, 1859-07-15
ARRIVAL OF THE NORTHERNER.


San Francisco. We are again indebted
to Messrs. 7. NJ. REED and J. Z. WHIr-
WORTH, of this place, for files of late papers
from the Atlantic States and California.
From them we clip the following summary
of news:
The only political news of moment is the
,4election in Virginia, which has resulted in
the election OF Fletcher by a diminished
majority from that given to Wise. His
exact majority is in dispute, and cannot be
settled without further adviccs, though it
is not believed that it will fall short Of
5000 The Democrats have been success
ful in nearly all the Congressional districts.
An amusing incident connected with this
election was au artiiicG practiSed by the
friends of Mayo, candidate for the Legis-
lature. They CREASED the paper on which
his tickets were printed, so as to prevent
scratching, it being impossible on paper pre-
pared in that way to inscribe legible
mark with pen or pencil
The canvass in Kentucky, says the Re
publican, has, it will be seen, been dis.
gracefully signalized by fight with dead
ly weapons between two of the candidates
/ for Congress- in which one Of them was
wounded severely, and a bystander, it is
supposed, mortally. B. F. Rice was the
candidate who was wounded. His oppo-
nent was T. 7. Garrad. The man sup
posed to be killed will be unrccognized
abroad, his name being Smith. Since this
affair the accounts of the canvass on the
clark and bloody ground" are tanner.
In Ohio, it is gratifying to say the Su-
preme Court has declined to bring the
State jurisdiction into conflict with that of
the United States, by refusing the applica-
tion for writ of habeas corpus in the cases
Of the Oberlin rescuers, who have been
convicted Of a rescue in violation of the
fugitive slave law.
While reports have come in that Walk
er, the Glibuster, was now in Sonora, and
then in Acapulco, he Unexpectedly turns
up in New York, where he arrived last
Saturday, May 9th, with an aid-de-camp
called Gen. Natzmer, In this connection
We may add that day before yesterday,
May 30th, the St. Nicholas Hotel, New
York, was the scene of row in which
Col Titus, Capt. Anderson, Gen Wheat
and Others figured. Titus was drawn out
of the melee badly beaten.
The NeD York Herald of May 30th cen
tains the following telegraphic dispatches
from Washington
WASHINGTON, May 29.-Letters, official
a nd privoto pvI,irh bora ;rst baon roo,;vod
from our Minister at Vienna, throw some
additional light upon the peculiar and per-
ious condition of affairs existing through
out the Austrian domnions, aud also inl
regard to the embarrassments and difficul,
ties under which she labors to raise funds
to prosecute the war 1t is well known,
he says, to every one who has resided for
any length Of time at her capitol, that she
has been on the verge Of bankruptcy for
some time, and that she has been in the
habit, and is doing the same thing now, of
resorting to every expedient known 10 ma
tioDs 10 procure funds to avert that which
must, sooner or later overtake her. Great
distrust is exhibited on the part Of her
su6jects-and, it is alleged, by some of her
Mnisters-as TO the prOpriely of rushing
headlong into general war; when it might
have been averted, provided she had mani
tested a proper and forbeariRg spirit
Great depression, he says, exists in all
branches of business. The reported secret
treaty of alliance between France and
Russia, when it was announced at Vienna,
produced quite sensation.
Dispatches and instructions are being
prepared at the Navy Department for the
African squadron. The flagship Cumber-
land has been ordered home, and the Con
stellation, which is now being fitted out, will
take her place. The Dale has also arrived,
and will be replaced by the San Jacinto,
Mohican, and Portsmouth. The latter
has already sailed.
The time expired yesterday for the exc
cution of the contract of Mr.. johnson, the
Nicaraguan mail contractor, but the Post
master General has not decided what
course he will pursue in the premises The
Administration is determined to open the
Nicaragua route il, some shape.
The charges preferred against Mr. Cook,
the Chicago Postmaster, have all been ex-
amined and cleared up, the entire satisfac-
tion of the Department and the President.
Mr.. Stoecki, the Russian Minister, ar
rived here yesterday, and in the afternoon
paid his respect to the Secretary of State.
WASHINGTON, May I9.-Gen. Jerez, Min
lister from Nicaragua, has been officially
notified of the Belly contract, but with
such amendments as avoid complications
or inpediments in the fulfllment of trea-
ties with other nations, our own included.
1t comedies 10 Mr.. Belly no important
grants or privileges until the canal shall
have been completed Costa Rica, it will be
recoIected, first ratified this contract, and
her assent to the amendments made by
Nicaragua will therefore be necessary be.
fore it can take effect From what is
known here, it is not probable that she
! will acqnesce. However, Mr. Belly's