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Staunton Spectator, June 7, 1859 Go To Page : 1 | 2 | 3 | 4

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Description of Page: Election cleanup: some vote tallies, postmortems on different races

The Virginia Elections
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Summary: Roundup of the elections. Blames Democratic victory on Whig's "lack of faith."

Town Council
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Summary: Report of Town Council. Appropriations for sidewalks. Appointment of Hoge and Fisher as Overseer of the Poor.
(Names in announcement: JudgeThompson, Mr.Slanker, P.B.Hoge, R.H.Fisher)

Circuit Court
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Summary: Trials of Criminal cases. Mooney will be tried for horse stealing. Parrott, a free black man, will be tried for killing the woman with whom he lived.
(Names in announcement: DavidMooney, HarrisonParrott)

Opinions of the Press
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Summary: Variety of excerpts from other papers about the Opposition's (relative) success in Virginia.

Origin of Article: Baltimore Clipper; National Intelligencer; New York Herald; Weldon Patriot; Savannah Republican; Knoxville Whig; New York Express; Baltimore American; St. Louis Democrat; Philadelphia Gazette

For The Spectator
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Summary: Satirical diatribe against those "Old Line Whigs" of Augusta who voted for Letcher.

Trailer: Your friend; Benjamin Bootlick

For the Spectator; Fourth of July
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Summary: Report of meeting, creation of a committee to plan Staunton's Fourth of July celebration.
(Names in announcement: Dr.Fuqus, Gen.Harman, N.K.Trout, CaptainBaylor, Col.Baldwin, J.D.Imboden, WilliamBurke, JonathonEvans, H.M.Bell, Col.Baylor, D.C.McGuffin, M.G.Harman)

Married
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Summary: Double wedding of Echard daughters on December 28, 1858.
(Names in announcement: Rev.WilliamPinkerton, ChristianEchard, MargaretEchard, EmanuelMoyers, MaryEchard, WilliamEchard, FrancesEchard)

Married
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Summary: Married on May 29.
(Names in announcement: Rev.J.H.Crawford, SamuelBuchanan, CatherineBowers)

Died
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Summary: John Walker, age 35, died in Cincinnati on May 20. He was the son of A. Walker.
(Names in announcement: JohnWalker, AlexanderWalker)

Trailer: W. B.

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Description of Page: Markets in column 2

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