Washington telegraph., 1854-07-12
FROM CALIFORNIA.
Arrival OF Steamship u. States.
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The Steamship United States. Capt. Lu-
cas-. left Aspinwall, June 10th. at 0 A. NJ,
and arrived at the bar at T. Nj, yesterday.
making the passage in days and IL honrs
The United States connected with the Pa
ci6c mail steamship John j.. Stephens,
which LEFT San Francisco at p. NJ. Of the
lst inst, her passengers and mails. thus
making the entire voyage to New Orleans,
in Is days and l6 hours. passage unpre-
cedentcd, aud much shorter than any that
had ever before been accomplished.
The transit of the Isthmus is now accom-
pIished easily in hours The railroad
is completed as far as the summit of the
mountains. 10 miles from Panama. and
about miles Of the track is laid from Pa
mama. thus leaving only miles Of mule
! conveyance.
The harbor Of Acapulco Is still blockad-
ed BY an armed Mexican vessel Of war.
The steamer John J.. Stephens was ordered
not to enter the harbor The port and city
are still in the possession Of Alvarez.
We take the following Intelligence from
the Alta California, of the lst inst:
NJ O. PicayWns.
| There has been an almost entire cessation
Of political excitement since the adjourn
ment Of the Legislature on the 18th nit
The Governor vetoed the Deficiency bill.
I and sent in message reproving the Lcei--
laiurc for having defeated or neglected the
most important bills OF The session and The
financial interests Of the State. The ruHor
is contradicled, on The authority Of lhe Gov
J q, a., l. Ill II
session Of the Legislature tor any purpose
new excitement has been furnished The
public in the indictment and prosecution he-
\ fore the u. S. District Court of NJ. Patrice
Dillon. the French Consul, for an alleged
violation Of the neutrality net Of 1878 IN
assisting TO engage the French party that
went down to Guaymus, on the challenge to
enlist in the srrvice of the Mexican Govern
ment The District Attorney had al<o. in
the progress IF the trial. attempted to charge
u. Dillon with aiding and abetiing ihe Glli-
clustering schemes IF Count RaonsSei Boul-
bon. On the 23i uI;imo. NJ. Dillon was
arraigned for trial having for counsel Gov
ernor Foo;e and L. ID Baker. and entered
protest against the proceedings, hotb be-
fore the grand jury and the court. as ir-
regular and in opposition 10 existing treaties
and especially tho convention Of the 23i
| February. The case was submitted 10 the
jury on the 26ih, who after retirement oi
six hours. were unable to agree and were
discharged By the court. Ten Of the jury
were for conviction. 4 ,;okke pToScgUi
has been entered.
In the case Of Senior Dele Vale tie
Mexican Consul. all farther proceedings
have been dismissed by the United States
| District Attorney. and the prisoner bas ac-
cordingly been discharged without any SEN
tence being inflicted.
On the evening Of the 25;h ult.. fire
broke ont il Marysvile at the corner Of D
and second streets, which destroyed nearly
the whole Of nine blocks of buildings. III.
Gliding the theatre. post-oiice, corrt-housc
the Orleans Hotel aud Presbyterian Church.
4 The flames ragged with undated fury for
nearly three hours. The loss j. estimated
at 5000. 900 This terrible cnnhagrafion l.
supposed to have been the work of an incen-
diary. and man named Hall has been ar
rested on suspicion of the crime, but has
been discharged.
On the 12h ut.. fire broke out in
Yreka. burning the whole If tlre upper bu-
siness portion Of the town. Loss Sli0,-
600.
terrible accident occurred o. the 14ib
in the viciniy Of Tehama. One IF tie
large four horse coacteS runnin. between
Marysvile and Shasta City, in attempting
to ford Pine Creek. was swept down BY the
swollen current and five OF tue passengers
were drowned.
The engineers and wortmen are husily
employed in surveying the railroad line be-
tween Sacramento City and Mormon Island
Thomas IT, GOWN, under sentence Of
death for murder. broke jill in NIaripnsa or
the night of tie Goth, and escaped with an
other prisoner.
On the morning Of the 31st ult, about
3 o'clock. the most extensive c0nhngraiion
that had visited San Francisco for three
years, orccurred. II broke out in the cellar
of grocery kept by a man named Winger
in Dupont street. near Broadway and
spread with great rapidty on both sides
and the wind blowing strongly from the
I southwest, carried the fiames toward Kear-
ny street, destroying nearly all the buildings
in the block bounded by Broadway. Kear-
ny Vallejo and Dupont streets. Some three
hundred persons were thrown out Of their
homes BY this calamity. Al the buildings
destroyed were frame ard in two hours af-
ter the fire was generated some Of them
were in process of re-erection The ircnen
worked with great intrepidity. and through
their superhuman exertions the CITY was
saved from great loss. The most vauahle
of the buildings destroyed was the Soda
water factory Of Chase & Co., whose loss
is about $1,000.
The quarterly report Of the Superintend-
&C tLn Citr- Gnh.,r,lr rI...,.. al. n ~