Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-06-29
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

! o. The U. S. steamer Priaceton has oeen OF
dered to the fishing grounds for the proseo'iri u
American fisheries. She will take heF ueP1''u'e
from Norfolk in few days.
o. "Caleb, the Cute" is said to DC the rising
man. in the Cabinet. and ntma'' on, are thrown
out, that arrangements eau % !ueo.ouSiy uiaue'
Mr.. Marcy may take lofeisn "i'Ss'on anu MI
Gushing come to be frenief'
New OFrIcE IN FREDERIcKsBuRe, VA.-Pessr
Goolrick, Esq, has Just been appointed Vice Con-
snl for the District of Fredericksburg and Tappa
hammock, by g. p. r. James, Esq, Her Britain
mic Maiesty's Consul fvr Virginia
CO. In the Dublin Exhibition there are: it ap-
pears, only two articles from the United otates'
Colts revolvers and Hayden's sewing machlne'
The latter excites much attention ana no i'tue as
tonishment.
or The Vermont Wing Convention, which
ma, At Montnelier on Wednesday, nominated F.
r,stss F,irssnks for Governor. w. c. Kittredge
for Iieutenant Governor, and George Howes for
Treasurer.
no. A negro man died in New York last week
from eating strawberries. A wager had been laid
that he could not eat ten baskets full. He accom-
plished the feat, won the wager, and died almost
Immediately after.
U- We learn from Detroit, by telegraph. that
the CITY of Detroit gives majority OF three hun
dred in faver of the Maine liquor law. Judging
from the returns thus far received from the lnterl-
or. Michiean will give a majority not tar short ct
ten thousand or four to one in favor OF the law.
ng- Lord Eilesmere, the English Commission
or TO the Crystal Palace exhibition, is described
as having fair complexion, grey hair, blue eyes,
hpalthU and
stature His estate is said to be one of eight, the
annual income from which amounts to $500, OG0.
SWEARING REPoRTERs.-A Judge Of the Grim
inal court at Cincinnati has lately established a
rule of court requiring the newspaper reporters to
appear before the clerk and take an oath to report
the proceedings correctly, or be excluded from the
court room. The reporters refused to co1nply
with the mandate Of his honor.
THE WINE CRoP OF THE UNITEp STATES
In 1910 the total wine crop Of this country WAS
oaly $4,000 gallons. In 1850 it was 22l ,249
gallons, being an increase of almost hundred p"r
cent. in 10 years. The amount imported last
year was 6.l60,000 gallous-an amount which
our country will be able to supply for its own con-
sumption in sixty years, even at the present rate
of increase.
WAsHNeroNIANs IN IucK.-A letter from
Downieville, California, which appears in the
Washington News, states that Nathan Fales,
John w. Kraft, James +. Ennis. and James
Lloyd, of Washington city, have discovered an
extremely rich treasury from which they took out
twelve thousand dollars in Ave days. ''lf the
claim holds out as they anticipate" says the wri-
ter, ''they viii go home next fall with about one
hundred thousand dolars apiece"
o. A young lady of Cincinnati, while in a state
Ill lafi
her sleeping apartment and stepped to an sdjoin-
ing tree. upon limb of which she seated herself,
and commenced singing plaintive ditty. She
was found in this position by her friends. who, by
dint of great exertions. rescued her from her per
ilous situation 1t is said that the young lady has
not unfre9uenty been rescued from positions OF E.
quail emergency.