Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1868-12-15

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time. This remark applies to those who paid
81. for the paper to January the lst, in accor
dance with the proposition we made last Sum
mer to send the Spectator to that time for thai
their subscriptions We would be pleased il
all would do so.
Subscribe at once.
No one in Augusta and the surrounding
counties should now be without the ",Specta
tor" Congress is again in session, and the poll
teal cauldron will be kept actively boiling Its
proceedings will interest every citizen.
The battle on the question of the ratification
or rejection of the constitution, adopted by the
Bones and Banjo Convention, will have to be
fought over again. The next six months will be
fraught with events of momentous interest. =
Now is the time to subscribe for the Spectator
We have been requested to urge the call of
a meeting of the Magistrates and Citizens gen
orally, at the Court house on December Court
day, to take such action as they may deem
proper under the circumstances in reference to
memorializing Gen. Stoneman on the subject
of the suspension of the stay-law.
We think that a total suspension of the law
at this time would be disastrous We think
that it should be modified so as to require the
debtor to pay the interest and certain per
cent of the principal annually, as We suggested
few weeks ago.
THE HENRICo RAPE CAsE.-The prelimi-
nary examination of Charles Fisher, the negro
charged with attempting to commit an outrage
on the person Of Miss Mary Shepperson, in
Henrico county, was to have taken place on
Thursday last before Justice Nettles and Larus,
but was postponed on account of the absence
of important witnesses. Miss Shepperson was
present. Tuesday-to day-at IL o'clock, is
the time fixed for the examination. The prls-
oner had quite an array of counsel present.
The Dispatch says The military commits
sioners in Virginia have been ordered to report
to the commanding General the names of all
clerks of courts and commonwealth attorneys
in their several districts who are disqualified
from holding office by the third section of the
fourteenth constitutional amendment This has
given rise to the report that General Stonemar
has made up his mind to tissue orders enforc
ing the amendment just named.
A COOP MOVEMENT. large meeting o.
the Board of Trustees of Richmond College
Thursday evening last, it was unanimously
agreed to open, in connection with that lnstitu
ton, Law School, to be under the instruction
Of the best qualified professors that can bt
found. A committee was appointed to maxi
the necessary arrangements and recommend
professors for appointment.
The Richmond State journal, speaking o
the Stay Law, now says:-"Gen. Stoneman, a
we have it from him, will make such change
as will work the least amount of hardship upol
all, and come the nearest tempering justic
with humanity 1t is difficult question Il
solve, and has to be treated with great deca
cy"
SUPERINTENDENT OF THE EASTERN LUNATI,
AsYLUM.-Dr Samuel Preston Moore, lat
on Thursday last, elected superintendent of tn
Eastern Lunatic Asylum, to fill the vacancy oc
casioned by the death of DR.. Peticolas DR.
Moore possesses unusual administrative ability
and his is probably the best appointment tina
could have been made.
UNITED STATES CIRCUIT CoURT.-Georg
W. Cook, indicted for having robbed the ma
at Culpeper Courthouse on the 25th of Jun
last was brought up before the United State
Circuit court in Richmond on Thursday last
and pleaded guilty to the charge He was re
manded to the custody of the United State
Marshal to await his sentence by the court.
The National Intelligencer in commentin
upon the result in the Jefferson Davis case, i
the Circuit Court for Virginia, says that az
cording to the usual order of causes it woul
take one or two years for this cause to b
reached in the Supreme Court of the U. S.
and it therefore assumes that the case will nc
be hurried either in Washington or Richmond
Mount Etna has burst forth in fresh an
terrible eruption, shaking the earth with il
detonations and carrying the ashes from tn
crater even into the streets of Messina TIL
sight Is represented as most gorgeous ono
the lurid blaze of the volcano being seen dis
lance of one hundred and twenty miles.
In the Republic Of Liberia, in Africa. n
white man is permitted to vote, and no colore
man is permitted to vote unless he is free
holder. Probably, under the circumstances @
the case, and the condition of the country, a
this time, two excellent laws.
1t is officially announced that the two be
cent. interest, due the LIST of July, on the Stat
debt, will be paid on the 1st of January. TIL
two per cent. interest due on the lst of Jan
uary will not be paid at that time.
In the death of Mr. Thos. r. Price. of Rich
mond, the mercantile interest of Virginia lose
one OF its staunchest men. He was 81 wear
OF age, and had been prominent in the dry
goods business for thirty-fve years.
Gen. Nathan g. Evans, of South Caroline
who commanded the Confederate forces at tn
bloody battle of Balls Bluff, died last week. i
Alabama. He graduated at West Point i
1S4S.
GENERoUs.-Mr. A. A. Low, of New York
hos oYr,n l..