Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1856-09-27
NJ EW S ITEMS.


Of this Institution haveapponted the follow.
ing State Stadents - DIsrRIcrs- g Hardy
Hampshire and Morgan M il. McNemar
Of Hardy. o. Rockbridge, Bath and High
land-Jeremiah H.. Arbogast, Of Highland
"a Barbour, Upshpr lewis, Gilmer. ant
Randolph-Alvin n Bastable, Of upshnr
% Harrison, Richie, Doddridge, pIeasa,.sg't.71
and Wood-Wison, Queen, of Harrison
S. Preston, Monopgalia and Taylor--Ed
gar Asbury, of Taylor.
appointments from tie State at lqrqe.
9 NN1g.kienburg and Charlotte-Edgar A
Harper, of Alexandria. 80 Loudoun-Ju.
Illus Z. Newman, Of Clarke. 2 Isle OF
Wight, Nansemond and sarfy--George d
Parker, Of Portsmouth. 81 Russell Scot
and Eee--Ihonspson 3. Siaury, Freder.
icksbtrg, 80 King x .Qaeen, King vii.
liam and Esscx--------Packayd, of Fairfax.
Is Ohio, Brooke ard Hancock Amos
Conley, Of Preston. % Greenbrier. FAY.
cite, Nicholas, Raleigh, Braxton end Poca-
hontas-J. Estell .Waddell, of Augusta
80 Campbell and appomattox-Janes L.
Hammer, of Bedford. AZ Wetzel Marshall.
Marion and Taylor John j. Wingfeld Of
Fauquiers 90 Giles, Mercer, Monroe and
Tazewell-John Rust, of Warren. &c
Smyth, Wythe and Washing.on-John &.
Harrison, of louisa
AMERICAN ENrERrRIzE. Mr. CONQUEST,
machinist in heemploy of the Messrs Hoe,
who has been to- London to set up one OF
their six cylinder lightning presses for
Lloyd's Weekly paper, arrived from Liver
pool IN the steamship Cambria. He brings
orders for a second press of the same capac-
lty for that paper, another for the Illustrated
London News and for ten cylender press
fer the London Times.
NoErh AMrs1caN sEcrprns Go1ya Own
TO fnLMoRE. - Rochester ". Y, Septem-
bef 23,TIhe. North American s;eeeders
met mere IN contention this morning, when
G. Edwards Lester read an address giving
. history Of the North American party and
the various iftsf1tes connected with It, and
Recommending the convention to fraternige
with the Fillmore Americans, To- she oser-
throw Of the Republicans The address was
adopted and recess was then taken.
Suspension OF iPoaTuduHsE GoxsuIs.--
The correspondent Of the New York Herald
states that IN consequence Of representation.
made by ilIreJohn 0'6ulliyaa, L. 6. MINI
lister at Lisbon the Portuguese Consuis at
New ! ork and Baltimore have been notified
that their functions are, fer the pregort, sl,s-
pended. Ihe slave traffic Carried ON SO ex-
tensiyely in New J ork aud BALTIMORE is said
to ho the Immediate e,itlseof this movement.
The New Orleans Pieay,lne, neutral
Journal of imnense circulation and great in
fuence, has declared for Fillmore and Don
elson
4 gentleman OF Mississippi, who is wei. ac.
quainted i'll Louisiana, writes to the Boston
Post that Buehanan's majority n Louisiang
will be as nigh is 5000 out Of New Orleans
Nav YohK, Sept 2:55.-The reported hos
tile attitude of England towards Mexico is
confirmed. IsaT3ha correspondence saws.
that the difficulty arose from the non pay
ment of claims due by Mexico to British
subjects. u is reported, that if Eneland's
deip8hds are not Immediately complied
with, the chief ports of Mexico are to b
bloclladed at once The British minister l.
demanded his passports.
TERRlSGE AFFAIR AT MONTERREY We
have the particulars Of g terrible ai,iir which
occurred at Monterey on Wednesday las. IN
which Mr.. Joseph Yeldetl canie % lis leah
at the bands cf Dr. lioHemte. : difficulty
sprung up between J.ongiaire and Mr.. Rob-
ert Eeldeil, jr., when the hitter raised u
chair to strike fiof'gm'te Mr.. Jose.h Tel-
dell, desiring to prevent a difficulty, ra.~ed
another chair to ward off the blow, which.
in receiving the shock, glanced off and acct
dentaiiy struck hongmire. Loagniiro left
for home and shortly afterwards returned.
armed with pistol and bowie knife. He
walked up to ;'oseph Yeldcll aid asked if he
was mad with him, to which Yeldeli fapIied,
mo, | have been four frie''d all s1le time .
or words to that eject i,ohgru'-e replied
BY telling Ieldell that lie was a liar. After
some further angry words, Longmire drew
his pistol and shot twice at veldel' the last
fire taking effect in his heart Vie tf'ai
rushed on HE victim #ith l;d .so;gic-knife
and sttebFred him IN the neck tfoW il cams
that She murderer was permitted to escape
We cannot aFprehcnd Tie has left for parts
Unknown. We hope q reward %irl Be offer
ed for his apprehension - S5ata4labamtan.
EXIT OF AN AnoLIr1oSIsT. The Fayette-
vile (Tenn,) Observer says an abolitionist
named Mckee was discovered proving
around in that locality last week, lie had
been tampering with the negroes therebonts,
trying to induce them to run of; but they,
more honest than he, exposed him, and fossh-
with he was treated e a free ride 81 : an,
a bath in the creek, and respectable back
ing, after which he was started off North.
REMARTABLg YIslr OF Worms. A cor
of the Richmond Enquirer,
writing from Warsaw. Richmond conatf,
Hnden date e September Ii says;.
About ten DAYS ago we were visitod in siiis
aeighborhood b. myriad5 ef striped, black
worms, having somewhat the appearance Of
though darker and less fuzzy.
At first they are very dark and small not
more than haitian inehin length and slender.
After feeding on grassa day or two they as
sumo greenish appearance, and measure
more than one and a half inches in length
and are about as taiek as an ordinary goose
fHiill. These worms are yor3 yoiaoioe5 in
decd insatiate, They enter field at one
edge and .deyeur every green thirg as thc9
GO until The field has tie appearance Of l'av-
;pts hcoy, t,,.,,,J o.,ns. -, sg L. Al 81 n H.