Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1854-11-22
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

C,vernor was. for Pollock, Wing and Know No
. thing. 2C3,e 22, tyr Bieler. Democrat, l67 ,2el.
o. Mr.. Brisfon (Whig) has been elected to
C. ,ngress in The second District OF Kentucky TO
MI The vacancy occasioned BY tie death Of Hon.
r ley Ewing.
rs. The Senate of New Jersey stands ten Dem
ocras TO ten Wings and Know Noihngs, being.a
tie. The House stands q Democrats 10 80 Wings
and Know-Nothngs
ery- A late steamer from California brings word
that The trial of Ex-PresIdeul Walker of the So
nora expedition had terminated aud he had been
pronounced not guilty. Shockng!
o. Two female fortune teilers have opened an
establishment Tor miners in Nevada county,
California. For ten dollars and promise Of $50
more they divulge To the credulous where the
richest claims are to be found"
QUEER SENrENcE.-Ceorge 4. I.eavitt, con-
elpd in Manchester n. H., Of rubbiug his father
OF. fifteen dollars, and violently assauIug him, has
been sentenced 10 one day solitary confinement
and State Prison for lille TO hard labor.
CO The Rev. Anionete l.. Brown has resign
ed the pastoral charge of the Orthodox Congrega-
tonal Society in South Butler, Wayne Co.N Y,
with view to the improvement ul her heaIth.-s
She will Continue, however, to preach and lee
lure as heretofore.
Extra Session OF THE LEGisLArUEk.-Ths
Wheeling Times states that printed circulars
he ~ sent To each member uf the House and Sen
ale. containing short argument 10 show why the Z
Legislature should be convened. and appended to
this is printed request 10 the Governor 10 call
such session, only requiring The signature Of the
members. The movement, 1t IS supposed, will
not succped.
| 10 The Late epidemic at Savannah ranged 81
bDut ten twelve weeks. during which time the
number Of sick aud dead reached FIVE thousand -
Ten physicians aud three medical students are
numbered with The dead, while many others were
SICK. Of the clergy. three died, and every oneo Of
their number wasatiacked Oftbe editorial corps, !;
all Of whom remained at their posts until attacked,
two died.
A I.oFrr MoUYrArS-Mount Hood. in Ore
gon. has now been ascerained. by actual meas !.
ure,nent to he iuIly eighteen thousand three hun
dred and sixty one feet high This is the high
EST peak on the American continent. and one at
the highest in the world. From this peak mot n
tan tops five hundred miles distant distinctly
seen. The m1nnlan /, volcanic, smoke being
seen 10 issue from the smmt.
LOCOMOTIVE SHOPS IN THE UsIrEp STATS. I.
There forty establishments in The United
States engaged in the manufacture Of L. comutive
Engines. These shops. il is estimated. iuru out
in busy times, at least 200 locomotives 10 year.
Above 5000 hands employed, whose wages
are about $500 900 per annum. The iron con.
snmed exceeds 45.00O tons annually. The valno
of the products Of these works is full $4,000, 900
per annnm.
FLoURisiiIsc. Know Nothingism has taken
roo and is spreading itself. in this place aud vi
ciniy. We are told that the order already en-
ia NJ,
and large weekly acceSsons continue to swell s
ranks every walk in life contributing numbers
to the mysterious association. With regard to
palilics. he mrnbers are said To be Of mixed
mnpexion-Whigs and Democrats standing near
ly even. or. as the cockney would express it, u
bout ALI and 'alf.-P@kcrsLnrg Ga-eHe.
ILIlHcrs-The ST. Louis Republican says that
The delegation just elected To Congress from Hi
nois will consist of five Wings and four Demo.
Gratis, six of the members. however. being opposed
lo The Kansas Nebraska bill The last deIrea-
linn from Thai State consisted Of four Wigs ard
five Democrats. Returns from twenty three cuun
ties in The State mostly offrial. exhibit majuri-
! ~ Of 10 .2j7 for Miller. tie Wing candidate hr
Stale Treasurer In The same couniirs in 1852.
the majority Tor Pierce was 3, ~ net gain Of
IA 000.
THE Battle IN K,MscHATKA.-l.ate advices
from California report thai The English aud
French naval farce in The Pac fic had made an al
tack upon the Russian town of PerUpolowskl. IN
KamscI,a,ka. and had 10 retire with considerable
losses. File French took refuge in tie part Of
san Francisco and stated tina; ihey had LIST in
killed. wounded and lrii O. men. and the Eng
lish lll-toial 219. Nicholas seems 10 he armed
!, every point The Allies duu5ieSs calculate
npon an easy conquest in the remote reeiuL Of
Kaurschatha, but what sad disappointment.
SINGULAR UYAyIMITY The Know Moth
ings" Of Massachusetts vii nave I'll the State Of
fr.rs all the Senate, and 81 MeinLers of the
House hut iteiy pnwer in the latter body VIII he
checked by The presence of seren anlaninls,s-sx
Wins and one Dcinpcra. go9h deal Of fun is
pokcd at the latfer-he is asked To explain how
he proposes 10 organize The Democratic Caucus
who will be chosen its Secretary. &c. &c. sfier
he shall have been chosen 10 prrsidc-what CON-
miltee will conduct the President 10 the chair
hIw the motions will he secnDdsl. Sc.
A IIERoIxE-Aliss Florence Nightingale. tho
Young Ennlsl lady who. sometime since. SAILED
for the sea; OF war in the East with c7rTso forty
nurses Ia minister TO tie relief Of he wounded
aud suffering soldiers there. is the daughter uf =
gentleman of wealth named William ShoEe Night
npale. residing NJ Enbley Park. Dcrbyshre and
heiress iu his f,rimne She is cunversani with MA
nv languages. ancient aud modern. has travelled
much is persun Of fine natural intellect, and
pespsscd of happy and luxurious home Her
present enterprise is but one ct many snch beney-
dent Efforts by which she has distinguished
herself
IMMENSE TMMIGRATIoN.-An iowa paper says,
1.-The Immigration into Iowa al all the ersslHgs,
The present seasnn is unparalleled in the history Of
The past. The steam ferry at that city Zone #
the largest on The rver) is kept in constant mo-
ton from morning until night. and frequently IN
ri midni ht The consequence is that every o.
ven mr.. whole acres on the opposite side ol iha
river NAV he seen covered with the wagons. tents
and cattle of the engranls. The merchants, gre
Gers. and manufacture RS are reaping fine harvest
in the way of furnishing supplies 10 The travelling
million. At present rates. al least 100 600 souls
will b" added to The population OF this State Gu
ring the present season."
CoNvicrioH AID SENTENCE OF JAME2 AMEs.
"A correspondent Of the Petersburg Express.
writing from Accumac Court llnuse. states that
james Atnes recently had his trial before the cir
cnr court Of that cocnty tor the murder OF George
East. his step father. which resulted IN convIc-
ton of murder ia the second degree with SEN
fence of eighteen ycars imprisonment IN IRE penl-
ten; ary The murder must brutal ONE
u,,,r,lIeled. almost in the annals of crltnr-and
II was maer of general surprise that the prs
o,or's neck WAS spared lie WAS. however, de.
tended by able counsel-EIon Henry A. Wise
making one Of his most powerful effIrls in his be-
half