Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1850-02-27
cMisUEtLANEous fTEMs.

- tb,r 10 GOO 600 mounds and that tits worth al pres
ent prices, about $25 100000 he i@portatsn
xras IL 600 900 pounds, valued ~ SootVUN. this
whole quantity IS worked up by our own people, and
the fabrics made from it arc consumed in this country
The New York Journal of Commerce SAYS that the
bes, quality OF apples selling in that Guy
dollar, barrel, and nfericf at Seoto. ana a%s
Vergaloo pears sold last fall at s2i aoarrei. ~
n.yer heard Of such prices BEFORE in this market
j. almost equal to California. The iac1 49, Rst apH'
aud almost all other descriptions q iru
were failure last year, and hgh prices "ei' INV -"
cessary resat. t'v
vrs,-r. SoSxrr-Passing down Dauphia street yes
terds we met friend alkingvery fast, with band
bor Containing fine bonnet, Of the very latest fashion,
~ hailed him with, hold on B, What the deuce are
Won travelling so fast ABBOTT? Why says he the act u.s.
have lust bought nv wife new bonnet, and am on
the run get home with before gets out oil fashion,
Mobile Adrertiser.
The New York Observer announces the Rev Or ~
den as associate editor, with proprietary interest ~
tho aud says Dr. Alden has 9egh ,;c ,J phi;
last fifteen years. Professor Of Rhetoric Poii'iGa'
fosophy and History in Williams College. ne Joi"S
rs in the prime OF life, in perfect health anu WIN eh'
devotion TO the work before him.
Governor Trumbuli. of Connecticut, has appQntea
Friday, March %, as Fast Day lie invites .nepIy =;
of the people God, that He will conrm ahe renue. ia
Sssoube our National Union, anu iresuate 'he ""''
GUS designs Of all those who cOnspire Its rum
Cap,a;n w. W. Wood, of Houston, has invented
stearn wagon intended to transport cotton across the
NDraries between Houston ana Tue DEdAos
tor estimates its capacity at one hundred bales anu us
speed at twenty miles an hour-ho"ston Ier@s '0"'
MINERAL LASps.-l ,675 .27O acres Of mineral lands
on Lake Superior will be offered in market TINS year.
20 soon the geologist finishes his notes.
A child aged nine years, OF Jacob Hiles, at Lalay
,sste N j. got access 10 Jug Of liquor IN the mousse
last week. and drank much that he died next aUS
daughter of Hiram Cass came 20 her death IN d DAT
ten, w. BY Vns strap 70 nc ,n and clicked the
the neck OF pet CALI when IA" away anu
child
Salt Snrng three inches in diameter, 600 feet deep,
and welding 800 bushels Of saiper day has been Gis
covered in Mercer county, Virginia, about SIX miles
from the Red Sulphur Springs
To supply London daily with milk, 10000 COWS are
required, yielding 100000 gallons
About one hundred black fish, from ten TO sixteen lee'
in length got aground at the mouth OF Cape ver,
mot far from Wilmington North Carolina, lew DAYS
ago aud were all taken. They yielded over leu bar
rsls OF oil.
The Medical College at Pittsicld, Massachusetts,, was
DESTROYED By fire on the 9Th instant. The library, mu-
scum, &C., were saved.
The bill to exempt $500 worth of property from ex-
ecution whether before or after the death the DEBTOR
has been passed by the New Jersey Legislature
The steamer Empire City sailed from New York on
Tuesday (l2th) for Chagres with ,nsee hanarea anu
large number as left in one steamer Tor that des-
tination.
Aho,t one and aha,fnilons of bushels of wheat have
een ground at Rochester the year. and about three
millions at oswego and its vicinity
III. Green, the reformed gambler, was arrested in
New York day last week, Tor obtaining money IN
der false pretences, examined and discharged
Col. Gibson Clark an old and widely known citizen
of Georgia. died at the Lunatic syG near Milledse-
ville on Saturday last.
A duel lately occrrred at Madrid between two yoaug
ladies One was ultimately shot in the leg, and the
combat ceased pro tem> Finally areeoneiiation was ell
ected by the gallant Scnor whose charms had evoked
the apple OF discord.
The Queen will rot open Parliament in person, ow-
ing IL is announced to the near approach OF an event
which will add another member g the royal family
This event is expected in the middle OF April
Washington letter states tha, bin viii soon be
brought in By Mr.. Dickinson of New York, to abolish
cents aud to substitute coin Of the size Of halt
dime, TO be composed OF silver and copper Inc aoy
is in preparation AT the mint.
Ithas been ascertaned that men in England engaged
at work in hot blast furnaces never live beyond the age
oftwenty eight years
More snow hassfalIen this season in the Pyreunes,
than has been keoTn.
. The Rev Messrs Hammer aud Steward of the church
of England, have gone over to the church OF Rome
q The moustache and imperial have tcen prohibited in
the French army.
The total amount Of damage by fire in st. Louis du-
ring the year lS49, So ,S35, $780, upon which there
was insurance to the amount OF S2,o6i ,lOO
western editor noticing the marriage Of Eli Saint
and Mary Dawson, very piously remarks that MARY
name is registered among the saints
The snow is feet deep level in some parts of
Canada. Unfortunate people!
- The Avon Theatre, in Norfolk. was destroyed BY fire
on Friday week.
cnOtys hclr
ears on the Sabbath and on more than 1000 miles OF the
road the employed enjoy The rest from labor dppo
pirate TO that day .. .,..,
. magnificent sword ofhonor-a masterpiece Ct work
ruanship has been presented 10 General Changarner
bearing the following inscription "The defenders OF
order to General Changarnier"
Ills stated that the survey of the Isthmus Of Panama
by COL Hughes cost $5O,OOO though the strictest e.
economy was practised
Louis Napoleon is said to have already in,imatsd his
intention to stand second time for the office OF Presi-
dent of the French Republic:
In Paris new style of'pocket has been introduced
ours remain without change.
elf man were to ont" says Lord Halifax, "by
calling every thing by its name he would be knock
ed down before he got TO the corner OF the street
Let reason go before every enterprise and counsel
before every action.
screw steamer is being constructed on the Clyde,
20 from Glasgow TO New York.
, The New York Herald gives the names Of fifty eight
lawyers in that CITY, supposed to be worth over ioo
900 each.
The amount Of gold carried the !shmes of Pa
from October lst lS49 to January LIST, $780, is
stated to be S9.362,S44. ...
Miss Case at Hartford, Conn., has recovered verde:
FOR 5 ,572 against L. b. Marks, for SANDER.
= Kentucky it is said, will send no delegates to the
Nashville Convention.
"A Magnificent Ball TO the Hangarias off at Nib
los, New York, lately.
bill authorizing subscription of stock to the Peters
burg and Lynchburg Railroad, was negatived in the
House Of Delegates on Monday the 18th instant,
:. Dickens, i, is sand. win start weekly Journal in
March and on the first of the month Douglas Jer
told win start a new magazine. He has new comedy
hearty ready.
-.
Education abettcr safeguard Of Liberty than stand
ing army.
bridge is to Be constructed at the Point of Rocks,
over the Potomac.