Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1850-03-20
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

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nversity on Friday and the degree Of NJ d. was con-
crred upon "a graduates at the Pennsylvania Medical
College Phadelpha,the same day, On Saturday ihe
Jefferson Medical College, IN Philadelphia had ITS an
nnal also. The candidates for this IN
precedently prosperous institution, numbered u form
ing the largest medical class that graduated IN Inc
u. States.
The Government. printing is nconsderabie item
The aggregate cost according TO the revea'ors OF ine
Blue Book is about $500, 0OO-diYlded among the ue-
partments as loows:~Sate Sll,500; Treasury, 3D.
$50; INTERIOR IS 5000; Navy, $53,4O0; War, GA
ee0; Post Office, $77,SOO; Congress, 5 lo2,SOo.
n seeaks we'll for the people Of Texas that already
tasr,,.one newspapers have been established, two Of
which are religious, and weekly disseminating In
telgencc through that thriving State This is precise
ly the number Of papers published in New Hampshire,
which has been settled above two hundred years-Con
grcga!ionGl Journal.
The quantity of Candles exported from Cincinnati du-
ring the six months ending the LIST nst was 3Sooo
boxes. During the same period the exports oil soap
mounted to 10 5o7 boxes-being an increase over .he
exports Of both these articles during the corresponding
six months of ls4e, of fifty per cent,
Col Albert Of the United States corps OF Topographic
cal engineers has reported in favor OF improving the Sa
vxnnah river. The whole OF the exports by tnat chah-
mel isabout S6,000,000 per annun lie estimates inc
cost at S3s0,0s9 and gives fpartieuIars and map
The New Bedford Mercury states that Captain Tim.
othy Colby i'm that city has bed cord made OF whales
sinews which has been in the Colby family since lou
-9O9 years-and has been used by Timothy Colby Al
years and is now as good US dozen new hemP bed
cords. IL has never been broken
a Funeral Procession composed principally orfrmalcs
ON foot was seen in New York ON Sunday TWAS the
funeral of Of the Daughters OF Temperance and the
ladies' with their rcgalia presented very novel APP
r,earance. The aye we live in Is one OF progress
The last steamers intelligence makes it not mprOba-
bic that the may bring exciting news from rance
h seems to be the general opinion that Louis Napoleon
fafas IL
fundamental charge Of government
Gen Houston the Texan Senator it is said, was in
duccd visit his home in consequence OF illness IN his
family The Galveston Journal, OF Feb. l9ih, howeV'
err aScrbes his expected return TO other causes name
w. that the purpose OF his trip is TO prepare the people
Of Texas for the adoption OF Benton's bill
THlerY YEARs' LABOR Losr.-The last news from
the Sandwich Islands informs US Of the destruction oy
fire Of the study Of the Rev. Mr.. 1hurston OF kailna
AawAi together with all the products OF his hie long
abors at translation being the accumulated papers Of
thirty years lie one Of the missionaries.
Mr. Benon is said to agree in the main with the views
EXPRESSED by Mr.. Webster in his late speech; and IL
ne speaks at ALL will substantially endorse the speech of
the distinguished Senator from Massachusetts
Among all her seav ard looking cliff, Spain has not
Jingle lighthouse from the Pyrennees to Point Earopa;
she has no railroads, canals no eiegraphs ana TN
lately there hasseen safety for travellers on the high
ways.-AR. Messenger.
The cost of the SUSPENSION Bridge the Dnicper,
its Ke in Russia, recently completed was Two million
dollars The passage over which the bridge Is thrown
is half an English mile
C;eoreey the Hungarian traitor has resumed at Klas-
enfor,h the study OF chemistry, 10 which ne was for
erly devoted. At recent meeting there oil the scot
sty Of Naturalsts read paper the different modes
of illumination, aud their application
Philadelphia paper says that since Monday last up
wards OF 10000 worth of gold has been received at
the IT, s. Mint in that city for coinage beng part OF the
eorsignments By the steamers Georgia, Empire City and
Cherokee.
YIoa Edward Gilbert, Editor Of the Alta California;
who was formerly journeyman printer in Albany,
which city he LETT three years ago as volunteer IN Col
Stevensons regiment has just returned man OF ample
property, aud a member OF Congress.
half dollars so accurately executed to
exhibit perccptblc difference from the genuine CON-
are in circulation New Orleans They arc said to be
of domestic manufacture and only be detected BY
ringing them
wing kks reeen.,y hecn used. in place of lah:, Tor
walls and partitions. II Is first galvanized ana inc
plaster remains upon it without injury 1t Is consider
cd greatly to diminish the risk OF hrc
The Governor of Maine has designated the 18th OF A
pr next to be observed throughout that State as day
Of humiliation, fasting and prayer The same DAY mas
been appointed in New Hampshire
Ping Yaen young Chinese of only 10 years of age,
arrived in New York Friday last IN the ship Sea
Witch He comes 10 finish his education and prepare
himself for missionary labor amots his countrymen'
The American Institute of New York has rcceveda
package of seeds from Upper and Lower Egypt, CON
sstng olentils sesame nseed beans and seeds oithe
black Egyptian cotton.
A number of gentlemen in New York have detcrmin-
ed to erect bronze statue TO the memory OF De Wnt
Clinton al cost Of 900. model has been pre-
pared and SIS 900 subscribed.
The records Of the city of New York show that, dn-
ring the year lS9 less than ten housand nine hun
dred and thirty foreigners have been naturaSed IN
its courts.
The Democrats Of Delaware held State Convention
NJ Dover on tue 22nd ult and resolved against the WI
mot Proyso aud in favor ofextendng the Missouri Com
promise line to the Pacific.
During the month of February there were three and
a third tons Of gold received at the Philadelphia Mint
from California. The gold amounted TO about two mil
lions OF dollars in value.
The following patriotic inscription is to DC placed on
the Massachusetts block Of marble for the washington
Monument "MAssAcHusErrs-OtT country IS SGfe
schiIe the memory Of Washington isrerered"
The steamer Cherokee has arrived at New York from
Chagres with $3.50 2S4 in gold dcst, and twenty five
passengers, among whom was Mr. Bissel, late United
States Consul at Topic.
The peach buds in Ohio, Except along the lake shore)
have been killed By the winter. In northern ILLINOIS,
ot only peach buds but trees have been destroyed by
the cold.
= Marriages between Jews and Christians now legal
in Denmark. The children of such marriages, must
however, be brought up as Lutherans'
Governor Towns OF Georgia, has issued proclama-
tion, recommending election to be held IN April next
tor Delegates 10 the Southern Convention.
The census recently taken makes the native Popua-
tion Of the Sandwich Islands, 1854; foreign, isl
Total, Se.64l.
The following Inscription is intended for the Pernsyl
,vsna block Of marble for the Washington Monument:
Founded 1851 By deeds Of peace"
violent thunder storm passed over Pittsburgh, Pa.
on the 2Sth urmo Several buildings were blown down,
and the telegraph posts Frustrated IN every direction
e., The bill to exempt S20O worth fproperty from ex-
cuton whether before after the death OF the debtor
sspassed by the New Jersey Legislature recently
patent has been taken out for fastening shoes 10 the
feet Of horses drilling holes in the hoots and then
fastening the shoes with wires.
The work Of constructing the Orange and Alexandria
Railroad commenced, in Alexandria, several weeks
ago.
The whole number Of German emigrahts afriteaat