The Empire County argus., 1856-06-07


land for Lieut.. Governor, and endorsed Fillmore
and Donelson.
The Illinois Democratic State Convention nomi-
mated w. A. Richardson for Governor and R. G.
Richardson for Lieut.. Governor
The Indiana Peoples State Committee have no.
minated Judge Norton for Governor, and Conrad
Baker for Lieut. Governor This was an anti-Ne-
braska Committee.
great anti-Nebraska meeting was held in the
Tabernacle, New York, on the 29th April. Both
orators and audience enthusiastic.
An election was held in Boston on the 28th for
Register of Deeds, which resulted as follows:
Henry Alline, (Opposition,) 1926 James Rice,
(Filmore K. N~) LOIS.
MISCELLANEOUS. A dispatch from New Orleans,
May I'd, says Considerable excitement here to-day
in regard to Nicaragua affairs, and the friends of
Walker are working hard to send him aid. Col.
Parker H. French is here.
Messrs Pennoch, Hicks and Kingsley, charged
with completely in Nicaragua fillibustering in New
York have been discharged.
A large meeting was held at Lawrence, Kansas,
on the 26th of April on the subject of the murder
of Sheriff Jones. Resolutions were passed disclam-
ing all responsibility for the act and denouncing the
murderers.
Gov. Robinson has offered reward Of $500 for
the apprehension of the assassins
A series of confagrations occurred in Philadel-
phia, destroying between forty and fifty buildings
and their contents, valued at two millions of dol
lars three lives lost, two of them occasoned
by design and by accident. Several others
were seriously injured.
Riots have again broken out in Erie City, Penn.
The Office of the Constitutional was destroyed by a
mob on Friday, in consequence of that paper ad-
vocating the interests of the Railroad. Threats
were also made to destroy the property of the Rail
road Company
Hon. Ogden Hoffman, ex-Attorney General of
New York, is dead.
Ex-Gov. Troupe, of Georgia is dead, also Dr. John
c. Warren, au eminent physician of Boston.
FAMINE. The people of the Cape de Verde ISL
ands are suffering very severely from famine. -
Thousands have already died Aid is being extend
ed from the Atlantic States.
LATEST EUROPEAN News The steamship Persia
arrived at New York from Liverpool, April 29th,
after passage of ten days and one hour this be-
ing of the four quickest passages ever made be-
tween those ports
The advices by the Persia are one week later
than those previous y received. Their contents are
unimportant. The Paris Conference had been final
ly brought to close. The affairs of Italy, so far
from being amicaby settled by the Plenipotentia-
ries, are likely, it will be seen to breed further
political troubles. Austria is determined to occnpy
every part of the Italian States that she find an
excuse for sending troops to- in order to annoy md
insult the government of Sardinia This however,
Austria in the end.
An interesting account is published of the ban
quct given by the Lord Mayor of London to Mr.
Dallas the new American Minister. The speech
of Mr. Dallas seems to have created very favora-
BILE impression and that of Lord Stanley, who is
considered the most promising young statesman of
the day. was energetic in its denunciations Of those
who might be disposed to do anything to disturb
the friendly relations of the two countries. The
American national airs received at this dinner
with almost Yankee enthusiasm.
In the House of Lords, Lord Panmure explained
in reply to question from Lord Elgin that the re-
port Of an augmentation of the British forces in
Canada originated solely from the fact that it was
intended to send back there the regiments that
were taken from there during the war in the
Crmea.
The steamer Etna, from Liverpool, is due at Bos-
ton with advices to the 2lst of April, three days
later than the Persa's
FROM THE EAST INDIES. Late East India files
contain some interesting news.
On the 18th of February the unfortunate King of
Dude was waited on by delegation of British Off
GERS, representing the East India Company, and re
quested to sign a deed of abdication His majesty
firmly refused, and asserted that he would proceed
to England, and place his crown at the feet of the
Queen, from whose predecessors his ancestors had
received it, and that at the same time he would
proclaim the robberies committed by the Company
In one week after, the Commissioner of Delhi
seized under order Of the Company, all the proper
ty of the King, discharged all his servants and
proclaimed the rule of England, as a preliminary
to gineral plumber of the whole royal family of
Dude.
At Thucklow another King was about to sign
away his kingdom, but prevented by his officers
LATEST NICARAGUAN NEws-REPoRTED SUCCESS
OF WALKER. From Greytown, the Star says: We
learn that Walker had an engagement at Rivas
with the Costa Ricans and was defeated. He has
returned to Granada, leaving Mora in possession of
the country
Schlessinger has not been shot, but Walker ad-
vised him to leave the country, or his men would
murder him.
Kinney is still in Greytown, where the people arc
suffering for provisions.
A brig with ammunition for Walker had arrived
from the United States but the English man-o war
Eurydice woald not let her land her cargo. The
Eurydice, it is said, overhaus every vessel even the
canoes, entering the harbor
From gentleman who left Punta Arenas, April
17th, we learn that just before his departure the
Costa Rca government sent down dispatch for
renforcements, to be Immediately sent by way of
Guanacasta, and there o rumor set on foot of a
battle having been fought, in which Walker was
successful, but no particulars were known.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT OF THE BATTLE Another
version from the New York Tribune. written from
San Juan del Norte April 10Th, gives an account
of the battle of Rivas, which account is probably
more correct than that got at Aspinwall:
On the llth of April, the Costa Ricans with
l,5OO or 1000 men, attacked the city of Rivas. 1t