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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1854-05-31

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The Viadicator, commenting upon the result
of the election for Sheriff in this county, charges
that the Wings were influenced by party consid-
eratons in casting their votes for Col. McCue'
and avows its intention to insist upon 'a strictly
party issuo' in the next contest for the Sherffal
ty. The introduction of party politics into Off
ces not strictly political we conscientiously OPP
posed, until forced oit by the action Of our oppo-
nents Prescription for opinions sake, has new
er been, and is not now a part of our political
creed /; but we advise the Wings of the county
not to aid by their votes in placing men in power
who only WELD it against US, and who have man
Tested towards us the most bitter and proscriptive
spirit 1t is plainly the wish of the Democratic
party, and the history of their operations shows
that it is their fixed purpose, to permit no Wing
to hold any office of trust or emolument. where
they can displace him without damage to their par
ty interests. Wings have been thrust without
cause from Railroad directories, offices connected
with the various public Institutions, sc, and even
the jury bench is not to be polluted by their pres
ence. And now we are told, that if Democrats
can preventit, no Wing shall hold the office of
Sheriff, Constable, Commissioner of the Reve-
nue., Town Sergeant, or anything else. The Or
gan warns them to prepare for party pitched
battles upon all occasions" &
Be it SO THEY'VE are warned too. That we
dread a fair party contest "may do to tell to the
marines"-old citizens wont believe word of it..
We have the force to meet aud defeat our foe up
on any and every far field. Let the Wing par
ty rally as one man to resist the encroachments OF
party which is disposed to show them no quar-
ters-a party thati animated by the same fell
spirit of prescription and persecution for opinions
sake, which erected the stake and kindled the
brand in the darkest days of intolerant supers,i
ton Sefdefence requires us to frown upon the
power that would grind US into dust
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Bentoninn.

Col. Benton has published a communication
the National Intelligence, in reply to telegraph
ic dispatch stating that his son-in- law, Fremont,
arrived in California on the 18th Of April with
only twenty men, the greater part of them having
deserted. He says the "telegraphic' is dispar7
aging to Fremont; and "like all such disparaging
accounts, is false to the extent of the dlsparage-
ment. Fremont started with twenty-one men,
and one Of these died. ellis men, ]" saysfhe Col',
ssdie with him, as for him; but never desert.
He was not educated at West Point. And If a
ny person wishes to know why the United
States army has been in state (nesrly) OF dis
solution for some years past they have only to
read brief letter from Mr.. Macon to me, printed
in the Thirty Years Vis,c, at page lo2, at the
beginning the chapter headed MILITARY A,
cADENY'' r+4
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Fugitive slave Riot at Boston

D..
fearful excitement occurred in Boston last
week, in consequence of the arrest of Anthony
Burns, slave belonging to q. t.. Snttle, of AL
exandra, Va. The examination was commenced
before Commissioner Loring on Thursday, and on
Saturday the case was postponed till Monday.
On Friday evening public meeting was held
in Faneui Hall, and inflamatory speeches made
by Wendell Phillips, Theodore Parker and 9th
ers The crowd, to the number of several thou
sand, proceeded from the meeting to the Court
house, where Burns was confined, and made fu-
rious assault upon the building. Several of the
ring leaders were arrested, and comparative quiet
restored but about mid night the excitement was
renewed. and special officer the United States
Marshal, named James Batchelder, was shot dead
| by one of the rioters. '3 i.e
The next morning the military were called out
and the mob kept in check. A dispatch gu Sun
day says, Theodore Parker and Wendell Phil
lips have applied to the authorities for protection
from the Irish, who threaten 10 avenge the death
of Batchelder the officer killed Friday night
The streets are crowded with military under
arms. h}857a 3'.i, "a
"Printed notices were left in every church and
pulpit this morning, requesting the prayers of the
congregation for the escape of Burns from his op-
| pressors, l, -raa q 81.
.'rhe Abotionsts are very active in getting up
secret meetings. Large delegations are expected
! from Salem, Worcester, New Bedford, and other
| places Tomorrow:
Gone thousand pistols, principally revolyers,
are said to have been sold BY. the dealers in this
city on Saturday" .ao e. Is .t- @
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sIr. Borland at sam Juan.

A serious difficulty occurred at San Juan, or
Greytown, in Central America, on the 9Th inst,
between Mr. Borland. United Statds Minister,
and the local authorities. Some twenty five or
thirty armed men, mostly Jamaica negroes, head
ed by mulatto calling himself the Marshal of
San Juan, went on board the American Steamer
Routh to arrest her commander, Capt Smith,
upon charge Of murder. Their authority for
making the arrest was warrant from the Mayor
Capt Smith resisted, and Mr.. Borland, heariug
of the difficulty, went on board the steamer and
interposed to prevent the arrest, telling the mar
shall that the United States recognised the ex
istence of no authority at San Juan to arrest an
American citizen. The Marshall thenwithdrew.
In the evening Mr.. Borland went 10 the resi-
dence Of Mr.. Fabens, the United States CONNER
cial agent, and whilst he was there the populacs
undertook to arrest him. The attempt failed,
but one of the crowd threw glass bottle at Mr.
B.. which cut him in the face. Mr. Fabens hav-
ing gone to San Juan, was afterwards prevented
from returning to his consulate by band of armed
men, who also detained Mr.. Borland at the
house all night. 4fr lcElgoE
The next day meeting of the passengers of
the steamer Northern Light was held and a.party
Of fifty men volunteered foreman protectAmer-
lean citizens and their property. The Northern
Light arrived atNew York on Thursdaynight last,
bringing among her passengers Mr.. Botland and
COL Fremont.
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uot u, on tho 1acensa auestion.

For the convenience of those who wish to know
how our magisiracy voted on the question ofgrant
ing license to sell wine. ardent spirits or any
mixture thereof at retail on Monday last, Court
day, we have arranged in parallel columns under
aye" and NO. the names of those voting on
the occasion. ai a ~
1t will be seen that there were l3 noes to II
ayes. ~
Beard, S. b. Brown, r. e Bickle, VIM e. Brui-
fy, G. M. Cochran, Benz. Crawford, Henry Ed
son. Robert Guy, VIM. Guy, Benz. F. Hailman,
John NJ. Huff, A. NJ. Moore, S. Mcclure, John
r. Syrcle, Luke Woodward.
Noes-David Blakemore, VIM. A. Bell, Hatch
Clark. James II. Clark, JAS A. Cochran, John
Churchman, Nathaniel Massie, Jas. Morrison,
John Rimel, Thos. p. Wilson, Alex. Walker,
James Wilson, WIN. Wilson. -S@
Absent JAS Crawford, pre-. just, Elijah
fIorshead. d. b. liogshead, John NJ. McCue.
Benz. L. Points, one vacancy Stamton .Messen-
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From Europe. 4,

The steamer America brings dates from Liver
pool to the 9th inst. but NO news ofilnporiance
1'fhe inacton of the opposing forces still contip-
ues, and no operation of moment had occurred
The offensive and defensive alliance between Swe-
den and the allied Powers was progressing salts
tactorily. Spain, Portugal, and Piedmont are re-,
ported willing to join the allied Powers, and To
furnish 3 contingent force. Hanover had declar-
ed against letters of marlue, and Austria was a
bout to do The same. Further details of the bonn
bardment of Odessa show it to have been far from
decisive. The action lasted twelve hours, and
the Russians fought with great bravery" The
statement that the bombardment was intended to
infiict chasisement upon the Russians for firing
upon flag OF truce, turns out to be mere pre-
text or rather an apology for the poor success Of
the allies. An English vessel, under the pre-
tense of bearing dispatches, entered the harbor of
Odessa to reconnoitre the works, and was chased
off. The assault which followed was for the pur-
pose Of taking the place, but entirely failed.
The commercial news is unfavorable; flour,
however, is in demand, at advanced prices.
II was reported at Paris that Napoleon had
written King Ohio of Greece, letter comman-
ding him from aiding Russia and threatening to
occupy Greece with French troops if this sum
mons is not Immediately attended to. Twelve
thousand men have already been detailed for that
service. Austria also threatens Greece.
The Blockade Of Greece by the allies is Off
cialy announced. -t
The Greek Chambers have dissolved. The
insurrecton is beaten at every point. Russian a
gents are busy melting discomfort in Gambia.
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staunton Academy.

L. Waddell. Esq, for 50 many years the Prin-
eipal of this Institution, has, at the solicitation Of
the Trustees, consented to return to Staunton,
and again take charge of the Academy, as its
Principal The buildings are to be entirely re-
modelled. additions made, the grounds improved
&c, and the Principal will reside on the Premi-
sss. The proposed Improvements will make the
Staunton Academy one Of the handsomest places
in the town. We presume Mr.. W. Will enteI
upon his duties about the list Of September.
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Annther Nice Pre.ent.

We tender our thanks to our esteemed friend.
Mrs. p, of 'Strawberry, Hill, " for the large bow
of iced Strawberries and cream, kindly sent Il
our office on Saturday last. They arrived JUS
in the mick Of time" were duly discussed, ant
pronounced the very "fnest of the season" y
Such tokens of kind remembrances, especially OF
the part Of our female frieuds,are highly apprecia
ted and exceedingly refreshing to the worn anf
wearied editor
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Removal.

81 Inasinuch as no announcement nfthe fact is pub
lished in either of the other papers Of the town,
we may be pardoned for stating that on Thurs
day night last, DR.. Addison Waddeil, llVhig,
Physician to tho Institution for the Deaf and
Dumb and the Blind, was turned out Of office by
the Board of Visitors, and DR.. Fuqaa,. Democrat
elected in his stead, Ia, 49,. ~
We merely chronicle this last operation O
the eullotine in this county, being restrained BY
motives of decacy from INDUCING in such com
ments as the public might otherwise expect. Va
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no. A dispatch from Washington, on Saturday,
saws LII is rnmored here, land the rulnor excltes
. good deal ofinterest, that President Pierce will
on Monday send into Congress very beligerent
MESSAGE with regard to Cuba There will be
great anxiety, o. course, until itaPpears. or until
:, is known that such message will MT be sent
in There is great restlessness here just now with
rar,,d to Cuba. On one hand there is large
nary anxious to precipitate oar Cuban difficulties
int, omen bustilities, while on the other such a
result is dreaded and every, effort will be made to
avoid. The opinion is quite current in. Congress
that the administration is not iudsposed TO ostil-
ties and would be rather pleased than otherwise
TO see them brought about. 4 $50, .'''i
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The Mails.

. AS additional evidence to corrob6rate the state
ments we have heretofore made in reference to
the United States mails, we publish the follow
ing extract from an article in the Richmond Er-
an,iner of the 23d-good Democratic authority
The complaint is universal in Virginia and the
South. against The miscarriage ofthe mails. The
whole establishment has become nuisance a; d
obominabe abortion There is neither efficiency
nor competency init from headquarters down. I"
8 The farmers Friend. of the 2Oth inst, a neu-
trail paper, SAYS: eve have not received mail
here from the North since the 9th inst. Our
readers will therefore excuse US for not giving
them any news this week. 1t would be impossi-
HE for rs to do it when we can't get it ourselves
We have done the best we could under the cir
cumstances. ~''E 7a
We might give similar complaints from the
Williamsburg Recorder and the Woodstock Tenth
Legion. a, tegy} 81 40
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mic semi.weekiy.

. Persons to whom the Prospectus forsthc Semi I
Weekly Spectator were forwarded, will obgeus
BY returning them as soon as possible. Should
we undertake to publish the paper twice week,
it will be necessary for US to make additional ar
,aageinents, which will require some time, and it
is therefore mportant ihatwe should come 10 some
conclusion about the matter. 8gs3 egt bHE-
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Emorx and Henry college.

We have received the catalogue ofthe officers and
students Of this institution for the year 1854.
The College is located in Washington County.
Il appears TO be in tiourishing condition; The
total number of students is one hundred and forty
eight.
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CoNsTABLEs

In Stanton District No |, M. W. Crawford
was elected Constable; %. District, Sam'l. f.
Clarke; Mt. Sidney, Chas, K. Hyde; Churchville,
Jos. Wilson's Middlebrook, r. Turk; Greenyille,
j. J. Larew Mt Scion, JOS. F. Hotel; New
Hope, Chas. Bats; WaynesborO, VIM. Chap
/. !.
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county Elections.

In Frederick county, where party lines were
drawn, Gilkeson, Wing was elected Sheriff by a
majority Of 800.
In Rockingham county all the old officers rec
lected.
In Albemarle, Burnley has been elected Sher-
i'll, and Harris and Fry Commissioners of the
Revenue.
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Election Day.

There was a pretty full attendance at the two
Staunton precincts on Thursday last. the day o.
election. Several fights occurred during the day
in the neighborhood of the Northern precinct =
Considerable blood shed. Ig.r % s 5a
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The city of Nashville, Tennessee, has been SO
lectsd as the locality Of the new Book Concord tc
be established by the General Conference Of thu
Methodist Church South.
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Acknowledging

We tender to the Hon. John. M. Mason and
the Hon. John Letcher for continued favours in
the way of public documents. p
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REMOVED!

The Spectator Office has been remoy7
cd to the Stone Building OH the Mead
aulized Street, nearthe Courthouse, and
adjoining the residence of DIR. Gilmer.
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Eastwood school,

The exercises of this school closed on Friday
10th instant, The following pupils having at
staineda'llgli degree of proficiency as eyineed by
their general standing throughout the Session and
by their examination at lis close, are entitled to
d;c,ipctinn
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John Mitchell, the Irish patriot, arrived in
Richmond, on Friday last, and met with an en-
,busiastie reception A grand dinner was given
:, him Saturday evening at the Exchange Hotel.
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Graham's Magazine.

The June number of Graham favorite Maya
zine has been received. 1t will be perused witt
nterest-especially by the ladies.
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NJ The Know Nothings have at last met with
defeat. A dispatch from Wheeling says that
Wickham, the anti Know Nothing candidate, was
elected Sheriff of Wood county, on Thursday.
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Theatricals.

The theatrical Company which visited Staun-
ton some months ago, encouraged, we presume,
by their success then, have returned to spend
three weeks in our midst .7eg ss8V ~
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or- Thomas Richie, Jry one of the editors Of
,he fsebua6nd Eaquirsr, died near iAatsI'y o"'h'
52l INST, in his 36th year.
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Cool Weather.

On Wednesday and Thursday last the wealth
er was so cool as to require blazing ires--a thing
quite uncommon in the latter part Of genial May.
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Nuptiols.

wm. F. Richie. Esq, senior editor of the
Richmond Enquirer, and Mrs. Mowatt, the eele-
brated actress, are u be united in the bands OF
wedlock on the TIN Of June.
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OLD School PREsBYrER1AN CHURcH.-The
following statistics have been presented at the
meeting Of the General Assembly of this church,
now in session at Buffalo :--a f@ H5.
- There are now in connection with this brancl,
oftIe Presbyterian Church % Synods, l49 Pres
byteries, 2S7y churches. 81 80 ministers, 595 Ii
centiates an! candidates, and 2l9,263 conmuni-
canls. These l43 Presby teres cover the entire
territory of the United States, except portion Of
New England Two Of these Prcsbyteries are in
the Indian territory, in Texas, 2 in California,
IL in Oregon, 2 in China, and in Northern IN
dia, scattering over the vast plain of tho Upper
Ganges. ltihas under its supervision Board Of
Home Missions. with SIS missionaries; labprng
chiefly in the South and West; Board of For.
! eign Missions. having stations among the InJiar
tribes, in Africa. India, Siam and China Boarc
Of Education, with l02 schools. 46 Presbyterian
Academies. and 10 Synodical Colleges, and
Board Of Publication, distributing by sale and col
portage religious books and tracts The Assem-
bly, has under lis care four Theological Semna
res those of Princeton. Allegheny City, Primo
Edward, Va, ssd Danville, Ky.
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ANOTHER BLACK WARRIOR AFrAIR.-The
Gothamiles are sup in arms" and are determined
to have fight about the recent seizure of vessels
in that port by order Of the government The
owners of these packets are charged with viola
ting the passenger laws. 1t is said that they do
not allow as much room for the emigrant passen-
ger as the law requires, and therefore the seizure.
4 committee left New York Tuesday morning for
Washington, to have the subject properly inves-
tigated by laying the case before the President
The following gentlemen compose the commit
tee:-NIoses II. Grinnell Mayor Westervelt,
Thomas II. Tileston, f. Morgan, Charles II.
MARSHALL, and Mortimer II. Livingston. These
gentlemen. we understand, have acted under a
construction of the passenger laws, authorized
during the administration of Messrs Polk. Fay
Tor. and Fillmore, aid until recently, under the
present administration Of Mr.. Pierce. The wrong
in this cnse is very great, because coming without
proper warning. aud giving construction oa
law, entirely unlikepreyious constructions. The
seizure of the Black Warrior in the iarbor OF Ha-
wanna, for violating aIocal law. created a general
sensation in the country, while at home, some
twenty five vessels, most ofthen Liverpool ships,
have been seized, even when obeying previous
constructions ofexisting statutes. BE-. fiS
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WALKERS ENDIrToH.-The latest news
from Walkers fiji lls'er expedition TO Lower Cal
;fornia. is to the ,5of April. Walkers force arc
yoduced 10 about men, and their acts are de-
scrihed to be as cF as those ofthe most hardened
nirates. They Ia property s. life without mo
inen,,s hes,ationfe had crossed the Colorado but
returned. aud is bin at San Vicinte Its reroIt
cd that they h. all been taken prisonors.-
They must soo1 sperse. if hey yet remain to-
qotho1 They Fc reduced large number q
families, some dlom once wealthy, 70 bcggaly
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CupA-ThP weIl-infOrmed Washington cores
nondent ofthd New York Journal OF Commerce
says:
Il is mt 10 be doubted that some alarm has ex
isted here aupng conservative men, in the Senate,
respecinp the design of the Administration in re-
card TO Spain, Circumstances have come 10 light
Which show hat design is cherished by the
President, to bluNge The country into war with
Snain. and at a veIy early day. How he can do it,
Is : ouestion that may be asked. We have seen
heretofore how preldent can do it. He may
brino on a collisiortlrough the US. Navy. He
may do it merely R Iynking at the proceedin ss
oftbe flIibusters. atIpermitiing them to out ex
neditions against GJafrom onr ports. He has been
led il is believed .tcslppose that war for Cubs, at
This i,nct1re. will popular and that Congress
will be driven, BY lnew clalnor, into grant of
supplies for the prfcutlon OF the war; AT the
Presidents discrelb. Once engaged in the war,
we NAV not be abIio back out from it. and no
one can tell wherdt will end But our hope is
/ in the wisdom andhdependence OF The eenate,-
and this time, it ii not disappoini US.
A later felrgraHc despatch says
Dispatches frof MIR. Sone have Just arrived.
r, e believed thatae tone and effect of Ihe DIES
,,.,cbes are ratherhcific than warlike. and that
the Black Warrioiase is substantially settled.
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ANOTHER REvoLuTIoE.--Lsie adyices from
oon'h America report that revolution had bro
ken out IN bogota. new Provincial Gov ernment
had h ,.tl established and General Melo Lad de-
clared himself Dictator. Gep, Herrera and most
oil the National Congress had fed. Gcner,I
Nlosqucro was in Barrangullc wifh consider,-
bic force. The Cons!imiign of 1913 is to lie r,c.
tally restored. Gen. Melo had arrested pre,i-
dent Clando and other Governmental f,iccr.
The Governor orSayanlla and Santa Msr,h, haa
issued proe!amstions. calling on the peonIe 4,
come forward and assist in quelIing tho insmrrec-
ton, and measures were taken to raise ,roore r.,
that purpose. The Governs, Of Carb,oen,, "a.
vors the rebellion. and general exci,emop, had
bsen created throughout The Country.
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CuBA.-Thp weI-informed Washington cores
nondent Of Ind New York Journal OF Commerce