St. Mary's beacon., 1858-06-24

"A r6rs0r hrs been liz circulation IN w aslnngtoL
/ fvr day q two past 10 tie effect that the Cab
inei was about b. be bsoken up-that Secretary
/ Cobb was 70 give place % Senator rearee o.
Maryland, in the Treasury Department. and
that Secretary Floyd would retire from Tn.
War Department. growing ont Of persursl
difficulty between Secretaries Cobb and Floyd.
The Union thus notices these rum0rs. without
however. denying the probability Of their -
| tireH7enf. -
AIth0ugh the present cabinet Is probably the
most harmonious one that has ever existed IN
the history of che government, the public ID
every n0w and then edited b. some cunningiy-
devised fable OF isseutions. jealnuses and alien
atiocs among is members. We believe the
latest runner Of the sort refers TO the Secretaries
of Treasury and Of War. II proclaims. FIRST,
an alienation between these two gentlemen. and
second, an actual resignation By both Of their
respective positions! The first part OF the al
legation obtained currency ny having received.
by some accident. an interrngatgFy and incred-
uioiis mention in the columns Of the New York
Herald. The other part. we suppose. grew out
Of the first, and was banded about the Capitol
yesterday morning for few hours
We stated some time ago that the President
entertained entire and implicit confidence in
each and every member Of his cabinet we can
add now IN response TO this new class Of rn-
mors which have had . more recent invention,
that the utmost good feeling exists between all
the members Of the cabinet and If any two Of
them are on terms more cordial than the rest,
they happen 30 be the very gentlemen whom
this latest and freshest runur ANNOUNCES to be
At dasger's draw.
Mas Avn. y9xuA@-ThA 4a.i.lx seminary
now visible in the southern section u che hea-
vcus every fair evening-tha. red cUrnslian Of
the sky--is the veritablo planet Mars. he u
not far 10 apparent position, from the constel-
lation Scorpio. Ills distance from q, rs he
completes bis circuit every twenty-five months,
varies from about $40 million miles 70 50 mil
lions. This variation in distance occasions, Of
course, d diversity in his apparent size. When
nearest 70 US, he appears somewhat rs at pres
ent--large glowing brilliant, aud some twenty
ave times larger than when farthest from US.
At his remote extreme, he is hardly noticeable
as an ordinary star. His diameter is about
1900 miles. He presents 10 the good tele-
scopic eve, spout on his ftill-orbed surface which
hare declared the fact and the period Of his AK
ial rotation. His orbital speed is about fifty-
five thousand rifles On hour He was in OPP
position to the sun nearly three weeks since-I
Mars is an object now worthy Of more than a
mere cursory glance.
Give him an attentive look and after hav-
ing satisfied your eyes with his rubrick rays,
turn towards the west, and view the silvery
Venus, now in her crescent phase. These two
planets are sometimes in conjunction; and per-
haps thence arose the fable Of antiquity respect
Ing the rule conduct OF the very god Mars and
the beautiful GODDESS Venus.--Blsson Post.
SALT LAKE CrrY.-Harpcr's Weekly gives
an account of Salt Lake City, from which we
learn thar it is four miles in length by three in
breadth, vering IL square mikes Of ground.
The streets are laid out at right angles, and
are each l22 feet wide. The sidewalks are rs
feet in width. A city ordinance requires that
each house shall be set 20 feet from the street,
and that shade trees shall be planted in front.
Each block from street to street is SO rods
square, and eight building lots are allowed to
each block. The dwellings are mostly long
one-story brick buildings. The city has q
pleasant appearance. The river Jordan,
uniting Great Salt and Utah Lakes, is west Of
the city To the South, for a distance
Of % miles, is . plain. On the East
and North are the slopes Of the mountain
range. There ID a hot spring near the city,
stream from which the Marmons have
turned into their bathing houses. A strram
Of water running through the site where the
city stands, has been turned by various bran
ches into each street, supplying every family
with pure water; aud these streams enable the
inhabitants to raise trees and flowers which
could not be grown in that climate without
irrigation. The city was founded in the fall
of lS47.
BAYLIs, THE SLAVE SrEALER.-We learn
from the Norfolk Argus that the wife of w.
d. Bayliss writes from Wilmington, Del, to
an officer at Petersburg, and inquiries whether
or not he knows any possible way by which he
and Simpkins his mate, can be cotton out of
prison. She states that Bayliss has borne
good character and that the sad intelligence Of
her husbands guilt and shame will probably
cause her death.
The officer writes that she may abandon all
hope Of his escape, aud that he will no doubt
serve for many years in the penitentiary. The
ways Of the traiisgressor il hard Bayliss has
since been sentenced to the penitentiary for 40
years, which is equal 20 life, as he is about 30
years Uf age.
The Reason WHY.-The Buffalo CONNER
cial comes to the aid of Mr.. Fillmore to relieve
him from the discredit of selling his presenta-
ton carriage at auction. The proceeds of that
sale were Invested in . service Of plate, the
salver bearing this inscription "The carriage
and horses generously presented to Mrs. Nil
lard Fillmore, by the citizens OF New York, in
1850, having been sold in 1853, the proceeds
are invested in this set Of plate, rs perpetual
memento VI gratitude 10 the donors"
IxrRovKNESrs AT Mouxr DE- SALEs-The
sisters of charity having the charge Of the school
at Mount de Sales have determined 10 enlarge
their building by the coostruction dc IN addi-
tional wing. The new part will be 20 feet
wide, 80 feet long and Eve stories and base
n,ent high. 1t will be constructed BY Mr.. Mi
chaeI Roche, who has already begun the work.
This building win DO &c additional dovmitories
and Tor other purposes required, and fur which
the present building has not sufficient room.-
San Of Saturday.
The American Bank made q deed Of trust this
morning, and their assets will 20 into the hands
of William Alexander, ESQ.,, Trustee. This
bank was Of short duration-having been in
operation only some ninety days. The banks
here declined TO take their paper from the frat.
as the officers would not come into the clearing