, 1858-07-30

have barely alluded, had tendency to pro
duce this result =
The most important feature in the news
brought from the east by the Golden Age
is the entire dissipation Of any idea of a
cause Of war with Great Britain. The IN.
authorized insult offered TO our flag by her
cruisers 10 the Gnlf Of Mexico, in the
searching Of our commercial marine, under
pretence that they suspect them of being
slavers, has been promptly disavowed, and
measures have been taken to prevent re-
petition Of the offence, and TO make the
amende honorable. Orders have been given
from the British Legation to the admiral
and officers in command of the West India
squadron to stop oil Interference with
American ships, and the obnoxious British
steamer Styz has been recalled 10 Halifax.
No further trouble is anticipated.
The latest news from Utah, indicates a
peaceable settlement of difficulties between
the government and that territory, and the
end of the war with the Mormons. Still
the reports from there are very contradicto-
ry. BY one mail we learn that the Nor
mons are leaving Utah, and by the next
that they are not. 1t appears, however,
that they do not intend to molest the
troops. Brigham Young has surrendered
to Governor Cumming the seals Of the Ter
ritory. Previous to the final adjournment,
the President transmitted message to
both Houses Of Congress, communicating,
on the authority of an accompanying des-
patch from Gov Cumming, the agreeable
intelligence that our difficulties with the de-
luded population of Utah, have, as it is be.
lieTed, received pacific termination. 1t
appears that Gov. Cumming was cordially
welcomed to Salt Lake City by Brigham
Young, and other distinguished church dig
nitaries. The records aud library are un-
impaired. Capt Marcy had not returned
from New Mexico One report has it that
he has been cut of, whilst another has him
on the Cherokee trail, two hundred miles
from Fort Bridger.
-Four days before the municipal election
in New Orleans, a Vigilance Committee
was formed, barricades thrown up, and ev-
cry preparation made for a most sanguina-
ry conflict. Reason returned, and with it
the men to their homes The election pass.
ed off quietly. Gerard Stith, the Amsri-
can candidate for Mayor, was elected by
1870 majority.
One Of the most destructive steamboat
disasters that has occurred for a long time,
took place in June on the Mississippi, near
Memphis, Tennessee The steamer Penn.
sylrania, bound to st. Louis, from New Or
leans, exploded her boiler, causing fear
fol loss, it is isfeared, of over hundred and
fifty lives. On the following day, the steam
er Eclipse met with an accident, just below
Natchez, by which several persons were
killed and injured. I
Aside from these, the freshets in the ives.
tern rivers, the past season, have been more
disastrous than was ever known before. In
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois aud Missouri, whole
villages have been swept away by lorna
dos, involving the loss of many lives, aud
the destruction Of millions Of dollars worth
Of property. In some parts Of the coun-
try, unprecedented haiLstorms have des-
troyed the crops Of the farmer. From the
Balize to the Upper Mississippi, we hear Of
nothing but disaster The damage to the
sugar and cotton interest in Louisiana is
almost incalcnlable, while in Mississippi and
Tennessee, the loss in cotton alone amounts
to millions from the overflow.
The establishment of Territorial Gov.
ernment for Arazona, was postpOsed in
Congress until next session.
The Senate decided that Mossrs Bright
and Fitch, Of Indiana, are entitled to seats
The Maryland contested election case has
been postponed till next December.
Secretary Cobb has given notice to the
successful bidders for the new issue Of $I,-
600, 900 Of treasury notes, to come forward
aud supply the needgll, as per contract.
! Tue appropriations for various purposes
at the late session amounted to $50 000, 000
In the civil appropriation bill, nearly q
million Of dollars is appropriated to the
coast works upon the Pacific and Atlantic
Gulf, and the northwestern lakes
The Senate amendments to the Supple
mental aud Indian Deficiency bills we're
agreed to by the House, and passed.
The House passed the SIS, ,OOO, 900 loan
bill, and the Secretary Of the Navy intends
to build the eight new war steamers as soon