Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1857-10-21
SUMMARY OF. NEWS.

estimates set the loss the cotton crop of
this year, as compared with that of last, at not
less than s6o,00o,0O0.
Last Friday Oct. 9, the Cabinet unanimous
ly agreed upon the form and details of a treaty
with Nicaragua, and upon the recognition of
the new de facto Government of that country
and the reception of its Minister, Yrissorri.
The treaty recognizes the charter and contract
of the old American Canal Company of the
Odd of September, 1919, as amended on the
q tn of July, 1857, and provides for the re-
establishment of the Transit line and the res
toration of the Company's rights. This is
triumph for Commodore Vanderbilt.
Orders have been issued to the Commander
Of the Gulf Squadron to arrest the ffllihustcr-
ing expedition wherever it may be found.
Lord Napier has ordered Captain Erskine, who
is in command of the British squadron, to cap
ture them, should they escape our squadron,
and deliver them to the American Commander
The course of the Administration in the whole
| matter is prompt, vigorous and statesmanlike.
About O'Clock, ouday, Oct. y. in the
village of Kinderhook, n. Y, man named
Dennis Tauner stabbed his wife with butcher
knife, killing her instantly. No cause is as
signed for the deed. The murderer was ar
rested on the premises.
A dispatch from Washington city, of the
18th, says-the United States Treasury has
suspended-the redemption of stocks, in con-
sequence of the fact that the, current revenue
! is but one-fourth the amonnt OF the current ex-
penditures the surplus has been reduced to
50 200 900 since the lst of August.
Official information has been received at
Washington, that hundreds of persons haze
! left Leavenworth for the purpose of settling
| on the lands of the Delaware Indians, whose
rights the United States are pledged by treaty
to protect. Instructions will be sent to the
Indian Agents in Kansas to enforce the law.
If their efforts fail, the United States troops
will be employed to expel the intruders.
George Washington Pdrke Custis was buried
on the 18Th, at Arlington, Va. There was a
very large attendance at the funeral, including
the military and the Association of the Sol
diers of the War of 1872.
Thomas II. Hardenburg, Cashier of the
Branch Bank of Cape Fear at Washington,
n. c., committed suicide by shooting himself
on the 18th. He leaves large family ,and was
| universally respected. No cause has been as
| signed for the rash act.
A number of Santa Fe merchants arrived
at St. Louis on the 18th, with upward of $780,
600 in gold. for the purpose of settling old ac-
counts and purchasing new goods.
The Custonl-Housc in Richmond, was en-
tered on the 18th, the safe blown open with
powder, and SIS, 900 in $50 goll pieces and
| $500 in S5 pieces stolen. The robbers left
| SAG 900 behind them.
| The submarine and subterrancan telegraph
| line to the Island of Nantucket, built by Mr..
S. G. Bishop of n. Y. was opened for business
on the 18th. This is the first large submarine
cable ever manufactured in this country, and
compares favorably with the best English ca
| bles.
The steamship Vanderbilt, arrived at N. Y,
on the 18th, with adviccs from Europe Louis
| Napoleon had left Stuttgart for France, and
the Emperor of Austria and King of Prussia
had met at Vienna. Napole on is said to be
DESTROYS of having his position recognized by
every European sovereign ut a personal inter
| view. The abundance of the harvest in Greece
had induced the Government to authorize the
| expectation of grain. Dispatches from China
say that the Court OF Pekin will accedc to no
arrangement with England. A new complica-
tion touching Montenegro had arisen at Con-
stantinople. Cotton was steady at former quo
tations, and breadstuiis dull. Consols closed
at 90a to 90a.
BY the arrival of the steamship Granada,
from Havana, at New Orleans on the 18th, we
are put in possession of the substance of the
news brought by the steamship Northern
Light, now on her way to New York with q
million and quarter of specie. The Hon.
John B. Weller is Governor elect of Califor-
MIA by majority OF 1 GOO votes over both
his competitors, and the Legislature is largely
Democratic. Chiet:Justice Murry had died.
and Col Casey of Tennessee, been i'll ed in a
duel. In Lower California disturbances be-
tween the Americans and the authorities had
occurred, and Gov. Castro was reported to
have Joined the former, in fear of a revolution
There were rumors of fllibustering expeditions
The markets were dull; accounts from the
mines good. The question of Slavery was
being agitated in Oregon. From South A
merica and Central America we have nothing
of special interest. The English and French
fleets had lett the Chincha Islands. The mur-
derers of Mr.. Sullivan, the British Minister,
turned out 10 be hired bravos.
The Bogus Burdell Baby Case has been sud-
denly brought to a conclusion, by the depar-
the benefit of her health Mrs. Cunningham
failed t. appear in Court on the 18th, and her
counsel denied all knowledge of her wherea-
bouts. s.f -sssrfs.r.s t-s
a dispatch from Washington City says, the
President attributes the commercial distress
in part, to the last reduction of the tariff.
The pressure upon cotton, tobacco and ssnig-
gers is fearful. The prices of the latter in
Virginia have fallen thirty three per cent, and