, 1854-04-01
News ItsmS

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The Nebraska Bill continusa to absorb
public attention, and the debate in the u.
s. Senate is waxing warm. Mr.. Everett
has taken strong ground against it. 1t is
generally conceded it will pass the Senate
in the House, the opposition will be more
difficult to overcome. f.ir1aguo3
The steamship Georgia" came very near
being made total wreck on the Atlantic,
near Norfolk, Va. .0 h'ui
DEFENCE OF THE CoUNTRY.4The Govern
ment has sent q large additional force 10
protect Acapulco against the possible at
tempts Of the prirates. 1t is said there are
1000 veteran troops now on the coast from
Lower California to Acapulco: so '7.i77
The ladies rescued from the San Fran
cisco by the bark Kilby, have presented to
Lieut.. Francis Key Murray Of the U.S.
Navy, beautiful silver goblet, as token
Of their admiration for the noble and heroic
conduct displayed by him, not only on the
disabled steamer, but subsequently during
the perilous voyage Of the Kilby, until she
was fallen in with by the Lucy Thompson.
France has notified Austria that Il the
latter take any part with Russia In the
war, the French troops will be upon her. Do
Great military preparations are being
made in France. General B6sqnet has
been sent to Algiers to enlist a large army
Of LOuAves and sPahis to reinforce tlfs
Turkish army. rr. Ina 1,,a
Bailie Peyton, late American Minister
to Chill, and William Duer, formerly 10
member of Congress from New York, and
late Consul at Valparaiso, have together
opened d law Office at San Francisco. q"
General Hinton, arrested in California.
for crime in Ohio, has been liberated on
hAbeas corpus, and fed to the Sandwich
Islands. '" ff anT'1'-k F'''7 "
TIE HIGHER LAw.-In the constitution
Of the Sandwich Islands, the first article
reads as follows.
at is our fixed decreeAl. That no law
shall be enacted which Is at variance with
the word of the Lord Jehovah, Oroat Fa'
rance with the general spirit Of his word
All laws of the Island shall be in cousis-
tency with the general spirit Of Gods lawS
See Wilkes Narrative, page 20, vol WI
Here is the Higher lawp boldly pro-
claimed as the fundamental law Of the land,
An iron emigrant ship called the SayIeh
was wrecked on the 10th January ON Lum-
Der Island, and some four hundred souls
perished. 49,.
1t is said that the Maine Legislature
elected VIM. Pitt Fessendon, Wing q. s,
Senator for six years from the 4th Of March
next. .-' a aiii ie'iAF ieli
The "FoUK GREAr powers" ."AUndet
this title London paper has this: The
bear growls, the eagle scars, the cock
crows, the hOn--sHOres. 4 aiItfs b,g.g
FRosrY:AMrs Frost, who edits paper
somewhere in Ohio, excused the absence Of
editorial id late number Of her paper, by
saying that "a slight Frost occurred at
our place on Wednesday last" Excusable,
Of course, in the highest degree i'o'
BAYARD TAYLOR, for two years and a
half past absent on bis travels in Europe,
Asia and Africa, has returned to New
York. Lieut.. John Gonttea, late Flag
Lieut.. of the United States squadron in
the China and Japan seas, has also return
ed. ........ ..,,.-.....
The year 1854 will begin and end on the
Sabbath five months in the year will con
tain five Sabbaths each; and there will be
ffty-three Sabbaths in the year
The editor of the New Orleans PicayHHe,
speaking of model subscriber to that pa
per, says:
ave have on our subscription list the
name of one gentleman, who has taken the
Weekly Picayune ever since 1889, and has
not once during the whole period, that we
remember, found fault with the appearance
or contents Of the paper, or complained Of
being irregularly served by the mails. He
paid his first years subscription in advance,
and has not paid anything since.D .., 9d
B6- A young widow, just returned
from Europe, who has $40, 900 and q re-
spectacle character" advertised in the New
York Herald of the 2lst January for a
husband. She specified how high he must
be- how many years he must have on bis
head, what must be the color of his hair,
ewes, &c. Within 81 hours she received
two hundred answers to the advertisement.