Nebraska advertiser., 1860-05-03

French Monte" and babe him a rapid
farewell at the first place that the boat
stopped at. The young gentleman evil
IDENTITY let go of the maternal apron string
lco soon.
The aeronaut Wise, made a balloon as
cension on Thursday afternoon, from
Palace Garden, in New York. Some 500
inside, 10, 900 outside spectators Witnessed.
the spectacle. The balloon was last seen
going in a northeastern direction. It
was his intention to descend before dark.
Later accounts announce a safe landing.
Two girls, at Lansing. Michigan, y
a MISS Landon, aged twenty years, the
other a Miss Hilliard, aged ten years,
lately started out cow-hunting on Tues
day afternoon last. They lost their way,
and night coming on, they lay down be-
side a log, in the swamp, and slept till
sunrise. when, taking the sun for a guide,
they started for home. which they reach
ed about eight o'clock. It was a bitter
cold night, and it was a wonder that both
did not perish. yet they came home as
bright aslarks.
A slaver-a Baltimore clipper-built
hermaPhrOdite brig, with a cargo of wild
Africans, was recently pursued by the
steamers Glouchester and Tagus. The
latter fred on her just about dark with
several ihirty-two Founders, carrying her
fore-mast and jibboom away. The SLAYER
however, continued on, and ran directly
on The rocks off Cape Lopez and imme-
diately became a wreck. As she struck
and was overwhelmed by the breakers,
miserable creatures on board, to the num-
Der Of five hundred, set up a howl of de-
spair that could be heard even above the
roaring of the hungry sea. But it was
too dark, by that time, to see much, and
beyond human skill or power to aid the
poor pitiable drowning wretches, so thai
they soon must have met their doom, fol
on the next morning the beech inside OF
the rocks was strewn with corpses and the
fragments of the wreck. Nothing wa;
found, however to reveal the name of the
SLAYER. or any other information concern
ing it, save that to the practiced seamer
she proved to be of Baltimore build
The monsters who manned the vessel are
supposed TO have escaped in their boa
before she sunk, and must have gained
the shore, as a boat somewhat steven wa:
discovered on the beech with the oar.
near by.
On Saturday neither House of Con.
gress was in session. The session of the
Senate. on Monday was for the mere for
mality of adjourning over till Tuesday
Nothing more will be transacted of i'm.
~portauce, until after the adJournmen: o.
the Charleston and Chicago conventions
There is yet a large amount of business
on the calendars. There has been prin,
ted for the use of the Two Houses to the
18th of April, the following bills and re.
ports:
For the Senate, Alp bills and POI re.
ports; for the House $50 bills and 44C
reports. On the House calendar there
are AZ bills and resolutions of a publ,
nature, and 1853 bills of a private nature
On the supposition that the session will b.
continued for nine weeks, there being bur
one day of each week devoted TO private
business, it will require the dispatch o
SO bills at each sitting to dispose of those
on the calendar, and others yet to be re
ported. There is also before the stand
ing committees a large amount of bust
ness.
The ST. Louis republican says there
was a nipping frost in that region, ON tht
night of the 25th inst, destroying all tn,
exposed tender vegetables,