Volcano weekly ledger., 1857-01-03
Atlantic News.

was held in the Tabernacle, New ! ork, on
Tuesday and Wednesday, the 22d and 23d
November.
On Saturday morning, Nov. Goth, Mr.. Jno.
B. Fairbanks, gentleman well known in sci
entifc circles as believer in Spiritualism,
committed suicide in New York
Col. e. j. c. lewen, special agent of the
Nicaraguan Government in the Southern
States, has left New Orleans for Alabama,
Mississippi and Georgia, to raise recruits for
Gen. Walker.
New YORK, Dec. 5.-Jacob Little, the ex-
tensve fnancer, failed to meet his engage
ments at the Board of Brokers this morning.
His liabilities are to an immense amount and
the affair has created considerable excitement
in monetary circles.
A Washington letter writer says that Gen.
Wool has asked of Government to be relieved
from his present command in the Pacific.
Advices from England announce the defal-
cation of Leopold Redpath, the transfer clerk
of the Great Northern Railway in England,
by which that company is defrauded out of
nearly one million of dollars. Redpath fled
to France, where he was subsequently arrest
ed. One of the Cashiers of the Bank of
France had also absconded with about one
hundred thousand dollars belonging to that
/ institution
Advices from Northern Mexico state that
Udaurri, the reyolutionist, had pitched bat
/ tie on the tenth with the government forces
under CARA The latter was completely
routed.
A number of gentlemen belonging to Cali
/ fornia, have set on foot movement in New
York to promote emigration to California
/ A meeting for the furtherance of this object
convened at the Metropolitan Hotel on Sat
urday evening, Nov. 29th. 1t is destined to
/ furnish correct information Of the resources
agricultural, mineral and other interests Of the
State, to cheaper the cost of transit, point
out the best places to locate, &c.
From the returns actually received, and
with the deficiencies yet to come in, the ag-
gregate popular vote of the Union in the late
Presidential election, will not be less than
3SO0,OOO
/ Some excitement has been occasioned in
Charles county, Maryland, by the arrest of
two negroes charged with plotting an insur
rection among the slaves. Two white men,
supposed to be engaged in the plot, have fled
the State
The failure of Samuel Henshaw & Son.
Dec. s. well known bankers of Boston, was
announced this morning liabilities large
Mr. Henshaw, Sen'r., was Trustee of the
Rutland Railroad, and was also connected
with other roads.
Nine French political exiles, who had es-
capped from Cayenne on a raft, reached Dem
arara in safety. They had arrived in New
York. Forty Others who had escaped from
the former place had not been heard FROM
There had been revolutionary outbreak
at Malaga, in Spain but it was promptly
suppressed.
The contracts for making and laying down
the telegraph cable between Newfoundland
and Ireland had been concluded 1t is be-
lieyed that the line will be in operation by
the 4th of July next.
Col. Pearson and Samuel Price, of San
Francisco, came passengers in the Arabia to
New York
Congress assembled on Monday, December
lst, at noon Of the three hundred and two
members comprising both Houses, but thirty
were absent The day was most delightful
one, and the Capital was densely crowded.
There was terrible gale Of wind at Chi
cago, on the night Of the 22d of November.
The stceple of the new Uniyersalist meeting
house was blown of, and three new FIVE story
brick buildings in progress Of erection were
blown down They were owned by Brown &
Wilder and G. w Noble Several lumber
yards were also badly damaged. The total
loss is estimated at $4,000.
The steamer Golden Gate was lost on the
29th of November, on Lake Erie Her crew
and passengers were saved
The Canadian steamer Monarch ran ashore
near Toronto, Canada, during gale on the
morning Of the Goth of November and sunk.