Nebraska advertiser., 1859-12-29
The NeHa.

Senate from Minnesota Is reported. DAT,
w. is a Republican, and alawyer Of abb
lily.
An immense Union meeting was held
at New York on the 18th inst. Thirty
thousand persons were present. Resolu.
tons were adopted nominating General
Scott for the Presidency.
Brownsville adrices have been received
to the l4th inst. Theiown is now de-
Tended by three hundred mon. Co1tinas
has received endorsements, but 10 fight
has taken place since the previous advices.
Advices from Sierra Leone report thai
a brig, supposed to be the John Harris,
of New York, had been captured on the
African coast By az English steamer. and
taken to Freetown. The brig had 500
slaves on board when captured.
President Buchanan has addressed a
letter to Andrew Hunter, ESQ, inquiring
whether Stevens will be tried by the
United States Court, or by the Virginia
authorities. He was unable to give a
definite answer on account of the refusal
of AttOrney-G General Harding ID enter a
nOHe Proseqri.
a dispatch from Washington states
that Mr.. Conway, Congressman elect
from Kansas. had arrived there with the
official copy Of the Kansas Wyandotte
Constitution, and will ask for the imme-
diate admission Of that Territory into the
Union.
The National American Central Com
mitee convened at Philadelphia on the
Dist inst. A committee was appointedto
consider a plan Of organization for unit
ing all opposition to the Administration.
A committee was also appointed 70 pre-
pare an address TO the American people.
No other action was decided on. The
session was chiefly devoted to a private
discussion Of the claims Of prominent men
to fill the Presidential Chair.
The St. Paul Pioneer learns that John
P. Kidder is elected Delegate to Con-
gress from Dakota Territory, byan almost
unanimous vote.
1t is rumored that Mrs. Burdell Cum
bingham is about to be married to a gen
tleman from New York, and that the
bridal outfit is nearly completed.
The fuse factory of J.. Toy, at Sanbu-
ry, Conn, took fire on the 90 inst, while
the employees were at work in the upper
story, and the flames spread with such
rapidly as to cut off all chances of escape
and consequently seven females were
burnt to death, and two others, together
with a boy, son of the owner, so badly
injured that it is believed they cannot sur
viye.
Atlast, says a Washington letter, we
are TO have an American coinage. The
mint has prepared a specimen half dollar,
bearing the head of Washington, and il
is proposed to have the profile ~hkenesses
Of other distinguished statesmen and SOL
diers thus made familiar to the people.
Parson BrownlOw, of the Knoxville
Wing, writes from New York thath has
been 10 hear Henry Ward Beecher preach
and says, 81 came to the conclusion that
he was not a bad hearted man; and crazy
as he is on the subject Of slavery, those
of our friends in the South who are for
tunate enough to get to Heaven, need
not be astonished 10 find Henry Ward
Beecher there"
1t is rumored in London hat the Chi
nese have ordered the Russians to eva
cuate the Amoor settlement, and sealed
up the Embassy at Pekin, in their palace.
Mr.. Slidell has introduced in the U. S.
Senate a bill making an appropriation to
facilitate the acquisition Of Cuba by nego-
tiation.
The Charleston Courier's special Col
umbia dispatch of the 18th inst, says
both Houses of the Legislature had adop-
ted a resolution that South Carolina owes
it to her own citizens to protect their
.H"T
property from every enemy, and that for
the purpose of military preparations in
any emergency, the sum Of $500, 900 be
appropriated for military purposes. The
Senate had also adopted a resolution
which reads as follows: .3g afe
"South Carolina respectfully announce
to her Southern sisters that in her iudg-
ment the safety and honor Of the slave
holding States emphatiCally demands
speedy separation from the free-soil
States Of the c~onfederacy, and earnestly
invites and urges her sister States of the
South to originate the movement of
Southern separation, TO which she pledges
herself promptly 10 unite"
The Pixies Peak Express arrived at
St. Louis on the morning of the % inst,
with $4,000 in dust.
Advices from Denver City are to the
18th. Both branches of the Provincial
III.