Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-03-03


gB- During the last year 2lO,742 persons left
Liverpool as emigrants, being, at the rate gilmore
than 1000 each week.
e5y- Barefaced falsehoods- told by the ladies'
in the present style of dress.
gB- On Thursday night oflast week. Mr.. s. M.
Hurburt, pedler of cement, fell of the high steps
leading from the suspension bridge to the depot,
in Fairmont, Virginia, and so injured himself that
he was expected to die. He was in the habit off
drinking to excess.
C1S- The corner stone Of the new custom-house
at San Francisco, was laid on the goth of January
with proper ceremonies. The foundation alone
has cost $3.50 0o0 and it is estimated that 1t will
require further sum of 100000 to complete the
building.
gB- Thomas j. Walton, clerk of the post Office
in Salem, Ohio, and Joseph S. Wilson, son of the
postmaster, have been arrested for robbing the
mails They have been carrying on their depreda-
tions for some time.
sY- A Virginia bond for 81 900 was stolen from
J. w. Wright, at indianapolis, Ind, last week.
gB- The wife of Capt. J. S. Middleton, OF Nor
folk, fell suddenly dead while attending to her
usual avocations, on Tuesday last OF erysipeas of
the brain.
ICY A correspondent of the Morgantown Mir
ror, writing from Postum Hollow, describes an ac-
cident Of distressing nature Two barrels of
| whskey rolled from conveyance while going down
hill, tumbled hundred feet down precipice,
broke both their heads and split the contents
among the rocks.
| rg- Flour and the material out of which it Is
manufactured are SO scarce in Wilkes county, Ga,
that the inhabitants are suffering in consequence.
The millers have given notice that no more can DO
| had until the next crop is gathered, and many
farmers have had to send distance for supplies
ICY Henry ]. Keener, convicted in Augusta,
Georgia, of the murder Of James Reese, has been
sentenced to be executed on Friday, April goth.
gE-A gentleman who resides at Valley Forge,
Pennsylvania, was robbed on Monday afternoon, in
the Nonistown cars, Of a valise containing small
amount Of clothing, and certificates Of stock
amounting TO $4,000.
WR- Fears are entertained in New Orleans that
when the spring rains begin to descend the inn
mense quantity of snow which has fallen on the
upper Mississippi and its numberless tributaries
shall have melted, the city will be in danger of
overflow.
ey- Greeley, fthe New York Tribune, offers to
give 800 to any charitable object that Miss Laura
Edmonds may designate if she will spiritually de-
scribe the situation and circumstances OF Dr. Kane
and company in manner that future advices shall
show to be correct.
gT- D. G. Ramsay was recently arrested in
Nashville, Tennessee, on the charge OF abstracting
| money from letters directed to his employers. he
gave JUL III tnC Bull VI Sf,oVo'
eg- storehouse and contents and dwelling,
occupied by Mrs Moore, on the National Road,
| about three miles from Wheeling, were destroyed
by fire last week.
CB -The city Of Wheeling has just issued $260,000
of bonds bearing interest at six per cent payable
in New York, in 1874, the object of which is, first,
tn pay off loan of 100000, negotiated twenty
years ago, with Messrs. Rothschild which loan falls
due the first of March, and will be paid by the Ohio
a,,1a % md fhn
ing debt of the city.
cB- A FIRE broke out in the buildings of Emory
and Henry College, (Va.,) on the 25th ult., which
for time threatened the destruction Of the build
ing containing the laboratory and the college libra
ry By the active exertions of the students, how
ever, the flames were suppressed, without material
damage correspondent OF the Petersburg Elk
press says the excitement was intense, and some Of
the students in order to their looking glasses,
threw them from the fourth story to the pavement
below.
cB- On Wednesday last the mansion of Major
John Goss near Stony Point, in Albermarle county,
was entirely destroyed by fire. portion OF bis
| furniture was saved
rg- Richard Aulck, son of Commodore j. 81.
Aulick, distinguished son of Winchester, has
been promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. DR..
| Daniel B. Conrad, Of Winchester, has been COM
missioned as assistant surgeon.
eE The Paris correspondent Of the New York
Tribune says:
"The chief Paris incident Of the past week, was
snowfall of unusual depth and duration for Pari.
II was quite the same kind Of snow as you have in
New York, and not in itself curious noteworthy.
But what is curious to New York eyes, is the treat
ment snowfall receives in Paris streets. No sooner
is 1t fairly down in the streets, than an army Of
sweepes, hoers, shoyelers, and carriers attack y
with might and MAN, and never let II alone till
they have fairly carried it off and tipped it into tho
Seine"
| icy Mr.. Benton introduced into the House OF
Representatives short time ago, a bill levying
stamp duty of forty cents on all notes under five
dollars of twenty cents on all under ten dollars,
and Of ten cents on all under twenty dollars. The
object of the bill Is of course TO suppress all notes
under these denominations, and all nfractions oft
are made punishable as penal offence. Even II
the purpose Of the law was not open TO objection,
there are obvious and forcibe reasons why II should
not be passed.
The bill was not acted upon.
rH G. Edwards Lester is said to be the Helen
Dhu who wrote "Stanbope Burlegh," the Know
Nothing novel. He is getting up the new life OF
Sam Houston.
eB- The annual election in New Hampshire
takes place on Tuesday, March Is. The friends Of
John p. Hale, figuring for his return to the o.
s. Senate.
! eB Major ID. M. Key, Democrat, announces
himself candidate for Congress in the Chatanoo-
| ga District, Tennessee.
rT- We see that the sheriff Of Ramsey comfy,
Minnesota, charged $500 for hanging one Indian.
A high priced luxury Of extreme civilization.
gB- At Little Rock, Arkansas, they cover
ing houses with slate procured from quarry near
that place.
sE- On Monday, the oil mill Of Hays a Painter
at Pittsburg, was destroyed by fire. Loss 81, 900
insurance $4,000.
eH- DIR. John o. Butler lately delivered lecture
before the good citizens Of Urbana, Ohio, on the
utility Of the beard to the satisfaction Of his audi
tors and their conviction that on reasons Of health
the beard should be worm
eBr II is stated in the 81. Louis Republican that
General w. s. Harvey, U. s. A., has been selected
to command the military expedition against the
Sioux Indians during the ensuing season.
| From the Boston Journal, Feb. 26.
A Priest in Difficulty.