Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1854-11-30

APPOINTMENTS OF THE GOVERNOR Estates
man gives the following appointments of Gov ,
ernor Medill;--Joseph R. swan, Of Franklin
county, Judge of the Supreme Curt, vice
John A. Corwin, resigned.
Shepard F. Norris. Of Clermont county,
Judge Of the supreme Court, vice Villain B.
Caldwell, resigned.
Charles NJ Godfrey, Of Putnam, c county,
Trustee OF the new Lunatic Asylnmns, vice
Robert Gleland, deceased.
Jesse ]. Appler, of Scioto county, Judge of
the Probate Court for said county, vice Benia-
min Ramsey, resigned.
Robert N. MeAdams, of Butler county, Col
ectOr of Tolls on the Canal at Middctown,
vice John Sherwood, deceased.
LAW OF lHE 0oEAN.-Judge sprague,l late case in
Boston, was clearly Of the opinion that the establish
ed usage and the weight of Judicial authority ia America
as well the better rule Of policy in favor of one
simple rule for all Of steamers meeting sail vessels
having her choice which side she shall 60, and that the
sail vessel should always keep her course whether she
be going free or close hauled In this decision sailing
vessel was mucted in damages for having altered her
course toavoid coion with steamer, and the steamer
having altered her course at the same moment the co
ion was caused by the efforts which we're made on both
sides to prevent il.
THE PoPE's Bull ENDING IN SMOKE The
interference of the Catholic Bishops of Central
America withma tiers which did not concern
them, aroused, some time since, the indigna.
tlon Of Gen. Bermuda, President Of Honduras
He arrested them in their usurpatons, and the
Pope took umbrage at il and excomm lnicated
the General. When the Bull was received at
Honduras, the General assembled an immense
concourse Of people, including the chief Dig
nitaries, civil and military; proceeded to the
arsenal he himself heading the procession IN d
having taken a cannon OF the hrgest cabre,
they dragged it To the beach; here, after read =
ing the Bull to the people, he, with his own
hands, ramned it into the cannon, and, point
ing the piece Eastward towards the Vatican,
fred it off, leaving nothing Of the holy docu-
ment but wreath of blue curling smoke.
INpIANA FREE BANKS. .-O Over three hundred
and forty thousand dollars Of free bank cuiren-
cy, says the Indianapolis Sentine |, were can
ceed by the Auditor of State, during last
week. There is nobmore than SO, ,5n0, 900 of
this description OF money now in circulation-of
which the banks probably hold S50O,OOo--
making the entire circulation of free bank paper
among the people, about three millions of
dollars. Most OF this amount is now in Indi.
ana. We wish il was all there.
PrOhib IL ion in New Orleans.
An election was held at New Orleans on the
OH instant; to test the sense Of the people upon
the question Of granting, or Withholding licen.
ses to coffee houses and tipping shops. The
election resulted in the defeat of the emper :
ance party by an overwhelming majority. The
vote in favor of granting licenses was 1900,
and against licenses, 2,464. Every Dist. in the
city gave majCrities in favor o! license, with
the exception of the fourth, which gave forty
seven majority to the temperance ticket,