Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-05-25
MISCELLANEOUS ITEHs

o. Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton is said f. he +.
convert to the belief in spirit rappings.
o. 1t is said that since the death of Jn,,rs
Smith, of South Carolina, his tea plantation is 90
ing to ruin.
SEA SERpENr.-The Columbia, Texas Demo-
crat states that an animal very like unto Sea
Serpent was recently seen in the Brazos River.
o. Over 400 men are at work on the New
York Crystal Palace, and it is said it will GER
tainly be readyfor the opening of the exhibition
on the LIST of June.
CAUSE OF ISsAEiTr.-The New York Medical
Gazette states that twentynine suicides, five muir
ders. and two hundred and nine cases of insanity,
are directly traceable % spiritual manifestations.
o. A new decree of the Emperor Nicholas. d.
reefs that no Russian subject who is indebted to
the Imperial Bank shall receive passport to tray-
ell in foreign countries.
o. The last Liberia Herald received in this
country contains proclamation from President
Roberts duplicating the British government in the
slave trade buying emigrants for her West In
dia apprentice system.
THE OLDEST WOMAN IN THE WoRLp-The
Charleston Standard thinks that Mrs. Singleton.
now living in the Williamsburg district In that
State, is the oldest woman in the world. She is
now in the one hundred and thrty-irst year of her
age. Her mental faculties are still ufiimpaired.
05- 1t always gives us pleasure to notice any
article that confers a real benefit on the commu-
nifty, and it is with confidence we heartily COM
mend Ayers Cherry Pectoral to our readers as
possessing extraordinary virtues for the cure of
diseases incident to the Throat and Lungs
This may account for our frequent reference to
this article which we feel fully justified in making
known to the public-.N. Y. Tribune.
CURIoslrIEs.-The clipper ship Sovereign of
the Seas. on her recent voyage from California,
brought number ofwild beasts, native to the for
ests of that country. They were intended for ex-
hibition at the Worlds Fair, and the collection
comprised striped bear (called from this pecu-
liarity ''rainbow" bear,) white bear, tiger,
a leopard cayota, some peculiar quails, and a
horned toad-.M Y Jour. Com.
DREADFUL SHIpwREcK.-T,co Hundred
Dro,cned-By the arrival at New York of the brig
Reuben Carver, we have intelligence that the
ship civilian and Mary" of Bath, Maine, and
bound from Liverpool to New Orleans. on the Sd
inst struck on ledge of rocks off the Isaacs. Ber-
muda, and shortly after drifted and went down,
carrying with her over 200 passengers. The
captain, mate, and few of the crew, together
with IS passengers, escaped in boats.
THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION Kane having
sufficiently recovered from his late indsposition,
the departure of the Brigantine Advance with the
expedition under his direction will soon take place,
probably in the course Of a week. The expedi-
ton will comprise about twenty-f four persons, a.
mong whom will be an astronomer, an artist, and
a naturalist. They will be provided with proyis-
ions for three years, though their absence is not
expected to extend over more than half of that Pc
Rod.
ed-The Paris Rerue des Beaur .arts states that
the expense Of disnterring the ashes of the body
of Napoleon will be 1907 900 francs, and the pro-
gramme of the ceremonial is to be published. A
proposition in council being made to divide the
remains of the Emperor, after the fashion pursued
under the Kings-the body to be under the mau-
soeum and the heart at ST. Denis-Pnnce Jerome
started up, saying that he would never lend him
self to such proposition for mutiatng the remains
Of his glorious brother.
05- A correspondent of the New York Journal
of Commerce says that John C.. Calhoun some
time ago declared in the Senate that, if the sys-
tenn of distributing patronage was not changed.
uic SJstcH WOuIu OoFciuneHt. HS
disposition of patronage, in one shape and another,
the writer remarks, is become the great business
of this Federal Government The evil is moro
likely to be aggravated than to be diminished ;
for, as the extent of the country and Of its resour-
ces and revenues shall increase. the amount of the
Executive patronage must be augmented.
Mr.. PRrcE.-But few days remain to the e.
lection. There is no doubt that an energetic and
united effort of the Wings of this District can elect
Mr.. Price Commissioner Of the Board of Public
Works. VIII they not make that effort? Will
not the people, without distinction Of party, who
are alike interested in the enlightened and Judi
cous management of the Board Of Public Works
rally to the election of man whose experiences
and intelligence enable him to discharge with I'M
doubted efficiency and success the duties of his res
ponsble position 2-Juorning Mail.
TERRITORIES TO BECOME STArEs--Utah would
make twenty States of the size of New Hampshire;
Nebraska, fifteen; Indian, twenty; Northwest,
sixty-five. Total, one hundred and twenty-six
States. Should these territories have an equal
population 10 the square mile with New Hampshire;
they would contain population of above thirty
eight million souls. What destiny awaits our
country And what demand upon this genera
ton, to meet the next with all appropriate moral
the father of the man in respect to society, and
nations as well as individuals.
AsIATIcs IN CALIFoRNIA.-A communication
to the Legislature of California, from the Hon.
John W. Denver, Secretary of State, gives tab
ular statement of the number of Asiatics in each
county in California. There are, according to this
table, 22,l75 Chinese; 1925 Australians; S36
Sandwich Islanders; SO New Zealanders; Manil-
la 6; Malays %; Bombays TO- Hindoostans 4 /;
Van Deman's Land 5; Society Islands 81. In
1uoumne county there are 24S6 Chinese 46 Aus
tralians ID Sandwich Islanders; New Zealan-
ders, and from Van Dieman's Land.
CURIosrrIEs FOR THE New YORK ExHIBI-
rros.-The brig Magnet, which lately arrived at
Boston, from ST. Johns, brought among her cargo,
II fine fat seals, and, what is more singular, an
ice monkey. This animal was found in the Arc
tic regions by DR.. Harvey, gentleman who has
been engaged for some time in hunting seals. So
far as has been elucdated, he lives entirely on the
ice subsistng on fish, and to relieve the monotoDy
of his quiet life, he socially communes with the
MANY walrlses and seals that occasionally poke
their noses out of the water, and struggle about.
The seals are to b. sent to the Worlds Fair Ex-
hibtion.
90 We have long ago declared that We intend
ed to Judge President Pierce eandidly by his acts,
and to this resolution we shall adhere when his
executive policy is developed in something else
than removals from office. In the meanwhile II
is the duty of the Wings to preserve intact their
distinctive character Their numbers, as indicated
by the vote for the Presidency are very large
Gen. Pierce recsiyed 607 ,722 votes; General
Scott J 1886, 1884, and ali others 1918. Such
number forms the nucleus Of very respectable
party, WHOSE conservative tendencies have beep