Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-04-27
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

i os- Gen. Arista, late President of the Renublic
} of Mexico, has arrived at New Orleans.
o. A Protestant Church, in which the servi-
ees are all conducted in Chinese, has been estab.
lished in San Francisco.
W silver mines are stated to have been lately
discovered In Monterey county, California, and
SIX Inherent veins have been traced.
KEEP CooL.-The New York Eynress s,ateo
that the present price of ice in that citv il ov.ot
y double what it was last year. - eAa''-
oo- The Hon. Robt. j. Walker has refuood y.
French Mission. He is a confirmed invalid and
cannot undertake any office His aling the gout.
0d- j. F. Strother has been nominated nc tho
Wing candidate for the State Senate, from the
counties Of Fauqpier and Rappahannock.
o. Lewis G. Fibney,of Aeoonaac, and Robert
Mayo, Jr., OF Westmoreland, have been mention
ed IN connection with the candidacy of.the Wing
party In the first Congressional District.
o. Mr. Buchanan, the new minister To Great
Britain, has completed his sixty second wear bav-
ing been born in Franklin county, Penn. on the
18th of April, 1871. ''0
o. The difference between CHARGE and Min
lister Resident is this: The Minister Resident ia
accredited to the Sovereign Charge is aceredit-
ed to the Secretary Of State.
or we understand the Hon. Scion Borland has
declined. the appointment. be, recently received of
Governor of New Mexico, vice W. Carr Lane,
removed.
% The Washington Union announces the
appointment OF SoLoN BoRLANp. of Arkansas, to
be Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo
tertiary of the United States to Central America.
| o. Of the one thousand. men who formed the
| New York regiment in the Mexican war, only
sixty are now alive, and but about forty are able
to earn their living. This is sad commentary
| on war.
o. Captain Thomas Davis, Of Green county,
committed suicide on Monday the 18th inst, by
cutting his throat with a razor For some time,
he had been suffering greatly from an attack Of
govt, and whilst delirous from pain, it is thought
he committed the act.
o. The overland emigration from the Western
States to California and Oregon, during the pres-
ent season, is expected to exceed that of any pre.
vious year. 1t is estimated that at least one hun
bred thousand head of cattle will accompany the
emigrants.
s. I
| NG- The Icarian Colony at Nauyoo I'M. has
recently been increased by the addition of mum.
Der of new members from France Each appli-
cant passes probation of four MONTHS and is re-
qnired to furnish to the common stock at least
$50, with bed and clothing for himself.
GRAND INDIAN Couscm.-The Fort Smith
Herald learns that the Grand Indian Council Of
all the Indian tribes is to be held on the south side
of the Canadian river. in the neghborhood of the
Red Hills, about $50 miles from Fort Smith, a.
bout the middle of May.
o. COL Samuel Hays, of Gilmer, addressed
the citizens of Shenandoah at the Court house, on
the | lth instant, and announced himself as can
ddate for che nomination of Commissioner of the
Board of Public Works by the Winchester Con-
vention from that district
o. Mr.. Atchison, of Missouri, President bro.
tenn. of the Senate does not take the title of Vice
President; but should the President die the duties
Of President would have tobe discharged by him.
until an election could he held as provided for in
the constitution.
GOLD IN TExAs.-Rumors are rife of large
quantities of gold being found in Western Texas.
Great excitement was said to prevail at Austin,
San Antonio, Seguin, Gonzales and other places.
concerning mines on the Upper Colorado, Hamil-,,
ton Valley and other localities, which are some of
them, represented to be equal to any in California
,09- Col. Fremont, the Californian millionaire.
who has been in Paris for the last six or eight
months, will probably remain there until the au-
tumn. With all his wealth, he is plainly repub-
can in his habits. The only expensive article
he INDUCES in are-horses. His stud is the envy
and wonder of the French. Not even Napoleon
has finer.
ANXIOUS TO PRESERVE, ORpER-It being
known that about fifty men would be wanted to-
act as special police men at the New York Crystal
Palace, about l5U0 persons offered themselves II
was suggested that the survivors of the New York
regiment who fought in Mexico should be en-
ployed on this duty, and the suggestion seemed to
meet with favor.
e5- A late French paper states that some saran,
have resolved 10 assemble in Paris, in the course
of the present month, a congress of phihkgists
from the different countries of Europe, to discuss
questions relative to different languages, and to
prepare the way for establishing, if possible, u
UNIVERSAL alphabet as the first step towards the cre-
alton of universal language.
A STATE drumming" FOR CIr1zENs.-The
Legislature of Wisconsin has passed bill provi-
ding for the appointment Of travelling emigrant
agent, whose duty it shall be to induce emigrants
to the west to embrace the advantages held out to
them in Wisconsin. Hon. j. j. Townsend, for
merly member of the Legislature, has accepted
the appointment.
eG- The excavations Of Eimroudd have been, re-
opened and a fine bas-reiief found, representing
Assyrlan warriors hunting lion, and is perfectly
well preserved. Some heads of ivory, finely cary
ed, and guilt, have been found 1t is believed
that the very chariot of Asshur has been found
The French are very diligent in their researches,
| and the Turks ave also began digging in their
mounds Of the prophet Jonah, to the annoyance Of
the more devout Musselmen.
| SINGULAR CoINcDENcE.-It is a little siugu-
lar that offive of the presidential canddates-one,
Webster, is dead; another, and the successful
candidate lost his little boy after his election,
by most distressing accident, and his own and
wife's lives were saved almost miraculously
while the third, fourth, and fifth, viz Fillmore.
Cass and Douglas, have each had to mourn the
loss Of their, wives; since the canvass. Surely
death strikes in high places.
| LAwioF CoLoREpSEAMEN-The suit for idam-
ages 0aid at $4,000 for the Imprisonment of Rob-,
erts under the law Of South Carolina, PROVIDING
for the imprisonment of colored seamen during the
time the vessels to which they belong remain in
port, was decided at Charleston on Thursday
The plaintiff was arrested while employed upon
a British vessel. The issue involved was the.
constitpiionality of the law Of South Carolina and
the Judge declaring it to be constitutional. the ju-
ry: rendered a verdict for the defendant. The
plaintiff appealed to the u Supreme Court
eyr We learn by a,elegraphic despatch from New
Orleans that the Mexican Il outlaw .Cvreia, who,