The weekly Arizonian., 1859-03-10
News Items.

TIE Washington States says the late slave trade development in Georgia has excited the deepest disgust throughout the entire Southern delegation in Congress, and meets with no apoOgists and defenders The universal i'm pression seems to be that the law should be enforced with rigor against the offenders,
 ACCOUNTS from the east report heavy snow storms and severely cold weather during the month of January. Sleigh-riding, skating, and other sports, were the order of the day, and many incidents of interest occurred A young clergyman, skating down the Connecticut at great speed, came unexpectedly upon group of young ladies that he could not turn to avoid them, and therefore, to prevent accident caught one by the waist and took her with him. As soon as the astonishcd female could recover her speech, he was saluted with "Who's dat, a huggin' me sog' and, on looking upon his frail burdens face, the young clergyman found that it was black as night. He did not carry her far and doesn't enjoy compliments for his pc litenesS
 TIE Illinois Penitcntary buildings at Alton were partially destroyed by fire on the evening
 of February 8th Loss unknown. No prison-
 CTS escaped
 FINE stock is being imported into Texas in large quantities. The New Orleans Picayune says "1hs season the number is far greater than ever, and, in addition to the ordinary do-
 mestic stock, we see that fresh importatons of
 camels and cashmere goats are being intro
 duced. The former are known to do better in 2 Texas than in' their own native country whila
 there can he no doubt that the finest goats will
 increase and thrive as we'll
 TIE Superintendent of the Philadelphia Mint
 reports that he has assayed some parcels of
 gold taken from various places within ten CT
 fifteen miles of Henry Creek and the South Fork of Platte River, and that it was worth fraction over S20 an ouncc trov This ;s supe rior in cpaiits otaGflrDia al'ytllily ,',ns. ts
 Australia gold.
 , PROPosED TERRITORY or COLCEA.-Ihe name selected for the -ol-bearng region in the yi~ cinity of Pike Peak, is CoUna; which Terri tory takes in the western portions of both Kan sas and Nebraska Col H. J; G,raham, who
 was at Washington last winter, as the Delegate
 of the inhabitants, to urwe tine establishment by
 Congress of a Territorial G@vcrument for Co.,
 ona, furnishes the following intormation about the country As to its climate, he says that remoteneas from the sea and altitude secure a tonic atmosphere, warm cl0udlessy brilliant and serene; and in respect to soil, that there
 are level mesaS of great fertility, canOns, de- lcious valleys, rivers and great forests Wheat ! rye barley, oats, fruit and vegetables, of all kinds, can be cultivated abundanty and sue cessfulIy A rich, heavy burden of grass covers
 the ground, especially on the bottoms along the streams. The only drawback is lack of l rain in Summer and Autumn Gold is abund- , ant, and more equally distributed than in Call ? fornia AgriculturiSts are turning their atten- ton that way, as well miners Col Graham f expects an immense emigration in the Spring 2 and that before the close of another year. the Territory will contain loo, 900 inhabitants TIE first newspaper in Ohio was printed in l793. Now there 3lO weekly, g semi
 weekly, and 3l daily newspapers. 9 NEW CONSTITUTION FOR KANSAe-A bill has.
 passed both Houses of the Kansas Legislature. j. now in session at lawrence. making proyisior s for the formation of a constitution and State 2 Government for that Territory The ConStira- y tional Convention provided for is to meet III e the lst of July, at Wyandotte City The Con ! stitution formed hy this Convention is to be > submitted to the people on the lst Tuesday al It October The State officers are to be elected h under the Constitution on the first Tuesday in $ December.
 = TIE Secretary of War recommends the cm-
 poyment of army officers as Indian Agents. v AN appropriation of $7O, 900 is annually made e by Congress "for the collection of agricultural
 statistics, investigations for promoting agricul- IS ture and rural economy, and the procurement d and distribution of cuttings and seeds This r. appropriation is expended by the Commissioner d of Patents under the direction of the Secretary n. of the Interior