, 1855-08-17

auested the General-in-chief Of the French
army TO give him the names of fifteen Of his
officers who had distinguished themselves,
that he might confer on them the order Of
Mediidch. Among them was the name Of
the american Bonaparte.
D1~ Leavenworth, Kansas, eight months
ago was place of wild, and unimproved
land nov, among the buildings and busi-
ness Of Leavenworth can be enumerated,
one steam saw-mill, two brick yards, one
large hotel, four boarding houses, saloons,
etc, and eight hundred inhabitants.
Ez1~ The Directors of the Panama Rail
road Company determined to do all in their
power for the accommodation of the public,
and to facilitate their own business, have
made arrangements for the erection of q
telegraph from Aspinwall to Panama The
contract has been given to Mr.. George
Stoker, an energetic aud enterprsing at
tache of the magnetic Telegraph Company
between New York and Washington. Mr..
S. has already entered upon the duties Of
his appointment, and is confident Of having
the line in working order by the first Of
August
BsD- Hon. Abott Lawrence was so i'll at
last accounts that he was not expected to
live. .-s
DJr The Connecticut Legislature has
elected two Democratic and two Know
Nothing Judges of the Superior Court Of
that State. 3n -
Rar There were 4s deaths from Cholera
in New Orleans during the last week in
June.
bsS" A large importation of Mormons
from Europe has recently arrived at New
York and Philadelphia. They number
some thousand persons. in all, and are on
their way TO the Mormon settlement.
Ra- Mr.. McLanc, Minister to China, is
in Washington His health is such as to
render the question Of his return doubtful.
The PRoHlBroRY LloUoR LAW seems to
be fatod to evasion. We have already stu.
ted Western decision 10 the effect that
single bottles of wine, brandy, etc, are
Original packages" within the meaning Of
the law, and may therefore be sold legally
and also New York decision to the effect
that ale is not strong drink. and therefore
thesale cannot be forbidden. We haze now
another decision in Connecticut, in the case
of the City Hotel at Hartford, which is,
that the liquor in an inn or hotel is for the
convenience os the dodgers and guests, and
not for miscellaneous sale. Under these
various decisions, it appears that people
may buy and drink ale as before, that they
may buy and drink imported liquors by the
bottle as before, and that hotels, inns, &C.,
are permitted to supply their guests with
'liquors.-Philad. Gaz. ..a.. ..-.l.3 y
BT The French democrats in New York
are organized for forcible resistance to
the prohibitory liquor law, IL such pro
ceeding should become necessary. Numer-
Gus German societies are understood to be
already organized for like purpose.
ny The New York Liquor Law was Ia
have gone into effect on the 4th, but there
is little or no prospect Of its being enforced
in this city, as it is considered in its main
features to be unconstitutional.
D6- The official copy of the Michigan
"Maine LawD has been stolen, and the law
is no law, just now. o4 ~ ! jog
pa The Legislature Of Connecticut has
refused to grant the elective franchise to
colored persons.
return oF.AN AMERICAN OFFICER FROM
SEvAsroPoL.-A Paris correspondence of the
New York Tribune, under date Of June 7th,
says !; .r. dt. f
"Col. Dohlen, Of the United Staies Ar
my, who has been for some time past in the
allied camp at Scyastopol guest Of the
officers, has Just returned to Paris on bis
way 10 the United States. Col, B., as o
gentleman, aud acting in good faith to his
hosts, could not give details Of what he saw
and learned in the allied camp he says,
only, that his opinion is not different from
that which he expressed before he went
there, and that we know was, that Sevas-
topol was impregnable to the allied army
TIE MISSION OF Col. DEIAFIELD.-Hor
ace Greeley writes from Paris June 7th,
that "Col. Delalield and United States of,
Gicers having been promptly refused rpermis-
sion TO visit the French camp, il they are
to proceed thence to the Russian, have left
for some other point--I believe for Cron-
stadt-after a long tarry here. The
French and English do not regard our peo-
pie as sympathizing with them very strong
lyI and in this guess they are right. Col.
d. was told here that he might visit the
French camp after, but not before, he had
been in the Russian. IpFesume he will Try
to profit by this permission, such as it is.'
The REAsoH.-It was recently stated
that Colonel Delafeld and M0jor Mordo-
cal, the two U. S. Ordnance Officers sent
out by the u. S. War Department to ex-
anime the operations at Sevastopol, were
refused permission by the French govern
ment to visit the French camp. 1t appears
that the reason was, that they would not
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