Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1856-09-20
NEW s ITEM s

VIZ. j. Gray, o respectable citizen Of
Z csatiir CO., Ca, committed suicide, Oh
thu 18th ult. blowing out his brlaas.
DrxWm. JEnolt, Of Augusta, Ca, 9
surgeon in the Russian army, arrived home
last week.
Rev Dav,a AZ Wallace of Boston, has
accepted the Presidency Of the College at
Monmouth, I'll. i t.aa. =
The brig Matilda, from Havana, arrived
at Boston friday with two sealneA deed, of
yellow fever. ,e74-..s.1et 80. *4s4. .
Ets" The Western Virginia Conference Ct
I the Methodist Episcopal Church South COM
Ylenced its Annual Session at Guyandotte,
VA, I'M last Thursday, Rev. Bishop Early
presiding.
The population of st. Louis is estimated
az 120, 600
. THE N. Y. Pest informs us that project
is. on foot to inte,yete uith slaceryan q sor-
eset:gF ,SST1ots, ro create combination SIM
liar toaEa Massachusetts, Emigrant Aid As
'sociation il7'refcrenea TO Kansas, and colo
ni2e w esterd,sN irSinia with free State men,
and then, in case Fremont is chosen, bycer,-
ferring all government appointments upon
freesealarsy and difeeting all the power and
PATRONAGE Of the nation5f government so as
to favor their purposes, finally obtain the as
cehdancy in the State of Virginia and WELD
it to answer the ends of Abolitionism! Will
the country put, a stop to the mad schemes
of black repuhlieanism, of fanatical Abolition
ism, or suffer tf-em to take effect and destroy
the nationals constitution, the Confederate
and, rovesilne gke face Of the country with
hlofl tsn k or peace. aecnrity and prosper
'tys in The grave e. eivtl SvaG Boston Post.
THE SAN Fia, SeoaSeo y Iofssyor CoHMIT-
rnE.--We- givg today some further accounts
of the demonstration iaade by this commit
l.te6 il San Francisco, on the 18Th ulti pre-
paratory, it is said, to tiisbsnding It is not
altogotler Certain, however, that the coal-
mittee intend 10 dishsnd The folown.z,
from the corresponden. ef the n. y journal
of Commerce, IS confirmed by se'''e Of the
San Francisco papers: ~ -
''Since the discharge of Terry and al 9TH
cr prisoners in the custody of the committee
that body has to certain extent contracted
their operations, by relinquishing half of
lItll GdIIlSDli tilNil anu dlSU us
pcnsing with much of their artillery and 9TH
er munitions of defense. The expenses Of
the committee have now been reduced to
about So 900 permonth, which will no doubt
be continued Until after the fall elections. -
New members are constantly being enrolled,
and there are otherwise no indications of dis
bandment; the voluntary guard on duty will
aessssasiN be. small, both ,ight fnd' day,
y he the general committee will e. az sand
ready to assemble at the tap of. tie hell,
should occasion ever arise, which we trust
will not be the case
Wm. I. Coleman, Esq, the president of
the committee, has arrived at New York.
TIpPEcAsoE BATTLE GRouND. Fire hun-
bred acres Of Democrats IN tie Field. - The
monster demonstration of the Democracy of
lndianas coie,heneed ,an "Wednesday lat Tip
peeaase - VII :stf tfn.e a. or 5hress days
Gre assembiager as in,n,t use, Tin rtsn bers
unheard of ,at.dty political NEE hs' A spe-
cial dispateh dated Lafayette, September 3,
says: ~
The meeting, to-day, at Tippecanoe bat
tle-ground was an immense one. $50 600
persons are estimated to have been present
The speakers were BreckmrisSe; Douglas,
Cass, Van Buren,, James d. Clay, Preston,
| Hodge and others.
Still larger demonstrations are expected
tomorrow, when Dickinson, Bright and
others will address them.-Enquirer.
KNOW NOTHING CONTENTION AT York
TowN.--ln this apology for a Convention
the counties of Middlesex, Richmond md
Lancaster were unrepresented. = A,e judge
from this that the 100 Know i ming 20
ters in. thcse des.n,ies are satiaiied, with the
inse pendent Know-Noslling nomination of
Edwin ! Mapp, Esq. The Convention
had an awful time, We should imagine, from
the fact that it was hotauntil .the 32d ballot
that they could compromise upon Mr. saun-
ders, 4 scholar and gentleman, bit no
statesman. -NoyoA -i'yYs,. !.
BosroS, Sept s. A petition is atahe
Reading Room of the Merchants Exchaiige
for the. reception OF signatures nrgins the
Geiereor to call snecial session Of the lie
eislatilfe to take into consideration the en-
9TH gefed safety of tie lives ard property of
the sons and daughters of Massachusettssil
Eansas, and to devise means for their relief
Ind defence.
y NaH,loNr's Re nIors NIEws.-N York,
,Srpts o. The Comidercial Advertiser of this
afternoon gives an account of ain interview
between Colonel Fremont and some leading
merchants efthis city, on the subject Of tho
religious creed CT tlts; former, wien Colonel
Fremont de Jared that tlat was his real DIFF
fcultvy bat he had formed his replies on thai
subject so rs to secure the votes from beth
Professionals and Catholics, s',-.t 40.
Z. W&sHlHqroS, Sept. 5.--fresident Pieree
arrived from Warrentdh Springs this even
ing He has taken rooms there for himself
ard wlfa.afad contemplates returning shortly
to Virginia, -. y,
NERaAsKA:-A census of this territor,
has just been taken by the United States
marshals. THE returns were to he m8desb,
the first of Sepiembevt and woNld,it was
thought, show a population of between tif
teen and twenty thousand civilized white in
habitants. :,
CHIEF JUSTICE LEcoMpTE, of Kansas, il
a letter to the Hon. James A. Stewart, OF
Maryland, makes an able defence of his off
cial action, against the charges preferred
against him by the Free State party, grow.