Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1850-02-20
MIsCELxANEOUs ITEMS.

THE MINERALS OF PENSsYLvANIA.-ln sinking
a shaft on Barclays Mountain, Weslmoreland
county, on the route of the Pennsylvania Railroad,
thers were discovered two veins Of excellent blu
mnous coal, lying within foot or eighteen inches
Of each other one five feet thick, Tie other elght
fse.. There is vein OF Goa on MIR: Storey turn
through which the road will pass, gilmore than one
hundred acres in extent, and about eght feet IN
thickness.
AMopyr DuEt.-A model duel is at present
the talk of Paris One member Of the chamber Of
Hsouties seni another member bullet in neat pa
per box. with his card the other returned the COM
pliment by sending another bullet in mahogany
box. After This exchange Of bullets The antagonists
declared their honors satisfied.
Co Tie whale ship Junior, of New Bedford,
has just returned from . cruise through the North
arm and Southern Oceans, N which she penetra-
led TO the icy barrier in the Southern seas, aud
thence proceeded 10 the Arctic Ocean, accomplish
ing the distance from tile South polar circle to the
North polar circle, and taking 1900 bbIs oil IN i've
months and ten days.
MARRIAGE WITH A SISTER OF Deceased
WfrE.-The commissioners appointed in England
10 INQUIRE into the propriety of marriage with the
ulster of a deceased wife, have reported that they
"find, from mass Of evidence, that marriages Of
this kind are permitted by dispensation or other
wise. in all the continental states Of Europe"
90 Mr.. D'Israeli says. on theauthority Of a Lon
don attorney. the amount of mortgages in England
Is .f400, 900 900, producing AT per cent, sl6,-
600 900 a year. The landlords of Scotland are at
Teas. us deeply unorlgsged as those Of England ard
The Irish squires are in still worse condition.
GoLp AT rHe MiSrs.-The reports Of the drec
tors Of four minis, namely those at Phiiadefphia,
New Orleans, Dahlonega, Georgia. and IN North
Carolina, state the whole amount OF California gold
received, TO be $4,000 900; amount coIned, Sll,-
100000; total amount Of Csliornia gold received,
$3.50 l6e.
o. From the Minnesota Pioneer, of the 9Th ult.,
we learn that the condition Of The Winnebago lndi-
ans is dsplorable. They are represented as being
nearly destitute Of food, in miserable encampment,
where there is no game. hafcIad and halt shelter
ed, where they must either receive assistance from
the government, stsrye to death, or live BY pilla-
ging.
90 During the past year, l2 steamers were
blown up, or otherwise lost, on the Western waters.
The estimated pecuniary loss is set down at ST.
100000. More Than 200 persons lost their lives.
and perhaps as many more were wounded or MAIN
ed.
nv. The whole accumulation Of gold, in the
world, is said to be in amount ten thousand millions
of dollarsi The consumption and abstraction OF II
avery wear amounts to about fifty millions, and the
smoun, dug up and thrown into use, is just about
The same.
o. The manuscript of General Washington's
Farewell Address was sold at public auction at
Philadelphia, on the 18th. 1t started with the FIRST
bid a, $500 and was Knocked down at $780, The
Rev. DR.. Boardman was the purchaser for gentle
man at distance, understood to be Mr.. LenoS, Of
New York.
ay- There was serious Irish riot in Ponghkeep-
bic on Monday. The Sheriff and his posse were
Tired upon the military called out and the riot was
not quesd until 70 Of the rioters had been captured
and imprisoned.
CO. In dispute between James Mcdonnell and
WIN. Clark, at Charestuwn, Mass, about game
of cards while drinking the former struck Clark a
terrible blow in the pit OF the stomach, which 'drove
The breath ont Of his body" anu killed him instantly.
Corroy Crows IN SpAiS.-The editor of a
Barcelona newspaper says he has had an opPortunl
ty Of seeing some samples OF cotton which was cul-
riya,ed on the banks Of The Gaudelquvir, the supe
nor quality uf which can compete with tho Hest hat
is imported from the American Continent.
ny- Not solitary case of disorder or internper-
ance Of any kind occurred in six divisions " city
police in London on Thanksgiving day. The Lord
Aiayor said i, was the most remarkable occurrence
that ever had happened.
Is,- One hundred guineas offered by that noble
man Joseph Eaton, Of Bristol, as premium for the
Rest ESSAY on the effects Of alcoholic drinks Upon Tie
human system has just been awarded 10 Dr. w. Is.
Carpenter, Of London
n,- The London Times 10 gu, strong against the
absurd customs relative to funerals that continue to
prevail in England. The expenses are really enor-
nous. Numerous undertakeIs' bills are printed,
ehowing up the items.
90 The only penalty for taking Usnry in Rhode
issnd. is the loss of the excess Of interest taken,
over the legal rate. The creditor RECEIVERS the prin
cioal, legal interest, and cost, This statute has
been in force al least Since A. d. 1874.
e,- On Sabbath night the 10th ult., the land Of
fee in Henderson, Texas, was entered, and large
or,ion Of records and evidences of title cut out and
destroyed.
NJ i, is stated that Queen Adelaide, recently de-
ceased, gave one fifth of her income TO public
charities, while her private charities incessahl.
Her income $4,000 year,
90 DIR. Nesnder is engaged on the vol. Of Church
History which embraces the period from loOo to
1917. He is compelled to use the sight and hands
of othsrs in the accomplishment Of his work.
no. The cholera has broken out on the plantation
Of Colonel Phil. B. Harrison, in Jefferson county,
Miss ten of his slaves died in three days, and thir-
ty more were down with the terrible disease.
o. Accounts from Washington say that the NOM
ination of Gen. James Watson Webb, as Charge
10 Vienna, was rejected on Monday by the Senate;
by vote Off yeas, to "a nays.
es- A great inland lake, long supposed 10 exist,
has been discovered in South Africa, 10 the North
Of the Cape, about $50 miles from KolOheng, BY
party of English explorers.
90 Rev. Joseph B. Felt, Of Boston, long known
ss one of our interchangeable antiquares, has in prep
afation ar Ecclesiastical History ofNew England,
IN two sols. $40.
o. Tie records of the city OF New York show
That during the past year no less than 1884 for
eigners have been naturalhed in their Courts
90 The European Times announces an agree
inant between Jenny Lind and Mr.. Barnum for
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