Washington telegraph., 1855-07-11
NEWS ITEMS.


A haloonist at Adrian. Michigan, lately
made $50 miles in four hours in his aerial
car.
A few days since. twenty-five paintings
were sold in Boston. and averaged over ST.
500.
Nearly the whole of the town of Bayou
Sara. Louisiana. was destroyed by fire on
the 18th ult. The loss is estimated at $780,
900.
The New York papers state that the ru-
NOR of a disease IN that city resembling the
plague. is great humbug-that the city
was never more healthy
The Mayor Of Wellsville. Ohio. got drunk
not long since: when sobered. he went be-
fore squire, informed against himself. paid
his fine. and resigned bis Office
TIE press of the State of New York are
taking strong grounds against the hang
ing of women-tbe recent sentence of Mrs.
ROBINSON. at Troy. having elected the sent
iment
1t is stated that the United States ship
ST. Mary has been ordered to the port of
Realejo, Nicaragua. to intercept the expedi-
tion from San Francisco under Capt WM
WALKER
The n Y Daily Ne,rs says that pri-
vate meeting of federal office holders has
been held in that city at which it was re-
solved to use every eifor, to promote the
candidacy of the Hon. WM. l.. MARCY for
the next Presidency.
A Gift Enterprise swindle was devel-
oped in St Lcuis short time since
More than 5000 tickets were sold. bu, not
single prize was drawn. the prize numbers
having been abstrac.eti before the drawing
took place.
An American meeting was held at Easton.
Pennsylvania. on the evening of the 22d,
which is described as the largest political
meeting ever held in that place The Phil
adelphia Platform was unanimously and en-
Enthusiastically adopted.
Many of our exchanges. speaking of the
elections to take place in August, mention
Arkansas among the number. This is an
errOr.-the election in this State is bienni-
al. and will not take place until August,
1856
GREGG and Mrs FRAZER. charged with
the murder of Mr. FRAZER, at Lexington.
Kentucky. were recently tried and acquit-
ted This was the second trial. the jury in
the first trial being unable to agree upon a
verdict.
a dispatch of the 23J, from Niagara
Falls, states that a man was carried over
the cataract on the American side on the
morning of that day. lie was in the act of
landing from skiff just above the rapids
when he was carried away by the current,
His boat capsized. HIS name is unknown.
An aloe tree. otherwise called the centu-
ry plant. 26 feet high. and containing more
than thousand buds all OF which are ready
to bloom, is on exhibition in Savannah
1t is a native of Wilmington Island whence
it was transplanied to Savannah in 1901
Of the first half century of its existence
nothing is known.
Paris letters state that the French Gov
ernment would not give the requisite per-
mission to Col Delafeld and Maj Mordecai
to visit the Crimea. unless the United States
officers would pledge themselves not to visit
also the Russian camp. which pledge. i. is
rumored, the United States officers refused
to comply with.
A short time since spot of land. more
elevated than any in the Immediate vicinity,
in Walworth county. Wisconsin, suddenly
sank TO the extent of about forty feet in
circumference. leaving a small lake or well
in its stead. to which. thus far, no bottom
has been found. The water has risen TO
within 8 or 4 feet of the surface of the
earth surrounding it. and remains at that
point.
ARRIsoN, the Internal machine murder
er. who was convicted of the crime some
time ago. and lately granted new trial,
will. it is believed, escape without the risk
of being tried over 1t seems there is no
court having jurisdiction over his case-the
court which tried him having been abolish
ed By the Ohio Legislature. and no provis-
ion made for the re-trial of It's cases.
There was great Know Nothing demon
stration and ratification meeting in the
Park. New York. on the evening of :he
18th ult.. attended by not less than twenty
five or thirty thousand persons. JAMES W.
BARKER, of New York, was Chairm man.-