Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1857-12-02
,rCCELLANEOUS.

w IN Sheriff OF Richmond city, has
T. "ius,nner to the Commonwealth to the
p amount of $4,000.
"'',''"' Floyd has appointed Col. Crozet,
the Blue Ridge Tunnel, an engineer
ens' he wellington aqueduct.
49,. walker, of Kansas, whose arrival in
", o'G;aeoa has been for some time expected,
."'o"cbsd that city, on Wednesday, in the o.
LICK rain from Baltimore
The lad who killed the man in the streets of
New York, a short time ago, whilst the victim
wa' walking quietly along with his wife, has
been sentenced to he hung.
The tightness of the times, says the Richmond
Na.) Dispatch, aud the comparatively low rate
&C which cotton is selling have caused heavy
reduction in the price ot servants, aud great
failing OF in the amount of sales.
Mr.. W, II. Tapp, painter, of this place, was
thrown from his horse, on Wednesday night
last, and very seriously injured. His skull was
fractured and collar-bOne broken. His condi-
ton is very precarious.- Charlottesville Adro.
James G. Birney died at Eagleswood near
Perth Amboy, n. j., on Tuesday evening. He
was born IN 1893, at Danville, Kentucky. He
was widely known as the Anti-Slavery candl-
date for the Presidency in 1914. His death was
caused by paralysis, aggravated by heart dis
ease.
The London Times, after commenting upon
the present state of trade in America and Eng
land says but in tho midst of this awful
stand-still, the American mind continues COOL
and nothing dSturbS its self-posseSSiOn. The
whole affair is taken as an Inconvenience, Ike
the loss of your carpet bag but not rs ruin, ana
hardly an adversely"
A MODEL CoUNrY.-Gloucester county, in this
State, may be very justly considered model
county. For years past not one Delinquent tax
payer has been returned from the county. ii
is in addition to this, one OF the most moral ano
law abiding communities in the State. Few
cases OF crime come before the Courts, and those
which do occur, are mostly of petty nature.
Hon. Mr. Lamar, of Texas, some time since
appointed Minister to Buenos Ayres, has con
cluded to accept the mission to Costa Rica ant
Nicaragua He will not 60, probably, before
spring. The power aud scope of this mission
will be similar to that OF Sir William Gore Gus
ley, the purpose being to secure thorough anc
efiectual settlement of all the Central American
questions.
Mr.. Randolph Rogers has been appoint
ed by the Commissioners of the Washing
ton monument, in Richmond, to construct tn
remaining statues of that great work, and t
complete the Monument. Inc original pan u
the eagles upon the six lowest pedestalS, we ar
gratifed to learn, is changed, and that the bird
are to be discarded, aud shields with appropriate
devices substituted in their places.
The Albany Statesman, few days since
pitched into the men for not visiting their wIve
an the State Prison. contrasting the conduct q
women whose husbands live at Auburn. II
however, made an exception ot one man who dl
visit his wife at Sing Sing. The romance is ia
ken out Of this solitary case, however, for tire
weeks after her release, the woman stole ne
husbands acatch and eloped 'cith 6taekteg
MODE OF VoTING ON SLAVERY IN OREGON
We have before Us u copy OF the Oregon Oon
stitution, adopted by the Convention recent
assembled at Salem, in that Territory, toSethe
with the schedule. There was party in tn
Convention who wished to make the OonStltu
tuition pro-slavery, but they submitted the entir
Constitution TO be fairly voted On by the people
aud also, separately, the question OF slavery
MELANCHOLY AND SNGULAR.-The sinSula
casualty of person being blown from a rallros
train in motion, by the force OF the wind Is ne
q very rare one in the annals OF railroading III
on the prairies. During the gale of Wednesda
NIGHT q brakeman named Cushmyer, in the ell
ploy of the Chicago and Rock Island Ra'lroa'
was blown from his stand on the platform OF
freight car while running at full speed, u
wheels passing over him, killing him instantly