A ship load of Mennonites landed
here yesterday, and went straight to
\ebraska. They did not stop to vote
sad hold office for a while, but went
straight to their farms. They are a
species of Dunkards who will not
bear arms, and prefer to leave their
native countries rather than do mili
tary service. They are rich-this
party averaging $2000, gold. They
buy their lands and have enough to
stock them, and commence making
money at once. Of course they settle
in colonies. All of them read
and write, and they are as desirable
citizens as any that come to our shores.
Nebraska gets the most of them, that
country being almost identical with
the one they left. This party settle
near Columbus, Nebraska, on land
bought for them by theirfigents nearly
a year ago.
Business is dead. There isn't any
of it, and no hope of any till Fall.
The weather is fearfully hot, and
every storm seems to make it hotter.
Oh, for green woods and purling
brooks ! PIETRO.
Gov. Nicholls should take early
steps to secure the return to the State
of the marble statue of Washington,
which Louisiana paid over $20,000
for in Italy ; which was removed from
the State capital at Baton Rouge by
the Federal authorities, and taken by
them to Washington City. They also
carried off the valuable State Library,
with the paintings of Louisiana's great
naturalist, Audubon. The President,
who is a scholar and a man of taste,
would be prompt, we presume, to
answer favorably an application for
the return of these art istic and literary
treasures to their original owner, the
Pelican State.--Nee. Orleans Delta.
Weekly News Summary.
Domestic.
Minister Kasson sailed for Europe.
Louisville is to have a grand munsi
cal jubilee.
