The Shasta courier., 1855-06-16
Seven Days Later from the Atlantic
States.

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States.
(, By the arrival of the Nicaragua steamer
Corsss, we have dates from New York to tht
18th Elt,, and from New Orleans to the 18TH
The Certes brought 433 passengers, of whom l4s
we've females, and 81 children.
The Pacific Express obliged us with full filel
of the latest Atlantic dates.
Rhodes g. Co.'S Erpress also placed US in
| tkeir debt for the like favor.
The New York Herald of May 9Th, gives the
following particulars of the affairs Of Messrs
Page, Bacon & Co. in that city:
The assignee of Messrs. Page, Bacon & Co. o
Ssn Francisco, advertises to pay further divi
dend OF forty per cent. on the amount of drafts
OF that house on their agents in this city, Boston
Philadelphia st. Louis, Cincinnati, Louisville
Baltimore and Pittsburg, which bears date from
the 9th to the 10th day of March last-both dayi
inclusve-and requests holders of such drafts te
present them to him, in original and duplicate
at the Bank of America, on and after Tuesday
the 9th inst This makes an aggregate payment
of 20 per cent. leaving 30 per cent, which
will be paid Immediately after the arrival
of the mail steamer from California, now nearly
due.
we learn that the Kinney Nicaragua expedi-
tion, which has been so long delayed, will posi-
lively sail on Saturday. Col. Kinney and Con-
sui Fabens have declared their determination to
60 at all hazards. There are between four and
five hundred men shipped, and all is in readiness
TO start at the time specified. The sharp built
steamship United States is to convey the adven-
turers to their place of destination. This vessel
is said to be remarkably fleet, having once
made the run from Havana to this city in three
days and twenty three hours-the quickest time
on record.
Dudley Mann has resigned as Assistant Secre-
tary Of State at Washington. Chief Clerk Hun
ter takes his place.
Snow fell to the depth of four inches in many
parts of Pennsy lvania and New York on the
sth. Several vineyards in Ohio are reported
entirely ruined.
Gov. Gardner of Massachusetts, refused to re-
move Judge Loring.
Ex-Governor Seabury Ford. of Ohio, died May
8th. Ex-senator Colquett, OF Georgia, died on
the 9Th of May. Ex-Mayor Van Dyke. of De-
troit, died May 8.
Consul Fabens and Col. Kinney have been dis
charged on their own recognizancei in $1,000 and
their expedition was to sail May l7th
Mons Goddard ascended in his balloon from
New Orleans May 9th, travelling 80 miles to
Fort Gibson. Miss, in hours, landed his pas
sengers and proceeded on his journey.
At Providence, R. L., the Know Nothing ticket
for city officers elected by handsome ma
jorty. Twenty out OF twenty y-eight councilmen
are Know Nothing.
Joseph Hiss the offending Boston member,
has been expelled from the Massachusetts House
OF Representatives by 1877 to Is.
The Cholera is raging all along the Upper
Mississippi and in Kansas territory.
A locomotive exploded on the Jacksonville
Railroad Seymour, Indiana, May llth,
killing five persons.
A Lancaster, Pa dispatch says that the elec
ton held in that city yesterday, for twelve
school directors, the Know Nothings were de-
feated by the Democrats. by l3o majority Last
year the Know Nothing majority was over 600
TBcKr.-James F. Robinson declined the
X. N. nomination for Congress in the 9Th Dis
trict (Breckenbridge's) The Democratic can
ddate is Lucius B. Dickinson.
The Chicago K. n. Council are divided on
the Jonathan" and Sam question. The diff
! ference between Jonathan and Sam is thus
stated by the Chicago papers:
The Sans are anti foreign and antl-C Catholic !;
| the Jonathans are anti-slavery, but not against
! foreigners. They will admit all foreigners who
! disavow all temporal allegiance to the Pope
1t is stated that the Jonathans came out OF the
fight ahead
The election in Joliet resulted in the choice
of tie anti-Know Nothing ticket by a decided
majority. N. d. Elwood was chosen Mayor