Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1849-12-12
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

oregon, whose chief design is 10 secure If possb,.
The admission of Deseret into the Union ms = S,,,.
AS me population OF that settlement does moi. =,
me most, exceed 2O,O0O, the subject viii moi h.
Ne'y 70 receive me serious attention Of Congress.
1 "A possibility exists that the attendance of the I,L'
tgauon IN Washington may effect the oryan;z,,,s,
Oh territorial Government, but more than mi.
would seem TO trench upon the hts Of those State.
already forming'part ofthe coniederacy, Bafimor.
american. "'"'
N5- we learn from the Richmond Republic,n
mat on Saturday the LIST inst, the VIRGINIA Com,
o. Appeals refused to grant an appeal from Judoa
! Cloptons decision, by which he dissolved an n;
ton previously awarded by him apains, tho ss,ao
sion OF The Louisa Railroad from the junction -,
Richmond. Whether the transportation of nos..n.
gers ON the extended road will be hereafter resi-
ny reason OF certain provisions Of the Fredericksbnr
company S charter, is question not necessarilv
involved IN the present decision.
o. writer in The National Inteiliyence, s,r
ges's that as ON the Sd Of December. I775 m,
continental iiag was displayed for the first time he
! ing hoistei on board the FLAG ship of Essay H.
| kIns commander of The first American Aoo, ,Lr.
| DAY be hereafter celebrated as Navy festival =
Lei oe observed as our ocean holiday at all o,r
naval stations, and board of our vessels of w.
| at home and abroad. '
APHLosoPHER.-Atther recent election in Mas.
sachnsc's me editors of The "Spy'' andt the PalIs
afoc
the Legislature. The result shows that h. NJ Nh.
Palladium Is philosopher ride his announcement:
The people OF Worcester have elected the edi,or
OF the Spy to go to the Legislature, and elected na
TO stay at home. That shows very plainly which
they can spare best,
&C. An old Locofoco, who recently died in Ah,.
pan"a' Ieii ms property TO his children upon con
alt'on OF their being LocofDcos There NAV have
been some wisdom in that One of rho ,y;sa;,
OF me ola Greek philosophers left his money in the
hands oi Friend" TO be given To his cbiIJIen onI,
upon the condition of their being FOOLS sfor said
ne, I'll they are wise men they will not need ,.,,
Louisville Journal.
@5- we have been informed thai gentiemsb
from New York proposes to connect the Presidon,;.
house and the Capitol and the several Denor,man,s
WIN gut'a peTcha speaking tubes laid nhter pround
and To guaranty THAI ordinary conversation can no
caredon between these remote points with as m,of
facility as i The different parties were in the same
room. ss
05- Capt. Suffers family left New York for Cal
iornIa, in III steamship Empire City, on Saturday:
To join The Ca plain 1t will be remembered ,bSf
The first discovery Of gold in California was made
at Suffers fort, AID the Captain has, doubtless:
become very wealthy in the interim. His family
has been travelling in Europe.
Poisoning PUBLIC " ELL-We Learn from
the 81 Louis papers, that the supposed cholera at
Cape Girardeau, of whch we made notice few
days ago. has assumed different aspect unyeilipo
most horrible attempt !:;osale murder on The
par o' some designing Villain by poison NO lie puE
lie well AT that place. Thirteen deaths had occur
req. HE affair had created great excitement
The LAST OF s2O,O0O-On the back If i, az
bill Of the Failfield Co., Comm Bank which passed
through our hands the other day, were written tho
following Words
"a little while and We have been mine
No longer can keep ye,
fear yen hc'er be mine again
Nor any other like yc.
The last of a legacy of $4,000"
CHANGE OF SEAT OF GovERNMENr-Tbe CIV
ernor OF Louisiana has issued proclamation giving
notice that after the first day Of December
'he pubic and Stale offices will have been removed
10 me new capitol, Baton Rouge, and requesting
me attention ot The governors of the state, execu
1--WE officers, and others, 10 the fact
G1- We understand, says the New Rrunsu;o,
Cn'on, that by the death of the late John Potter.
ms son-In- law, Commodore Stockton. has received
an addition OF S24 600 per annum TO his ALREADY p
hormous income. The annual income of the Com.
modore can hardly be estimated at less than one bun
area thousand dollars, and probably more
EsTABLIsHING WORCESTERSHIRE. Noah saws,
- Men engaged In such desperate enterprises seem
10 think that editing and publishing come by nature.
whereas they constitutes business or rather two
branches of business, in which more tact industry
ana wa!chiu!ness are necessary than in any other
occupation or calling known among men,"
% telegraphic Despatch from Mobile 70 the
Baltimore Sun of the 30ih ult saws:
zen. nos Holland was 10 day shot dead by
III: =. McCcIIniock, his clerk. The cause which
led 10 This dreadful act was jealousy The murderer
mas surrendered himself, and the excitement in opr
city is very great.
o. The National Council of the Cherokee Jn1i-
ans have passed resolution AUTHORIZING john Ross
heir principal Chief, 10 procure and forward s(Ii
ianle DOCK OF Cherokee marble to the WASHINGTON
nlOhuineht Association, an Offering from the
Cherokee Nation, In aid Of the construction Of that
great work.
o. The Choctaw Indians claim the privilege Of
being allowed to furnish stone for the National
Monument 10 w ashlngton, in progress of erection
AT Washington City. They do so on the ground
That their great father Washington was ALWAYS the
lmmutable friend of the tribe.
O9- The n. Y Commercial Advertiser st.,.a
that MIR. James Hays now in his seyeDtv.nintb or
eIghtIe:h year was on Monday last sworn for the
iOfty nlnih Time as high constable hayinp been first
appointed TO that office by Mayor Livingston in the
year 1901. " '"0
FINDING AND Not RETURNING Is STEAI,NG-Iu
me Conrt of Common Pleas at Manchester. n. H..
Mrs Folly Lord Of Deering was recently sentenc.
ed To the State Prison for two years. for retaining
ana a using 500, which she picked up and kept,
knowing the owner.
O. The n. Y, Herald Of the OOH nj, cove.
Miss CorneIia Scott, daughter of General Sco,,
was married to Major H. l.. Scott oiJe dc cn,ons
to Inc commander-in chief at The city residence Of
the General. The affair was of the most brilliant
description.
HE n ATIONar W,sutxoro, Nro....