The weekly Arizonian., 1859-05-05
Various Items.

Houston will be put on the track as indepen- dent candidate for Governor of Texas.
 Mons Felix Belly has organized force of engineers, sappers and miners, workmen, &c., and is preparing to commence operations on his canal across the Isthmus. We have a sin gular suspicion that this grand enterprise will not go oh with that ease and facility which Monsieur Belly anticipates.
 Indian hostties continue on the frontiers of Texas In some counties companies of Min ute Men are being formed to scout the coun- try and keep back the Indians.
 Gen Wm G. Haskell, af Tennessee, man of brilliant talent, and great power as an orator, is dead. His decease was hurried on by in- temperance The Louisville Journal has brief but exceedingly beautiful tribute 10 his memory.
 A board of army officers were lately in ses- sion at San Antonio, Texas, considering the subject of retrenchment," in connection with army expenses.
 Billy Bowegs, the celebrated Seminole Chief, has at last "gone where the good Indians go " He departed for the happy hunting grounds on the Huh of March.
 It is proposed to bring out Hon. Edward Bates, of Missouri, as Presidential candidate against the Democracy, in 1860. He is an able man, and has never been much of politician Give us a Western man for the next President.
 David Rankin, one of the wealthiest citizens of St. Louis, died on the llth inst
 The Overland Mail which arrived at St Louis on the llth inst, was in damaged condition. The contents of the bags had been wet through, and some of the papers were nearly illegible.- This was owing to an accident in Pacheco Pass, through which stream runs. The waters were high, and swept away the coach and horses. The animals were drowned One mail bag was lost. The conterts of the other mail bags and the express were much damaged, and some of it destroyed Letters in the mail bags not lost were taken out and dried and wrapped anew, before they were forwarded
 A Peace Congress is now in session at Baden, in Europe. but with little hope of averting the coming storm of revolution.
 It is said that the government of Paraguay, in it's settlement with the United States, guar antees the payment of .$lO,OOO to the widow of the pilot of the Water Witch, and $25,OOO to- the Hopkins Company.
 Joseph Miller, of Ohio late member of Con- gress, has been appointed Associate Justice of Nebraska, in place of s. W. Black, resigned.
 A. N Beverly, Esq, Disbursing Clerk of the P O. Department, has been appointed Third Assistant Postmaster General in place of MT. Marron, deceased.
 It is understood as a reason why Mir.
 Forsyth was not sent back to Mexico as United States Minister, was that by recognition of the f Zuloaga government, he rendered himself un- popular with the Liberal party and hence it ], was considered that his usefulness would be i'm
 paired.
 9 The impression prevails that ex,Iudge Kar- r nett, of Pennsylvania, will be appointed super intendent of Public Printing. l.. Ex-Congressman Groesbecl, of Ohio, accor- ding to the representations of his most intimate l. friends, has been offered the appointment of T Commissioner of Patents, l. Herbert ex-member of Congress from Cali D. fornia, the m.n who shot the Irish waiter at -S NN;lIo,1'e hot in Wo boe nm