Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1855-01-10
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

dria have determined to reduce their credit sys
TEN from six to four months.
&C. The population of the United States il
1860 will be 30.9S6, sJI at The ratio of increas
that has prevailed from the organization Of tn
government.
/ DnIDLND.-On Monday, the Bauk Of Old Dc
mInioh, u hleAandra, ueciaied uIViCeLd Of
per cenfhet ~ TIE sIUc4iioiuers, payable ON In
IAN IHstaul, iUr The last s.A Invn,ls aier paying
bJuus aHu SIale tax. -.s-..asz.r -fls.Pi =
Or The London Times Of the 10Th Of Deem
Der states That Inflammation had been received thai
Admiral Herring had arranged treaty with Ja-
pau whereby lwo ports oi tnal country had been
thrown open ivr The English Trade.
90 kossuth, i, is stated has lately accepted
The ofier ol The propretors oI the London Sunday
LINES To make Their paper his organ. and agreed
To write weekly articles lie leading TOPICS Of
the day, which are to give The tone 10 the pa
per. 7rti toA
o. The n. Y. Journal Of Commerce opens
The year by contracting the sze ol lis sheet It
HOLDS ITSELF prepared 10 enlarge again whenever
The pressure VI buslness requires II, aud adds that
its daily circulation is larger than at auy former
period.
ey- The Bank of The Valley has declared a
semi-annua dividend Of 81 per ceIt.-5 per cent
of which goes 10 the Stockholders, the . per cent
| being retained as the State bUhus. The Bank Of
| Winchester has declared semi annual dividend
OF per cent.
GJ- George w. Green, the wealthy Chicago
banker, who has for several days bren on trial In
ala A tIa don. ia of hfc
wife by poison, has been convicted OF murder Ia
the first degree. A motion, however, has been
made for q new trial. ESQ 1s t,k
Nc, The Washington Union confirms the state
ment that it is not the intention Of Mr.. Sickles TO
resume his position in the legation at London but
states fhattne relations between Mr.. SIckles and
Mr. Buchanan continue to be fihe most intimate,
cordial and confidential character. ~
BETTER TIMEs.-There is every Indication of
prowinp ease in The money market. The out flow
of specie is checked and The inflow from our own
mines is equal to nearly million week. Got.
ton is going forward rapidly and produce OF all
descriptions is in quick demand. ~
A DESCRIPTION OF OFFIcE-SEEKERs.-The
Mayor OF Boston deserves The credit OF having
furnished description of Office seekers. which Is
as significant as comprehensive. lie says
'.numberless persons solicit responsible situations
to take charge OF the city's property who never
take care Of thelr own" ..a
THE ERIE WAR REyEwE-. IT ee has been
repetition of the Ere difficulties small scale,
within few days past. and The bridge in the to-
rugh, hich was The cause OF so mich trouble last
winter. has again suffered from the ruthless touch
of the destroyers. But the real fight seems to be
put off for 6U days.
0S- The jackson Mississippian says that the
principal object intended by the kaow-Nothlngs
in that State is to secure the payment Of the re-
pudiated bonds, and ihereupon calls on" the old
line Democracy enemies OF bondsm-to
sard to to their colors." If The Know NOihings
succeed in making Mississippi honest what can
they not accomplish!
0s- Miss BnnkIey s reply to the Lady Supe-
rior of Diminishing, will be published in hook
firm, and she is now in OF the Northern Ell es
attending to It's publication Miss Is. is young
lady about 20 years of age--good hooking. but not
handsome. and possessed OF modlocrity OF talent,
and OF most respectable. pareniage., M doubt her
book will cause much stir.r - rr
o. Selden, Wthers s. Co. have rendered an
account. showing balance Of 1886, 939.O8 due
from them 10 the State OF Virginia. The proba-
bility is that The balance will lie something larger
than this The private fortunes Of the partners,
N'iihers and Selden, are considered ample 10 pay
any deficiency that may accrue after the ELECTS Of
the firm are exhausted.
VIRGINIA PoLrrics-At a meeting Of the
Wings of Henrico County, Va, il was resolved,
that ut is inexpedient aud unwse under existing
to hold Wing Stale Convention.
for the purpose of making nominations for the Of
fees Of Governor Lieutenant Governor and At
torney General. in opposition to the Democrliic
State nominees"
OpEY "AMEGIcA ORGAYIzATIoa."-The A
mcrican Banner Know Nothing paper publish
ed in Philadelphia is in favor of an open organi-
zatiur of the order, and suggests that "a National
American Convention be held on the 4ih of July
next, for the definite enuncialon ofprlncpes that
shall commend themselves 10 the national heart,
from Maine to Texas.
O. Long John Wentworth. Congressman from
Chicago. writes home from Washington. on the
Know Noihings, as follows: "From all | can
see and hear around me. it is evident that this for
eion question is to override all others. even the
slavery question. as we see men OF The most OPP
posi,e views touching slavery forgetting all their
difference and acting together"
Know NorHIYGs IN RocKISGHAy AND PAGE.
"A Democrat of Page county. in the Valley
Democrat. declares that he recently heard DEM
ocral in Page, who ought To know, say that MIR.
Wise will not get half the Democratic votes Of
that county. II is stated also. that the Know
Nothing vote in Page. Rockingham, &C., Will as
tonish tho old Democratic leaders.
REruRyIYG REAsoY-The able Washington
correspondent of the Philadelphia Ledger says in
his letter of Saturday last ''lt is extremely
doubtful whether Congress wonld At this moment
appropriate a cent for The purchase ofCuba. much
less hundred or two hundred million Of dollars.
Not even secret service fund will be devoted 10
either House to promote negotiations for such
purpose"
The VrcrrMs.-According to the London Med
zeal Circular, the campaign IN the East has, 10
point of sickness and mortality been one OF The most
disastrous on record. More than ten thousand
men have disappeared from The ranks since the army
landed in the Crimea. Many Of them are only
sick, it is true and will soon again appear on the
scene. The Russians. the poor soldiers say. IN
iyersally ARE nolhing to the cholera and dnrrhea,
CLERKsHlp OF House. OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Nathan Sergeant. ESQ. well knJwn formerly
as Washington correspondent for The distant
press. ard subsequently Recorder of the General
Land Office it Is said. has addressed circular
letter TO many members elect 10 the next Congress,
,nnouncinq that he is candidate for the clerkshp.
1t is also said. that Robert Beae, Esq. of Wash
ingtoH city. late Sergeant-at Arms of the United
States Senate, has announced himself as candl-
date.
REFUSES TO SUPPORT TIE TIcRET.-A wri-
ter in the Portsmouth Transcript states that Hon.
Eavette McMnllen is among those members OF the
Virginia delegation who decline to support the
ticket recently nominated at Siann'an, and adds,
that large portion Of the CD Line Democracy
If Vironia would be glad 10 east their suflrages kr
n. a. AZ IL. q La u.nnlL nnrniit his name Ia