The Empire County argus., 1854-04-08
New York Correspondence of the Empire County

New York Correspondence of the Empire County
Argus.
New York, March 9th, 1854.
The Nebraska Bill haspasscd the Senate. Moth
ing else is talked of here. 1t is generally conceded
that it will stop in the House after stormy debate,
and, most probably, after three or four duels The
Senate continued the debate in protracted sitting
of fifteen hours being hard at it all night and then
passed the bill, 81 to IA a number of Senators
declined voting. The bill leaves to the decision of
the people of the Territory the question of slavery.
The Gardiner case at Washington, has been
brought to fatal conclusion by the suicide of DR..
Gardiner. He was found guilty and sentenced to
ten years imprisonment. Immediately after hear
ING the verdict he committed suicide by taking
strychnine and died shortly after in prison. in con-
vuisons He was an accomplished, itelligent, and
biqb spirited Young man. accustomed to move in
the best circles and universally conceded to be
man of more than usual talent and ability. His
brother. John Charles Gardiner, who has greatly
aided him in the case is under Indictment for per-
jury. -,
The European war is progressing rapidly but
circumstances have transprcd which give the opln-
ion, in Diplomatic circles, that actual war between
the Western powers, will yet be avoided. These
circumstances are that Louis Napoleon has written
letter to the Gar, offering to withdraw the fleets
from the Bosphorus upon the evacuation OF the
Principaities and rendering to Nicholas the oppor
tunty of treating with Turkey direct. This is
considered an opportunity to Nicholas OF withdraw
ing honorably from the contest by negotiation,
while there is yet time to do So Austria and Prus-
sia have declared against the Gar, and the whole
of Europe is in hostile array against the En-
peror. 1t is thought he will not dare the contest
The English government has ordered thirteen stea-
mers in readiness for conveyance of about 10000
troops to Malta. The French Government has
$4,000 troops in readiness for embarkation.
The great Pacific Railroad Company has made
an assessment of * per cent. $500O00, on its stock
Out of this sum 100000 are wanted to deposite
with the State of Texas, which has passed an act
donating lands and State credit literally to the first
Pacific Railroad constructed through that State
but requiring depositc of 100000 as security
The Railroad Company are also to pay the State
bonus of S2,0O00OO, paid up stock
The new Clearing House system is an excellent
regulator of our city Banks. At the commence
mcn, many of the largest Banks were borrowers
from Adams s Co... the we'll known Banking and
Express frn of immense amounts of specie, In or
der to make good their statements. At this time
the firm could not have loaned less than six hun
drcd thousand dollars to our best Banks, and yet
their branches in California promptly paid out
twice the sum, without Inconvenience, at the same
PERIOD consequence of run upon their house
there. The run Of course ended in establishing
their credit upon still surcr foundation Adams <
Co. never speculate. but confine their immense
wealth to legitimate trade hence the we'll ground
cd confidence in that house which extends through
cut the American continent, and is beginning to be
felt in Europe, where the constant shipments of the
house from Australia arc attracting attention.
A great snow storm prevailed in New York on
the 20th ult., just previous to which the ship
Three Bells left the city, receiving salutes from
the Government stations; an unusual honor. The
Boston newspapers have advanced their rates Of ad-
ycrtisng Dy5cn, the English schoolmas;er, CON
y;cted Of melting the slaves to q revolt in New
Orleans died in prison. The n. j. Senate has ex
tended the Camden and Amboy Railroad monopoly
to 1889. Harriet Beecher Stowe protested to Con
grcss against the Nebraska Bill The English and
French Minister'S at Washington, have protested
against the construction Of numerous small schoon-
ers at New York and Baltimore which the build
ors state intended for the Danish West indies
but which they suspect are intended for Russian
prvatecrS.
The Senate has passed bill ceding lands to Cal
iforna for the construction Of Railroads from BENZ
cia to Narysye, from San Francisco to San Jose
and from Sacramento to Nevada. Congress has
also extended to California preemption privileges
two years longer. Receipts Of California gold
principally through Adams & Co., have been over
SS,OO0O0O, from lst January to Oath February
while the sum exported has exceeded but little
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sold at the Brokers Board in this city.
| The Crystal Palace stockholders are about elect
ing now board of managers and want Barnum fol
President Josiah Perham has proposed to pur
chase the Palace. serious accident occurred al
the French Opera House, New Orleans in the fall
ing Of the gallery, while the house was crowded
killing few persons and injuring many others
The gallery was suspended by iron rods which gave
way, carrying the gallery down upon the second
tier and the second tier upon the first. After tho
accident, the gasghts shut off to prevent
fire, and the scene is said to have been terrible be
yond description. The cause is said to have beer
defect in the English ron of which the rods were
made. Another sad accident occurred at Hartford
Ct, by the explosion of the boiler in the car facto
ry of Fales Gray, in which 800 men were en-
ployed Some - were killed. and SO wounded
The buildings were almost totally destroyed
A contest is going between the citizens OF
New York and the Trinity Church Corporation, in
regard to the extension Of Albany street through
the church-yard, which the citizens advocate and
the church oppose. A new gold company has made
its appearance; it is called the Gardiner Crushing
Company. 1t holds quartz ledge in Spottsylvania
county, Va, and states that the quartz has yielded
so per ton ; is estimated to average So per ton,
and cost of mining and crushing So per ton They
expect to crush 100 tons per day with GARDENERS
Crushing Machine. The principal points about
this machine are an immense moving basin, in
which roll around two iron balls, weighing four
tons each. The u. S. Senate are about calling all
the editors to Washington, to ferret out the ad-
vance publication Of the Gadsden treaty.
The Chncha Islands difficulty is not yet settled
The Peruvian Minister orrnod unon ihn torn,s md