Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1850-01-16
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.


6OO Ergifsh et,withoat touching bottom, west Of
S.. Helena DIR. Young assigns to the Atlantic a
depth of league that is, 1900 feet; and to the
Pacific Ocean league and third, or aboCt 49,
600 feet.
Nor FAT ENoGeH.--A youthful swain who re-
sides in the State Of Vermont, in writing to his
sweet one of this city, New York; gives as his
reason for not being married at present, that he is
not fat enough toglsk it yet. He says, however,
that he is ginning flesh, and hopes by Spring to
have tallow enough under his ribs to go it. He
will do.
o. Al the recent celebration in Brooklyn Of tile
two hundred and twenty ninth Anniversary OF tile
Landing Of the Pilgrims, it was announced from
the chair that there was present lady from Connec-
sicut, who was the fifth descendant of Gov. Brad
ford and gentleman (Chancellor Walworth) de-
seconded from Mary Chiffon, the first female who
leaped upon Plymouth rock
LIFE AT ST. LouIs.-The ST. Louis Union, Of
the 9th ult., comes to 10 full of the records Ut
dreadful accidents and crimes One woman drown
ed in well another burned to death. No less than
six persons were shot in as many different ARRAYS;
one accidentally, and one case of sabbng. This was
certainly enough but the editor remarks that he had
heard Of several other cases.
Co A letter from New York states that the Hun
Rarian refugees are preparing to start for the South
in a few DAYS. A public reception was given them
at the governors room on Friday, and Ujhaz made
a very neat address eulogizing the United States,
and deploring the sad fate of Hungary
1s,-Milions of pigeons have been filling the woods
for miles around Fraakln, Tenn, for several weeks
past They have rooSt several miles m extent in
the edge Of Hickman county, and with torch and
club the people sally forth at night and bring home
their game by meal bags full.
GEoRen-Ths spirit ofimprovement which we
have frequently noticed as having manifested itself
in Georgia, has caused the erection Of four new
towns in the southwestern portion of that State -
Bristol, Mon.ezuma, Oeenthorpe and Cuyler.
ALoiyELL IN GEoRGrA-Ano,her lot has been
sold, and cotton factory of 5000 spndles, is to be
Immediately erected in Columbus, Ga. Colambus,
the Times says, will be Georgia Lowell before
long, and some of these days will beat her.
DJ- The strongest case of love and devotion Of
which we remember 10 have heard, says an ex-
change, is that of Kentucky gaant, who got In
10 hollow tree, where, he lived whole week,
.peepng through knot hole at his true love, as she
sat sewing bear,skrn petticCats ather window.
no. The Washington papers state that on Mon
days last the Hon. Henry w. Hilliard, of Alabama,
William +. Colcock, of South Carolina, and Ora
ham ". Fitch, offndlana, were appointed Regents
of the Smithsonian Institution on the part o. the
House Of Representatives.
o. Rev. George JOHNSON, recent graduate OF
rho Episcopal Seminary at Cambria, Ohio, was
shot IN his room from sumo accident, ia attempting
TO move fowling piece. He had preached the
Sunday before from BLESSED are the dead ,hatdie
in the Lord, &c."
Co. There was late legal trial in Wisconsin in
which the subject matter Of controversy was
Aemijohn of whskey which was order to be brought
into court The defendant, was tried and so was the
whiskey-in other words, the whiskey was drunk,
and so was the jury.
BANK OF THE YALLEY.--The Pesidcnt and
Directors of the Valley have declared asemi-annu-
al dividend Of Al per cent, per centuur OF which
viii de paid to the Stockholders on the 18th inst.
the quarter per cent. being retained as the Stale
bonus.
MELANCHOLY ArFMR.-An affair Of honor
took place at Shreveport La, or about the 2Ott
ul,imo, between the Hoa. ID. Hester, formerly
Representative from Csddo parish, and Dr. Green,
OF Shreveport, in which both parties lost their
lives.
CALIroRNrA OUrDoNE.-The increase in the
value of the cotton crop, of the United States for the
present year, consequent upon the rise oflce 10 the
European market, is estimated at not less than S7O,
100000.
CHOLERA IN LousANA--A disease having all the
pathological characteristics Of Asiatc cholera, has
made It's appearance at Thibodeaux, among the ne
proes belonging to several traders from Virginia and
North Carolina.
o. Hannah Grouse, the Ohio Giant Girl, is on
visit to fttsbarg. Since her last visit to that city
this young giantess has increased over poundsin
weight, and now, although she is only 10 years old
her weight is $50 pounds.
: o5-J. J. Roberts, the President of Liberia an
nounces that the slave trade has been effectually
abolished at Gallinas, and thus the chief obslcle
removed to their purchase by the Iiberian Govern
ment
An INDIAN srArE.-The Cherokee Indians, it IS
said, design to apply for admission into the Union,
in few years and with that view, they are exceed
ingly anxious TO compete with the whites IN ali
kinds of Improvements.
S,- The Jews have obtained frman from the
Turkish government to admit of their building
temple on Mt. Zion, which they hope may equal
in spendor that built BY king Solomon.
CO. The Cholera is said to move in line diago- !
nal Of two forces the rotation of the earth from west
TO east, in one direction, and he magnetic poles In
another.
Co The astronomer Eeyettier, has announced to !
the Academy of Sciences, that the sun experiences
very considerable perturbation, not hitherto calcu-
lated.
o,- Peter Lynx has been arrested in Baltimore,
on charge Of asssul,ing and beating his wife, This
9ink in the matrimonial chan does not seem TO work
wen.
By- The Frenchman who dug $22 ,000at the Cal
lfornia mines in one afternoon, is dead! The Jumps
wero so large, that they could find none small e.
nough TO pay his funeral expenses
0S-The question of freesufIrage tonegroes, which
was submitted to the people Of Wisconsin at the
last election, was lost, majority Of votes having
been cast against it.
TosAcco.-We see that Mr.. John Smoke has
Married Miss Susan .Ann Ssgar out West. Susan
is not the first cigar that has been smoked.
o. Walker said the other night, that marriage
used to be matrimony-bat now IT'S a matter Of