The Placer herald., 1856-03-22
NUMBER 2s.

Ichabod Goodwin has been nominated as
the Whig candidate for Governor of New
hampshire.
Anthony Kennedy has been elected by the
X. Ms of the Maryland Legislature to the
u. S. Senate, to fill the place of Hon. 7. G.
Platt, whose term expires on the 4th Of
March, 1857.
Hon. G.. NJ. Dallas was to sail for England
on the Baltic on the 9TH of March.
A storm, said to have been most violent
of the season, swept over the Eastern States
on Saturday night, February 10th, stopping
the railroad trains and causing considerable
damage. 1t continued blowing hard for sew
era days.
Mr.. BUcHANAN AND his CHANcEs.-The
New York Times, a paper by the way not to
be suspected Of partiaty towards Mr.. Bu-
chanan, has the following on the subject
| from the Washington correspondent
"The friends of Mr.. Buchanan are very
sanguine and apparently with reason. They
have elected the delegates at large in the
State of Maine by an overwhelming majority
in the caucus of the Democratic members of
the Legislature of that State and in nearly
Or quite all the Districts which up to this
time have chosen, they have achieved similar
success. There is no reason to suppose the
result will be different in the remaining dis
tricts, and we may therefore set the State
down as Il unit in Convention for Mr.. Bu-
chanan."
Albert Rust appeared in Court on Tues
day, the 10Th, and gave bail in the sum of
$500 for his appearance at the Criminal
Court to answer for his assaults upon Horace
Greeley, a few weeks since. He was arrested
at the instance Of Francis G. Treadwell, of
New York who acted it is understood, with
out solicitation from Mr.. Greeley.
FREMoNT's CANA correspondent from
Washington, under date of the 10th, says:
Notwithstanding the last favorable decision
of the Supreme Court, and the understood
inclination OF the Secretary of the Interior,
when the Commissioner to the Land Office
came to issue the patent Of Col. Fremont,
two conditions were inserted which virtually
DESTROYED its whole value. One was a reser-
walton in favor of the rights of third parties,
and the other a reservation Of the gold mines
to the Government. These points cover the
practical value of the patent.
Col. Fremont declined to receive the pa
tent with these limitations which had no
sanction of law, and rs the Commissioner of
the Land Office refused to comply in the
present form, the whole matter was carried
before the President directly. lie decided
this morning the patent should issue accord
ING to the regular usage, and divested of the
unauthorized restrictions. Unless some final
obstacle be started, the case may be consid-
cred closed
The warrant for the Mariposa tract ofland
in California was signed on the 10th by the
Land Commissioners.
GREAT Loss OF LIFE BY SHIpwRECKs.-A
letter from Capt. Freeman, Of barque Var
mouth, of Boston, dated Gibraltar, Jan. u,
says that there were nearly one hundred YES
sells ashore between Cape de Cat and Cadz,
and it was estimated that five hundred lives
lost in Gibralter Bay.
GEN. CASA letter from Washington
says:-Gen Cass am happy to say, is near
ly well again, though at one time few had
any hopes of his recovery. It's now thought
he did not fall heavily by slipping up, but
that his eyes were dazzed by the glare Of the
ice as he came out, and becoming affected by
vertigo, he sank without any jar. His
daughter, Miss Isabella Cass, has watched
devotedly at his side, and her married sisters,
Mrs Garfield and Mrs. Ledyard, FASTENED
from Detroit when the news Of the accident
reached there
The Know Nothing National Convention
assembled in Philadelphia on the 18th Of
Feb. The first day was consumed in debating
on the admission Of the Louisiana and Cali
tornia delegates, and set Of delegates from
Pennsylvania opposed to the twelfth section
of the platform Of last year. They were all
admitted on the second day. The former
by vote Of 66 to 20, and the latter, 84 to
As. The admission Of the Catholic delegates
is considered as an abrogation of the reli-
gious test The real business of the Conven-
ton commenced on the Goth. A correspon
dent of the Heru1d, speaking of the signs of
the times says 81 have heared no one men,
toned for the second man on the ticket if
if Law should be nominated. The North
Carolina delegation talk Of Kenneth Raynor
but the idea is not received with much favor.
The Tennessee and Kentucky delegations
talk about Garret Davis. Florida, Arkansas
aud California are claimed for Law. Bell
of Tennessee and Crittenden OF kentucky
are also mentioned | don't hear word
about Clavton-the treaty business has killed
him; and Commodore Stockton seems to
have been knocked into one ofhis own cock
ed hats. Not a Houston man has made
sign of vitality. There might possibly be
new man tished up, but the tugis between
Law and Fillmore. The only question about
Law is whether a platform can be built big
enough to hold him.
A fatal affray occurred on the 18th short
distance below Grass Valley, between an
T. oof, oo1 p,inar n1mA0