Mountain Democrat., 1857-05-02
From omr Ertyu of Vc,lne"lyy.

CALIFORNIA -APPolNTMENTS.-l nc lol
lowing appointments have been made 10y
the President and confirmed hy the Sen
atT:
Collector Of the Port Gf San Francisco
b. +. Washington.
Naval Olliccr-llan. Frank rilf0rd.
Surveyor OF the Port-W. B. cameron
Collector at San Diego. NJ. COvarru
bias.
Collector at Standardization Lester
Receiver of Public Moneys at Los An.
grIcS-AuguStia 0livcrH.
Land Otlicr at San Franc iSco-W. W.
U;ih, rc-aprointcd.
MI>cEll.ANEorS.-IIon John Appleton,
appointed Assistant Secretary of State,
is succeeded as editor of the i'nioh by
W. A. Harris, formerly Member of Con-
grr>S from Virginia. Josiah Ryndcrs
has been appointed Marshal of the South
crn Di>t'ict of New York; augustus
Srhcll, Collector of the Port Of New York;
+. h. Hart, Surveyor, and q. y. Sanders,
Navy Agent.
The Cabinet has been engaged in the
consideration of our For, ign RclationS.--
The New Grcnalian Minister has arrived
at Washington, and the question in dis
putc between his Government and the
United States, especially with reference
to the Panama Route, will doubtless soon
he taken up.
The Cabinet on Monday had under con-
>idrration the position Of affairs in China.
The British Minister had been in commu-
nEation with OR government upon the
sun Ncct, with the design cf rt,lcti:,S ,ri-
pie aNjancr Of England, France and Tie
CuitcdStat,S.
The difficulty between Spain and Mrxi.
CO will be Arrangrd without recourse to
war.
The Spanish Minister has received in
trliigtnce from his government to the cf-
feet tha; the expedition that had been
fitting out to Stayt against Vera Cruz, will
not proceed to its destination.
llM. II. j. Walker has been appointed
Governor Of Kansas, and has accepted.
Tie difficulty between the l.. States
and New Grenada has reached such a
point as to render the speedy dispatch oi
large fleet TO the lSthmus, highly pcoba-
be.
We have Il report from New Orleans 10
the effect that our Government is to ac.
i,i;rc The I>thmuS or TchuaEtcpcc in con.
>ii,raiion of $4,000, ,0G0.
lnformatiou has reached Washington
Of the opening of the carriage road across
the l>thmuS, and il is said that the Post
| Master General will soon make arrange
mcn;S for the transportation of the Pacific
mail by that route.
Late accounts from New Mexico repre-
sent the Indians as very hostile. The
McXicans and Indians had had several
battles.
1t was reported that Judge Eohbin, Jas.
Lewis, Jas. llubbrll and other Americans
had been killed
Adviccs from Fort Dodge state that O
settlement Of ~ families, at the head wa,
tvrS Of DcSmoinc River had been attacked
hy party Of Indians, and the supposi
ton was that all had been murdered ol
carried into captivity - some shot ant
others clubbcd 10 death. y company o
whites had been organized TO pursue tho
Indians and take vengeance upon them
Hon. NJ. Watson, one of the Judges o
the Supreme Court Of New York, died il
New Orleans on the LIST inst.
bier, the X. y. Rep. candidate has beer
elected Gov. Of Rhode Island.
by the arrival of the steamer Asia, WI
have 1 days later news from Europe.
News From ErRorE.-Thc asia sailed
on the 2l>t ult. Queen Victoria dissolved
the English Parliament on the 2lst ult
The Royal Speech was read by pcrmis
sion from the throne. 1t does not con.
tain any allusiOn 10 the immediate cause.
which have had to appeal to the people,
nor touch, in the most remote manner
on the policy pursued by the Cabinet to
wards China nor any other country
throughout the United Kingdom. The
constituencies were agitatcd towards s
most exciting clcctionccring contest.
Lord PalmcrSton had defended hi,
China War diplomacy in spirited speech
at the Mansion House, London, which
WAS listened to by the Lord Mayor ant
most of the Foreign ENJOYS and Ministers
Lord John Russell had pleaded hi.
cause before the Liberal Electors of Lon
don in an eloquent address and Cobden
Gibson and D'Israeli had been listened tC
and app!audcd by the people Of Manchcs
ter apd Buckingham.
Mexican Envoy had arrived at Madrid
and Senior Gonzales Bravo had been re
ccivCd as Spanish Minister at the English
Court The King of Prussia had pro
posed to renOunce his rights to the can
ton Of New Chattcl, on certain conditions
but it was thought the Swiss people
would object to one of them, which was
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