Nebraska advertiser., 1859-05-05
News Items.

- HAOFtAsNAA W 49, NOAO%& kCAN~S -
water craft, navigating rsgers Of that
A violation Of tkis law is TO be
'considered1a high mi~sdeupeanUs, and upon
conviction, subjects che party having
of. such craft, % a fine Of from
$500 to 81 900; and an imprisonment not
exceeding twelve. months. o.s i
The Pennsylvania Legislature has re-
Gently chartered an agsqciation Of gen.
:tlemen, under the title Of The PhiladeI-
phia Company for the IhprOtementof the
Drama" whose intention is 10 build a
theatre which shall. be equal TO any on
the Continent; in its. adaptabiIity for
dramatic purposes. A large amount of
stoch has already been subscribed for the
contemplated. .-edifce, the cost of. which
is. estimated at about s4OO. 600.
The Baton Rouge ..q5vtrtiser hears
complaints among the planters, of great
damage to their seed. cane BY the wet
weather during the winter. The eyes
have rotted badly in the stubbie. as well
as plant cane. IF the accounts are as bad
as represented, ii thinks we may look out
for a very short crop this year,sas il has
heard planters put down a half a crop as
the highest figure that can possibly be
reached. $50 -
A bill Hto suppress RIGHTEOUSNESS has
just passed the New York Assembly,
which gives poRert to the Mayor and Com
mon Council to enact an ordinance for
The general regulation of all houses of
prostitution, including a registryaof the
names Of their inmates. All the leading
physicians of the city are said to be in
favor of the hll. - -
The returns as published give the4otal
vote of Kansas as 1888. Of which
5,739 we're for a Constitution, and 1,494
against ii, giving majority Of 4,245 for
a State Government. The election for
delegates will be held on the first Tues
day in J 1859. and the delegates cleo
ed viii assemble in Convention at Wyan-
dotte on the first Tuesday in July.
A New Orleans dispatch says that Cap
tain Ford's~ company Of Texan Rangers,
numbering AZ. had been surrounded in
the north of the State, by 500 Indians,
and a desperate battle ensued, in which
Ford and four Of his men cut their way
through the Indians. Great excitement
prevails on the frontier, and large CON-
panies are about to proceed in search. Of
the Indians.
A correspondent of the Chicago Press
and Tribune declares, that as far as the
stalking of $4,000 a side by Sereitet and
Phelan, in the late billiard match, goes,
it is all a humbug. He says Sereiter did
not have $4,000 to put up; that it was an
advertisement for Phelan's. billiard tables
and that both parties and their stool
pigeons won money on it, ii having been
all arranged beforehand. He speaks Of
400 fools who paid S. a piece TO see the
game. The gentleman has evidently lost
money.
A specialdispatch from Memphis to the
Commercial says two coal boats, containing
seventy thousands bushels Of coal, belong.
ing to j. L. Hiatt, of Louisville, were
swept into the, crevasse near Lake Provi
dence, on Saturday night. The crew
numbering thirty men, all perished.-
Several new and disastrous breaks are
reported. on the Levee below.
The Commissioner Of Indian Affair.
concluded a treaty with a delegation. o
Winnebago Indians in Washington blythe
{ terms of which each head of a family o
/ the tribe is entitled to eighty acres of th'
Winnebago reservation In Minnesota, ant
f the remainder of the tract is to be sol
, for the benefit of the tribe. The treat,
t was signed by twelve Of the Indians ant
a number of witnesses.
We observe that the Piitsburg Journal
: Wheeling Gazette, and various other pa
: pers. are urging hat the National Con
( yention of those opposed to the Demo
: cratic party be held in Wheeling, Va, il
j 1860. e
e The steamer William Baird, which wa
E sunk near Waverly, last week, Is. "
b learn, a total loss. Most Of the passen
c gers LOST their baggage; and a number ar
said to be in a destitute condition. Tn
VIM. Baird was from Cincinnati, an
bound for Sioux City.