Washington telegraph., 1855-04-25
News Items.

don for five pounds.
- There are Low in Jail at Pittsburg
Pa, 176 persons. of whom los are of for
eign birth.
- The Richmond penny POST pre-
diets confidently. that Mr. WISE will be
beaten for Governor at least forty thousand
votes
- It is said that about $4,000 bales of
cotton. valued at over 100000. have been
destroyed by fire in this country during the
last three months.
The Democrats of Tennessee have
nominated the Hon. ANDR Ew JOHNSON for
reelection to the Office of Governor of that
State.
Com. VANDERBILT, it is said, is
preparing to lay the keel of steamship
which will cost SS00,OOO. She is expect
ed to eclipse any vessel ahoat.
- At the late election in Cincinnati,
the Hebrew vote was thrown almost u1ani-
mously in favor of the candidates of the
American party.
- An ordinance imposing fine of
$40 for every glass of liquor sold on Sun
day. has been passed by the N. York Board
of Aldermen
- Father Cotton, an Irish priest,
was recently held to bail in Oxford, New
York, in the sum of $4,000 to keep the
peace.
- The steamer Shotwell, which sunk
in the Ohio river, near Evansville, Ind,
has been raised and put in the dock at Pa
ducah.
- Lexington and Lecomte came to-
gether again, in the stake race at New Or
leans, on the l4th inst. Lexington was
again victorious.
- The Democrats of Pike, johnson,
Floyd. Morgan and Campbell counties, Ken
tucky. have passed resolutions announcing
the Hon. LINN BOYD as their choice for the
next Presidency.
- The capital of Maryland has sur
rendered to SAM. His strength was not
suspected on the day of the election; but his
friends were all elected by handsome major
ities
- MASSACHUSETTS has one mile of
Railway finished to every seven square miles
of its geographical surface. which is ratio
of one mile of Railroad to each three miles
of surface
- The Oregon Legislature has passed
an act prohibiting negroes or nulattoes
from coming to or residing in the Terrific
ry." with the provision, "that this act shall
not effect persons coming here with their
slaves
It is computed that upwards of r.
600 persons have already departed from
Great Britain for the Great Salt Lake
Agents are constantly employed to facilitate
the transit of all newly enrolled Latter Day
Saints.
- II IS worthy of remark. that the
Charleston Mercury" the acknowledged
leader and official exponent of extreme
States-right Democracy. opposes the acquisi-
tion of Cuba as dangerous to tue best inter-
ests of the country.
- The RETURNS received show that
the Wbig State officers in Iowa are elected
by larger majorisies than they were las. Au-
gust.
Cole (Whig) is elected to the Supreme
Court Of Wisconsin
- The last arrival from Mexico brings
the intelligence that Gen Alvarez had been
met and defeated by the Government troops
at Cajones. His army was completely rout-
ed, and he was forced to save himself by
fight. All his cannon, arms. and camp
equipage were captured.
- A RICH LEGAcY.-The McTntire
Estate. bequeathed to the city of GAINESVILLE,
Ohio. some years ago, it is said, new amounts
to about S300.000-the annual proceeds of
which in interest, rents, &C. are to be appro-
priated to the support of school for the
poor. This fund, it is proposed, shall sup
port the common schools of the city
- At Statham, N. H., number of
deiuded persons are busily engaged in dig
ding for gold, which pretended witch of
Portsmouth informed them they would find
in certain spot. She told them that they
would come to rock before reaching the