Delaware weekly Republican. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1841-188?, 1857-12-03

FRow CA1lyoxnA.-The-ste amship Nora i
nm Light, at New York; sfrom AspinwaA,
brings advicea from California to the 9th Ia
,tsnt, and $l,750,000 in gold. When thaI
aews OF the disastrous wreck of the sfeameF|
Central America, with the loss of so manFN
IiYes, and SO much gold, was receiyed at San
q general gloom pervaded the city,
tue courts adjourned, and public meetings
were held to denounce the ste mship company
for employing suchsa vessel as the old Georgel
from Carson Valley materially diminish the3
Indian depredations. Additional accpunts|
from ths Plains confirm the suspected con-
pIicity of the Mormons in the late massacre
of emigrant trains, and the California hsws-
papers assert that in the State alone adj efii-
cisnt army could be raised to proceed against
the Utah rebels. AS soon as advicos were ge-
ceivea in San Francisco that Sather K Churca's
drafts had been protested at New York, q hm
upon their establishment commdnseds md.
they wero eventually compelled 10 close
Several attachments had been sued out against
them. and several other banking firmsswere
as5 INFLICTED with run, though lnonespf Them
closed. Favorable accounts had been febeiv-
ed from the mining districts.
The government Of Nicaragua has doclared
war against COSTA Rica, on account OF thu ex-
brilliant prstensions of the latter.
I. M. Reed, late Treasurer Of I'll Doiado
county, California, has closed up his accoants
defaulter to the extent Of sls,0 200. dis
sureties are good fer It. NJ
Abrams IN oEeu Cousrx.-4we copy lie
following from the Elkton Wing:
An aged CoHplt.--Mr. Richatd Booth, who
resides near this town, is now Id bis SD year
and his wife Is 81. They have been MARI Cd
IL Il.
have happily sustained the relations Of man
and wife. They have raised number OF
children, all OF whom have long ago lleft
the paternal roof except a olaf" of nearly
sixty, who remains at home. Both OF them are
quite active, the old gentleman looking to the
business of the farm, while the old lady man
ages the household affairs. 49,
Improvements at P4rt Deposit. lizard times
seem not to be able to cheek Improvements
10 Port DEPOSIT. A number Of new buildings
are being erected there now, among them q
block of four handsome brick awsHst O.
granite Easements by e. j. Rinehart, and Q
brick building by @. Yandever. X
Water Fowf-Dncks and geese have beer
quite plenty lately on the fats and coves about
the head of the bay. There have also been
few swan, some of which have reached-the
market here.
cold Wsathsr.- We hear that the EIk ant
Bohemia rivers are frozen over.
.dppointmsat.-Gov. Lyon has appointed
Mr.. John Owens, OF this town, Justice Of b,
peace, In the place of VIM. Hanes, Esq, Dc
ceased. 80
FInRs.-On Sunday evening q fire occurred
In the store of Martin & Baker, Jersey shore
Pa, destroying the principal contentsj los
considerable.
A fire at at RockRort, Me-, on the I'D ult.
destroyed Hunts Block, and the Post OHIO
was RACED in order to save the brick block be
longing to Carleton Il Norwood. The princ
pal part of the goods In the block were saved
The Building cost about $4,000, and was -insnr
cd for $4,000. The Post Office was occnpie,
| by Alexander Martin, who had the Office Il
connection with his store. The insurance O
the building is said to BIO 5000 goods saved
| Tho manufacturing establishment of 4. A
Holcomb & Sen, Branford, Ct., took fire o
| Wednesday morning, and the prlncipal. build
| ings weIe entirely consumed stock aud INN
Der and carriage parts mostly saved. Los
about $1,000; partly covered by insurance.
4 The Congregational Church at CRANKY, Mass
caught fire from the stove pipe on Thank giy
ing Day, short time before the commence
inent ol services, but tho flames were extin
guished by the joint exertions of the paste
and the people. Damage about $70O.
On Thursday the school-house in the Sixt
District in Concord, on the road to Lowell
Mass, was wholly consumed. Loss S2000j n
| Insurance. ss
HonRIrLs DsATH.-.a aeiu Massppa.-0n
John Rules, of Springfield, came to his deaf
in terrible manner on Sunday evening, Sci
TENDER 18th, near Columbia, Oregon Territorl
The Tuolume Courier says that he had. bee
indulging freely, and being rather noisy,
friend volunteered to sec him home. II Aft,
some trouble he was mounted upon his friend
| fns.s aoka sac ~. IA IL.
tied together under the horses belly. Tt
party then sat out for Springfield, Rules' con
panion leading the horse. When near IL
lower end of Broadway, the animal BEGAN
restiye, reared and fell back on bis ritter, b
im5s,ediateiv soraas zUs,ssy lsi
saddle turned with Rules, and being tasten,
n to tho breast, at every bound his head dashi
against the ground. This Mazeppa- like ril
was checked at BRACES lumber yard, upward
of a quarter of mile from the starting poin
Rules was taken from the horse dead and no
ribly mangled. His arm was broken in SCI
eral places, and his brains mangled with IL
dust of the road.
pa WHOLE FAMILY BLIND.-The Connel
vile (Pa.) Enterprise gives us the following
A blind family, consisting of four person
John, Catharine, Bartholomew aud Samu
: Hostetler, were born in German township,
this county the whole of them being, at h
tllno VI tnoir uHbHJ hnu aIo &b luo preseut tit
destitute Of eye-baps, but having all the 9th
outward mechanism of the eye completes
, This family is indeed curiosity, aside fro
I the wonderful proficiency they exhibit as mi
7 sicians. Their execution on tho various 4
struments, violin, banjo, tenor drum, and olsl
! onet, IL surprising, and they are giving co
/, certs in different places.
! MOVEMENTS on Ex-PRnsIDaaT PiERcn.
! BALTINoRs, Nov so.-Ex. President Pier
and lady left here this afternoon IN the N,
folk boat, to embark on the steamer Powha
tan for Madeira. The Ex-President was 9
corted to tho boat by the City Guards.
/, MIR. Pierce received great attention fri
Baltimoreans. There was an immense thro
, at the Norfolk boat, and on his arrival thei
I | he was warmly chsered.. He rode in an OBJ
carriage, accompanied by Mayor Swami.
Mrs. Woodman, the lady who was confin
: in private msdhouse by her husband for
. peecadilloes, was known at Saratoga, as I
sslaiy with seventy-hve dresses" Such
history of vanity and weakness, which her
fidayit discloses, Is rarely written. The m
, who il is alleged plundered her purse, by {
power which he had acquired over her in CO
: sequence of her indiscretions, is said to be
applicant to Government for foreign missi
of some kind.
NEW MODE OF STOPPING A HoRsR.-A r
, days since, q fiery yonng horse, attached ts
light carriage in which two young men We
seated, took fright at the noise of LOGON
i tive, at tho railroad depot in Lancaster, p
, and started to run away, when one of I
!. young men, leaning over the dashboard, a
n seized the animals tail, which had the
i feet of stopping hin, instantly.
$ RELIC OF THE CENTRAL AMERIoL.--It is
ted that last week q BODY was picked up on /
n Atlantic beach, a little to tho north OF ca
y | Hattei an having belt around il containi
= gold dust. No doubt It was the corpse of 0
! OF the passengers Of the Inflated Cent
I America. Other dead bodies have been 50
\ floating in the neighborhood.
. Tho actioa brought by Passmore William
4 | npainnt Lndge Kane, for false imprisonma