Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1850-03-06
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.


e. - ,ansst.d from Chencdolle, French poet born
IN ITO ON maze 49, Of Longeows collection OF Euro
mean poetry which is obviously the original o.
ron,s lannon's apostrophe to the Ocean IN Chilae
as a. leave no doubt in the mind Of the reader Oh e P
propriation By the lordly British poet
A, English saran recently lccuring before sleaIaea
soc;ety In London on the gold of California gave a.
his opinion. that platiua, gsrpets' anu ii fnder,
overlooked in very great degreGy "uaStt;es He
and that they would be found IN i'rse qu .sh ,hc
also stated that ten tons of gold had passed. through '
hand' ofa single English house.
Tr Srrrycy rnE l;vpsIes.-H Hannah Boss, the SOW
sre;gn of the English gypsies died IN Lincoln 9hon
Work House, England reesniy al tne sa' as
being through age and lnfrmity, no oager aoe 70 se
company tho well known tribes in then wanaerings'
A grey hound started from Commercial Point, Dor
chester with the half past nine O'Clock train on Friday
morning. and reached the depot in this city sereE"
lengths ahead ofhe locomotive besides crossing nH o
, oft during the race lherc was ho PURSE ~ ~
: ran for fun-Boston Post
p...,cd Valentines 10 the number Of ,0e0 were re-
turscd by the etter.carriers 10 the Boston rust o'
many of them apparently very costly, III cie Gun 49,
opes They refused on account Vi ths WI 80
lent practice Of sending insulting COARSE ""u '5" AZ
tiers.
AIife Insurance. Company in this city finds the num-
her f deaths among its California risks, sereees m
.t.od of three and half which they should have 6een
o~,;r m the tables This affords some idea oil the
hazards 10 life encountered By California adVen'urers'
Said ono merchant al have done business ten years
and not spent five dollars in advertising oaid ano',
have done business Eve years, ana spent one Sen
of all nv profits IN ADVERTISING anu nave H"No ~
money than Gu have made IN ten
General John McNei Surveyor of the port Of Boston,
died at Washington on Saturday week, after Anew hours
illness. He had just completed his min i@i' .ern;
had proceeded TO Washington to see nus oo ~ -.
associate in arms the President, to sohcH re-"EF"
ment. ..,.
In Louisiana House Of Representatives on the 18th
last Mr. White, from the committee on federai reia-
lions reported adversely 10 sending delegates 70 the
Nashville convention. The report was oruereu 70 Ie
printed aud made the special ordcroi the day LOT Gu
nesday, the 2Oih INST.
The New Orleans Delta records the fact that Tor many
years settlement ofgypsies has existed al Do'i CIV"
along the southern coast ofthe Mississippi lhev nave
subsisted by catching fish and oysters anu u'n' -
all respects their habits OF idlenesS anu qu'e'u"e'
Dr;rc tho debate upon the liquor duty in Paris, a
statement wa, made based por official Information that
there are the present time IN France 'ooVoV eS'S'
lshments for the sale OF various liquors.
bill was passed on the 10th ult., in the Mary lana
House Of Delegates, TO take the vote on tue ProPev
calling Convention for the purpose OF amending the
Constitution of the State.
A CuRtous FAcr.--Two hundred tcns OF salt-Petr
have been lately sold in Providence H. j., ne,u9u F
ulaton ever since the last with Treat DrI'ah' Pc
riod OF thirty hYe years.
Governor Wright has requested that the ce
engraved 1.-THE Indiana block Of marble for the National
Monument: "Indiana knows no North, no souh' noun
ing but the Union!
A new Marriage Bill has been introduced, into the
MASSACHUSETTS Legislature providing for three days no.
tice before hand to the Clerk Of the town or
dispensing with the publications intended marriages.
The English papers state with the utmost gravity,
that Birmingham pork butcher lately presented 70 ne
Ossn sone Sausaecs made from the flesh OF pigs Dred
and fed Ivy Prince Albert
The National Intelligencer, Of Saturday, publishes
nearly five columns OF extracts from the southern PRESS
all dsnouncng the movements OF the Congressional di'-
unionists.
Convention of Ministers recently assembled at ~
racuse formally denounced the honorary degree OF "
IN ,s marx Of distinction and resolved that tho title
belongs to all teachers Of christianity ihey recon-
mend therefore that oil ministers should DC ceu u
D's.
A CARnrAog ron THE PAsHA.-The new Pasha o.
Fvvnt has ordered SCI Of elegant eaupasesto DC ou
for him in the United States 10 be ready during the COM
ing spring.
Cap,an Pierce Of West Cambridge, Mass, sold p
barrel. Of apples from four trees this year for more than
500. He send barrel oil Baldwlrs 70 Shsanu' hie
rIev wrote him back we're worth II l-2 cents each.
The total length of Railroads constructed and in ope
ration in the State OF New Iorkis IVcz mites t oS
cost S4474l Gil ana the total recelpS oiu 'neu VI
ring the past year amounted TO St'2oS,zV0'
A oord sr,f box. worth $780, has been presented to
n Harrison Esq FIRST Collector OF the port oil San
Francisco b the merchants OF that place. rs 'oheh W
esteem. -. a..
shrewd old gentleman once said TO ms oausn' Si
"Be sure, my dear you never marry pofS ons ,ba,
remember that the poorest man III inc "Oliu " 0'' '
has money and nothing cise.'' ..> s.,
roj Ieffrev lone eminent as Judge Of the Supreme
Court of Scotland bat more famous Tor ms ea'9rs"P "
the Edngurch Review, died on the 10Th oil january
Having been born in l773.
AT recent meeting CT the tailors OF London was
publicly declared that members OF the uaue'
by various departments of the government only earn
from ono shilling to one shilling and SIX pence per aay
The death of the widow OF DR.. Chalmers is ANNOUNCE
oil in The late foreign papers Seven daughters, two oil
whom married, remain
The Right Hon. T. b. Macauy has been elected
bencber OF ncolns Inn, honor usually restricted 10
Queens COUNSEL ,u
Historical and Geographical Society has been form
ed at Rio Jenelro and held its first meeting IN the cy
palace, fitted up for it by the Emperor ,..
The Gateshead Observer mentions having seen under
N glass shade of the size OF adys thmbe steam en-
eHe tina, might have served iora cotton mil III hpu'
Sir Robert Peel has engaged competent gentleman
mt yearly salary OF E500, 10 give to his tenants inor
nation on agricultural subject and superntena
ments on the estate
We learn BY Telegraphic despatch from w heeling'
flee in that city was robbed on "Wednesday night oil
$4,000.
The largest hotel in America has just been completes
in Cincinnati at cost Of 1925 OO0 1t VIII iouge o'o
persons.
The largest subscription to the fund for the constr9c
tion of church in California was given by gainDng
house, viz $1,000.
. II is stated that the reuts Of Colonel FreroEss prop
erty at San Francisco, amount to 40,OOo per annun-
Grizzly bears weighing 1000 pounds, have been Kill
I'D in California, and recently sold for l'ooo'
= The difference between and peace has been wen
defined By one ofthe ancients: SIN time Of peace Inc
sons bury their ahersn time OF war the fathers oary
their sons"
:, Idleuess travels very lesure and Poverty WIN soon
oyertakeher. What time they'll have when tney
get together.
Edward A. Hanegan, late United States Minister 10
Prussia, arrived in w ashington, on Saturday last
The Legislature of Alabama, has refused to allow a.
gencies of foreign banks within that State
The exports of ice from Boston, during the month oil