Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-01-07


ter "a attack Of single day, The Liberals with all
their superior advantages Of superior forces, good
position and fertilization, having been defeated and
forced to retire The eOndicien of the country was
daily growing worse. =
The overland mail, with dates to the 10th Of De-
cember, four days later, arrived at St. Louis the
4th inst, with three through passengers. A rich
quartz vein has been dscoveredin the vicinity
Francisco. The news from Frazer river is more IA
vorable. The last steamer brought down $500,
Gen. Harvey designed opening military roads be-
tween various military posts in Washington Terrific
ry The news from Salt lake ssys that the United
States Marshal had been prevented from serving
processes on Brigham Young by guards That
worthy expected that Judge Sinclair would call up
on the military to enforce the orders of this court
Four hundred troops left Camp Scott to guard the
government animals which are winteriDg in the vai'
legs. Business at San Francisco was dull. Passen-
gers report meeting Pardee, the expressman, oOU
miles beyond Ell Paso, IL daysout. He would prob
ably make trip in II days Ben Mccullough is
at Ell PasO en- roats for Guaymas, Sonora. The Ca
manches are lurking around the mail stations in a
threatening manner They bad already shot at
some of tue mail cOmpany's men, while hauling wa
ter. The Apaches are friendy.s About 400 are en-
camped at Apache Pass.
A dispatch from New York, dated the 4th says
A heavy snow storm prevailed all night with q
driving northwest wind. The snow on an average
is fully one foot Deep but il has drfted CONSIDERABLY
and the streets are badly blocked Hp The Their
moneter at O'CLOCK was &c, with the snow still
f Hing heavily.
SEINE apprehensions exists for the safely of the
steamer Weser which left Bremen on the 2Oth oi
n. yember Am ng her passengers are Gi flaws
of st. Louis; VIM. Weseher, Of Chieogo, aud Peter
and George Klein, of Beihleham, Pa
The train from Boston has not arrived, and tele-
graph dispatch from Worcester announces that 1t Is
blocked IN by snow two miles east of that place
The Americas mails will consequently not reach
here before tomorrow. All trains on the Eastert
roads are detaineI by snow
The snow storms unusually severe on Long
Island Sound Two of the East rn steamers due
this morni; have net yet arrived, The Gamer
Plymoth Rock, from StOnlngton, due this morning,
arrived at O'Clock this afternoon
The English papers received by the Fulton an
nounee the appointment of Lord Lyons, to succeed
Lord Napier, as Mnirter to the United States. The
report received from Halifax Of the appointment Of
Lord AbercrOmbe, was the mistake of the person
who prepared the dispatch of news by the Fulton.
Mr. Lituejohn, Black Republican, has been elect
ed Speaker of the New York Assembly. The House
Committee have, by one majority, agreed to report
a bill repeating The fishing bounties.
Mr.. Colfax, of Indiana, will shortly introduce
bill in the House of Representatives organizing
Territorial Government for Coloma, which embrace:
all the recently disceved gold region al Pixies Peal
and parts of Kansas, Nebraska, Ulah, and New
Mexico nearly all being taken from Kansas, and
comprising about 122, 900 sqnare miles