Volcano weekly ledger., 1857-02-21
Condensed Items.
HOMER.

Adams & Co.'S certificates are quoted in
the San Francisco markets at cts. on the
dollar . . The Sultan has desired the servi-
ces of one of the Crimean postmasters to Or
ganize the post Office department in Turkey.
80. There are Is distillereS in active opera
tion in Bourbon county, KY. Gen. Shields
has removed to the territory of Minnesota,
and is candidate for the u S. Senate
when admission is asked as a State. A
Baptist Female College has been chartered
in Boone county, Mo -. Wilson Shannon.
ex-Gov. of Ohio and Kansas has gone to
Kansas to reside . . .l3 Chapters of Royal
Arch Masons were established in Illinois
during 1856 -. The John L. Stevens
brought no mail from New Orleans on the
l4th instant. 20, 600 grape vines were
sent to San Francisco for sale. d. . i. A propo-
siton TO have all voting be by ballot, has
been introduced in the Legislature of Mo.
In San Francisco, on Sunday the 18th,
inst John Williams saved man, being the
sixth person he has saved from drowning.
Gen. Wool has been relieved from the com.
mand of the U. S. forces on the Pacific.
The Treasurer of Sonoma County has been
arrested and lodged in Jail, charged with rob-
bng himself so buildings have been erect
ed in Iowa Hill since the fire. {. . The San
Francisco Herald has been enlarged to its
former largest size.. The gambling law"
having been sustained by the Supreme Court,
is being enforced throughout the State. :.
A court for the sole use of insolvents is
needed in San francisco. 2, ,4SS, ,243 oun-
ces of gold was shipped from Melborne, Aus
trala, up to Nov. l2th 1856.
U. S. SENAToRs-T following new SEN
ators have been elected by the respective
Legislatures during the month of January
Simon Cameron, Rep, from Pennsylvania; /;
Charles Sumner, Rep, from Massachusetts, (;
z. Chandler. Rep, from Michigan; Hannibal
Hamilton (ong term) and Amos Nourse,
(short term) Republicans, from Maine; Jas
F. Simmons, Rep, from Rhode Island /;
Trusten Polk (long term) and Jas. S. Green,
(short term) Democrats from Missouri.
BANKS IN ILLINOIS Several of the Banks
in the State of Illinois are based on the bonds
of the State of California. When the news
of the decision of our Supreme court reached
the East, it caused quite stampede among
the bill holders against those banks Should
the bonds be rcpudiated, we thus see that the
loss would not fall alone on the bond holders,
but would extend into the thousandand-one
ramifcations Of life and injure many an inno-
cent man in other places than this State,
De Soro is to be the name of new city
on the Mississippi River opposite vicksburg
Certainly the discoverer of the Father of
Waters" should be thus honored. Being the
terminus of Railroad lines to many places in
the far west the place. bids fair to become
an appropriate monument to the brave and
and chvalric Spaniard who penetrated the
trackless forests to the shores of the great
river, the pride of the continent.
MINISTER FROM ENGLAND TO THE U. S.
Lord Elgn, the late governor of Canada, is
said to be intended for next Minister from
the Court of st. James to Washington, in the
place of Mr.. Champion dismissed He will
not, however, be sent out until after the in
suguration Of Mr. Buchanan