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NEWS ITEMS. Wednesday, the 19th, was the anniversary of the surrender of Cornwallis. Within five years Indiana has erected 7,000 schools, at an expense of $1,100,000. Judge Terry, who killed Senator Broderick, in a duel, is a native of Albemarle, Va. The celebrated Lola Montes, has arrived in New York, by a late Earopean steamer. Ex-Governor Joseph A. Wright, of Indiana, is spoken of as a Democratic candidate for the next Presidency. Among the articles thrown overboard from the Quaker City, in order to save the ship were six very valuable horses, estimated at least at $1,000. La Mountain is going to try another balloon ascension. He isn't satisfied, and probably will not be until he dashes his brains out. During the present Napoleon's reign the French have constructed railways to the extent of more than 4,500 miles. It is stated that the corn crop of Central and Eastern Pennsylvania, and of the New England States, is much heavier this year than usual. Archbichop Hughes, on his visit to Washington to consecrate a church, made his home with the President at the White House. The clause in the Kansas constitution excepting the homestead from attachment for debt was to separately submitted the people, and adopted by a large majority. The Fire Department of New York had its great triennial celebration on Monday. It force-some hundred add turned out in full twenty companies, numbering, it is said 6,000 men. P.T. Barnum, Esq., is doing the people of Dast Bridgeport a great service in planting ehade trees on their streets. He has advertised for one thousand sugar maples for this purs 9 pose. A singular marriage recently took place in e Dudley, England, the bride being eighty.two, t and the bridenroo m (her fourteenth husband) sixty. It is said that the Bank of Weston, Va., which suspended some short time since, has f made arrangements to pay its debts and again resume business. The Corporation of Limerick, Ireland, have presented a silver cradle to the lady of the Mayor, on the occasion of the birth of a son and heir during her husband's last year of office. The Athens Messenger says that in Hocking are now crop of ever raised potatoes county they there. digging A the good finest article sells there at from 20 to 25 cents a bushel. In New York, on Monday afternoon, a young man who was to to was deposit $4,800, going robbed the Commercial of the whole Bank amount. The robber choked him and left him insensible. There are few inventions which have given rise in 80 short a time to 80 many patents as the crinoline. It came into vogue only about four years ago, and already abont 100 patents have been taken out in Paris. Highway robberies were never so frequent in and about and are protee People N arming York themselves during for the self last month, tion, who heretofore have considered it anything else but creditable to carry a weapon. A Washington correspondent says that ru mor is already supplying the place of Mr. Ma son, at Paris. Secretary Floyd will go to Paris and Mr. Faulkner will come into the Cabinet This is the talk. Isaac F. Shepard, Treasurer of the Five Cent K Savings' Bank, Boston, has been arrested on a charge of embezzlement of $15,000 of the funds of the institution. He admits the chargeSpeculation in land was the cause. He has been held to bail in the sum of $12,000 to take his trial. A runaway slave named York, who ran away to Canada from Parkersburg, Va., in January last. has voluntarily returned to his old Mis. sus." He represents the poor, deluded fugie tives as much worse off than they were in the , South, and many of them anxious to get back. r We perceive by the correspondence of the New York Spirit of the Times that the estabs lishment of a National Race Course is agitated f among the admirers of that sport. It is stated f that Washington City is invariably selected as the great central neutral ground near which it should be located.
