The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1857-09-02
Telegraph News.

Telegraph NeWs.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 90.
Commodore Cassim, Who was on the Ma
W retired list, died this morning ct George
town.
The navy department has received intelk-
genoe of the death OF Lieut.. Cheever, OF
Me-, on board the St. Lawrence, off the Bra
ill station.
SANDY HOOK. Aug. 29.-The ship ashore
at Cranberry Inlet 10 the Charles Albert
One passenger and two sailors were lost;
the others were saved by life boats.
/ The pilot boat Thomas II. Smith is now
ashore north Of Barnegat. Her crew were
ssxAd.
BurrALo, Aug. 29.-Reciprocity Bank has
suspended, and Williams, Tanner 4 Co., for
Nwarders, failed.
>-PHILADRLrHIA,A Aug. 29.-David p. Brown,
who was recently rendered the nomination
Of Judge Of the Court Of Common Pleas by
the straight Americans Of this city, has de-
clined, and 1t has been given to ex-Mayor
Conrad, who now holds the position and is
also the candidate of the Union party.
INV YoRk, Aug. 29.-Mr. Ludlow, the
Cashier Of the Ohio Trust Company, has
been arrested at the instance Of the Mer-
chants Bank of.Wheeling and the Farmers
Bank Of Virginia.
| The ship clara Brookman won't lahore ct
Squam Beach, At IL O'Clock last night. Her
passengers and crew were saved, but the
ship IL total loss.
N. \. Markets. heavy. Wheat
firm. Corn firm; $4,000 bushels Of white
were sold At soc. Rice lower and quoted
at $50.
Stocks closed dull. L. l. NJ. 10, G. & G.
8Q1, c. l. T. 40, NJ. l. M. 81.
CrScIsSArI, Aug. 20.-1he failure Of At
wood L Co., of N. Y, produced some SEN
| sation here, but it was confined to business
Enen.
No further develope.nents concerning the
Trust Co. The Direo tors are taking the ka-
nawha Banks notes in payment Of debts and
the price has conseq' GENTLY advanced to 70(G
20 r cent. on the d. ,llar--the same price az
checks.
Exchange very scarce at q cent prem,
with strong upwa I'd tendency.
River rising slowly. Weather clear. Mer.
curry 70.
NORFOLK, Aug. 29.-Sloop- of-war Fall
mouth has beer, ordered here to be locked,
and return immediately to Rio.
DuBu auR, Aug. 29.-Rlver falling, with 4
feet on the bar. Weather clear. Mercury
65.
a.uouslA, Ca, Aug. 29.-Hsndbils are In
Circulation IN upper Georgia and Tennessee
Tor volunteers for Nicaragua, promising SOS
, per month and q grant Of one hundred and
twenty-five acres Of land.
New YoRK, August 29th.--Atwood & Co..
bankers, with large western connections.
have failed.
The steamer Vanderbilt, which will fur.
nish later Intelligence from Europe, will not
be due at this port till Tuesday next. the
time Of departure from Havrs having been
altered.
LOUISVILLE, Aug. 29.-Five feet 2 inches
water in canal and falling. Weather clear.
Mercury II.
OswsGo, Aug. 3l.-The schooner Iceberr,
from Cleveland for Kingston, loaded with
coal, IL supposed to be lost on Lake Ontario
with all on board.
| She was built at Kingston, by DR.. Rea,
who intended to 60 with her in the spring
in search of Sir John Franklin.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29.-Don Francisco. q
representatives from Nicaragua: now in w ash.
ington, has got charter for the transit
route, signed by the two dictstors, MARITIME
and Jerese, of Nicaragua. He has full pow
or to act on the subject.
There was nothing of Importance done at
I 0CC0Q0I0
Presbyterian General Assembly which me. at
Richmond yesterday.
BUFFALO, Aug. 3l.-The Holster Bank
closed its doors this morning. There has
been heavy run on some other city banks
but il has resulted in no damage to them as
}yet.
1.-The excitement has been inten 90 during
the afternoon, but has now almost entirely
subsidized.
The boats Of the NJ. S. r. r. Ii ne between
here and Toledo have resumed th,,ir regular
trips.
NV YoRk, Aug. 3l.-The Collins steam
ship Atlantic arrived at 6 la O'Clock Sun
day morning from Liverpool, 1l.s0 A. NJ.
the Goth inst, she signalled the Persia OF
. the Gath, and saw the Fulton OF Cape Race
on the Goth. The Asia arrived out ct 8 A
NJ. on the 18th. The news BY this arrival il
unimportgnt.
The Directors Of the Atlantic TELEGRAPH
Company were to hold special meeting 10
London the day the Atlsntic sailed to con
slider whether the attempt shO uld be renew ed
in October or deferred until another summer.
! The London Star says it is estimated tina,
the outside loss the Company will sustain
will be about E25, 900. IL 10 fully expected
that at least one half Of the sunken cabl.
7 will be recovered--all that within 400 faith.
oms will be got up, but that portion in deer
sea will in ell probability never be recover
ed. A writ of Habeas Corpus was granted
to-day BY Judge PEABODY Of the Supreme
Court, at the petition Of Mrs. Cunningham,
who complained that shs has been illegally
Imprisoned. The writ 10 returnable to NOR.
row.
Mr.. John Thompson has, BY advice Of
counsel, settled with the Metropolitan Bank