, 1855-02-24

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The above disaster occurred on the 27tl
ult There were 90 passengers aboart
(many of them Cinnamon, whole number
including the crew, ll6 of whom Al
were found dead-27 wounded-known t.
be missing S-uninjured l4-total accoun
ted S9-nnaccounted fer 2s. A public
funeral took place by order of the counci
on the day after the disaster, and the engi
neer was arrested the next day and con
fined in the station house. The verdict o
the COroner's Jury has not yet been made
public, but it is said to be to this effect
That the parties were killed by an explo
sion of the steamer Pearl, on Friday, 27tl
inst at half past 10 o'clock and that the
same was caused by culpable negligence OIL
the part of the engineer.
The long expected completion of the
Panama Railroad was near at hand by the
latest dates, and on the 25th January, pas
sengers on the cars were to cross from ocear
to ocean as an experimental trip.
In connection with this most important
event, we would mention the lannch of the
steamer Young america, from the beach al
Tabogo, on the 5th inst. but unfortunate
ly she broke her piston-rod during an ex
cursion which will probably lay her up fol
two months, as The accident must be re
paired at San Francisco
MExICo-SuRRENDER AT AcGPuLco.-Ac
cording to information gathered at Aca
pulco, body of troops one thousand in
number, belonging to Santa Annals army
surrendered on the plain near Ayutla
about thirty-four leagues from Acapulco
to General Don Rosendo Moreno, the chei
of the brigade of that name, on the It'll
of January. The majority of them were
Incorporated into the army of Alvarez, be
ing good fighters and well armed.
From Ell PAsso.-Advices from III Pas
so, report tue attack of mail train by the
Indians, which was met and repulsed with
out any loss on the part Of the whites, but
reports the Indian loss at II killed ant
wounded.
us. SENArE.-HoN. DAVID L. YuLEE.-
This gentleman was elected, on the l5tl
inst, by the Legislature of Florida, a Sen
ator from that State for six years from tht
4th day of March next, when the term o
Hon, Jackson Morton will expire.
Hon. David l.. Yulee was chosen on thu
first ballot. The vote stood as follows:
4ulee, ................. 81
Brown, ...... .........'..'z
Black ..............' 49,.
"The congressional career of Mr.. Yu
LEE" says the Washington Union, "ex
tending over a long series Of years, hal
been such as to inspire the confidence Of hi
own party, and to secure the respect Of thu
whole country. He first took his seat in tn,
lower House as delegate, where he re
mained until lS45, when Florida was ad
mitted into the Union as State. On th,
meeting of the first legislature in that STATE
he was elected to the United States Sen
ate, and remained in that body until 1851
During the political excitement Of late
years, Mr.. Yulee has always shown him
self to he q sound, unwavering national
democrat"
In Missouri there have been several un'
successful attempts to elect U. 5. Sena-
tor in place of Atchison, who, at the last
accounts, stood the best chance of being
winner. Doniphan, Wing, was the next
highest candidate, and Benton the next,
James Harlan, Wing, has been elected
by the legislature of Iowa to the U. States
Senate.
B6- A resolution has passed the New
York Legislature to proceed to the elec
ton of U. S. Senator in place Of Mr.
Seward, on the 9th Of February.
SAN Acknowledgements from Texas
state that Gen. Houston will resign hil
scat in the Senate at the expiration Of the
present session. The Indians on the from
tier were becoming more tractable, the siA
companies Of rangers ordered out by the
Governor having had the effect Of making
them soliciteus for peace.
The Erening Post learns by private
letter from Paris, that Hon. John Y. Ma
son, U. S. Minister to France, was STRUCK
with paralysis at two o'clock on the morn
ing Of the 27th Of December, and was quit
unwell when the letter was closed.
RECEPTION OF Nh. SoULE AT MApRD.-'
The Washington Star says that positive
intelligence has been received by the Gov
ernment, that Mr.. Soule was cordially re
ceiyed at Madrid.
The Hon. Edward A. Hannegan, for
merly United States Senator from Indiana
it is stated, proposes shortly to remove tC
California, to resume the practice Of law
Thomas Wilson Dorr, commonly known