, 1855-02-03
NcMS Items.

Marysville.
/ In Joint convention of the legislative as
scmbly of California on the 10Th January,
the vote for U. S. Senator stood as fol-
/ lows:
/ For Gwin ~, Broderick 10, scattering
4 0; for Edwards 35, McCorkle II, whole
number of votes l09
Necessary to choice, Sc.
! California is the living wonder of the
world. Governor Bigler says, that during
the past season, California has produced
the astouishcd yield, in one instance, at
least, of eighty-two and half bushels of
wheat to the acre.
The schooner Glengovc, just arrived from
Puget Sound, reports the loss of Il man du.
ring the passage, who accidently fell over
board and was drowned-the sea running
so high as to render any attempt for his
rescue impossble-name unknown.
WRECK OF THE STEAMSHIP NHE-NINETY
LIVES LosT-Thc London Ne,Cs announ-
ces that the iron screw steamship Nile was
wrecked on her passage FROM Liverpool to
London, and every soul on board consist
ing of fifty passengers and crew of forty
men, was lost She struck on the rocks at
night, and in the midst of heavy gale
INDICTMENT OF WESDELL PHIMIPs.-ln
the U. S. Circuit Court for Massachusetts,
Wendell Phillips appeared and gave bailin
$500 TO answer in March next to an in
dctment, charging him with resistance to
the U. S. Marshal, at the time Of the
Burns rendition.
The PANAMA RAILROAD NEARLY CoNPLE-
rED.-The Panama Star of Jan. lst says !:
A party of gentlemen went to the summit on
Saturday morning along the railroad track
and returned by the same route that even
ling. They travelled the entire way, with
the exception of about three miles, by a
hand cart, and found the road in excellent
order. There is not more than three miles
of rail to lay down at the present moment
and as large body of men are engaged on
that part Of the work, there is every
probability of the rails being placed on the
track the entire way through within few
weeks. From what information we can
procure from the best sources, we are led
to believe that, unless some unforeseen ac-
cident occurs, a train of I cars will come
through from Aspinwall to Panama about
the end of January, which will be much
earlier than has been anticipated.
Minnesota is about four times as large
as the State of Ohio, comprising an area
of about 10000 square miles, or 1885,
900, 900 acres of land, the most of which
is fine rolling prairies of rich land, a sandy
loan, adapted to the short summers of the
climate.
The Hon SAM'L. .HousroN was baptised
by immersion, at Independence, in Texas,
on the oath ult., and Joined the Baptist
Church. He is also said to have joined
the " NIGHTS Versteh" party, who with
ex-president Fillmore and Commodore
: Stockton Of the same "klonas" order ore
candidates for the Presidency in 1856.
+ A Proclamation has been issued by the
Governor of Nebraska, dividing the Terri
tory into nine districts and ordering on
election to be held in each for the choice Of
Representatives and CounciImen to the
Territorial Legislature and Delegate to
Congress, on Thursday, the 18th day Of
December. The candidates for Congress
were w. b. Chapman and Capt Giddings,
the former National Democrat and the
latter a Benton Democrat and Anti-Slave-
ry. The territorial Legislative is to meet
on the sth of January, previous to which
the location of the Capital will take place.
BY the census just taken, the population Of
/, the Territory has been ascertained to be
r over 1000 souls, with about 500 voters.
RELIEF OF Dr. KANE-In the Senate,
on the 10th of December, Mr.. Broadhoad's
resolution for sending steamer to the
Arctic seas in search of DR. Kane, was
adopted.
ELECTION OF U. S. SENATOR IN SourH
5 CARoLISA.-Hon. A. p. Butler has been
reelected to the United States Senate by
the Legislature of South Carolina.
GOVERNOR OF UrAH.-Lieut. Colonel
Steptoe, of the U. S. A., has been appoint
ed Governor of Utah, in the place Of Brig
ham Young. A better selection could not
: lhave been made.
MADRID. Dec | 1894