Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1850-03-27
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

mount due Should this practice generaliy Pie'al,'
il would be powerful protection to'pu6llsheFs IL
would have a tendency to convince teinqSeni,, SUP
scribers thai by law they are responsible I'LL all 'i
tssrages are paid.
ANOTHER RaftRoAp.-The bill Incorporating. a
Company to construct Railroad from Alexandra
through Manassas Gap into the Valley, Without ale
from the State, passed the Legislature.
..rh.r. arc saws the Massachusetts Quarterly Re
;r 80 926 children in Massachusetts, between and
rs the mean average attendance upon schools is lSf
734 or little than 62 per cent OF all the chill
dren in the State 1t costs SS36,OIO 69 TO pay me
teachers and 352Sl "a for the fuel IN the schools ana
the board of the teachers The county Of Suffolk raises
annually by taxes 10 % for each child between ana
l6 and the county of Berkshire only 5 SO. Boston
paws 10 65 for each child, and Salem only "a 20
Mr. HENRI Grnnell has succeeded in purchasing one
Of the two vessels required in his projected eNptos
expcdon 10 the Arctic 1t is small brig OF
eighty tons burthen. These vessels are 10 DC sent q
bout the first of May next directly Tor the shores
Welliugton's inlet and Cape Walker, whe i lsM
earch after traces of Sir John Franklin Will De sci On
foot One of the briggs will be called, appropriately
the "Adyaaee, and the other, the "Rescue' ~ l.
Post.
The Cincinnati Commercial of the llth states that
,vben the steamer Yorktown, Captain Hadcnah, pass
cd General H. Taylor's plantation, on the MISSISSIPPI
s,ycr forty miles above Nachez the entire place was
under water from overflow in The Mississippi CaPt
TIabeman saws he never saw that polnt.so coWP'eep
numerous plantations and Of course the bankruptcy OF
some Of the owners.
Foreign papers state that athe funeral Of the Danish
boet Ochlenschager who expired lately OF apopleXy'
in the eighty first year Of his age, upwards OF twenty
thousand persons were present smss'. M sasd
which the procession passed were streweu WIN s1"
and green boughs the houses hang out black haSs
hemmed with silver.
During the year lSiS 10, the number Of students at
tending the thirty medical colleges in the United States
II nlUr Efn
whole number of students attending these institutions
during the past five years estimated at lSS99 ana the
whole number ofgraduates at S,4lf
OF three hundred and two votes poed in Harris com,
y Texas at the recent election the persons suggested
as delegates to the Nashville convention received iour
.,s tber were six other votes in favor OF conven-
ton but they named no delegates The other TWO nun
'dred and ninety five votes were"No Convention! NO
Disunionl"
letter from Maysyille, Kentucky, states that the
number of cattle shipped eastward from that place. by
way Of the Ohio river and Pittsburgh, has gradually IN
creased from 1000 in 1877 to 5000 in 1910, ami that The
number shipped thence this year wllprobaby DC ~
900.
The National Medical Convention TO assemble IN
Cincinnati in May, and already the profession IN hat
city have held meeting and resolved to give the dele
gates cordial welcome and entertain them at supper,
from which spirituous liquors shall be excluded
According to the Bernc Gazette there are still in
Ssvitzetand about 1900 refugees, two-ihrds OF whom
i've
the German committees. Between 400 and 600 are
majntaincd at the expense of the confederation The
greatest number reside at Berue and Zurich.
Mss. JAMES X. PotK.-This lady has we learn,
since the death Of her husband almost entirely secI-
ded herself from society She seems to be lnconsoiaoe
in her grief The huge pillars OF the new house into
which they had Just moved, when the melancholy be-
reayement occurred are still craped with black
The celebrated mining districts of GaanauaO, in Mex
co have Yielded during the present year tnan any
l..lh ham nod mn IN nn1h -
hast upwards Of twelve millions in silver and about
S7O0 600 in gold. The mihes yielded from to 10 pei
cent Of gold.
letter from Frankfort of the 18th of February says
"All Germany resembles n camp. The National AS
scmbly of Frankfort had decreed that the government
should carry the armed Gernanic force up to 9OOOOt
men.
There are many books written by many men, from
which truths only dscoveraole by the readers
namely, that the writers thereof wanted TWO things
principle and preterment
The number of Students at the University Of virgni;
is much larger than il has heretofore been The whole
number of Inatrcuates the last session 262 at
the present it is 800, OF whom 2iO are yirsinans.
In the Court Of Common Pleas at Boston, James Pow
or recovered SS23 OF damages from Fall River Rall'
road Company, for damages Tor child OF pam Dill
ten by erocious dog kept or harbored BY defendants
The Prussan presslaw, contains provision cOmpei-
ing the newspaper propreor 10 give oa 10 ne amount
ofrom 500 TO 1000 dollars and clause empowering Judi
ca authorities TO stop the circulation Of foreign news
papers.
In the Annual Report of the Patent Office, it is cst-
mated that he aggregate amount oil the products OF Ia
Dor and captal in the United States in S4S was 3d.
U4S SOL 1885, round numbers, 2OoO million dollars
The annual production of the manufactures ofthe
coarse shoes known brogans Massachusetts, is sta
ted TO be in value twenty millions OF dollars giving en-
ployment to some sixty thousand people
tits stated mat in the island Of Japan change in the
fashion of dress has occurred during period OF two
thousand five hundred years Inventive aors and man
tua- makers must be scarce there
The Virginia Legislature has passed act prescrb-
inc that the weight of iron rail hereafter to be ad down
upon Railroads in that State, shall be not less than hy
pounds to the running yard.
The Cincinnati Gazette estimates that the yearly con-
sumption of cigars and smoking tobacco in that city by
citizens alone (Rot including strangers) amounts 10
$4,000
The taxes on the London Times amount TO rather
more than 900 year for the paper EGO 900 year
for the stamps, and $4,000 year for the advertise
ments; total E95,o0o year
The Bill appropriating $4,000 for the erection Of
new and enlarged buildings for the Virginia Military
5stitute has passed the Senate, and is now alaw The
work is to be commenced Immediately.
During hurricane which ravaged the coast Of Africa
in the Mediterranean the 9th and 18th OF January,
'65 vessels were lost, Of which 50 were French.
Last year the girls Farmers daughters) Ofthree
MASSACHUSETTS, turned
valued at S. ,646, 500.
There are now in all Germany, including Austria, l.,
4l6 Temperance societies, and less than i,036G6l
members.
Punch says 'the mummy is the strongest proof that
The first law of human nature is decidedly sefpreser
Tation.' .
'Pnre linen damasiS has been woven by Mr. Matthew
'O'Connell formerly OF Dublin at New Haven Ct-the
first made in this country.
Ireland had been relieved by the death and emgra-
Of harm
Sor the support Of paupers was greatly diminished
J. G. Paxton, Esq, has been installed Mayor ofLex-
sngton, Va,
Indiana has cOupleed and p progress Of construction
800 miles OF railroad
Dn. M'LANE used his Pilis in his Practice several
wears before ne could Be Induced offer il the public
In such manner as 10 make il known all the
my the ouack remedies SO frequently advertised and
Sorced upon the public by means forged certificates
and syst putting preventing frequently regular
And learned physicians such Dr.. meEane uGdoabted
tv is from entering the list against such pettors