Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1855-05-23
MISCELLANEOUS.
Cor. srssros bss declined the appointment Of
Il

II Cor. STgpTog has declined the appointment OF
governor Of Utah.
TX. President Fillmore ard four members of
/ Congress- sailed ff6fa New York on the 10th for
Z liverpool
Hon. John G. Spencer, ore ID HE noost emf
nent lawyers Of New Y6rk, died on The I'm Of
Consumption.
I Pho repori is That hrorn III ,sf;s n Obio, the
coming crop if no, injured in fling, will BE- lsrger
+ than any preceding yesr.
( A Washington letter ssy5 that GeseraI Bst1sr
Of Reafdeky, il tslIed Of IS sse aexs Dtmocfstje
cs66}Gs'e Fof nc Presidency.
J TBe Gf&oesh6t has returned IL View Ysr< 70 IN
Baker, ne H816ereF 6f Porte m tcsf5, A4sIaq a.
rested b,ta at the CaBafy ls.ss4s.
france and EszI&D3 ,,ags ssosf ~ afa<gJesa
ships unce' charter, ~ cos9eyjsz 6soDs ssG ms
nilions 10 the Crimea.
The whole nombe, Of bounty isns appIies;hr.,
under the act Of March 3, ls55. reeeiytG q. the
Pension Office up 10 May H. wac i5z,g(,C.
The county courts Of Roekbridge aad King
George counties have both refused TO grant Ilc.n-
ses for he retail of liquor the present year
The Mormons have established settlement a.
bout thirty miles from Council Bluffs. Il iscon-
posed exclusively OF families from The Western
Reserve OF Ohio.
! The trial of James A. Graham, for the murder
of Mr.. Spller, has been continued to the next
term of the Circuit Court for Wythe county, on
the application OF the prisoner.
A small piece of paper or linen mois,ened with
spirits Of turpenine. and put into wardrobe or
bureau for single day Two or three times year,
is sufficient preseryative against moths.
The steamship Atlantic saied from New York
for Liverpool, 90 the 10Th. with 81 SO! ,40 in
specie the largest shipment Of tie precious metals
that has ever taken place in one vessel from that
port.
Col. KrNEY.-This gentleman, having been
discharged from arrest in New York, has been in
Gicted in Philadelphia for setting on foot fill
buster expedition against Nicaragua. He was az
rested one day last week, and baiied in the sum Of
$500.
A correspondent of the Buffalo Democracy SAYS
that he will prove by affidayits that ex-Presdent
Fillmore has joined the Know Notbings. The
| Albany Journal copies the correspondence of the
Democracy, and reads the said Fillmore severe
| lecture.
/ RocKBsIDGE.-Private accounts from this coun-
ty represent The American cause Ia be- progressing
! finely in Rockbridge. G.. G.. BslGwip a talented
and influential Democrat, is giving his fine abi-
ties to its promotion. The American candidates
will be elected by decisive maJoriIies.
TIE SUPPLY OF FLoUR.-The New York
Tribune contends that the general impression
that the supply of -four in the country is short is
based upon erroneous data. for speculative purpo-
ses, and proceeds 10 show that there are now on
Lake Michigan, Lake Erie and in Canada about
,456.000 barrels.
Wise orator in his speech in Fredericksburg
Tuesday night spoke in an exulting tone Of his
having attended late tenn OF Court. and made
twenty voters out Of foreigners, by procuring nat
uralizalon papers. These twenty are TO oHsett
twenty native born Virginians. for whose soil an
interest has grown with their growth.
The PLACE TO LIVE m.--Califurnia -four is
seIlinr in San Francisco at SIS per btl !: in Phila-
dephia -four sells al ti3. Wheat in San Fran
else, is 81 20, and in Philadelphia 81 90 10 81 70.
As wages. too are much higher in California
than or this side OF the Union. it cannot be very
hard TO live in San francisco.
THE WYAHDoTTE lsDIAss.-By treaty be-
tween the United States and the Wyandotte In
dians. ratified on The Isl of March last the Wy
andotte Indians are declared To be citizens OF the
United States. to all iDtents and purposes, and
entitled to all the rights. privileges and inmnnl-
ties Of such citizens subject TO the laws of the u
nited States and of the Territory OF Kansas.
! DaoUoyr AT THE WEsr.-There is much
complaint in The Western papers of 4 drought
now prevailing in Illinois end Missouri The 81.
Louis Evening Mirror. Of May |. says: From
every portion of the country we receive complaints
of the want Of rain. The effects Of another
drought, such as we had last spring and summer,
are too disastrous TO be conceived.
REGISTRATIONS OF LErTzEs.-The Postmaster
General has issued instructions for the registration
OF money letters from and after the lst OF July
The registration Zee is twenty FIVE cents. for
which a receipt will De given By the postmaster.
VIVA will enter the address. date, and number IN
register Reesipis will also be taken from per-
sons who recHiye registered letters.
The long. promised and anxiously expected "Life
of Washington" by Washington Irving, is al
most ready. and is expected TO be issued, to sub
scri5ers only, in about month or SIX weeks time.
II will be comprised in three beautiful tJpogra-
phical volumes and proftsely illustrated so that
the workmanship may be on par with the high
character which ruln0r accords to the literary
portion.
x. Ms IN ARV.NsAs.-The Camden (Ark.)
Herald learns from reliable source that tho Or-
der of K Ms is making rapid progress in the
State, and that in all probability majority of tho
vOIeT5 Of the Stdle DeIOHp 10 ciueI' po
Herald adds: 1T is well ascertained fact that
in some Of the counties of South Arkansas two
thirds of the voters are Know Nothings 1t is
greatly to be, feared that they will hereafter carry
every election in the State from Governor down
to township constables.
PRESIDENTIAL CAIDIpATEs.- Concord
(N. II. Statesman thus describes the Leading
Democratic aspiraots lor the Presidency: mi.
2 and hocfIQ
own throat by signing the Osiend document
Gen. Cass has reached glrrulous old age.
# in the Presidential chair his message uo,dd
profanity make from fjiy 10 sepenty-fve columns
sulid BREWER. Douglas. besides his Nebrasks
nfamy. carries sort of sailor boarding house o
dor about him caused by liquor and cigar smoke
CoRY RETURNING TO THE FARMERs.-Duriug
the last six months. says the Frederick Examiner,
upwards Of ffly.three thousand bushels of Indian
corn have been received at that depot from Balti-
more. The Examiner then adds: This un-
precedented fact illustrates the scarcity Of staple
product. that will make large demands upon the
growing crepto supply, and should there be an
other season of short crops, will make the prices
still hi5her, and entail much suffering on the
C immunity.
Know Nothingism seems to be playing sad nav
oc in the Democratic party of North Carolina. u
, is rumored that James B. Shepard, who was the
Democratic candidate for Governor IN 1910, a.
r,inst Gov. Graham, will be the American can
didate for Congress in the Raleigh district. We
! also learn that the American party of the New
bern district will nominate as their candidate a.
rains, Mr. Rullin, VIM. X. Lane. whom the
Democrats ran against Mr. Stanley in '49, and
!, lately member of Gov. Reeds State Council
: So eeos ."-.Noyfotk Beacon.
DarygN AWAY FROM KAYs,s.-The Rochester
Democrat says: Rev. + Starr, jr., Presby-
teran clergyman, for three years past settled at
I Weston Platte county. Missouri. has arrived al
. Rochester having been expelled from Weston by
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