The Kanzas news., 1859-01-22

20 San f8nc4Scos flssS utSH 0Fec6e4 on aD- i
uIous Island. and fifteen lives lost. The |
vessel was total loss.
John c. HeeHan. the man that was
xhaled by Morrissey. publishes chalIengei
10 the world that he IS ready and willing 20
6ght any person for the sum of $4,000.
: Hon. William l. Dayton declines be-
ing considered candidate for the United
States SenatorshiP before the incoming New
Jersey Legislature.
The Washington correspondent OF For
news Press writes: ..Gen. Cass IS very fee
bic. He is often confined TO his room, and
is compelled to forego all heavy labor" The
old man viii probably die in harness.
"A company has been formed in New
York, which proposes TO obviate the delays
dangers and difficulties of the passage round
Cape Horn, by establishing a line of power
.ful tug steamers TO tow vessels from ocean
t. ocean through the straits of Magellan.
The iI8 Baptist Churches of Connect
icut report an accession of {, AT membeas by
profession during the past year. The ll0
Churches of The same denomination IN
New Jersey report al addition of g, 100.
The Pacific Railroad bill was taken up
and discussed in the Senate on the 18th
There seems to be 3 growing impression
that some bill providing for Pacific road
viii pass.
The New York EveRing Post quotes
one of Washington's letters. in which he
declines TO appoint gentleman to office be-
cause an election just previous had proved
him to be not acceptable TO his fellow chi
gems and then shows that Mr.. Buchanan
habnuaIly pursues. as insthe case of Clancy
Jones, policy directly opposite.
The board of education of Marietta
school district, Marshall county, Iowa.
have declared that no giFls who wear hoops
shall be admitted into the school of that
district.
Among the members who seem to oc-
cupy distinguished positions, is Mr. Gid
dings, of Ohio. This being his last session
in Congress, where he has been more than
twenty years, he receives much attention
from political friends and foes. No man
on the floor of the House was greeted more
warmly upon his return than he.
The Louisville journal says that the
corn crop has never been SO large in Ken
tucky as the present year. There are fieiss
in the blue grass region estimated at one
hundred ard seventy five bushels to The
acre. while 6elis promising seventy-fve to
eighty bushels are quite common.
Gen. Scott left New York on the 18Th
on tour of inspection to the Sauth. His
departure was signalized by salute of 1oC
guns We hope the old General has not
been inspired TO start on a prospecting tour
for the next Presidency.
They have second Burritt at Mount
Vernon, ILL.,. named A. G. johnson, ths
son of a farmer, who, without teacher,
and with such odd books as he could buy
or borrow, has become master of a dozen
languages.
"A U. S. Court in Ohio has just indict
ed some thirty mine persons for claimed
| breach of the fugitive slave law. A court
of South Carolina las just refused 10 indiel
| the Grew of a vessel arrested while engaged
in the slave trade. Such are the influences
which prevail in the country.
The Police. of Chicago interrupted thres
men about TO engage in body snatching
from the Potters field of that city. and ar
rested one of them, who gave his name a.
j. R. Conklin, medical student.
Private letters by the last steamer. from
Rev. Mr.. Spurgeon, the famous Baptis
preacher. encourage the expectation that tht
writer will be in New York during the re-
ligious Anniversaries in May next.
"A letter from Paris to the n Y. Ere
ming Post. says that Senator Summers ply
sician has counseled him to abandon al
iope of returning home for the present ses'
sion of Congress. Mr.. Sumner was 20 leave
Paris in a few days for the South of France
The Presidents Message was Transmits
ted from Chicago to St. Paul in 4ot hours.
RI From La Crosse to ST. Paul, distance oi
$50 miles, it was conveyed by stage. being
but sixteen hours on the road, and only ten
hours of actual running time. This is pret-
ty rapid staging.
"A MEETING of the Chinese sugar cane
growers of Winnebago county. Illinois. wa,
held at Rockford on the 9Th ult., when {
large number of samples of sugar and syr
up were offered, comprising q variety o
grades, some of which were reported as yer,
fine. Two hundred gallons of moiasses 4
the acre of cane was mentioned as fai
I crop. The cane has been extensively cul
,isated in Illinois the past season. and. from
facts at hand. it is shown that syrup anC
sugar are destined to become As staple arti
cies of production in that State as wheat
There was coined at the mint of tn
United States N Philadelphia during tt,
year ending June 3lth. 1858. $50. .G89 800.
60 in gold SO. a33, ,ee7. II in silver: 1884.
900 in cents. The amount of gold of do
. nestic production deposited IN the mint du
ring the year was S4U.97s, 89s 55. derive,
as follows From California, SO. .5f9, i4i.
! 90: from Oregon, SO. .l8f; and from til
Atlantic States. sac. .846 Ga.
; The Board of State canyassers in Ney
: York have refused certificates of election q
: the six Ccagressnen elect from New Yotl
, city. These we're The only Democrats elect
! ed in lhe State. and K viii give the organi
J zatioa of the nexs House of Represenlative