Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-03-27

"a veritable entry, made by the X. s., OF
Division of the Sons of Temperance, reads thus
"After gwine through the yewzel fawms, there
was colleckshin taken up, but nothing was taken
inn
rW- The Presidents veto Of the appropriation
for tie st. Clair fats In Michigan has drawn upon
him the opposition of the Democratic presses Of
the State.
rE" John, how wish IL was as much the
fashion to trade wives as to trade horses"
"Why 80, Pete ?"
"Pd cheat somebody most shockin' bad afore
night"
cE- new phenomenon has turned up in New
York. Mrs. Hayes advertises to cure all persons
troubled with catarrh sore throat bronchitis, lung
affections palpitation, diseases Of the heart weak
eyes, duness Of hearing by the aid Of spiritualism
~ Paul r. George, Esq, member elect of the
New Hampshire Legislature, was married on Tues
day last, in Lowell to Miss Caroline Livingston,
daughter of Hon. VIM. Livingston, Of Lowell Mr..
Livingston died at Jacksonville, Florida, news Of
which arrived on Thursday, just after the married
pair had started to visit the brides father.
tE- w. w. Moore, of Macon county, Alabama,
has been arrested for forging cotton receipt for
fifty bales, and drawing 8, 900 Of John Henley d
Co. Moore escaped from the officers in Montgom-
cry, and has not since been heard from.
tE- The Detroit Advertiser has received news
from the Lake Superior Mines. The miners have
commenced their spring operations, and pros
porous season is anticipated. Some Of the mines
paid expenses during the winter months.
~ The Mexican papers publish census Of
that country. From II we gather that there are in
that country 85 cities 1913 towns or large villages
lie MISSIONS &C; ITO haciendas, and 6,092 frames
&c. Population 7,s6s,8s5.
fF- Gov Reeder has issued proclamation In
reference 10 the election which ia TO take place in
Kansas, for member Of the Legislature, on the
30th inst. The substance OF il is that a voter
must dwell there at the time of offering bis vote.
He must then have commenced an actual inhab-
fancy, which he actually intends to continue per-
manently, and he must have made the Territory
his dwelling, to the exclusion Of any other home.
tE- Samuel Veteran, of Philadelphia, has in
vented way Of making buildings fre-proof, by
using iron plates for floors. The difficulty in ma
king them water-ight has been superseded by his
manner Of putting them together The side edges
Of the plates are tongued and grooved similar TO
floor board with ribs cast lengthwise on the under
side, together with pieces running across, bored
out through which bolts pass, and with nuts on
the ends, are drawn compactly together. This
makes them watertight, and gives greater strength
10 every plate, for the reason that the weight on
each plate n proportonatey borne by those around
it. When drawn together the surface IL entirely
smooth. The cost Of this kind Of pavement IL Is
said 10 lower than granite. II slse be adapted
TO floors Of houses without joists, and thus afford
what Is 20 much needed, frc-proof building.
tE- They give away children in New York on
account Of the hard times, before they are born
We copy the following from the New York Herald:
Any lady wishing TO adopt an infant from It's
birth, Tin the early part Of next month"; may hear
Of good opportunity, and have an interview with
the mother BY addressing r., box 1877
rEThe steamer Belvidere Captain Pritchard,
from Baltimore for Richmond, came in collision
with a schooner In Hampton Roads, Wednesday
morning. After they were disengaged, IL was dis
covered that her stearing gear was broken, and
she was at the mercy Of the waves. In that con-
dition she drifted for nearly eight hours. Had she
been struck few feet further AFT, her boiler would
have been broken, or II she had been struck fur
thcr forward shc would have sunk. She was finally
discovered by the steamboat Georgia which afford
ed every assistance.
rE Sunday liquor traffic has been effectualy
suppressed In Chicago The six hundred places
where grog Ia usually Sold were all closed last Sab
bath.
~ distinguished clergyman Of Boston, one
Sabbath evening, used the following language:
"My brethren, Paul was Know-Nothing, for he
says, Il determine 10 Know Nothing among you
save Jesus Christ and him cruci6ed' Let US be
like him. s.tas
Out OF Ave hundred towns In New York, where
elections have been held, the American party have
carried about s25 and Of the remaining towns, the
same proportion win probably De carried by tho
American party.