Washington telegraph., 1855-03-28
News Items.

Thirty miles we're recently travelled
on the Hudson River railroad in twenty y-hve
minutes
- 1t is understood that JEFF. DAVIS
wishes the appointment of the New Brlga-
der r-Generalsbip.
- 1t is rumored at Washington city
that the Hon. JonN c. BREcKENRIDGE, of
KY. is TO be appointed Governor of Mime
sota
Gov WRIGHT, of Indiana, has with
drawn from the Methodist Church. assign
ing as his reason for doing SO, that his pas
tor was Know Nothing
- Com. PERRY received from Con-
gress an extra $4,000. something more
than the New York, Boston and Rhode Is
land service Of plate.
- The Washington correspondent of
the New York Tribune. contradicts the re-
ported reception by the President, of an au-
tograph letter from the Czar
- Great Britain has sixty Colonies,
containing l65.O00,0Go of people. 5,OOO.-
600 of whom are either direct colonists
from Great Britain, OF of British extraction.
- On the upper division Of the Can
andaigua and Niagara Railway. on the 4th
inst, the snow lay en- the track to the aver
age depth of Z feet.
- The amount which has been appro-
priased for the District of Columbia, during
the session of Congress just closed. it is es-
timated, is not less THAI two millions of
oo,lara
- The legislature of Indiana adjourn
ed on the 18th inst, without electing Uni
ted States Senator or any Of the other State
officers, and these cannot be filed by the
Governor.
- The jury at Lexington, Ky, in the
case of GREGG and Mrs FRAZER, indicted
for tie alleged murder Of the husband Of
the latter, being unable to agree. have been
discharged by the court They stood for
acquitting and 5 for convicting.
The n. Y Herald contains list of
the town elections recently held in l3 coun-
ties of that State, which have resulted as
follows: Total Know -Nothings elected 161;
Democrats 60; Wings ~; K. Ms over
all, 10.
The Boston Crusader, the organ of
the Know Nothings, has come out in favor
of an open organization of its party. and de-
clares It's belief that for the safety and per-
petuation of the American party. such a
course is an actual necessity.
- Messrs HEINE and BROWN, artists
Of the Japan expedition. are getting ready
for publication by the authority of The Sec
retary Of the Navy and Com. PERRY, Sc
ries of pictures with scenery, costumes.
ETC., from drawings and daguerreotypes) in
the best style of TYPOGRAPHY, in colors.-
The pictures will probably be ready for de-
livery about the middle of April next.
4 DIR. Hull, of New York, advan-
ces the theory of electrical medicine, assert
ing that that agent electricity has proved,
in his hands, means of forming an uner-
ring diagnosis of disease, and afterwards
afforded curative power, which could be
used on certain fixed basis by physicians,
if they understood its action.
- The beautiful work of art, Powers
Statue Of the Greek Slave, valued at $5,-
600, which was one of the prizes in the
Cosmopolitan Art and Literary Association,
was drawn at the distribution of prizes, at
Sandusky, Ohio, by Mrs. KATE GILLESPIE,
of Brady's Bend, Penn.
- The Washington Star contradicts,
in the most positive terms, the story lately
put forth by the Washington correspondent
of the n Y Herald, to the effect that prom
inent Southern Democrats have resolved up
on the nomination of d. s. DICKINSON, OF
New Y ork. for President, to checkmate SAM
HoUsToN.
- The San Francisco (Cal) Chroni-
Gle says Upon striking balance on our
homicide calender for 1854, we come to the
conclusion that one person of every 600 will
be killed by his neighbor in 1855. In one
half the cases, the weapons will be revolvers;
in one-fourth. knives; and in the other fourth
guns or other weapons. The prospect is a
comfortable one.
- Liquor laws sharpen the invention
of those who traffic in intoxicating drinks,
and many plans are adopted for avoiding
the penalties of violation of the law A
keeper of lager beer establishment in New