Washington telegraph., 1855-05-23
NEWS ITEMS.

The temperance men of Berlin, Wiscon.
sin, burned Gov. BARsTow in efigy on ,bs
18th ult, for vetoing the prohibitory liouo,
law
The Illinois State Know Nothing Con.
vention assembled at Chicago adjourned On
the 4th inst. after q stormy session. It !,
said that disruption took place on the sl..
very question.
1t is estimated that the cost of war "a
England for the current year will be FORTY
millions sterling. or $500, 100000 This il
about two-thrds the entire revenue Of Grea.
Britain.
At the municipal election at indianapolis
Indiana, on the Cd inst, the Know Not hin,
ticket was defeated by 200 majority, bu,
that party elected majority of the Coun.
cilmen.
The "squatters'' Of Kansas recently held
a meeting and nominated the Hon DAVID
R. ATCHIsoN, of Missouri, for the Pres.
dency, and Hon. Isaac ToucEY, of Con.
necticut. for the Vice Presidency.
A number of returning Kansas emigrant,
passed through Albany. New York. on tho
lst inst. on their way to Boston. They
said they had seen the elephant and were
satisfied
! A man named BACHELOR, resident Of
/ Illinois. has lately recovered $4,000 from
a Railroad Company in Canada as compen.
sa,ion for having his legs broken by a col.
lision of two trains
The Boston Traveller says the total loss
by the recent FIRE in that city will not, pro.
.bably. exceed S350.000. The origin Of the
fire is still doubtful, and some of the parties
interested have called for an Investigation.
The Legislature of Connecticut, on the
/ Sd inst, elected WILLIAM T. MINER, Know
Nothing. Governor of that State. The vote
stood: MINER, III; INcHAM. Dem 70.
All the other Know Nothing candidates ior
State officers were elected
The loss by forest fires in North Carroll.
ma, has been, in Brunswick, $4,000; Bla.
den. $4,000, Dupln. 10000, and heavy
losses in other counties. The Turpentinc
crop this season will fall short $50 900 bar.
rels.
In Missouri. Illinois and Kentucky, i. is
stated, cattle, sheep and hogs have been dy
ing during the past four weeks by hundreds
from sheer starvation. and diseases produc.
ed by scanty food. and the severe and pro.
tracted cold of the past winter
II. A. Wise says Virginia "has an iron
chain of mountains running through her
centre, which God has placed there to milk
the clouds and be the sources of her silver
rivers Milking the clouds to make silver
rivers beats the Durhams
The New York Post says the export Of
-four and wheat to England has wholly ceas.
ed. Corn has been the only cereal ship.
ped in large quantities. and of this 4,640..
600 bushels have been sent forward agains.
4,l9S,0OO in the corresponding period Of
1854, namely, lst September to date.
It is stated that most of the members of
the Kansas legislature recently assembled
in secret session at Westport. Mo. and full
ly organized by choosing officers. 1t is
further stated that they manifested strong
/ disposition to set the Governor at defiance,
and legislate rather independently
One Of the famous steamboat companies
in New York is getting up grand excur.
sion to the Black Sea, to start, say abou:
the lst Of July. and return home by the Is.
of November. Price of tickets $500 each.
Passengers will have an excellent opportu-
nifty to see how things are going on at Sc.
vastopol.
Antelope" the New York correspondent:
of the n. o. Picayune. in his letter of the
4th inst. says there is some talk of the
Administration removing Governor Reeder,
of Kansas, and appointing Judge Loring,
Of Boston. as his successor, by which
maneuvre. it is said. the Virginia election
can be carried by the powers that be.
The Washington Star says that the off.
cials in the Far West are now writing that
there is no danger of combination among
the Indian tribes on the plains, or any por-
ton of them. with view to hosillues
against the United States. and the whole
sale murder and robbery of emigrants and
settlers.
The Dunkirk Journal says the notorious
barber. HALL (who was arrested in New
Orleans) arrived in town on the 2Sth ult-,
from the South. in charge of officers. An