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Staunton Spectator: March 29, 1859 Go To Page : 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |

Revival of Know-Nothingism
(Column 4)

Summary: Very sarcastic article about a conversation between black men, one of whom complains about the possibility of Africans being imported into Virginia. He complains that they are foreign and unnaturalized, and thus he refuses to associate with them. Conversation is written in dialect.

Division of the State
(Column 1)

Summary: The Spectator is suspicious of John Letcher because he once proposed that the state be split so that slavery could be abolished in Western Virginia. While Letcher is "sound on the matter of slavery now," the paper worries that he might "still entertain a little of the old grudge against one portion of the state."

Ratification Meeting--County Candidates
(Column 02)

Summary: A meeting of Whigs and Americans of Augusta County was held at the Court House to ratify the Richmond nominations and bring out county candidates for the House of Delegates. Messers. Massie, McCue, and Christian were declared the candidates for the House.

Married
(Column 5)

Summary: Married on March 17.
(Names in announcement: R. Lewis McCuneRev., William Wiseman, Agnes Jane Taylor)

Married
(Column 5)

Summary: Married on March 17. All are from Highland County.
(Names in announcement: Ewin DevierRev., John Eagle, Rachel Hodge)

Married
(Column 5)

Summary: Married on March 17.
(Names in announcement: Wm. BrownRev., Jonathan StoverEsq., Jane Boyers, Sam'l Boyers)

Married
(Column 5)

Summary: Married on March 24 in Waynesboro.
(Names in announcement: O.P. WirgmanRev., Wm. Taliaferro, Virginia Huff, John Huff)

Married
(Column 5)

Summary: Married on March 10. The bride and groom are from Midway, Virginia.
(Names in announcement: C. SunderlandRev., A.H. Henry, Sallie McGuffin)

Married
(Column 5)

Summary: Married on March 16. Mr. Bolton is from Staunton and Miss Fortune is from Nelson.
(Names in announcement: B.M. WailesRev., Thomas Marshal Bolton, Rebecca Fortune)

Died
(Column 5)

Summary: Died on March 23 at age 38.
(Names in announcement: John Brown)

Died
(Column 5)

Summary: Rodney Henderson died on March 18 at age 5.
(Names in announcement: Rodney Walker Henderson, Robert Henderson, Catherine Henderson)

Died
(Column 5)

Summary: Died on March 17 at age 52.
(Names in announcement: Horace Seeley)

Tribute of Respect
(Column 5)

Summary: Tribute to John H. Brown, a member of the Staunton Lodge, No. 13 of the Masons.
(Names in announcement: John Brown, John Watts, H.H. Peck, D.C. McGuffin, Jas. Patterson)