The Nevada journal., 1852-03-04
NO. 9O,I

!. is described as being composed of son
e hard metal which has the color a.
: ring of silver, but it is easily dist
guished by its glossy brightness.
7 has been cast in a mould, and has I
. milled edge. 1t may be easily dett
ted by the roundness of its imprif
f and the oily feeling which it has VIII.
pressed between the fingers. 1t pu
} ports to be of the coinage of IS47.
Jenny Lind left the Unian- pla
Hotel on the 23rd JAM, for Boston
make short visit to her friend, Mi
Ward, after which she intends returt
ing to New York, where she will 4
4 main until she leaves for Europe. !.
In the u. s. Senate, Jan. 1 9, a Ion
debate took place on the bill to NAL.
bounty land warrants assignab]e.
Among the several amendments oha
ed, one was odopted TO repeal the prV
viso in the ninth section of the act !
lS47, which restricted the benefits
the law to those troops who march
into Mexico. The bill passed on ii
2lst.
Kossuth arrived in Pittsburg ia
22d, sick and weary, after his journe
over the Alleghenies. He slipped ii
to the city quietly, and apparently el
deavored to avoid any public demon
stration or parade.
A New York paper has telegraph
dispatch from Washington, announcin
that Mr.. Clay has written q letter in fl
vor of Gen. Cass for the Presidency
We have it from high authority, tha
MIR. Clay, several weeks since, express
ed himself, as it is said he has written
The legislatures of New York, Mas
sachusetts, Rhode Island, Indiana, Penn
sylvania and Ohio have passed resolu
tions inviting Kossuth to visit the cap2
tails OF their respective States.
The Kingston, Jamaica, Journal of th y
LIST inst, speaks gloomily of the suga
cultivation in the island, and estimate
that it has so long been u losing busi
ness as to be coming rapidly extinct.
Up to the present month, the small
pox and cholera continued to rage fatal
ly in the village of Duncan and neigh
borhood, in the Island of jamaica
Duncan Robertson, of Norfolk, bal
been appointed Consul of Spain for th@
State of Virginia, in the place John ALI
mand, deceased.
The second snow storm of the Sc asor|
visited Charleston and Savannah on thJ
18th inst. The ground in both cities
was covered to the depth Of two inches.
The amount of gold coined at the mint
of France ip l84S was about $S,000,000
in lS49 about $4,000, 900; in 1850 about
$1,000, 900; during the first ten months
of 1851 about S5l 100000, showing o
great increase in proportion to silver.
The American Railway Times, of tho
1st inst, contains list OF all the rail-
ways in the U. S., by which it appears
that the number of railways in opera
ton is 263, measuring 1865 miles in
length, and constructed at cost of
1885, l50,S4S. The number of railways
in course of construction is "A, measur-
ing Il 22S miles. The total number OF
railways is 337, and the total number of
miles in operation and in course of con-
struction is 2289S
A case of the most important and in
teresting character is pending before
the highest Court Of Ohio. The case
is that of an injunction restraining the
Commissioners Of the county Of Craw-
ford from issuing the bonds Of the coun-
ty to the Ohio and Indiana Railroad
Company. Corporate stock subscriptions
TO the amount of s6,00O,000 in Ohio, de-
pend upon the decision To decide in
favor of the injunction would prevent
the completion of many roads already
undertaken, and greatly embarrass those
altogether, and these nearly finished.
The steamer Isabel, on her last trip
from Charleston to Havana, took as pas
sengers. twenty young men from North
Carolina, each of whom took slave to
work in tho mines. 1t is said that from
time to time, a large number of South
Carolinians. emigrating to California.
have taken their negroes with them,
expecting to keep them as slaves on tho
Pacific. ACharleston paper understands
that several other parties from North
Carolina are about startingI with their
slaves.
Tho steamer Tappan, bound TO New
Orleans with cargo of 723 bales Of cot.
ton, was burned to the waters edge
few days since, twenty-five miles from
Vicksburg. Several persons are sup.
posed lost among them tho second en-
gineer. The Captains wife jumped in
to the river, and succeeded in swimming
ashore The papers, books and baggage
IN the boat were all lost.
Texas has received five millions Of
the ten appropriated to buy off her claim
to New-Mexico. The remaining five
millions were only TO be paid in case
the State produced the release Of her
for whose claims rho nuh