The Empire County argus., 1856-05-10
Arrival of the John L. Stephens.

arrived at can francisco on the lSt INST.
The steamship Illinois, from New York April 5th,
arrived at Aspinwall on the 18th: her passengers
and mails were Immediately forwarded to Panama,
where they arrived carly in the afternoon Of the
same day. Early preparations had been made by
the companys agent to embark them on board the
steamer without delay, but owing to the extreme
low tide, a short detention was unavoidable. Dur
ing which quarrel arose between some steerage
passengers and the natives, which very shortly be-
came serious ri0t-the natives killing, wounding
and robbing tie passengers The number slaugh-
tered or injured y the savagcs cannot easily be de-
termlned. In the depot during the forenoon Of
| Wednesday, the number of dead bodies nre var-
ously reported ut from Is to % They were being
collected and laid in cofEns There were four or
five OF the wounded so desperately hurt as to rem
der it impossible for them to live beyond IA few
hours Some foreign residents of Panama were
killed The number Of killed or mortally wound
cd so far MS known uf Americans French and
English is 25. I he wounded are more difficult to
estimate here are fifteen wounded on board the
John stephens. amongst whom are three females
and one child. There were nine wounded in the
Railroad Companys mess room. Two were heard
OF lying in the bushes. Of those wounded and re-
moved into i'anama. only two known, viz: the
American Consuls Secretary and Mr. fenner, of
Rhode Island "a passenger who robbed Of
81 2J0. and with hi, wife and family are left be-
hind dcstitutc) I his makes the number of woun-
ded, 50 far as known to be %. In all, SO persons
| kilieu ana WUunueu. IL Is feared the number Jar
exceeds this The loss Of the natives cannot lie as
certained. but it is supposed to he small The
amount OF money, valuhhics and baggage plunder-
cd cannot be aSccrtaned. 1t is roughly guessed to
range from So, ,O0J upwards.
PEACE. The Atlantic brings US four days later
news from Europe Her news is of the big hest in
terest simultaneously with the assurance which it
gives Us that peace If not actually signed is fully
concluded and agreed upon
w e received the OF the birth of an inn
peral heir to the throne OF France. This interest
ing event took place on the 10th ut. The young
Prince has received the following name and tit'~
Napoleon Eugene Louis jean Joseph, Fills de France
and King of Algiers.
1t is affirmed that dispatches have been received
by Com. Watson, directing him not to commence
hosttes in the Baltic
1t appears from official declaration of the British
mister Won Scheel that our Government has con-
sented to promul cation of the obligations of the
treaty. which expires the 18th of this month,
until the l4th OF June next. 1he object of this
extels sion is to give time for some diplomatic al
rangcments to be arrived ut
1t is affirmed that Napoleon is actively intrigue
ing in the affairs of SPAN, with view to introduce
such Government will further designs he enter
tains in regard to Cuba.
The King Of Dude has been deposed and bis do
minions annexed to those Of Great Britain.
+ George NJ. Dallas has been presented to the
Queen and was formally introduced to his ofi,e
7 Mr. Buchanan had left England for Paris and
was expected 10 return to the United States by the
steamer of the 18th Or 10Th of April
Wreck Of Tie John RutieJge aud loss of $50 Lves
The Germana, from Huvre, at New York. Marcl,
24th, brought Thomas w. Nye. young seaman Of
New Bedford. aged q years believed 10 be the sole
survivor of the passengers and Of the John
Rutedge, from Liverpool for New York lost on the
18th February, hy collision with an iceberg. The
statement Of Nye depicts the horrors of the ice
fields and the suferings Of himself and ill fated
companions. 1t is scarcely pussible that of the five
loaded boats that left the ship any other person
mains to tell the tale. When discovered there
were four dead companions i'll the boat with Nye,
the others having been thrown overheard as they
pershed during the nine days exposure to starva-
ton and cold The John Rutledge and cargo were
valued at Sl50000
On the passage from Halifax to Bermuda, the
British steamer Curlew, of 700 tons. belonging to
Cunards line, struck on the North Breakers March
18th and went down in three minutes. Passen-
gers and crew saved the mails lost.
On the 9th March the new steamboat Metrop-
oils, from lttsburg for New Orleans exploded on
the Ohio river causing the loss of eight lives, a1d
Capt. E. {. flart WAS among the victims.
The U. s. District Court of New Jersey have con-
cluded the suit of the Government against Rodman
NJ. Price, formerly Purser in the Navy, for an
alleged defllcation Of public funds to the amount
"f S7I,SlS. while in service disbursipg officer in
California in 1913 The verdict was in favor of
the defendant IL small balance being allowed as
due him, leaving $4,000 10 be dudicatcd by Con-
grpSS.
Months have passed and nothing is known of the
missing Collins steamer Pacific. Hope yields to
despair, and the conviction no longer be resist
| ed, that the vessel and all ON board We're buried
! beneath the ice fields of the Atlantic Ocean.
! The Eleven Walker Fibaser arrested from
the Northern Lighf, and un Ter h,nls for trial by
the i. 5. District Court, have been released Dis
trict Attorney McX,on unler Instructions from
Washington, moved IL nOlle proSs1ul in their cases,
which was granted.
Gen. lwiggs has been proposed for Mayor of
| New Orleans, strong hand being required to
tore order in that CITY. where vio!enca and crime
have become alarmngly rampant.
The Wisconsin Gubrrnatural contest has been
settled hy the decision of the Supreme Court,
awarding the office to Coles Bu,he,rl, Republican.
Two m.llionlires. Henry Parrish AMI Nelson
Robinson have died in New York, leaving about
from one to two millions each. One bequeathes his
widow over million and the other only ten thou
sand dollars Roh wills arc to lie contested
MIR John Doughery. II highly eStimable young
man, aged % years, Secretary of the Young Friends
of Ireland, died March Goth, of disease of the
heart, while sitting at the table on the occasion of
the annual festival of the Society, at the Apollo
Rooms N. Y.
female liquor riot took place in Pennington,
Ill, on the 22l March, twenty thirty of the most
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