The Nevada journal., 1854-04-28

90 not advance along the grand canal
and threaten that if they do, he will hav
Ne shen beheaded in front of the army
lie has already degraded Ke-shen, and al
his officers, from rank, but retained then
IN command. In the meantime the In
surgents in Tuh-lew are enabled to hol,
their own. Shing-paou reports a victor,
ION the 4th of January, in which he say
he slew seven hundred rebels, after which
they retired to their strong holds, wher'
they still remain.
LATEsT-Another Attack ON Snanghae
The Hongkong Register Of February 25tl
"a paper violently opposed to the Revo
lution-says: 1--WE had rumor her,
that Peking had been taken by the rebels
but that the Mongols had come down ant
driven them out the place. Shortly after
wards the Lady Mary Wood arrived, with
news from Shanghae to the 18th, and since
then the Iona, with news to the 18th; there
bring no intelligence of moment, so that the
capture is still adjourned to the spring, i
not sine die. The Shanghae Insurgent;
still kept possession of the city, on which
the Imperialists made an unsuccessful at
tack, after spring;ng mine. In the attack
Lin, the cavalry general of the Insurgents
was wounded, and has since been under
the medical care of Br Kirk who, we trust
will be able to bring his patient safely thro'.
An English or Irish ragamuffin, who had
been distinguishing himself when in state
of beastly intoxication by heading sally
of the Insurgents, has sappeared, it is,
said, and the Insurgents profess to know
nothing of his whereabouts.
RAIL ROAD GRANTs.--We find the fol-
lowing in the Washington correspondence
of a n. Y. paper in relation to the
probable success of grants Of land for
railroad purposes. The writer seems to
think there is no chance for railroad grants
except it rides in OF the back Of Nebraska :
The pioneer railroad bills, consist of the
Minnesota, Wisconsin, with some three or
four others, which passed the Senate, have
been Knocked on the head in the House to
certain extent. These bills were merely
the beginning of the railroad grab game
for the srasping of public lands. A vast
body of lobby members are interested in
them, and they will yet be brought up in
the house in some other form The sue
cess of the Nebraska bill depends in a
great measure on the success Of these rail
road bills. Southern members and some
Northern members are opposed to railroad
grants bat it must be remembered that
Southern members cannot pass the Ne
braska bill unless they receive assistance
from the West and Northwest, SO that the
railroad bills, and perhaps the patent bills,
and other modes of extortng money or
lands from the general government, will
sink or swim with the Nebraska bill In
all this conflict the President and his Cab.
met strive to WELD an influence, but in
vain. There never was an administration
so bereft of all influence as the present
one.
The lobby of this sessi6n-made up of
parties, now united--is one of the
most efficient that we have yet seen.-
Leading correspondents of journals, as
you always know, form principal part
| have some singular disclosures to make
on this subject, and shall do so at future
period.
1t is supposed that Forney, during the
session, will make, as Clerk, from his in.
terest in the Union office, and the man
agement of the business of distributing
books to members, some 100000. He
is in great favor with the President, and
occupies the same position to him that he
did to a certain distinguished tragedan a
few years ago. Forney is a Aunkey of the
most elaborate school, and such animals
alone receive the confidence of our worthy
President
nea- The following prayer was handed
to US the other day, with request to pub
lish, alleging that its application to the
California Solons was complete. AT tleast,
it would not be amiss that they should
give it careful perusal
A LEGISLATIVE PRAYER.-The Chap
lain of the Indiana Legislature, recently
opened the session with a general prayer,
which closed with the following eloquent
ond sensible ;npooot:nn