The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1861-04-09
Teiegraphic Summary.

Telegraphic Summary.
SAN Francisco, March 31.-John A.
McDougal was declared elected U. S.
Senator by the Legislature, in joint con-
ven,ion, to-day -receiying 56 of Ill
votes. He was afterwards awarded the
certificate of election by the. Governor.
Subsequently the clerk made affidavit OF
| 10 votes being cast, leaving Mr.. Nc
Dougal one vote short. An investiga-
ton is proposed.
All the California telegraph lines have
consolidated. and the new organ ization
undertakes to extend line eastward to
Salt Lake in the most expeditions man
ner possible. They will strive to COM
plete their line before the Eastern com
: panies extend theirs westward to Salt
Lake to join the California portion.
WASHINGTON, April 1.-The Presi-
dent has appointed Geo. Little Marshal
for North Carolina, David Phillips Mar.
shall and Lawrence Weldon Attorney for
the Southern District of Illinois also,
the following named Postmasters for
Missouri Peter L. Forey, Of ST. Louis ;
J. B. Alexander, Lington Almon P.
Richardson, Jefferson City Chas. l..
Muller, Hannibal VIM. L. Pyncheon.
Independence ; Stephen Haslet, Kansas
City j. L. Bellinger, St. Joseph also,
Melancton Smith, Rockford, hi. Z; Chas.
K. Judson Freeport, Ill.,; A. w. Adams,
Richmond, Ird and Geo. T.. Wilson,
Stubenville, Ind n.n
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, April 1.-The State
Auditor reports that the Lancaster Bank
has this day given full and ample securi.
ty for all of its circulation.
New York, April 2.-The Tribune
correspondence says that Gen. Scott has
given assurances that there has never
been any idea entertained by the admin.
istration of abandoning Fort Monroe.
The principles announced in the Inau-
gural will not be abandoned, and if mill.
tary necessity be accepted as to Fort
Sumter it will be for reasons which will
not hold to apply elsewhere.
The World says that the administra-
ton discredits the report of the sailing
of an Anglo-French fleet for our coast.
Advices from Virginia say that the
secessionists led by Messrs. Floyd, De
Jarnette, Mason and Ben McCulloch are
making super-human efforts to carry that
State. The latter says some coup d. etat
will be resorted TO, as in Texas, if the
convention fails to carry its point.
HARTFORD, April 2.-The Republi-
cans have elected their State ticket by
an increased majority. They carried
both branches of the legislature and first
and third congressional districts. They
have lost second. The fourth not fully
heard FROM
WASHINGTON, April 2.-The bids for
the new United States Loan were opened
to-day. About $4,000, 900 were bid for
The average for accepted bills was about
939, and no bids were accepted below
90 100. The bids ranged from 90
cents to par.
Proposals for 81 900, 300 of the loan
come from Boston. aud S26,oOo,OOO
from New York
A letter from the Secretary of the
Treasury to Collectors says, in conse-
quence of the control of the warehouses
of the Government posts of South Caro-
lima, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi,
Florida, and Texas having been usurped,
it is impracticable to continue the pro-
vision of bonding goods for transporta-
ton to those parts, and the Collectors
are instructed that no entries for trans
portation in bonds TO said ports can be
permitted.
The Posts Washington dispatch says
the question of the reinforcement of Fort
Sumter is still open, and reinforcement
is not considered impossible.
MONTGOMERY, April 2.-W II. Ward,
editor of the Key Of tile Gulf, has arri-
we'd here from Pensacola. He states
that on the Goth ult. the steamer Gen.
Rusk arrived at Key West with 200
troops for that place, and 100 for Tortu-
gas.
The Crusader had reached Key West,
with sealed orders, under charge of Capt
Craven, with marines.
The Brooklyn was going into Key
West ON the Goth ult., and no doubt she
left troops at Fort Pickens.
Mr.. Ward further states that by an ar
rival at Key West on the 9th ult., it was
reported that the Spanish flag had been
hoisted at San Domingo by the Spanish
and French. The Spanish residents had
previously written to Havana stating that
if Spanish forces were not sent there i'm
mediately the Spaniards would hoist the
Spanish flag. Whereupon five Spanish
war vessels and 1000 men sailed from
Havana and took formal possession of
San Domingo, aided by French cor
vette. $50.
Gen. Miramon, it is said, was at Ha-
vana endeayoring to raise force for the
purpose of invading Mexico, and it was
said the Spanish and French sympathi-
zed with him.
, 1t was believed at Havana on the Goth,
that those governments would, by squad
ron. aid in the landing OF such an expe-
dition.
1t was also affirmed at Havana that the
English, French and Spanish fleets had
sailed for Vera Cruz, the object of which
was not known publicly
JEFFERSON CRY, Mo-, April AT
the election Yesterday Ewing was elect