Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1857-03-26
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WASHINGTON, March 25.--Robt. e. Mediation,
Postmaster at New Orleans The New York sp-
pointmenis are said TO be made, but not officially
promulgated. Schel, Collector; Hart, Surveyor;
Sanders, Navy Agent: Rynders, Marshall; Fowler,
Postmaster; and Birdsall, Naval officer The Gov
ernorship of Kansas has been rendered to Robt. j
Walker, but his friends say be declined it, owing
to the false supposiion that the principle Of rota
ton In office is applied to smaller well as larger
Offices. The departments have becn overwhelmed
with letters and personal applications for minor OF
ices. Reliable information says the Cincinnati ap
pointments have not been made.
Appleton, editor of the Union, has been sick
but Is nov conyalescent. His sickness gave ris 10
| unfonnded rumors, among which one that Ma
| jor Poore had been connected with that paper.
Applications have been made for the construc-
ton of wagon roads TO the Pacific, which were au-
| thoIized by act Of the late Congress but the
Secretary Of the Interior has taken no action in the
1 premises. Forts KeArney and Laramie will not be
abandoned until autumn.
BALTIMORE, March 24-The Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad has abandoned the defense in. the suit
brought by the city to restrain the issue of dividend
| bonds
ST. LoUIs, March 24-Meier & Company's cot
ton factory was burnt this morning. The loss is
estimated at $780, 900. Insured for $64, O00 1t ia
thought t. be the work Of an ncendary. Oae hun
dred aud seyenty-6ve hands are thrown out or en-
| poyment.
LOUISVILLE, March 25.-The river is rising, with
five feet water on the falls, and seven feet seven
inches in the canal. The weather is clear and cold
er. Thermometer Al.
BosToS, March 25.-The steamer America sai.
ed at noon tc-lay for Liverpool, via Halifax, having
no specie on board
HALIFAX, March 25.-The steamer Europa il
nearly due from Liverpool, but has not yet been
signsled.
The schooner "Wide Awake" from New York 70
| Cape Henry, is reported to have been wrecked on
the Ragged Shoals in the gale on the 18th instant
| New YORK, March 25.-FIour declined SC; sales
at SIS 55as5 rs. Wheat very dull. Corn firm
Southern Yellow 6Si69c. Mess Pork quiet at s2i
90. Whisky fra. Stocks generally lower and dull.
ST. LOUIS March 25 The rivers north and west,
and all the upper streams swelling. The banks
of the Illinois are full in many places and there is
prospect for rise of several feet in the Upper
| Mississippi. 1t has risen about six inches here
The Steamer Amazon sunk at the mouth of the
Missouri yesterday. One hundred hogs and sever
al cattle drowned by the accident The boat
was valued at 100000. 1t is thought she can be
raised without difficulty. The cargo was light, and
was fully insured.
]. G. Gibson, of Buffalo, New York, has been
missing since the 18th inst. He was last heard
| from at Cincinnati. His son, Mr.. G. H. Gibson, of
Buffalo, fears ne has met with violence, and will be
thankful for information concerning him.
New ORLEANS, March 24.-Cotton is firm under
the effects Of Africas sdvices. Sales Of 10000
bales. Pork 500 90. Sterling exchange 81 OSf
CIXcINSATI, March 25th.-Flour dull at IS 90 ;
Whisky active at 24c.
CAPE ISLAND, March 25th.-Thes teamship Ma
ron, of the New York and Charleston line, was
spoken last evening off Egg Harbor with her ma
chinery broken.
WAsHISGToN. March 25th.-Robt. j. Walker has
not declined the Governorship of Kansas, but will
give the President an answer thereon in the course
of the day.
The Land Department will shortly issue a circu
lar OF Instructions to locate the SIux half-breed
land scrip under an act of Congress of 1854 1t
will be applicable to lands in Minnesota and other
public lands, wherein these Indians have made i'm
provements. The scrip is not assignable
The Cabinet meets at IL, instead of 10 o'clock,
hereafter, to allow the President and heads Of de-
partments 10 transact other business.
More than one hundred New York politicians have
left Washington since the appointments we're an
Dounced
Baltimore is represented here to-day in full force.
New YORK, March 25.-The whaling bark HE
ropO, of Dartmouth, was capszed January 10th.
Twenty seamen were lost. The captain and the
rest of the seameD were saved on a raft, and were
subsequently secured and carried to st. Helena by
the British steamer, England.
Belts Camphene distiery, at Williamsburg,
burned yesterday, with large quantity of rOsin.