Brookville American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1858-1861, 1860-03-16

- n ohl against prize n5ntlhe has
passed to third reading in the Now
York Legislature.
bar Col. Forncy has indicated dis.
lposision 20 desert Douglas Attic FIRST
favorable opportunity.
prD- Col. Jobp 7. Pickett, Of Ky has
bssp a pointed Consul to Vera Cruz
,v'1e 1< n. Twyman- recalled. ------,.
wd4ES SERVING WOMEN Az ruE
PosroSsrcg. AT the delivering desk OF
ths- low York City postoiilcc, letters
for ladies are delivered by a lady.
10 The Presidents organ says that
Col. Forncy's very breath is pestilcn-
tial. We gnss old Buck would like TO
got somc.bodyeo stop it.
rs- The sIwes owned Ii the South
ern States nrsibcr 1000, 900 and their
value in moncs reaches tho figure So.
900, 100000. . aswa,s lg
rzr scvcraeof tho twelve Republican
papers OF Kansas arc said 10 prefer Mr..
Seward for President, three Gov. Chase,
and two nre silent. s,.s. ~. 40
rs- A recent wolf hunt was had in
in Benton county IN this State. II was
considered ENTHUSIASTICALLY eight
wolves having boon killed.
sss- France will appropriate next
year $50, GOO, 900 to public works, such
as bridge building, improvements ofriv-
crs, improving senports
r5- A thousand Chinese in San Fran
cisco are preparing for n stampede to
Washington Territory and the gold re-
gions whereabouts.
j car One report says that there wero
$50 stcerago passengers on the Hunga-
rian and another that thsrc woro but
ITO passengers. .
4 fsy- II is estimated that the Office oil
Scrgcant.at Arms in tho House of Rep
resentatiyes, the present year, will be
worth in the matter Of fees alone, not
less than 100000.
car The legislature of Texas has
passed bill granting five leagues OF
land TO all institutions Of learning worth
100000, for the purpose Of endowine
Iprofessorships Also, four leagues &c
each county for common school.
rsJ- A brother of Keitt, ohio Con
grcssional bully,) has been killed by
f his own slaves; they attacked him
while sick In bed, and nearly severed
, his head from his body.
rey- Out Of tho whole grand army
Of the revolution which ionght undo
! Washington and his generals, there ar'
now living throughout tho Unite,
States, only ono hundred and sixty
! five.
, rES~ Gen Wm. Walkers business d
. New York Is said to be tho supcrinten
. denee Of tho publication OF his forth
! coming book ON Nicaragua. Tho bool,
| IL Is said will contain some awful deyel
! opments.
: fsy- Tho vito Of Bcni Stinson, for
merIy postmaster at Evansville, Ind
! was burned TO death on The evening Q
, the 9Th inst, by the breaking Of Aui'
lamp, the contents Of which gnitcd.
DeS- The correspondent of the Bostol
Atlas writes from Washington that Sen
a,or Douglas is reported to have sal,
! that he did not believe ho had nm,
chance of receiving the nomination u
0 Charleston, and adds "ln that opinion
! many prominent politicians here concu
Q most fully"
sfsS- The Commissioners appointed 4
locate tho new penilenliary for Obi
= have selected Milford Center, on th
! Columbus 4 indianapolis railroad vt th
crossing Of the Springfield, Mt. Vernon
, and Pittsburg road. 1t is but abou
I twenty miles from Columbus. Tn,
building alone, II is calculated, will cos
. 81 100000. Being near to Columbus i
: large number of the convicts can b,
! kept Mt work upon IL.
ss- Tho Paris correspondent of the
Now York Herald states that the expeo
tation is q general ono that tho Pop,
will soon take his departure from Rome
In this case the French troops are "a
remain and place the population undor
tho regium Of the Code Napoleon, and
TO put the Holy Fathers housoin order
against his return. RS agH
rfS- The mother Of Cassius NJ. Gil y
a venerable Kentucky matron Of eighty
years old, or thereabout, was told of a
report which had got abroad, that the
jealous Pro Slavery men of tho county
In which her son lives, had given him
notice to quit. "Thoy need not give
Cassius notice to quit said the rcsoluto
old lady, "he will not 60; and for my
part | had rather see him without his
bead, than hoar Of his deserving the
post of duty"