Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1855-05-06
ARRIVAL OF THE
Star Of the West.
NEW YORK, II.

NEW Iohh, cioy &c
She brings advices from San Frncisco, to the 9th
ut, and 1902 900 IN specie. She connected with
the steamer Uncle Sam, which was sixteen days
making the passage.
Gov Walsh, the president of tie board Of land
commissioners returned in the Star of the West.
The general news from California, by this arriv-
al, is not of much interest, and we find but little
worth telegraphing.
The miners were generally doing well. The ac-
counts from the Kern river mines are as contradic-
tory as ever.
Tie municipal election in Sacramento resulted
in the election of the whole Known othing ticket
except one of the aldermen. James L. Englii b
was elected Mayor.
The grand Jury OF San Francisco brought present.
ments against several members of the city council
for voting on the question of funding the city, in
which they were personally interested. Bench
warrants were issued against Aldermen Hyde,
Buckingham, Van Bokein, and Wild, and they
were held to bail in 81, 800 each
BosroN, May 3-The Know-Nothing conven-
ton, which assembled last evening, was largely at
tended. The action Of the convention was dec-
dedly ant-slavery. Gov. Gardner and Henry
Wilson were among the delegates to the national
convention.
PHnADELPAA, May "a B. Ely made an anti
slavery Know Nothing speech at the meeting last
night Strong anti-savery resolutions Wee passed
and it generally admitted that the order must
take ant-slayery grounds
HARTFORD May 3-The message from the
Governor recommends the amendment of the con-
stituton for extending the right Of suffrage to COL
ored persons and requiring persons TO be able to
read and write before their admission as electors.
He favors the appropriations to the State Agricul
ture Society and the Institutions of the Deaf
DdRll Blind Idiotic, and State Reform Schools He
considers it the duty of the Legislature to encour-
age education in every possible way, and would re-
gard the the repeal or modification of the prohb-
tory liquor law detrimental to the best interests
of the State The operation of it has been such as
to recommend it to general FAVOR Crime has
been lessened, poverty and misery alleyiated and
happiness to many hresides restored.
The balance in the treasury at the close of the
year was $50, 600.
He favors the re-moddlin; Of the judiciary sys-
ten, and considers the recent election by the pee
pie has reiterated their condemnation of the act
organizing Kansas and Nebrask He enters large
ly into the consideration of the pernicious influence
arising from the extent and character of foreign
emigration.
After alluiing TO the large and increasing mum
Der that are coming among US, the Governor says:
TINS large mass of aliens are somewhat tinctured
with so -ial infdetiy, and very many are blind
followers of ecclesiastical despotism. The large
majority without the correct idea of the duties
appertalnlng 10 the citizens of republican gov
ernment and his early prejudices totally uni. him
to learn them. Offering in language, national
customs, feelings; scattered over the country and
still with tenacity holding and preserving their
customs and forms.