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Staunton Spectator, August 12, 1857Go To Page : 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
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Description of Page: Reports on Springs in neighboring counties. |
A New Emancipation Scheme
(Column 2)Summary: SS is complaining about a call for a Northern convention on emancipation. Sees no possible solutions: Colonization won't work, neither will shipping slaves to the North.
Constitutional Reform
(Column 1)Summary: Richmond Whig and Lynchburg Virginian are calling for a new State Constitution, revising the 1851 version. SS agrees, citing inefficiency, rising crime, poor judiciating. But a Convention might not solve the problems, since it would likely be dominated by Democrats.
Excerpt: No argument is needed to prove the miserable working of the system under which the governement, in all its departments, has been growing worse and worse for the last five or six years.
The Knoxville Convention
(Column 3)Summary: Report from the 1857 Southern Commercial Convention, held in Knoxville.
Valley Insurance Company
(Column 3)Summary: Kinney's recently destroyed property was insured by the Valley company, and promptly paid for. Damages estimated at $557.42.
(Names in announcement: Mr.Kinney, Geo. E. Price)
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Description of Page: No weddings or obituaries. |
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Description of Page: Extra page of Richmond ads. |
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Description of Page: Extra page of Richmond ads |