The weekly Arizonian., 1859-03-24
Various Items.

The Oregon Legislature have passed bill changing the capital of that State to Portland
 Gen Sam Houston delivered his farewell ad- dress in the U S Senate on the 18th ult The gallant old hero vindicated his military and po- litical course from charges made against him, in speech of some length, and announced his intention of devoting his time hereafter to agricultural pursuits and the preparation of an autobiography. We have always entertained a high regard for Senator Houston and though we differ on many political questions, we still hail him as bright example of the conserva- tive element in our political arena; which knows no North, no South, but only the Union-one and inseperable.
 Official dispatches state that the Cass Yrissari Treaty has not been ratified by the Nicaraguan Government.
 The steamer Princess, from Vicksburg, bound for New Orleans, exploded and burned on the 27th ut. near Baton Rouge There were four hundred passengers aboard, two hundred of whom are among the lost and missing They were mostly residents of Louisiana and Missis- sippi.
 The President has issued his Proclamation for called session of the United States, Sen ate, to convene at Washington on the 4th of March, inst.
 | It is said that arrangements are being made to put one, and perhaps two, steamers on the Red river of the North, next summer. From the Minnesota river, navigable tributary of the Mississippi, to Lake Traverse, one of the sources of Red river, is less than mile, and 1t is even asserted that in high water boats can pass over this neck of land from one water to the other If this be true, water communica- ton is practicable through the heart of the American Continent from the Arctic Ocean to the mouth of the Rio de la Plata, with but six miles of land travel This seems incredible, but is even so There is channel connecting the Orinoco river in South America with @ branch of the Amazon, and other navigable tributaries of that mighty river flowing from the southward, have their source within six
 miles of the Paraguay river, the principal trib- utary of the Rio de la Plata, which iG really only an estuary, or arm of the sea- Such are
 the wonders of Geography, and such are the
 facilities for opening new avenues for com
 merce which our New World possesses.
 The Paraguay Expedition has had an end
 less amount of trouble, and, either from having
 poor outfit or bad management, is more note-
 worthy for its mishaps than for its achieve
 ments When first ready for sea it was found , that the flagship drew so much water that she
 could not get within five hundred miles of the seat of war The steamboats, chartered at an , enormous expense, were unseaworthy; many 7 of the cannon cast for the expedition proved worthess several vessels of the fleet were obliged to put into ports in the West Indies for
 repairs; and we constantly have news of some
 thing being out of order Our latest inteli- . gence reports the fleet at the mouth of the Rio 5 de la Plata, anxious to ascend the river, but t drawing too much water to render it practica- , ble to reach point where it could prove in the T least effective.
 = Hon. Danl Sickles, member of Congress from New York, recently shot District Attorney Key in Washington, as the seducer of his wife. At latest dates he was in prison awaiting trial.
 Senator Crttenden and other eminent counsel are engaged in his behalf
 j. We are unable to give our usual digest oi e Congressional Proceedings this week. owing to }, the non-arrival of our most important files