Nebraska advertiser., 1857-08-06
THE NEWS.

IHE NEWS
DEATH OF WILD CAr.n-From a let
ter in the San Antonio Texan, dated
Doredo, Texas, May Goth, we learn that
/" Wild Cat" the celebrated Seminole
Chief who gave the United States so much
trouble in Florida, during the Seminole
war, is dead he, with forty of his follow
ers, having fallen victims to the small
pox.
"Cossack," the horse Captain Nolan
rode when he was killed at BaIaklava in
the famous charge, is now the property of
a company of gentlemen in Cincinnati
He is a gray Arab stallion, six years old
and fourteen hands high.
Jenny Lind is coming to America. A
correspondent of the Christian Enquirer
writes hat he saw her in Dresden. Her
three year old boy is a fine one, and her
voice is as musical as ever. She will prob
ably settle down permanently either in
England or the United States, within six
months. The writer says she will revisit
America, in any event, because she likes
the country and the people.
Surrogate Bradford has decided to issue
a commission to take testimony in Califor-
MIA, as to the marriage of DIR. Burdell to
Mrs. Cunningham. H~e-remarked that
this would not very materially delay a
decision upon the question, as there was
an immense mass of testimony to be ex-
amined.
Ex-President Pierce, Ex-Gov. Hunt.
Postmaster Breck, of Washington, and
several other distinguished gentlemen,
made a visit of coincidence on the Sd inst,
to Mrs. Marcy, at Ballston, where the dis
tinguished ex-senator died.
Another riot occurred in New York, on
the 9th. The police were attacked, and
used their pistols in defence; two or three
rioters were shot, and the disturbance
finally quelled.
Advices have reached Washington of
the seizure on the African coast, of the
brig Adam Gray, on suspicion of being a
SLAYER the brig sailed from New Orleans.
She was captured by the schooner Pro-
metheus.
A premium of 500 will be awarded to
the best band of music (brass) exhibited
on the Fair grounds during the next Iowa
State Fair, and $50 for the second.
At the next Iowa State Fair a premium
of $50 will be awarded for the best acre
of corn raised by a boy under Is years Of
age, and SO for the second best.
Julien has written a gallopade, which
he has called the Comet, in honor of the
distinguished visitor, who did not m
The Louisiana sugar crop promises to
yield 25O,OOO to 100000 hogsheads the
present year, against $4,000 last year.
The prices must come down.
Six of those injured by the recent rail-
road accident near Cincinnati, have died.
Up to Saturday last 200 bodies had
been found, of those lost by the burning of
the steamer Montreal.
The Rev. Bishop Hamline, of the Me-
thodist Episcopal Church, has taken up
his permanent residence at Mt. Pleasant,
Iowa.
A young man named David Robinson,
while running a foot race near Vincennes,
Ind, last Sunday, fell down a corpse.
The President of the United States has
officially recognized VIM. Lane Becker
as consul of Great Britain, to reside al
; San Francisco.
Treasury defalcations are the vogue il
Ohio. One of $4,000 is reported i San-
dusky county, and the last State Journal
mentions a rumor that the Treasurer Of
Delaware county is a defaulter to the a.
f; mount of $4,000.