Washington telegraph., 1855-11-14

hundred aud tfy passengers, with dread
ful crash, into tho river. thirty feet below.
The Dispatch states lhnt Of all these passen.
gers only about ira hundred escaped an,
i'3afea' 1t is already known that twen.
s.four are killed a rreat many Of the
wounded have been taken back to Saint
Louis
LOUISIANA ELEenoS Tho Shreveport
Ssath ll'esiesa. Of the 7lh instant. con.
iains the official vote Of all the precincts in
caddo parish, with the exception Of three.
which shows that the entire American tick.
ct has been elected pEGmGNY, the Am.
etiean candidate for Governor. received
S2l sales, and WleRLryE. (Anli 203
For Lieutenant Governor. TExApA. tAmer.
ieanl received 33l. aud MouroS, tAmD
- votes Tie Sssih Il'esitfa says the
election passed over very quietly. although
the contest was unusually animated, aud
that the Antics used every conceivable ex.
pedioui 10 secure the success of their eand.
dates.
In Bos,ier aud Rapides parishes. as far a.
heard from. the American ticket is ahead.
DE- Soto has gone for the Antics
]
" The following resolutions we're adopt.
cd by a meeting held in Little Rock on the
3lst nlt, by the delegates to the State
Council Of the American Party from the
Southern District, Ter the purpose Of fixing
upon the time aud place for holding Con.
yention foI nominating candidate fur Rep
resentaliye .n Congress from The Southern
District:
sRfso'rs3. That a Convention b. held
for the purpose # gemiaaline candidates to
rcpr,eht tie Southern District in the Uni.
ted States Congress, on the thifd Monday in
May
Ress'rel, That aid Convention be held
at Hot springt
liam YG! lleAR Yr,-iIear what
Danict lleldsr said in November, 1911.
al great meeting in Fancuil Hall Lis.
ten to word. Of wisdom from one Of the
greatest Of Americas departed statesmen
There IS an imperative necessity for re.
forming the Naturalization Laws Of the
United States. Tho preservation Of the
q Govcrumeni. the interest. tha real welfare
d of al parties, the l.onor of tho nation. all
require lhlt subordinate aud Different par.
iy questions should be made to yield to
this grca, cnl, And no mau who c,leems
the prosperity and existence Of bis eoun.
try, as Of moro importance than a aeciing
party triumph, will, or can. hesitate to
gise his adherence to tbc'c principles"
Froa TrxAs-Laic adyiccs from Tcza.
slate that Captain Callahan bad establish.
cd a camp near San Antonio aud volunteer.
were fycking in Captain c is dciermin.
ed to return to Mexico. aud General Smith
will cudeayor TO proven, him from doing so.
II seems that the Mexican authorities had
granted Capt c leave to cross over the
Rio Graudc. IN ORDER, as il afterwards sp.
pears, to cnirap and cut hi, men to pieces
lie was attacked by large force at pigdra,
NegTas. which place be burned. in order 10
effect a retreat aud save him eli from ox.
termination.
Tho Galveston Nrirs oi the 2jlh ult..
states that the certificate Of election to Con.
gross ip lhe Eastern Di.lric, Of Texas, has
been ioaed to Mart. Warn, tDcm.l he
having a majority Of 1853. The vote Of
Liberty county, thrown out because Of lis
ircgulari'y giving majority Tor N. l..
EvANs, instead Of J. d. EvASs) Of 100
votes. less niuc majority for WARD, in JEFF
icrson and Orange counties, would have lei
WARD q majority Of only fico. il the whole
vote hai been returned correctly
Colonel Rogers-a half.brccd Indian
on the 2j,h ut, commenced before the
Court Of Claims, the argument in the cele.
biated Cherokee case, llo claims for him.
self and other. Chcrokccs who base become
citizens Of The United States. the sum Of
one hundred and seventy thousand dollars.
under the provisions Of the treaty Of 1885.
Rev. George II. Doanc, 0a,c Episcopal