Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1852-01-28
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

THE BEST OF THE SEAsoY.-Nfr. McCarty,
the editor Of the Paducah (Ky.) Journal, has fine
son of some six weeks ofage. 10 a late number OF
his journal the proud father thus speaks Of his off,
spring:
"McCarty, Jr, does not mcddfe much In poIi-
tics and is silent upon most vexed questions OF the
day, but from ndica Ons we are inclined To think
he is rot ior Scott In fact after filled for him.
the other night Tin cup Of whiskey- ioddy, which
he emp,ed with grace and dexteriiy, he cooked up
his eye, and said as plainly as youth and age could
say-'Flmore.'"
! 4tThe Anniversary of the Graham p Society,
was held in the Society Hall at Washing. College
On the evening of the l9.b inst The usual ami.
versary address was delivered by JNe,otoa Creig
Esq. OF Pucahonias, and the question for debate,
viz: elias the Chulch o! Rome, been beneficial to
the Worldn-discussed by The following members
OF the Society, selected for the occasion. JHsssrs.
| Fshb,an Of Augusta. and Bropn OF kanawha,on
the affirmative; and .Nessrs .Nassie, of Augusta,
and Houston, of Monroe, On The negative.-Les.
| GGzette.
e5- Missouri Iron is famous. Equally remarka-
bic is the Pilot Knob in Madison County OF that
State. Pilot Knob is 700 feet high. and from the
elevation Of 500 feet to the summit is naked body
and nransacted by cracks or viens, as ii in freak
Of nature to facilitate the quarryng and removing
the treasure. The properly is owned and worked
| by join. stock company, whose possessions ex~
| tend ,c 5000 acres Of land.
| Nj-The Democrats of Tennessee having express
ed preference tor Mr.. Douglass, of Illinois, for
President ard Aiajur General Gideon ). Pillow, for
Vice President, the N. Y. Tribune ventures 10 ex
| ,,ot yban fha ral1
trenches himself for The campaign. he wont throw
the dir, up on the wrong side of The ditch, as her
! did at Naanoras, when he was gaining immortal
GLORY IN warfare against the AleXican,.
LEAP Wharf.-The ladies of Mortified, Mass,
and vicinity, availing themselves of the privileges
Of tbs leap year, gave ball IN Friday night last,
inviting he beaux, waiting upon them 10 The ball.
and payinp the fiddler. An interesting question
has been asked viz: whether leap year commence
es on the lst of January. or 29th of February
The Mortified ladies are evidently IN favor Of tha
first date.
Snow IN NEW ORLEANs-Thela :e fall ofsnow
in New Orleans seems To have caused quite
sation there The anecdote is told Ola 'lii,le ne
gro boy" who ran in great establishment to his
master. excaiming "Oh. Sir, come out. the yard
is full of white sugar" The "little negro boy"'
mus, be rather an old boy by this time, for we re-
collect having heard that sef.same anscdote at
least twenty years ago.-Rich. Republican.
u. B.xK-At recent annual meeting Of
the Stockholders of the Bank, resolution was Of
fered. the object of which was The winding up OF
,he institution. 1t proposed making an assignment
of all it's efec,s for the benefit of lis eredil0rs-
The resolution was referred to Committee with
instrnntious to report to an adjourned meeting, the
3rd Monday in February,
ea- The Wheeling, Va, Gazette states that the
snow in The mountains in that yicniy is of an av-
craze depth of from five to seven feet, whilst in
MANY places il is drihed TO an immense depth.-
An,rehensions are entertained that in the event OF
sudden thaw, great damages would be done on
| the low lands.
n,- Mr.. Walsh writes from Paris that "Extrav4
,uance in dress, as have bereofore had occasion
to mention never was so great under royalty as
since we have lived in republic There are lab
RIGS in silks and salins as high as 80, 30 and 4O
dollars the yard the dress, without the maklng,
amounts to from 800 500 dollars"
FAST TaAvsLrNe--The Lynchb,rg Express
heads its latest intelligence from the metropolis thus
"BY THE ICE LINE!
SEVEN DAYS FROM RICHMOND"
| IF the "raging cana,ut' continues closed, we
shall have to send body Of expert skaters to car
ry the mail.
~ The homestead exemption law that was
passed al the last session Of the South Carolina
Legislature meets with great opposition from the
poorer classes for whose direct benefit it was pass
ed They ask for its repeal.
NJ The dread Of assassination haunis Louis
Napoleon, wherever he goes. Whenever he ap-
pears in public he he is surrounded by thousands
of brislng bayoneIs; the PANELS Of his csrrioge
are made muskel proof.
o. There are now Is Protestant missionaries
in China, connected with fifteen different missiun-
ary societies being increase Of So in nine years.
OF these AZ are Americans, IS English, German,
9 Swiss, Swedish and unconnecied.
0d."At-chee at.chn!" We caught the'"idflu-
edce!" That last was the sxeedlh THE we've
sdeezpd lie five bidutes We've been uyidg to sig
a so'g, but babe BAD work edough Of it. Thus
writes down-east editor!
Co. Eggs are cheap in the Washington market
al half dollar dozen-someihing below The price
of chickens.
0c,- The journals in Paris. arc compelled TO send
their proof-sheeis to the Mayors Office, to be ap-
proved, before putting To press
~ The Liverpnol Times says Ont e290,
/ $40 persons who eingraed in the year le5O, not
ess than 257 ,GG3 for America. 81 .. s..f',
e. KussuiI's mother is n de ID, a, reported.