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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1855-08-29

TaE SILVER LAKE MoNsrER.-The Rev.
James r. Page, pastor ofthe Presbyterian church
in Perry. New York. situated upon Silver Lake,
has written to the Rochester Democrat letter in
relation to the famous lake serpent He says
that the articles upon the subject which appeared
in the Wyoming Times were genuine and rella-
BILE, and the existence of the creature is generally
credited in Perry. Five Of the witnesses have
confirmed their statements with oaths, and he has
no doubt whatever that they really thnk they
saw all they affirm they have seen. The idea.
no saws which is prevalent abroad, that the affair
is hoax, invented for the purpose Of entcing Wis
i,ors to Perry, is without foundation and he has
reason to believe that the untrue story Of the cap
lure of the snake, which was published in the
Buffalo Republic, did not originate with any of
the citizens Of Perry
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1855-08-29
H1auLY ImpoRrANr FROM MExrco.-Th.

HIGHLY IMPORTANT FROM MExrco.-Ths
steamer Ori8aba arrived at New Orleans on
Saturday, the 25th, with dates from Vera Cruz 10
the 23d inst.
Santa Anna left the City of Mexico on the 9th
inst, with an escort Of 800 men, and signed his
abdcation at Perute He embarked on the 9th
inst, at Vera Cruz for Havana.
Two days after he left Mexico seven or eight
hundred Of his escort revolted, killing one or two
of their officers they then joined the insurgents.
The Alverez platform has been adopted. Cen
Care is provisional President OF Mexico, and La
Vega commander-in-chie of the army.
All the State prisoners had been liberated.
A mob had Quilted large number of houses in
GLIDING that of Santa Annals mother-in-aw.
The appointment Of Senior Vidal, as Minister to
the United States (who comes passenger in the
Orizaba) is revoked.
A fight occurred at Vera Cruz between two
revolted battalions and regiment that continued
faithful to Santa Anna. The former were beaten
and leh in the mountains. Fifteen or twenty
were killed beflre order was restored.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1855-08-29

It is remarkable, says the Alexandria Gazette,
that after wears of abuse and denunciation, the
democratic presses have suddenly discovered that
thew have been entirely mistaken, and that the
wing party was, and is, one of the most honest,
honorable, conscientious, and patriotic parties that
ever existed in this country. The Wing party,
whilst it was national party, deserved, and does
still deserve, all the eucomiums now laviShed up
on it by its former enemies. But it laments that
its merits could never be properly appreciated by
the democracy until the year 1850.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1855-08-29
snnniI,inr Nerz.

Mr.. ]. D. Evans has commenced the manu-
facture Of Chewing Tobacco in this place. A
specimen presented to us, and duly masticaied,
speaks we'll for the enterprise in which he has
embarked. 1t presents handsome appearance in
the twist, and eats remarkably well. Lovers OF
the weed are advised to give it trial.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1855-08-29
Another Novel.

Mr.. Morris, the enterprising publisher of Rich
mond, advertises new novel called Light and
Darkness, or the Shadow of Fate" we have
not seen it yet, but the critics unite in commend
ing it very highly. The author is young lady
Of Charlottesville.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1855-08-29

DEATH OF DAUGHTER OF LAFAYETrE.-
Madame Maubourg, the eldest daughter and last
surviving child of the Marquis Lafayette, Is dead
The correspondent of the Newark Advertiser,
writing from Genoa, says: She died few days
ago, aged about rs, at her princey residence IN
Turin, where she has lived many years, and since
the death of her noble husbrnd, at one time
French Ambassador to the Holy See, with her
daughter, the Baroness Perrone, widow OF the
Piedmontese General killed at the fatal battle OF
Novara in lS49."
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1855-08-29

HEALTH OF THE PREsIDENT.-The Washing
ton Union says "A letter has bean received by
the Secretary Of State from the Presidents pri-
vate Secretary, stating that the President had, at
the Warm Springs, in Virginia, on Saturday last,
an attack of chill and fever--similar 10 that he
ex experienced last autumn at the Executive Man
sion-the premonitory symptoms of which he had
felt for some days before leaving this city. The
attack was not severe, and the President was ex-
pecting to proceed to the White Sulphur Springs
on the following Monday.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1855-08-29

TmE SIZE OF MAN-A ridiculous statement
has run through the papers Of Adams being l25
feet high, Eve lis, Noah los, &c. The Egyp-
tain mummies, if they are good tor nothing else,
prove the interesting fact that for three or four
thousand years past, man has not changed IN sta
tnre. IT. therefore, no diminuton OF II has taken
place in the course Of ali that time but the aver
ace size Of the race is the same no" as u'ree o'
four thousand years ago, is there the least Prooa-
bily that it was materially dtneIen' IN lLle 'W y;
thousand years preceding 2 The argument IS
strang that i was not.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1855-08-29
Wanted.

TNRON 10 IN Oos acres in Land arrants for which
L fair prices will be paid The undersigned willbe
at the Courts Of Highland and Bath and can be conferred
with there, well at his office IN stanton :, 6c hs
several other of the Western States and Will
rrhiiSt zone. attend TO business for those who may
wish to employ him. htobftS u hili%
Stsun,on August e9th, 1863.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1855-08-29

AMERrcAN AND ENGLISH ENGINEERs.-Aboat
two years since, Mr. Stevenson. the English en-
gineer, at public dinner given him in Toronto,
Canada. gave it as his opinion that the susPsn-
sion bridge, then building over the Niagara river
would be failure, and that no train Of cars would
ever pass over it. He was also the Planner of'ho
Victoria Bridge, to cross the ST. Lawrence at
Montreal and on which 81 ,l65,O00 have been
fruitlessly expended although three American en-
gneers foretold to Mr.. Stevenson the result. The
wire bridge at the falls is now daily crossed by
lone trains of cars-and the Victoria Bridge IS
suspended as impracticable.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1855-08-29

President Pierce seems to have failed to make
his peace with the Kansas Legislature by the re-
moval of Governor Reeder. On the 10th inst,
sharp debate sprung up about naming a county
Pierce. in which the President was strongly de-
nourced. Some thought it disgrace others,
that it was springing old party issues upon the
Pro Slavery party; but. finally. it was named
Wise, in honor of the Governor elect of Virginia.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1855-08-29

F,TAL CAsUALrY.-On the 9th instant, brs.
Sarah Heyenerwilp Of John HegeneI, OF tenGie-
ton county, (Va) was bitten twice upon the leg
by raulesnakc, which she subsequently Killed
Mrs. n. was some distance from home When 'he
casually occurred,her husband Temporarily absent
~ lii hid was some ten miles removed
;T6is yas nricurod with all possible dispatch, but
O. ropi Was the spread Of the virus that 1t proved
nnavsiI,at. and death ended her suteHngs That
2 1hl
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1855-08-29

The Corn crop in Kansas, which at first prom
ised nothing but starvation, is represented as
growing with exceeding raPdly, and an immense
yield is anticipated In 81 weeks atcr planning,
the sorn began 10 tssscl.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1855-08-29

Stanton is getting it on all sides. Even Farm
vile, away over in Tuckahoe, has peck at u.s.
See what the Journal of that place says:
GA tremendous fresh occurred in Staunton on
Tuesday flast week doing damage to individuals
and the corporation to the amount of $30,OOO.-
We lived in that place some % years and never
saw flood that would have tioated washing
tuh Lewis and Kennedy's creeks were then
as quiet and gentle streams as one would wish 10
see never under any circumstances evincing dis
position to boil over and spread themselves.'-
But Stanton then was little place, without
those great blessings () a railroad, bank, tele-
graph, &c. .No,C it is city, and has or will
SOON have all these things, and along with them
it must expect to be occasionally incommoded by
such trqes as fires, floods, cholera, smal pox sc;
It is the fate of large places to be so troubled. and
Stanton cannot expect exemption there:rom."
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1855-08-29
For he Spectator

.N.ssrs. Ediiors-The people of this Commun-
ity we know feel lively sympathy for our suf-
ferinp fellow citizens in Norfolk and Portsmouth,
but as vet they have rendered no material aid to
them in their sufferings. We owe it to ourselves,
as members of a Virginia and Christian Com
munity to aid those affecting cities to the extent
of our means.
We ask you, therefore, to call meeting of the
citizens of Stanton on Wednesday evening next
at the Court House, to take such steps as are ne
cessarY in the premises. CTIIIENS.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1855-08-29

Nj. Pickens, one of the South Carolina States
men. has written letter on the politics of the
day. Looking to Southern conederacy. he
throws out an intimation that the Southern Dem
ocracy is to be merged in the foreign party 81
rather think, from the course of public opinion,
that the Southern States, under the lead of Vir-
ginia, will be considered the great guardians and
protectors of the foreign interest and political in
fluence of foreigners in these United States"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1855-08-29
Public Meeting.

We publish in this paper call for a meeting
Of citizens at the Court house this "wednesday
evening, TO take steps for contributing something
for the relief of the sufferers at Portsmouth and
Norfolk The benevolent will doubtless respoad
to the call
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1855-08-29

Who is GOVERNOR OF UTAH?-Tt was an
nounced some time since that Colonel Steptoe had
resigned the Proffer of the Governorship of Utah,
and that Judge Kinney had been appointed, with
belief that he would accept Nothing positive,
however, has since TRANSFERRED upon the subject
At the last dates, Brigham Young was officiating,
and with no apparent disposition 10 resign his post.
What is the real state of the case? Has Cover
nor Young been superseded or have the national
authorities at Washington deemed it eSpedient to
consult the wishes of the Mormons themselves,
and make no change?
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1855-08-29

Kansas AFFMRs-A Mass Meeting of Free
Suffers met at Laurence, in Kansas, on the 18th,
some six hundred persons being present. Resolu-
tons were passed denouncing the elections Of the
18th March as great outrage; dencunciug the Leg
stature and pedging those present to ressttts au-
hority. The resolution also recommends the cleo
ion Of delegl ties to 4 convention to form a State
constitution in view Of an immediate State organ
ization, aud an application to the next Congress
Tor admission as a State.
Resolutions were also passed extending the
thanks Of the meeting to Governor Reeder, for the
course pursued by him and. agreeably to the res
Olutious above mentioned, Convention, to be
composed Of FIVE delegates to each representative
was called to meet at Big Springs, on the 9th Of
September, to frame State Constitution.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1855-08-29

The Hon. r. G. Winthrop, of Massachusetts,
has declared his resolve not to joa tho fusionists,
niisnamed Republicans.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1855-08-29

The St. Louis Democrat charges that Gov
Price and Senator Atchison are both members of
the American party. We hope they will prove
themselves worthy Of lho glorious csusc.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1855-08-29

Nor QUITE DUEL.-Messrs. Boeler and
Faulkner were arrested in Washington last week,
on information communicated to the police that
they were about to engage in duel, but they were
subsequently released upon bonds of $4,000 each
neither to fight in the District, nor to leave it for
that purpose The difficulty appears to have a
risen from the publicity MIR. Boteler is said to
have aided in giving to the fact that an article
which appeared in the Charestown Free Press in
1851, laudatory Of Mr.. Faulkner in describing his
discussion with Bedinger at Harpers Ferry, had
been sent 10 that office in the manuscript Of Mr..
Faulkner. If Mr.. Faulkner did not write the ar
ticle, as now alleged. he was very unguarded in
letting it 90 to the Free Press in his own hand
writing. The announcement of the affair caused
some little stir for awhile Winchester Rspub.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1855-08-29

"THE NATIONAL DEMoCRACY".--Sena
BENJAMIN. of Louisiana has come out in favor Of
Southern Party. In the course of q recent letter
which has been extensively copied by the Demo
crat press, he bears the following testimony on
point Just now very much mooed-to wit wheth-
or there is a national Democratic party. He
says:
"Allhough the Democratic party is not yet so
thoroughly disorganized as the Wing party, it re-
ouires no political sagacity to perceive that it can
not maintain itself as national party. The few
trnlv national Democrats who remain at the North
have been reduced to 4 minority so insignificant
that their struggles become more and more faint,
and their voice is now scarcely heard in the roar
of the popular clamor for what is called 'Freesol.
The dissatisfaction engendered by the conduct OF
the present Administration has thoroughly dis
heartened the party which broughtit into power
They are unable longer TO cope successfully with
the growing fanaticism and intolerance Of the
North. and will be unable to preserve the nation
al features of the platform. In it, as a party, |
have little hope for the South, and neither its fail
ure nor lis success in the ensuing election would
in nv Judgment, retard or advance the crisis now
impending"
Like all who favor "Southern Party" per
&c. Mr.. Benjamin is oppose to the American par
tv-havng no faith in the nationality Of the De-
mocracy. he has noalternative but disunion. When
we shall despair of the American party, says the
Richmond Wing, we shall be prepared to join
hm-but not till then.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1855-08-29

STRINGENT LEGIsLATIoN.-The Kansas Leg
islature have passed through the preliminary sta
ges bill the subject of slavery, the 18th Sec
ton of which is as follows:
''if any free person, by speaking or writing ,as-
sert or maintain that persons hare moi The right TO
hold slares in the Territory, or shall introduce in
to Kansas, print, publish, write, circulate, or
cause 10 be introduced into the Territory writ
ten, printed, published circulated in this Terri
tory, any book, paper, magazine, pamphlet, or
circular, containing any denial of the rights CT per-
sons to hold slaves in this Territory, such person
shall be deemed guilty of felony, and punished by
imprisonment at hard labor for term not less
than two years"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1855-08-29

TnE REPUBLIC OF SIERRA MADRE.-A cor
respondent of the New York Tribune says that
new Republic of Sierra Madre has been deter
mined upon, that already diplomatic overtures
have been made to the incpent organization by
the neighboring State of Texas. The prosperity Of
Texas is threatened by the facilities for escape
afforded to the slaves on the frontier. Once in
Mexico they are free. This prevents men who
own property in slaves from emigrating to Texas,
and is continual drain upon thUse already there.
The rich planters, therefore, in the nighborhOod
of San Antonio, and other afflicted portions of that
Indepeudency, have sent an agent to Vidauri
with the proposition that if he will make treaty
guaranteeing the surrender Of all fugitive slaves
on this side, they in will not only recipro
cate the humane act by returning all poems who
escape to Texas, but will place one Thousand men
at the disposal of Vidauri, equipped and differed
in the same manner as the regular troops in the
United States-all the expenses of this foreign
legion to be borne by the Texans until they ar
rive at any point that Vidaurl may Designate
With this view $500 600 have already been sub
seribed, and the principals in the affair pledge
their honor for the good faith and discipline Of the
troops 50 raised.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1855-08-29

the HARDs AND THE SOFTs.-The New York
Hards, or National Democrats, who have been
holding State Convention at Syracuse, show no
signs of coaescing with the So1s. The resolu.
EionS adopted are to the effect that the National
Democratic party of New York re-aSserts its ad-
herenco and devotion to the principles OF the Ma
flonal Democratic party aud the constitution, and
will stand By the platform Of 1913 and 1852; that
ffusall,Y aud economy is an enduring article in
their faith; that they insist upon the doctrine OF
State rights and non-iuteryention, aud leave to
the people ofthe territories the framing nfa laws; ;
that they are opposed to all secret potica soce-
ues, or the curIailment of any of the privileges
now enjoyed by aliens; that they regard the Pro-
hibitory Liquor Law as a violation of the Constl-
tution, and demand lis repeal. They want all
who agree with them in principle to unite with
them, regardless Of minor differences, but desire
MS coalition with those holding hostile sentiments.
A suppler eOiary resolution was offered, inviting
the Soft Shslls to unite with them on this plat
form, and take half the State offices, Another
resolution strongly denuuciatory OF the National
administration was offered. Both these were vO-
ted down. The Convention appointed delegates
t. represent the State in the National Democratic
Convention to be held at Cincinnati next Spring,
aud as the Softs, who meet on the 10Th instant,
will no doubt do the same, the exciting question
Of determining which are entitled to represent the
State will devolye upon that body.
Butte record., 1855-09-01
sour Ned" at RidWeII.

sf you throw it up some pumpkin, it will
come down some SQUASH" said the clown in
| the circus, and so it was with our fun pro-
voking, jest-cracking side splitting Ned, ''our
Ned' par excellence, on Tuesday night last
He commenced with requiem over the de-
tunct body of Whiggery, and an eulogy over
the remains Of Democracy, and started with
the proposition, that the only thing now divid-
ing the factions, las there was no party) was
the division Of plunder, and said the present
state of things reminded him of what he had
seen in his native State. The hog culture
there, was an important branch of business,
and the maternal swine always endeavored to
prepare as many teats, as she anticipated
pigs, but sometimes made mistake, and
brought forth larger progeny, than she could
accommodate. This caused an immense amount
of squealing among the surplus, and being
generally undersized and ill-lookina, on ac-
count Of deficient nourishment, were called
runfs. 1t was a beautiful and classical illus
tration related in chaste and elegant language
and of course drought down. the crowd. -
But there were some present, who would per
sist in applying the illustration to the speaker
himself, having an indistinct remembrance of
time, not more than year or two since.
when Our Ned was as quiet as a sucking pig,
and nothing was heard from him, except an
occasional grunt of self satisfaction. But so
soon a. his teat was gone, he became the noisi-
est, squeallingest runt of them all The
speaker then walked into the Governor, and
arrayed him at the bar Of public opinion, for
signing the State Prison contract-for the use
! of the contingent fund-and the grant of the
Argent patent. As this was only the stero.
| typed edition of the speech, with which Mr..
Marshall has gone through the canvas, and as
it has been answered and refuted time and
time again, by the press and on the stump, we
need not comment upon the charges. They
were done up in Ned's usually impressive style,
with ominous shaking of the head-rolling of
the eyes-wagging a waggish beard, grunts,
sighs, epithets, profanity, and scurrility, and
tickled the Kye- Eyes extensively The speaker
closed with an excuse for the so called secrecy
Of Kye-Eyesm, but denied that there was anv
secret about it-said the Abolitionists of the
North had left the o. der and joined the De-
mocracy-eave President Pierce and his cabi.
net general blessing-got off some soft
blarney for the benefit of the foreigners and
assured them that in San Francisco eight hun
dred foreigners would vote the Kye-Eye ticket
On the whole, Mr. Marshall made an amusing
speech, and one at which we laughed most
heartily. We would be willing to contribute
something towards Ned's expenses for coming
hers occasionally, provided it was not so often
as to become bore. We imagine however.
that be did not make more than one convert
who was kye-Eye, and had been hanging on
the fence since the County Kye-Eye Conven-
tion, but is now fully reconcfled, on account
of The confidence reposed in him BY the Order.
in making him Chairman Of the meeting. and
of being distinguished in such distinguished
company.
Butte record., 1855-09-01

gaS- The Alta California, an Independent
paper, thus speaks of the Kye-Eyes and their
feelings and prospects in San Francisco.
So far as we can judge, we speak within the
bounds of truth when say that the Know
Nothing ticket will not get half of the
votes of the old Wings of the county. There
are members on the ticket that will probably
run ahead, and who will get nearly every
Whig vote in the city. But we find that from
the Governor down to the lowest officer, the
majority of the old time Wings are not going
to vote the Know Nothing ticket We say this
without prejudice, but because it is so. and
we know that the high Southern tone of the
State ticket must inevitably defeat it. We
have never seen such apathy mixed with dis
gust in the minds of any party as now prevqils
among the Know Nothings You shall meet
them on every corner, openly saying that they
intend to withdraw from the order, and then
make up such tickets as may suit themselves
The Wing party will receive powerful acces-
sions from it, now that the ticket is fixed. The
bond that held them together no longer exists
The work of dissolution is going on, and the
organ grinders will be left, after election,
with no tune to grind but their own requiems.
Butte record., 1855-09-01
NOTICE.

All persons who have made default in pay
ment of instalments upon stock held By them
in the South Feather Water Co, are hereby
notified that unless said arrearages are paid in
full within thirty days from the date hereof,
such shares of stock will be sold at auction to
the highest bidder, at Browns Hotel, Forbes
town, on Monday, the 81 dag of September,
at l. o'clock, A. NJ, in the manner prescribed
by statute, or so many of them as will be ne
cessary to satisfy said arrearages and accru-
ing costs
BY order of the Board Of Trustees.
NJ. II. DARRACH, Sec'y.
Office S. F. Water Co.
Forbestown, Aug. 4, 1855 394t
Butte record., 1855-09-01

55- We see by the last number of tn.
Mountain Messenger, that Mr.. Lovejoy has
disposed of his interest in that paper 20 Mr..
Head of Sacramento. We understand that
since the office of State Printer found victim
in fuba, Mr.. Lovejoy, although he consider ed
himself entirely safe, amid the mountains of
Sierra, came very near being "run down by
the Office of County Clerk of Sierra Countv-
He only escaped by the most expert dodring.
Although very much exhausted and troubled
with slight palpitation of the heart, we are
advised that he is now recovering, and likely
10 dc well,