Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1849-11-14
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.


ana an ac;ompce, were tried and convicted OF an.
uuc'Hg anu marrying young girl OF 3 years Of ape
Inc oe'ehdant is shoemaker, and had been en,.
poyed as such IN the family of the prosecutor. and,
IL was supposed ny some. who heard the evidence.
thatsone provocation or offence given bv Mr. Cent
field the prosecutor and father of the Young GIRL "a
one or both of the defendants, was the motive ~
the abduction. The married miss is to- remain ia
charge OF her father, until the age of TO- as il nm
pears there is statute in the State against Young
girls taking upon themselves the duties attendant
On The marriage state, until they arrive at thata
"A NEW PRoPELLER.-A patent has been secur-
ed by MIR. Reeder, of St. Louis, for new propellct
which the Rerciiie says moves on the same princi-
pie as fishes A large steel ribbed fin is attached,
III horizontal position, at the stern Of the vessel
which when put in motion by steam Or otherwise,
moves rapidly up and down. springng backward at
each change, aud giving the boat an impetus for
ward Two smaller fins At either side, near the
now OF The boat, answer the purpose of rudderA-
Inc contrivance is 4 very ingenious and orininal
one, and Mr. Reedor, not inapily, calls it 'Whale.'
lMrRovEp PRINrrNG PRrss-"Nota Bene - in
his last letter in the Concorcia Intelligenccr, has
the following :-'' Mr.. James A. Campbell. quite
youth, has Invented, and, believe, patented most
Important improvement on the printing press Ii
prints both SIDES of sheet in passing once through
and performs what is technically called its own
" sheet
hour, being about 5000 more than the BEST presses
now used, and saves much personal labor
eS- Advices have been received in New York
dated me OH Nov. from Paris TO the 10Th October,
which states that daring the debate in the Natiunai
Assembly ON the Roman question, an alteration oc
CURED between M Theirs and NJ. Bxio The
later declared that the former had said that the e.
election OF Louis Napoleon would be a disgrace to
MS country, whereupon Theirs demanded estisfac-
hoh-a duel was Immediately fought with pistoIs,
Out hSi'ner party sustained any personal injury.
METERoRIc sHowERs.-We learn from a rem
tieman OF our town that we may expect a me,eTorio
shower on the nights of the 18th, 18th, or I4th OF
this month.
1t is well tscertained that one Of these show.
ers occur periodically, and one of these nights is tho
anniversary OF the great shower which occurred soma
years past, and which caused such n great sensa-
ton throughout the country. Fredericksburg Re
cOrder
Ccj- correspondent of the Kew Orleans Deli.
notices, as an interesting historical fact. that Ire
chair occupied by the President of the Memnbia
convention is the Identical one in which John Han
cock sat, when he Signed the Declaration op Jndo-
pendence. This truly valuable and venerable relic
belongs'to gentleman of West Tennesse. who
married daughterof Com. Barron ,ntow whose hands
1t Tell many years ago.
WILLIAM AND MARY, VA.-T'be NorcJL As
T.
gus states that this venerable and richly endowed
institution has not revived under its new auspices
Inc number OF Student in attendance the nresent
session, is exceedingly imited-.not amounting to
ascore-so small that unless increased it must result,
III CLOSING OF the College. 1t srenpously urges the
removal OF the College to that place as remedy.
~ 1t is said that the Academy of Sciences and
the oeoeraFhcal Society of France, have il in CON-
temptation To send an exploring party to ACric, i'm
tra i'm into h.,
l!mbuctoo. The expedition is to be conducted Sv
sc'enihc men and 10 be protected by eight hundred
armed Europeans and four hundred Africans.
to The Washington correspondent of Tho R,,,;
more Sun says: The rumor that Mr. BuTtt. of tho
nepnbiIc, is about Ia be appointed as CHARGE TO
naples Is very current and plausible. As the an
poin'ment was given TO Louisiana in the person oP
MIR. Chnn, who was obliged, by i'll health. to de-
cline, IT. 1t is not improbable that it will be aoain of
tered TO Louisiana.
AN AMsnIcsN REAR ApMtRA1.-Capt. wom-
,ey, o' the hoyai Navy, who has been residing at
Newport, X. L., for the last six months. has mot
been made Rear Admiral. TIE Chronotvne sayS
That Capt. NNmley is Virginian by birth and
me editor thinks, THAT he confers more honor unor
the British Navy than he possibly receive from
o. AT the st. Louis Convention an estimate wa.
submitted by Col. Cults skillful engineer. of tho
cost of the road 10 the Pacific and the cost of snr
Vey. The road can be made, he thinks, for EIGHTY.
eight millions dollars; and one thousand men. All
engineer with party being assigned 10 each one
hundred miles, can complete the survey in one year.
D. The Paris correspondent of the Medical
INES states thata vast number applications have
oeen made by persons who think themselves emit
lied TO the prize of 100000 francs (g4000) left by
Inc Hamburg banker 10 any one that NAV discover.
specific for cholera. According to these worthless
there is no lack of "intallibles'' already.
Go- The Bangor Wing tells us, that amono oib.
er representations of hard winter the coming sea-
SUI, Is sald 'he squirrels are migrating south in
vast numbers, which is looked upon as an infallible
indication of more severe weather than ordinary bv
those who have paid attention TO the movement az
these animals.
SPoT ON THE SUN.-A great spot on the sun has
lately been observed, but is fast disappearing On
saturday last, the diameter of this spot as Ineasur
ed at the Observatory, in Cambridge, was 81 40
seconds or upwards of ii 200 miles, and six times
as large as the Earth's
G5- Ia the u. S. Circul Court al Cincinnati be-
lore Judge Mclean, case was tried recently
wherein two steamboats, had come in collision on
me ONO River last February. and the plaintiff re-
covered verdict of $G,7l4-Somebody was .sto
blame" there, says the verdict.
W MAJ. thompson 5. Brown, successor of the
Ia'e Mag. Whistler, is on the eve of leaving this
country Tor Russia, where he has been engaged by
the Emperor at salary of 1000 year, 10 SUI
Perlniend the completion of thepreat road from Mos
cow TO ST. Peiersbnrgh.
-, " In OPelika, Ala, 9th Oct, two men campa
Iu i IN wagon under large tree, near which they
built fire. During the night. The fire burnt the
ioos OF the tree which fell across the wagon crush
ing one OF the men and injuring the other.