The Placer herald., 1857-04-25
HASTY CLIPPINGS.

now building in England, will be launched
in August. The amount expended on hel
up to the present is 100000, and an ad
ditional sum Of s75O,0O0 will be required
to complete her.
1t is stated that company is being form
cd in Paris with capital of $4,000, 0,O00f,
to run omnibusses in New York
Congress has appropriated $4,000 to re-
new the furniture Of the Executive mansion
and $ll 900 for the repair of the public
grounds in Washington.
Another large party of women and chill
dren from the Five Points, New York, have
started for the West, to find homes. They
were neatly dressed and cheerful.
The emigration to Kansas is so great
that two extra passenger trains have been
placed on the railroad from st. Louis to
Jefferson City.
Contracts for cleaning the streets of
New York during the ensuing year have
.been let. The total cost to the city will be
S535G50.
The 5000, ton steamer for Charles Nor
can & Sons California line is completed,
and will be launched as soon as the engine
is ready.
The Missouri Legislature, last winter pass
ed bill authorizing the issue of State Bonds
to the amount Of $6,O00,00O, to aid various
railroad projects in that State.
A race of a novel character came off at
Bridgeport, Conn., the other day. Mr.
Banks laid a wager that Col. d. b. Hall
could not run 100 yards while he was hop
ping IS yards. Upwards of 1000 persons
congregated to witness the race The Col
onel won.
1t is stated, on authority, that among
men, one in every 25 stammers, while among
women ony y one in every 10000 is afflicted
in that way.
Nearly twelve millions of pounds of tea
were exported from China to the United
States in the five months and half between
July lst and Dec. l3, 1856.
-Four million of do,lars, it is said, have
been spent in the seal Ii for the unfortunate
navigator, Sir John Franklin.
The city of New York pays over fifteen
hundred thousand dollars per year for the
salaries of her officials.
There are l12, 600 square miles in Kansas
In Illinois $4,000.
A great excitement had been brought
about in New York society by the marriage
of rich merchants daughter with her
fathers coachman John c. Boxer is the
old gentIeman's name, Petronlla, his daugh-
ter and the coachman Dean.
Ets" J. p Anderson, late delegate from
Washington, has been appointed Governor
of that Territory. Mr.. Anderson is to enter
upon his duties at the expiration Of the com
mission of Gov. Stevens.
EE" Lord Elsmere, English Commission
er to the WORLDS Fair at New York, is
dead.
ls" Hon d. r. Disney, formerly mem
Der of Congress from Ohio, is dead.
The four principal railroads running
from Chicago have taken west, during the
past year, 203, 1853 passengers more than they
brought back.
A bill is before the Louisiana Legislature
allowing tho head Of each family to take a
three dollar newspaper at the expense OF
the State.
The receipts of the American Cooni-
cation Society, during 1856, were SS Sl,aSS.
Two Government frgates have been or
dered to assist in laying down the Atlantic
telegraph.
Late accounts from Florida state that
Gen. llarney was in active pursuit of the
Indians on the east side of Lake Okechokee.
Important results were expected from the
military operations then in progress against
the savages.
Intelligence has been received at ST. Johns
to the effect that England has transferred
her New Foundand fisheries to France. A
general meeting Of all classes was called,
and the transfer was denounced i'll a most
earnest maner. Petitions protesting against
the measure are in circulation.
The Pacific telegraph bill that was before
Congress at its late session, failed to become
a law.
For the first twenty-five days after be-
gining to purchase the old Spanish coin, the
Philadelphia Mint took in $9S,0O0 worth,
chiefly in small sums.
At Quito, in Ecuador, S. A., remalha-
bic shower of earth recently took place, caus-
ing much alarm. 1t was supposed to have
come from some newly opened volcano.
There are 144 colleges in tho United
States. The oldest are Harvard and William
and Mary In addition to these there are
40 theological seminaries. Texas has pros
pectively the largest educational fund of any
State in the Union
The Postmaster General reports the prob
able number of dead letters for the past
vear to be three millions