The weekly Placer herald., 1853-08-13
Per Adams & Co.
ARRIVAL OF THE OREGON

left washington on the llth OF July, for
the north, with the intention of VISITING
the exhil ition of the New York CRYSTAL
Palace.
The Mesilla excitement has passed
The Mexican troops have been Withdrawn
and the whole matter is to be left TO tho
governments al w Washington and Mexico
city. Trouble seems to be arising with
the powerful tribe of Navajo Indians
Notwithstanding Gov. Lanes warnino
and demands, they bad driven away large
fiocks of sheep. Col. Sumner had de-.
termned to remain IN that department un.
til the arrival Of Genl. Garland, and was
making every arrangement for Navajo
campaign. He was to enter the Indian
territory at three different points, take tn.
Indians by surprise, and quell them. II
had been determined to make no more
treaties if the present one is broken. and
an alarming state of things was feared AZ
the result, as war with this powerful tribe
might arouse others and a general Indian
war ensue.
Major Wightman and Gov. Lane war.
the candidates for Congress, and tbe
political excitement was great. Lane,S
success is looked upon as almost certain
Genera Garland and Mayor Nichols,
A. a. e., left Fort Leavenworth on the
22d June for New Mexico. Col Marsh
field with detachment of rifles, left Fort
Leavenworth on the 25th June to over.
take Gen. Garland, and proceed with
him to New Mexico.
great number of Immigrants from
Arkansas to California, with large herd,
OF cattle, are reported as on the way.
Brevet Capt. r. M. Morris and Lieut
Baker, K. VI. Rifles, with detachment
of thirty men, left on the 18th June 70
meet Capt. Gunnison at Westport. and
accompany him on bis survey of the
Central Pacific Railroad route.
Two companies of rifles, under the
command of Capt. Van Buren, have left
for the plains, to protect the Immigrants
STEAMBOATS, FOR CALIFoRNIA.-Tbe
Pittsburgh Journal SAYS:
Capt. r. r. Frsbee of this civ has
concluded contract for one of the most
splendid boats yet built at this place
She IS intended for semiw weekly packet
from San francisco to Marysvlle, in Cali
MIA. The hull is building on the Monon-
gahela river; length 2O4 feet; heam IS feet;
hold feet The hull will be boIted to.
gether, taken apart and shipped to Cali.
fornia via New Orleans. The engines
are building by Messrs. James Nelson & |
Co.; cylinders % inches in diameter, with
I feet length of stroke.
| Returned Californians, from Australia
make the most melancholy statements in
New YORK of their treatment in the New
Ell Dorado. All Americans are treated
with Indllgnlty there, they say, and they
are openly and grossly insuItee in the
streets. Frenchmen, yretlnned from that
country, make simiIaf reports concerning
themselves.
Gov. Dorr is named for<chief justice Of 1
the Supreme Court of Rhode Island.
Col. John w. Forney will be candi,
date for reelection to the Clerkship ofthe
House of Representatives.
John II. Tway has been convicted Of
seduction in Philadelphia, and SENTENCED
to the peniteE'iary for two years.
L. u. Sullivou, member of the ClncInI
natl bar, has been offered the post oil
Secretary of Legation to Chile.
Senator Robert Toombs, it is stated
has ordered an engine, OH the ErcssoL
principle, for his cotton gin, in south /
western Georgia.
Gov. Wood, of Ohio, it is said accePd
the Va paraiso Consulate, after mu'1
hesitation.
Mr.. Dorm, the South Carolinian saFI
has been offered 100000 for his s0l
mIneS.
hippodrome is in course of erec'"
at Boston, on the Common.
Capt. Stinson, who deserted the w
liam and Mary, with her two hnnU"
passengers, has gone to Anstralla.
Clipper ship Sweepstakes, which s'nI
on the ways, while attempting TO 'au'I
her at New York, has been finally go'7
FonE1GN NEws.-Tn England it 4
believed that the unprecedented ssne
tween Russia and turkey might be aW|
ed' t"ur the combined English and Ere
fleet would enter the Dardane'Is,
the hearing of Russia's Occupation
The Danube, and then Austria's ollS
negotiate would be accepted.
TURKEY There is news of the5s
val of Baron Truck, Of Austria,
stantinop'e, TO act as mediator IN fOS
Guilty with Russia Some accounts
that this mediation means nol''s
than an endeaver to induce lmN'
yield to the demands of Russia. ne
were credited that the Russians hau
lively entered the Turkish provMIn"%,
the Danube, and the whole
squadron on the Black Sea was alJ !aJ
war. Every aspect of the affair i"S i"b
the certainty of a rupture, WIFE,
tb ono