Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1852-09-07
From California, Mexico, Pnnamlas
Oregon, Sandwich Islands, etc.

NOLCkOhAg OtAlAOb " HUI ASAdAhhNAS9 ~ IL
Below we give a summary of the latest news t
received from the above-named places. {
The Sacramento Union says that crime seems :
to be on the increase. In the counties of Shasta, t
Trinity Calayarss, and Colorado, broils, fights, I
and murders are of frequent occurrence. {
A party of 26 young men, from Ohio, arrivedin I
Sacramento on the Sd of July, having made the
trip in 70 days. This was the first overland ar
rival of the season. The emigration will be large
this season.; but probably not equalto 1850.
The 4th of July was celebrated in many of the
mining precincts in grand style.
The news of the Democratic nomination greatly
surprised both parties. 1t is thought, however,
that Democrats will support the ticket.
The health of the State is good. Crops album
dant. Weather hot.
The Indians have driven the Chinese from Bear
river. A son of one of the chiefs was missing,
and the Indians supposed the Chinese had stolen
him. He subsequently returned.
A fight occurred between a party of Indians and
Americans at Shasta. Eleven Indians and one
American killed.
M~ExIco.-Dates from Vera Cruz to August 4,
and from the caplJal 10 july oISC.
The papers are again filled with the atrocities
committed by the Indians, who pursue their ca
reer of rapine and murder, apparently without
opposition.
The instruction of Robelledo is not yet sup
! pressed, He has collected new forces, and is.
n close upon Jalapa.
The ~outrages and e~xtortions Of Don Francisco
E de la Vega, Governor of the state of Sinaloa,
Is against the inhabitants of Mazatlan, had forced
the people to rise up in arms, under the command
u of Capt. Valdey, demanding a separation from the
Le state of Sinaloa, and forming a separate state.
They had succeeded in driving Gov. Vega out
t, of the city, making him disgorge the money he
had extorled from the merchants, including the
American, French and Spanish Consuls. In re-
venge, Veva declared the port of Mazatlan closed
he to M The Council of Government al
We Mexico, at its last session, had advised to force the
en- people of Masatlan to submission, but how can
nv that be done when the Government had not force
nd sufficient to make Gov. Vega obey its orders2
re PANAMA,-The papers complain grievously o
the mail transit on the isthmus.
he In addition to other joint stock schemes nov
ny. on the tapis for the junction of the Atlantic ant
nv Pacific oceans, an association is in course 9
as formation at Panama, under the title of the 'Chi
is riqui Road Company The object is the con
his %struction of a plank road across the province c
as Chitiqui, situated in Terra Fima Proper, in tn
in Republic of New Granada, a grant from the gov
us, eminent for which has already been obtained
ia The length of this road will not exceed so mile
m A vigilance committee has been established
lct? Totoga to drive off obnoxious members of IL
all community. One has been already expelled.
To Several U. S. troops have died since their arr
the val on the isthmus, from the fatigues of the jou
lice ney and the miserable treatment they received
l;ty board the steamer from New York to Navy Ba
OREGoN.-The Indians on Queen Charlotte Is
left and are possessed oflarge quantities of gold, viii
dis leads to the belief that rich mines exist there.
the The MomonS have committed many outrag
upon the e~migrants who wintered at Salt Lake.
in Brigham Young has married his oath wife.
tr;ct SANDWICH IsLANDs.-A destructive fire occur
J., Of at Honolulu on the 30th of May. Loss $4,000
,t;o The Honolulu papers furnish details of a
,co- RES of ~piratical atrocities, in the neighborhoot
ded. the Galapagos. The ship George Rowland v
ras- among those taken. Most of the crew were m
and dered. They recommend that this hot-bed of
The racy, murder, robbery and plumber at the Gal
on. pages, should be at once visited by some ratio
rot armed vessels and broken up, or subjected to 81
1be restraints as will make it safe for vessels to tol
ntor there, without the risk Of being seized and Il
eople crews Mufueieu'
!, and COUNCIL Dloffs' nedi'no " -
ron. vicinity had rapidly improved up to the 18th l
and at that date was remarkable good. BUSH
orox, dull, on account of the absence of the trans
+h;a population which had congregated there in
h The early part of the season. Crops good. The
,sider mers were paying particular attention to the I
ing of stock, and by next season expected to
ample supplies of beef cattle and hogs to Sc
emigrants who will take that route.
of an The territory had been visited with heavy 7
it which had cut off communication between dl
,e. It ent sections. The emigrating parties who sta
O par early had all got out, and had experienced
p. we little hardship or sickness after leaving the Pl
on A man named Tate, from Ohio, who killed
Miller, of the SAME state, was tried, found gu
$50. and executed, by being suspended from a cot
IN you wood tree. He had a fair trial, and acknowle
buggy the Justice of the sentence.
paper.
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