Nebraska advertiser., 1856-08-02

Information Vas received few days
ago at St. Paul, from areIiable source,
that a party of Sioux recently came
in the nightto Plat Lake, fifteen miles
east Of Swan river, and killed Francis
Burnett and his whole family, consist
ing Of Eve persons. Brunett was a.
well known balfbreed, and had been.
a Chippewa trader for thirty years.
The Pioneer says that the Superin-
tendent Of Indian Affairs is doing all IN
his power to put a stop to these horri-
BE murders. The Sioux payment was
stopped, because they refused to give
up a party Of rnurdeTers. But so far
even this hasnct had the desired effect.
CLOTH1sG TRADE AT CEaExATI.-
The Wholesale clothing trade Of Gin
cinnati, according to the Gazette, is
immense. Eighty houses on Main and
Pearl streets are computed to make
sales Of not less han $4,000, 900 per
annurn. They give employment to
10000 persons. A large number of
sewing machines are employed. One
man has twenty Of these machines and
fifty girls on satin vests alone.
1t is stated that the President has
been advised BY Governor Stevens, of
Washington Territory, that the reason
for his declaration of martial law in
Pierce county was the necessity Of
arresting and trying certain influential
white residents BY military commission
for treason in melting the Indian wal
there. The United States Judge he
arrested for disregarding hisprocIama-
ton Of martiallaW and attempting tc
issue a habeas corpus for the accused
An order for $4,000 American rife,
with the Minnie sight and knob fol
the lock bayonet," is in course o
execution at the extensive works a
Windsor, Vt, and is now probablyha
completed. Another order for 10000
Sharpe's rifles, also on account 0
parties IN England, is now in course o
fulflrnent at Colt s factory in Hartford
GRAssHoPPERs AT SALT LAKE.-W,
learn from one direct from Great Sal
Lake that there is danger of starva
|. ton, in that region, owingto the grass
hoppers. The prairies and the deser
! are covered with them, and ike th
locusts Of Egypt, they destroy every
thing before them. Desolation vii
!, follow in their track, and suffering an
disaster eventually, perhaps speedily
| Be the result.--G. joseph Circle.
LIBERAL BEoUEsT.-Hon. John N
Niles, who died on the Sd ult., be
queathed $4,000 in trust for the boo
Of Hartford, CT, one half the incom
{ for the wants Of the deserving indigent
and the half to supply them withfue
S AMERICAN RACE HORSES GoNG I
: EURoPE.-Among the passengers {
the steamship Asia, which sailed frol
a New York ON Wednesday, was r. TIE
Broeck, the Napoleon of the America
turf. The object of Mr.. Ten Brock
visit to Europe is to test the power
the English race horse on EngIis
grounds by actual experiment. wit
those bred in America. For that pul
pose he takes out with him Lecompt.
Pryor, and the FLY Prioress-three
the fastest horses in this country.
THE Century PLANT.--There is
century plant now blooming in ii
4 garden Of the Hon. Mr.. VanRanssalae
/ at Ogdensburg, New York. It HI
grown since March list, to a height
thirty seven feet, has leaves six inch,
thick and eighteen feet long, and wi
q continue to bloom for two months.
! ProdigaIs are born Of miser f.
d butterflies arc born Of grubs.