, 1857-05-15

worthy OneHaler mas invoked the lntern0
sition Of the State Department to defend
his right as Minister Plcnipotentiary o.
Austria against interference with bis ser
wants. Gen. Cas- letter is said to be ar
exquisite brochure, as he has very little
sympathy for dirty work of any kind and
less for that of Austria.
Dispatches were received on the 30th
March at the State Department from Min
lister Bowlin and Commissioner Morse, al
New Granada, informing our Government
that they had failed to accomplish any
thing, The New Granadian Government
contend that they are not responsible fol
the property destroyed at the riot and moi
at Panama, and that the demands of thi,
government will not be complied with
The mission of our Commissioner and the
demands Of our Minister having failed
they will return home Immediately. Gen
Hcrran, the New Granadian Minister
called on Gen. Cass at the State Depart
ment, and had quite protracted interview
relative to our difficulties. 1t is not known
what course our government will pursue.
Hon. Robert j. Walker has accepted
the Governorshp of Kansas. In his letter
of acceptance he says: understand
that yon and all your Cabinet cordially
concur III the opinion expressed by me,
that the actual bOna fde residents of the
Territory, by fair and regular vote, un'
affected by fraud or violence, must be per-
mtted, in adopting their State Constitu-
tion, to decide for themselves what shall be
their social institutions This is the great
fundamental principle of the act Of Con
gress organizing that Territory, affirmed by
the recent decision of the Supreme Court
Of the United States, and is in accordance
with the views uniformly entertained and
expressed by me in my public career"
Hon. Frederick Stanton, late member
Of Congress from Tennessee, has been ap-
pointed Secretary Of the Territory, vice
Woodson, and left Immediately to act as
Governor until Mr.. Walker can effect his
Woodson is to receive q
Land Office.
Great difficulty has been experienced in
making q selection for the Governorship Of
Utah, Hon. Fayette McMullen, of Vir-
ginia, having Indignantly refused the ten
der. 1t is stated that the Administration
have decided to send some military man.
SUMMARY.-A telegraphic dispatch from
st. Louis, April I'd, says:
"Rumor says that one hundred and fifty
commanded by the son of one
Of our merchants, are about to leave this
city to form an expedition, shortly to sail
from New Orleans, destined to invade
Costa Rca, and thus relieve Gen. Walker
by diverting the attention of his enemies
to another point. Abundant means are
said to be at the disposal Of this expedi-
tion."
A letter received at Pittsburg, from a
source, dated Fort Dodge,
Iowa, March 90. says that settlement Of
twenty families at the head waters Of the
Des Moines river had been attacked by
Indians, and that it was supposed that all
were murdered. Only two houses were
visited by the persons bringing the news,
in which fourteen dead bodies were found.
Some had been shot, and others inhurnanly
dubbed to death. 1t is presumed that the
whole number Of persons composing the
settlement were killed, or that they are
now in captivity.
The steamer Forest Rose" was blown
up near Napoleon, Arkansas, on the LIST ol
April, killing and wounding twenty per,
sons.
The friends of Walker are busily recruit
ing in New Orleans.
The town of Jacksonport, Arkansas, has
been almost entirely reduced to ashes
The whole business portion Of the town
was consumed, with an estimated loss oI
$l5O,OOO.
A FIRE in Plymouth, Indiana, has des
troyed property to the amount Of one hun
dred thousand dollars, being nearly the
whole business part of the town.
Our intelligence from every section o
the Union assures us that the wheat eroI
never presented more promising appear
ance at this season Of the year.
Late accounts from New Mexico repre-
sent the Indians as very hostile. Til,
Mexicans and Indians had had severa
battles. 1t was reported that Judge Hop
pin, James Lucas, james Hubbell, and tive
other Americans, had been killed.
A vein of copper, p feet in width, ha
been discovered near Elk Run, Fauquie
county, Va. A company of capitalist
have purchased the estate, comprising l5(
acres, and intend to give the mine trial
An iron comb, about four inches long
with the letters &c. Washington from
ing the top, has been picked up in Cheste
county, Penn. The Westchester Republi
can says: Very likely this comb belong
ed to the age when Washington and hi
army were at Valley Forge"
Mr.. Fillmore writes a patriotic letter t
acknowledge the receipt Of side of U MOI
beef " sent him from the South.
Hon. David Wilmot has been nomina