Weekly Trinity journal., 1858-05-08
Prominent Events East.

Tho Kansas question il still unsettled Tho
Lecompton Constitution passed the Senate by
eight majority, and was defeated In the House by
the same number OF votes. The Kansas Terrific
rial Legislature has called another convention TO
frame another constitution which, before this
time, has been submitted to popular vote. The
convention set at Leavenworth. The bill to ad-
NIT Minnesota was amended 50 us to ALLOW only
one Representative, at present. Mr.. Douglas
presented the Oregon CONSTIPATION, and petitions
for the organization of Territorial Government
of Dacotah. The Senate committee refused to
report in favor of organization OF Arizonia. A
contract has been entered into for an immediate
weekly mail to Salt Lake, and d semi monthly
mail to Sacramento, with the right, on the part
of the Post Master General, to make the latter
weekly at his pleasure.
A schoolmaster Of New Orleans shot merchant
for seducng his daughter. The towns on the
Mississippi above the city were inundated-ths
levee had gave way. The Texas streams had also
overnowed their banks A great trial Of George
c. Blackwood for killing g. u. A. Wright, was
going on; the vo rdlct was guilty, withUut capt
tai punishment
The Turkish Admiral, Mohammed Pasha. has
been fooled in Washington. lie threw his shawl,
worth $1,000, across ladys shoulders, to see
how she would look under 1t, and the blushng
feminine walked of with the shawl as u present.
The st. Louis papers announce the completion
Of the Pacific railroad TO California II Is only
the Missouri Pacific railroad to the village OF
California, near Jefferson City.
grindstone, turned by steam, ut Pittsburgh,
bursted and killed the grinder
| The Senate has reduced the five regiments Of
volunteers to three, one Of which Is to be employ
ed on the Texan frontier, the other two to protect
emgrants on the Plains
The Senate and House committees on Foreign
Affairs are about to recommend the Immediate
abrogation Of the Clay ton Bulwer treaty. Nego-
tatiUns to that effect are now going on at Wash
iugton, between the United States and Great
Britain.
| great number OF murders are related In the
Atlantic papers-too many to be detailed
General Johnston IN going on to Salt Lake soon
rs the snow leaves the mountains, and the grass
grows, and soon as supplies and animals reach
his camp from New Mexico. The President in
tended to send minister Of Peace to Salt Lake.
TO persuade the Saints to submission.
The steamboat Sultan was burned at Gene
We've, Missouri with the loss of fifteen or twenty
lives.
The cars on the New Jersey railroad to Phila-
delphia are lighted with gas.
The House oi Representatives decided by
vote Of eight majority that the Lscompton Con-
stltdtlon must be submitted to an approving vote
of the people Of Kansas-lts fate In Kansas Is not
hard to conjecture.
EURopE'--The two regicides who undertook to
kill the French emperor had their heads cut off
in presence of vast crowd of people. Great
alarm was felt by the people because of the Sc
we're espionage instituted by the emperor.
Levy had better look out for his own head; ID
will soon be time for the French to divide anoth.
er royal neck