Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1854-04-26
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

o. The Wheeling .Argus understands that
"Kaow Nothing" Club has been formed In mat
City.
Or In Pennsylvania girl is legally marriage
able at fourteen, and boys at sixteen, Without inc
consent of their parents. Awful to think OF.
CO. The Erie Observer states that the Amen-
can Express Company have forwarded from Erie
to New York, during the past few days, about one
hundred and fifty barrels Of pigeons. -.
&C. At the close of the present year there will
be in operation in Boston, forty banks, with
capital of $37 900, 900, averaging nearly ouemil-
lion to each bank.
o. A Cincinnati paper statest that several thou
sand barrels Of swne's blood is used in chat city
every year. for the manufacture of sweet wine.--
That's an item for wine drinkers. t -
o. IL the British have sufficient naval force
in the Pacifc to blockade all the Russian ports IN
that ocesg, IL will help the New England ice
trade.
HaNeINs IN EFFIGY.-Thc last affair of hang
iw ,Jsdge Douglas in efigy came oFat Trenton,
New Jersey, the other day This makes SONG
ten " twelve acts Of this kind.
TIE CABINET IN TRoUBIx.-The cofrespon-
dent of the Baltimore SUM- in his letter OF the 2Oth,
SAYS 81 shall no dosbs be coHrsdicted when
inform you that there is sctism IN the Cabinet
but my authority nevertheless is good one."
N3- The Union says f" The signs Of the times
indicate clearly that the democratic party 10 tehave
severe struggle to maintain its ascesdency over
the combined elements of opposito~ that are now
organizing for the eppsict."
@5- The Queen Of Spain has pardoned The bue-
cancers captured during the i'll fated Lopez expe-
dition to Cuba. The prisoners, wherever !etain.
ed, are to be set free, and allowed to 90 wherever
they please, with the exception Of Cuba or Porto
Rico.
o. The Bigadier's Administration has receiv-
ed another rebuke from the United States Senate.
One Benjamin f. Angel, great pet with Mar
cy & Co., and nominated as Consul to Honolulu,
has been rejected By the Senate becauseof his alb
clifton proclivites.
ec- English cotton shirts, on which the concise
contents Of the Koran are roughly printed IN blue,
are now selling in the Turkish camp. They are
eagerly bought UP at ten-fold their value, as the
Turkish soldiers attach TO those talismapic extracts
the gifts Of making the weaTer invuinerable in
battle.
eo- The French army is composed Of small
men, but it is supposed that they will do some
feet 2inches. They are wiry and sinewy
men, encountered with no extra flesh, capable of
performing long marches and enduring great "a
tigue The small stature of the present day,
in France. is attributed by some to the wars Of
the first NapuleaD, which consumed all the tall
men of the country. s
RELIGIOUS REyIvALs.-We are gratiEcd 10
state that much interest in. religion has been
awakened amongst the students Of the University
within the last few days Several distinguished
divines from distance have been in attendance,
and to their daily minisrations large numbers Of
students have attended and afforded gratifying
evidence of deeply felt interest. We also learn
that in the neighborhood of Gordonsville and other
parts of Orange, the Presbyterian Church has had
recently considerable accession TO its numbers
under the preaching of Mr.. Ewing Charlottss-
vile .Aduocate.
nc The u. S. Senate has ratified without a.
mendment, the treaties recently negotiated by
Col. Manypenny, the Commissioners OF lrdian
Affairs, with the Omahas. and the Confederate
tribes of Ottoe and Missouri Indians. who inhablt
the northern portion of the territory Of Nebraska
BY these treaties the Indians cede to the United
States all their lands, the President selecting
place for their future homes, to which they are
to move rs SON as the treaty stpuatlnns are inl-
sideration the United States pays to the OFT o.
and Missouris s4O4 900 in insalments running
through thirty years. and to the Omahas
$40 900 to be paid in installments running
through forty years.
THE GADspEN TREATY.-The Washington
correspondent of the n Y. Herald. writes that en-
Tuesday motion was made in executive sessin
of the Senate to reconsider the vote BY which the
Gadsden treaty was rejected. The motion was
made by an Eastern Senator opposed to the treaty,
but who stated he desired it reconsdered simply
with view Of permitting some Senators who had
Just returned from the Charleston Convention to
record their votes. Jones. ofTennessee, Dawson.
of Georgia, and Clay of Alabama are The Senator'S
in question Notwithstanding that the motion
was one merely of courtesy, which will not affect
the fate of the treaty. yet 50 odious is the whole
matter that it was only after an hours debate that
it prevailed.
ELopEMEEr AND MARRnaE.-Mr. VIM. Car
mines, aged 80, elopcd on Wednesday last with
Miss Lucy Smith, aged 10, the daughter of a re-
spectacle farmer in York county, (Va.) The ro-
mantle pair FASTENED to Portsmouth, where they
were married by the Rev. VIM. Knot. The faith
er ofthe bride pursued the fugitves and attempted
to seperate them, but was too late. On Friday,
the father ascertanng that a Mr.. Hopkins, in
Portsmouth. had been accessory to the match, and
had testified to the Court in obtaining the marriage
license that the bride was of lawful age,(2D got
out a warrent and arragned him before Mayor
Stokes for perjury. On due examination the ac-
cused was held to bail for his appearance before
the next grand jury.
n5- Professor John Wilson, celebrated as the
CHRISTOPHER North of Blackwoods Magazine, died
on the Sd of April He was born at Paisley, in
Scotland and was educated at Glasgow University
and at Oxford. On leaving Oxford he went to
reside on the banks Of Lake Windermere, in the
society of Word worth, but subsequently adopted
the law as his profession. In l8l8be obtained The
professorshp Of moral philosophy in the University
of Edinburgh. The choicest Of his contributions
to Blackwood have been collected aud published,
under the title of "Recreations of Christopher
North.n His poetical works are The Isle Of
Palms" and .'City Of the Plague" He has also
written novels, called "Lighis and Shadows Of
Scottish Life" "The Trials Of Margaret Lind
say ;" and THE Foresters." He was also an
eloquent orator. fal
AMERICANS IN PARrs.-An American writing
from Paris, March 28th, says: "Our citizens arc
here in crowds, and present themselves IN great
numbers to Mr.. Mason for presentation to the En-
peror At recent levee our good tempered Nip
ister, at the head of some thirty or more OF his
countrymen, said to the Emperor, as he stopped
before The group, Permit me to introduce your
Majesty to my counrymen; they are all Ameri-
cans This turning of tables, by Introducing
the Emperor, only created smile but one ofthe
group made much more unfortunate error. He
was New Yorker, and had been, it appears,
personally acquainted with Louis Napoleon when
10 former days the latter was in that city. or
this in very bad taste, he reminded the Empe-
ror, and then added /: Il hope to have the pleas
nre of again seeing your Majesty IN .Ne,c York,