Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1851-05-21
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

~ The CenIeviIIe, Queen AIMS County,.
Maryland Sentinel Of the 18th instant, has the fol-
lowing paragraph: .-e.
We have been shown letter, received by the
last mail from Chestertown, which states that
Drummond has made full cUnfession-a cknowl-
edging tina, he partlc pated in the horrible murders
The statement heretofore made by him, and which
led t., the arrest of Ford. SilIs Murphy and Tay-
Ior was to the effect that his guilt consisted only
OF 4 knowledge III the conspiracy Ia murder the un-
f,rIunaie family, before the deed was committed.
The letter does not stale the names uf the persons
he duplicates with himself IL is said that the
Confession will be made public in few days.
yiReINA CENTRAL RAIL RoAD.-Tbe Board
OF Public Works have appointed the following gen.
tlsmen olale proxies in the Virginia Central Rail
Road Company :-Messrs. John NJ Bolts Of Rich
mond, VIM +. Gordon Of Albemare, and John &.
Breckenridge Of Slaun,on.
The following are appointed State Directors -
Messrs. w.. Overton of Louisa, Alexander
Rives OF AloeInar'e, and ID. w. Paueson Of Au.
qusta An act Of the Legislature requires that the
States should appoint three and the Stockholders
two Of the Directors in this Company. Charlottes-
rifle Jsfcrsonian.
TuRNpIKE CoMpANIEs.-The following are A.
mong the Acts passed at the late session Of the
Legislature Of Virginia, which are Of interest to
this section Of country:
Junction ValLey Turnpike-Company author
lzed TO construct branch Of its road from Lexng-
ton to the Alum Springs, and another TO the town
of Waynesborough. in Augusta. and another to the
! Natural Bridge. The corporation VI Slauntun is
authorized To subscribe SO 600 10 the stock. The
capital Of ihe Company Is increased 10 $4,000
Vabey Iurnpike-'rhe Company is authorized
to suspend the declaration Of dividends until its IL
abilities are paid.
GARDEN FAaMs-Pea Gathering.-Tbe Gar
den farms in the vicinity of Norfolk, exhibit an
animated appearance at ibis lime. The bunch pea
has been grown here very extensively for the nor
thern market. Whole fields. which were formerly
planted in corn. farm the grounds fur pea crups
which are estimated assworh at least, thirty thou.
sand dollars The gathering has commenced, and
sixty or seventy men, women, girls and boyswhiies
and blacks, may be seen busiIy engaged on several
farms in gathering peas in baskets and barrels TO be
sent of by The steamers TO Baltimore and Philade..
pha.-.NoJolk Herald.
THE NArIoSAL WASHINGTON MONUMENT
The whole estimated cost Of the monument is ST.
/ $50 COG, of which only about $l50,O00 has get
been collected. The work upon the monument is
rapidly progressing. The structure is now eighty
feet in height and will reach one hundred and fifty
| feet by The coming autumn. If adequate funds are
promptly supplied. the shaft it is thought viii be
carried to its destined altitude Of five hundred and
sixteen feet in eight years from the present time.
| The Emigration to Oregon this year will be pref
| ty large. The st. Louis Republican says: Since
| the lst of April three hundred and nine wagons
have crossed The rere lIauie (Indiana) bridge, ay-
eraging five persons to the wagon, OH their way
-. L., "A N "a
emgrants were from the interior Of Indiana; the
! balance from Ohio. About fifty Of the wagons
were bound for Oregon. This is rather an unusu-
al number OF movers for The season.
| AZ The Oldest woman in the world is supposed
10 be one Mary Benton, now residing al Elton, IN
he county Of Durham, England. She was born
on the I2h Of February. 1871. and rs Of course in
| her one hundrcdh and trenfy first year. She is IN
possession III all her faculties, perfect memory, hear
| ing and eyesight. She cooks, washes and Ironsj
| in The usual family ayUcaons, threads her needle,
and sews witheul spectac!es.
o. The Society for The Suppression Of Gaming
held It's first anniversary meeting in New York,
on Friday uighr, when the annual report was sub
milred by the Rev. l.. Burleigh. We learn from
it the startling fact, that The ascertained number Of
gambling houses in The city of New York is more
than six thousand. 1t was stated by ). F. Hans
CON, Esq, of Boston, that the city is rapidly be-
coming the chosen resort gamblers from all gusr-
ters-
The British Consul at New York. Nlr. Bar
clay, has applied TO Mayor klngsIand 81 that city,
To send two shrewd police officers Ia London, in
order Ia "syol" all the "knOcks" from this side
This request has been acceded to, the British Gov
ernmeul defraylng expenses. aud his honor has
selected officer Bowyer and Captain Hopkin-two
officers who know almost every rascal who has E.
yer set foot in Gotham.
&C. Women lately have taken notion to sign
their names with their husbands title prehxed. as
for instance. Mrs President Fillmore etc. But
the rallest specimen have yet seen, was the an
nonncemeni in Boston paper. that Mrs. City
.NarshalI Shedd had attended ball IN Lowell.
a3- 1t is qio,ed as proof Of The progress ofcivi-
| Iization in Turkey, that The grand SeGskier, Me-
homel, Ali Pasha. who about seven years ago had
three uf his own wives sowed up in sacks and
thrown in the Bosphorus. has just handed over his
brother 10 nv police for sewing up one Of his
~. A man named John Day, Bricklayer, Of
Washington deliberately murdered his wife On the
evening Of the l2sh by shooting her in The breast
with revolving pistol. Vie discharged TWO bar.
rels. the contents OF both Of which took effect, and
the unfortunate woman led almost instantly.
OaTGrN OF LYNCH Laws is said That James
Lynch. Mayor Of Galway, in 1893. built The chair
of ST. Nicholas Church. and hanged his own son
out of his window, for killing aud defraudng s,rsn-
GERS. without martial law. This 10 the origin Of
the term Lynch Law.
We find the following in tine Boston Traveller:
"a New York honie has recently Transmitted an
der to Paris ijr an invoice Of dress goods, with q
deep border on the side. These goods are inlenosd
for ladies' short dresses and the width of The cloth
will comprise the length of the sklIis.
IS The "Nhi,e Mans Newspaper" a hand
some large sized quarter sheet has just mace liz ap
pearance in New York; it is down on Ambition az
italon. az may be inferred from It's tile. II rs pub
lished 'anony nuusly; and in politics, is national
whig.
90 The Florida Indians, headed by Bowlegs,
have come in agreed to terms. uSed limits 10 their
territory. and consented to deliver up for execution
s,me Indian marderers of i white boy, who was
killed some time ago. This will end the difficult
ties.
g. Mis- B, lady ofconsiderabe noiorIe-
" 10 the southwest. made her appearance iaely IN
| PlaGuetnine Court of LOUISIANA, TO argue her own
suit She was armed with pistol and dirk, and
frightened The lawyers half to death.
0y- John SILVER died in Boon county, KY, on
the 22J ul, aged Il6 years and days. He was
pobabIy the oldest person, al the time Of his death,
in The United States.
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