Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1855-01-17
nu.rry;ns Uuaer Difficulties.
u i nroverb that Glove laughs at lock

overCOmes all oPPositio"' r
m. Y. Journal announces the marrlage OF
Nathan Hinckley TO Miss Mary Donaldson
There is nothing strange in the announce
nept but the attending circumstances are
yerv peculiar The father of the lady was
opposed 10 the match, and put notice on
his gateway, bearing the omlnous words
mo admitlance." Hinckley was TO have
been married on The 26th of October, and
on approaching the house TO clamblS bilde
he met Young man with gun who ask
ed him if he read the notice. He replied
that he did, whereupon he was informed
that he had better give heed toit, and some
demonstrations were made ntTmiaiing .l lliat
there might be some shooting going on II he :
did not Deeming prudence the better part
of va!or, young Hinckley beat retreat
In the hope of accomplishing by stratagem
that Which he did not hike TO undertake to
bi Ing about by force he set his wit to work
and finally recolleced that the young lady
had ring ir her possession which belonged
10 him; so lie went and got out warrant
and sent constable to bring ihe-la before
Justice on The charge Of getting goods un-
der false pretences. When the constable
went after Miss Donaldson. her father was
AT work some distance from the lIouse ana
Of course knew nothing of what was gong
Ton tiFl The constable with his fair prisoner
arrived at the Squire's. II did not take
long for Hinekley to withdraw Che complaint
aud pay costs. after which The marriage took
place instaDier. ,s.. .... ...
The New York papers Of Friday last
haze al account of a foreign. couple VINO
called upon an alderman Of that city for The
puTpose of getting married. Their names
were James Napoleon and Katarina Aantz'
! the obe native of Russia, and the other
Of Belgium. The alderman found TO his as
1 ton;shme6tt that neither could understand
Itlc ether vernacular Aninterpreter was
finally sent for, and the twain were made
one flesh james, on being asked how he
managed to make love, pop the question,
and 90 through The other prellmInarles ol
Ecourtahip. replied Chat they had invented
Language Of their own, which was to them
perfectly inlelisibe.. '.79 ..2eLH. .'4
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! ANCIENT INHABITANTS OF NEBRASKA
On the Upper Missouri there exists tract
! of country known BY the name oi Mauval-
ses Terrcs, or, bad lands; at one time. prob
ablv The bottom of an immense lake, IN
1 which Derished thousands of animals hav-
IND now norepresenta!ive on earth, ltap.
fbears thatthe waters OF ihismmense pond
were removed by some convulslons OF ma
ture or other, andthe sediment at the Dot
tom became induroted. -<....--..
4 The portion of.the valley thus excavated
forms surface Of ninety miles III length
and tlirtv in BREADTH. The remains OF an
imals which have lived and breathed long
before The advent of man on earth, are here
found in such abundance a to form OF this
ttract an immense cemetery OF vertehfa$a
/ The bones arc eaid TO be completely ptWi'
! fed and their cavities filled with silicous
matter. They are preserved in various de-
erees of integrity, some most beautifully
-4perlect, and Others broken.
Two remarkable species of rhinocer9s-
T the first eyey found in America-were dis
! covered here and also a sort OF panther
smaller chan the present variety, and also
numberor strange animals with long names
7 unlike anvthing which man ever saw alive
4 We krow. then, that there were once hdi
Il yidnals in Nebraska, as curious, and a:
strangely shaped, and as ppgnacions: aS.aany
4 saHa,ler whom the present great rush OF I'M
migration will carry thIthcf.
i. STATISTICS OF MUscuL iR P0wEk Mar
rha the power of initiating every motion bu
Itbat-ora aight. To effect thus he has, in ma
/ turitv and health, so bones in His head, 6t
in his thighs aud legs, 90 in his arms an'
hands, ana CT in his trunk. He has 444
muscles His heart makes 81 pulsai'on'
in minute. and. therefore. 3.140 IN an hour
! 90. 100 in a day. There are. also, three
sFco,npIete calculations of his blood IN th'
short.space AN hour. In respect to tht
comparative speed of animal beings and ?
impeled bodies, it may be remarked IN !
,ize and construction seem 10 have little IN
naence, nor has comparative strength
though one body giving any quantity OF mo
r (ion 10 another, IS said 10 lose so much o
! his own. The slotb is by no means a small
4 animal, and vet it can travel only fifty pa
ces a day; worm crawIs only five inche
4 in sixty seconds. but ladybird can Il.
: twenty million times lis own length IN les
= than an hour An elk can run mile an
: balf in seven minutes an antelope mil
in a minute; the Wild mule of Tartary ha
speed even greater than that; an eagI
can Ay IS leagues IN an hour: Canar.
falcon can even reach 250 leagues in ih
Short space of sixtern hours. A yiolen
wind travels sixiv miles itf an hour--soun
I 1 142 English leet in single second.
RED SWEET SPRINGs.-The editor ofth
Temperance paper, (" To-Diy, published il
Richmond, has lately been spending, yer.
pleasantly few days at the Red Swee
Strings. He concludes one Of bis letter
written home for his paper, with The follow
ing account ofthe early history the worth.
proprietor Of that pleasant Watering place
Speakins Of .Gir Bias, the owner OF th
!. Red Sweet Springs, the editor says
He Is dininulve man as$o stature, bu
his sonl is big enough. His history is a
singular as bis name Whether he has
: relative living upon earth is more than b
can tell. When but Two or three years old
so young indeed, as 10 be scarcely able t
talk he was picked up, as he foated upo
the bosom of the Ocean, the sole survive
: Of all who had been upon the deck olson
wrecked ship. When fonnd, lie spake on
word. and that was the name he now wor
thlv wears-Eias. But how he came I
: sneak. whether 1t WAS bis mothers name q
any name at all, no man may say. Nha
dreary morning TO life, and yet hoy
aloiiously has the sunlight of success an
: prosperity, sireamcd through the -clou
ri!ts of his horizon. Long may it continue
!. and may the last ours OF his life be NOR