness stands in Staunton at present, that probably
twenty houses would be rented tomorrow ifthey
could be had
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-04-20

o. 1t is due to our late Senator HUGH w.
SHEFFEr, Esq, on his retiring from legislative
life, and due to his constituents, to say that by his
efficient services in the late session Of the Senate
he has won for himself reputation of which any
public man may we'll be proud The editors of
the Richmond papers, who have had the best OPP
portunty of observation, have voluntarily bestow-
ed upon him repeated Communications for his zeal
and industry in the public service. We have
heard it remarked by more than one Senator who
served with him, that Mr.. SHEFFEr was re-
garded as the most useful member of the Sen
ate, and that probably every bill of Importance
which passed that body was personally reviewed
and amended by his suggestions. With fine tai
ents for speaking" he hashad the good sense not
to abuse the patience Of the public merely to prove
1t, but his reputation was won as working men,
Der" and is therefore more creditable to himself
and more beneficial to his constituents.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-04-20
s,290,4s9,54.
7,6So;9T5,76
3.2ss,664,o6
s,626,o6S;56.

lJ,OOc1f iC
HE auditors add :'.s.UndeF laws iii existence
uponthis day March 25th) upon which. we were
called tpoh ~ mike this report, this debt OF the
commonwealth mdy hereafter amount, after de-
Quoting the aniohpt of cash on hand and the pro-
dGctive stocks held by the State on the 10Th inst
to the above sum Of $40 ,535,7l3. IL cents; but q
is confidently erpected and beliered that 1t aotl
not reach that sam, and that the amount OF the
productive stocks to obtain which the great pro-
portion ofths debt may bs Incurred, will increase
| in greater ratio than the debt itself"
OF tie resources of the State to meet this debt
we have no official calculation in our reach. The
stocks owned by the State in unfinished works
pfiHcipally railroads, amourit TO $685. 50.le
These improvements will now Soon be completed
and stretching as they do though the richest por-
tons Of the State, land constituting important links
in the great line of National thoroughtares; they
mist paS handsome dividends in future or belle
the experieRce of all other similar lines IN the
country. This sum added to the above amount
of S., OIL $685., productive stocks now yielding
! S per cent income to the State would make ouI
future probable resources to be $20,977, llS:84.
On account Of the heavy appropriations this
winter to Works Of internal improvement, the
present Legislature has found it necessary 10
increase the rate of taxation t,v6 Gents on hun
dred dollars, leaving the taxes Of our State still
less, however, than that ofmany other States ofthe
Union. And it is to be hoped now, that no in
crease will hereafter be necessary before the stocks
Of the State in Internal improvements for which
the debt was created, may themselves pay this
debt.
rhis report Of the Auditors, is the second in
stance in the last year in which Mr.. GooDE's r.
naticial arithmetic has been found sadly at vari-
ance with official statements. In Mr.. GooDE's
report last year as chairman of the finance com
mittee, he Stated that l6,4O4 ,303,l5, of State
debt was the smallest possible estimate for sink
ing fund on the lst January 1852. But in the
bill creating sinking fund, passed by the Legis-
lature few weeks since, under directiono con-
stituton, the true debt for which the State was
bound to provide BY law lis stated at 81 ga 1913
| so on the LIST January 1852.
This sum by-the-way, we observe is only 50
cents less than the estimate made by our Delegate,
Mr. IMBoDEN, in his speech in controverting Mr..
GooDE's report, and delivered in the House of
Delegates on the 9th April 1854 coincidence
which is highly creditable to Mr.. IMBoDEN's fl
nancial skill.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-04-20
Austrian Tyranny.

A letter from an American citizen to the New
ark Daily Advertiser, writing from Geneva, March
18th, presents the following account of affairs at
Milan:
Neither life, liberty, nos property is safe for a
moment. Each and all may be taken in the most
unexpected moment, at the will of any one of the
petty despots who do the will of Austria. Mill
tary law prevails, and its only instrument is the
sword.
There are constant cases of spoliation and rob-
berry by police agents and soldiers, who enter
houses at will, on the slightest suspicion, and rob
and maltreat the families, under the cry of elm
peral ORDERS" The finest old palaces are fifed
without scrupe, of their richest treasures A
whole regiment occupies the Litta Palace, and
the soldiers smuse themselves by, shooting and
piercing the old paintings and statues, especially
those representing the innocent absent family.
Other large palaces have been similarly treated ,
the occupants driven out, and the furniture turned
into the streets. Many of the noblest families
have been thus thrown upon the charity of their
neighbors. Upward of 5000 men constantly pat
ro the streets, which they frequently clear Of peo-
pie at the point of the bayonet under the slliest
pretexts. No one is permitted to walk with his
hands in his pockets, lest they may contain arms
More than two persons are not permitted to meet
anywhere in public, and private dinner parties are
actually forbidden. Every day since we have
been here dead bodies have been found in the
onnw.avs; the gallows are en- permanence mus
ket sboi, re CONSTANTLY heard in some quarter of
the city; the property OF al al the c@ refugees who
have found an asylum in Piedmont, owiiyerland,
&c., is sequestered by imperial decree, amounting
to many millions, and the poor.duwn- trodden pop
ulation is taxed at the rate o'30 600 fraacs per
day TO pay the expense Of thus depressing them.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-04-20

GRAHAM's MAeAzINE-The number of this
valuable and interesting publication for May has
arrived, and we feel warranted in recommending
it to the public. 1t contains its usual amount of
varied and instructive reading matted. Subscrip-
ton price So per annum.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-04-20

PRACTICAL AMALGAMATIoY.-Ac case of more
than ordinary interest was'commenced in the Court
of Common Please, before Judge Thompson, this
morning. 1t is feigned issue to test the validity
of the will Of the late William johnson, negro,
who was reputed to have left white wife and two
small mulatto children in life, besides black wife,
married few days before his death. The white
wife was in Court, with the two children. They
were quite respectable in appearance, better clad
than ordinary people, and might reasonably pass
for persons in the middle walks of life Another
singularity attending the case is, that one of the
female witnesses for the white wife is a white VIC
man ofgreat beauty and youth, who has a mulatto
husband and children. She attracted considerable
attention. We felt relieved when we ascertained
that both these females were of foreign birth-one
a Scotch. and the latter al English woman.
Philada. Bul.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-04-20

o. Col. CLAUDE CRozEr, we are informed,
has been appointed by the Board of Public Works
to the position of consulting Engineer on the Gov
ington and Ohio Railroad.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-04-20
Registration of Voters. Sc.

An actpassed by the late Legislature, requires
the Commissioners of the Revenue to list all per-
sons who shall be entitled to vote at the next e.
lection tor members of the General Assembly, sc
as to exhibit separately those who reside in the
respective districts laid off for the election of JUS
tees; copy of the entire list and also as many
separate lists Of voters residing in each district as
there are places of voting within the same, to be
returned to the County or Cooperation Clerk.--
ANY voter whose name is omitted on the list may
have it entered by applying to the Commissioner
at any time prior to the tenth day before the gel
eral election The Commissioner will receive
three cents for every voter listed, to be paid by
the county or corporation; and for knowingly EN-
tering the name of any person not entitled to vote
he shall forfeit sum not less than twenty mol
more than one hundred dollars Such persons
causing their names to be listed shall forfeit moi
less than fifty, nor more than one hundred dollars
The clerks are required to deliver 10 the commits
soRers of election copies of such lists for their
spectiye districts or wards; and the lists shall be
prma tacie evidence of the right Of persons whose
names are entered thereon, to vote; but the COM
miSsioncrs may receive evidence in respect to the
disqualification of persons whose names are enter
ed, and in respect to the qualifications Of those
Whose names have not been entered upon such
lists ifany person shall offer to vote in district
other than that in which he resides. the commits
sioners of elections shall require satisfactory evil
dence of his qualification The act will not go
into operation till the first of January next; ex-
ceptso far as it prescribes the duties of commits
sioners of the revenue.
THE Legislature also passed law requiring the
Commissioners of the Revenue to ascertain the
number of births and deaths of each. family in his
district, amongst tie colored as well as the white
population, dtting the preceding year ending the
3lst of December; and to report them to the clerk
of the court who is to make an abstract of the
same and record it in his Office and send it to the
auditor of public accounts.
Marriages are to be ascertained by clergynlen
and others, authorized to solemnize marriages, who
are required under heavy penalties to report them
to the clerk of the court, who is to make an abb
stract of the same and record it ID his office and
send copy of the abstract to the auditor of public
accounts, who is to report at each session of the
General Assembly, synopsis ofafl the births,
deaths and marriages in the. Commonwealth.
The only object Of the Legislature in passing
the law for the registration Of voters, appears to
have been to comply with the requirement of the
Constitution. As the law now stands, it is Of no
other use whatever,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-04-20

o. 1t was stated to US the other day by reli-
able gentleman, that he could count over one hun
bred ana. fifty sheep that had been killed by dogs
within the last month, in the neighborhood around
and below Middlebrook in this county.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-04-20
Our Minister to Spain.

Some of the Sanish papers seem 10 be very ad-
verse to the reception by Spain of MIR. SoULE
as U. s. Minister to that court. We con-
cannot see how the appointment Of Mr.. SoULE,
could be otherwise than extremely obnoxious to
the government of Spain. He was, we believe,
the only member of the Senate who publicly de-
Tended the efforts made by some American adven-
tursrs to wrest Cuba from the hands Spain, as
commendbe act, and who extolled those of the
invaders who were captured and executed by the
authorities of the island, as martyrs in just and
glorious cause. Mr., SoULE is well known to be
adverse to the acquisition Of Cuba by purchase
but yet bent uponhaving itannexed to the United
States. Really his appointment looks like an In
suit to Spain.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-04-20

% Lexington Presbytery meets in the Presby-
terrain Church in this place tonight. Rev. WIN
S. WHITE, D. D., ofLex hgton will preach the C.
pennp sermon.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-04-20


g1- We were. recently shown beautifully ex-
ecuted map Of the Middlebrook and Browasburg
Turnpike, drawn by WM. A. KUrhR, Esq, for
the Board of Public Works. Mr.. KupER has es-
tablished a reputation where he is known, dis one
of the best Engineers in the State nothing but
his own modesty has kept him from the highest
posts in his profession. we hope he may not be
overlooked in the appointments to the many works
of improvement now in progress in Virginia The
people of Augusta are more indebted to his Engi-
neering skill than perhaps 10 any other circum-
stance, for the final selection of Rockfish Gap for
the route of the General Railroad; his surveys
established the practcability and superiority Of
that line.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-04-20

Debt on the day assumed, less
productive stocks
To which add future debt-befrg
the amount of loans authorised
by acts of the present session
to be made to railroads and
that have complied with the
Also eontiHgsilt notwithstanding
the. amount Of old appropfia-
tions, Subscriptions, &C.; to-
ggthef With those recently au-
thofizea by the Legislature mp
to the 25lh March, to compa-
MES which have notyet conf
Piled wifi the conditions;