The Nevada Democrat., 1857-03-04
.a.,v.L OF THE oRIzABA.

Tho Nicaragua steamship Orizaba arrived at
O. FRANCISCO on Thursday evening last, hav-
,nr left San Juan February 10TH She brings
Is from New York to January 10th.
rho steamer Tennessee was to have sailed
IL .n New York on the 26th Janury, but was de-
lied nv the arrest of number of Walkers
-ants and officers, upon affdavits charging
81 with violating the neutrality laws. On
.he strength of these afidavits, number of
t th II. s Marshalis deputies proceeded on board
.Io steamer about 10 o'clock A. M. They found
,hs steamer not quite ready to sail, her repairs
, not beag completed There were about two
hundred emigrants on board.
Ahout the time the officers arrived, says the
A. y Dale Tines, men were at work getting ON
board large boxes trunks, &c. These were
being hurried below as fast as possible. In the
first and second cabins were promiscuous crowds
rf men. women, children, boxes, bedding, &C.,
hwddled together among the berths and hunks,
while on deck many tender scenes of parting
were being enacted although the fremen had
not vet got the steam up.
The officers took up position near the gang
way and closely scrutinized the faces of those
who came on board, now and then picking out
men and standing them in a row little in the
background. The victims selected all displayed
the utmost nonchalance, ridculng the idea that
peaceable men like themselves could be suspect
ed of violation of the neutrality laws, and call
ing attention to the large number of ladies on
board, (among whom, by the way, is the wife of
Major Henningsen) as proof of the peaceable
character of the emigration.
The first conviction for '<garrote" robbery in
New York, was had on the 22d Of January, and
the man was sent to the State Prison for his ma
paral life He robbed man at three o'clock in
the morning, of all he haa-six and quarter
cents
J. B. Doolittlc has been elected United States
Senator from Wisconsin. The vote of the Leg
islaturc stood, Doolittle, (Rep) 20; Dunn,
{Denl) SO.
Charles d. Fesserlen, East India merchant, of
Boston, has failed for $50O,oOO His heaviest
liabilities is said to be 100000 to an English
house which is secured
Hon. Preston S Brooks, Representative from
sscash Carolina, died suddenly of Group on the
9th. The correspondent of the n. Y. Herald
says:
Mr. Brooks had been in bed day or two,
suffering from the effects of a severe cold. He
was telling his friends he had passed the crisis
of his illness and felt considerably improved in
health, when he was seized with violent Group
and died in about ten minutes afterwards. He
expired in intense pain. The event. so sudden,
out fhe city, Mr.. Brooks has left wife and
keur children. In letter from her, received
after his death. and opened by of his friends,
she said that it would be the last letter he would
receive from her previous to her confinement
FIRE AT CHCAG0.-A fire occurred at Chicago
on the night of the 9th January, destroying
property to the amount of 900. The build
ings No. 74and 50, Lake street, were consumed.
MINNESOTA w. Faber Republican, has
been chosen Speaker of the Minnesota Lcgisa-
turc.
FLORIDA INDIAN WAR.-Informato had reach
cd Pelatka on the night of the 18th January,
that Gen. Harry had Withdrawn the white flag
and declared war against the Indians. Active
operations against them were going forward.
The Submarine Telegraph bill was before the
House, and it was thought an effort would be
made to pass it under suspension of the rules.
A sample of the cable is on view at the Nation
al Hotel, and attracts good deal of attention.
Elcazcr Wakely of Wisconsin, has been con-
frmed rs Judge Of Nebraska, in place of James
Bradley, resigned.
The amended tariff bill was reported to the
House of Representatives on the 18th. BY this
bill. the revenue from duties will be reduced
some ten millioas of dollars 1t is thought the
bill will pass.
The ratification of the DallasClarcnden trea-
ty. settling the Central American difficulty with
England, having been recommended by the
Committee on Foreign Relations, il is believed
that the Senate will ratify it, although there is
a strong opposition against it.
The Investigating Committee on the bribery
and corruption charges arc still examining wit
ncsses.
Mr. Buchanan had arrived in Washington
The Herald says he visited the President to say
that he would take all the servants, &c. at the
White House, till he could make other arrange
mcnts 1t is usual for the President to vacate
the Presidential Mansion few days before the
Inauguration. Mr.. Buchanan has requested Mr..
Pierce 10 remain in the house till after the in
auguratiGn. and then re main his guest till he
desires 10 leave for New Hampshire. To this
graceful invitation Mr. Pierce has acceded.
SEVERE WEATHER On TIE ATLANTIC COAST
The New York papers continue to give accounts
of shipwrccks and other disasters in consequence
of the late severe storms. The crews of several
vessels wrecked on the coast had been rescued
Many were so severely bitten by the frost that
their lives were in danger.
TeIegraphc communication between New
York and Sandy Hook was resumed on the 2Sth
of January. During the recent gale the ice was
forced up to the light houses, and swept off all
the the bridges upon the Hook The life boat
connected with the news reporting establishment
of the Associated Press, though firmly secured
at the head and stern, and three hundred and fif-
ty yards from high water, was also swept away
and crushed in the ice. The crew of the sloop
Triste, of Camden, New Jersey, were picked up
at sea, and arrived at New Orle ans on the 10th
ult
Affairs I'm Nicaragua,
The following account of the condition of af,
fairs in Nicaragua is taken from the memoran,
da of the Orizaba:
Feb. LIST, arrived at San Juan. and found Gen.
Walker in person, with 800 Rangers waiting
our arrival, He returned to Rvas on the eve