, 1860-03-30

Ahe Oah'e re mails Of 23d and 01,L
January arrived at Independence on SS.S
February. 1t was accompanied nv -''n ~
cort from Fort Union. No Indian. :" q
seen on the route The snow Ne. "ene "
deep from Fort Union to Rabbit Ear 'e'y
On 25th February, Mr.. Keitt, Of S0,,,,
Carolina, received a dispatch annonD.;"l
that his brother, a physician residine
Pilitaka, had been murdered in his b"S ~
some OF his negroes, who almost seva,.y
his head from his body. He wa, su ~ u,
time con6ued to his bed by Illness '"'
The carriage and pillow factory Of P,.,,
l. Gordon, together with the private r.', ~
dence Of Mr.. Platt, at Salem, Ind rs.f s.f
burned on 22d February. Loss S9o may NM
insured for So, 400.
The stores Of J. & J. L. Yates G.o,-.
Cowen and William Harrell, at HarI,1De
Ind, together with the depot and lhrss =,
four cars Of the Ohio and Mississipni P.S1
road, were destroyed by FIRE on 22d Febrn
ary, Loss, $4,000.
The White Spring Mills, Geneva Nv
owned by james McSheldon, barn dv.1
ling, grain, flour, and 200 sheen. wer, 4
stroyed by FIRE, on the night Of Gath ri,
ruary; loss $40, 900, about ons-half insured
On the morning of 10th February IN.
tobacco stemmery Of George W. Walker
Jr., at Rockfroot, No, was DESTROYED b1
fire. Tobacco to the amount Of As OO6
fully insured, was destroyed, and On N.
building there was an insurance. Of 81 500
The evening previous, 5000 in notes Il
the Bank Of Glasgow, were deposited ia
the building, and were consumed.
Yhe Touring mill of D. Y. Rust, in Be-
ment, Va, was destroyed by Ere, on The
night Of 25th February. Loss, $4,000;
partly insured. ~
PAUIFIc RAnRoAD CONVENTION AT WAsH-
INeToN.-The correspondent Of the St. LOui,
Republican, writing from Washington under
data Of February 29d, says:
The friends OF the Pacific Railroad meas.
ure are 10 hold a Convention here in q few
days, which will be participated in BY mem.
bers Of both Houses Of Congress, with .
view to making the measure the leading
object of the present Congress, adjourniug
all other legislation which may interfere
with its success. There is no doubt Of he
fact that large majority Of both Houses
Of Congress favor Pacific Railroad bll,
but the enterprise is so grand that but Few
have the boldness to undertake to engineer
it, and press it forward. 1t is belieYed
that by means Of a Convention, scme par
ties may be designated to take the lead
which all are willing to follow. NJ
The SHoEMAKERs' "SrR1KE1 IN Mass,.
CHUsETrs.-The shoemaker strike in Mas.
sachusetts is still going on, but has not ysl
resulted in anything serious. On 23d Feb
ruary it was consummated ut Lynn, Mar
blehead, Natick and Dover The Exeeu-
tive Committee Of the Lynn strikers have
ordered a strong police Of their own mum.
Der TO preserve the peace, who, together
with the Lynn Light Infantry, held in read
mess at their armOry, and detachment oi
the Boston police, form a force sufficient 10
oVerawe few turbulent spirits, and 20 se-
rious otbreak has occurred, and none Is a.
pected. Attorney. General Phillips aud
Mujor-Generul Sutton addressed the militia
~, counseling moderation and 6rmness in
any emergency.
TIE "PoNY ExPREss" BETWEEN SAH
FRANcIsoo AND EEW YoRY.-In the adver-
tising columns Of the San Francisco Buls
tin, Mr.. FinDey, agent Of the Central
Overland Pony Express Company 40
nounces the arrangements that have been
made for the Transmission Of Letters and
telegraphic dispatches between San Fran
cisco and New York, by means Of bis con-
pany. The FIRST express will leave Sau
Francisco on the Sd of April The Sehed'
ule time, for telegraphic dispatches, BE-
tween San Francisco and New York, 1
nine days; the time for letters is hirtnU
days. NJ