Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1858-06-30
SUMMARY OF NEWS.

macy, has just been unfolded in letter from a
reliable source to the N. Y. Tribune. The
writer says :-ssM. Felix Belly and his French
sit Company with its new treaty on the other,
have been completely out-generaled by Com
modore Vanderbilt, who has made personal
treaty with Nicaragua, backing it with loan
of 100000 from his own pocket, and has
thereby secured to himself monopoly of the
Transit Route for term of years! The appre-
tensions of our contemporaries that Louis Ma
poleon was about to take military possession
of the Nicaragua transit, and the nonsense a.
bout our fighting him thereupon in pursuance
of ssthe Monroe doctrine" are all overheard
together. The Transit Route is safe in Amer
ican hands, under a contract which secures its
reopening within ninety days and its mainte-
nance thereafter. So Mons. Belly may retire.
STORM IN New YORK.-On Monday after
noon, June Dist, New York city and vicinity
was visited by a severe storm. Several houses
were blown down, new church, nearly COM
pleted, was laid fat with the ground, Chin
neys were blown over, roofs torn off, scaffolds
of unfinished buildings were scattered, fences
prostrated, awnings torn to shreds, and trees
torn out by the root. number of persons
were more or less injured-some having legs
or arms broken. In Brooklin the storm did
much damage. Besides blowing off roots,
demolishing fences, &c, several boats were
capsized. On Long Island the storm was ter
ifc, prostrating buildings, and doing much
other damage. a wing of the American
Flint Glass Works, $50 feet in length, which
was built of brick, was blown down, and 25
persons, who were at work in the building,
were buried in the ruins. The groans of those
under the ruins, the agony of parents looking
for children, brothers for sisters, and friends
for friends, all blended in the general tumult,
rendered the scene most heart-rendering and
appalling. Singular as it may seem, with the
exception Of two who were killed, the rest
were taken out of the mass of rubbish with
comparatively slight injuries.
ANEW MovEMENr.-A despatch from " ash
ington under date of June "a, says the Ad-
Nicaragua and Costa Rica. 1t is believed in
diplomatic circles that NJ. Belly acted under
secret instructions from Louis Napoleon,
though he had no official position. The nomi-
| nation of Marcoletta as Minister to France
| confirms this nomination.
| FRANCE AND ENGLASD.-We see by the for
eign news that trouble is apprehended shortly
| between France and England. Tho London
| Time, intimates that the French powers are
preparing for an invasion of England.
The UNEMPLOYED IN THE WESTERN Cities
Buffalo, Chicago and some other western cities,
| it appears, are overrun with laborers and me-
chanics, who are unable to find employment.
| In the former place last week, several hundred
Of this class paraded the streets, demanding
sswork or bread" In Chicago the demand for
labor by poor people has been SO great that
street commissioners have been enabled to
supply each man but two days in week, at
seventy-fye cents per day.
| CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS, only son of John
Quincy Adams, is spoken of as a candidate
for Congress in the district now represented by
Mr.. Damrell, whom i'll health obliges to de-
cline being candidate for reelection. This
is the same district represented for fourteen
years by the ssold man eloquent.''
UTAH AFFAIRs.-Despatches were received
i
Johnston also letters from civil officers at
| Fort Bridger. Some of the latter were dated
21st and others the 26th of May. The former
speak confidently of probable pacification
through the instrumentality of Cumming S
| efforts, who had been six weeks in various
parts of the Territory. and had succeeded in
| satisfying the Mormors that Cancellation
was practicable without compromising them
or the Federal authorities. All Brigham
| Young asked was fair trial, but he objected
to a Jury from the Camp. Judge Eckles had
thwarted Gov. Cumming seriously by his ex-
tra-judicial Intervention, land it was known that
others were combined with him for the same
object. The last dates present a less prom
ising aspect OF affairs, and mainly from the
f.preceedngsT which, Judge EckIes and; the
'IsUnfed<States Marshal had sought to institute,
in defiance of the Governors policy. 1t was
believed that their efforts were directed to-
ward collision, as the most efectual means
| bf shBjdgation.t Brigham Young had assured
Gov. Cumming that he was willing to give
himself up if he4could have a reasona bic chance
| of justice. The ,fatestifetters. State that Gov
Cumming would go to Salt Lake about. the / st
I of june, attended by the other civil officers.
Mr. Forney, the Indian Agent, was to accom-
Pany HIM ia and nd to open an oes there or at
with several tribes of Indians, and reports
| favorable progress with others. If bloodshed
now occurs in Utah it will be mainly owing to
the rash measures of those whose first duty il
is to preserve peace. Instructions have al
ready been issued here to stop Judge Eckles's
foolhardy course, and additional orders will
go by the next mail.
SHOCKING GAccIpENr.-AMa Masonic celebration