Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-01-26
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.


FEMALE WHALERs.-At one time there have
!, been enumerated in Honolulu the wives of TWEEN
ty-fve sea captains From such information Al
can be obtained, it is supposed that ohe in six Of
AL whaling captains is accompanied by his wife!
Inc practice is annually increasing This iss
new feature in the prosecution of the whaling" bu
sness; Probably score of American ladies have
visited the Arctic Ocean during the past summer.
-Honolulu Friend, .Nou. II. -.
Gen. SANTA ANNA.-The Havana Diario of the
llth instant says: ''We ale able TO state that ON
board the English steamer which touched at this
port, was a committee appointed by the present
authorities of Vera Cruz, on their way to Carth,.
gena, to insist on the immediate return of Santa:
Anna to the Mexican territory. 1t also Appears
that the same committee are authorized to offer to
Gen. Adrian VOL the command of the forces as
sembled at Vera Cruz"
Do IT WELL.-An eminent English Judge said to
afrleHd, u resolved. when beginning to read law,
to make everything acquired perfectly my own,
and never to 60 to second thing till | had entirely
accomplished the first Many ofmy competitors
read as much in day as ! read in week, but at:
fresh as on the day it was acquired, while theip
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o. 1t is proved by statistics, although it seems
perhaps hardly probable.' that more deaths and Sc
rous accidents annually occur from the use Of
'burning fuid'' in the United States than from
steamboat explosions and railroad accidents COM
bned. Professor Silliman says that, if his word
were law, there should never be another drop of il
used in the ordinary lamps now kept in shops and
families.
Or Amongst the late reports from Texas is one
that the rats are leaving the State in disgust
They are reported to have taken up their line Of
march westward, and to attack indiscriminately
every thing of vegetable nature in their way
The ferrymen at the Sequin, crossing of the Quad
alupe river, killed over fifteen hundred of them in
one day.
e5- change has taken place in the fashion of
mems garments Overcoats and frock coats arc
made to reach the knees, and the pantaloons arc
full and long. The bobtails now sported by
'young America" reaching down no where, and
the tight trowsers, (such saving in cloth to tho
tailors,) must yield to common sense, and ordina-
ny decorum
TMPRoTANr DEcIsroN.-The U. S. Supreme
Court have in decision in recent case, declared
the egalty and nudity of all contracts entered into
by citizens of the United States for money or sup
plies to be employed in military operations by citi-
zens of this country against the people or territory
of any Nation at the time in amity with the United
States.
d. eJ- A native African called "Unce More"
resides in Wilmington N. c.. eighty three years
OF age-for forty-fYe years slave His time is
chiefly occupied in reading the Scriptures in Arabic
He writes the language with remarkable accuracy
and beauty of penmanshp, and his original version
of the sacred text is said to be highly instructive.
oD- Paris proper has more than million of puls,
including $4,000 strangers. OF these l60 600 are
rich or earn more than sufficient for their wanu;
$780, 900 are in an unsatisfactory or wretched con-
dion; 1904 eco are constantly in the hospitals Or
receiving charity from other sources. There is an
average of one INDECENT to every l2s inhabitants
o. The Boston Herald says, "Gen. Pierce at
tended church on Sunday, the 10th, at the Old
South, Congregational Andover. His late bo-
reavement has affected him greatly. and he looks
unusually thin and pale. His wife sstl very
feeble. They are stopping at the house of their
brother-in-law, Mr. Akin, at that place."
IMPORTANT, IF TRUE.-One of the papers Of
the Esprit rappers." in pretending to be informed
of the affairs of the dead, states that Napoleon
and Wellington are quarreling about the affair at
Waterloo. This should teach people to got
through with their fighting and quarreling before
leaving this world.
Or Gen. Scott received more rotes than rere O.
rer cast for a Wing before. The Wing party
never received so large popular vote as at this
last election. Gen. Scott received III ,6o9 more
votes than Gen. Taylor, 80 900 more than Mr..
Polk, ard 1852 more than Gen. Harrison.
es-It is stated that the decision of Louis Napol
&C hattp he II nd
in the case of the ship Gen. Armstrong, has been
received at the State Department. 1t is said 10 DO
a long document beautifully engrossed in book,
and is adverse to the U. S.
PROFESSOR WTLsoH-It is said that the false
rumor that Professor " ilson (Kit North was dead
originated on this side of the water from the death
Of Professor Empson, of the Edinburgh Review.
Lord Monteage succeeded Professor Empson,
pro tenn, as editor of the Review
GO The Second Branch of the City Council Of
Baltimore have adopted resolution in favor of
memoriaiizing the Legislature of Maryland for .
rePeel of the law passed at its last session. prohib
it NJ the Banks of that State from issuing notes Of
a less denomination than IS.
FAMINE IN MADEIRA. Boston Atlas saws:
The barque Nautilus is chartered to carry sup
plies to the starving Inhabitants Of Madeira Tho
public are invited TO send any article of food or of
light clothing, to the vessel, lying at India wharf
Notice Of the articles thus sent may be left at 3d.
India wharf.
o5- A Washington correspondent of a Northern
paper says, that the prospect of the confirmation Of
Mr. Badger has approved as the Locofocos Think
that by removing him from the State. they will
stand better chance of carrying it hereafter. A
very good reason for Locofocos
DISPUTE BETWEEN STATEs-A dispute has
arisen between the States of South Carolina and
Georgia in regard to their respective boundaries.
Georgia claims the exclusive jurisdiction of the
Savannah river. which South CAROLINA Denies
A correspondent writes that Gen. Pierce will
not leave Concord for Washington until after the
10Th of February: and that the cabinet arrange
meuts will not be officially made until after his ar
rival at the. latter place.
GJ- III. B. Latrobe, Esq, was elected Presi-t
dent of the American Colonization Society, to fill
the vacancy occasioned by the death of Mr.. Clay,q
at a meeting of the Society, held in Washington
ON the 18TH
Nc- Tetanus, or lock-jaw, is said to be success
fully treated with quinine. The New Orleans
Medical and Surgical Journal gives, at somei
length. the treatment in recent case, in which
the cure is attributed altogether to quinine.
THE ICE CRop.-Up to the 18th inst, no leo
had been cut this season at Boston, fact without.
any previous precedent. The freezing cold wealth.
er, however, which has since set in will doubtless
furnish full supply.
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