Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-08-31
MISCELLANEOUS ITE,rs

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CENTRAL RAILRoAD-The Charlottesville .jef
iefsonlah states that there are to be 500 additional
hands put on the road between MechurfI's and
Staunton' 30 as to hasten up the work.
VIRGINIA CENrRAL RAILRoit.-Rsceipts for
July, 1893 Wholeamount, $24 ,aOs. so FREIGHT
1868. f''''' VIZ
o. George Saunders, the editor of tho Dsmo-
cratic Review, and leader of the Young Americ,
division Of the Democracy, has at last been com.
missioned as y. S. Consul at London.
MINISTER TO CoHsrANriNopLE-This inIbor.
tant diplomatic position has been rendered by Pres:
ident Pierce to Colonel Carroll Spence, Of Balti-
more, and 1t is understood he will accept the APP
pointment.
AcaUrTTED-We are glad to learn that An6e-
lima Coates, who was tried yesterday at Louiss
e. H., for an attempt to kill her child by dr6ppinG
it from car on the Central Railroad, was acauit-
ted. The child is doing well.-Rick. Dispatch.
The PACIFIC RAILRoAp.-Tbere is to be 4.
fifth expedition for the survey of railroad routes to
the Pacific. Col. J. G. Fremont has just started
for St. Louis, from which point he will mmeJi-
ately set out over the Plains, with suitable par.
ty, for California.
G- The New York Express says, there are
four parties in that State. ''The WooIy Heads"
and the "Silvery Greys," among the Wings and
"the Banbuners" and 'the Old Hunkers," "a
| mong the Democrats. The last named are fght
ing more fearfully than ever"
MANASSAS GAP RAILRoAD.-We see by the
Tenth Legion that the county court of Shenando.
alb, (Va) has issued an order to take the sense of
the voters of that county upon the proposition to-
subscribe 100000 on the part of the county, to
aid in the construction of said road. The vote is
to be taken on the first Thursday in November
next.
The MEsILLA VALLEY.-The gossiping cor
respondent of the Washington Republic saws that
Gen. Gadsden. our Minister to Mexico. is not in
struced to Golfer money consideration to Next
co for a REIMBURSEMENT Of all claim to the Mesilla
territory. The government will insist upon its
own title but has authorised our Minister to pur-
chase portion of the State Of Sonora, with the
necessary right of way"
| CONTESTED ELECTIoH.-In the Memphis Dis
trict Tenn, in which Stanton, Dem, is elected
to Congress over Yeager, Wig, by a majority of
two votes we learn that tie right of the former to-
| his seat will be contested. Two votes were thrown
out in one of the districts which would have made
the result tie. The Memphis Wing thinks that
the Governor will withhold Stanton 5 commission,
and order new election.
o. NJ. Ag.ssiz, the eminent physicist and Pro-
fessor of Zoology and Geology in Cambridge Uni
| versity, is now engaged in writing "The Natural
History of the Fishes of the United States" He
is very DESTROYS to procure specimens of all the
fishes in every portion of the Union. and partcu-
Iarly Of the fresn-water streams in MarylahS, Viz
gina, and North Carolina. He wishes also the
names which they bear in their various localities.
Mr.. GADsDEN's IHsrRUcTIoNs.-The United
States Gazette announces that the statements
respecting the instructions TO General Sa3sden our
new Minister TO Mexico. TO negotiate for 4 right
way through Mexico for The road 2sost the parallel
of thirty-two degrees of latitude, pNves 10 be
substantially correct The line is described accri-
rately in letter from Secretary Davis to the
Governor Of Arkansas.
SPAIN AND ME1rco.-THE PRofosEo' ALL
ANcE.-Scyeral of the journals in Mexico take de-
cded ground in favor Of the proposed Alliance be
tween Mexico and Spain. with the object Of mu
tual defence Several other fidicafe it as absurd,
inaslnuch as Spain has not fhe ability 10 project.
The Universal, which is said 10 be the official or
T gan OF tic Mexican Government, contains two loug
articles in favor Of the measure.
n,, Rev. EIeazer Williams. in a recent cpnveF-
sation witt the editor Of tie Fon Ia lac Union
stated that eydences were being yresa;rd Tor the
press. which would pat ihe qmestpss Of his paren
t,oc a rest. Among other Thugs, that The Aft
ldavt of his repn,ed mother, sst.!y published was
oross deception not by hes, bat by the inierpre
ter aclo falsely translated hey language. He says
that when the substance Of the affidavit WAS told
| bor sho denied ever ia yinp maze ~.
III The case of Mrs. Gaines, in which she
claims to be the rghtfnF heir TO large estate in
New Orleans, it. said, is again 70 cDme before
the judicial tribunals, MIS-. Gaines il is further
stated, has atesy bses 10 New York city. with \
new and important witsess, Sen. FiIIamil, of
South America. ho, it in claimed, has personal
knowledge Of tie principal fact necessary for Mrs
Gainss ~ prove. which We suppose must mean tho
fact of the marriage. although This point is not sta
lied. Gen. Villamil is native Of Louisiana.
/ ay. The TreasorabEe Correspondence found
tcoDcealed iry Major Andres bo0is when he was
searched By Paul,iipg. Williams and Van Vert,
has recently been discovered at Albany. The pa
pery consist Of an ertnnerasioE o. the humber AND
disposition Of the 5mercaT forces at West Point,
and a descfpioHof tie Notifications, With sngges-
tons IN regard to weak and exposed points. There
is aISu pass from ArhOn, HDaef WHICH, sfufeaS
.Nfr. I,Ro Smith" was RETURNING 30 the B5iisb
camp
| An INSANE BoY-In September, 1851, IittIo
boy, 10 OF ~ years of age, tashionaby spd richly
dressed, CLOTHES scarcely soiled, was found, totally
! insane. in an orchard in South birmingham, On
:, rio cnuutv. New York At intervals Ofapparent
., ,itr. Inc has stated that he rame from Virginia
~ M'.rvIaud that his name was EDWARD Raaeafb-
or Toplr. that he bad parents and y HAZE sister
Gv;ng there who Thought be- was dea,f; and fire.
menIlv sneaks OF being in an aaSemy or college,
ddnJ sometimes of IN asylum. He WIS taken care
of OH hv farmer in the neighborbooJ, Dot subse-
one1tIv was sent to the Insane Asylum at Utica
where he now is.
| NJ The Utica Gazette says: "GrasshoPpers
are of the Locust species, aud though ordinarily
harmless, vet when they become as numerous as
they are this season their rayages resemble ihGc
of the locust We have some particulars Of their
doinus in the town of Marcy. One farmer has
completely lost his years labor by them. A field
of buckwheat of five acres is perfectly devoured,
NOT n leaf or a stem of the crop left. They have
mined of his oats at the stem Of The kernel, SD
! that the Grain can be scooped up by handsui: At
evening" The field is black with the insects. They
oven nenetratc the husks OF the corn and eat the.
Green kernels. Another farmer has been obliged
| to fiddler his cattle, rs in winter. for two or three
weeks. on account of his pasture being deyouIed
by the grasshoppers
COPPER IN NELSON CouYrY.-We now have
be(ore us fine specimen OF copper ore recently
taken from mine discovered short time s,nce
on the secondary range of the Blue Ridge muun-
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