Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1855-08-11
THE VERY LATEST
Important Intelligence.

THE VERY LATEST!
Important Intelligence.
Photographed to the New Orleans Papers
Alabama Election.
| MONTGOMERY, August 9th.-Returns to hant
| from 81 counties of this State, give Winston the
| Democratic candidate for Governor, twenty-nint
hundred majority.
| The following Congressman were elected: Shor
| ter Democrat in the Second District, Dowbell
| Democrat, in the Third District and Smith, Ameri
| can, (reported) in the Seventh District.
California News.
New York, August 6-The steamship Northern
| Light at this port, brought S595,ooo in specie.
| Her dates from California, are to July TO-
| A fire had occurred in San Francisco, by which
loss to the amount of 100000 was sustained
| The expected duel between DIR. Dillon, thu
| French Consul at San Francisco, and Mr.. Herman
had been arranged.
| Mr.. Woods, who, as a member of the firm o
| of Adams Il Co., had been charged with frauds t.
the amount of 100000 on Messrs. Page, Bacol
& Co., had been held to bail.
The mines throughout California were yielding
| gold to an unprecedented amount.
Agricultural affairs were improving.
The cholera had been conveyed to San Francisco
by New Orleans passengers on board the steam
| ship Sierra Nevada. Thirty deaths took place OF
| board.
The California markets present an encouraging
aspect.
| Mr.. Melanderas, the Mexican commandant il
Lower California, had been shot as a traitor.
| An earthquake caused much damage at Lo
| Angeles, on the 10th of July.
| From Nicaragua we learn that Col. Kinney ant
| twentv-four followers arrived at San Juan tn,
18th ut, on board the bark Huntress, of Philadel
phia. They were engaged in erecting building
Much dissatisfaction is said to exist among them.
Letters from San Juan say there is great proc
that Col. Wheeler, our Minister to Nicaragua, sym
pathized with Kinney and Fabens, and held cores
pondence with them.
| Arrival Of the Ariel.
NEW YORK, Aug 7th.-The steamship Ariel
from Havre and Southampton has arrived at thi
port, but brings no later news from Europe thai
that received by the Asia.
Kentucky Election.
LOUISVILLE, August 7th.-The Know-Nothins
majority in this city was over sixteen hundred
Returns from the State are favorable to the Know
| Nothings. Their ticket will probably receive tel
| thousand majority in the State.
One Man Hung.
New YORK. Aug. THE American part,
carried the election in Louisville yesterday by on,
thousand majority.
Much rioting ensued. The Irish fired on thu
Americans killing three and wounding others
The Americans then caught an Irishman and hung
him, at the same time killing and wounding others
Many buildings were fred
Another despatch of same date says: The
American party has carried Kentucky"
The Louisville Riot.
LOUISVILLE, August During the riot in thi
city twenty persons were killed, and many wound
ed. Three blocks of buildings were fired ant
| burned to the ground. Two or three men persisted
in the flames.
The riot has been quelled. The number o
deaths caused thereby is about fifteen Man,
persons were wounded. Extra police have beer
sworn in. The Mayor has issued proclamation
and the city is now tolerably quiet.
North Carolina.
BALTIMORE, Aug. THE American party has
as far as heard from, elected three members o
Congress.
| The NEW Dome ON THE CApIToL.-The work
men have commenced framing the scafoldins
| for the construction of this novel and magni
| icent structure. The work of building thu
| scaffolding will be commenced in the Rotund;
| the first week in August, and month at leas
will be occupied in putting it up. After this il
accomplished the old dome will be taken dowr
and the construction of the new one commenced
The Washington Union," with the aid Of thu
plans and drawings, gives the following descrip
ton of what is to be done:
The old dome is to be taken down entirely tt
the roof of the Capitol, and a base constructed
of 25 feet in height and 1872 feet in diameter
somewhat of an octagonal plain. On thi:
stands noble colonnade of 1913 feet ii
diameter, consisting of thirty-six columns, witt
appropriate entablatures, balustrades, SC.
from which rises an enriched attic of 38 fee
in diameter. This attic forms the base of thu
cupola, the diameter of which is 50 feet and thu
height Sc feet. The whole is crowned by {
gracefully proportonened lantern, supporting
colossal statue of the goddess of liberty. The
entire elevation from the ground on the eastern
front of the building is 800 feet. The interior
is exceedingly rich, and the ornaments are of 6
bold and striking character.
The present Rotunda is preserved as high a
the top of the cornice; above this will be I
gallery, over which belt of sculpture Mint
feet high and nearly three hundred feet Ion,
extends around the entire dome. Above th
there is succession of galleries, colonnades
entablatures, attics, and balustrades, sur
rounded by hemispherical ceiling, crowned
with lantern at the height of 21S feet from
| the floor.
The highest point of lookout is 275 fee
above the ground on the eastern trout, and tn
highest point from which the interior may b
seen is 218 feet above the floor. The Who'll
work is to be of iron. from bottom to top, in
side and outside. 1t will be the first structur
of the kind ever built entirely of this material
The design, as we'll as the working drawings
=. Wolk 80 <ln
extension, and the execution of the work i
under the direction of Capt. Meigs, Of tn
Typographical Bureau.
Two THOUSAND LADIES BATHING AT ONE TINE
The Cape May correspondent Of the Baltimor
American says:
1.-THE beach presented scene to-day (Monday
of the most spirited and interesting character
The number of bathers exceeded that of any pre-
ceding day. and large proportion having now ha
some experience among the breakers, and under