Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1855-03-21
MISCELLANEOUS.

Fish are caught 10 Puget Sound, Oregon, which
when dried, and lii by the tail, barn ike candle
VIM. NJ. BurweII, of Bedford, has returned to
that county, and is TO take charge hereafter OF the
Southern Quarterly Review.
The United States sloop-of.war Decatur, con-
cernng which fears have been entertained. arrv-
ed safely at Valparaiso, Chill, On the i7ih CT jan
nary.
Last week fires in the woods were raging i'm
North and Sonth Carolina and Georgia. Much
valuable timber, fences and some buildings had
been destroyed.
Beverly Randolph, Of Clarke. is The American
candidate Tor the State Senate frum ibe distric.
composed of the counties of Frederick, Warren
and Clarke.
1t is stated, on reliable authority. that there era
400 councils and 10000 members Of the Ameri-
can party in mississippi. The whole vote of the
Stale Is about 1900.
The election Of members Of the Legislature Of
Kansas took place about the 18th or ..0h Of March.
The Free State Squatter fears tina. the first Leg
lslature Will be proslavery.
The New York Express ays:-To the lie Of
Greedy. WkOlf, Barnam, and Bennett. is pow to
| be added the life of WIn- Poole Already pub
fishing house in New York is preparing the ma
tefial.
The New York Evening Post says: eve I'M
ders'and that Putnam has sud his magazine for
| $4,000. We have not heard what, If any chan
ges in its editorial management are coniempIa-
ted"
Senator Wade, of Ohio, an uncompromising
ato,ionist, hes come out in letter against the
| Know Nuihngs He declares that the "Amen-
can party is prosayery," and hence he washes
| his hands of it.
The American party Of Loudoun have nonina-
| ted Noble s. Draden for The State Senate, ard
Co.'s. Humphrey B. Powell and Robt l.. Wright
for the House Of Delegates. Excellent gentle.
men, each and all.
The Washington Star Of Thursday last says:
Yesterday, about seven hundred ard fifty appli-
caiions Tor lands under The new bounty Land law,
and up to | | A. III. to-day, they were continuing
to come in at about the same merry rate.
The Right Honorable Charles james Faulkner
| has been nominated for re election to Congress hya
! Convention lately assembled at Charesiown. The
democracy Of Virginia are evidently Gud Of Wing
"renegades" in these later days.
! Mr. Wise plumbers at every point in the can
1
his discourse '.on christian politics" in that place,
! he denounced Cniiarians with Unitarian Dem
crat sitting By him and two more in trent Of
him.
COPPER IN VIgoIYn.-Tbe Carroll county
MINIS have delivered, in LYncbburg, since De-
ceruber lst. $50 tors of copperoTe. The yirginian
says that teG,Fe lcag, the copper tonnage Of the
Virginia and Tennessee T0cd, viii reach thou
sand tons month.
The Washington Star Of Friday afternoon, has
the fillowng 1T was said in Diplomatic circles
of Washington. last night, lhata private despatch
had reached this city, saying that Victoria was
fast going The way of her aacestcIs-Ihat Is, De-
coming deranged.
Two calpe,teur agents Of the American and
Foreign Bible SccIe'y are Tow sustained IN New
Me.ico. That socely has recently sent for CIT
eG!.ron in tiat country large quantity Of the
Spanish Scriptures. The Society have also made
a donation Of French Bibles aud Tes;aments for
Hayt.
The dashing 90 Highlauders. the pride of the
English army. left Constantncplc 600 strong,and
after their arrival in the Crimea received an ad
dition OF 80 men, This gallant regiment has re-
Gently returned to Consantinope, reduced to four
teen men and FIVE officers, though still bearing
with them their glorious and unsuilied banner.
The last Parke,sburg Gazette says: On Mon
day and Tuesday last our town WAS almost entire
~ destitute CT Breadsuf!s. Flour and corn meal
could no, be procured at any price Many fam
lies have been compelled 10 do without bread Of
any kind. These are truly distressing times
Corn meal was selling yesterday at only one dollar
per bushel aud flour at 50 81 per barrel.
The Abingdon Democrat has lately received ac-
f,,r, phie
that there is very considerable mortality amongst
the cattle owing 10 the scarcity of proyender.-
Several gentlemen 10 Russell county have lost for
iy or fifty head while uth;rs have preserved tho
lives Of lhcir stock by telling peculiar kindsofrees
the twigs and branches of v hich the cattle feed
on.
The Ohio papers state that a secret political
association has been organized in Ohio in opposi-
ton to the "Xnow Nulhings," the members Of
which are called wild Cats" but they style
themselves the democratic Republican Coun-
ell of Ohio" The headquarters of this society
have been established at Cincinnati. and the con-
stution of the Grand Council' OF the order has
been published.
FRIGHrrU1 OccURRENcE.-A frghtfnl acct.
dent occurred at Meredith, New Hampshire, on
Tuesday The 18Th, election day in that State
Whilst the people were bautng in the town
hall, the floor suddenly gave way, preclplialIng
some three hundred persons into the stores be-
meath, distance of Is feet. Five Of the injured
have died and many Others are not expected to
survive Oae hundred persons had some Of their
| bones broken.
| The Way THE MoTEY GoEs.-COngress pre-
scented each Of The reporters Of the Globe Tor The
last session, with $3ta, amounting IN the aggre-
gate to sl0000. This is in addition TO their reg
ular compensation. At the previous session, S30o
was given to each of the Globe reporters in addl-
ton to their regular pay from the publisher OF the
Globe. At this rate, reporters pay is at least
equal 10 that ot a member OF Congress, While, u
the reporter does work hard for few months he
has no constituents to call him to an account Tor
his shp.-Hdsh. Star.
colonel. BENToN's TuNYEL.-lf ralrosd
is ever hui, over Colonel Benon's Central Paclhc
route, the track will, for the distance OF many
hundred miles, be the highest railroad track IN the
world and the engineers say that it will have
tunnel at higher elevation than any other tun-
mel. excava,ed or projected. the face of The
earth The tinnel will strike through one OF The
depressions in the backbone OF the Western
mountains. at an elevation Of 9 $40 feet above the
level of the sea-more than three thousand feet
higher than the top of Mount Washington.
CHINESE IN CALrroRNM.-1he last steamer
from Ca iiorna reports that convention of mi
ners had sent in memorial calling for speedy
action in stopping The influx of the Orientas. and
also to provide for the exodus of those already in
the State. while bill had beer introduced into
the Legislature forbiddng, under the penalty of
certain fines all persons not eligible to citizen
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