Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1851-05-14
MISCELLANEOUS TIE MS.

The ARMS FOR SOUTH CARoL,sA.-.-The
Charleston Mercury is authorized 10 say that the
statement Of The Woonsockel Patriot to the effect
that the order fur small arms by the State Of South
Carolina, in her military preparations, was to be
executed al Milburg, Mass, by Messrs Waters is
utterly unfDunded. No arms any kind tor South
CarIiua are to be manufactured north of the Poto-
mac. and the small arms will all be constructed
within the State Offers in abundance were made
from the Northern States for that purpose. bnt the
Board OF Ordnance were enabled to supply them
selves more adyautsgeously, and made their con-
tracts accordingly.
A WONDERFUL PRoJecr-We have ii on the
authority Of Mr.. Mclaughlin, recently returned
ftom abroad, that there is project ON foot at Ma
plies 10 eSllngnsh the fires OF Vesuyius II is I'M
ders,ood that the bottom Of the main or grand crater
is several Thousand feet below the level of the sea-
The plan, therefore. is TO dig large trench or
nal from The sea to the crater, The expense ofwhich
will moi exceed two millions ofdolIsrs, and thus ex-
,nguish The fires that have been burning for thou.
sands of years II is said that the fine lands thus
| 10 he reclaimed will more than Ten times paw the
expense OF executing the grand design.--Lafayctte
Courier. tr ~ M
A MENAeERle AT SEA.-A ship load of wild
beasts intended for the great Museum Caravan Of
| Messrs Barnum & Hoyes, reached New York from
India on Sunday There were nine elephanis,a
zebra. or Burmese bull, sixteen enormous seIPents,
inclusive Of the two constructors "a and 10 feet
| in length, porcuplne. and an innumerable' compa-
ny Of monkeys on board. Among the wonders Of
the collection IS an infant elephant, ABOUT nine
months old, wounded on The passage from CeyIuu.
1t measures but three feet high, and is as tame and
! at.1 a. xtl..n
companies the expedition.
SENSIBLE PRoposITIos.-A prisoner in Jail late
y sent 10 his creditors the following proposal which,
he believed, would be for their mutual benefit:
have been thinking that it is very hard for me-
to lie here and put you 10 expense. My being
chargea5Ie to you has given me great uneasiness.
Gud knows what it may cost you in the end. There
fore, what would say is this "You let me out
of prison, and instead Of nine shngs, You shallal
low me only seven sbllings week, and the other
two shillings shall go towards the debt J"
KENT County MAssAcRE.-The Cecil (Md)
Democrat says: L4
We learn from reliable source that Drummond
has made such statement as will bring the pre-
petra,ors of this unparalleled crime TO punishment.
The rumors which have filled the papers for week
past have all sprung ont of his revelations, which
those entrusted with them have endeavored TO keep
secret, that they might the better subserve the
end Of justice.
A MONSTER BALLooS.-Mr. Wise, the great
American aronaut, has now in preparation mon
sier balloon, holding fifty thousand cubic feet of gas,
and capable of carrying up sixteen persons OF ono
hundred and fifty pounds each. He expects to
have it ready for ascension from Philadelphia abous
lst Of June.
o. The Maryland Conyensa sill remains in
session, without much prospect of coming to an ad
journment Ii is now a matter Of doubt, il is said,
whether Constitution will be produced acceptable
10 the people. There are some clauses in 1t already
which are not consonant with the broad democratic
doctrine, and others to which the wings object.
&C. I'm Iceland if minor commits crime, the
parents are Immediately arrested and unless they
can prove, to the satisfaction ofrhe magistrate that
they have aIarded to their children all needed op-
poriunles of instruction. the penalty Of the crime
is visited upon them, and the child is placed under
instruction.
~ The latest Jenny Lind rumor is that
marriage took place in Havana between her and
Sgnor Belletti, but that is to be kept secret until
the termination of her engagement with Barnum.
The Cincinnati and Louisville editors profess 10 be-
lieve The rnnor.
no. The largest individual tax paid in n. York
is by VIM. b. Astor Last year he paid into the
city treasury the sum of twenty: three thousand
EIGHT hundred and ninety lone dollars for taxes
The assessed value Of his property in the city is
$2,600,3O0
The CorroN AND ToBAcco CRops.-Iele-
graphic dispatches from many paris of the South
give unfavorabe reports Of the cotton and tobacco
crops the severe frosts have seriously injured lhem,
and many Of the plants already up are thought to
have been Killed.
BANK OF THE OLD DoMIEIoS.-We learn from
the Alexandria Gazette that the subscription Books
10 the Bank Of the Cid Dominion. were opened IN
that place on Monday. and that mp 20 3 o'clock, Z.
NJ, on Tuesday, sixty three thousand doftrrs had
been subscribed.
COMPLIMENTARY. VEaY-A young lady lately
apneared in male attire al ST. Louis aud one 0fibe
editors says that her disguise was so perfect she
might have passed for n.an had she had httle
more modesty.
no. The man that first intrOduceaa tanning mill
into Scotland was denounced as an atheist. in the
opnon of the old loges Of that generation, II was
Living into the face IF the Laird"-and getting
ND gales of wind when Providence wiled calm.
The Old School General Assembly Of the
PRESBYTERIAN Church. Of the United States. vii
hold lis next annual session in ST. Louis, May ID.
On the same day. the New School General Assem-
bly will commence lis session at Utlca New YORK.
ENLARGEMENT OF THE CArIroL.-The Wash
inoton Union states that The work of the enlarge
ment of the Capitol will be commenced 10 June"