The weekly Placer herald., 1852-12-25
of very grand and imposing character.

tOlllng OF Iuneral DellS, ana the discharge
Of minute guns from the Battery, and du-
ring the forenoon, the sidewalks on Broad
way were crowded with pedestrians look
ing at the insignia of woe, with which
most of the houses along the route were
dressed, and examining the various de-
vices and notices which they displayed.
| Since the election, money appears to
have come in rather more freely for the
Washington monument. Between the
lst and 10th of November, the sum of
SIS, 500 was received.
The advocates of the Maine liquor law
have received another blow in the deci-
sion of the Superior Court of New Hamp-
shire, which declares the liquor bill passed
by the last session of the Legislature to
coufict with the constitution Of that State.
Thus are the intentions of the .Naineacs
defeated on all sides.
A letter from Madrid, dated October
20th, says:
can inform you from most authentic
source that secret treaty has been con-
Icluded between the governments of Spain
and France. by which the latter power
has pledged itself to protect Spain in the
possession of the Islaud of Cuba.
The commanders of all the vessels of
war belonging to France, now on the
transatlantic stations, have received or
ders to place themselves at the disposal of
the Captain General of Cuba Three
vessels Of war have for some time past
been kept in Cuban ports, and to the
squadron, on that station the Stedward of
So guns will shortly be added. She is
quite new vessel, and was only launched
on the 10th inst.
The Legislature of New Hampshire
convened at Concord on Wednesday,
The principal feature in Gov. Martins
message appears to be the virtual recon-
mendation Of the abolition of the statute
of limitation concerning the collection of
debts. He deprecates the bitterness Of
party strife evinced in the recent election,
and closes with an appropriate alusion to
the loss the nation has lately sustained in
the deaths of Calhoun, Clay, Woodbury.,
and Webster. During this session., it
will be recollected, a United States Sena-
tor Is to he chosen, in place of John P.
Hale, whose term expires on the 4th of
next March Consequently. the proceed
ings of the body will be watched with no
inconsiderabIe anxiety.
Unanimous resolutions were passed by
the New Hampshire Legislature, to drape
the Capitol with mourning, in respect to
the memory of Mr.. Webster. Also, that
the members would attend the funeral
ceremonies in Boston on the 3Oth of Nov.
and that Judge Perley be requested TO de
liver funeral oration.
An adjourned session of the Ohio Leg
stature assembled Monday, the 5th of
November, hut no business of Importance
was transacted.
We learn that Gen. Pierce's majority
in North Carolina is 686, and in Louis
lana it is 1,454. Texas is reported to
have given him very heavy majority.
Illinois is reported to have elected five
democrats and four wings to congress,
being whig gain of three MEMBERS
Local disafections among democrats is
said to have caused this falling off
The democrats of Baltimore are making
extensive preparations to welcome Gen
Pierce, on his expected passage through
that city to Virginia.
Hon. Andrew Shultz, formerly Govern
or of Pennsylvania, expired at Lancaster
on Friday, the 10Th of November.
Com. Perry was about ready and would
be off for Japan in a few days.
Late accounts from New Foundland
represent the potato crop as having proved
an entire failure.
There was fine sleighing at St. John,
N. B.
The telegiaphs report TIE occurrence
of two railroad accidents. The locomo-
tive and tender of the accommodation
train on the Central road, near Plttsburg,
were precipitated forty feet down an EN-
bankment, in consequence of the careless
ness of the switch tender. Fortunately
the coupling with the cars broke, and the
passengers were thus providentally saved
The passenger and freight trains on the
Camden and Amboy road came in CO H.
sion near Burlington, and both engines
were greatly damaged.
A letter from Cincinnati briefly an
nounces that the steamer Buckeye Belle
exploded two boilers. near Marietta, on
the Ohio river, on the night of the 18th of
November, and that fifteen persons we're
instantly killed, and several others severe
y wounded. What adds to the horror of
this dreadful statement is the charge that
the engineers had been warned of the
danger, and that one of them, at the time,