The Trinity journal., 1856-03-08
ARRIVAL OF THE
John l.. S TEP HENS 81!
ID Days Later from the Atlantic
SPEAKER ELECTED

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Nathaniel p Banks, Of Massachusetts,,
was elected Speaker of the House OF hep-
resentatives Oh the I'd of February, on the
I33d ballot. This result was obtained by
the adoption of the plurality instead OF the
majority rule. Aiken, the candidate OF the
Democrats and Americans had 100 votes,
Banks l03. A few scattering votes were
cast for Fuller, Wells, and Campbell. Inc
election is regarded as a triumph OF tao
Sewardite party.
George NJ. Dallas has been nominated
and confirmed as minister to England
= jeff. Davis has been elected to the Senate
to fill a vacancy occurring next March
Parker H. French will not be recognized
at Washington, on account Of some financial
operations of French, in Texas in 1850.
The Kansas troubles still occupy the pub
lie mind. On the day appointed by the
Free State men for the election, a desperate
fight occurred between them and the pro
slavery party. The President has sent
special message to Congress on the subject,
in which he says that the feelng in Kan
sas has reached point that threatens the
peace not only Of Kansas but of the whole
Union.
Mr.. Rust, of Arkansas, dissatisfied with
some remarks in the New York Trsbune at
tackled and struck Mr.. Greely in the street
at Washington. Greely showed fight.
The first patent issued by the u S. Gov
ernment to lands in this State, will be Col
Fremont's to the Mariposa 1t will reach
here by the next Nicaragua steamer due in
few days.
Barnum, the great Snowman, is said to
have failed in consequence of the liberal aid
he extended to the Jerome Clock Manufac'
turing Company, which had started under
his auspices, at his new town of East Bridge
port, Conn For the purpose Of cncourag-
ing them he had agreed to endorse for them
the amount of 500, 900, taking mortgages
as security. These endorsements were in
blank, the Company to fill them up as their
necessities might require; they, however
put notes in circulation to the amount Of
$50, 000 which he says must break him un-
less some arrangement is made to save him.
His magnificent oriental villa "Iranstan,"
has been sold by the Sheriff for $50, 600
Commodore Charles Morris, the next to
the oldest captain in the U. S. Navy, died
at Washington, on the 25th ult.
Col. Ramsey who has given his name to
IL route through Mexico, is preparing to go
ahead again, his contract with the govern
ment having been suspended for more than
year. lie says that he can carry the mails
from New York to San Francisco within
sixteen days and he shows that he has con
yeyed news from New Orleans to San Fran
cisco III twelve days and a half He has
strong opposition to contend against the
most effective being the steamship compa-
MES Panama and Nicaragua But notwith-
standing all opposition he seems determined
to push his line through He started yes
terday for Mexico, to arrange the transit
from Vera Cruz to Acapulco, confidently
expecting to have his route in operation
early in April. You will see whether or
not his predictions are verified.
The Court House at Syracuse New York.
was destroyed by fire on the 9TH ult. A
portion of the county library was DESTROYED.
Loss to the county $4,000 to $4,000.
The weather in New York continues in
tenSely cold. Long Island Sound is blocked
up with ice, so much so that all the steam
ers-Stonington, Fall River and Norwich
have suspended their trips. Five weeks
steady sleighing in Broadway, appears to
have made but little impression in the snow.
which is all the way from one to three feet
deep. Freezing to death" has become all
most an epidemic,
A stampede of slaves from the border
counties of Kentucky took place on the night
of February I'd. The Whereabouts Of sew
eral OF the tugitives was discovered at Gin
clnnati, and the officers proceeded to make
arrests. Upon approaching the house where
the slaves were secreted, the latter fired
wounding two or three spectators but not
seriously One slave woman. fndinp escona
impossible, cut the throats of her Children
Killing one Instantly, and severely wonndng
two others, Six Of the (ugityes were an
pretended, but eight are said to have es,
capped
A bill has been introduced in the Alabama
Legislature, which places the citizens of
Massachusetts beyond the pale of the law.
whether as regards life or property, until
the repeal of the Personal Liberty Law"
In Massachusetts.
The MISSISSIPPI FROZEN UP-A steamer
from New Orleans, which attempted to make
the voyage up the Mississippi, found the ice
fifteen inches thick at Natchez and stemmed
it with difficulty. At Vicksburg the ice was
making fast, and the river was almost i'm
passable; On reaching Napoleon, at the
mouth OF the Arkansas River, the ice had
become so heavy, and the steamers wheels