Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1848-1850, 1850-02-14
ARRIVAL OF THE EMPIRE
CITY
TWO ANDA HALF MILLIONS IN
GOLD
.NEw NogE Feb. 7

iwo and hail Millions IN gold
Five s.am'rs were laying at CNactc'
On he the 25th Of January The Oregon
from S,n F,anci,:o arrived a, I'anama on
The ooh January, with COS r,ss"ngets, AMI
briocng one months later news from Cali.
forrla.
Am'ng the passengers by the Empir,
Ciy arc he Hon Grotg" W Virgin an
Hon. EiNard Giber. representative.
,lcc, from Callaforna r Buier King
simu,l Ward, Esq. + Morrison. excel
l.cor of San Francisco " A. Bofum an
W r k,di"r, Esq BARR of impor ant
dispatches from the United States b ,uuda ,
Comm oner g. tie SECRETARY OF Sat,
Surgeon A. J. Bowie, United States Navy;
Lieut. Norris. bcarer Of dispatches from
Com, Jones and + W Ri: one oflhc cd
l'or, and propli,,ors of the Pacih' Courier,
Col Fremont Nas d aincd at Panama in
consequence of the sickness o. his lady
The Oregon brought one million one
hundred and twcny.ninc thousand two
hunIred and twenty seven dollars in gold
dust on freight, AMI thu trunks of her pas.
s"ncecs must have contained at least an.
other million.
Several s'ecrhg" passengers are known
TO have had in their possession one hund =
red thousand dollars piece. and sums of
two five ten. lwenly aud lity thousand
dollars in lined trunks Several bnx,s oil
gold dust, brought by the Orceon, was
sent to Valparaiso; The balance will arrive
by the Falcon or Cherokee
At Acapulco the Oregon stopped for coal
Jan l2h. Daring her STAY thc'r an alter
cation took place hctw en- Captain Pearson
aud one Of his passengers an cd whaling
captain Ascuflc cnsucd, and in the me-.
le the Mexican guard Of twelve so dicrs
armed with their muskrts and bayonets,
were ordered to dispcrse the mob collected
by the row. In dong this, Capt Pierson
received a severe blow from n bayonc, over
tie left eve. Mr. VIM l.. Hobson, of the
firm Of Cross, Hobson SrCo, San Francisco
received n thrust from bayonct which
graz his side and pierced his j,ckct
Several gentl' mon we're knocked down
BY the soldiers, and one was cruelty beat.
en- on the head with muske. unil the
blood covered his check and coat The
Americans were unarlncd, having left their
eapons on board Had this moi be, n the
case. n g'neral massacre must have ,nsud
AS it was. propositions were
made to return for pistols and attempt the
conquest Of tic town Tie guard, how,
ever was at ! myth withdrawn, and order
reiyned again at Acapulco
In this affair 70 blame can b. arachtd to
Capt, Pierson. who merely defended him
self Tn" justification HE Mexican capt
in command Of the quad for the lnerier>
once, was that it was done for the purpose
OF rescuing the captain of the st AMIR from
violence. The quad unfortunately mis-
took HIM in the ffacas Tor the asslilant.
ELECTION OF STATE OFFIcERs.-On
the 22d, the following named gentlemen
were chosen to Gil Safe Offices; s. cr.,a
ry OF State VIM. Van Voorhs; rrc,sur
Richard Roman Comptroller, j r. IIous
ton ; Attorney General, Charles J. Whitney
Chl'f justice, J. G. Hastings Associate
justices, II. A. Lyon and Nathaniel Ben
nett.
Tto c,,'o CD y" y ''','o'n'' ''' o''r,-
: . "r Sow o"n ~ mas o''n adopted
ercss OF the United States have been rlc,
ed, The Governor has oliver d his innu,
gnta' address. and the fgh, for The spoils Of
""s "''"u' o'h'h"hc' d. 1t Will he
~ " '.'' t"' N''l' number 81 votes poll
;" Wv '.', ,p" Wv, no e%c',a l)'""o OF ,h'-
''"' m ool were IN '''of OF t"hstitu
wow '"is Is owing To the tact 'hata Urge
u cHc's We I'in'"d where on tn"
!" 80" 'e'a I've 10 the Cons IT Oh dld not
wv
:" '''c'sco as fe'n IL s'"no Of II
"a tr ~ hr", which broke ou' in Den.
'.,"h hNcha"eo 1t Is quit" mp"ss'hle
~ ''', '''he % come at correct conclusion
% CARING "a" ,xtcn' Of tho general :. By
l''' mos 'crr'h'" c''asr p c, bat We car
. T"','nS'N e't.nHt'd ut one million and a
tau ,'ars which is oEa'lv moi far from
al l.I. l.