, 1857-05-29
NEWS FROM THE ATLANTIC STATES.
Political.

CeSS OF Ine hepuDlCuISi ny uluJOTlly as
decided as that at the Presidential election
Hon. Abraham Rencher, formerly a
Wing member of Congress from North
Carolina, is to succeed Hon. d. Merri-
weather, whose term is about to expire, as
Governor of the Territory Of New Mexico
Congressman Denver, of California,
at present residing in Ohio, has been ap'
pointed Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
V. f. Geiger, of Sacramento, California,
is appointed Indian Agent for the Indians
Of that State, vice Patterson, removed.
Jesse Elder is appointed Postmaster at
Sacramento, Cal, and John f. Madden,
Collector Of the same city.
The Albany, N. Y, charter election
took place on the l4th, and resulted in the
success of the Democrats. The Democrats
were also successful in the Paterson, n. j.,
charter election.
Ex-Speaker Banks has declined the
honor Of a complimentary dinner rendered
him by citizSrs of Boston.
Kirby Benedict, Esq, has been reap
pointed Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court of New Mexico.
Judge Wilton is probably reelected
Chief Justice Of the Supreme Court of
Wisconsin.
In the Massachusetts House of Repre-
sentatives, the resolutions granting $780,
900 to aid the Free State settlers Of Kan
sas, were ordered to q third reading, by
2O6 ayes to lO3 nays.
The Administration has had under con-
sideration the subject of the Indian difficult
ties in Florida, and such measures are now
in progress as lead to the belief that their
removal will be peacefully effected
The President has re-appointed Christie
pher Carson Agent for the Indians in New
Mexico, and appointed Samuel NJ Yost to
a similar Office in that Territory, vice May
ars resigned,
There were over one hundred applicants
for the six land offices in Nebraska.
The New York Legislature adjourned
on the 18th of April, after o session of l03
days, during which some 800 acts were
passed
The Anti-Slavery municipal ticket was
elected in St. Louis, Mo-, by large ma
jority. Winner, Mayor, was inaugurated
on the 18th.
General Intelligence.
The proposals for building the steam
revenue cutter ordered by the last Congress
were opened at the Treasury Department
on the 10Th April The bids range from
$s4, $40 up to $3.50, O,OOO-the sum appro-
priated by Congress for the construction Of
the vessel. All the prominent New York
builders are in for the contract, and it is
believed it will be awarded to one Of them.
The Department of the Interior has
nearly completed the arrangements for the
construction of the wagon road to the
Pacific. Proposals have been issued by
the Post Office Department for carrying
the entire letter mail from the Mississippi
to San Francisco in four horse coaches,
semi-monthly, weekly and. semi-weekly. -
Mr.. II. Noble, of Minnesota, John Kirk,
of California, and VIM. Magraw, of Mis-
souri,, have been appointed Commissioners
to superintend the construction Of the
wagon roads to California.
The Cabinet at Washington, on the 18th
April, held long consultation upon the
official reports Of our Ministers in New Gra-
NADIA, announcing the failure Of their efforts
to effect an amicable adjustment of the
difficulty existing between that republic
and the United States. 1t is said that the
government is resolved to protect the
rights of Americans in that quarter, and
three or four vessels of war will be dis
patched thither without delay to- Jbfing
about an understanding upon the question
in dispute.
The anomalous condition of affairs in
Utah is, next to the slavery question, the
most perplexing domestic subject now be-
fore the government and people Of the
United States. Since the day the Nor
mons made themselves power in the poll
tics of Illinois, no administration has pos
sessed the courage to oppose them. Mr..
Buchanan and his Cabinet, however, are
about to attempt revolution among the
Latter Day Saints. 1t is proposed TO send
to Utah q military force OF twenty-five
hundred men, officered by persons of char
acter, who have families ; and judges and
executive officers Of worth and high stand
ing, who have families, are to be appointed
in place of Brigham Young and his Satel-
lites. These measures will, it is believed,
afford ample protection to the Territorial
functionaries, and at the same time impart
an enlightened and purer tone TO the NOR
ais of the community. The order recently
issued from the War Department, with
drawing Gen. Harney from the conduct Of
the Indian war in Florida, and directing
him to repair to Fort Leayenworth, there
to await special instructions, may perhaps
have something to do with the contempla-
ted coup d. eiat of the administration.
Kalloch, the Boston clergyman, who
was tried for adultery, is quite a lion in