Nebraska advertiser., 1856-06-07
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the same effect in tie different Italian states as
in the rest bf Europe There had always been
a lingering idea thai Italy would find some
aleyiationof its misery in the results OF the
war: the conclusiol of peace takes away all
hope. PIE stata qib will be maintained, and
foreign u domination consolidated"
The Sugar crop pn the Island of Jamaica
this season is 5000 hhds., greater than ever
before. This is attributed to Yankees hav-
ing taken the management Of several Of the
largest sugar estates! In working they employ
the negroes at so mich perIday, paying in cash
every week. Thelcash wakes up the best
energies of the sabB laborers, and gives a life
never before seen BIZ heard Of to the sugar
making business.
The passage by congress Of a bill gransing
large quantities Of lands to the State Of Iowa
for the constructionDf fout railroads hes had
the effect to create panic in the market for
land warrants. Aithis measure will almost
close the land ofids in that State, warrants
are expected to alllbelow one dollar per acre.
Purchasers are r~eluEtant to go much beyond
that rate at present
The Sidney IN. s. w Mercantile Journal,
states that the expohs of gold dust from that
port during the yea 1856, amounted to 1920,
$50 ounces, which at 65s per ounce, is equal
to 97, POP ,211, or S36, 100000. The value of
imports during the tear YVES 81, 9o9,1 22. against
&5,9SL,063 in the ~previoIs year. The value
Of meFshandiss Exported during 1855 vas
81, 354,631s against S4o40,126.
An official return Of tie Spanish debt has
Just been published. The total amount of in
debtedness Is 19,5 80,466,110 reals. Among
the items is6ne of Inscription in favor of the
United States, 100000 reals" The total
sum of redeemabled debt, purchased from 1851
to the ent of june, 1855, was 934,935,271
reals, andcost the state 81, 108, 134 reals.
The Philadelphia papers estimate the total
loss at tie recent terrible fire in that city at
$607, 20b, upon which was an insurance Of
$980,2O.
Amote the slain in the engagement at Mo
houmdbore, (Oude) says the Calcutta English
man, was found the body of a woman, dress
edin a garment dyed black; she was armed
like the rest of her tribe, with a pair of pistols
and a sword, and must have been killed by a
grape-shot. 1t is said she was a very religious
woman, and was much venerated in conse-
quence of having made a pilgrimage to Mecca.
The intelligence is confirmed That the great
city Of Jed6, in Japan, has been destroyed
bv an earthquake, with the loss of thirty thous-
and lives and a hundred thousand houses. 1t
is by far the greatest calamity of the kind that
has occurred n a century, even exceeding, in
the magnitude Of the disaster, the destruction
of Liua, in Ieru, and Lisbon, in Portugal, by
earthquakes, which happened many years ago.
We learn, with deep regret, tba4 thaainhabi-
tants of Jerusalem, and more especially the
Jews. are suffering severely from the lack Of
water and the high price of food. The funds
sent from Europe by the Jews for the relief
of their distressed brethren are equally divided
among all living in the four holy cities, so that
/, but little falls to the share of each. The mass
of the people have no means of subsistence.
The Anthracite Coal mined in Pennsylvania
last year. equalled in value half the gold taken
from California.
The loss by the fall in breadstuffs on tbs
Liverpool stock alone is estimated to be $780,
GOO
Several of the insurance companies in Rhode
Island have resolbd not to insure building any
I. parts of which areoccupied for the sale Of In
tOxicating liquorsor for gambling purposes.
The Judiciary Committee in the House OF
Representatives, have under consideration the
proprietyAof making the Office of Postmaster
an elective one.
The Lapwing has returned to New Bedford,
from her first whaling cruise of thirty months,
with cargo worth $135,O0G.
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The 93d regiment, that distinguished itsell
so noblv at Ballaklava, was the same that got
so awfully whipped at New Orleans.
THE TOBACCO MAEKET.-The actual cash
sales of leaf tobacco in this market during the
past week amounted to 939 hogsheads.-
Prices ranged from 81 40 to So for scraps and
inferior Tugs, So so to $40 for fair Tugs to choice,
and SO so to $11 25, $11 70 to $18, and
$I5 so for extra man ufacturing leaf. These
were about the largest sales and highest prices
aver obtained in this market in one week.
The aggregate cash price paid to farmers by the
tobacco BUYERS of Louisville during tho week,
at a moderate average, amounted to the sum
of s155.1OO.-Louisyille Courier, 18th.
Clear writers, like clear fountains, do not
seem so deep as they are; the turbid look the
most profound.
EXTRAORDINARY HAIL SToRM.-An unusual
hail storm occurred at Auburn, Ala, on the
I4th inst. A writer in the Montgomery Mail,
says: !.
i"The size of the stones varied from as small
as a pea to as large as a lemon. The large
ones were mostly of the shape of an oblate
spheroid. I measured one of ordinary size,
and found it eight inches latitudinally, and
seven inches l~ongitudinally. The prevailing
size was that of a guinea egg, while the shape
varied greatly. 1 found plenty that would
weigh four ounces"
BELG1ANs AT GREEN BAY.-The Greer
Bay Advocate notices the arrival of 800 Bel
gians at that point this Spring, and states Una
there are from 5000 to 1000 more on the way
there. They settle principally on the PENN
sula, between Green Bay and Sturgeon Bay
and are described as strong and healthy lookins
settlers.
AN AUSTRALIAN LEGISLAToR.-Mr. DAME
Cameron, who was selected representative 70
the digging district Of Woolshed, Australia
had the compliment paid to him by his sup.
porters Of having the horse he rode on at th,
time of the contest, sEod with shoes of solo
gold. He was also presented with a sum o
81 800.
ARRIVAL OF THE CAMELs.-By a letter re
1 : - = 49,