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Republican Vindicator, August 26, 1859Go To Page : 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
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Description of Page: International news |
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(Column 6)Summary: A strange disease that is killing off hogs has appeared in the Petersburg area.
Origin of Article: Petersburg Express
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The Opposition Meeting
(Column 1)Summary: Article mocks a meeting of the Augusta Opposition that doubted who would be picked for president when it is clear, according to Vindicator, that the Opposition will pick Mr. Botts.
(Names in announcement: Mr.Botts, Mr.Stuart)
The Staunton Vindicator and the African Slave Trade
(Column 2)Summary: Article criticizes the Staunton Vindicator as a rag sheet that won't stand up to defend the African slave trade.
Origin of Article: Virginia Citizen
Editorial Comment: The Vindicator calls the article a "batch of impertinence."
Van Amburgh's Circus
(Column 2)Summary: Article recommends that readers attend the circus, especially after it so kindly gave the Deaf, Dumb, and Blind Institution free tickets.
Bob Spins a Yarn
(Column 2)Summary: In Columbus, Ohio, Robert Napper admitted being a former slave from Augusta county, Virginia, who persuaded a non-slaveholder to purchase him and let him work off his purchase price until freedom.
(Names in announcement: RobertNapper)Origin of Article: Religious Telegraph
Editorial Comment: The Vindicator mocks the story about Napper being an ex-slave; says Napper was ordered to leave the state after stealing corn.
Arrest on the Charge of Theft
(Column 3)Summary: David and Jon Lamb were arrested for stealing wheat from Shumate.
(Names in announcement: Mr.Armentrout, William J.Shumate, DavidLamb, JonathanLamb, Mr.Pointe)
Resigned
(Column 3)Summary: The Rev. Mr. Davis of Staunton's Lutheran Church has resigned.
(Names in announcement: Rev. Mr.Davis)
Rain
(Column 4)Summary: Staunton has recently been deluged by rain, which will hopefully give nature life.
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(Column 4)Summary: Vindicator calls readers' attention to the notice of Mr. Kerr about his Summerdean Whiskey. This is "well known to be the most popular drink now imbibed, by the knowing ones."
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(Column 4)Summary: The large number of travelers to the Springs has made Staunton quite lively: all the hotels are quite busy.
High Price
(Column 4)Summary: Johnson's slave boy was sold at the high price of $1500 by Messrs. Turk and Cushing.
(Names in announcement: ZachariahJohnson, ThomasTurk)
Religious Services
(Column 4)Summary: The Rev. Thos. Sewell of the Baltimore Conference will preach at Staunton's Presbyterian Church on Friday.
(Names in announcement: ThomasSewell)
Temperance Procession and Pic-nic at Mint Spring
(Column 5)Summary: Praises a Sons of Temperance meeting carried out by the Mint Spring Division last Saturday. Rev. Cummins spoke to the group, which had formed at their Hall and then walked to a grove, the procession "headed by some of Eve's fair daughters, who have enlisted to wield their mighty influence in the cause."
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(Names in announcement: Rev. Mr.Cummins)Rev. Cummins related "how many had been snatched from the brink of a drunkard's grave, and turned from the error of their way to be greeted by their friends, and enliven their family circles with a parental smile, instead of rendering them miserable by the oaths and harsh epithets of the inebriate."
Trailer: A Spectator
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Died
(Column 1)Summary: Robert White died at the age of 12.
(Names in announcement: RobertWhite, Rev. Dr.White)
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