Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1854-11-15
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Or The number of hogs in the United States
is said to exceed that of sheep by nearly lO,oOO,-
900.
Or Colonel Benton has consented to deliver an
address before the Maryland Institute, on Tuesday
evening. the 9Th OF December, upon the subject Vi
the Pacific railroad.
eS- The Virginia and Tennessee Railroad will
be opened in few days to Wylheyile, l36 miles
will be completed by the first Of November 1855.
Or At the burial of Marshal de St. Arnaud, the
flags of France and England. for the first time in
| history, covered the same coffin. and Mussu!man
cannon resounded in sign Of grief at the funeral OF
a Christian General.
"WHAT's is 4 NAME pa Scotch Know
Nothing is called Dinnn Ken. In French the
words are said TO be Sat Rien Ia Dutch, .NTc
flscM la. In Chociaw. Chick n,qtena. In the
original Arabic, Phs-phipho-pAum.
O. The Washington Union declares, on The
authority of the Boston Post, that many colored
men in New York voted the Know Nothing tick
ct. if bot by way Of showing contempt for the ab.
olitoniss.
CT An officer of the United States has discov-
cred. near the source Of the Brazcs River, in the
north of Texas, kind of gum which is said to be
identical with gum arabic. The discovery will
open up very important traffic in that region.
Co. The debasement of our silver coin authori-
zed by Congress, has, the Baltimore American
says, in great measure checked the enormous
drain which seriously threatened to withdraw from
thi. country the last ounce of that precious metal.
o. DR.. Graham of New Orleans convicted Of
the murder of Col Loring Of California. at The St.
Nicholas hotel in New York, few months since,
was on the 10Th sentenced 10 the State Prison flr
seven years-beipg the utmost limits Of the law.
! o. Canada, New Brunswick, and the United
States having confirmed the reciprocity treaty be-
tween the United States and Great Britain, it is
now the law of the land. All foreign Goals. bread
stuffs sailed meats, and molasses, it will be seen,
pass into New Brunswick free of duty.
Or The Wing Statesman. published at Butler,
Choctaw county, Ala. says that Gov Winston, Of
( Ala, was fined ten dollars few days ago. by a
Circuit Judge in one Of the counties of Mississip
p. for wearing his hat and putting cigar in the
court room during the session of the day.
BEAR Power IN WIscoEsIN.-Thereh has been
at Menasha, and is now at Oshkosh, a floating
pottery, with lathe turned by bears. They are
contented looking animals, and we are told do not
seem to dislike the occupation. That is indeed
making the wild beasts subservient 10 mans pur-
poses.
o. Upon the authority Of the Petersburg Dem
ocrat we have it that Gen. Nilsson. the Democrat
ic representative of the Norfolk district in Con-
gress asserted in his speech at Greensyille Court
last Monday, that the Nebraska bill affirmed the
doctrine of squatter sovereignty, and that Judge
Douglas supported the bill because it established
squater sovereignty.
Or. a fatal accident occurred on the South Side
railroad on the 9th, Rices Station, in Prince
Edward county, Virginia. The engine ran over
4 COW, and the train was thrown off the track kill
ing fireman and hurting the conductor and mail
agent badly. Most of the passengers were severely
hurt. Is it not time some legal enactments were
made in reference to catile2
O. A great falling of IN building operations is
noticed in New York. The Journal says that
there is almost an entire cessation of building, in
the upper avenues, where they were SO active
year or two ago. 1t says that comparatively no
thing is doing There are. however, about half q
dozen very elegant churches in progress. Mean
| while, lumber is accumulating in enormous guam
titles, in the yards, for want of market.
o. The Albany On. Y. Argus referring tothe
recent election, says One Of the most remarka-
bic incidents of the day was The large number Of
German votes polled for Ullman. In every dis
trict in the city Irish adopted citizens did the
same lnlDn, 10 me uIlcl Ol all
ders. The Ulman vote in this city is not more
than three ourlhs natye-born. Ii is clear that
the Wings made nothing by representing I'LL
man as foreigner"
BIGAsY.-A curious case OF bgamy was recent
IL in the California courts. man was married
in England under the laws there, bnt the Roman
Catholic Vicar General, in California. on ascsr-
| tanning that the woman he'd nerey been baptized
| in the Roman Church, annulled the marriage, and
married the man again tn another woman by the
| Romsh forms. This decree of 1.-THE Church."
! however, was not considered as valid in the eye
of American law, and the man was convicted.
| o. The n. Y Times gives the following as
the fall ..agonies'' for IS54:-"The fall fashions
tor gentlemen make sensation. Hats have
fringe that reminds you of the eyes of the horned
OWL and coats have changed into long tailed sur
iouis-very nice in themselves, bat such articles
as a Broadway exquisite would have made merry
over last year. Tai!ors and hatiers have
spired together, and the results are funny. The
young bucks are conspicuous objects just now"
Logon MANUFACTURE IN TIE UUIrED STATES.
According TO the census returns of the United
States, the liquor manufacture in this country is
big business, requiring the Of fourteen mill
! ions. of dollars worth of grain, hops and apples,
and turning ont nearly twenty millions of dollars
worth of distilled liquor and ale. One 5ushel of
corn To every fifty four ground is converted into
| intoxicating liquors The amount of liquors pro-
duced is whiskcy. AZ, 49, 55 gallons; rum, g.
100000 gallons and ale | III 1924 barrels.
! A SAD SIGHr--A London paper states that
since the battle of Alma the different military de-
rots of London. in Pail Mall. Cbaring Cross, Pr
| cadiy and Knighisbridge. have been thronged
with old men, women and children. seeking news
of their brothers, sons. husbands and fathers in the
| Crimea. Many beartrending scene follows as
! the announcement dead" or "Wounded" is
made by the clerk in charge. More than two
thousand homes in England are desolated by this
one GLORIOUS Victory"
! RAvAGEs OF CHoLERA.-It is estimated that
since the year 1917, the cholera has swept off If
I ty millions of the worlds inhabitants. 1t has
done its direful work everywhere on the borders
of the white sea. on the sIupes Of the Iiimmaleha,
and on the sands Of Arabia. In 1919 il passed in
silence and safely by a city which stood upon the
plain, where its ravages were expected, but clam
bered up a rugged rock, 10 invade the citadel OF
of Jaragnrth, in India. which is built upon an in
lated rock al height of 600 feet above the
plain.
A MINISTERIAL STRIKE.-Yesierday, at Ur-
bans the bell of the Presbyterian church rang the
second time the congregation sat waiting and
watching hut no minister came. After the lapse
of half an hour note was handed to one Of the
elders who arose and read it To the congregation.
Ii was from the minister, who said that Ire would
not preach for them any more till his salary was
paid up. There's clergyman of the right pluck.
| Why should a minister any more than shoe
maker mend souls without being paid for 3
| .4ibanu Reoisfer