Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1855-04-25
MISCELLANEOUS.

The New Orleans PicayuHe OF the lUfn says
that strawberries in profusion were offered for
sale in the market that morning.
The grsatest distress is prevailing in Emanuel
county, ia, in consequence Of the scarcity Of
water. There was Dos enough to cook Inc 1000
with. --------s
The number of petitions for bounty land, under
the act Uf March 8, 1855, received al the Pension
Office in. Washington, 1P to Saturday evening
was 9o'ooo4qI WEiy3flTI
f. Snow IN ArsIL-There wss good sieighinr
last week in some parts, of New Hampshire In
the vicinity Of Meredith Bridge there are drifts
of six or eight feet deep
7 "A dove,ailfng machine has been invented and
is in use in Boston. which CRADLES sipgle work
man to dovetaiI with ease from eight hundfed "
one thousand bureau drawers a day. = a,i.se
At Fort Des Mones, Iowa, there isa dreadful
scarcity of women. In one house were found
4 nineteen bachelors and only one married couple.
The editor sntreaIs the ladies' 70 come out ,hete
I PEA NursNsrhe Norfolk Herald states that
within year just closed, $4,000 worth Of pea
nuts have Been shipped from that city to the
North, thropgh the agency Ofs,sipgIe house.
Graham the murderer, Of old sMr4 spiller az
| Wylheville, made no. defense before the Exam
ming Court; and was sent on for trial. The ples
of insanity, It's said will be putin s7tH
! TAXING THE ..BAcK TaAcK..v-Tbe House
1 of Representatives Of Wisconsin, by vote Of A
to 81, have restored the death penalty in' that
Sis,e. The Senate have yet to act upon tho
matter. s,t ,s,o ..,si II ~, .i-f-. :. ~
PREPARING FOR A RAINY DAY. From infor-
| az. 4 -, II haze 81 md
| we learn that Louis Napoleon has been investing
large sums in California, in the names of other
parties. ltd.a- -
Tene Hauts, Indiana. is swarmipg with Wild
pigeons. On the evening of the 9th, about S o.
clock. flock nearly mile in length BY about
sxty feet deep, posed directly over the city, ma
king noise audible to great distance. ,l
The churches of Cincinnati, Ohio, havr appoint
ed committee to call national convention OF
Evangelical Christians" in that city in May next
to consider what measures shall be taken to hasten
the extinction Of slavery in the United States.
-Four thousand bushels of potstoes srrived IL
Boston on Thursday from Nova Scotia. A large
number Of vessels with potatoes are on the wsyto
the same port. In Nova Scotia there is largo
surplus Of potatoes and the high price in our cities
will bring them forward.
Mayer Wood, Of New York has received let
ter from Mr. Fay, our Minister at Switzerland
enclosing circular issued BY the Federal Council
of Switzerland, condeInDiDg the sending Of pau
pers here from that country, and prohibiting tho
practice for the future.
A Society has been discovered and broken up
in the town Of Norhbrdge, Mass, consisting Of
about dozen boys, The Oldest Of which was only
about IA years, formed for the purpose Of petty
thefts. The boys belonged to some Of the most
respectable families in the place.
The bill TO suppress Monastic institutions, says
the Genoa correspondent of the Newark Daily
Advertiser. passed The House Of Deputies At
Turin, on the 4th. by the strong vote Of ll6to 20
and was taken up in the Senate against an earnest
opposition. By a vote of 63 to 7. which indicates
that it will speedily become law. .sssus'
COMPTON, OF LAKE ERiE.--The Bufalo, n.
Y, papers say that the ice extends in one unbro-
ken mass for more than one hundred miles up the
lake. and unless there should be a decided and
prompt improvement Of the weather, there is no
promise Of lake navigation before from the firss
10 the tenth Of May.
Cot. BENroN.-Col. Benton has written .
letter dated the 5th inst, n which bsstaies that
there is no Indian war on the Upper Missouri and
| North Platte that he has received ample proof
to sustain this assertion, and thai the new regi-
| ments were raised for another purpose, which no
thinks, lies in the direction of Cuba.
l.. Kossuth appears extremely anxious to ia
| yolye the United States in The Eastern war. In
his last letter, he expresses himself puzzled to
understand how il that the United States DO not
even claim 10 have voice IN the settlement 0fths
Limitation of the Russian Navy 10 the Black Sea,
and similr matters OF general policy.
Upon the occasion of the Grand Exhibition a.
Paris which is ~ open the LIST of May next,there
will be in that city religious union Of all tho
Protestant confessions. Protestant churches from
all quarters of the world to be represented and
diseourses will be delivered by many Of the NEST
prominent members.
In consequence of tho probable stoPpags Of the
breweres and distilleries in New York city. and
the present reduction of work preparatory to that
s,oppage, the milk dealers have already raised
the price of that article twenty-five per ceat.-
There is thus to certain extent, prohbltery
milk as well as prohibilory liquor law.
OppFELLow's CoLLEeE.-Ihe Grand Lodge
Of Odd. Fellows, Of Virginia. has adopted the
Martha Washington Female College at Abing-
don. and will take measures to insure its compile
ton II is contemplated to make such arrange
menis as will insure u The INDECENT daughters Of
svery deceased Odd-felIow the benefit Of . gooo
education.
The New York Courier says :-"Having made
some inquiries with respect to the present supply
and quantity to come forward, of agricultural pro-
ducts, particularly Of the vegetable kingdom. we
hazard the opinion that prices have reached Their
highest figures. The next movement Win un-
doubtedIy be retrogade one, although present
prices may be maintained two or three weeks"
AcourrrIL OF JAMES GsAHAM.-James Ora
ham who was arrested in Nionme last fall, for tho
murder Of Jane Graham, and whose trial was re-
moved to Giles Circuit Court, has, been acquitted.
We have not seen the evidence, and. Of course,
can give No opinion on the subject. We under
sta nd the Jury were not out more than ten inmates.
-Lewisburg Chronicle. sr,t.fo
The KANSAS ELECTION has cttserined tho
anti. slavery people at the North no little. They
had been very active in sending emigrants toathat
Territory Cor the purpose Of excluding slavery,
,msuy of whom, voted FIR the slavery candidates
and secured their election. This only helps to
proye. what was already known. that northern
oppostiun to slavery is the result Of circumstances
and not of principle. k~4 81
= Aw,.rEss RryEs IN BAD WAr.-The Nn
,ren ln,elioencer Of tho 30th uh. says: 80 has
hs.n mathematically proved and practically
demonstrated that the Arkansas river will no more
be fit for navigation. The banks have fallen in
to such an extent as to widen the bed Of the river
UNNECESSARILY, requiring a larger body Of water
than usually comes down in ordinary rises to FUR
nish its thirsty bars and Oil uRths bed. The on
ly dependence now is the railroad" -
Mr.. Charles A. Peck. Of New York, was re-
Gently arrested in Cuba by the autorities Of thss
Island, but subsequently, released upon security