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

lEc lSiduu \AAi-J D"i'y
hoists the name of JOHN MCLEAN, of Ohio,
for President in 1856.
One hundred and seventy sacks of dead
letters. opened at the General Post Office
within the last three months. were recently
burned
Hon. r. Toombs, of Ca, ha S accepted
the invitation of tie Bostonians to lecture
on slavery.
Gov SHANNON, of Kansas, has denied
that be announced himself in favor of slave
ry. as has been generally stated
The Washington Star intimates that Mr.
Mason, U s. Consul to San Juan, has been
dismissed for recognizing Col. Kinney's gov
eTnment
The Chicago Tribune, alluding to the alb
clifton mob in that city in October, 1854,
terms it memorable and glorious occa-
sion''
There are, at the present time. nine ex-
clusively American volunteer companies or
ganizing in Allegheny county. Pennsylva-
MIA
! The Governor of Virginia has set apart
Thursday the 18th inst, as day Of humil-
iation, fasting and prayer, for the people of
| that State
| A single banking house in Paris has re-
mitted to this country fifteen million of francs
to purchase gran and flour. This is equiv
alent to s3.0OO,0OO
| The New York Mirror states that s $50
naturalization papers have been issued in
that city since the 18th of January last
| At present they are issued at the rate Of 100
per day.
A Washington dispatch says that letters
! from prominent Democrats in California
concede that Foote will be elected T. S
Senator from that State. in place of DIR
| Gwin.
| The statistics of the New Orleans work.
house as published in the papers of that
city, show that out of 1892 committals ot
! paupers. 1,0l2 are fore gners, two-thirds Of
these being Irishmen.
A great fire took place at Cincinnati on
the l4th, by which the cottage mandatory
of Hinkle. Gould & Co, furniture estab
! lishment, and a row of houses, were destroy
ed. Total loss nearly $160.000 No in
surance.
Among the relies of the Revolution, ex-
| hibited at the late celebration of the battle
of Kings Mountain, was the flag of Col
William Washington which waved over hi:
victorious cavalry at the battle of the Cow
pens. seventy four years since.
The British Crown contains jewels valued
at more than half million of dollars, anC
would purchase stovepipe hats for our Pres
idents, at s. each, allowing a new one ever
six months, till the year 81 ,S55, which i
sometime ahead.
The ladies' of Virginia, who undertook
a year or two since, to raise fund for tn,
purchase of the Mount Vernon property
have collected about seventy thousand dol
lars, being one-third of the amount neces
| saTy.
''ANoTHER RICHMOND IN THE FIELD
The Rev Dr. WINANs, of Mississippi
has taken up the gauntlet in favor of the
American party, and is replying to the let
tiers of Rev. Dr. A. 3. LoNGsTREEr, O
the same State whose letters our Democrat
ie friends are extensively circulating DR.
WINANs, in hard logic is formidable antag
onist for anybody to meet, and the author o
the Georgia Scenes will now doubtles.
have his hands full
I LIFE's CHANGES The Lowell (Mas5a
ehusetts) News says that there are now il
that city two young ladies who were borr
in New Orleans in opulence, but, in conse
quence of death and reverses of fortune
were left not only orphans, but penniless
Rather than remain in in6igence at home
they made their way to Lowell and entered
the mills as operatives, and are now number
ed among the many beautiful. exemplary
and intelligent ladies of the city who labor
in the mills.
81. Louis, Oct. Is.
1t was rumored in Lexington yesterday