Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1851-01-31
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LATER FROM CALIFORNIA.

The steamers Cherokee and Prometheus, ar
rived at New York, on Tuesday last, from Cha
gres, with dates from San Francisco to 10th uls,
being two weeks later than previous accounts.
The Cherokee brings one and quarter mil
lion, of gdTd. and the PromeIheus about half .
million.
Nearly hll the New York passengers on the =
lslhmus caune in The Cherokee. The Pfometheus
hass240 passengers.
Pine steamer Philadelphia LEFT Chagres, on
the ! lth inst, with The mails for New York The
Hermann and Falcon were TO sail IN tie 3lh
instant for New York from Chagres; where they
had arrived at nom The 10th.
Another Fire had occurred al San Francisco
which destroyed about 100000 worth ri prui
perry.
Amongrrhe deaths at CALIFORNIA; ,are lanes
Ietcilef, 81 Lexington Virginia; Ediii< Ellis Of
Washington, ID c; and Mr. re. Msr.ack, oi
Baltimore
The market at San Francisco and elsewhere
were overftocked Western flour Sl5; mess
beet 81 pork do $40 /; prime do SIG. IOther
articles olproduce generally dull, and = down
ward tendency
The San Francisco Herald says. that Mr.
Weller's friends are sangulne Of efectins him to
the Unted States Senate.
The United States brig Dolphin was To have
left san Francisco, on the 18th Ok Decemher, Tor
Valparaiso and Rio Janeifo
Snow bad fallen to the depth Of several inches.
at Nevada
Previous TO The 9th Of December party Of
forty seven Americans had been attacked BY lie
Indians beyond .Marposa, and all killed
The Stockton Journal recol Dis The factnf col.
hson in the vicinity % NJ ookelumne fift, between
fifteen Americans and large number Of Indians,
thany Of the Indians were Killed
The mifltarg under Col. Roger. al ps,rerville,
had s -ces. uIsbanded
Goldcontnues to be found ID abundance.
The health OF San Francisco and other cities
has greatly improved.
The cfo:era nearly disappeared
~ The registers say the fugitive slave,
bill is dead letter on the statute book be-
cause slave owners meet with difficulties in
reclaiming their property We have yet to
see the trst instance where claimant 9pa.
not meetwith difficulty in retaining any spe-.
cies of property. If a negro runs away in
mississippi, with some difficulty, if at all, he
IS recovered If any other species of prop
erty gets into the possession of another chan
the owner under clouded title. II is regain
cd at the end of lawsuit But men must
expect some difficulty in retaining fugi-
tive slave; and we have get to hear of the
nrst case Of proper energetic effort being
made under the present law that resulted in
failure = Mississippi Independent.
~ The Presentation Of the Gold Medal
voted By the Virginia Legislatureto Major
General Scott took placegat the City Hall
on Saturday morning. in the presence Of .
large number of military officers. citizens
and strangers, who nearly filed the spacious
Council Chamber. Among the distinguish.
ed persons present were the Secretary .of
War, the Secretary of the. Interior, and the
Attorney General The Hon Mr.. Burxell,
of the Virginia Legislature, on presenting
the medal, delivered an excellent address,
to which General Scott made an eloquont
and suitable reply, The ceremonies were
altogether imposing and Of an interesting
character