The Nevada journal., 1854-07-07
Atlantic Items.
BosroN, June 3, 1854

Jnllus Rockwell of Pittsfield, u. S. Sen
ater, in place Of the Hon. Edward Ever
EFT, resigned. Mr.. Rockwell has been 9
Representative in Congress from Berk
shire county and speaker of the Massachu
setts House of Representatives. He is q
progressive Wing, and of high moral char
acter.
Mssours.-Henry M. verics Of Buc.
hanan county has been nominated as the
anti.Benton and the Nebraska Democrat
candidate for Congress in the Fourth Con,
gressional District.
John G.. Miller has been nominated as
the Whig candidate for reelection TO Con.
gress from the Fifth District.
Gen. Thomas L. Price is the Benton
candidate. and Geo. W. Hough Of Jeffer-
son city is the Anti-Benton Democratic
candidate.
Destructive Storm.
A destructive storm occurred on the 30th
May at Baltimore, says the Argus, from
which we learn the following:
The torrent of rain which commenced
falling about o'clock, was accompanied
by vivid flashes of lightning and terrific
reverberations of thunder. Many streets
were for long time impossible from the
accumulation of water, white the damage
inflicted upon the property in various Sec
tions Of the city must amount to thousands
of dollars. One of the ice-houses of the
beef-packing establishment of Nessrs. H.
j. S. Kimberly, on the eastern side of the
falls, was nearly filed, and their vast
basement flooded. That portion of Old
Town known as the "New Discovery"
consisting of about 100 very small brick
tenements, many of them built upon Har
ford Run, suffered considerably, the base
ments, yards and fences being damaged,
while the out-houses were carried away in
some Instances. The dwelling on High
ST, near Fayette st., occupied by the
Misses Rodgers, school teachers, was
struck by lightning and slightly damaged
The bridge over Hartford run; On Broad.
way sas swept away, but fortunately it
caught on the tunnel, which prevented a
greater destruction of property than would
otherwise have occurred.
The store occupied by Mr.. Snyder, on
the corner of Bond and Abbott streets, was
completely inundated in the cellar, and
! the water rose to the height Of two foot
on the first floor.
During the raging Of the storm large
four-story building on the corner of Fay
cite and Calhoun streets, Immediately op-
posite to Franklin square, was considela-
bly, damaged.
The brick dwelling occupied by MIR.
James miniie, on the west side of How-
ara st., near Lee st., was struck by light
ming, and the top of the chimney carried
off. The fluid however, passed off with
out entering the building.
The auction store of Messrs. Armour,
on Charles st., was struck by lightning,
tearing up portion of the roof, but doing
NO other damage.
The steeple of the Union Engine house,
on Balderston ST., was also struck, the
fluid shivering the spire.
From the large masses of heavy timber
which foated at one time down Jones
Falls it was supposed that number OF
bridges had been carried away by the
violence of the storm. Upon inquiry we
|ascertained that the floating planlls. &c.,
formed three small bridges which were
swept to fragments from the vicinity of the
House of Refuge.
4 Prirateer or Pirate.-Capt.. Bowen,
Of the bark Gem of the Sea, arrived ut New
York recently from New Orleans. She
reports, May 28, at 10 A. NJ, lat. 35 40,
saw schooner on the weather beam. She
kept off and run down across our bow
She then hauled her wind and passed half
mile windward. After dark saw her
close off the lee quarter. She remained
there about half an hour, then hauled her
wind and we lost sight of her. About half
an hour after that we again saw her close
to the weather quarter. AT this time
the wind was very light. The next day,
the wind blowing fresh from the N. E.,
saw the schooner She Immediately tack
ed and gave US chase, At P. M, tackled
and stood N. w. by W.; carried press Of
canvas. At daylight she could not be
seen. A large number of persons appear
ed peeping over her rail. She was in our
wake three days.
LOUISVILLE, May 80, 1854.
The cholera broke out at Nashville,
Tenn, on Sunday last, and fifteen deaths
are reported to have occurred from 1t.
horrible Murder.
About twelve o'clock on Friday night,
two servant girls in the employ of Mr..
James Wickham at !Cutchogue, in South
old-town, l.. l., were awakened by the
cries of some of the inmates of the house,
and on listening, heard repeated blows, as
If somebody was being struck on TIE head,
and also heard Mrs. Wickham exclaim,
"Nicholas, don't kill him, don't kill him" "
Upon this, the girl supposing that MIR.
Wickham was being murdered, got out of
an attic window and fed to the nearest
neighbors', and gave the alarm.
The house. was Immediately visited, and
presented horrible spectacle. Mr.. Wick