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The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1860-10-10

The RESULT IN MAINE.-A few fig
ures have a wonderful effect upon the
boosted victory in Maine that the black
republicans are making so much noise
about. In 1856 the black republican
majority was $4,000
In 1860 it is 1884
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1860-10-10
poLIrIcAL IsrELLIcENcE.

- A negro lawyer named Langsson,
lately delivered Lincoln speech at To
ledo.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1860-10-10

- Judge Douglas addressed 10000
Hoosiers at Lsportc, Ind, on Wednes-
day.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-10-08

MANIFESTATION. ri Two REREcTABLr
w girls eompetenl eook and 10 wash aad iron, he
her for ehsmbermad and Waitress willing 70 ass VITA he
me vsshns he highly reccmneuded b their lss en-
betveen m ssA Sh ara
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-10-08

on ard aner Monday, June 81 1850 trains win leave ,ss
twenty slsth street aauon New York- ~ follow
For wiiAmsbrfdre and all way aauoua 90 II a. n. 81
sP y ros whhe Plain. Ard All var ssassea - -
r. n. Yw Whine Plains aud Al war aa.uua ela fu1 Wh19
street depot For Crcon ralh. iron Twenty dxA n!eee
dspos sls A. ~ ncpp'nE q wlnAmsnssaGs - 80 r.
r ~ stopping :, White Plains asd stations rsls
runs 10 Miertou every Saturday eveufnG1. Pw Ann c8
Twenty srsh strves Depot lois A. erprc9 n.A uans
soppins vhse Plains Bedford Crotos YAs - ssncns
north
VIII leave wiIlamsbridge. sfcpptnE - Al WAY n -.
A. n. and =. M White Plains spppfnE AZ Wy sa1o.,
ssnd ~, tls snd pov,, rlsnat sogpis66 = -
ever scoday morning = 80 cro s,si r.'1 sg
rpr Al All safioas north u Whte Plains
John BURCHf1xfA A0lGGanf eupeysn>en10e
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-10-08

HUDSON RIVER RAILROAD FOR Albany AND
i'll Troy ccupecfpr with North and west
On and After Monday, September ~, 1850 trains vn leave
Tsroush Frpres Trsiu and n A. n. And r. -: Albany
Included wssrrsin for sing slnE q gS y sna ais q
p ~. for Prurhkeepsle. us and SO r. n.
Fs~rensers taksn at Chambers Canal. Chrsfpksr Anc
thirty crr sreets Albany KmsrAni Train from fhlrsy n
Tr.ns Tor New yors leave Troy ss Sundays rclude,
and v and IA 80 A. N. and - and $50 r. n.
Leave Albany about thirty minutes later.
Albany for New York. r. ~ Qsunf avs inciudet).
A r SMITH, Superintendent.
nav yoHx September N. $50.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1860-01-10

1t Is proposed that tne ladies of the town O.
stanton and vicinity shall unite in conducting
Fair to raise money to be expended in ipprov.
ing and Identifying the grounds of Thornrose
Cemetery. This is an object in which all are
equally, deeply interested. This spot is already
the resting place of very many of our dear de-.
parted friends, and must ere long be ours O.
it is really distressing in visiting the Cemetery
to witness the apparent neglect and the inter
want of beauty and Improvement in the grounds.
Somebody must move in this matter. The Direct
ors of the Cenetea Company are without money
and without money nothing can be done. Who
80 deeply interested in this matter and who so
well calculated to take this matter in hand and
carry it through successfully as the ladies2 Our
mothers and wives and sisters and daughters.
they never fail w1en their hearts are interested.
and in this matte the hearts and dearest affec-
tons of the whole community are deeply invol.
we'd. Let them, therefore, act at once: and to
act successfully they must act in concert. Let
the ladies, Therefore, of each of the various
Christian demonstrations of the town, meet at
the Lecture room of their several churches (say)
on Thursday evening, the 18th inst, at o'clock.
and select three of their number to act as man.
ayers of the Fair, and let these managers meet
together (say) On the following Saturday even
ing, at O'Clock, at the Lecture room of the Lu-
theran Church and arrange the preliminaries and
set in motion the machinery for the Fair. II
you will take the management ladies, the COM
munity will answer any demands you may make
upon them. UNION.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1860-01-10
Effects OF Non.intercourss.

The Philadelphia papers state that over one
hundred hands have been discharged from one
of the largest manufactures in that city, in con-
sequence of orders from the South having been
countermanded. 1t is also probable that some
fifty more will have to be discharged. The
New York correspondent of the Charlestown
Mercury says:
II know of one very popular jewelry agent,
who in former years sold his $4,000 dollars
worth of goods South in the winter months, who
was not able to pay his way this year. and after
a hasty tour through the principal Southern cit
les, returned to New York in despair. This is
the history all the jewelry selling expeditions
from the Moth this winter; and the deal
ers who HAYES formerly relied on the Southern
trade, talk of clubbing together and disposing
Of their stock at grand public auction. The
manufacturers of Yankee patents are suffering
from the same cause, and wailing letters come
from the peripatetic vendors of patent churns,
etc., all over the South telling of the utter ruin
of the trade in that region. The hotels mourn
a large loss of patronage 1t is agreed on all
hands that unless the entente cordiGle is restor-
ed between the North and South within the
next three months, the results will be most dis
astrous to all branches of domestic commerce
and manufacture throughout the North.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1860-01-10

NEW YoRK AND OHIo.-Gov Morgan, be New
York, in his recent message to the Legislature
of that State, says New York still maintans the
opinions she has always held in reference to sa.
very. She yields to none of her sister States in
devotion to the Union. She emphaticilly dis
avows all sympathy or cooperation With the
misguided men who have sought, unlawully, to
interfere with the institutions of any ofour sis
ter States. He concludes by referring to slavery
in the States and Misunderstanding cheerful
obedience to the doctrine of State sdvereignty
ant having no disposition to interfere with the
local institutions Of the States, he was prepared
at all times, to aid those States in the preserva
ton of their sovereign power The people al
New York, while always enforcing their views
in legal, peaceful and constitutional manner
will not surrender their right to participate in
the reformation of this or any other evil in the
administration of the national Government.
The message Of Gov Chase, of Ohio. is con.
fined mainly to State affairs He recommends
the re-enactmeut of laws repealed lat the last
session, prohibiting slave-holding and kidnap-
ping. He condemns all inroads on other States
and attempts to excite servile insurection. but
thinks the whole blame should not fall on the
free States. Ohio had frequently tsen entered
tor the purpose OF kidnapping, and che fugitive
law executed under circumstances of great ac.
gravation. Her citizens, travelling in other
States, on mere suspicion, had betn subject to
espionage indignitY, arrest and inprisonment.-
Still, the people of Ohio held fast TO the Union.
snd she will neither dissolve it nor consent to
dissolution by Others.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1860-01-10

INJURY WITH INSULT ADDEp.-A week or two
since, Missouri gentleman, whose servant VIC
lated his scriptural obligations and fled into Kan
sas, pursued the slave. 1t was found that the
negro had taken refuge in the town of Osawata
mic, and tbithe- went Mr.. Bell, with several o.
his friends, putting up for the night at house
near the town, and intending to go in next day
and seize their property. In the night, howev-
er, the house was surrounded by forty men, and
the slave hunters summoned to surrender. IN
der the circumstances they concluded to do So
Their captors then proceeded to disarm them
and divide their overcoats, hats and boots be-
tween themselve and the negro, who was in the
crowd, and was brought forward to confront
them with mockery and laughter. Their horses
were taken from the stable and, after compelling
them to give the negro $50, the blackamoor was
mounted on the best horse and started for Can
ada.-St Louis Republican.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1860-01-10
For the Spectator
WAYNEsBoRo' ACADEMY, }

WAYNEsBoRo' AoAnRMY,l
2 o'clock, Dec. 10, 1859.
Alta meeting of the ssWaynesboro Greys,
VIM. Chapman was appointed Chairman and A.
V. Bicker Secretary. The house called to order,
the Chairman stated the object of the meeting,
viz tp elect officers. Candidates were put in
nominttion and voted fer, Result as follows:
CL1ihoN G. MlLLER, Captain.
!; III Antrim, 1st Lieut..
WEN Long, End
J. Wallace, LIST End Lieut..
J. p. Stephens, End End "
j =. Gentry, Orderly Sergeant.
JEW. Huff, End
Nm Darnall. 3rd
W Baskins, 4th
After the meeting adjourned the Captain pa
rafld his company, marched to main street, and
difpissed them. Our Capt. gave US soul-stir
riSS military speech, interrupted frequently
with hearty shouts of applause, our military
blood being up The writer thinks the 'sGreys'
wi scat dGsA" with their grey uniform an(
SICK caps. P.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1860-01-10
noes for subscribes. Agents are wanted in all
the country. JOHN A. GRAY, Publisher
Jan. 10, 1860 New "
Redemption Of Hank Notes.

A movement has been made in the Legsla-
ature for the repeal of the act of last session.
curing the Banks of the State to redeem their
notes in Richmond or Baltimore So far as we
are advised, it seems to us that the law is good
one, and ought to be Kept in force. Without
such law Banks located in remote and mac
cessble places have great advantages over other
institutions, upon which the whole burden of
furnishing exchanges is thrown. For example,
the Bank in Lewisburg or Union may issue notes
to the amount of one Lpndred thousand dollars
these notes, in the ordinary course Of business,
get to Baltimore. If there is no law requiring
their redemption in that city, they are immedi-
ately sent to brokers in Richmond, and not be-
ing redeemable there, the beokers put then. into
circulation again and make run upon the most
accessible Bank to recover the specie or North
err exchange paid out for them. Thus Banks
located on the RAILROADS, in Winchester, staun-
ton, Charlottesville, and other places, have not
only to protect their own circulation, put also
practically to redeem the issues of all the out-of
the-way BANKS in the State. The law alluded
to, however, places all the Banks On the same
footing-all share a burden which should be
borne in common, and the public derive the ad-
vantage of having circulating medium equally
good in every part of the State.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1860-01-10
PedestrianiSm.

A Mrs. Jackson accomplished the wonderful
feat of walking eighty miles in eighty consecu.
tive hours, at Union Hall, in this ploce, during
the last week. She commenced the exercise on
Wednesday at o'clock and concluded on Sat-
urday evening at O'clock
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1860-01-10
David FulfZ. E.Sn

SIR-The time approaches when in the exer-
else of our rights as freemen we shall cast our
votes for Judge of this Circuit, composed Of
the counties OF Amherst, Nelson, Rockbridge,
Bath and Augusta. Your character for prompt
ness and industry, and your experience and abl-
ity as lawyer entitle you to our confidence and
give an assurance that if elected to that office
you will discharge the duties with promptness,
impartiality and ability. Please say through the
columns of this paper whether you will consent
to be candidate for that Office, with an assu-
rance that you will be supported by
MANY FARMERS.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1860-01-10

The Republican State Convation of RI
Island met at Providence on the 4th, and
pointed delegates to the Chicago Convention,
Their resolutions condemn all measures of
lence, whether for the establishment of slay
ID Kansas, or for its abolition in VIRGINIA. /,
denounce the threat of resisting tie inaugu.
tlon OF a Republican President as tamopg IL
basest and most contemplate services of polit
Cal prohigacy." The more radical NORTON
the Republicans had the ruling of TIE Conv.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1860-01-10
Keener of Poor House.

Mr.. James Henderson having resigned his Of
fee of Superintendent of the Poor House of this
county, the Overseers met yesterday to appoint
q successor. We learn that there was large
number of applicants, but an arrangement was
made which induced Mr. Henderson to accept q
re-app ointment for another year.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1860-01-10

AT the last session of the Arkansas Legislature
% act was passed giving the free negroes OF
1nat state the alternative of migrating before
pE 4 lst, 1860, or of becoming slaves. AS
lhe tlme OF probation has now expired, while
pine lew individuals have preferred servitude.
IL great body of the free colored people OF
lsrn, says the Cincinnati Gazette. that the nm.
Plrd bound boats are crowded with them. and
IT. Seymour, Ind, where several steamers are
pped oy the ice, is filled to overlowing with
! Use poor outcasts.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1860-01-10

NATIONAL UNION PARrg.-The National |
ION Executive Central Cotlmittee met in Wa
lngton city Thursday evening, Senator C1itt
den in the chair. Some progress was made
eenlarglng the committee by selection of membt
from different States, and n arrangements for
thorough organization through the country
Inc Committee have received what they COZ
celve to be cheering evidence of the ripenin.
the people for this new party A circular
ordered to be issued by the Secretary, and
address Is in course of preparati)n.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1860-01-10

AN INsURREcTIoNIsT SENTENCED.-A slave
named Jerry, the property OF Col. Francis Nc
Oormick, of Clarke county, Va, was tried 10
that county last week on charge of plotting
and conspiring with slaves to rebel and make
insurrection The court unanimously found the
prisoner guilty, and appointed Friday, the nth
day of February next, for his execution; at the
same time strongly recommending him to the
mercy of the Executive. Joe another negro i'm
plicated in the affair, was sentenced to trans
portation. The witness in the case was Mr..
Chamblin, who seems to have ferreted out the
conspiracy with ingenuity.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1860-01-10
Senator Douglas.

The Democracy of Illinois and Ohio have de.
clared, in State Conventions, in favor ex-senator
Douglas as the next Democratic candidate for
the Presidency. Mr.. D. has not yet appeared in
the Senate, but his health is said to be improv-
ing, as well as his political prospects. The
per, says, in his letter Of the 23rd ult II count
ed over dozen Southern Senators and Repre-
sentatives at his house last evening"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1860-01-10

HoMEspUN IN THE LEGISLATURE oPsaks'
pro tenn. of the House of Delegates Mr. Onl's
tian, of Augusta appeared in tie cna'r; yes!ei
day morning, clothed in a full Butt OF v,rglni!e
cloth, made in his own town, Staunton, wh,cn
behind none in the State in energy and enter
prise. On Monday last, member OF the no g.,
was married and appeared at the altar 10 II; ~
suit of homespun, underneath the vest OF "n'on
we venture to say. beats as true s heart as Their
is in the Old Dominion.-Rich. Dis. /
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1860-01-10
Election of Speaker.

|
1t is now more than month since Congress
met, and still the House of Representatives il
unable to elect a Speaker. Each party endeav
ors to shift the blame from itself, and it is rath
er difficult to tell where it properly belongs
Mr.. Miles, of South Carolina, says the response
bility of the non-organization rests with the an
ii Lecompton Democrats; while Mr.. Adrain, o.
New Jersey, alleges that sufficient number Of
votes could be secured for the election of 6
member of thet party. Ithas been demonstrated
that if the Administration Democrats had voted
for Mr.. Gilmer, of North Carolina, ''the owner
of hundred slaves" would now be In the Speak.
er's chair. 1t is also true that if Americans and
Democrats of all shades had voted for Mr.. Mill
son, of Virginia, the House would have been or
ganized long ago. But the fact remains, that,
with majority of members nominally opposed
to the Republicans, no organization has been eff
fected.
The newspapers report that Humphrey Mar
shall, of Kentucky, has gone home, expressing
the opinion that there will be no organization
this session. On the other hand, despatch
from Washington, on Friday, says the Demo-
Gratis are hopeful of an organization this week,
by the aid of aati-Lecomptontes and Americans.
The Washington States, however, Democratic
paper, confidently anticipates the election of
Sherman, under the plurality rule. When it will
occur, the States cannot tell. sit must be weeks
it may be months. But, alas! it is inevita-
ble" As this is at least possible event, it is
interesting to get insight into the real senti-
ment of Southern members towards the Repub-
lican candidate. Mr.. Hardeman, of Georgia,
writes 81 have heard the speakers denounce
Sherman as unfit to live and as unfit to die, and
have seen them, at the conclusion of their re-
marks, arm Sherman and walk off in social glee u
So much for the sincerity of politicians.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1860-01-10
To Correspondents.

Several communications received within the
last month or two were crowded out at times
when they would have been appropriate; and,
the occasion for them having passed, we pre-
sumo their publication is not now desired by the
writer's. We hope that none of our friends will
accuse us of disposition to slight their favors of
fhic hind
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1860-01-10
SMALLPOX at Lexington.

The Lexington Gazette of the 9th inst says
that no new case of smallpox had occurred in
that place within the last five or six days.
There had been between forty and fifty cases,
confined to some fifteen families, and five or six
deaths. The town was cut of, as far as .possi-
BILE. from intercourse with the country, but the
disease had made its appearance atseveral points
in the county.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1860-01-10

FROM BRowNsvILLE.-The steamer Indianols
arrived at New Orleans on the 9th with Browns
vile dates to the End. Cortinas, with four hun
dred men, took Rio Grande city On the Oath
killing number of citizens. The q. S. troops
and Rangers, from Brownsville, attacked Corti-
mas and took the city, after hard fight, cap
turing Cortinas' guns. Sixty Mexican and nine
Americans were killed and sixteen wounded, in-
Guiding Capt. Ford, who led the attack. Corti-
mas had fled across the river.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1860-01-10
Abundance of Fine Ice,

During the last week an abundance of fine ice
was stored away for summer use. Some of it
was nine inches thick. We may reasonably, in
fer that the article will be cheap next Summer.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1860-01-10
For the Spectator.
Odd Fellows Party.

The Odd Fellows of Augusta Lodge, No. 1O4,
I. o. o. F., gave party at their Hall IN Green
vile, on the vgening of the 10Th of Dec, 1886.
Early in the evening the guests assembled, and
the hum of happy voices betokened the joy of
all present.
Amid the amilss and animated conversation of
the ladies and gentlemen the moments passed
unnoticed until supper was announced, when all
partook of splendid supper-such as one loves
to think of after it is over.
After supper some of the guests repaired to
the neatly furnished and comfortable hall of the
Order, while others sought the ballroom;
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1860-01-10

hfuse arose With It's yoluptuous SWELL
Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spoke again;
And all went merry as marriage bell"
There were reunions friends long sspara-
ted-old friendships wesv strengthened-new
acquaintahees formed-and the sparkling eye
and the g.e.wing cheek told the pleasure that
pervaded the hearts of all.
When the time for separation came, every one
seemed to go away with happy heart-glad to
have spent an evening in such quiet, pleasing soz
cial intercourse, and among the hundreds pres
ent, not clouded brow was seen.
n Fl w
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1860-01-10
HOSTILE LEGISLATION New York Tim

HOSTILE LEGIsLATIoN.-Th New York Times
endeavors to show that much of the apprehen-
sion felt in the Southern States, in regard to the
present aspects of the slavery question, is with
out any real basis and particularly in reference
to the attempts which have been made in many
Northern States to render the laws of Congress
imperative it asserts that the South will find no
such array of hostile legislation as they have
been told exists. Thus
'Unless we are greatly mistaken, Vermont is
the only State that has passed Personal Liber-
ty Bill, or taken any legislative steps to defeat
the operations Of the Fugitive Slave Law. In
several others, attempts to pass such acts have
been made but have been defeated. In Massa-
chusetts such bill was vetoed by the Governor.
In New York it was defeated in the Senate
In Pennsylvania it was also stopped in its pro-
gress through the Legislature. In New Hamp-
shire it was voted down, and similar fate has
befallen similar endeavors in other States
Yet to read the excited appeals of some of our
ultra Southern journals, one would suppose that
nearly every Northern State had enacted the
most fearful penalties against every man who
should seek to recover fugitive under the Fed
eral law of1850. Resolutions may and prpba-
bly, have been passed by several State Legisla-
lures, expressing opinions hostile to slavery and
to the Fugitive Slave Law but we need not re-
mind our Southern contemporaries that these re-
solves have no legal validity, and are usually in
tended to have no effect beyond influencing
some local election"
Connecticut is not mentioned above. as among
the States whose Legislation has been hostile to
the South She was the frat to enact Person
al Liberty bill, in opposition TO the Fugitive
Slave Law, which it entirely nullifes.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1860-01-10
rhOrnrOse Cemetery.

We invite attention to the communication in
another column, in regard to Thornrose Gene
terry. The subject is one in which every cit
izen of the town should feel interested.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1860-01-10

ADMISSION OF UTAH INTO THE UNIoN.--A dis
patch from Washington on the 4th says:
Hooper, the delegate from Utah, is here. He
will, on the organization of the House, present
application for her admission into the Union as
State, accompanied with Constitution sew
eral years old He claims that Utah has pop
ulatlon of one hundred thousand, and says that
a territorial form of government would be al
most as acceptable to the Mormons as State,
provided they be allowed to chose their own
officers, and pay the expenses ofthe government
besides. Prominent members of both parties,
however, are convinced of the necessity OF the
removal of the Mormons beyond the limits OF
the Union, and not unlikely the subject will be
brought before Congress this session to con-
slider Hooper's application.