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Staunton Spectator, February 4, 1857Go To Page : 1 | 2 | | 4 |
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The Fast Lane
(Column 2)Summary: First of column near illegible. Refers to train wreck[?] between Staunton & Richmond; SS disagrees with speculation that Fontaine, president of RR, and T[]berlake, sup't., not suitable as officers, yet thinks Central RR could be operated more efficiently.
(Names in announcement: Col.Fontaine, Mr.T[]berlake)
A deserved Compliment
(Column 2)Summary: Vindicator compliments Staunton post office for getting through backlog of mail. SS doesn't extend the thanks to [whom?--illeg.].
More Snow
(Column 3)Summary: More snow; 9-10 inches fell Friday.
Mr. Sei[]'s Sermon
(Column 3)Summary: Sermon published that was delivered at dedication of Lutheran Church in Staunton.
For the Spectator; Adventures in the Snow
(Column 4)Summary: Firsthand account of rail trip on the Central RR in the blizzard. Gooch was the conductor.
(Names in announcement: Capt.StapletonGooch)
Disunion Movement
(Column 6)Summary: Whig sarcastically takes note of northern disunionists, who appear as "hot-headed" as South Carolina fire-eaters. Also says South's politics and morals "debauched" by the North.
Trailer: Rich. Whig
Origin of Article: Richmond Whig
For the Spectator; To the Citizens of Augusta County
(Column 6)Summary: Parts illegible. Letter apparently from physician or medical examiner, in reference to an accusation that an autopsy he performed on a "colored girl" was done unprofessionally. He cries slander. Also refers to exhuming and dissecting the body of a "negro man belonging to Mrs. Mills."
(Names in announcement: Mrs.Mills, B. H.Kibler)Trailer: B. H. Kibler; Spring Hill, Jan. 17, 1857; [] please copy.
Congress
(Column 7)Summary: Selected House and Senate proceedings.
Death of Preston S. Brooks
(Column 7)Summary: Death of the fireater
Excerpt: ...He was a man universally beloved and esteemed. . . . Last evening he was suffering under an increase of phlegm, and requested Captain Corrie to hand him a glass of mustard water to cause a vomit, which he swallowed. The attempt to throw off the dose produced strangulation, and he died in Captain Corrie's arms four minutes after strangulation commenced. His death was as easy as an infant's.
Origin of Article: A letter from Washington
Editorial Comment: [introducing quote:] A letter from Washington on the 28th says:
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Married
(Column 2)Summary: Harman to Taylor, 1/22/57.
(Names in announcement: Rev.F. C.Tebbs, Jas. A.Harman, Martha J.Taylor)
Married
(Column 2)Summary: Watson to Alexander, on 1/13/57
(Names in announcement: Rev. C. S. M. Soc, Dr. James M. Watson, MissMartha C. Alexander )
Married
(Column 2)Summary: King, of Baltimore, to Reeder, 1/22/57
(Names in announcement: Rev. J. N. Davis, Clinton M. King, Mary Ann Reeder, John W. Reeder)
Married
(Column 2)Summary: Link to Frazer, of Greenbrier Co.; 1/28/57
(Names in announcement: Rev.Isaac Gibson, Franklin H. Link, Fannie Frazer, Addison Frazer)
Died
(Column 2)Summary: Mary Ann, died in Waynesboro on 1/24/57
(Names in announcement: Mary AnnCrouse, Jno. Crouse)Trailer: Rockingham papers please copy.
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