The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1855-04-14
New ORLEANS, March 26.


BY the steamer Orizaba, we have later dates
from Mexico. The news is unimportant.
There is nothing decisive regarding Alvarez,
but it is reported he fed on the approach of
Santa Anna.
Santa Anna had been received at the capital
with enthusiasm.
The steamer Huntsville has been burned with
1000 bales cotton. We have no particulars.
The steamer Bulletin was destroyed by fire
Saturday, below Lake Providence, with $500
bales of cotton. Twenty three of the passen-
gers and crew were lost and missing. The L.
dy passengers and officers of the boat were
saved The boat was total loss. Insured for
$4,000.
The Know NOthings carried the charter cleo
ton OF our city to-day by triumphant major
ity.
New YORK, March %.
The Washington correspondent of the New
York Courier and Enquirer, telegraphs as fol-
lows
The Imprisonment of Vice Consul Thompson
at Havana, will cause serious difficulty. 1t is
understood that the affair had been considered
in the Cabinet yesterday and to-day, and that
orders have been given to dispatch strong ma
val force to demand an explanation.
The town election Of Deer Park yesterday,
resulted in the election of the K n ticket by
large majority.
At Peekskill they were successful by ma
jority ranging from 80 to 42l.
At Mount Pleasant. White Plains, Harrison,
Searsdalc. &c. In Westchester county, the
Peoples ticket was elected.
This morning at the Mayors office. 33 girls
were sent to the Penitentiary on Blackwell's
Island for terms from one to six months, as va
grants, having been arrested for street walk
ing.
WASHINGTON, March 20.
The Union Of this morning reiterates that the
Black Warrior affair is settled, and quotes from
the dispatches of the Spanish Minister, which
state that the Government is ready to satisfy
the damages in question as soon as proper &C.
count is presented and approved.
The deficiency of Gov. Price, of New Jersey,
as eX-Purser in the Navy, is said to be over two
hundred thousand dollars.
The object of Mr.. Soule's visit is rumored to
be to procure the publication of Mr.. Perry's re-
served correspondence.
BUFFALO, March 81.
The weather is very mild and summer-like
to-day. The lake is filed with ice and there
are no signs of a movement yet. The trains on
the Brantford Railroad, it is now said on au-
thOrity, by the first of next week.
1t is stated that the Marshal of Philadelphia
arrested this morning an officer of the British
army in this city for having been engaged con-
trary to Statute in recruiting soldiers for a
foreign power.
CINCINNATI, March "a.
The Democrats Of this city have nominated
James j. Farran, for Mayor. The Convention
passed resolutions denunoiatory of the Know
Nothings All the candidates for nomination
were required to give assurance that they were
not Know Nothings
The contest between the Know Nothings
and the old line Democrats is getting decidedly
warm.
DAVENPORT, April 3.
The Know Nothings have elected their entire
ticket and carried the Prohibitory Law in d.
venport Township by 100 majority.
TRENTON, ~, March 20.
The Senate to-day passed the bill to charter
the City Bank of Newark, over the Governor s
veto by O vote Of Is to Z. The House passed
the same bill by vote OF 40 to IL.
The WINTER IN EUROPE.-The winter In some
parts of Europe has been uncommoDly severe.
On the 18th Of February, the Thames was COW
cred with ice. and completely stopped. At
Mantz, on the 1st February, the Rhine was fro
zen over, and a dancing saloon was erected on
the ice. In Paris. on the nights Of the 18th
and 14th of February. the thermometer indica-
ted six and seven degrees below zero. In
Switzerland, unusual quantities of snow have