Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1859-04-26

Miscellaneous.

The trial of William E. Deneale, son of Sena.
tor Deneals, for stealing money, took place il
Richmond last week. The prosecuting attorney
abandoned the case and the jury acquitted the
accused. -
A Nebraska paper says that Slaveryis already
established in the Pixies Peak region-that the
Mexicans are there with poems, aud that South
erners are on their way there with slaves, from
every Southern State.
Mr. Barnum lately attempted to deliver a
lecture on Money Making, at Oxford, England
but was greeted with groans and Kisses, hi
with an orange, and peppered with chestnuts
till he was compelled to silence. ,
| The Richmond Enquirer says that the "ascen.
dency" of the Democratic party is seriously
threatened, not only in Pennsylvania and New
York, but in the Federal Government in all its
departments by prevailing discussions.
The Rockingham Register says: "The negro
charged with burning the barn of Benz. F. KEN.
per. ESQ. near Port Republic, in this county,
was tried by the County Court, on Monday last
and sentenced to be transported beyond the lin.
| its of the Commonwealth"
[ADvRRTIsEMENT.]- IF there be any of our
readers who doubt touching the magic powers OF
Perry Davis Pain Killer to remove pain, we ad-
wise them to buy one twenty-five cent bottle and
give it trial. We never yet knew it to fail
Sold by druggists and grooers.
An election among the Students of the Uni
versity of Virginia took place on the 18th,
which resulted In majority of the Virginia
votes in favor of VIM. L. Goggin. This is al
most unprecedented. There was majority of
seuen for Letcher in the votes of the students en-
masse. Usually this majority has ranged from
fifty to seventy, ind almost universally, up to
this time, majority of the Virginia votes have
been cast in favor of the democratic candidate.
CALIFORNIA last advices from Califor-
MIA, to the 9th inst, state that the steamship
John L. Stephens brought down over $2,000,0 900
in gold, which is on its way to New York. A
terrible accident happened to one of the ferry
boats at San francisco on the Sd inst, which
caused much excitement at the time in the city.
Six persons were instantly killed, and between
twenty and thirty wounded, some of them dam
gerously. The mining prospects for the spring
are very encouraging, and on the subsistence of
the waters large yield is anticipated.
A REFORM IN THE RIeHr QUARTERS.
New York Examiner states that the Rev. Mr..
Chambers of Philadelphia, reports wonderful
transformation ''going on amongst the worst re-
probates of Baltimore. Of the late converts In
the western and rowdy section of the city, at
least one hundred could be named as already &C.
lively and devotedly engaged in carrying on
prayer meetings, and laboring for the conversion
of others. The reports from that quarter OF the
city reckon at least hundred and fifty from
the worst GLASS of Baltimore population, as CIV
ing evidence of conversion to God"
The election in Kansas to determine whether
convention shall be called to frame a constitu-
ton preparatory to admission into the Union,
appears to have attracted but little notice in
that Territory. We learn from the Kansas Her
aid that no more than five thousand votes were
probably polled out of an aggregate estimated at
nearly or quite twenty thousand; in other words,
no more than one in four of the qualified cleo
tors took the trouble to 90 to the polls on ques-
ton which has hitherto convulsed the whole
Union. 1t is probable that the people have vo-
ted by majority in favor of Convention.
It would appear from the reports in the news
papers, that Mr.. Montague stakes nothing by his
in agreeing to discuss political affairs
with Mr. Goggin. The latter gentleman is said
to be much superior to his antagonist on the
stump. By the way, Mr. Goggin is circulating
about now in the East, addressing the people
with great power and effect, and making friends,
we are told, on every hand. We should rejoice
to see him triumphantly elected. Even q large
vote for him will assist in the revival and reor
ganization of the Wing party, and in the fur
therance of Wing principles.-AIsr. Gazette.