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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1857-05-27

Tnr oAprroL-The new Dome of the Capitol

The OAPIToL.-The new Dome of the Capitol
looms up, day by day, though it has not yet as.
sumed anything like the outline and proportions
it will take when completed The present care
of the architect and workmen is to secure prop
err supports for the immense weight of material
to be used in the construction OF this immense
dome. The vast size of the brackets. forming
the base of the dome, strikes the behoder with
wonder. Each bracket weighs 1000 pounds,
and their aggregate weight is 100000 pounds.
The brick wall in which the brackets are tasten-
ed is of great strength and soldity, and is to be
raised to the height Of thirty feet, forming the
arch upon which the iron columns of the dome
will rest. The number of columns forming the
circuit of the superstructure is thirty-six, and
each column will be supported by two brackets;
These columns are twenty feet in height, and
weigh five tons in each. The total weight of
iron composing the dome is estimated at fifteen
million pounds or seven thousand five hundred
tons! 1t would seem that such ponderous
mass of iron would inevitably crush to powder
any supports that the ingenuity of man could
devise; but on the contrary, we are told that
the foundations of the new dome have sustain
will be called upon to erllre.
upon the gallery IRON are twenty panels SIX
feet by ten, with iron frames of exquisite finish,
which are to be gilde3, and form the frames of
series of historical paintings. BY the first day
of September, the galleries will be completed
The painters expect to have the ceilings finished
by the middle of July, when the stagings will
be cleared away and the spectator will have an
adequate view of the elaborate and beautiful re-
presentations depicted by the artists.
The lobby ceilings are to be beautifully fres-
coed. They are supported by cast iron Plates
twelve feet long by six wide, and precisely one
fourth of an inch in thickness-an achievement
in casting truly wonderful and demonstrating
torcibly the adaptability of this metal to almost
all the requirements of the builder Washing
ten Star.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1857-05-27

VEGETABLES FROM BERMUDA.-The Hamilton
Bermudan of the 9th inst, contains list Of
shipments from that port, showing that the ex-
ports this spring alre:dy amount to 1913, 45O bbls
onions 1898 bbls potatoes, and 3,o59 boxes OF
tomatoes. Six vessels cleared for New York
during the period mentioned, taking in the ag-
gregate 2,259 bbls potatoes, 2,309 boxes of to-
matoes, and 400 bbls onions. These productions
of the soil have rpened this year several weeks
earlier than usual, onions having been exported
on the goth of April. The potato has yielded
very bountifully, and is almost wholly free from
disease.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1857-05-27

HEAVY SALE OF CoRx.-HigA Priees.-On Sat
urday the Marshal of the Chancery Court sold
by decree at auction the lot of corn recently at
tached by Lehmer e. Co., of Cincinnati, while in
transit to Baltimore on the steamers J. II. Done
and Lebanon. 1t was purchased by NJ. Herr &,
Co., of Baltimore, who were in debt to the 9th
er party, and the corn was attached and Went
into store here 1t consisted of 1925 bags, equal
to 1f,390 bushels, and when purchased two or
three months ago was worth 50a55 cents 1t
has now realized about $1,000, profit of over
$1,000 There was considerable competition a.
mong the buyers, and the corn sold in lots at
prices ranging from 80 IL to 102 1-2 cents per
bushel 1t was sold on four months credit,
which readily accounts for the unusually high
prices obtained, The present scarcity Of money
was fully exemplifed by the above sale, as the
prevailing cash price for corn in the market i;
so cents per bushel, and several dealers offered
to sell corn for that price to the parties in at
tendance at the sale.-LouisriUe Courier,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1857-05-27

WISE AND HUNTER.-The contest between
Wise and Hunter for the succession in the Uni
ted States Senate, is waxing warm. ga Demo
erat" writes to the Enquirer that Wise lis the
greatest man of the age, and is destined, if he
lives to fill the most important page in the his
tory of the North American continent. 1t is
needless to go over the ground Of his unparal-
leled merits. | merely wished to express o
preference for him, above all Others to represent
Virginia and the South in thunder, lightning,
or in rain" Hurra for Wise
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1857-05-27

DEATH AMONG THE CATTLs.-Thousands of
cattle have been starved and frozen to death
during the past winter, in Missouri. A letter
from one of the interior towns of that State, in
Fridays New York Tribune, says that in ordin-
airy seasons cattle are wintered with but little
or no feeding On the Missouri Flats thousands
of head subsist during the winter season entire
ly upon the rnshes and wild pea-vines which are
found in abundance, and do better than if fed
on hay or corn. The prospect last fall was ex-
ceedingly fair, till, the first day of December, it
commenced showing and continued most of the
time one tremendous storm, until the snow fell
to the depth of between three and four feet
The snow might be compared to the clouds of
moving sand on the deserta of Arabia while the
mercury ranged from 30 to SO degrees below
oand in number OF instances actually froze.
1t made clean sweep Of fowls and swine, and
nearly all the cattle Some who had several
hundred of cattle, lost the whole. Some shot
one half to save the feed for the other half, and
those finally froze to death, shut up in barps and
stables.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1857-05-27

TIE DEMOCRACY AND DIsTRIHUTIoN.-1na COM
nentary on the Examiners pronunciamento,
that there should be 'no coalion with the Dis
tributionists" on the part OF the Democracy, the
Petersburg Intelligencer puts to our neighbor Che
following pertinent and exceedingly tough in
terrogatories. 1t asks-"Does the Examiner
intend to sever its connection with the Democra-
cy of the North Westl Does it mean to cut
loose from the Democratic States of Alabama,
Mississippi, and Louisiana-all of which recev-
ed gratis of land from the last Congress? Does
it design reading out of the party the twenty
two Democratic Senators who voted last winter
for the donation to Minnesota? lit is not
prepared for these things what right has 1t to
pretend that it will not coalesce with distribu-
tionistsl The truth Is, the coalition is now
perfect and indissouble. 1t is coalition to
give up virginia's interests in the Public Lands
to the new States on condition that they will
adhere to the Democratic organization. y Wig.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1857-05-27

THE "PRoFIrs OF BLoop."-It is favorite
phrase of the abolitionists that the revenues Of
the Southern States and people, when in any
way, however remotely, traceable to slave labor
or slaves are the "wages" or "profts of blood.
1t might be curious study to exhume the his
torical antecedents of many of the colossal for
tunes of Northern millonaires. We have reason
to know that some of the most pious of our abo-
lition friends now enjoy the comforts of palatial
mansions, handsome incomes, and superb seaside
estates which owe their origin to the same "pro-
fits of blood" and il some instances, where the
slave trade with its attendant horrors of the
'middle passage" is the source, the figure might
be heightened as our friends referred to some
times heghten it, and these mansions and estates
might lie said to be cemented and watered with
blood" itself An instance of this kind is re-
called by Ex-President Tyler, in his recent adj
dress at the jamestown celebration. He said he
had knowledge of the fact, that the marble pa
lace of Stewart, in New York city, was built up
on the sale of three thousand slaves who had
been sent 10 New York to be emancipated.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1857-05-27
settle I'm Settle lin.

The accounts of the late firm of J. A. L. Waddell,
r.. are now ready for settlement and those whom we
have long INDUCED are earnestly requested to pay up
uromptly-before somebody gets latter them with q
long pole 20
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1857-05-27

THE WAY OF THE TRANsGREssoR-lh ilon'
Barker Burnell, formerly State Senator from
Nantucket county, is now in the chain gang at
Valparaiso, having been sentenced for roooins
the mail. He may be seen daily in the streets
of that city with ball attached to his leg work
ing with his fellow convicts. He was injected
several years since for embezzling the FUNDS OF
the Nantucket bank, but escaped the punish
ment due to his crime by leaving his country lor
his country's good. "-Boston Trans.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1857-05-27

The accounts of suffering and threatened fam
inc continue to reach US not only from one OF
two States, but from number west, south land
northwest. Actual starvation in some local.
ties is spoken of and very great losses of cattle
and other farm stock. This is certainly very
unusual state of affairs in this country, and, Of
course, is only possible for very limited period
and in districts remote from the highways Of
communication. The long and severe winter,
the backward spring, and in some instances the
prodigality consequent upon profuson are the
causes assigned
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1857-05-27
Cadets Of Temperance.

Augusta Section, Cadets of Temperance, had
q nublic procession on Saturday last. The boys
made handsome display, and we were pleased
10 see so many of them engaged in so good q
cause After marching through the principal
.treets they halted in the Courthouse yard
when the Rev. Mr.. Green, Of the Methodist
Chnrch addressed to them few appropriate re,
marks.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1857-05-27

THE RANK Is But THE GUINEA's STAMP
While Lord Napier, the English Minister, was
busy at Washington, his lady sojourned at the
Gilmore House, Baltimore. The fashionable
circles were agitated by the presence of the wife
of live Lord, and her ladyship received nu-
merous calls and party invitations. The Amer
lean ladies of fashion, deliberately and gaudily
attired in fiounces ard jewels, were surprised to
find the English lady in excessively plain dress,
totally free from all display, glitter aud non
sense. Not single jewel was visible upon her
person. The wife of Lord Napier, however, is
woman of high birth, who can trace her des-
cent from long line of iustrious ancestors
She is nevertheless remarkable, though born and
educated in the heart of European refinement
and civilization, for the plainness of her appa-
rel, the simplicity of her manners and tho en-
tire lack Of ostentatious pretenson. England
never sent better pair of representatives to
this country than Lord Napier and his lady,
He teaches American men that there is strong
goodwill felt for us on the other side of the wa
ter, and expresses manly desire to appreciate
our institutions. She teaches American women
that the adventitious aid of milliners and jew
ellers can never confer nobility, or rather that
there is but one aristocracy of cultivated mind
and simple and sincere heart She administers
a severe rebuke to the upstart, peacock vanity
which distinguishes so many Of our people
PhilG. Journal.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1857-05-27

How TO SELECT FLoUR.-l. Look at Its color.
! if it is white with slightly yellowlsh or straw
cnlored tint buy it. Ii it is very wlite with
blush cast or with black specks IN 1t, refuse it.
| q Examine its adhesiveness; wet and knead
little between your fingers if it works soft and
sticky. it is poor Flour made from Spring
wheat is likely to be sticky. 8. Throw little
lump of dry flour against dry, smooth, perpen-
pcular surface; if it adheres in q lump, the flour
has life in it; if it falls like powder, it is bad
4. Squeeze some of the -four in your hand; if it
retains the shape given it by the pressure that,
too, is good sign. Flour that will stand all
these tests it is safe to buy. These modes are
given by old -four dealers, and we make no apol-
ogy tor printing them, as they pertain to mat
ter that concerns everybody, namely, the quail
ty of the "staff of lfe"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1857-05-27
Officer at Snrins Hill.

Wehave been requested to state that the Court
of this county has appointed A. V. Tare to cry
the vote at Spring Hill, ON Thursday, in place
o. H Ramsay, who has removed from the Dis
trict.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1857-05-27
NO business Mem

The Spectator" is now emphatically the paper for
business men and advertisers. The union of the lists
Of the two papers. gives to it circulation unrivalled
by any paper in the interior of Virginia, See terms
OF advertising in another column. which will in all ca
SEES be strictly adhered TO, except when the cash
Maid when liberal discount viii be made. All char
ges for advertising and job work due when the work
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1857-05-27

A You've GRANDMoTHER.-A woman who
was last week brought before the magistrates of
Wigan, for an assault committed upon neigh
bor affords q striking instance of reckessly ear
ly marriages. She is the wife of Patrick Casey,
tailor, They reside in Douglas.terrace, Wi
gan. He is forty years OF age, and she is TWEEN
ty-nine. They were married before she had at
tanned the age of fourteen years. and she was
mother at the age of fourteen years anG seven
months Since that time she has had eleven
other children. Strange to say, the eldest girl
who was fifteen years old on Wednesday week.
is the mother of two children, the elder OF
whom is nearly two years of age, she having
married earlier in life than her mother. Mrs.
Casey, is therefore at the age of twenty-nine
wears. the mother of twelve, and the grandmoth-
err of two children.-LdrerpOol paper.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1857-05-27
Wheat Crops.

The farmers of this county give gloomy ac-
counts of the wheat prospect. They say there is
not wheat enough left in the ground to pro-
duce an average crop.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1857-05-27
Celebration.

The Sons of Temperance will have celebra-
ton at Churchville on Saturday next. One or
more addresses will be delivered.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1857-05-27
Announcement.

weare authorized to announce Hon. JOHN LEICH
Err candidate for reelection to the Congress OF the
o. States for the district composed of the counties Of
Augusta, Rockbridge, Rockingham, Shenandoah, Har
dy Pendleton and Highland.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1857-05-27

HIGH PRICES FOR NEGROES. The Milton On.
o. Chronicle, says that the following high pri-
ces were paid at Yanceyville, last Saturday, for
negroes sold on the block:
Milly, 40 years old and bed-ridden, $1,000;
Maria and two small children, $2,5o6; Mary
and two small children, s2,4O2. Sold on cred
it of six months.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1857-05-27
To Poslmasters,

Postmasters are requested to inform us promptly
any of the subscribers to this paper refuse 10 take
from the office.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1857-05-27

DRED ScoTT.-The real original bred was the
lion of the Court House on Saturday morning.
He was recognized and surrounded by score
of lawyers, all congratulating him on his envia-
BILE notoriety. Some said he was the most Gel
ebrated character of the present day-that he
caused q greater stir in the United States than
Lafayette himself, and advised him to go off
forthwith to Boston, exhibit himself there, and
from thence to London, but to be snre before he
left for England to get anintroduction from Mrs.
Stowe to the Duchess of Sutherland 'No,
massa," said bred, ''me not go to Boston, nor
to England neider; me stay in st. Louis with
Massa Labaum." bred is small, pleasant look
ing negro, between 30 and 60 years of age-.St.
Louis Leader.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1857-05-27

SCARCITY IN NORTH CARoLNA.-A Murfrees.
burg, North Carolina, correspondent of the
Petersburg Express, under date of the 18th,
writes
Throughout this whole region there is the
greatest outcry for long forage for stock that
have ever seen. Tile fodder crop of the last sea-
son was very short one. and the hard winter,
together with the backward spring. made it ne
cessary to feed animals beautifully. The result
is, that our farmers are nearly all short offodder
Many are buyers, but there are few or no sellers
The destruction of cattle since the 10Th March
has been immense. In Hartford county it is es-
timated that the loss has been ten thousand six
hundred dollars. In the Western mountain coun-
ties the loss must have been greater, where the
country is more bleak, the atmosphere rarer, land
the temperature lower.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1857-05-27
THOMAS BABlNGToN MAoAULAY.-Mr. Rush,
he London correspondent OF the Inverness Cour-

THOMAS DARLINGTON MAoAULAY.-Mr. Rush
the London correspondent OF the Inverness Cour-
Ter, says
There is~a common pedestrian of London
street well known to all who are acquainted
with their notabilities He is short, stout, stur.
tdy energetic man. He has q big, round face
land large, staring and very bright hazel eyes
His hair is cut short, and his hat flung back on
the crown of his head. His gait is firm and de-
cided, with little touch of polnposity.
"He is ever provided with an umbrella, which
he swings and fourishes, and batters Oh the
pavement with mighty tliumpS. He seems gene.
rally absorbed in exciting and impulsive thought
the traces of which he takes no pains to conceal
His face works, his lips move and lnuter, his
eyes CLEAN and flash. Squat as is his figure and
not particularly fine the features there Is an un-
Unstable air of mental power and energy, ap-
preaching 10 grandeur, about the man. He is
evidently under the influence of the strong ex-
element of fiery thought. People gaze curious
y at him, and stop to stare when he has passed.
But he heeds no one-seems, indeed, to have
utterly forgotten thai he is not alone in his pri-
vacy and pushes on, unwilling of the many who
stare and smile, or of the few who step respect
fully aside, and look with curiosity and regard
uPou 1HoLldS DdOlllStOH ua0ouioJ'
occasionally. however, the historian and the
poet gives still freer vent to the mental mpul-
SEES which appear to be continually working
within him. A friend Of mine lately recognized
him dining in the coffee room of the Trafalgar
Hotel, at Greenwich fashionable wlite-bait
house, which, it appears, he frequently patroni-
yes. He was alone, as he generally is, and the
attention of more than one of the company was
attracted by his peculiar mutterngs and fdgeti-
ness. and by the mute gestures with which he
ever and anon illustrated his mental dreainings
All at once-t must have been towards the eli
max of the prose or verse which he was work
ing up in his mind, Mr. Macaulay seized o mas
sive decanter held it moment suspendedin the
air, and then dashed it down upon the table
with such hearty good will. that the solid crys-
tai flew about in fragments, while the numerous
parties dining round nstinctvely started at the
curious iconoclast. Not whit put about, how
ever, Mr. Macaulay, who was well known to the
walters, called loudly for his bill to be made out
at the bar and then, pulling, with couple of
Jerks, his hat and his umbrella from the stand,
clapped the one carelessly on his head, and
strobe out fourishing the other"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-08-31
NOLD MEDAL PREMIUM
PIANO FORTE
WILLIAM KNABE,

KNABE, GAEHLE & CO.,
Continues the manufacture and sale Of grand and
square PIANO FORTES, under the name
Of William Knabe Il Co.. at the old stand, y7
Nos. ], s, 5 and 7 North Eutaw street op-uIA!'
pOste the Eutaw House, Baltimore.
They have also just opened new Sales Room at
No 81 Baltimore street, between Charles and Light
streets, on the premises partly occupied by Mr.
Henry McCatery as music store where they will
and highly finished grand and square Piano Fortes.
also, Meodeons, from the best makers, from to s.
octave some with double key boards, double reeds,
and stops To suit small churches.
Beng extensively engaged In the manufacture
Pianos, we will sell wholesale and retail, the mos
liberal terms. ..
Our Pianos were awarded the highest premium
(gOd medall at the Fairs of the MARYLAND lnstit
two successive years-October 1855, and l856-n Op-
position to fourteen and eighteen pianos from some
OF the best makers from New York, Boston and Bal
tlmore. We were also awarded the frst preInium,at
the Industrial Exhibition held in Richmond, Vir-
ginia, 1855 and 1886. They have also been awarded
the highest premium (silver medal) at the Metro
poitan Mechanics Fair for 1857. SO
In addition 10 this we IN pos OF teetimo
malls from the most distinguished professors and
amateurs in the country, which can be seen at oui
warerooms, speaking for themselves and others OF
the nigh appreciation IN which our instruments are
every where held.
All instruments are guaranteed for fve years, and
privilege of xchange granted within the FIRST s1
months from the day OF sale If the instruments do moi
give entire satisfaction.
Wholesale dealers will find il to their advantage
to give a call before purchasing.
Pianos exchanged. hired. and tuned.
mar l6-ly VIM. KNABE CO.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-08-31

A FUNNY QUARRBL.-The Albany Times
says two well known gentlemen Of that city re-
Gently formed co-partnership. One has a
very brief name, the other has one four times as
long as the first Painters charge 50 much per
foot for lettering signs, and as the new firm
was obliged to have new sign. an order was
given, and it was speedily "put in place. -
But a few days elapsed before the bill was pre-
sented, when he Of the short name made the
declaration that he should be charged but one
third Of the whole expense, as his name occu-
pied only one-third of the sign This reasoning
was not perceiyable to the " party of the second
par! and dissolution Is talked Of, as neither
OF the firm will back down. This ia the las,
ana most singular cause for q " division ofopin.
lon" that we have heard of.