Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1852-04-02
FROM CALIFORNIA.

L NUN OAlJlF OIoNlA.
Two steamers arrived at New York in the
course of Tuesday night, from Chagres and San
Juan, bringing together a million and half dol
lars in gold, and more than five hundred passen-
gers.
The dates from San Francisco are to the 2nd
of March. The news is not of much interest
The Wing State Convention met on the 25th
and the Democratic on the 23rd ultimo. They
each elected delegates to the National Conven-
ton, but left them free on the Presidential
question.
The efforts to call Convention to revise the
State Constitution were being prosecuted with
energy, and bill for that purpose had been intro
duced into the House of Representatives.
Several defalcations have recently come to ght.
The Treasurer of Calaveras county had absconded
taking with him some $4,000, and the Trea-
surer of Sacramento and Tuolumne had also abb
seconded with large amount
The town of Downieville was destroyed by fire
on the night of the 21st ultimo. The loss is over
$4,000
The yield of gold from the mines has some
what diminished, owing to the scarcity of water,
very little rain having fallen since the sailing of
the last steamer.
Crime is on the increase in all the more pop
ulous towns and cities, particularly burglariss and
robberies.
The weather had been remarkably fine and the
spring crops looked promising.
The Legislature had recently held its sitting in
Sacramento. The fugitive slave bill was like
ly to pass the Senate, having already passed the
House.
A great project is on foot for the organization
of company to turn the South Fork of Ameri-
can river
A series of Indian atrocities had been commit
ted on Feather river, and some hundred miners
had executed summary vengeance and Justice up
many Of the criminals as could be discover
ed.
The steamer Ohio arrived at San Francisco on
the 23d ultimo with the unfortunate passengers
from the steamer Mckim, previously reported at
San Diego. Some of the McKim's passengers
had subsisted on one biscuit day for considera-
BILE time before arriving at San Diego, and had af-
forwards suffered extraordinary privations.
The steamship North America was wrecked on
the night of the 26th of February, about seventy
miles south of Acapulco. She had an immense
number of passengers on board, all of whom were
saved, but the vessel is total loss.
A number of Indians had been arrested at Oni-
on Valley for numbering travellers, and several of
them were executed.
Two Sidney men, supposed to be connected
with daring set of villains, who had committed
numerous robberies at the Calaveras diggings,
were arrested by the people, and executed on the
spot.
Inc wing state Convention was In session
three days. Its proceedings were somewhat stormy.
The delegates elected are w. F. Stewart, j. o.
Goodwin, J. FL. Clay Mudd, and R. w. Heath.
The Democratic State Convention was in ses-
sion four days. Considerable feeling and excite
ment prevailed at first, owing to their being two
sets of delegates from San Francisco. The Con-
vention elected as delegates Judge Lyons, Joshua
Holden, w. Fl. Richardson, and J. NJ. Covarni-
bias. An attempt was made to instruct the dele
gates on the presidential question, but failed.
Rain commenced falling throughout the country
about the time the steamers sailed, causing great
rejoicing among the miners.
The steamer Northerner from San Francisco
for Panama, had two hundred and fifty passengers.
and one million five hundred thousand dollars in
gold.
The Anniversary of Washington's Birthday
was celebrated with much splendor at San Fran
cisco.
In Southern California the Indian disturban-
ces had ceased and the Indians were again COM
ing in to their settlements.
Among the passengers by the Crescent City
are J. H. Clay Mudd and George Davis. Dele
gates from California to the Wing National Con-
vention.
The Crescent City's passengers made the first
trip over the Panama Railroad to Navy Bay.
All the passengers upon the Isthmus had been
taken off by the steamers Northerner and Oregon.
Our advices from Utah are to the 18th of No
vember. A severe hail storm had visited San Isa-
bel, and the hail had fallen to the depth of one
foot.
Our advices from Oregon are to the 22d Feb.
All was quiet, and business and commercial af-
fairs dull.