The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-05-25

| week longer. They probably did not adjourn until
| the It'll inst. The claim ses up thst DIR. G win was
elected to the United States Senate by plurality
Of votes on the first ballot Of the oint convention
of the Legislature, is treated az ridiculous BY most
| OF The journals. Business continued duh In Saa
Francisco.
The intelligence from oregon and Washington
Territories is interesting. Toe negotiations with the
Indians were progressing satisfactorily. General
| Lane had been renominated democratic candidate
for delegate to Congress from Oregon.
| From the Sandwich Islam is We have Honolulu
papers TO the 14sh OF April. The Legislature was
| opened on the 7th, when KING Ksnehamehs, in MS
speech, alluded TO the mission Of Chief Justice Lisa
| to Washington as being highly important. large
amount Of forged whalers bills rad been put in cir
oulation by Messrs Swan g. Clifford, sniD Oh snders,
but before protested the parties had LETT the
islands Several British wE vessels were o. Homo
/ ulu expecting to proceed to the northward prOba-
by to join the expedition against Pet:osanlovski.
E appears from returns of the school teachers, tn 1t
the rapid decrease Of the Hawaiian population OBJ
| servsble for yeas past had been arrested.
We hsye recsived later in diligence from Austria
| Ia The dates are: Melbourne March 10, and sgd
neg February 90 The LegislstivalC had voted
100000 sterling in aid Of che British patriotic fund.
in commercial circles. Bsndigo, hitherto the focus
of discomfort, wes quiet and the Presbyterian and
Methodist churches were making great progress in
| their evaDgelizing labors. Trade gene rally was
rather inactive. Flour ruled at shout EAT sterling
| per ton. Gold dUst sold at 76s.
From the South Pa .ic we have late and interest.
ing advices. CaRao was much sgtated with the
excitement preparatory to the eecti IN Of four mem
beIs Of Congress. The port of Pisco had recsivsd
equsl privileges with Caliao. by government decree.
Foreigners we're invited to ut the election for
President and other officers OF State ir Peru. Il
was thought that the friendship existing between
Castillo snd Elias would be broken after the ascen.
dancy OF ore or the other to power. Genera.
technique would BE allowed 70 return. Sailors at
Callao mad struck for higher wages. Trade WAS
dull, but sugars ranged high.
In Chile the elections had ended quietly. Holy
day celebrations interrupted trade.
In Ecuador the government was alarmed az the
reports Of Flores invasion, end with respsc. to
the reported expedition of ex-senator Clemens Of
Alabama. Some Of the partizans Of Flores had bsen
exiled The Unttd States ship John Adams had
sailed from Guayaquil.
General Bslzu had been ele ,ted President of e..
ivia. The talked Of return Of Santa Cruz vas still
| opposed by the press.
From New Granada we have files dated to the
10th Of May. Toe steamship Golden Age had been
towed to Tsboga and beached in Ancon Give.
Nothing had bseu heard of the b,des OF the gentle
men lately 6ro yned 10 the bay OF raboga. Was,on
mot Wa'kins) was the name Of the American ply.
sician lest on that occasion The lats Vie Prssi.
dent, Obaldia, with many other distinguished gan.
tlemeD, had arrived at Aspin9all from Carshageaa
AZ jim wall was steadily improving, and RAILROAD
aff.irc Y,Iaa MI Inc .tha
very hot. Great preparations we're being m ade for
the Panama elections. A fire com aaay had bssn
organized at Aspinwal Tdere were few rob
beies 90 the lssbmus.
There appears to be come sort Of scheme on foot
for galvsnizing the old whig psrty. loving the
lead Of the Cor stitution Hali cutters Of this
city, we find the whig Committee OF Supernssn-
dence Of Philadelphia issuing an address to their
fellow citzsrs, counseing divorce from Kaow
Norhirgism aud arguing That the wing party "asiu
ves,' although the election returns from that city
for tho past yea. tTo a)rd not the slghssst ey.
deIce of its existence. But it is disclosed In the
address alluded to that the nomination Of Gorge
Lew last winter, by the NJ smbers of the Legislature,
hes startled the heart Of Penrsy lvaoia and ia this
pregnant fact We ud the clue 30 thu motive for the
recent political Manifestations of the few Wigs sa1
have survived tie sapwrsck of tier party and have
been disappointed In their hopes for political pre-
feiment through the aid OF the American move
ment
The noicn in the Common Pleas for attachments
against the refractory witnesses who refused to an
| swsr certain questions pr,poundsd by thu Police
| Committee, vas again postponed to Saturday; so
that the public must for a time longer remain in
ignorance of two important inquiries -nam:ly,
yheif e. the Chief Of Police vas baptized George
Washington Mstseli, after the Father Of his CouL-
Try, or George william, after two fat royal kings OF
England; ard also whether the said George ".
whipped toys in Chespsids, London, or was b,:n
and play ed "bely quite S" in the city Of New York.
| A meeting of those in favor Of the projected in.
stituion derominated the Peoples college Vas
| called for lsst everiug, a. the Hope Chapel, aud
| addresses were announced as TO be delivered by
several popular speakers. very thin attendance
ros numbering probably more than forty persons
assembled; but the Distinguished speakers were, one
AMI all, non est. gentleman, hovever, OF the
name Of Howard, united the rostrum and real
from printed circular the objects and designs Of
the institu ion; and another gentleman, Mr.. Tjmp-
kins subsequently made q few remarks when ca
spolcgy was made for the DISAPPOINTMENT, and the
few persons present mads their exeunt
THE tls, OF Robert Walker and Psaick Lsahey,
| on u cn~IBe w hsiAS hg aor WitG5us ilc5IsS III
violation CT the second section CT the PfJhihtoy
sct terminated yesterday, and Justice Mesch raa-
| Stred judgment as irst the defendants for f'y
collars ard c1sts. The con- plant was pre'e..si By
TIE Carson Leseue.
We nave received additional nc vs. from the Sioux
country. The accounts co16rm our previous re-
ports respecting the combination # the led an
tribes for The purposeOs Ssgios war OF extsrTi-
n ation against tho whites
We publish under the telegraph, head an a.
count of terrific tornado in Cock county, Illinois,
on Wednesday. TIE latest aivices from the scene