, 1858-08-20
PUGET SOUND HERALD.
sTEILACoOM, W. T., AUG, 20, 1858.


tbtfatlOn concur IN regarding Dotn inc pTlncIpe
and practice Of the right Of search as abandoned
by Great Britain. The government has resolved,
It is said, to despatch an efficient naval force to-
Nicaragua to protect our citizens there, and in
sure the opening Of the Transit route to the com.
merce Of the world. Late accounts from Para
quay indicate favorable settlement Of our diff,
flculty with that republic. Our dispute with
New Granada, however, is not likely to be adjust.
I'd speedily. The new constitution Of that coun.
try was duly signed on the 22d Of May. It is,
now looked upon as certain that the Cass. Herren,
convention will not be ratified unless prompt
measures are taken by our government to bring
the New Granadans to terms. The steamers
Arctic and Water Witch have been ordered home
from the Gulf They will repair TO Washington.
R7 We have received authentic accounts Of out
RACES perpstrated by Montgomery's free State
banditti upon peaceble and inOaensive inhabitants
of Kansas These rufians, armed and wen
mounted, roam about the country plundering
travellers and settlers Unfortunately. To such
an extent have their dcpredatiOns been carried,
and 50 formidable have the banditti become, that
Gov. Denver has recently issued proclamation
declaring Lynn, Licking and Bourbon counties in
a statc Of insurrcction, and proclaiming martial
law therein. lie also ordered the militia to be
called out to aid in preserving the peace; aud
accordingly several hundred men were soon in
the field, armed and organized to act against the
public enemy. Gov. Denver is determined to
extirpate the williams who have so long infested
the localities designated, and will use all the
power in his hands to eiEectsO desirable an OBJ
ject llsn'. 5,- ~ ... i.5,. y sss .
The Democrats Of Iowa held Convention on
the Gath June for the nomination Of State officers
Among tho resolutions reported was one endors-
ing the Administration Of Mr. Buchanan. This
resolution elected force debate and it was final
alylaid on the table BY vote Of 1853 toll2.
A dispatch from Washington says: Should the
news about Col. Steptoe's situation in Oregon
prove true, one Of tho regiments Of infantry now
In Utah win be Immediately pushed forward to
Fort Malla Walla. g teits 49, t,s = -. =
Tho lumber yard of Van Week, Churchill q
Parker, at Buffalo, was destroyed by ilre on the
night Of the LIST July. The loss Is put at ESQ.,
600, Of which $is, 900 werc insured. =,
,aFrank p. Blair, Jr., has been nominated by the
Republicans Of St. Louis for reelection to Con
.grsssa Theresolatiousr passed by the Nominating
Convention were Or Free-SoiIish tone, boldly adj
vocating the total extinction Of slavery in Mis-
souri, and the removal Of the negroes from the
State. There VIM be 1 desperate triangular Fight
,oyer this election, as the Americans have candi.
date IN the iield. 9s'.9 A " isel .,.S. ",
), James B. Swain, editor Of the Albany Register,
has been arrested on the complaint Of Archbishop
Hughes, who charges him with libel The matter
grew out Of tie recent statement inthe Register,
concerning secret society called tho (" Circle oi
Jesus" Of which II was alleged the Archbishop
was membe. Swain was held to bail, s's
. Commodore Vanderbilt has succeeded in obtain
ing from the Nicaraguan Government the eonces.
sion Of the Transit route, and will reopen it in the
course Of two or three months si1a& s,.s
The weather in New York since June 25th
has been intensely hot, the thermometer ranging
In the shade at from So to 100 during nearly the
whole period The deaths from sun-stroke have
oecn hOre NUMEROUS 'nahcser ~ any IO'neE pef
riOd, The number chrcnicIcd last week, in n. York
and Brooklyn alone, reaching to upwards Of one
hhndrod. esus r@qrN z g @g gsfiss
"A violent assault was committed at the Metro
polltan, In New York, upon Hiram Webb, BY
William Mulligan. Webb, i said, was prom;
incnt member Of the San Fancisco Vigilance
Committee, and Mulligan is one Of the gentlemen
whose absehce from California was enforced by
that Committee The assault was committed m
tho hall Of the hotel In the presence, Il q said