Washington telegraph., 1855-04-18
News Kfenas.

to promote the election OF Mr. WISE
- A law prohibiting the sale Of liquor
throughout the State of Pennsylvania on
Sunday, went into operation on the 1st inst.
There is probability that branch
of the Bank of Louisiana will be establish
ed at Shreveport
- The Know Nothings of Ohio are
reported by the papers opposed to them, to
number no less than 1000 lodges. and from
125.000 to 10000 members
- It is stated that the Know -Nothings
have altered portion of the Declaration of
Independence. making it read thus: Life.
Liberty. and the pursuit of Irishmen ~
Judge RUSH ELMoRE. for many
years resident Of Montgomery. Ala. has
removed to Kansas Territory with his fami-
ly and slaves.
- The Louisville Democrat says that
hundreds Of enigrants, on their way to Kan
sas. crowd the Ohio river steamboats, for ST.
Louis
- It is stated that ALEXANDER, the
new Gar Ct Russia, has determined to car
ry out with energy the emancipation of the
sarfs. as commanded by his father
- 1t has been a.certained that the bill
remitting duties on goods destroyed by the
great fire in New York, in 1885, did not
pass Congress. as has been reported.
- Hon LINN BOYD, the late Speaker
Of the e. s. House of Representatives.
says he is now determined to settle down at
bis home in Kentucky and shake from his
shoes the dust of politics forever
- JOSHUA R. G1DD1NGs, the Aboli-
ton member of Congress from Ohio. is
down on Sam the white man. "Sambo"
is the only item he intends to have in his
political creed.
- Mayor WooD, Of New York, ha,
been informed by the o. s. Consul at Zu-
rich, that The Swiss Government was about
to send to New York 800 paupers. via
Havre.
- 1t appears that the appropriation of
$4,000 to test the experiment of introduc-
ing cameis and dromedaries into this coun-
try for military purposes, did pass Congress.
tagged on to another BILL
II The New York correspondent Of
the Boston Journal says that the failure
of ERIcssoN's caloric ship, ruined his FOR
tune. and his wife's, and produced such dis
! satisfaction between then, that they have
separated.
- The Legislature of Maine has pass
ed resolution declaring that the French
Spoliation veto of President Pierce was
''an arbitrary act and his reasons extra
ordinary and wholly insufficient -
- The Maine Legislature, at its late
session. passed a law preventing persons of
foreign birth from voting, unless he shall
have exhi bited his naturalization papers to
the proper authorities at least three months
before an election The law went into eff
feet on the 10th Of March
- Late news from the island of Jam
aica says that the execution of Court de-
cree. ejecting large Baptist congregation
from the possession of their own church,
caused great riot. in which the riot act
was vainly read missiles of all kinds we're
used. and the military were called in to
quell the tumult
Woman Rights" do not seem to
fnd much favor in Illinois. The lower
house Of the Legislature of that State has
passed resolution directing the imposition
Of fine Of $500 on every lady who may
lecture in public in any part of that COM
monwealth. without first putting on man s
apparel
- The whole number Of persons main
tanned at the public expense. in the various
institutions in New York under charge Of
the ten Governors. is at present nearly
1000 OF these, ]. .342 are in the aims
house. The Bellevue Hospital has S05 in
mates; tie Penitentiary 457; and the Work
house 500.
- The German ard French Journals
of New York, reviewing the foreign news,
expect no immediate peace Mr. GA1L-
LARDET. who writes from well-informed cir
cles in Paris 70 the Courier, thinks that the
Cars death removes great obstacle in the
way of peace. but that the happy hour of
peace is not so near as the world inagines
- The Wings Of Philadelphia called
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