Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1854-12-29
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FROM CALIFORNIA.
The steamer George Law arrived ut New York on
Tuesday. with a million md n half in gold and pm.
pers from san Francisco to the lst instant.
Some excitement was created in San Francisco nu
the 18th ultiulo 10y the issuing ut a writ of RGj,GS
corpus TO discharge the Russian prisoners tive onlyl
confined ON boarl the Sitka, on" "f the vessels re-
Gently captured by the Pacific Allied fleet at Pe.rD-
polcwski. The writ was served 10y the deputy sheriff
upon the commander of the Sikh, aud the prisoners
were ordered before the court on the eth ultimo. On
Sunday, the 2G:h, III daylight, the Siika hoisteti an
chor md sailed out Of the hnrb"r for Vancouver
Preliminary steps were taken before the court on tho
following morning Tor issuing attachments against the
officers in command of the Sltka, should they again
come within the jurisdiction OF the court.
Speaking OF this affair the sun Francisco Times Ill.
timatea that the departure" Of the prlze'shIp may have
been resolved upon before the service OF the writ,
md that II she had remained 1t Is probable that the
District Judge would have decided that he had no ir.
risdiction in the matter. The treaty Of 1874, between
the United Staic5 aud Great Dr!t"in' S"""""''"" q"
ench Power tho right nj bringing their prizes INT"
cnch others ports, aud projects them from search OF
interference. ui anv kind during II reasonable lcuGih
NJ ,irnn, Under this treaty il would seem that the
Si,ka wnnli have been secure from interference.
Commando Buchanan, oil the steam trlSate SUI
ouel,annah. was taken before Recorder W allcr on the
18th ulti,no, on n charge of false Impeachment, pre-
erred AGAINST him nv one oi the crew, named Joseph
:. Chairman, whn charged ,hnr hc was wIliuly ana ma
l;ciousi. imprisoned Oh board The SirquchaiInall With
| out authority. lie had been convicted OF dcrcllclion
ni duty by Il cnurt-Inariinl, whilst the snip was IN tIo
China Snls, and sentenced I" confinement until me
| vesscl should touch at IN American port. This sem
| fence having been approved by Cnlllinn'l"re fcrry,
the Recorder declined to interfere and dismissed the
case. But rs soon Us this Judgment was pronounced
a second warrant, issued By Justice Xix, was served
on Commander Buchanan for M assault nnd battery.
on one Of the musicians belonging Ia the ship. The
| band had been ashore by The permission ot the COM
mandrr, md the complainant, with several others,
faled to return Of the time Speciilch. lie WINS caliea
I'M the next morning, and tho commander, irrltated al
his conduct, slapped him in the face. Justice XIX
fined the defendant SlW.
A navel case came before the Recorder in the lat
ter part of November. The ship L"u'sn, Capt. Web
Scr. arrived at san Francisco from the Narigatnr's
Islands, having on board n man named Henry Carrie
ton, who was forwarded by Mr.. Van Camp, the L.
5. Commercial Agent ut Samoa, 10 be tried tor the
murder Of n man named Eppcs. Carleton was con-
signed tn the Collector Of Customs AT San r rancisco'
| Mr.. Van Camp also drew q nnte for 800, and request
ei that the Collector would endorse u, being the
charge for the passage oi Carleton. Inns tIe ."l-
lcctor refused, and Carleton was delivered up To me city
marshal. He is n native ut Dublin ana n snhlrct III
| Great Britain, aud stated when hr was brought before
the Recorder that, after giving bail OF 81 ,oo0 to APP
pear ut Samoa for trial, he was torcibly carried on
bnnrd the Lnuisn, where he was put III irons: lie sta.
ted that the difficulty had already cost HIM sio", ana
that his bond would bc forfeited, which would be
81 900 more. No one appeared t" prosecute him, and
there was no evidence except several hIhuaVl'S ~,
ken at the Navigutor's Islands. The Recorder snid
that nothing had been produced to show tlGt ne
had jurisdiction over the case ana no oiS'hlSscd INC
prisoner.
The pilot boat Dancing FcntlIsr had returned from
| the wreck OF the steamer Yankee Blade. and reported
that She had succeeded in raisiu% four boxes OF tseR-
sure from the sunkcn vessel, amounting 10 s'u'W'"'-
The r%ou.hurSs of the weather prevented irr from re-
covering all the treasure lost by tins wreck, ana size
was TO make another effort to obtain the remainder:
a fire occurred ut Happy Valley on the 3ntl, No
vcrnber, by which thirty houses were destroyed.
Tho Editor of the stockton Argus mentions q re-
marketable lump of quartz gold that had been exhibit
cd to him.. Its described as weighing 100! pounds.
1t was tukcn ont about fifteen feet below the surface
in Calavcras county. 1t is estimated that Tue lump
contains at least eighty per cent oi pure gold. winch,
at Sl7 per ounce. amounts to the sum OF s26,262. IL
was found bv Il company Of five men, one OF whom
states that they havon larger lump still. lhcy re-
fused Ia give names or the locality from which The
gold i taken. More definite Information concerning
these .siug-cts" il necessary before the incrcdulonS
will believe the story.
The United States Boundary Surveying Party, ar
uauizrd for running the new boundary line under III"
(~iaisden treaty, left sun Diego on the 10th ut. he
fnllowin. nrc the names OF the party: Lieut.. ". Mich
Ter, A.. &. Won Schott, Gcologist ard BOtan,st, L. A..
Phillips, J. ODonnghuc, I. Cozzcns aud Z. MicNler,
assistants.
visit 10 Los Angeles, where he was handsomely en-
tertninei.
There nrc rumnrs of anatlIer iilibustering expedi-
ton, having for is object The overthrow "i Mclen-
drz, in Lower California. a Senior thavis, who APP
pears {, be the chic. instrument in The movement,
was cndCavcging - raise men and means. lie pre-
tends Ia hold a commission from the Mexican author
tiles Al MaZatian, Gclcgating IL him the command OF
the northern frontier. The Southern Californian says
OF him:
at will be remembered that he made an attempt
to drive Mcleudcz ont al Lower California, but fail
cd; he il now here 10 obtain the necessary force to
make another attempt. Whether his commission is
I.nliI mr. nnf hp i CLEARLY acilnis in defiance, OF our