Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-11-09
THE STATfNTON SPECTATOR AND GENERAL ADV ERIISER

OUBAN tFRlCANIZAIIUN
formality and particularly with which the Gov
eminent paper, the Union, some ten days ago
charged the Government of Great Britain with
certain designs regarding the Island of Cuba,deep-
ly interesting to the Southern portion OF the Unl-
ted States, led us to infer that the charges were
made on official information and authority. Com
lug before the public with such an understood
sanction, the article of the Union received from
our journal aud others the serious attention which
an affair so important was calculated to command
Having impaired this impression to our readers at
the time, aud having carefully observed the lndl'
cations of public opinion which have followed, we
think it due to our readers now to state that sew
eral of the most respectable Journals and the best
informed correspondents of this city concur IN lhe
opinion that the Union not only had no othciai au-
thority for its statements but no reliable autlior
ty at all indeed, some of the writers and papers
referred to pronounce the whole story utterly
gruundiess. We confess that we are more sur
prised than panied by this increduty OF the press
While We are glad to be assured that the story Is
fiction, we are surprised that the Uh'on permit
ted such statement to appear in its columns IN
such way. unintentionally perhaps. as to mlslead
the public into belief that it had seml-oificiai
Characteristic. Intel. o. 3rd.
WoNDRoUs PArRIoTIci-ltis now alleged that
Marshal Amber resigned prior to the appointment
of Mr.. Martin to the marShaship for this district
In that case, the Administration is less censuraole
and less proscriptive than we had supposed; oul'
before the fact of Mr.. Ambler's resignation was
divulged the Loco press in Western Virginia
sought to Justify his removal, on the grounds that
he had been appointed from the East. Ambler's
friends always denied this assertion. and represen-
ted him rs a citizen of the Valley. But concedlng
the truth of the charge for sake OF argument, the
objection comes with i'll grace from those VINO Ut
ter it. They are all adherents of the present Ad-
ministration. which, in making appointments OF
foreign ministers charges, cOnsuls, &c. mas VIZ
tually ignored this section ct the State, seemingly
regarding the West as Great Sahara upon the
map. and taking Scott. Mason, Daniel and others
the whole batch from Eastern Virginia. This
palpable slight is winked at or approved by Inc
same Identical Democrats who are SO wondrouS
patriotic, and cease not their bowling while
Whig from the East remains in office! Amazing
pat riotism admirable consistency !-Parkers-
burg Gazette.
Maryland ELEcTIoN-The returns from the
MARYLAND election, which took place on WedneS-
day. leave no doubt that Thomas Watkins Lyon,
the Democratic candidate, is elected Governor oi
that State His majority in the city OF Baltimore
is abou: 5000. A year ago the Democratic ma
jOrty was ,44I.
The State is entitled to six Representatives in
CONGRESS. of which the Wings have elected two,
and the Democrats four, viz; Alex Il. ooiicrs ana
John X Franklin, Wings; Jacob Shower, JOSH
VA Vausaut. Henry May, and William L. Hamll-
ton Democrats Ia three 1.-THE districts the " lligS
presented no candidates.
The Whirs will have majority in both branch
es of tbs State Legislature, which VIII enaole
them to elect United States Senator and State
Treasurer. In the present contest tor the Legs
ture they have gained four Senators and ten inei-
bers of the House of Delegates They nominated
no Legislative ticket in the city of Baltimore out
supported the ticket presented by the advocates OF
the Maine law, containing the names OF an equal
number of Wings and Democrats. This ticket
prevailed over the regular Democratic nominations
THE JAPAN EXPEDITION. We extract the fol-
lowing from the New York Herald. We know
from what source that paper received It's lntor
nation but give it as we find it:
1t appears that Commodore Perry is indebted
to other causes besides the imposing aspect Of his
force for his reception at Jeddo. 1t weuld seem
that befnre the expedition set sail the British gov
eminent sent instructions to DR.. Bowring, Consul
at Shanghae, TO communicate with the Japanese
authorities and apprize them of the Intentions OF
the United States. DR.. Bowring accordingly des-
patched special private envoy to Jedde, and no
titled the japanese Emperor that a great and pow
erful nation, occupying nearly the whole northern
portion of the American continent, was about TO
apply for admission TO the ports OF Japan, that it
would be imprudent on the part Of the Japanese
authorities to refuse to grant the request of the A
merican ENJOYS, as the Americans were prompt
aud fiery, and would be likely to do mischief if
thwarted or treated rudely; bat that they were al
so tickle aud prone to change, snd if the japanese
just agreed to all they asked, it was more than
probable that they would tire of the bargain after
short while, and then matters would relapse into
| their former condition.
MoRE DEMoNsTRATIoNs.-The old line DEM
ecratc Association at Cleveland assembled on the
9th ut.. and among the resolutions adopted, was
the following:
Resolved. That franklin Pierce was elected