Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1855-02-14
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

| N1ESCELLA n EOOS GNASs
o. The population in Pittsburg, supplied with
food at one Of the soup houses, Is stated At ~
AS men, women and children.
SCRUB RAcE.-Sixty- one candidates have
been nominated in The Pennsylvania Legislature
for the U. 5. Senaicrshp.
o. The Prohibtory Liquor Law passed by the
Legislature of Michigan has been approved by the
Governor. 1t goes into operation in ninety days
after its approval. 'ftf'f Az
e5- Emigration to Kansas is being re-agitated
in the New England States just now, ard numer-
GUS companies preparing to take the earliest
opportunity in the spring for starting to thatiTer-
rtcry. -
! The KANE ExPEDITroN.-The President has
signed the resolution directing vessels to be sent
10 the relief OF DIR. Kane. Steps are TO be imme-
diately taken for the departure Of the .expedi-
ton.
A HARD SNEEzE.-A young lady of BRIDGE
ton, while in the act Of sneezing. came near dis
locating her neck she was insensible for sumo
hours. and had it not been for the skill Of The sur
geon, who was Immediately sent for, life would
soon have been extinct.
Or The New York Herald makes the .f,llov-
ny PohiiCdI 'ia>SiUcdton OI tie vOle Oy Which
MIR. Seward was reelected to the Serate. In ,hs
Senate he received 10 voes-thrleen Wing and
five Know Nothing. In The House he received
90 votes--fity.seven Wings, seven Know no.
things, and three Democrats.
The MIssING ROCHESTER, GIRL.AEinma
Moore, has never been heard from. Her fate
SEEMS 10 be settled by the following announcement
| in The American there:
Emma Mpore-Bom June 25lh, Is47. Miss
ing on Nov. llth, 1854, aged 81 years, months
aid 2s days. : : w
o. Clergyman were formerly prohibited by
the constitution of New York from holding apy
civil office in that Stale but in the year ls47
this provision was abolished. The first clergy
man ever elected 10 civil office in that Com
monweal,h is the one just chosen by the Know
Nohings to the Senate frnm GOV. CIark's dis
trct, the Rev. Mr. Goodwin.
AN EXPECTED FLooD.-The heavy fall OF
snow with which the country about Chicago has
been visited. gives rise to apprehensions of
tl'"d, there, in the spring In lS49, Chicago
was visited with food, and $3.50. 900 in proper
" destroyed. Besides that. many lives were sac
rfced. The wafer swept away bridges. and
fMded the city. Now the snow is very deep,
and if it should melt suddenly. or a heavy rain
should fall, nore disastrous flood, it is feared,
! would ensue.
ILLrNoIs-Gen. Shields was Withdrawn from
the Senatorial contest in this State, and Gov.
Maiteson received the Democratic vote in the
Legislature. Lyman Trumbal who has been e.
lecied, resides in Bellevie, the same place as
General Shields. lie is an Anti Nebraska DEM
era, and was chosen to Congress by a considera-
bile majority, in November last, in place Of Col.
J
ka question, and wbuse term will end with the
present session. A special election will lie re-
CURED 10 supply the newly created vacancy, and
Gen. Shields, the telegraph states, has already
been nominated.
Ma. WISE AT ALExASDRIA.-A correspondent
of the New York Tribune who was present at
the delivering of the address. says-"lt was evil
dent that Mr.. Wise was rowing against the tide.
Reason ard argument were poweIitss with such
hearers. There was nothing taking IN tho
Speech nothing Of the usual style OF stump
speeches, and. it there had been, it would have
been equally vain. Out Of doors and in doors, in
the streets, in the bar rooms. the ferry boats,
everywhere, 'Hurra for Sam like .hurra for Jack
son.. 10 former times. the cry. II is useless
to disguise it. Nevertheless, the overwhelming
majority the Democratic party has in Virginia.
may carry Mr.. Wise into the Governors Chair"
The WoRgrSGMEs of New York have been
holding another meeting 10 hear the report Of
Committee who had been appointed TO prepare
memorial to the State Legislature. The report
Of the COmmilree proposes plan for organizing
throughout the Union. for the purpose OF securing
the enactment Of laws by Congress. prohibiting
all further traffic IN The public domain. ard d.-
ribung it in limited quantities TO actual settlers.
and by The several States limiting the quantity of
land that any person shall hereafter acquire
The proposed organization is to lie represented by
central committee, primarily located in New
York, having Collateral committees which will
be Instituted in each city, town aud village,
throughout the United States.
TIE SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH ACROSS THE
| BLACK SEA-The London Times speaks Of the
departure o.. 4 steamer with the wire for sub
rnariue cable intended 10 he laid between Vafna
and Bals!lava. distance Of 400 miles. Nurses
system of felcgrap hing is to be used. BY tho
end of February direct teegIalhc commnnica-
iuns will he opened between the head quarters of
the Allies in the Crmea. and the two great wes-
tern capitals, London and Paris for the French
aud English Governments have made such ar
engagements that the gentlemen who are proceed
! ing out to the Black Sea confidently expect thst
| BY the time their vessel reaches the Euxine. the
overland telegraph from Varna 10 Bucharest vii
be finished, thus completing the electric commu-
n;cation of The Crimea with England.
:. ExrRAvAGAHcE ~ CALIPoRyIA.-Thef follow
ing is au extrac, from California letter. dated
January 9Th There is more distress here than
one on your side would imagine. At the sane
| time there is more extravaganza than with you. II
possible The fashion of New Years day is be-
ing carried out here. This year far exceeds any
previous one in the costness of the entertain
ments and ladies' dresses-the former COSTING III
some instances $500, and the latter 500 to &3U0.
Most of those people who sPead so much are me-
canics' wives. and the way they dress is eau
tion 10 the mems pockets. Laces trnm Si5o TO
$500 The set. Any quantity of dresses can be
seen daily on Montgomery street c"siing &lOo,
5000 and $500 Nobody wears "calico" here.
not even the servant girls, who sport their $lo
and SIS handkerchiels. Nowhere is money in
some cases so easily made and So foUlishly spent
as in this very San Francisco"
LOOKING At THE SANE Thing IN DIFFER
EYr WAY-The Washington Union referring ~
the probable re election Of Mr.. Seward. says:-
The abolition wing of The Know Nofhing par
~ is as strong in New York it has proved IL
self to be in Massachusetts Who will now as
sert that this new political organization is not
mere Instruments powerful and dangerous aux