Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1854-11-29
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

refused 10 license ordinaries. The vote stood z
for; against.
! o. CIV David S. Reid has been elected U. ).
Senator by The Legislature of Norih Carolina f,r
four years. He received a pajoriiy of eleven
Votes.
| Or Rpber w. johnson. Dem. has been unan-
imously elected United States Senator by tie
I Arkansas legislature Mr. .Jubnsun is now in the
Senate by appointment Of the Governor.
/ Or Edward c. Marshall has been examined
befure the Mayor of Lynchbnrg. on The charge Of
! killing Jane NORTH. his paramount. and sent On for
trial. The evidence against him is qnite positive.
CJ- number of gentlemen have left PhiladtI-
! PHI fr the vicinity of New York. in quest Of the
hidden treasures ofihe famous Capt. Kidd. They
pretend they now know exactly where it is bu-
RED
eo- Col Ssepoe. it is thought. will receive
The appointment OF Governor of tiab in place Of
Brigham Young. He has with him in The region
Of Utah considerable u. s. force " assist in sus-
tanning bis authority.
ANOTHER NATIONAL THsULT."--We learn
from Genoa that our Minister to Sardinia, Mr..
Daniel. has been expelled from club Of gentle
men at Turin. probably in consequence of his hay
esiing than the missives of Mr.. Soule. What
will The Cabinet at Washington say to this issult
to our national honor
IRoN BUSINESS OF PENNsyLvANrA-"We re-
greet TO learn" says the Columbia Spy, "of the
I suspension and failure Of many OF the heavy CON-
panes engaged in the iron business in tins State.
Some Of those regarded as the most stable have
gone. and the indications are that we are now
bn. in the beginning Of one Of the greatest fiRan-
cia crises ever known to this country"
FREE NEGRO NOT CITrzES-The y. S.
Circuii Court of Illlnos. has decided that free
negro is not "citizen" of the United States with
in the meaning of the Constitution. emitting him
to sustain suit before the u S. Court The
case WAS that of Michel agninst Lamar. Judge
! Drummond made the decision, and Judge Nc
! Lean cuncided
NIIssIoNs-The Missionary society of the
| English established church has an annual income
of 6 900; its mission agents now include a.
bove go Europeans. exclusive of their wives,
spread over it's sfatons north south. east and west,
all over the heather world its native born cate
chisis amount 10 .600 lis cummuicanis number
near 5000; its worshippers 100000, and lis
scholars near $1,000.
IaIsH EMIGRANTs GONG HoME.-The ship
Dreadnanghi, sailed from New York. on Monday
for Liverpool, with about l40 passengers chiefly
Immigrants from England and ireland. returning
to their lalherland The ships Lucy Thompson,
f,r Liyerpool aud the American Eagle and the
London fox London, are also ready Tor departure
with aggregate Of about 30 passengers Of the
same character.
A LARGE Pooh HoUsE.-The Buckley aims
house situated IN West Philadelphia, is said TO
be the largest pauper establishment in the world.
II contains iwenty-ihree hundred pauper inmates.
about four hundred and fifty OF whom are insane.
The laiier reside in large hospital. set apart
from the dwellings, OF the other pauDers. The
buildings are arranged ~ the form Of hollow
square. and occupy ten acres Of ground. Attach
ed o the institution are pne hundred and eighty
seven acres Oi land.
EsucRATIoY TO TExAs-Few OF our readers,
perhaps. have any adequate idea of the immense
tide ol emigration that Is sweeping towards Tex
as The Port Gibson Herald of a late dale says
that upon single route thai lies through Port
Gibson and Rodney there passed within the pre-
vions twenty days between tour and five thousand
persons These emIgranis are principally from
lower T"nnrsSee and The upper part OF Alabama.
Al this raie II would mol require very long time
To depopulate those regi MS. II is also stated that
the em!granIs are persons OF means aud character.
NAVAL PREpAPATIoYs-Som Of the newspa-
prrs seem surprised al the activity Al present dis
PLAYED IN filing out national vessels AT The various
navy yards. We perceive nothing unusual in
these preparations. large pnriion OF the squad
ron lately duty 10 the China seas is already on
its way home; the Mediterranean squadron has
been absent more than two years; and II Is not
improbable that ships other stations require 10
be relieved. These preparations may be directed
to that object as il mol unfreqnenilv happens that
many months are occupied in providing crews ind
other necessary outfit for vessels of war proceed
ing t, distant stalons.--.NaioaalL teliigencer.
Know NoTnISG CONVENTIONAL dispatch
from Cincinnati IN the 2iIL says THE Know
Nothing Convention which has been in session
here Tor iva weeks will adjourn to morrow. Ev-
cry Stale is fully represented. Among the repre-
senialives are The following prominent members
Of the order. NJ. Clayton, of Delaware, Uli-
mann. of New York. Bnmme, of Pennsylvania,
Mayor CUnrad. of Philadelp hia. and Lumsden, of
New Orleans The utmost harmony appears To
prevail Important changes have been made to
the constitution and new rua! adopted. Also
thorou-h change in the passwords. The Pres
idential subject was not before the convention
Pong AND BEEF PacKING.-The Louisville
paners Of Wednesday state that the total number
of hogs slaughtered in that place mp 10 the close
OF The previous day was little over 10000. The
rccpipIs. however. were increasing. The Bardsuwn
road from one end to the other being literally lined
with swine. and the Frankfort and Lexington
railroad gruanng under the weight of the mighty
braves sent by that conveyance. As regards pri-
ces. the market was quoted dull IT &.75aS3.OO
melt. on time. with no cash sales reported. Old
b,ron and pork are tolerably abundant, with no
sales. though good sides are offered al seven cents
and mess pork at ST. per barrel.
SUFFERING IN NEBaAsEA.-A gentleman re-
renlIy returned from the far West informs the
New York Mirror that there is already much suf.
frr;ng among the Nebraska enigranis for The ne
cessarics Of life: and that the coming winter
threatens 10 prove fatal IN large portion of the
settlers. Without houses TO live in-without
markets (if they had money! 10 supply them food.
and with NJ fish and very little game. the poor
entrants who have gone out there under the lead
of AMI Slavery fanatics must hurry home or die
FIR want Of food In most these poor squat
iers have not money enongh To pay their way back
tn their comfortable New England homes. for
which they are now sadly signing. Will our
AboIiun phiIanIhrupsts who have been instru-
mental in getting up this exodus. provide some
miracnous manner to save their deluded victims
from starvation?
The DEMocRAcY NOT A USIr IN MAssAcHu.
,Errs-The whole country has heard of The e.
lection Of the single Democratic member Of the
Massachusetts Legislature. Various. and wholly
reckless Of expense. were the expressions Of sat-
isfaciion on The part of The Democracy at the re-
suit in that State Squibs and fireworks. bell