The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1853-06-30
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LATE FROM CALIFORNl A--NEA RLY
n 400 con In GOLD.
NV YORK, June %.

day having sailed from AaplnWail on tn
nth. she brings California mails and
treasures. Dates from San Francisco are
to the 4th ult.
Among the passengers arc several Is.
turned Australian miners, whose reports Of
the cold prospects in that country are eA-
ceedingk favorable
The Crescent City brings S3,2oo,ooo u
freight, and 5000 III the hands Of passen-
gers.
man named Bell. while crossing the
Isthmus. was robbed BY force OF $500 and
cabin ticket to San Francisco
A project had been introduced IN the Leg
islature at Bogota to lay tax on all specie
III transit across the lsthmus.
Gov. Biger has been authorized by the
Legislature to organize a company Of armed
men to 90 in quest Of the robber Joaqu.n,--
Steamers Northorner and Brother Jonathan
at san Francisco on the 2lst, The cleo
lion riot. reported by the Sierra Nevada, A.
having taken place just as she ieit san
Francisco. turns out only to have been
fight between two steamboat runners. a nj
ner had deposited in the Bank Of San Fran
cisco 5000, the proceeds OF his labor
for 10 or Il months. DR.. d. w. PetaeF.
late Of Oswego county, New York, commit
ted suicide On the 18th, willie laboring I'M
der mental Arrangement.
The passengers and part Of the crew 81
the ship William and Mary, who escaped
in the long boat and afterwards were
picked Up, arrived at Liverpool on the 9th
inst.
Emmons. Consul at Acapulco, died OH
the 10Th OF May Of brain fever.
The ditiiculties between Peru and Bolivia
are increasing, and the former had sent
troops to southern frontier g cut Of the
supplies Of the latter The enemy Oh Bolt
via are also collecting large force on the
Buenos Ayres side, The Chiltan Minister
had been expelled from Bolivia. The affairs
are at a crisis.
The news from the mines IS otthe most ia-
yorable character The yield this summer
promises ~ exceed that ot any former sta-
son. Agricultural prospects are also very
firm.
The Legislature adjourned On the 9th,
OREqoN.-Dates from Oregon are two
weeks later.
Miners in Southern Oregon are doing
we'll Provisions plenty and low.
New loEk, June II.
A letter from San Juan saws everything
was tranquil at Nicaragua The war
Honduras Il slowly moving along.
The steamer Northern Light, from San
Juan, on the evening Of the 10Th, with zoe
passengers irom California.
The steamer Brother Jonathan arrived
here at 3 this morning.
The trausit across the Tsthmus was effect
cd In 40 hours The rfEar was in a1ad nay-
igable order. Passed TIL liro. Jonathan I'D
coming out of San Ffancsta-tbe Golden
Gate and Clipper $ rpeHt, bound in.
The News IL California N til June l5t.--
One correspondent writes Ks tHst 4 tuei
was = ba fought on the morning Inc steam
e lett, between hr GNihn, 7 ;. senator
ana ". NJ ark1e. VI. W eapons used
were RITES. Tie cause Is said = be som
language made use OF BY NJ. Gaenn tAiast
his antagonist, Mr.. Marshall acts as friend
oi nlf' 'ofh.e-
The steamers tortez aud 4illoFnta We're
20 laaEe Tor Panama on the flrst 81 June.
lhe later h.d $50 6oo ~ freight
Inc sonora Expedition = stu t7ihed q.
Inc Times says Baltimore cNPPef now Is
iug ~ the haf9of has hsfh char1eTed % c#sE-
~ Inv party ~ IN destination
bLIE91f' JNiit -.
Between 10 and ] o'clock "Wednesday
morning, propeller ChalIenga, ah.Ie about
20 miles from N4chnaw, bouud down, ex-
ploded her boiler,
The stern 9ftHe boat was blown or Sas
sunk il five minutes Five person. wefo
killed anu three severely Injured. TIE
sengers were piekaduP by the barqua \ rta
star, and transferred 10 the propeller Buee-
pAaias, tor this port
The Challenge WAS new boat, and on
her first trip, owned hy II. y. Strong and
Captain Hart.
ASiH&sToN, JHnr 20.
Andrew ] Morrison shot his wife Fapnv.
and dry goods clerk named VIM. II. Has
ter, this afternoon, under peculiar circum.
stances. There arc various conflicting ar-
counts: the more reliable are. that Morrison.
who had been married about months Ia
very Young and hansone woman. snsnectirsr
improper familiarity, told her that he should
leave town this afternoon; that she notified
Hester OF her husbands supposed absence,
and Hester subsequently called on her al
her lodgings in Pennsylvania Avenue.
+ Morrison meanwhile having watched
their movements, sPrang suddenly upon
them, and finding them in his chamber, both
Understandable, instantly drew revolver and
fired three or four shots, one If which passed