Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1850-04-10
mIscELLANEOUs ITEMS.

the 10Th ult., passed resolutions sustaining the
course of Gen. Cass on the Slavery Question. Res
olutons Offered by Mr.. Leech were rejected, IS 70
ST. Thus are repealed the instructions Of the lsst
esslaure to Gen. Cas- and his associate in the y.
S. Senate to vote IN favor Of the Wiinot Proviso
GA correspondent Of the Philadelphia Pennsyl.
vanian, at Washington, says iha, Mr.. Calhoun's
work on the Constitution. upon which be has bees
engaged for some three or four years, is quite Cum
pleted, having been finished in December last
| Anticipating his demise, his friends intended pub
fishing it shortly after the occurrence ofhat event
or Messrs Hoe g. Co., are now building for The
New York Sun, press with eight small cy indes;
which will give of eight impressions At revolu:
tivn, and at slow speed will produce &c, 900 i'm.
pressions in an hour The machinery delivers the
sheets. but it requires person at each cylinder 70
put them in.
@t We know large family that has made is.
self intimately acquainted with history, probably
more than an any other family in the United States
by the practice Of having one the children, each
one taking week by turns, read every morninG
while the rest were at breakfasl-Io1d Farmer.
o. A duel came off in Schenectady. OF the l4tk
between two gentleman Of color, in ''ihe lumber
business" Cause jealousy and three pints Ofrum,
They fought with pair Of saws and bucks-one Of
the begerents lost an ear, and the other the baset
ment Of his corduroys. No insurance.
= The CHOLERA At New OaLEAss.-The gsn-
uine Asiatc cholera is at New Orleans, in what
would be considered In this proportion Of The world,
most vrulent form. The report of intermentS fot
the week ending March %, shows total Of 234, Of
which number no less than LAG died Of cholen.
EmIanANTs FOR VIRerEIA-The Syrashse Star
states that number of Onondago farmefs-includins
some OF the best ones in the county-are conteDpla-
ting removal to Virginia. Three or four Of them
are visit TO that State looking for suiisblS
locations.
o. To 1856 pounds Of fur the baker adds eleven
gallons or 81 pounds Of water, two gallons Of yeast
and three pounds of salt, making 3o5 pounds Of
dough. This is reduced by evaporation during tho
process of kneading, baking, &c.; about 40 pouuda.
leaving 265 pounds Of bread.
o. The Amherst IN. H.. Cabinet, in answer
to the inquiry Of Mr.. Webster as to what will DO.
come of the American flag in case Of dissolution
Of The Union, suggests that the north will lake the
stars and The south the stripes.
O1-The Legislature of Va; al its late session added
two new counties ~ the already large number in
the ancient Commonwealth, viz: Raleigh, from the
southern portion Of Fayette county; and Wyoming,
by subdivision Of Logan county.
APPROVAL or Mr.. WEBsTER.-Mr. Webster
has received an address, which was signed by ons
thousand of the leading inhabitants of Boston, fully
endorsing the sentiments expressed by him in HE
speech on the proposed admission of California.
O. A Bank of Oysters. forty miles long and eight
miles wide, has been discovered in The English
c,c Ia, r. I
Of the British ship Samuel, now lying at our wharf.
Daily Pilot, Portsmouth, Ha.
o. DR.. Gwin, Mississippan and STAKEHOLDER,
just from California says that he would not give
dime for ten thousand slaves delivered to him In
California. He would not support them for their
labor.
o. The Natchez (Miss.) Courier contains call,
signed by 236 citizens, for meeting on the 9th
inst at tho public housen that place Of ths
friends Of the Union who are not opposed to the sd
mission of California with her present constitution"
Go- Abbott Lawrence is stated to have taken the
elegant mansion Of Lord Cadogan, opposite Green
Park in London, at rent of $4,000 FER shRum
being $1,000 more than his whole salary!
o. The Legislature Of Mississippi has sppoph.
ated $4,000 10 pay the expenses Of the Delegates
to The Nashville Convention; and $4,000 add
tional for future contingencies.
eo- The people Of Rome are beginning TO be so
unquet, thai the French are obliged to plant twelve
pieces of cannon, during the Carnival, in the pias-
"a del po,oulo, TO keep them in order.
o. The Phadelpha Pennsylvania recon-.
mends that the Government appropriate 100000
at this session Of Congress, 10 be expended in send
ing free negroes and emancipated slaves to Liberia
and providing for their comfortable settlement.
0o- There are in The city of Troy thirteen flour
mills, having an aggregate Of 81 run Of stone. The
produce of these mills the last year amounted to
282, 404 bills, valued at ST All 900. The amount
Of capital invested in them is about $450,000.
&C. AT an agriculture meeting recently held in
Boston, COL Thayer said that his farm Of 200 acres
was one of the best in Massachusetts, yot $35 in
vested in poultry had yielded him more profit than
all his farm.
A You've MoTBgR-Mr. Waller Cotton saw
al Rio woman only twelve years old, who had
two children. She was married at the age Of ten
to man Of sixty-fve.
Eleven camels were imported into Baltimore last
week from the Canary Islands, intended fort The west,
10 Test whether they can be raised and accmaled
in that region.
C. Remember that sef-interest is more likely TO
warp your judgment than all other circumstances
combined =. therefore, look well to your duty when
your interest is concerned.
&C. The Times states that the New York Daily
News, which died ere il was two months old, cost
its proprieiors over seven thousand dollars during
the brief period of its sublunary existence.
ec- Boston sIone contains 10000 Irish Catholics,
and they are gradually finding thei, way into alf
the interior towns Of New England.
o. A bill has been presented in the Mississippi
Legislature, requiring physicians to write their pre-
scriptions in English instead Of Latin.
o. A Roman Catholic bishop from China off,
ciated at St. Peters, Rome, on All Saints day,
November ls,., who is reported 10 have baptized
$4,000 OF The Chinese.
NO. From document jest sent to Congress, il
appears that the production Of wool in this country
during the last year, was 70,000,o00 lbs, valued
at 25,000,000,
o. Xenophon tells US Of an Egyptian who, be-
ing sent by his wife to purchase perfumes brought
her Jar of fresh water.