Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1855-04-13
BY Last Nights Mail.

by Last NIgnsS Nal.
: FROM THE PAcIr1c-We give as much Of tn
!. news by the Illinois. as was not stated in the tee
graphic desnatch The dates from San Franciscs
! are 10 the 10th nit The Illinois connected wild
the Scr ora, which had 1921 6l9 in coin, Of whiol
which $685. II werefor New York, Sl9l S02 70
: England, and $4,000 for Panama. ss'asa,3 )
A monster nugget OF gold weighing 800 pound
and valued at $50 900, was reported to have beer
found st Ships dggings, nesr Downieville Ess
Large amounts OF gold dust were arriving from
, the IN erlor. The express of Wells Fargo & Co
had brought down S227Bo0.
The affairs of Adams & Co. had come before the
Fourth District Court in a variety of motions :
notons oy receivers to punish sheriff officers fol
for leyyng on the assess motion by the creditors
access to the assets; also, to vaeate stay pre-
eeedlngs ordered in the insolvency suit The a.
guments had engaged the greatest array Of counsel
ever witnessed IN any tiial in the State The de-
clsion would nncoabtedly be appealed to the Su-
preme Court, whether it be given in favor of the
receiver or the creditors aHa1 ioa
IHE ATTACK ON ADAMS & Co.'S BAaKIvG HOUSE
| IN SoKoRA.-Both the Sonora papers eensure in
me severest terms the mob that broke iuto Adams
q 20 banking house in that city and seized upon
tiie S49ooO therein found. The mob, 1t is said,
| was nsugated and headed by party of lawyers,
| VINO are said to have made handsome thing out
OF IT by rocketing numerous fees and per centages
tor collection. The Herald says:
we are told that many Of the rioters on this oc-
caslon had no money in the bank, and probably
were lmpelled to take part in the proceedings with
The desire and hope Of plnnder, surprising that
there would perhaps, be general scramble for the
| money when the building was entered. The iron
door was soon burst open, aud then the committee
| and few others entered TIE building, when the
safe was attacked its locks broke and the treasure
reached. Then the persons outside having certifi-
| Gates of deposit, were admitted, one by one and
paid their cash 1t is said that some Of the law
| yers charged a per centage On many of the sums
paid out. They withdrew all the attachments
which they hed against Adams g. Co I. but charged
defendants with costs OF suit, and paid the same
out OF the whole amount found in the vault A
large amount was paid into the hands OF the law
yers for clients, which was divided up next day"
The news Of the failure of Adams e. Co. was
expressed to Oregon by land, by parties interested
The news arrived there several days before the 4
steamer arrived from this port. The parties who
forwarded the news secured themselves against
loss a---
ST.. LouI4 April l0--Between 9 and 10 o'clock
this morning fire broke ont in Douglass & .Beves
hemp factory in the southern part Of the city, aud
1t was totally destroyed. The loss issesmated at
over $4,000. Insurance $43500. s
The steamer Ell Paso sank near Boonvie this
morning. 1t is thought she viii be raised.
Nav York, April Sat the Roman Catholic
Church at Oxford, in this Stale very serious fight
took place yesterday The circumstances appear
TO be about as follows: One of the members had |
been excommunicated, and still persisted in at
tending church. though warned not to do so. Yes |
terday the priest publicly from the altar ordered |
him to leave the church, and while the priests Or
der was being carried out the friends of the ex- |
communicated man. large number of whom were |
without, including few within the building and |
the party who favored the priest pitched into each
other
The religious exercises were suspended and a
general fight ensued outside the building. 1t is
proper to state that those who espoused the cause
OF the delinquent member were not Catholics
To day there was great excitement the case
came before the authorities, and the priest and |
large number Of those concerned were held TO bal; |
in one thousand dollars each. The priest was sub
sequently arrested for private damages done to the
excommunicated member. At the last accounts
the excitement was intense, and several other ar
rests were reported to have been n. de- More
fighting expected
ANOTHER ExPLosIox-The following dispatch we
find in the St. Louis Republican:
ALTON April The steamer Reindeer COLLAPSED
tlue Just below Madison on her passage up, She
was toWed here by the Thomls Swan. Three
'a0'g sCdlNttl, one 4 ItOfeu man named
tdwares--not expected TO i've three hours.
KANSAS ELrcrox-A Geographic dispatch from
Kansas, says:
majority ofpro-slavery members in each house
of the Legislature OF Kansas have received certf-
cafes OF their election. Gov Reeder, it is said,
recognizes the right Of the Legislature to decide
cases OF contested election. The Governor leaves
in few days for Washington.
SALT LAKE MAH-The mail party which left
here on the first instant returned OF the 10th hay
ing gone as far as Cottonwood Springs eighty
miles beyond Fort kearny. Sir. Hudspetb, tie |
informed us that the escort which at
tended them determined to turn back from that
point many Of them were show blind and
others !rosttitten, and as the small party Lad or
iers not to proceed without an escort they also re-
Llrned. 1t had been showing for five days mp 30
The day on which they turned back. Mail matter
hes been deposited at every station on the route,
and to get this through the conductors will start
1ut five wagons the first of APri.--Itdepe,ta.
NICE Dispatch.
BosroN April 10--The Senate called back tie
liquor bill from the Secretary Of States Office in
consequence of amendments beng made to i: by
the chairman Of the committee unknown to the
Senate.
The Committee to investigate into The uuuneTy
affairs was in session this morning The Lady Su-
peflor NaS uUltl eAa!Aiualloi. Inc statement IS |
generally confirmed OF the charges made against
the committee.
New York, April l0-The count Of oyer and
ermlner denied motion TO quash the indictment
against Irgne, BIo!rssey, and others concerned ia
the Poo'e murder. The counsel Of the defendants
gave notice that they would move all The defendants
be admitted 10 bail.
HAR1FoRD, April 9.-The Democratic party
M,,tl
ngs and was supported by the anti know Nothing
Wings. In the city election to-day the Union
ticke carried Of the 6 aldermen and Is CT the IA
coune,lmen. The Know Nothings Were routed in
the city on full vote
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