The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-09-27
ARRIVAL oF THE PRoxErHEus.

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-. fsnx. sep& e5-TAs ssansa Prometheua
~ .a = le o'csoch. bfineing u. I.O00,U00 d gold,
| essss - ses pss.sassn brought 70 Panams bJ he
&4 Pacifc. ts
.ssess1,.s'P 9 sossisassso q shs eold y she Pro
Cos e294 600: Wells 4 Fmxo, eIlO 600; DrexeII
~ 000 and The Mcrupojitan Bank S99, 600.
Fc!llcal Affairs the ehiei theme d the papers.
lne Sssas and political nominafions are compiese,
mere being three fun tickets n me eid, snd there
g doubt entertained Of the triumph of the Whie
Ths mining news was vary cheering. .lthou.h
sne sc.rciy Of water retarded operations In certain
Twsnen. foreieuers, were detected IN dispes,pr
o. seosea cattle at sn Antonio. They were draercd
ous g prison and hung without any Kind of h1al,
On The nearesttroe. rste
The three towns Of Mokelumne Cempose and
Sl 81 doo1s have been destroyed By ira Total loss
I.asgrssionby way ot the plains was pouring in
tsPs9y Inc Chinese also were arriving In great
night 80 -.
II. ,. Atkins, charged with the murder Of w. g
Wsy OF Boston has been discharged.
A negro he's been arrested at Tuolumue county
Z, q might've slave Of Mr.. Tucker, of Arkansas. He
CLAIMS TO have purchased his freedom several wears
since but was Ultimately given up to his master.
TwotFibes of Digger indians hal pitched bat
tie on the sd at American Flats Fl Dorado county
At last accounts five warriors killed and many
wounded, and the battle still progressing
The mail steamship Uncle Sam was detained At
San Francisco until 4 o'clock on the afternoon Of
the LIST Inst. stsg a7TF - -
There had been only fifty deaths among the adu,t
citizens Of San Francisco, during the month Of Au.
gust. The city was never more healthy than At
this time. sfe-- =.
Eight passengers byth Yankee Blade, and the
same number BY the Sonora, on their last upward
trips. died of cholera. :.
The Brother Jonathan arrived up on the 3Osh of
August. --- :
The Telegraph Company for the connection Of
Stockton and Sonora, had been duly oreanized
An association OF citizens of foreign birth had
been organized at Sacramento. in opposition to the
Know Nothings. :
False slugs are said to be In circulation In Cali.
fornia.
News from Nevada gives information that the
French Conal town of one hundred houses. had
been destroyed by fire on the 9th. i1n
The sloops OF war seen going Into San Francisco
when the last mail ieft, proved to be the British
Walter Sherwood has been committing forgeries
at San Francisco to the amount of eighteen thou
sand dollars. -
Theatricals were at low ebb. Mr. Neaffie was
performing MS nrst engagement, with indifferent
The heat In many parts of the interior was op.
pressive the thermometer indicating l04 to Ia for
several days together.
renee; mostly, however, among the Chinese and
Mexicans So. f-7- =
Mr.. Bateman has been acquitted on The charge of
an attempt to kill Mr. Soule, editor of the Chro.
niclo. sA
The shipments of gold from San Francisco by
the mail steamer Of the 1st was only 81 Dos 0O0
and the principal shippers are Page & Bacon,
s36S @ OoO; @ Adams & Co., $22e, 900; Burgoyne & Co,
$780, Davidson, $l28, 600: Wells & Fargo,
Sll7,O0O; Drexel & Co., SCI 900.
MARKETS.
Business had not improved during the fortnight.
Advtces from all parts of the country were u1fa.
vorable to trade, although the mines were unprece.
IDENTITY successful. The last advices from New York
tend to further depress rates.
Boots and shoes were unaltered
ngs.
Flour-Haxall and Gallego had advanced for con.
sumptive demand only.
clined ~
Provisions were greatly depressed and tending
downward. Bacon IL l2 13 IA, Hams I3 a
l6 latter for Billings; Mess Beef $l1aSI2 Mess Sl3
asia so; Prime Sl2; Butter .29a3lc; Lard l2 ga
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