, 1855-03-17
NEWS ITEMS.

CoNFlRMATloNS.-lhe W aShlngton CHi0n
of Jan. 10th, confirms the resignation Of
Mr.. SOule, and the appointment Of Mr..
Breckenridge. The Star of the same day
contains the confirmation, by the Senate,
Of the following appointments:
Abraham G. Mayors, Fla, as Indian
Agent in New Hexco W. r. Hackley,
Fla, L. S Attorney for the Southern Dis.
trict Of Florida; Daniel NJ. Bates, Del.
L. s. District Attorney for Delaware; c.
=. Ellis, Postmaster at Newark, Ohio :
John McCracken, L. s Marshal for Ore
gon w. H. Farrar, L. s. Attorney for
Oregon Samuel Dexter, Lecomte, Nd,
Chief Justice OF Kansas.
Mn SouLE's EEcAIL.-The Washington
Union says that Mr., Soule was recalled
from Spain at his own request.
MAsSAcnusErrs.-The State Senate, on
the 3l>t u!t., made choice of Gen. Henry
Wilson, (K. ~ of Natick, for L. S. Sen
ator to succeed Julius Rockwell (Whig)
who is filling the vacancy occasioned by
Mr. Everett's resignation, by an appoint
ment from the late Governor Washburn
Gen. Wilson had previously been elected on
the part Of the House by one hundred ma
jority.
NEw HAMPsHIRE-The Rev. John Moore
not being eligible for Governor, another
Know Nothing Convention was held. An
other ballot was had for Governor. Whole
number of votes cast, S79 Ralph Metcalf
of Newport, $50 scattering, l6.
LOUISIANA The Hon. John Slidell,
(Democrat,) was on the oath ult., elected
by the Legislature of Louisiana as their
representative in the United States Senate
by 2S majority.
ILlINors.-No election has yet taken
place, by the Legislature of Illinois, for
United States Senator to supply the place
of Gen. Shields. ....
MIssorm.-The Legislature of Missouri,
in joint session at Jefferson City, on the
18TH January, baliotcd for United States
Senator, with the following result: Doni-
phnn, G6; Atchisou, So; Benton, 40; Scott,
l; Wilson, |. They then adjourned to
Thursday, the 25th. The Wings in caucus
determined to stand by Col Doniphan
WIscoNslS.-CHAs. DuRKEE has been
nominated by the Legislature of Wisconsin
as the Free Soil candidate for United
States Senator.
KANSAS ELEcroN.-Private letters state
that the election Of members of the Kansas
Legislature will take place upon the 23d
of March.
pS- Both branches Of the Legislature
Of Wisconsin have, by unanimous votes,
instructed the Senators and Representa-
tives in Congress from that State to or
pose any change in the Naturalization
laws.
STATES SENAroR-Rev. Mr.. Goodwin,
Know Nothing, has recently been elected
States Senator for the 29th district Of
New York-rcprescntcd by Gov. Clark
DIEp.-Ex-Mayor MAURY died ut Wash
ing'on City, Feb ,.
JUICE HERMAN KNIcKERBocKER, of Co.
lumbia county, (who is said to have been
the original of Irving's "Deidreich Knick-
erbocker," in his amusing History of New
York;, died on Tuesday in Williamsburg.
Judge X. was member of Congress in
lSO9-lO.
HoN. JONI S. BARBOUR died recently at
his residence in Culpepper county, Va, OF
an affection Of the heart.
Ex-senator W. II. ScHooxHovES died
at his residence in Troy, n. Y, on the 10th
Jan.
Hos. LUTHER SEVERANCE died recently
at his residence in Augusta, Me.
The CAPITAL OF Iowa. communica-
ton to W. +. More, Esq. late President
of the Iowa Museum and Lycemu of Natu-
raj History, states that the question Of the
location of the capital of Iowa has been
decided in favor of Fort des Moines.
WREcKED.-The ship "Tingqua," Capt
Whitmorc, from Shanghae, bound to New
York, struck on the outer shoals of Cape
Hatteras, recently, and soon went to pieces.
The ship and cargo are total loss. The
Captain and crew were picked up by boats
from three different vessels.
EsS- The bark Arguile, /" Capt. Burton,
from Glasgow with pig-iron, ale, and ce.
meut for New York, went ashore on Sonan
Beach, and became q total wreck. The