Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1854-11-08
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

''NS"'So"J "S@' P'SSee'6 'uS u VII 4lOOu iu W
toter, 1855.
Or Scion BorIand. formerly IT, S. Senator. ant
more recently our fighting Minister To Central A
merca, has resumed the practice OF medicine snc
surgery at Little Rock, Arkansas. - "a
Co 1t is stated upon very good authority ths,
Gov. Bigler of Pennsylvania is an applicant fol
the mission TO England. To succeed Mr. Bueh.
anan, who will return in July next. -
eo- The National Era, the leading abolition
journal, is down on" the Know .No,hings and
asks the question wbai part or ol can anti slaye-
rs men have in such an organization ;"
DREADFUL lSTELLIGEHcE.-lt is stated that
Worcester has In preparation new unabridged
English dictionary. which will contain DIV ards OF
ten thousand words no. ~ he found in any work
VI The kind. q
WASHINGTON MosUMESr-Ths expenses oil
this structure for the month Of October have beea
S200O.s2. The contributions by visitors SCI s, 10,
which. with those of the military, made On the
18th ult., Of $3.50, make the whole receipts
$537 SO.
| " The Ohio Columbian says: "Ths Know
! Nothing element had its effect in the late slsc-
ton. To what extent It contributed to The vcts-
ry is uncertain. One thing was plainly observa-
ble-chererer IL generally prevailed, IL su,othered
The .4nti Slavery feeling" ~
Bre.MY.-The Cenirevile (Maryland) Senti-
mel SAYS that man named Robert McCIeskpy,
ha. been lodged in the Jail Of that place. who has
confessed himself To be The husband Of four ,rpes
His last dupe is lady of Kent Island, named
Mary LETTERS. whom he married last Spring.
CELsBaArIoN.-Th The opening Of the Manassas
Gap Railroad. To the town Of Slrasburg. in Shei-
andnah comfy. was celebrated in that place, on
Saturday week. by public dinner. 10 which the
citizens generally were invl,fd. Several thou
sand persons were present un the occasion.
90 Fredericksburg. Virginia, has been lighted
with gas, and bright face has been put on every
thing connected with the old Town She Will SOON
claim 10 be city. The work upon The Frede-
ricksburg and Gordonsville Railruad has been re-
nswed. and project for araiIroad through Eau.
qnier TO The town Of Salem has been urged with
great ability. II looks like good scheme.
Or The Washington correspondent Of the New
York Tribune asserts. ON what is alleged TO be
uudouhted authority, that the British Government
has issued orders TO It's uaya officers and dipIo-
matte agents in the Wesi Indies and Central A.
merica. which amount 10 the abandonment IL The
Mosquito Protectoraie as far as Greyiown is con-
cerned.
Know NOTHING SpIIr- The ticket nominated
for Slate officers by the Grand Council OF New
York having given great dissatisfaction in the
interior of New York, another State Council coin
posed Of srceders, has been held Of Il,ca. which
has Nominated for Governor Myron n Clark, the
Wing candidate and selected the other candidates
Iron the Wing and Democalic Soft tickets.
IsTEnEsTiSG Discovery in the recent ex-
cayaiuns upon the Saily.lie branch Of The Vngn-
ia and tennessee Railroad, at Buehx Vista. near
SaItvlle. numerous parts VI fossil remains OF sumo
two or three monsters OF former days--noi within
the recollection vi even 1.-The oldest inhabiiznt,"
since The flood have been lately exhumed.-
abingdon VUginian.
Sons OF TEMpEgAScE-The Grand Division
If Virginia ai their recent session, voted Ia hold
semi annual Instead of quarterly sessions hereaf-
Ter TO abolish the Office ofrrayelIing deputy and
10 sll"w such divisions may choVse to do
confer degrees, three in number. The next April
session is 10 be- held in salem. Roanoke county,
and the October session in Richmond.
o. The mosquitoes are said TO be more trou-
blesome in The regions of perpetual ice than they
are in hot ATTITUDES. Some of the officers OF the
British slonp-of. war TrncomIee, recently at San
Francisco, from Port Clarence, in Behring's
Straits, say that the mosquitoes were more nu-
,neruus than In Central America. They inhaled
them by the mouthiUl, and could not walk cut
without handkerchief or veil uver their faces.
o. We learn from the Greenbrier Era, that
kse
in Pocahonras county the Did ultmo, left 4
provision in his will ior building an academy near
his residence, To he called "hiary Ann Mathews
Academy. 1.-THE adjective being the name vf his
only child rhe academy 10 To be under the con-
troi OF the New Sch,o Pfesby terrain Church"
so long as it adherrs 10 the Westminster Confes-
sion vi Faith"
VALLEYTUaNprKE COMPANY The stockholA
ers of the Valley Turnpike held their annual.
meeting in Harrisonburg on "Wednesday and
Thursday of last week The company is IN. =
prosperous condition and its affairs under judi
cous management 10 consequence Of falling
of in crops. the tolls were somewhat less Than
last year, but the netl income showed little differ
ence Two per cent. dividend has been declar-
ed. payable On The LIST Vi January next.-IPir-
chester Republican.
! TuE INDIAN MAssAcREs.-The recent Indian
massucres have called attention TO the coDdiuonof
the national service for putting an end TO those
outrapes. The Washington Union, IN allsdtng
10 rEe matter, says that there is such deficiency
Of all kinds Of IrouIs. as to prevent the War De-
parIment iroin atfurding Ia emlgran;s that proiec-
! ion which the interests Of the country and the
calls Of humanity require. The Cnun says the
Secretary has done all IN his power with the force
al his disposal. ~
The PlcIFIc RAILRoAD.-Messrs. r. j.
Walker and Il. Butler King state in the New
York papers thai they have despatched three
messengers bearing the deposit Of $500. 900, re-
ouired by he law Of Texas Incorporating The
! mississippi and Pacific Railroad Company. and
that it would be placed in the Texas treasury By
The Dist ut.. though moi required 10 de I'M
III the close Of the month. The Trib 5dfimsles
| thai there is some donbt whether Tens will
! cepi the securities offered. "A
Errn,oRprraRY WoM.N-In The county Of
Harrison. Mississippi, lives female hermIt-a
curiosity, indeed of her SEX. because prone TO SOL
itude aud silence She lives in house The fabric
of her own hands. cuItivaies her own fields, splits
her own rails. does her own fencing. and,ihe pre-
sent autumn she will have me hundred bushels Of
corn to sell and few hundred OF p.;a'oes; all the
product of her own unllded and indomitable la
pnrs She livesal1ne-uor husband. nor children,
neighhors (nearer than three miles, to cheer
with ray Of socia sunshine hersingular and vol.
untary isolation.
LADY IN A BALLooY-Prfessor Elliot made
his lOsth baIl,~n ascension at Norfolk IN Monday.
Previous to his eraI flight. Mrs MeginIy took !.
seat in Tie car and the oai'on assembled to tas
height VI six or seven hundred feet, when it WA
drawn down by Mr.. Elliot, and the lady alghtsd
Mr.. F.. then took hiSseai and madea besYiiuI as
cent, and on reaching heighl nt about 200 feet,