Nebraska advertiser., 1856-06-14
Mf6s Stems.

OVNAV" O"Nt|s"+
Al New PRIVILEGE OF THE PREss.-
It ii stated that a correspondent of the
New Orleans Crescent in Nicaragua,
who was taken prisoner at Santa Rosa
by the Costa Ricans, pleadedt the privi-
legs of the press to excellent advan-
tage. His punishment was committed
from death to imprisonment, on the
ground that he Was a "dead head"
The Massachusetts House has re-
iected the bill appropriating money for
the establishments of a State Nautical
School, by a large majority.
Ex-president Tyler recently deliver
ed a lecture at Petersburgh IN the
dead Of his Cabinet" - Webster, Cal
houh, Upshur, Gilmer and Legare.
The L0naon Times says: I'VE shall
not be over the mark if we put our share
the cost of the Russian war, during
the year just ended, at 834,OO 900"
HEL.EL
The latest miracle Connecticut
pastor has refused an addition to his
salary, recently offered by his congre-
CATION"
There were one hundred and forty
six persons on board the ship John
RutIedge, which foundered at sea in
February last, of whom only one was
saved.
Seven hundred and fifty paper mills
in this country have produced go, 000,-
| 600 pounds Of paper the past year,
which immense supply has sold for
about Ell, 0O0,0 600.
Smith O'Brien has signiied to Mr..
Meagher his intention of paying a
visit to this country shortly.
S. Curtis, a postmaster in De Kalb
county, H., has been arrested on the
charge of robbing the mails.
The amount of forged land warrants
already discovered exceeds one million
of acres.
The investigation of this matter is
!, now in progress, and new frauds are
daily coming to light.
From twentty-six medical colleges
in the United States, there graduated
last year, about 1900 doctors.
Kossuth's hope of Hungary has al
been based on the continuance of the
war. Peace has stricken him down
He publicly announces that the oppor.
tunity for his native land to obtain it:
independence, is past, not to return
againduring life. Kossuth is an honest
earnest, and in some respects a noble
man, buthe has been chasing aphantom
T for the last seven years. His heart
has now sunk within him.. He says so
: The Benton Democracy of Missouri
have nominated Thos. H. Benton fol-
Governor, and Mr.. Kelly, of Hol
county, for Lieut.. Governor. The At
t Gibson Democracy. have nominated
< Truxton Polk for Governor.
= The Hon. Ogden Hoffman, late At
{ terney General of New York, and fol
: a quarter of a century one of the mos
l prominent and brilliant m~embersof the
7 New York bar, died very suddenly Oh
, Thursday last.
a BLOODY YEAR.-There were
. se~venty-three battles fought during the
q year 1855, with an average loss of q
thousand menin each; more than 300,-
: 900 soldiers are estimated to have per-
] ished by disease andbattles; the battles
average more than one a week. 1t is
one of the bloodiest years in modern
history.
4 Jenny Lind gave "a concert at Exeter
/, Hall, London, and bestowed the entire
t proceeds, 91,872, towards the fund fol-
a Florence Nightingale.
: DIsMIssED.-Capt. w. A. Newman
United States Military Storekeeper a
Waterfowl, Massachusetts, who, i
$ was alleged, attempted to bride the
5 Adjutant General of Pennsylvania t.
take the States quota of arms in Colt
y revolvers, has been tried by a cour
martial, at Carlisle, Pa, and dropped
from the roll of the army.
vt There is now lying dormant in the
n Sub-Treasury Vaults of this city, abou
Ten Millions Of Dollars, in gold coin
the. interest on which, at the rate of
per cent. per annum, would amount t.
1920 a day, or 100000 dollars a year
.eI-N. j. Mirror.
We regret to learn that Senate
Rusk, Of Texas, has been called HON,
8 by the severe illness of his wifo3 ON,
that the Hon. George S. Houston, o
q Alabama, is engaged in the sad dut7
e of accompanying home the remains o
a bis deceased wife for interment.
The Wesleyan conference, at its lat
sitting in London, so altered thei
J ecclesiastical regulations as to aIlo,
ministers to remain FIVE years at on
! place, provided the quarterly confer
y ence of the circuit made a YEARLY re
quest to that effect after. the secon
: year. A similar change in the discir
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