Washington telegraph., 1855-07-04
NEWS ITEMS.

lion of dollars.
1t is said that secret society has bee,
formed in Philadelphia. whose object is 70
enable its members to get "a drink on SIM
day, in spite of the law.
The President, says the Washington Sta,
has formally accepted the resignation of
Hon. R. NJ. McLane, United States Com.
missioner to China.
A splendid snuff box sent by Louis N,.
poleon to friend in New York. was recent
ly seized and sold for debt. 1t broucb,
$500, auG is said to be worth $1,000.
The balance in the National Treasury !,
reduced to eighteen and half millions Of
dollars, being falling off from the highest
point of accumulation since last September
of more than ten millions.
The Philadelphia Times says it has pood
reasons to believe that the sale of the Can.
adas 10 the government of the United States
is about to be taken into consideration bv tbo
British Cabinet, and to be submitted to PR.
lament
The sui; of CoRNuTT. vs. the citizons os
Grayson county, Virginia for publicly whD.
ping him on suspicion of his tamperins
with slaves, has been Withdrawn. the plain
t'tf paying costs. amounting to 1000 DOL
lars.
Switzerland has telegraphc station for
every 10000 Of her inhabitants: England
one fer every $1,000 Sardinia one to eve
ry 10 GOO; Belgium one to every l3N COO
the United States one to every l40 0O0
France one to every 300 500; Prussia one
to every $4,000.
A correspondents Of the Prairie Faymr
who was much annoyed by rats, tried shoot.
ing. poisoning. and everything he could think
OF, but they defied the whole cateeory.-
He then procured several guinea fowls, and,
for two years past, has neither seen or heard
Il rat about his premises.
The Portsmouth (Va) Transcript speaks
of letter received from negro man. nov
in Canada, who rar away from his ownerin
Portsmouth some time ago, in which he ey-
presses many regrets for The course he rur.
sued. and beg~ to b. permitted to return to
his home in "old Virgiriny."
The Washington Union, in an cdito,
rial article on the position of the Democrat.
ic party on the Slavery question. uses the
following language That no party en-.
bracing members at the North and South
can be ngftonak or harmonious in lis organ.
ization. aehich docs not exctude the gus.
tton Of slauery from as creed ;"
BARNUM's baby show has ended his H.
test experiment upon the gullibilty and de-
cency OF the public. with eminent success
On the FIRST day his women and their bras
were exhibited to ii S57 curious visitors;
on the second. TO 1910; on the third, to
l4,36S; and on the fourth and last, to s.,
656, atfording 1884 of aggregate re.
ceipts.
When says the London Times. I'VE
see a fake of cotton from Alabama, a sam.
pie Of wine from Bordeaux. or piece OF
chintz from Manchester. we can perfectly
comprehend that England. France and the
United States had better avoid hosiilties
The United States though can do wlthOu!
the Bordeaux wine," and the Manchester
chlniz;'' but what could you and your
friends do Mr. Times, without the flake
of cotton p That's the question
The political gullotine at Washington
continues to fall without mercy on the neeks
Of persons suspected Of Know NoihlngIsn'
Among the late victims is Mr. George VIII.
son, foreman of the engineering department.
in the Navy Yard at the capital, cer'lnsu
to by Commodore Paulding and othersn
a most skillful officer and exemplary mall
He dared to vote the American ticket
that was his crime. Such acts can ohg
give power to the prescribed party every
where
The Abingdon Virgnian states that 'n'
recent poisoning of wedding party IN ScO'
county was not an accidental circunstah'''
but designed. A mula,to man belonging" ["
Mr. Kane. and a white man and bis daHs"'
er. residing in the neighborhood, are ~
pec,ed Of having committed the deed i"'
persons who were poisoned have all ree''.
cred except Mr. Bishop. whose death D'~
been heretofore announced.