Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1855-05-02
MISCELLANEOUS.

y Richmond last week at 81, 10 per bushel.
II Major Henry w. Thomas is announced in tn,
# Alexandria Gazette, as candidate for Congress
n in opposition to Ex- Gov Snilh.
ID LOLA MoSTEz. it is stated. is soon to make he
al appearance in Paris. Her last California husband
IA is expected 10 be along also.
d A large band Of men are organizing in New
y York. under the title Of the Worth Legion.~ e
r. enlist in case Of war with Spain.
Is The intelligence from all parts Of the country
q indicates that with favorable season the grain
d crop OF the present year will be unusually large.
! The Valley Wing says the Democracy of Fin
castle have raised hickory pole in Honor of Henry
:. Wise! What think the Jackson Democracy
= oft st2
! Late adyices from Paris state that Mr.. Mason
The American Minister at Paris, bad left for Nice.
where il was hoped, his health would be perfes-
ly restored.
1t has been decided by Judge Cowle, of New
York. that teachers watch could not be levied on
for debt, as it was as necessary to the owner a.
t,sls are 10 a mechanic.
J The American party Of Rockbridge have nomi-
( mated Niessrs. r. l.. Doyle and Andrew Paiter-
{ son as candidates 10 represent the county in the
House Of Delegates.
The Richmond Dispatch of Friday has letter
from Danvie stating, that on the night of the
Goth instant, properly in that town 10 the amount
Of $4,000 was destroyed by fire.
The CROPS IN ILLINOIS are said to look uncon1-
monty well, and as larger breadth than usual
was sown. a heavy yield is anticipated; very ex-
tensive crops Of corn are also being planted.
We learn from the Washington Sentinel (dem-
orratic) that secret political society called tho
"UnIon Association" has been started in that ci
ty, in opposition 10 the Know Nothings
The Literary Societies of the University Of Vir.
ginia have selected Lieut.. Matthew +. Maury Of
the National Observatory. to address them at the
commencement On the approaching 29ih Of June.
Orr (ilias the Angel GabrieD has been sent to
prison for sixty days. at Greenock. ScoiIand His
friends, 20.U0O strong, tried TO rescue him. but
did not succeed. Rioters find little avor in Great
Britain.
The Capisin General Of Cuba has removed tho
Governor VI Sagna la Grande who caused the ar
rest OF MIR. Thompson. the American WIGS. consul.
In this case, At least, there can be no pretenes
that prompt juslice was not done.
The vast extent Of the United States is ilu.
stratsd by the fact that while the Inhabitants of
New Orleans are feasng on strawberries people
al the Northern extremity have snow three feet
ia depth in their forests.
CAIHcH BUG.-GTeat complaints are made BY
our farmers in the county, that the chnch bug 10
more abundant than ever. and fears are entertained
| that it will destroy the whea, and other crops-
Charlottesville JEFF.
GIN. WILLIAM O. BUTLER, has been nomina-
ted as the democratic candidate for Congress in
the ten'h district of Kentucky Gen. Butler was
the candidate for Vice President OF the United
States in lS4S.
| In Datrot. Michigan, an ordinance was passed
at the last Council prohibiting the use of cam
phene and burning fuids, spirit gas, or any e1plo-
si'e fluid, by whatever name known, TO take Of
feet in ninety days
| Wheeling paper says Almost every boat
that goes down the River is loaded with emigrants
10 the far west, mostly to Kansas, Missouri, Iowa
and Minnesota. 1t seems as though il the west
did get full the east would be soon drained
EDUCATION IN TExAs.-"It is deplurabe fact
says the State Gazette, "that in the State of Tex
as there is a less per cent, Of native whites at
school to those Of five and under fifteen than in
any other State in the whole Union, with but one
solitary exception!
The Havana Daro announces the expected ar
rival Of reinforcemenis ssvm Spain, which will
make the regular garrison OF Cuba amount TO thir-
ty thousand men. AID place the spanish Govern
ment--as the Diario boasls-in the rank of tho
first military power Of America.
Mn. THAcKERY. the English author, is about
to pay visit To the United States again. He 10
busily Employed in finishing his noveIof the New
comes, and has been preparing some new lectures
which he anticipates will prove popular in the
United States. and beneficial to his exchequer.
An English ship has lately arrived at Havana
a..
were Condemned as pirates. This cargo is reg
ularly taken up and distributed. Many more
ships are expected under contract to bring 600
or 5000 This is one contrac.-there are said
tU he 0ihrrs.
correspondent Of the Richmond Enquirer
gives an account Of o discussion al Norihumh erand
Court House. in which the cause of the American
party was sustained by George w. Purkins who
has been leading mea5er OF the Democratic
party, was in the last Constitutional Convention.
and rendered efficient service to the fortunes Of
General Pierce in 1852.
MATT. J WARD, who shot the schoolmsster,
Butler, is the great lion of the streets Of New Or.
leans. He sports beautiful span Of bay horses,
beautifully caparisOned, and carriage that 10
brilliant with spIendor, and upon the box sit two
coored gentlemen with blue suits, white gloves,
black bats, green band around and small fealh-
er upon The upper edge.
| DR.. Peck, The person who was arrested at Pu-
erio Principe. Cuba. has arrived at New Orleans
in the Black Warrior lie was arrested by mis-
take and brought to Havana ; but he was AFTER
wards released. with The freedom oflhe Island,
excepting Puerto Principe. As his business was
in that town, however, lie preferred coming TO the
United States.
The grand jury of the United States District
Court in New York City. have found an indict-
ment against Col. Kinney for violation Of the
neutrality laws, and it is rumored that he and Mr.
Fabers. late Consul atGreytown, have been ar
rested. IL will be recollecied that Col. Kinney
has been getting up on expedition to colonize in
Central America.
EsGLANp, FRANCE AND CUBA London
letter by the Nashville states that the tone Of tho
American papers. in reference, to Cuba. 10 begin
ming To cause great unaasiness in commercial cir
Giles in England. Luus Napoleon is said to have
a far stronger prejudice against any interference
with Cuba than the English Government, but
there is no doubt that they will act together.
DEATH OF COURIER BELL."-The London
News announces the death of Courier Bell"
(Charlutte Bron,i) author Of Jane Eyre" "Shir-
ley and "Filete." The announcement will DO
received with regret in this country. She was
the last survivor of three wonderful girls, the
daughters ola clergyman who, now very aged
and nfrm, survives his wife and all his many
children.
The great anxiety with both armies in the
Crimea is the dread of an epidemic bursting out.
in consequence Of the putrid smauations the heat
will generate from the plain and the ravines.
where 81 many dead bodies and csrcases Of horses
are nav lying. A number of the latter were rev
-r even buried. especially on The side Of the Eng