San Andreas independent., 1857-01-24
Arrival oftlse Golden Age.

The P. w. s. Company's steamship
J Golden Age, Capt. Whiting, arrived at
San Francisco on Thursday morning, the
18th inst She brings dates from New
York to the Goth of December The fol-
lowing synopsis of the news we extract
from the Bulletins New York correspon-
: dence:
Mr. Whitfield, the pro-slavery delegate
from Kansas, has been admitted to a seat
IN tn the House after protracted struggle.
Inc jury IN the case of Baker, the prin-
c,pal IN the Poole tragedy have disagreed.
Ihey stood SIX for mansaughter in the
third degree, and six for acquittal.
A railroad collision occurred on the Sth.
at Alliance, Ohio. Eight persons were
Killed, and several others wounded.
The Southern Commercial Convention
held five days session last week at Sa-
vannah. Resolutions in favor of Pacific
Railroad were adopted, as was one also
recommending the transportation of the
mails between New Orleans and California
by the proposed Tehuantepcc route The
subject of the re-opening of the African
slave trade was voted down by large
majority.
Not much business of Importance has
been done in Congress as yet. In the
House on the 18th December Mr.. Brown,
from the Post Office Committee, reported
bill in favor of contracting with Com
modore Vanderbilt to carry the mail be-
tween New York and Liverpool at sl6.-
600 the round trip. A few days after
wards, the proprietors of the Collins line
asked to be released from their contract.
A resolution was introduced bv Mr..
Etheridge, of Tennessee, denouncing in
the severest terms all attempts to re-opep
the African slave trade This resolution
was adopted-ayes 1872, nays 81, including
the two California members.
In the Senate, Mr.. Houston has oiyen
notice Of bill providing for asemi-weeklv
overland mail between the Mississippi and
San Francisco.
Mr.. Weller gave notice on Wednesday
last that he should call up the Pacific Rail
road bill Immediately after holidays.
Affairs in Kansas remain quiet. Gov
ernor Gearys coarse begins to elicit GEN.
eral commentator In the Territory
Judge Lecompte and Marshal Donaldson
have been removed, and James O. Har-
rison, of Kentucky, appointed in the place
OF the former, and William Spencer in
place of the latter. The land sales were
proceeding with great activity.
Thomas 1. Meagei, the Irish exile, sent
challenge last week to Henry J. Ray
mond, editor of the New York Dai7v
Times. The affair grew out of an article
IN the Times, in which Mr. Meagher was
charged by implication with breaking his
parole in Australia. The matter was set
tied without resort to arms.
REMEDY FOR BURNs.-The following
receipt, appended to statement of the
remarkable cure of child, so badly
scalded as to be considered beyond hope.
appeared originally in the Philadelphia
Aorh Anaertcan over the signature of a
"Philadelphia " Physician p
Take SCOT from a chimney where wood
is burned, rub fine, and mix one part SCOT
to three parts or nearly so of hogs lard.
fresh butter, or any kind of fresh grease
that as not suited; spread this on linen or
any cotton cloth for easier and more per-
feet adaptation. If in very extensive
burns or scalds, the cloth should be torn
into strips before putting over the scald.
lIetthe remedy be freely and fully applied.
so as to perfectly cover all the burned
parts. No other application is required
until the patient is well, except to apply
fresh applications of the SCOT and lard, &c.
In steamboat explosions, this remedy
can IN nearly all cases be at once applied,
and If done, many valuable lives will be
saved, and vast amount of suffering
alleyiated.
RUSSIAN DIAPER CLoTH-It may not
be generally known, that this useful article
OF manufacture, an enormous quantity of
which is annually introduced into this
country, is not fabricated in regular manu-
featuring establishments, butt exclusively