Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1855-06-13
MISCELLANEOUS.

Tho louisville journal announces that Chas.
6. Moorebead. Iate NJ. C.. has received the A.
mercan nomination fm Governor Of Kentucky.
Lrc EN.E kEFUsED-Tbe May County Court
Of Nelson Comfy refused by vote Of " to Z,
TO grant any license for the sale Of ardent spirits
IN tlrat county.
The majority of Gov. Smith IN The AIexandria
Congressional district. over B. j Barbour, is r.
boot six Thousand three hundred and ninety SIX
:. Flournoy's correct majority in the district is 1913
The Abingdon virgiuian alsv announces tho
death of Sir Bishop. bnt Gays that the occurrence
was accidental, resulting from poisonous ingrs.
dent put into the custard BY mistake 10 favor it.
LARGE SALES or WHE,F-'Fhe Fredericks.
burg. Va. Herald learns that contracts have al.
ready been made in that place for some $1,000
bushels OF new wheat at 800 per bnsheI.
OUg POPULATION. -Accprdiny 10 a statement
in the Washington Union. the Increase Of the popu-
laton OF the United States, from 1890 10 1850.
without immigration. amounted 10 1854 ,423 souls
The balance in the National Treasury il re-
duced 10 eighteen ana half millions of dollars.
being falling of from the highest point of accu-
mutation last September Of more than len millions.
If dollars. =
The Spanish Government has issued circular
to the ecclesiastical authorities. directing them to
suspend the admission of noyces into coDvents an
iii the number and occupation Of all the nuns IT,
Spain shall have been asceriained.
Counterfeit twenty-five cent
pieces are in circulation. They are dated 1853,
and executed with toerable neatpess, but quite
light. and thas readily detected by ose who 10 in
the habit Of handling coin.
SUICIDE OF BORA boy, aged Is yeau,
named Slaughter. living near Princeton, KY,
when returning fiom ploDghng last Wednesday,
hung himself with The plough lines to limb Of .
tree. and was found. soon afterwards, dead.
Mormon emigration is flowing Westward stead.
ily, and in notable numbers. Since the navipa-
ton Of The Ohio river opened this Spring. / 500
of these emie rants passed through Pit,sburg, on
their way to The city of the Salt Lake.
The Supreme Court Of Indiana has decided tina {
railroad companies are not liable tor The deslruct-
ion of stock running al large at the crossing Of
public rad when the injury is done without neg
ligence. inas,nuch as The company would have NJ
authority to fence up the road.
; The Democratic State Committee Of New York.
of the Hand She'll division. have authorized The
calling Of state Convention tor the nomination
OF candidates for the State Offices. They seem to
Fave 10 intention Of foregoing their opposition 10
the Administration.
The numbers Of applications received for boua.
,y lands during the rnonth Of May. was $500.
The total number ofapplIcaiuns tina. have been
received is IS5.s00 The total number acknow-
Iedged. 5000; and the Total number Of warrants
issued. $50.
An eIec,on for Municipal officers took place in
Washington city on Monday week The American
party eIeclihg their candidates BY an average ma
joniy OF four or five hundred. This result has
sluppel the Growing in that quarter over the Viz
ginia election.
The Presbyterian General Assembly. old
school which held lis annual session in Nash
| vile. tennessee few Days ago, has uodrr 10 u-
ri,dietion 2S Synods and l64 Prcsbyeres. Ia
is connection are 1876 chnrchrs ,2C3 ministers,
and 22j 600 com!nunlng members.
! The Qnaaers al their recent meeting in New
York city de- ided to disown member because he
was possessed Of a piano! 'fnere are many Of
the fraternity in the city who saand possessed Of
the objectionable Instrument. and great must b
their Iribua,cn at this extraordinary decision.
The leading hotels in Now York Gig, which
on the lst ult. raised the price OF bard TO s.
day. have decided 10 RETURN to the old standard.
aud will hencrfrih charge but $2.50. The reason
TOR this reduction is dscliue in the price Of meat
aud the prospect Of still further reduction in
the cost of utbrr articles of food.
Isle acroun's ffom The plains state that the In
dians had assembled at place called Ash Hollow
| 10 formidable numbers, eager Tor fight. They
regard the small deacamsnis of soldiers with tho
ntintssi contempt. and the garrisons AT Forts La
ra;nle * KearDey WIRE in state ofihe kesnsst sp-
pretpnsor anJ suspense, tpsring that The savages
may attack them before rein iorcrinents arrive.
marriage in high life took place on Monday
in 81. Matthew's. Catholic church, Washington.
Mr. g. De Baillean Secretary offbe French L.
| paiiun. led IA the altar Miss Susan, Youngest
| daughter Of Colonel Thomas Hart Benton, Of
Missouri a splendid enierlaGinent wac given
to the bridal party, a; The residence Of Colonel J.
! G. Fremont
| OsEGox PoLrrtcs.-The general election 10
Oregon tr delegates To Congress. enunly officers,
aud for the erction ~ I'll vacancies in the Legis-
Iative Council of tha State, is to be huden on tho
4tn Monday in June next. Gen. JosEPH Lane,
the Democratic nnmEee tor Delegate 10 Congysss,
and Gen. JOHN Z. GAINES, the Wing nominee,
are siunpmg the State iDpeiher Both political
pgriies are out with full tickets, and the canvass
s.ens to be conducted with the utmost zeal aad
spirit.
letter from Mobile, under date of May 29th,
says: The times here are disiressngly bad
We are IN danger Of actual starvation. No rain,
no rivers. no money! Our advlces from the in
terror are to the last degree dscouraging. Our
country debtors can make no collections, and eau
not, of course, pay US what they awe. They Of
fer To give us back our goods. which they caR
neither sell nor pay for, aud this is about all the
consolation we get"
| SHOWER or FRoGs.-The Cincinnati Gazette
| learns from gentleman who was in the cars on
the Dayton and Hamilton railway, that about FIVE
o'cock Thursday morning. there wss quite .
heavy shaver when near the Mlddetown station
at which place the cars Slapped for several min
utes. On going outside it was perceived that the
bou. one inch lung. which had evidently been
rained upon the earth. and strange to say, they ap-
peared all to be alive and kicking.
Col. Kennsy ct Nicaragua expedition notoriety,
who was on trial at New York did not make his
Appearance in court on Friday. The District At
torney stated that he had heen informed shat
Kinney had left the United States. Perhaps
some clue tn the mystery is had in a significant
paragraph in the. "sun" newspaper. Of that Day,
which iniinates that it is very possible the Kin
new Expcdilionsts are by this time on their way
to Central America, by conveyance other thaa
the steamer United States. The editors adds,
1--WE could tale unfold"
The much talked Of shipmen Of breadstuhs
from san francisco to New York has been fully
contaminated. one vessel having taken her de-
parture with large and valuable cargo. and others
were rapidly filing up to fellow her. The ship
ment, how ever. is not confined To -four snd wheat,
but embraces many articles OF domestic manutac;
ture. hardware, &C. exported to the Atlantic
S,ares and now selling 10 San Francisco at prices
which warrant their re shipment for these paris,
with fair prospect of a good mafgin Tor proht be-
| inr Loft Win such facLs as these before us who