A WoitAtt Voter.-- Much ainusctrfeut
was create. at the polls of the Third Wardl
at the recent election in Alexandria, Va., by
•in attempt to carry “ Woman’s Rights ” in
to active exercise. The wife of a voter who
was confined to bed by illness apjveared, and
demanded to cast her husband’s vote.—
Upon a refusal she became quite irate, and
in to the jeers of some of the crowd,
seized a brick-bat, and for a while cleared
the front of the polls. She was at length
quiefed and conducted away.
The St. P?ul Murderess.— As has
been stated, Gov. Ramsey has vetoed the
bill passed by the Minnesota Legislature to
commute the sentence. of Mrs. Bilanski,
who is to be hung for the murder of her
husband, at St. Paul, on the 23d inst. He
took the view that the bill was unconstitu
tional; and tbitf there was no ground for
clemency in the case. There appears to
be for her no chance for escape. The exe
cution will be in the jail yard.
Singular Coincidences.—The birth
day of the Hon, S. A. Douglas is the 23d
of April, the day for the meeting of the
Charleston Convention.
The birthday of the Hon. Wm. H. Sew
arv is the 16th of May, the day for the
meeting of the Chicago Convention.
Spani ards Defeated. Accounts
broyght by the Asia, state, that a battalion
of Spaniards had bee* surprised and de
feated by the Moors, in the neighborhood
of the fortress of Melilla, and 200 men and
5 officers were killed, and 12 officers and
200 men wounded.
VOL, XI, NO. 40.
Fiom the I’rexx & Tribune.
Passage ot the Homestead Bill hi the House -
the (South (Solid Again.t It.
Washington, March 13> 1800.
