Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1859-09-27
Miscellaneous.

mated Gov. Banks, for reelection, as Governo
of the State. d
The first volume of the forthcoming lite @
Madison, by Hon. W. o. Rives, Of Virginia, viii
soon appear.
Littleton Tazewell was elected Common.
weath's Attorney for the Circuit Court OF Rich
mond, on Thursday last.
We learn by the steamer Arabia that the In
rich Conference had been suspended. A gen
eral European Conference was still talked about
There are now ten anti slavery papers printed
in English in the Slave States, and eight in Ger
mar. Of these eighteen, nine are published ir
Missouri ms .tN
Two hundred Democratic papers in the. Wes
openly advocate the nomination of Judge Doug
las as the Democratic candidate for the Presi-
dency.
There are said to be only six soldiers of the
revolution stilliliying in Virginia. How soor
every trace of the toll and glory OF the days o
'76 will have passed away.
We see it stated that the first locomotive rur
in Egypt used mumlnies for fuel, making very
hot fire. The supply of mummies is said TO bs
almost inexhaustible, and are used by the cord
The New York American State Convention al
Utica nominated ticket selected from the nom
nations of the Republican and Democratic par
ties, and including five of the former and four Of
the latter. ,v-.fJ
The returns of the Post-Office Department to
June Both, have been revised, and the deficiency
to be provided for by Congress is 81, 2sl ,000.-
This is more than 100000 less than the de-
fciency of last year.
Whilst Mr.. Douglas was speaking from the
platform Of the cars at Lawrenceburg the other
day, the cars suddenly started and carried him
of, speech and all. That g the impoltest rail
road we ever heard of in our lives. I
The Virginia planters state that the tobacco
crop now standing has been almost entirely ex-
empt from the ravages of the homework, and
unless an early frost shall hasten the cuttings an
average yield of thefne grades will be produced.
The latest attempt at counterfsting has man.
fested itself in the manufacture Of bogus Chirqu
images. They are made of heavy composition
metal, eeotroplated, and have the rough, unin-
shed exterior and all the rude characteristics of
the originals.
A mill situated on Walkers Greek, near Me-
johannesburg, in Giles county, Va, owned by Jo-
seph Peck, was swept away by the late freshet.
The mill contained about 1000 bushels of wheat
and 80 or 60 barrels offour. Mr.. Peck's loss by
the flood is estimated at from 81. 900 to $14 00O
The Democratic Convention which met at
Farmvie last week, nominated Roger A. Pryor,
by reclamation, as the candidate for Congress to
succeed the Hon. VIM. o. Goode. Mr.. Hopkins
name was not before the Convention. Mr.. Thos.
Goode, independent Democrat, is still in the
field.
Lexington, opened with 80 students. Tie num-
Der would, probably, have been larger, but the
high standard of scholarship required for admis-
sion drives many young men, who would other
wise enter this college, to the University of Vir-
gina
The Charleston Mercury refers to rumor
prevailing in Charleston, that the real object Of
Mr.. John Mitchell in going to France, is at the
instigation of leading members ofthe Slave Trade
party, to induce the Emperor Napoleon to relax
his opposition to the trade under the French flag,
if not to legalize it,
The Liverpool Times says it has the best
authority for stating that the prospects of emf.
grafton to the United States are ''most promis.
ing" and that an active movement for some
months is anticipated. The latest emigration
statistics show that while there is falling off
in the Irish emigration, the number of English
and Scotch emigrants is largely increased.
A few years ago the Duke Of Tuscany i'm
prisoned the Madiai for circulating copies of the
Bible. To- day the Duke is q fugitive from his
kingdom, and the Mada are now bnsily en-
gagged in circulating the Scriptures, the Pro.
visionsl Government Of Tuscany having pro
claimed freedom OF conscience and full religious
liberty.
Adviees from Marshall, Texas, say the South
ern Pacific Railway was sold, on the 9Th, under
execution, and purchased by Gen. Richardson,
and his associates Mr.. Fowlkes is paying Oft
the debts of the road, and preparing to organize
Il company. 1t is proposed to eject Edgar
Thompson President, unite with the III Paso
company, and continue to construct the road.
The New Orleans Delta says that in place of
the yellow fever, 50 long scourge in that city,
a new epidemic has broken out, which is adding
not few victims to the weekly bills OF mortal
tiles. This is the epidemic of suicide. So many
cases of death from this Cause have never before
been known there. Every day the coroner is
called upon to investigate such cases.
According to the accounts from Berlin, the
release of Christian Ernst, "a naturalized Amer
lean ctizen,) from the Hanoveran army, was
granted as an act OF courtesy to the United States
and token of personal regard to the American
Minister, and not in compliance with any prin-
ciple of the law of nations Or at all, yielding to
the doctrine last advanced, by the State Depart.
ment of this country.
Madame Poitevin, widow of the well-known
@ronaut, recently made balloon ascension at
Rouen, (France,) accompanied in the car by her
assistant, in the costume of Sancho Panza, while
below was suspended donkey, mounted by a
new Dulcinea del Toboso, whose white toilet was
visible when the balloon itself could hardly be
perceived. The descent was effected in safety
at Franqueville.
A complimentary dinner was given by the
Wings of LuDenburg county, Va, week before
last, to Robert Ridgway, Esq, the able, Jealous,
and untiring senior editor of the Richmond Wing
1t was a compliment we'll deserved. Mr.. Ridg-
way made an eloquent speech on the occasion.
Speeches were also made by several other gen.
temen, and letters were read from A. d. ID.
Stuart, j. M. Bolts, Wm. f. Mcfarland, Wynd-
ham Robertson, R. T. Daniel, and others.
RATS IN ILLINoIs.-Parts of Illinois are 80
terribly infested with rats, that the Logan coun
ty agricultural society has offered three premi-
ums of $50, $50 and $40 for the three largest
exhibitors of rat scslps at their Fair. great
many persons are competing for the prize, and
the show promises to be large and interesting.
Mr.. Gordon, of Kickspoo Greek, has already Sc.
cured LIB scalps, aud intends running the mum.
Der up to fifteen hundred before the Fair.
On Friday, the 10th, an alteration took place
in Albemarle county, between Mr.. Payne, over
seer for B. d. Magruder, Esq, and negro man
belonging to the latter, which resulted IN the
death of the negro. 1t seems that in attempting
to correct the negro he made resistance to the
overseer, who thereupon shot the negro with a
pistol which caused his immediate DEATH. We
understand that Mr.. Payne has been bailed for