Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1859-02-01
Miscellaneous.

We find in an exchange paper the statement
that ssrsnty too white females Were married to
NEGROES in the State of Massachusetts, last year!
If this be so, it is carrying out the Abolition
doctrine to practical results.
The Spanish wags suggest that monument
ought to be erected to the President OF the UNI
ted States in the centre of the Prado, at Mauriu'
as he is the first maH that has been aOie W
mite the people for thousand years
The latest advices from Europe stare tna'
much disouietude still continues on tne o .
nept. and warlike rumors were sun oe'nS onG"
lated but the panic had sensloly aoaIeu, P@iIt;l
plarlv at London and on the Paris Dourse, ",i0'
showed an Improvement, but sun Nu0.u@STN'
Ten thousand dollars were paid To Mr. WASH
;ngtop. on the 14th of December, making tue
snIn total OF $50, 900 paid to HIM on account 0,
the Mount Vernon purchase. fiiIeen tnousauU
dollars still remain on hand washington II
vino has contributed i've hundred.
r4nvERrrsENENT.1 Perry Davis Vegetable
Pain Killer have used with great success IN my
family, in cases of colds and coughs, and also had
the happiness to see my son immediately relieved
of distressing dysentery, and completely cured I'D
few days. WARD O. COPELAND, Fall River
A caucus of Democratic Senators was held at
Washington on Saturday last, to consider the
tariff question Mr.. Bigler offered resolution
in favor of a change, but this was voted down
and a resolution offered by Mr.. Hunter, declaring
it inexpedlent to make any change 1hIs SESSION.
was adopted by large majority.
An interesting correspondence has taken place
in China between the American missionaries on
the one part, and the U. ). Commissioners 10
China, Hon WIN. b. Reed, on the other. Inc
missionaries acknowledge VITA gratitude ana
high consideration, mis- successful! efforts IN oe-
half of our common Christianity, oy procuring
the Insertion in the treaty Of clause which pro-
vides for full federation OF the Christian FelS
ion throughout that vast empire.
Mr. Broderick, while speaking upon the Pa
oi6o railroad BILL the other day. made point a
painst the southern strict constructionists These
every conscientious gentlemen oppose an appro-
priation to build a railroad to California, pc
cause the Constitution grants to Congress no
power to make such appropriations" Yet, ="
saws Senator Broderick, these strict conStruc-
tionists TO a man vote thirty million corrup-
tion fund into the hands of the President un--
der the pretence of buying OubaE
It is rumored-but we don't believe it--that
Mr.. Bonner, of the New York Ledger, has en-
gaged Mr.. Cobb-not Sylvanus, OF course-at Il
fabulous price, to write au essay upon carrying
ON n Government without means, and upon the
political Interpretation of the divine injunction
tn take no thought of the morrow. 1t is turther'
more rumored that the liberal compensation
which Mr. Bonner always makes Tor literary
novelties will, in this case, be applied to the re
lief of some of the more needy OF the creditors
of the government. None of it will be appro
priated for the purchase of Cuba.-Pf0rtaence
Journal
THE THIRTY MILLION BILL AGAIN.-The Wash
ington Union denounUss "woe against the men
aud the party" who oppose the thirty million
nronositi5n. This denuuciation does not put
back the Washington States, in the least. The
latter Journal denies the right or the authority
of the Union To denouuce or eXcOmmunlcate any
Democrat. 1t says that the leading Democratic
presses in the country have come out strongly
AGAINST the measure-that the DILL Itself Is
mere sham-that it originated III the desire OF
denagogues to propjtiate public sentiment by al
apparent zeal in behalf Of what Is thought To oe
o popular measure, the acquisition OF Ouoa'
PAeAsuAY.-Advoes from Paraguay, through
sources uotriendly TO the. Americans state thai
Lopez was actively making preparations toI
w.r in expectation OF the failure OF nego-
tiations with Mr. B,wlin a person (name
not given) vino LETT Asuncion on Nov. 80, re-
pores that he saw etkkr ten thoqsa2s troops
in the highest state ofdIsctpline and connah0-
ed by French and EnglSh officers. lie declares
also that the fort OF Humatta was perfectly
mounted with 6ne artillery, and the garrison
WAS composed of the flower OF the army
President Lopez was vely loud III expressing
his denomination not to yield to the demands
of the limited States. He continually declar-
ed in she Semauario that he would not pay