Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1855-08-22
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Lynchburg, Va, has contributed 5 900 in aid
Of the Norfolk and Portsmouth sufferers.

A GREAT MAm.-The largest mail ever re-
ceived at Boston Post Office was that which ar
rived last Friday evening from New York and
the South. 1t weighed fourteen and half tons.
AN ENGLISH SLAvEHoLDER.-Lor Brough-
am has presented petition 10 the British House
of Lords, praying for the removal of the present
Lord High Commissioner. on the ground that he
owns plantation and slaves in Dutch Guinea.
The President has appointed the Rev. DR.. Park
er United States Commissioner To- China, to sue
coed Mr.. NcLaEe. DR.. ?. has been Mission
airy in China for many years, aud has heretofore
been connected with the legation as secretary.
Mr.. James II. Burton, formerly connected with
the Harper's Ferry Armory we believe, sailed
irom Boston Oh Wednesday, in the Asia, TO take
the situation of engineer in the British National
Armory at Enfield, near London. His family ac-
companies him.
PROFITS OF ORoHARUs.-A distinguished "a
gricuturist, who has 1000 apple trees and intends
Ia set out as many more, says that if apples will
sell Is cents per busheI they are his most pro-
ftabe crop; and if they will not sell, they are
the cheapest TODD he can raise for all kinds Of ami
mails.
The SIEGE OF SEyAsToPoL.-The report that
the siege of Seyasopol Was about to be raised
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obscure weekly newspaper Of London, and is pro-
badly entitled TO very little consideration. II may
prove to have been good guess, but can scarcely
have been founded upon actual knowledge.
A correspondent of religious paper says that
at Theodore Parker's Church in Boston, "not a
few had secular newspapers, which they sat and
read till the services commenced. There were
bows of recognition across the hall, and every
body seemed quite at ease. The sexton set vase
of beautiful fresh flowers the speakers desk"
Miss Lucy E. Andrews, of Syracuse, N. Y,
arrived in Norfolk Thursday morning, and ten
dered her services to his Honor, the Mayor, as a
nurse in the Hospital. Miss A is very pretty
young lady. His Honor promptly accepted her
services, and as promptly escorted her down to
JuIappi, where she was duly installed. Miss A.
made cont rbution to the Howard fund.
Duel FRUsTRATED.-A despatch from Wash
ington on Friday says: Information having been
lodged with the police last night that Mr. Faux
ner, a member OF Congress from Virginia, and
his late opponent iIr. Boieler, were here for the
purpose of fighting duel. both were arrested and
gave security in the sum of 600 each, not to
fight here nor leave the District for that purpose.
Orders from the British Government are re-
ceived TO enlist no more recruits in the United
States. Persons employed in this service are now
under prosecution in the United States. Holland,
and Prussia. The expense attending The coec
ton of the few recruits procured has been enor-
nous, and the loss of prestige which the practical
failure of the attempt has caused is more seri-
Gus disadvantage to Great Britain than even the
loss of money.
The Supreme Court at Rutland. VT, has re-
Gently decided, that unless an especial contract
is made. by which a railroad assumes risks in car
ryng goods, they are not liable for damages,
provided those goods are injured The case was
one in which the owner of drove OF cattle, trans
ported over the Rutland and Burlington Railroad,
sued for damages because some ct the cattle were
injured.
The legislature of Kansas has fixed on the
town of Il ecompton" as the future capital Of
that state. Lecompton is named in honour OF
.Judoe I,ecompte. late OF Baltimore. and now
judge of the Supreme Court of Kansas. 1t is
situated on Kansas river. near The geographical
centre of the territory, and is about sixty miles
from Westport. Missouri.
FARM WoaK BY SrEAM.-it is stated that
company in Ohio is engaged 10 making portable
steam engines to be used for various agricultural
purposes. such as threshng, wlnnowlng, Smelling,
and grinding corn SC. II is also asserted that o.
yer Is. 900 reaping machines have been made and
sold in this country during the present year. The
cost of the machines amounted to nearly $1,000
000
The frequently agitaed subject ola union of
the Jews Throughout the United States is about
TO be practically put 10 the test. conference OF
ministers Rabbs. and delegates of the lsraelitish
Congregation having been summoned TO meet at
Cleveland on the l7th Of October next The
plan embraces the establishment OF regular and
permanent SYNOD of American Rabois, The rellg-
3 I.otr he
and such other matters as may be brought before
the conference.
LARGE CoRs FlELD-On an emnence near
the city, may be seen at one sight sixteen thou
sand acres of corn in one body, divided only by
few fences. It extends UP this side of the Mi
ami towards Elizabethtown At an average of
sixty bushels TO the acre. which we believe is be-
low what the average will be, this body OF land
will WELD nine hundred and sixty thousand, or
nearly one million bushels. The gold diggings of
California scarcely equal -Lawrenceburg (Ia.)
Reg.
United STATES PArEYrs.-Of the patents
for inventions issued by the United States Gov
eminent down to :he beginning of the present
wear. we find that 2 were for air engines; l4S
for steam boilers; 45 for nudes Of manufacturing
India rubber goods and 90 for Sc wing machines
Washing machines modesty clai IN 3U9 patents,
waller wheels, 327 grain and rass harvesters
III plows. 372; straw cutters, l53; smut ma
chimes, l40 wnnowng machines, loS ana
tbresbinp machines. 37S. For stoves, 6S2 pat
ents have been issued, exclusive of 47o designs.
ISnr,n WAR IN NEBRAsKA-The Neoraskian,
Of the LIST inst, published in Omaha city, the new
seat of government at Nebraska, is filled with ar
,icles Of a decidedly warike character. The
Government of the Territory has called out por-
lion of the volunteers of the First Brigade, and
the whole Territory seems to be excited and a
armed. The immediate cause OF these military
movements was the murder Of George Demaree
and Jackson Porter, and the inhicting of severe
wound upon the person of Mr.. Porter, near Fon-
tenellc. by band of Sioux Indians.
Ma FI1LmoRE-The New York Tribune
saws: We learn that Mr.. Fillmore is having
the most brilliant success in English society,"
His fine personal appearance and graceful and
dioniied manners contribute quite as much to this
as his political distinction. Queen Victoria says
he is the potest American she ever saw, and all
manner Of Dukes and Earls are inviting him 10
their country seats. He is accompanied as Pr
waite Secretary, by Henry f. Davies, Esq; 'or-
merly Counsel 10 the Corporation OF New 10TH
and author of The legal work on the Corporation
ordinances.
w,surseros MoYUMENT.-The American
ORGAN of Thursday, says We are pleased to
learn that the Washington National Monument
Society will commence operations, under the drec-
ton of the new Board of Managers, on MONDAY
next, and that the Board has satisfactory assur~
rance from various sections OF the country, mat
the necessary fund will be supplied by the mem
beers of the American party to hnlsh this nooie
enterprise, notwithstanding the efforts OF tie au-
minisration presses in this city and elsewhere to
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