The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-09-14
Late from California.
Arrirof Of the Star Of the H'cst.
100000 IN GOLD.

,JUU.UUU IN GOLD.
The steamer Star of the West, eight
days from San Juan, with San Francis
CO dates of the 10th of August, arrived
at New York at half.past II o'clock,
on the 9th inst, bringing coo passen-
gers, and half u million dollars in the
hands of passengers, and about one nil
lion dollars of gold dust, SC, on freight
Tho steamer Winfield Scott sailed
from San Francisco on the morning of
the 10th, for Panama, with 400 passen.
gers, the mails, aud one million Of gold
dust on freight
The Sierra Nevada sailed on the eve
ming Of the 9Th, with over 600 passen-
gers, and connected with the Star of the
West
The U. s. frigate Columbia left San
Juan Aug. 3lst, bound to Pensacola.
The Hon. Scion Borland, Minister to
Central America, proceeded to Granada
on the Sd of September.
The steamer Sierra Nevada arrived
at San Francisco 3lst July, the Oregon
on the 9TH of August
The clipper ships Hornet, Knapp.
from New York, April 26, and Flying
Cloud, Cressey, from New York, April
2S, arrived on the 10th the former be-
ing forty minutes ahead of the latter
The Flying Cloud lost her chief officer
and one seaman in gale.
The sloop-of>war Portsmouth arrived
on the 18th from the Sandwich Islands,
and reports the small pox to be raging
there, there having been 500 new cases
i'll week.
A fire had occurred in Sacramento
. city. Loss $4,000.
= Mr.. Peter Smith, formerly connected
= with the Lopez expedition, killed Lieut.
Scott in a duel on the Sd ult.
t The head of joaquin, the bandit had
been brought to San Francisco, and was
n about to be exhibited.
! The Rogue River Indians attacked
! the white settlements in the northern
u sections of the State, and murdered ;
+ number of citizens. Dctachments o
is troops have been sent in pursuit.
The taxable property in San Francis
4. co is estimated at S30,000,000 In
a crease 81 100000 over last year.
If Much uncasiness was felt at San Fran
,s cisco on account of the non-arrival o
Lieut. Bealo and party.
Gold had been discovered at SAINT
>, Cruz.
~ - Fruit was very plentiful in the pai
ii kets.
I'd O. Hilton. alias S. c. Gordon, til
it Ohio mail robber. has been arrested
n Petitions are in circulation, urgin
Congress to take immediate measure
re- to build the Pacific and Atlantic Raj
:, road
Squattcr difficulties had nearly subs
:, ded
:" Politics were waxing warm. Edvar
NJ Randolph, a prominent Democrat la
d, taken the stump against Gov Bigler
l. The City License Tax had been d
he clared by the Recorder to be unconsi
n tutonal
d, The Chinese merchants are abo,
s. opening Banking Office in San Fra
,c. cisco.
- Edward j. Mann, from South Bosto
~. was found drowned. The deceased WI
TT deaf and dumb
II Wells, Fargo & Co.'S Express Off
eu at Sacramento, had been robbed
It. $4,000
c. c. j. Buffam. agent of Todd's +
be press, had committed suicide.
DR.. John Baldwin was shot dead
~ the street in San Francisco, on the /
of August, by Joseph Hetherngton, |
81 reason of squatter difficulty.
d jeremiah Jcffries formerly Of Bosto
al was murdered at his ranch uoar III d
er RADIO. The deceased was member
he Company + Massachusetts, Volunteer
he in the Mexican war.
lie DEATHs IN CALIFORNIA VIM. Site
Sc ney, formerly of Lowell Edgar KEN
son, do Jno Pratt, Maine Geor,
~ Gordon, New Bedford; Silas Slanc, c
h. lals, Me; Albion X Squinor, Ellswort
~ Me-; Oliver 7. Hazard, Rhode Island
'u Samuel Brennan, Mass; Daniel
~ Taylor, Boston John Bacon, Lowe
Id drowned from the ship Berkshire &c
rs w. Patten, Portland, Me- f. Ii. Man
Boston Saml. Simpson, Newport, L.
es Died at Honolulu, G. w Stackpo
M and Geo. W. Taskcr, formerly of BE
~. ton.