Nebraska advertiser., 1856-08-30
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TO ne hung Ia y 1fN Jays, HdS mdEI1cu
to Louise Brickell, the daughter of the
man for whose murder he was to be
land pprbably has been) executed It
is said the girl did not falter in her
devotion from the time of his arrest to
his conviction.
It is reported that the celebrated
bandit. joaquin, is again in California,
with a band of two hundred men,
Several persons aver that they have
seen and talked with him.
d A magnificent sword has been pre-
scented by the members of the San
Francisco Vigilance Committed, to
Mons. Velaceque, commander Of the
French division Of the committee, as
a compliment for the services rendered
by the French citizens.
The Chinese emigration to Califor-
MIA, which has been arrested for some
time, has revived, and the Celestial
emigrants are arriving quite numei-
ously.
Mr.. Barnes, an overland emigrant
to California, had to winter among the
Morrions, who levied a tax of twenty
two per cent. on all his effects. One
per cent. was a county and territorial
tax, one per cent, a school tax, and
twenty per cent. a ''fort or city wall'
n.~AaN - 80 - FfL -
tax, a work now in progress by the
people Of Brigham City. IS
Upward Of $4,000, 900 has been sub
scribed for the purpose of making a
Railroad between Matanzas and Regla,
in Havana Two other Railroads are
in contemplation; one from La Union
to Naraia, and the other from Matan-
zas to Guinness.
Washington City is a. great place
for the dispensation of justice. OF
6,798 cases brought before the magis-
trates there during the last six months
of 1855, 5,785 were dismissed as so
unimportant as to demand no punish
ment!
In New York 1850 dogs have been
caught and taken to the dog-pound,
since the 25th of June; of these $50
have been redeemed or sold, and the
remainder 5000 havebeen destroyed
by the process Of drowning, orr
Coalin abundance is being discovered
in almost every portion of our State,
and coal mining will ere long be added
to our already fruitful resources, and
engage the attention Of capitalists. A
, company has been formed to work the
Table Mountain Coal Mine, with a
capital stock of one million of dollars.
The coal is found one hundred feet from
, the surface.--AHG California.
Hector Smith, and Ethiopian gentle
: man, Of Boston, has been arrested for
f marrying two Irish girls-Ann Nc
Cormick and Rosanna McCann. Great
place, that Boston.
Departed this life, at her residence
in Mason county, KY, near the mouth
I, of Cabin Creek, on the 18th day OF
July, ELIZABETH consort of BENJAMIN
e COLE, deceased, an old Revolutionary
E soldier. Her age is supposed to be
over one hundred years, as her eldest
: son is in his 89th year. She was the
T mother of sixteen children. She has
left eleven living children, a great
many grand children, also some great
: ! great grand children.
! A maintained Pever, made a balloon
ascension at Havana on the 29th o
June, and was waited over towards the
sea. He has not been heard Of since
t P. johnson, on Sunday last, per
D formed the perilous feat of swimming
across the Niagara river, between thu
Falls and the Suspension Bridge. Thii
was the first time the feat was eve,
b attempted - ssH .siiai
St. Peters Church, In Rome, indie
! pendent of its Invaluable treasures o
art, cost $50,O00,O00, and the annua
expense Of repairs is some $31, 500.
MI. An appropriation of $1,000 and al
! THE proceeds of the Saline Lands il
Iowa, has been made for carrying d
the work upon the State Lunati
!. Asylum, now in construction at Noun
! Pleasant, .3a ri ESQ 2 ii alipo
81 .t. NJ -rff
IS The widow Of Lord Byron is sti
$. alive and hearty. She has recentl
purchased the residence of the lat
poet, Rogers, in London.
4 Yellow Fever still continues to pre-
e vail at Havana to an alarming extern
with no prospects of It's abatement fc
q some time. 1t seems, however, to b
2 chiefly confined to strangers, and thos
, who have not become acclimated. Tn
n fever is also very prevalent among .th
a shipping at Matanzas.
!. Some Of the newspapers are arguin
Il in favor Of making rail cars wholly
iron, and steamboats, of the same mate
Of rial, so fan. as is practicable, to avoi
+ disasters from conhagration. sE Ha
RI such parts of the Northern Indian;
r. John Jay and propeller Tinto as wer
to contiguous to the boilers, been Of iror
these boats would not have been cor