The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-08-26

MAIL NEWS.
CALIFORNIA NEWS.
pFR TIRE NORTHERN LIGHT.


The Northern Light made the time through
-, san Francisco to New York in twenty
IT., laws and three hours, the shortest time
W. made between the two places. She con
cd with the Cortes, which ship left SAN
q I-.neiseo august /.
Summary OF FoRTSfGHT'S NEWS.
a Iyros, the Alta California, Aug IL
Tho last fortnight has been marked by
4 -.anv events of public interest in various
4 ar+t ,f the state, in some instances attended
rr;+b considerable excitement.
The sauatter difficulties in this city, which
-. 40 time threatened TO result in serious
b Cd bloody riots have passed over for the
81 80 heinr and we have reason TO hope they
will not be revived.
In several Of the agricultural districts the
srrsrians are still supreme. In many in
stances the old rancheros have been com
T,le,ely stripped of all their possessions, the
s1uatters not leaving them even their gar
dens, orchards or yards. The herds are some
times driven from their ranches, sometimes
seized upon and slaughtered, or sold by the
souatters and sometimes the owners are COM
pslled 10 pay for the grazing of their cattle
rncu their own lands-lands of which they
have had quiet and peaceable possession
syer since the Spanish settlement of the ter
ritory For all these wrongs and outrages
there appears to be no remedy in the State
snd the sufferers have little or no hope of re
lief except from the General Government.
The wheat crops in nearly all parts of the
State are suffering with rust which it is said
will make tho yield twenty or twenty per
cent less than it would have been otherwise.
The Gubernatorial canvass was opened at
Sacramento on the 18th, between Governor
Bigler, the present incumbent, and Mr. Wal
do The friends OF both are confident of sue
cess.
The present season is highly favorable to
mining operations in all the gold districts; the
miners seem to be generally fortunate in pos
sessing valuable claims, which are yielding
abundantly by the use of improved means
for extracting the metal. From present ap-
pearances, the total production of gold for the
six months commencing with the LIST of June,
will be larger than during any similar pc
Rod since the opening of the mines. This re-
suit will be effected, too, at larger profits TO
the miners engaged than heretofore.
The corner stone of a new Catholic Church
has been laid in this city.
The sbipwrights and caulk ers have struck
for an increase of wages, from Sc to $40 per
day. and have succeeded, $40 being their
wages now. The 'longshore men struck for
ST per day, and nine hours days work, and
have likewise succeeded.
On July the Goth, a squatter named Nc
Carthy shot the deputy sheriff of this county,
who went with a writ from the district court
10 dispossess him, and the sheriff, in return,
shot Mccarthy. The wound of the sheriff is
III the hip, and is not dangerous but McCar-
thy is dangerously wounded with two balls
in the lungs.
There was a fire among the shipping in the har-
Dor on the 18th July. The ship Nance with cargo
was burned TO the waters edge loss about $40 900
The intelligence brought by the Goliah yesterday
from the South, indicates very serious state of al
fairs in that part of the State. The outrages upon
life and property that have so long been perpetra
Ted with InpCnity by bands OF outlaws and despe-
radoes, have at length driven the inhabitants TO the
necessity Of taking the law into their hands
Nothing but active application of the Lynch
code will change its character in that respect
That code the citizens seem inclined to put il prac
nee.
We have to record the hanging of two more
men by the populace in Calaveras county, one on
the chargeof horse stealing, and the other of muir
der
A decision was rendered in the Supreme Court a
few days since that will attract attention and
ate some surprise in the Atlantic States The Court
decided that the mines Of gold ard other precious
metals of California the exclusive properly Of
the State. that the United States have interest in
theIn and cannot exercise any jurisdiction over
them The decision does not include the lands con-
tanning the minerals, but only the minerals them
selves. If this opinion of the court becomes estab-
Ished as law, which we think It will not it will
prove OF immense advantageto the State by ma
king the mines source OF State revenue, which
they never can be SO long as they are recognized
the property Of the general government.
A paper ID in circulation in this city for sigma
lures petition to Congress for the establishment
ID a mail line over the Nicaragua route.
Capture and Death Of Joaquin the Bandu.-The
famous bandit Joaquin, whose name Is associated
with hundred deeds of blood, has at last been cap
fured. The Company of State Rangers, under the
command of Love, have been diigent in their
Kearch tor the robber and his band since their
organization 1t reported that they have eIcoun-
tered the robber chief himself at the head of his
band at place called Panoche Pass. A desperate
fight ensued-the robbers well mounted, attempted
10 fly, but being closely pressed by the Rangers,
they keptup running light until joaquin and one
Of his lieutenants were killed; two others were
taken prisoners, and three managed TO make their
escape Several of their horses fell into the hands
of the Rangers. The vctors finding further pur
suit Of the fugitiyes useless, cut Off the head OF
Joaquin and placed it in spirits, to be brought to
the settlements proof that the veritable robbe-
himself had been killed
More Gold Discoveries.
New and extensive gold mines have been discov.
cred about miles from Santa Cruz an arroyo