Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1854-02-08


lPedent" to grant the right Of way, and tie
1oE was made to strike out ''inexpedient" aid
insert '.expedient." The amendment prevailed
by vote of ayes 70, noes 81, and bill was D.
dered in conformity with the prayer Of the pet
TONERS,
NEBsAskA CONFERENCE.-THE great Nebrash
Convention took place at St, Joseph, Missouri, o
the 9Th of January. It was the largest ever con
Vened in the Platte purchase. DR.. j. Fl. Crane
of st joseph. presided there were eleven Vic
Presidents and ten Secretaries.
series of resolutions were adopted. fhe primo
pal Of which. in substance. express decided d.
approval ofiny re-agiiation Of the evoked que
ton" of slavery in or out of Congress; desire ID
immediate organization of the Territory Of Nebrat
ka; ask repeal Of the law of 1907 in relation
trespasses on public lands; and convey censu,
because treaties for the extinguishment of India
titles have not already been made.
o. We see by tie Court Records. that the tv
connterfeters, White of Buffalo, and Lawrenc,
O. Epping, n. H., lave been placed under I'd
thousand dollar bones, each. for making and SCI
ing, limitations Of flyers Cherry Pectoral. I'll
is right. If theLaw should protect men frol
imposition at all, it should certainly project the
from being imposed upon by worthless connto
felt of such medicine as Ayers Cherry Pecior,
We can only comphin that the punishment is 4
half enough. Tbevillaiu. who would for palt
gain. deliberately tafe with the health his 4
low7man, by taking from their lips, the cupf
hope, when they are sinking, and substituting
falsehood--an utter delusion, should he rrnishi
at least as severely as he who cuunterfeis ii
coin Of his country.-Creen Countv Ram.
Carrollton, III.
LADIES' TRAINS III appears by the followir
paragraph that the regulation ofile French Cour,
that ladies on gala DECISIONS should wear the old
fashioned and awkw;d trains to their dressas
does not meet with gneral favor:
"1'he new .Mantea de la Cotr rguired ~ Se
worn by ladies at thfFrench Courts even more
unpopular than was Anticipated. Hslands don,t
like it on account Of lie expense, and lives shrink
from the dancing maser's drill ,wthot which the
wearers of the gesture cannot hope I'd aypid an
pearing ridiculous. 'he Empress aloe has train
bearers but other laoes must coDcentife all the
powers of their mindApon their trainso escape
catastrophe. At III reception of Nv Years
night there were nothore than 200ladis present
out of 500 invited"
At one of the leves at the Palace of IL Tuil.
eries the train of thl Empress measured Il least
10 feet in length, ad.was borne by twoIadies
rlcnly OreSSeu.
TIE ISpEpENDEr BANKS OF vrRerM.-
There are in Vrgira ten banks styled ''Iuepen-
dent Banks, whosaggregate circulation ofio,es
counierslgned and cliyered, up to the 3Ist ODE
cember last, (accorhg TO a report just made ID the
legislature OF the Slte,) amounts in the agsre- |
gate to 81 500 ,235Sganst 81 ,9o9'3ll s6 worth
Of securities deposita with the State Treasurer.
The securities cons 1t of Chesapeake and Ohio Ca
nal Company's gufanteed bonds. Virginia regis
tered stock and copon bonds, Wheeling guaran-
teed bonds, and yfous Virginia railroad euaran-
teed bonds. Thdllowing are the names Of the
banks: Manufacturers and tanners Bank at
Wheeling Bank the Old Dominion at Alex
andria Central Blk, at Staunton; Merchants
Bank of Virginia.lt Lynchburg; Bank of WIN
chester. at Winchester Monticello Bank, at Char
lottesville; Bank 4 Farmont; Bank of Berkely,
at MartiDsburg Trans Allegheny Bank, at Jeffcr-
sonvile and Bsai of Wheeling, at WheeIing-
Two others. ondlt Fredericksburg and one at
Harrisunburg, ae about to go into opetaiion.