Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1857-07-08
MISCELLANEOUS.


Iond 1--we recently committed some excuses,
and The troops had to be called out.
Tho movement for q new southern party has
hoen inflated in Louisiana, by public meeting
IoI1 in the parish of Plaquemine. The cogno-
mem assumed by the party is Constitutional"
The address adopted disclaims sectionalism.
Tho crasshoppers that have threatened to de-
stroy the crops in certain parts OF Minnesota,
have been killed by the recent cold and wet
weather It is said that bushels of grasshoppers,
in masses, may be seen on the prairies. !.
WISCONSIN, scarcely yet twenty years old, con-
ta;ns population of 100000. She has already
several hourishing Colleges, and q State Univer-
sity at the Capitol, with fund which yields an
annual income of $4,000.
The English mile is 1850 yards; the Russian
100; the Italian 1857; the Irish and Scotch
1900; the Polish 400; the Spanish 502S; the
German $500; the Swedish and Danish 1888 ;
and the Hungarian $3.50. The French measure
by the mean league which is 1866 yards.
England derives au annual revenue from du-
ties on tobacco, e4,50O,000, or So, 1000, |
aud France 92,000,000 francs, or S19,00O,OO
total 81 SOC, 900, being more than half the du-
ties levied by the United States upon the whole |
importation from both countries.
Sixty RATTLE SNAKEs-The hands working
on r. S. ICrower's plantation, in Tallahatchle
county, Miss killed, says the Locomotive OF
Granada, sixty rattle snakes in the last month.
Many more are supposed to have been destroy
led by burning of timber on the land when the
hands were clearing.
TIE TIDE OF EMIGHATIoN.-The emigration
from Europe to the United States this yearseems
likely to be nearly, if not quite, as large as IN
any former year. Seven thousand and forty
five passengers, the greater number OF whom are
enigrants, arrived at New York on wednesday,
from different ports of Europe
SUICIDES IN FRANoE-The number of suicides
in France, from 1854 to 1915 Inclusive, was
twenty-five thousand nine hundred and htty-one
of which seventeen thousand nine hundred and
four were men. Within the same period, the
total number of suicides in Paris alone, was four
thousand five hundred and ninety-hve, OF which
three thousand two hundred and fifteen were
men.
The vote in all the border counties of Kansas
at the late election for members of the Consti-
tntional Convention reached 1893. 1t appears
that q majority of the delegates elected are pied
ged to put the constitution to popular vote
Most of the Missouri papers favor that plan. The
idea of the delegates is to draft constitution
silent on slavery, and TO submit TO separate
vote q clause establishing the institution.
MONEY REMrrANoEs AY TELEGRAPH.-ln
ENGLAND the Electric and International Iele-
graph Company have organized their establish
fnent in such q manner as that money deposited
with the company will be advised by telegraph
ic order and be paid out to the parties named in
the order. We concur in opinion with cotein-
porary, that these money remittances by tele-
graph are the beginnings of great system
which is likely to supercede post-ofhcel re-
qnittanees aud we trust with safety equal TO Its
Swiftness.
The PACIFIC WAGON RoADs.-Intelligence has
reached the Department OF the Interior, from the
Superintendents of the Pacific wagon roads ana
their several branches, of a character to JUSTIFY
the confident belief that these great works VIII
be completed at an early day. The work has
been started on all the roads under the most IA
vorable circumstances, and should no serious OBJ
stacle intervene, there is possibility that the
various parties will finish their labors before the
close of the present year. AT all events we look
for a completion of this truly national enterprise
in ample season to be made available for the
overland emigration of next spring
WALKEp's ARMY-The remnant of Walkers
ssarmv." by the Wabash, landed at New York
last week, and the sick were removed to the
hospitals The sentiments of these men, as Tar
as represented by those who have thus tar been
landed, are by no means tlattering to the Fill
buster Chief, nor have the ladies who came pas
sencers on board the vesSel-mostly the wives
of officers-an opinion of his services which ne
wonld consider complimentary. The majority
of the new arrivals are without friends and mo-
new and are anxiously waiting to see if the
friends of Walker and Nicaragua will do any
thing to assist them
WoRMs ON TIE Quo FRUIT TREEs.-Ihe Day
ton Journal states that voracious worm, re-
sembling in appearance the measuring worm, Is
devastating the apple orchards, destroying the
leaves on the trees in that vicinity. The raw
aces of the worm, in some localities, extend toI
the pear, cherry, and occasionally to the peach
Some of the forest trees do not escape, the OAK,
hickory, elm and linn are seen entirely stripped
of their foliage. In some apple orchards scarce
" q leaf is seen. When the tree is shaken, the
worms swing down q sort of web like that of
the spider, one end of which remains attached
70 q limb.
The man who first discovered the gold IN Gal
ifornia has become poor man and homelesS.-l
The papers announce the sale OF Hook Farm, the
home of Gen. Suter, on Feather River, under
the Sheriif's hammer. This was the last Of the
magnificent domain which, at one time, was the
property of General Suter in California. His
generous unsuspecting nature was not sufficient
10 cone with the shrewdneSs OF lawyers and
.sDeoulators, when his lands became OF value |
and so they were wrested from him, much OF
them by what, in the parance OF trade, would
he called Legitimate transactions" much by
bare-taced fraud, says the Alta newspaper.
The UTAH ExPEDrTIoN.-Col. Cummings the
new Governor of Utah, reached st. Louis, from
Washington on Saturday. Speaking in refer
erenee to the military escort which it is under
stood is to accompany Col. Cummings to the |
scene of his official duties, the st. Louis Repub
lican says:
There is great demand just now for horses
and mules, caused by the fitting out of the ex-
petition. Buyers have been in the market for
some time, and excellent prices are paid The
demand will continue, it is presumed, week or
two longer, as it is hardly possible that the ex-
pedition can move before the middle of July
Uncle Sam is a liberal paymaster,and those who
trade with him can hardly fail to do well.
TIE "FoURrn" IN New YoRK-Several riots
occurred in New York city Oh the 4th, the most
serious of which originated in the Bowery, be-
tween q mob from the Five Points and party |
of Bowery boys. The fight continued with great
ferocitv for an hour, clubs stones, bottles, and
fire arms being freely used, and the Five Point
ers being in the end gradually driven back
Eight persons were killed in this riot, and about
80. including several of the policemen, were
wounded. At one time the rioters had the streets
barricaded thus defying the policemen, OF whom
upwards of one hundred were present. lhree
regiments of State troops were ordered out ana
kept in reserve, but their services were not re-
quired, as the riot was finally suppressed oy the