Daily national Democrat., 1860-07-24
News by the Pony ExDress.

ST. LOUIS, July 10th The difficulty in ref
erence to the California ocean mails is finally
settled The mails will leave on the steamer
TO morrow. Vanderbilt agrees to carry them
ull the 4th of March for the postage, and the
PRESIDENT Is to recommend in his annual mes
sage such additional compensation as NAV be
reasonable. The amount is not made public.
Previously the Administration had determin-
ed to send the mails by the revenue cutters
Harriet Lane and others.
Before the settlement, Senator Gwin had n
grand blow up with the President and Post
master General Holt, who refused to carry
out the promise relative to the Overland and
Ocean mails. Gwin appealed to the Presi-
dent to know if he sustained Holt. lie said
he did. Gwin left and told the President he
deserved to have no friends, and that he
would never darken the door of the White
House while he filled it. 1t is not known
whether the difficulty is yet reconciled
IN effort is being made to get the Post
master General to send some weekly service
by the Central route, and also to appropriate
$40, 900 for the Pony Express. The result is
not known. 1t was to have been determined
in the Cabinet to-day.
Orders have been issued by the War De-
partment to the commandants of the Western
Department to furnish all aid in their howe,
to the Pony Express between Missouri and
Camp Floyd, and to insure speed and GER
tainty.
Gwin leaves on the steamer tomorrow fol
San francisco. Latham goes by the Over
land coach of July 18th Breckinridge does
not go, In consequence of the illness of his
wife.
No progress has been made in the coalition
OF the Two factions to run one ticket in any
State.
The Douglas men of Pennsylvania intend
to call State Convention delegate or mass
to MI the vacancies in the electoral ticket
In New Jersey the Breckenridge men talk OF
pursuing the same course.
The probabilities now are that two Demo-
cratic tickets will be run in all the closely
contested States.
Mayor Wood is out in a letter urging the
Democracy in every State to run one ticket.
1t is poorly responded to-
There is very little political excitement in
the country.
The Republicans of Missouri have nomina-
ted full State ticket-James B. Gardenhire
for Governor and James Lindsay for Lieut..
Governor.
The Pony Express of this week has not ar
we'd.
Bowman has retired from the editorial con
duct of the Constitution. VIM b. Brown, is
now editor. On the 9th, Schnabel entered
the office and assaulted Bowman with a stick
while sitting in his chair. One of the clerks
nterfered and Schnabel retreated He was
arrested. The reason Of the assault was an
article rejecting on Schnabel's conduct
Edward French, late Superintendent of the
Hpaa I'.-f, !.
the day on which his trial for embezzement
was to have taken place.
On the morning of July 9th, when the four
story grocery store of Hare & McCord, at st.
Joseph, fell, it was Immediately afterwards
consumed by fire. The walls buried Tenants
house, adjoining, and killed two families
numbering nine persons, hamburger and wife,
two children, servants and four members of
the family of Berce. The latter and his SON
in.law were taken out alive. The fire con-
sumed also the building of Walter Il Farligh.
The entire loss is near $2O0,O
The fire at Leavenworth, in the saddlery
shop of Conan d Duff, on Delaware street,
destroyed a number buildings. In the ag-
gregate there was considerable loss
Kephart, who murdered Mrs Wiles and
two children, at Batavia, Ohio, was hung by
mob of upwards of 200 men.
Rev. Mr.. Harden was executed at Belvi
iere New Jersey, July 9th. His neck was
not broken. and be died hard. lie made
confession privately.
Frederick Hoffman, the defaulting Secre-
tary of the Pacific Mail Company, was ar
rested July 9th, at Trenton Falls Oneida CO.,
New York, but denies he is the man.
Mrs. Schumacher and infant on Twenty
first street, New York, had their throats cut,
July 9Th, by Henry Hoffman, man in the
employ of the husband. Theft was the OBJ
iect of the murder.
The Dead Rabbits had picnic on Staten
Island, July 9th, and one of the party, John
Pheean, was stabbed and killed.
Rev. II. Ii. Nichols, pastor of the Congre-
gatonal Church, wife, child, brother.in-law,
and two daughters, were drowned near
Cleveland, July Sth, while bathing in the
lake
During a collision four or five persons were
instantly killed and three injured, July 6th
10y an explosion Of the evening boat, A. s.
Field, at Detroit.
To day the Secretary of the Treasury is
sued proposals, till the 10th of September, for
the use of lines of telegraph between Mis-
souri, river and San Francisco, the lowest
guaranteed offer to be taken.
Resolutions in support of the Union ticket
in New Jersey were voted down in Douglas
meeting at Newark, N j., July 9th.
The Douglas men resolved to have no COM
promise or fusion.
The Republicans of ST. Louis have renomi-
mated Frank p, Blair for Congress, and full
county ticket.
The schooner Clotilde, with one hundred
and twenty four Africans on board arrived
in Mobile bay July 9th. A steamboat i'm
mediately took the negroes up the river
The number of visitors to the Great East
ern is increasing. To day there were nearly
three thousand five hundred.
A new Douglas paper, the Sentinel, ap-
peared in New York last evening.