Worcester daily spy., 1851-10-07
nArzR FROM oAL4xoRw1A.
OF THE STEAMER PRoMETHEUs,

Ne'es to the 9Th Sptem5er-Loss Of the Lqfayee-Ar-
rioal 9fthe Flyaag Electig,s-FYre at 1Iaus-
Iraiaas-Ffom The AEaes-Bore erecuions bv
the Vigilance Cona,iee- Steamboat Eaplosion-
Steamers and Specie
The steamer Prometheus from San Juan, has ar.
rived at New fork and brings San Francisco dates to
the 9th September. She brings I23, 900 as height
and there is large in the hands OF passengers
who number four hundred and siXty-ive
he steam propeller Lafayette, her first trip from
New York to Chagres totally de ,troyed by fire at
the latter port ON the 10Th of September The fire is
sa!u to nave proceeded from quantity of Camphene
shipped by Paners express. The passengers saved
nothing but their lives, and the clothes they had ON
their backs.
The State elections over, but the returns are not
all in, and the result is doubtful. The Alta Califsr-
an thinks there is little doubt that Wing Governor
Is elected and two Democratic members to Congress-
The Legislature will be largely Democratic The
Wings carried every ward in San Francisco hut one
and their aggregate majority the city is about two
thousand.
Three entire squares in the business part of Mays
vile, were destroyed by fire, August 30th-Eiehtv
buildings were burned. The loss is estimated at half
a million.
The Indians very troublesome on the route from
Great Salt Lake City Sacramento. The mail riders
are repeatedly attacked several emisrants have
been killed.
The news from the mines continues favorable, but
the market is very quiet.
A man named Robinson, having been reprieved by
the Governor was publicly execu,ed by the VigiIanrs
Committee of San Franci.co and aIso t,,,, man 9G
Mckenzie and Whitaker, have been executed in Sac
lamento, since which perfect quiet has been restored
Whitaker and MnKen1;a The were arrested at tho
instance of the VriInce Comn;tea and kent in cus,
DIV. having ronCassad ~ nnbor IF dar;no rohber;es
On the morntnr IS ta oIs 81 Ans bco d.y,h,
the authorizes ornceeded f., ,h rooms o( The Comn;t
tee and ,vitbt t, osso;on &c \Vbi,
Ike, and McKan,a I onaod thar =, a; wbnn
the pouulaco ,or ;Cor,ood 4 ,i ct tLe y;Ides ex.
crement was ,oa,;,as,ad ind Gnain' Snnday altor.
noon shortly after two o'clock the nrsoners we're for
chile rescroa fr, 4h an o,d o,,iaod to ,,6. rooms
of the COMMITTEE and in an incredible short spase Of
time. the nstrumsnts Of execnl;on we're adjusted and
they were launched into ererni,v. amidst shout of
Justification from tho cn,d AGer an hour the bodies
were cut down and Mckenzie boinp nronouoced nor
dead bv the ,bys;c;an in at,epdance he was aoain
hoised into The air tilI life was exinct-,vben the
! crowd d;snorsd ;t. ,nd rdor ,na. ,astnrod AL
the rescne son. sbts ,era 6red hut nothing serous
occurred
Robinson tbo MN b,no i; Sacramento ,,os ,leo
taken hy ,Le ,,ooIo G. tbe ;a md hie con,ass;n :;
a cataIooua * yiiI; os Nal, =, ,bso rece,,I, .d
| bv the man St,,rt
The Steanoer Ternossao sa;Ied from Sa, Fra,c;o
for Panama on the first of September, with the mails
"iV oI'e ."'sof Sf0et N1"ea H~s0l4 cCS III specie
~ "'G 'oou Two uuuleu anu my passengers
sa'eu tle same uay win one
I II 1 ~ 'u - u y, , " St anu ' O'e Hu"