Nebraska advertiser., 1857-12-10
NEWS ITEMS.

has vet been taken in view of late adj
from the Territory.
According to present intention, EXPIRE
lamar, of Texas, will be appointed
Minister to Nicaragua.
The bridge over Wisconsin river at
Prairie du Chen is completed. 1t con-
sists of three spans of one hundred and
sixty-fve feet each, with a draw at the
north end of ffty-five feet more.
The crews of the steamers War Eagle
and Isaac Shelby, lying at the wharf at
St. Paul, Minnesota, got into a fight and
Michael Neil, a hand on board the latter
was knocked down with q billet of wood,
and died soon after from the wound
Several others were severely wounded.
Mrs. Jane Swisshelm, formerly well
known as the editress of the Pittsburg
Visitor; has purchased the st. Cloud
(Minnesota) Advertiser, and 1t will be
hereafter issued uRder her management.
A duel was fought en- the Metaire
Ridge, near New Orleans, on the 18th
ult., between General Lacoste and Ed
ward Garcia, the latter being the challen-
ger. The weapons were small swords
and General L. was dangerously wound
ed in the abdomen.
Seventy manumitted slaves from Prince
Edward county, Virginia, arrived at Rich-
mond for Liberia.
Bartholomew, the sculptor, now in Bos-
ton, has sold his famous statue Of Eve to
an American gentleman for $4,000. 1t
viii be brought from Rome in the spring.
The dry goods import at New York for
the week ending the 9th inst, was $685.
DAG, against S1,190.585 for the week
ending Nov. 8th last year.
The Atlantic Telegraph Company has
decided to renew operations for the lay
ing of the cable the latter part of June
next, commencing in the middle of the
Atlantic as originally Resigned. Messrs.
Glas and Elliot had commenced the cons
t~ruction of additional cable, making 5000
miles in all. Easton and Ames were
building new paying-Out machinery.
Two passenger cars on the Connelsville
railroad lately came in collision about a
mile from McKeesport, and a passenger
named Scott of Westmoreland county,
was seriously if not fatally injured. Sew
eral others were hurt and the cars were
literally crushed to pieces.
Mr.. Giles charged with having been
concerned in the robbery of the Express
Office at Quincy, in August, has Just been
tried and acquitted.
The Illinois Central Railroad Company
are contemplating the immediate erection
in Cairo of large brick freight and pas
senger houses.
A young girl named Margaret Balm at
tempted 10 drown herself at Detroit, but
her hoops would not let her sink, and she
was rescued. Unrequitted love was the
cause of the act,
The Senate of Frankfort has interdict-
ed the residence there of an old political
refugee named FoebeI, who some time
since had become an American citizen
The American consul has protested ag-
ainst this interdict and threatened to sus-
pend his relations unless the order for the
expulsion of Foebel be recalled.
Virginia land warrants, for two hun
dred acres each, are now being bought
bymany of the shoemakers of New Eng
land at one dollar per acre payable In
shoes. BY this means they can secure
snug farms on easy terms.
The Postmaster General has offered
the Corporation of New York two hun
dred and fifty thousand dollars for a lot
in the Park for a Post Office site. The
ground required is two hundred and fifty
feet on Chambers street by one hundred
feet in depth.
Odessa firms have offered to sell to
the Austrian iron founders, the English
and French cannon balls, which were
collected at SeDaStopOI.
Governor Bissell, of Illinois, has APP
pointed Theodore Hartman, public admin
~istrator of Cook county, IN place of G..
Schneider, resigned or removed, we do
not know which.
The Union Manufacturing Company
of Norwalk, Connecticut, and Lounsber-
nv, Bissell & Co., whose works have
been stopped, have recommended opera
tons. They employ a large number of
hands.
We learn from the Lowell (Mass.)
News that the Massachusetts and Pres
colt Mills, at that place, will commence
running full time in about a fortnight,
but with reduced wages.
Michael Brennan, convicted of the
murder of James Beadle, at Auburn, N.
Y, some months ago, has Just had his
trial, and been sentenced to be hanged on
the 18th of the present month.
The citizens of Dubuque have called a
meeting to devise ways and means to
emnloU the moor Of that citv the onSuinr