Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1851-05-07
MISCELTAN EOU'S ITEMS,

9s- We learn that the Hon. George Evans. of
Maine. late Commissioner to settle the Mexican
claims, has declined. for private reasons, the an
noint.nent Of Land Commissioner in California.
which was rendered him by Mr. Fillmore.
Il is stated that CHIEF Justice Sharkey, Of Mis-.
sissippi and Mr.. Pennington. Of New Jersey, have
been appointed 10 the two vacant Commissioners.
ships-one of which las stated above, was previous.
" declined by Mr. Evans. Mr.. Harlan is the third
| Commissioner, having been nominated to the Sea-
ale and confirmed by that body.
o. A lady in Mobile Iabors under the ialldcina-
lion that pin sticks crosswise in her throat she
refuses to take any nourishment. Dr. Williams
of that city, who has examined her; declares That
it is haIIucination of the minI. With the view
of Kidding her of the conceit, he pretended to draw
a crooked pin from her throat. For few hours
this satisfied her, but she soon begun cry out that
another pin stuck in her throat. 10 consequence
of refusing food, she 10 reduced to state Of great
debility.
o. The New York Tribune speaks ola new
and most impurant invention, in the manufacture
" which India rubber is the principal article en-
poyed Il is especially for the use VI gentlemen
with long mustaches, and is remarkably simple
II is merely strap with spring at each end
The wearer attaches spring TO each mustache,
passes The strap behind his head, and eats his soup
without the trouble Of parting his mustaches to OBJ
tain an entrance to his mouth. This is an age OF
great inventions
jenny LIND At PrrrsBuRo- Pitsbwg. Sat
,Tday .AprI 20.-At Jenny LIMBS concert last
night $1,000 were received. Some mischievous
boys thew stones in at the windows Of Jenny's
carriage, and afteIward into her dressing room-
Her feelings were SO deeply wounded by this indie
cent insult. that she refused to sing tonight, and
left for Baltimore. According 10 all accounts the
Piitsburg mob behaved shamefuy to the stranger.
eJ- At Secund Advent Union Convention, held
J in New York last week, Mr.. Reed-who sp-.
pears to he a successor Of Dr. MiITer-stated that
he was "fuIiy prepared to prove, that the $500
| days-ihe prophetic pedud- expire on or be-
fore the 23d day Of July next" or course if he Is
correct there must be an end ofthe World between
this and that time. What fully
GurrA PERcHA TYpEs-We have now before
MS some impressions taken from gnita.Percha prin-
ling types manufactured by John Burniston, Of this
town. the printer of small monthly publication,
called the Northern Luminary. The impressions
are almost equal To thuse obtained from metal types,
decidedly superior to wood, and The maker avows
that they can be produced at much less COST
Leeds Times. Gr
no The Archbishop Of Canterbury and twenty
more of the Episcopacy Of England have joined in
an affeciinnate and temperate address 10 the clergy
of their respective dioceses. upon The troubles, sus-
picons and dscontenis which have of late, in sumo
parishes, accompanied the introduction Of ritual OBJ
servances superseding those in common use. and
warning them against such dangerous innovations.
e-A bird. known by fanciers as a skirmum, re-
Gently accomplished in England. the novel feat o T
flying from lwnnpposire paints to his home at night.
Several hundred people assembled to see the pigeon
let off The night was dark and foggy, and the
bird. though using The stakes upon the match,
which against time, reached his goal. His
owners offer To lay wager that he can fly ten miles
| in the dark!
| y Some very Interesting movements are ow
being made IN Northern Michigan. among the OF
tawa and Chippewa Indians. They are now ad-
miifed 1.-THE elective franchise in that State The
Indian settlement at Little and Grand Universe
last year, exported ono bushels potatoes. 1000
bushels cnrn packed 2.000barrels Of fish. and made
nearly me ton of sugar to each family.
ny Judge Mclean. IT Ohio. at the opening Of
his Courf in CoInnhrs on the 10Th utimo. con-
gratuIated the grand jury upon the obedience to the
fugitive slave law manifested in thai State. We
see II stated. aIso. that the law will be maintained
every where in Ohio. and that resistance to 10
would cover those rrgagad in resistance to II with
the odum of all good cilizeas.
0fs- OF the iva hundred thousand souls in Wis
consin. more than me hundred thousand are said
IN be Germans This race NJ men settling the
cnuntry on the snurces ofthe Mississippi very rapid
w, and in that region. if in any part of the Union
the German character and customs seem likely to-
impress themselves on the population.
es- The South Side Damoera, learns thai a gen.
tleman in Southampton has read every word ofths
Supplement- vet pnbTishedl Tre mist have The pa
rierce Of Job, and the intellectual digestion ofs
German Professor. The Democrat thinks the Con-
vention are bound, in sheer gratitude, TO vote him
pension fur life.
e5- Near Wisloek, in Baden. large mine has
lately been discovered. which 1t Is supposed has
not been worked for thousand years. and then by
the Romans who sought only kr silver and lead,
and lett everything else. The mine is said to con-
tain some fifty thousand tons Of oxide Of zinc, used
in the manufacture of zinc paint.
~ The New York market Gr Pigeons. eleven
hundred and seventy two pounds Uf which have re-
Gently been received in Onr market. over The Erfey
Railroad. is Of course. becoming dull under the
pressure upon it. They are bought in Allegheny
county. whence good portion Of them come. for a
bout twenty five cents dozen.--N Z. Erpress.
ers- Mr.. Thomas A. Davies, Of New York, has
issued phamphlet, 10 which he earnestly recon-
rnends iron pavements. The cost per yard is esti-
mated at eight dpars. He prsp'ses iron plates. "a
by 81 inches and Of peculiar construction The
many uses ofir,n are only beginning tobe aPPrect-
ated. .IaE
A RucH BEeG,R-Edward Filzimmons,a street
beoqsr. was arrested in New York on Saturday:
on searching his person there were found TWO bags
of specie Containing abnut $3.50 in specie, from to
so. weighing ab,ul IS rmnds. and a small dirty
pocket book containing $25-tle admitted he had
obtained The money by begging.
ANOTHER COLLEGE HoAx.-The New York
Commercial pr,nuuncps the statement We copied
from The New York Herald, Of a Southern student
having shot one of The professors Of the Wesleyan
University at Middletown, Connecticut. crueS
hoax.
SILVER MISE IN VIRGrNTA.-A valuable silver
mine it is supposed. has been discovered on the
farm of Messrs. James and Dennis NlcShery, Of
Jefferson cuniy. Va, situated on the east hank OF
the Shenandoah River, and at the base Of the Blue
Ridge mountain.
~ The late Governor Hill, Of New Hamp-
shire, appears, by late inventory Of his personal
property, to have owced two pews IN The HaPtist
Church, three in the Episcopal, and fur in hhe
Me ihodss. singular Instance Vt liberality ORE
ligLDus opinioa.