Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-03-08

eN- AT San Juan, Nicaragua, an attempt was
lately made by party of natives to murder Cap
tain De Brissot an American. The town was
thrown into terrible commotion, and Captain De
Brissot and his friends were obliged to place them
s.lves under the protection of Messrs. Wheeler
and Febeds, our minister and consul, in ord to
escape certain death. Americans were specially
marked out for robbery and murder by the natives.
II was reported that large number Of negroes
had resolved soon to attack the specie boat as it
came down the river
sy- Extensive preparations are on foot for the
removal of the Seminole Indians from Florida.
Should Billy Bowlegs and his heroes submit quietly
there will be no trouble, but If that cunning and
enterprising cheftain takes the war path, a long
and expensive war is c rtain. The spectators of
the palm, days Of Martin Van Buren,, and their
initators, are elated at the prospect of the re-
newal of the Florida war, with its fat pickngs and
profitable plumber.
rtN- There are rumors of fibuster enterprise
against Mexico and it was reported that parties at
Brownsville and Monterey, Texas, had raised
large sum Of money to fit out an expedition under
command of the untiring Carausjal, who had be-
come somewhat rusty, not having had brush
with his old enemies for a month or two.
ss- An affray occurred at the Planters Hotel,
in st. Louis, on the 2sth ult., between Deputy Mar
shall Benjamin i. Brand and Mr.. Robert M. 0Blen-
mis-, which terminated in the former being killed
almost instantly by the discharge Of revolver in
The hands of the latter. Both were armed with
deadly weapons, and Brand is said to have been
partially intoxicated.
s5T- The Sandman frigate Des Geneys arrived
on Sandy Hook Sunday night. This vessel has on
board number of persons said to be convicts,
about whom Mayor Wood and the Sandman Min.
lister have had considerable correspondence with ref
crence TO their being permitted TO land on our
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doubt be entered into.
c8- In New York, General De Peyster has re-
signed the adjutant generals Office, and Robert II.
Pruyn is to be appointed his successor.
~ The Minnesota railroad bill passed the Ter.
ritorial Legislature on the 2Ist ult, by two-thrd
vote over Gov Gormon's veto.
sSy- Both houses of the Rhode Island Legisla.
ture adjourned and closed the session at twelve
o'clock on the Sd inst.
eB- An interesting account of the condition Of
affairs in the island OF Cuba derived from gentle
man recently arrived at Charleston from Havana
is given in the New York Herald Senator Fish,
now In Havana, is said to have been very coolly
received by General Concha.
cB- A serious fire took place in Brooklyn, New
York, Monday morning, in which two boys, named
Short, brothers, were destroyed In the flames. An.
other brother was 80 dreadfully burned that his
recovery is hardly expected
~ young gentleman Of lively turn sent
his slow friend TO ornithologist for yellow ham
MGR to drive nail
sB- A person whistles when he has cold fingers,
md he whistles when he has burnt his fingers
and, strange to say, when he has lost his money,
he whistles for it also.
gB- A young gentleman at ball, in whisking
about the room, ran his head against young lady.
He began to apologize. "Not word sir" cried
she, II is not hard enough to hurt anybodyW
cSy~ The payment of Chinese soldier is three
dollars a month, and for every rebel he kills he
yets an additional months pay to obtain which he
must produce the rebels left ear
sF- lady residing in New England, who had
Il number Of female servants In her family, and tc
whom she, on one occasion, gave to each pair o
her cast off half worn shoes, found the following
impromptu on her chamber mantel, the succeeding
morning:
How careful should our mistress be,
The narrow path 10 choose,
When all the maids in her house,
Are walking in her shees."
sE- According to Mr.. Bright, member Of the
British Parliament, the cost to England of main
tanning an armament in the field, or on the water,
is flO00 per man; or rs Mr. Bright puts it, thai
war is another rent to be paid by every one in the
kingdom, equal to the rent he pays for his house
Each Of the ten inch shells thrown by the Allies
in the siege Of Sebastopol, costs, Il is said, f2b,
about sl25.
70 Madame Bishop and the harpist Bochsa,
who have been very successful in South America
and California arc going TO make the tour of Aus
tralia.