Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1854-10-25
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.


got married. AIasl for yoroen's riobtsf Or.
James ~ hehIn is the happy man.
5 Gcs- The yellow fever shows no sio,. n ,t.
} Tnent at Augusta, ga. There were four de,,ba
on the lJiJ, and twenty three new cases remarked
Or One hundred and eighteen thousand Ge,m.,
cfolgraDls arrived at New York from foreign uor,s
during the first eight months Of tie present year,
0a- TIE Democrats have carried every Con.
gressIonaI district in tits State save t&fntr one,
Iioofah for our side J. Cfereiaad Ohio Pldid-
dealer.
o. The Know Notbings Of Charleston claim.
to have elected seven members of the Legislature
p, OF South Carolina at the recent election in II,
State
o. The ground was covered with snoss j'tfis
depth Of two inches in Montreal cd Monday ,Ls
10th. The hills Of Vermont were likewise white
with snow on the same day.
" It is'stated that $4,000 copies of the auto
biography Of Barnum, the Snowman. have alrea-
dy been ordered-a telling commentary on the
popular demand for crash"
c5- Tho Organ,"a new daily paper, to be
devoted to the Interests of the American or Know
Nothing organization. is to be started in Washing
ion on the first of November instead of January.
|
o. Professor Morse, the inventor of the Mag
netic Telegraph, has been nominated by the Dem
ocrats Of the Poughkeepsie district New York, to
serve out the uncxpred term Of Judge Dean in
the present Congress.
BEARs.-The Charlottesville Advocate of the
20th says the number of bears and other pameup-
on The Blue Ridge. in Albemarle. is said to be
much greater than for many years past A LARGE
party started on that day to hunt them.
! c. The Know Nothing order of Utica n. Y.
and vicinity have decided to call meeting Of
those of the order who disapprove of The Ulllnan
nomination. with view to new organization,
which shall be independent of New York dicta-
tion.
O. Rev Henry Ward Beecher, il a sermon he
preached at Plymouth Church. on Sunday week,
alluded to the loss Of the Arctic as manifestation
OF the AlmIghty's displeasure upon the heads of
shipping merchants, for supporting the Fugitive
Slave Law.
o. 1t is computed that there will be twenty
one thousand miles Of railroad in the United States
on the first day Of January next The longest
railroad upon the surface oithe globe is the Illinois
Central, which is 73l miles in length, and is rap
idly approaching completion.
w ~ UiSpdtcH IIOiH ISOUlSVlie n.y.. on the
| 9Th inst, says:-Colonel John Allen publishesa
card stating that the fiIlibustering expedition
which had been organized here for some time
past has been disbanded for The want of means
They numbered 800.
CT Mr.. Mott, who was recently elected Canal
Commissioner of Pennsylvania by an oyerwhelm-
ing majority, declares that he has no connection
or sympathy with the Know Nothinrs His
! Mr. L.
and this fact probably had something to do with
The result.
| THE NEXT PREsrDENcY.-The Washington
Star SAYS the late elections bid fair greatly to com
plicate the next Presidential contest. The only
thing appearing clear is, thar the President is to
be elected By the House of Representatives. and
that he is to be the man for whom The Sonth will
vote in body.
AcqUIrrAL.-Wm. j. VIM, whose case came
up in the Circuit Court of Bath on Monday last,
was acquitted Tuesday at about half past eleven
o'clock. We learn that the case was submitted
without argument, and that the Jury was out on
ly about five minutes, when a verdict of acquiitsl
was Jendered.-Leriagton Gaselie Of 18Th.
| o. The Board of Public Works have Issued .
circular to the Presidents. Directors and State
Proxies of the various railroad companies of Vir-
9TH Of next December, to confer on the subject of
uniformity Of rates and other general subjects Of
railway economy in the State.
/ ~ There will be three brothers, the Mess-s.
Washbnrn, in the next Congress. The only pre-
voes occurrence OF such an incident was in tho
| Congress Of 1862. The BROKERS then were
William and John Findlay, Senator and Repre-
sentative from Pennsylvania. and james Fine
1,y Ron iva from
o. The complexion of the next, or 34th Con-
gress, may perhaps be judged of by the members
who have been already eected-l9 of whom are
friendly TO the Administration, and 81 opposed
In the present Congress- the States that have thus
chosen their members, are represented by 45 dem.-
Gratis and 80 Whigs-showing gain to the OPP
position, in 81 members elected ,of 90.
DISTRESSING AccTDEST.-We learn that lit
tie boy, the son of Mr.. WIN. Harris, near Fair
| field in this county. went out one day last week
to gather chestnnts, ard fell from the tree a dis
lance of about 60 feet striking his head against
limb in his descent. thereby Featuring his skull,
and otherwise njurng himself, that he died al
most nstantly.-Leriaglon Gasette Of 18Th.
A KENTUCKY ToURN2MENr.-A tournament
was held on The 9th at the Fair Grounds of the
Southwestern Mechanical agricultural Associa
10000 and 5000 persons were present. Clock
nell knight, Of Virginia, was proclaimed victor,
and Miss Julia Chamberlain crowned the Queen
of Love and Beauty. There was immense
excitement, but all passed off satisfactorily
AcaUrrAL AND ARREsT-The negroes charg-
ed with the murder oe Jane Graham, about which
their has been some excitement: were tried in the
County Court of Monroe, on Monday last. and
acquitted. The brother of the deceased, James
| Graham, who is suspected of being her real muir
derer has been arrested and lodged in the Mon
roe Jail. His call trial vii take place on Satur-
day next.-Le,risbrwg Chronicle.
o. Hugh A. Garland, Esq, the author of the
'.LiIe of John Randolph" died at 81. Louis on
the 9th inst. He was formerly leading men,
her of the Legislature of Virginia, Of which State
he was native In 1888 he was elected to the
clerlship Of the United States House of Represen-
tatives. and in lS45 removed to St. Louis, and
soon attained high position at the bar in that
city. He about SO years of age.
RATHER CURroUs.-Some two or three hnn-
dred persons drowned by the sinking of a steam
ship sends thrill Of horror through nation. and
the lamentations are yet loud on account of tina
loss More than twenty thousand human beings
slaughtered In the Grim, causes all the bells in
England and France TO be set ringing for joy. and
the organs in the churches peal forth strains Of
exultalion over the GLORIOUS" result.-Philadet-
phia Ledger.
65- The New York Herald expresses the opin-
ion that the rumored diplomatic Congress in Swift
zerand, has been called for the purpose Of compar,
official circulars of Secretary Marcy on the court
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