The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-10-07
rHE DAILY DISPATCH.
FRIDAY MORNING. OcToBER7. 1858.
THE NEWS BY THE CRESCENT CITY.

The Crescent City, at New York from Havans.
brings the California mails and s1 100000 in gold,
$50 900 of which is from Australia
The health Of the Isthmus was good, and the
weather very pleasant The news from the 18TH
mus was otherwise unimportant.
Fresh discoveries of gold had been made, and the
mining intelligence was favorable.
VALPARAIso.-Valparaiso dates to the 1st of Sep
ternber have also been received. The markets
were dull except for flour, which was brisk at
$3.50
The papers give further particulars of the state
of affairs at the Chincas growing out of the diff
Guilty with the American ship Defiance The Def
ance, on going 10 sea saluted, the other American
vessels and was fined. A second salute was then
fired, which SO enraged the Peruvian commander
of the port that he went on board the Defiance with
three boats filed with armed men,
After severe encounter, the captain of the Def
ance was seized and bound and then thrown into
one of the boats, by which he severely injured
The Peruvian commander having taken possession
70 the Defiance, took her to Callao, and retained
the commander in prison.
Mr.. Clay, the American Minister to Lima forth
with chartered the British steamship Bolivia and
went in her TO Chncas to investigate the whole af
fair He has transmitted the result of his invest-
CATION in despatch to Washington
The most exciting stories have reached Santiago
de Borgia, of gold discoveries made on the Amazon
and Branches rivers. The washings are said TO
extend for forty leagues, and 25 pounds of the pre-
cious metals were mentioned as the average of one
mans labor
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. dates to the Goth July
had been received at Panama. The miners in
Australia were agitating reduction in the license
tax. Large meetings had been held at which those
in attendance had been armed to the teeth Great
excitement prevailed, and it was feared that difa
culties would ensue
The Captain of the American ship, at the Lobos
Islands, has been arrested and held for trial on the
cnargeo' hrlng gun contrary TO regulations
There IS no other news of general interest
CAPTAIN GIBSON AND THE DUTCH GOVERNMENT
Our readers will recollect that we published, not
long since, full account of the imprisonment and
outrageous treatment of Captain Walter NJ. Gibson
by the Dutch authorities at Batavia The affair
being under consideration in the State Department
Mr.. Marcy addresses letter to one John D. McGre.
gor, of New York. to ascertain his opinion of Glib.
sons character, he Ghe Secretary having received
letters stating that Mr. Gibson is totally unworthy
the protection of the government and that his state
meats cannot be relied upon" Mr. Marcy's letter
is both curious and interesting, and when com
pared with his document on the Koszta affair. re-
markable for its brevity-occupying snly some
fifteen lines in the New York Herald Mr. Metre
sor very briefly replies, cosinglhis letter as fol-
lows:
regret that am unable to furnish the informa
ton desired, twould be source of high graifi-
cation to me to aid the State Department in its pa
.rioc labors in seeking reparafion for whatever of
injury or insult may have been suffered in the case
in question, and of removing the erroneous i'm
preston Of those who suppose that any American
citizen can be regarded as ''totally unworthy the
protection of the government"
The question which most naturally suggests it
self on perusing this correspondence, is what enti
ties an American citizen to the protection ofour flag
in foreign land, The matter may probably be
discussed in the political papers, and to them we
leave it.