Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-09-29

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theus arrived ut II o'clock, bringing Sl,Oo0,O06
in gold, and the passengers brought to Panama
by the steamer Pacific.
The principal eonsgnoes of the gold by the
Prometheus are Duncan q sherman, SlI7 900;
Adams CO., S22t, 900; Wells & Fargo, $40
600, DrrNell * Co, 5000; and the Metro
poan Bank, 800, 900.
Political affairs are the chief theme in the pa
pers The State aud political nominations are
complete, there being three full tickets in the
field, and there is no doubt entertained of the
triumph of the Wing ticket.
The mining news was very cheering, although
the scarcity of water retarded operations in Ger
tain localities.
Two men, Foreigners, were detected in dispo-
sing of stolen cattle Mt San Antonio, were dragged
out Of prison and hung, without any kind of trial,
on tho nearest tree.
The three towns of Mokelumnc, Compose and
st. Louis were burnt. Total loss S50O,0OO
immigration by way of the plains was pour
ing in rapidly. The Chinese were also arriving
IN great numbers; no less than 2,lO0 during the
last fort hight.
H. b. Atkins, charged with the murder of W.
s. Way, of Boston, has been discharged.
\ negro has been arrested n Trnlumne county
n fugitive slave of Mrs. Tucker, of Arkansas.
He claims to have purchased his freedom several
years since, but was ultimately given up to his
master.
Two tribes of Digger Indians had pitched
battle on the Odd at American flats FL Dorado
county. At last accounts five warriors were
killed and many wounded, and the battle is still
progressing.
The mail steamship Uncle Sam was detained
ut San Francisc, until o'clock ON the afternoon
of the LIST inst.
There had been only fifty deaths among the
adult citizens of San Francisco during August
never more healthy.
Eight passengers by the Yankee Blade and
the same number by the Sonora, their last
upward trips, died of cholera.
The Brother Jonathan arrived up on the Both
| of August.
The telegraph company for the connection of
Stockton and Sonora had been duly organized.
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
California.
News from Nevada says that the French Car
raj town of one hundred houses had been des-
/ troyed by fire on the eth.
The sloops of war seen going into San Fran.
cisco when the last mail left proved to be the
British soop Amphitrite, and the French sloop
! Artcmise.
Walter Sherwood has been committing forge
ros at San Francisco to the amount of eighteen
| thousand dollars.
Theatreals were at a low ebb Mr. Neanie
! terent success.
The heat in many parts of the interior was
oppressive, the thermometer indicating l0l to ia
for several days together.
Murders and fights had been offrequent occur
renee; mostly however among the Chinese and
! Mexcans.
Mr.. Batcman had been acquitted on the charge
OF an attempt to kill Mr.. Soue, editor of the
! Chronicle.
The shipments of gold from San Francisco by
the mail steamer of the LIST only 81 DOS, 900
Business had not improved during the fortnight
Advices from all parts of the country were unfa-
vorabe to trade, although the mines were un-
precedentedly successful. The last advices from
New York tend to further depressed rates.
Boots and shoes were unaltered. There was
slight advance in brown shectngs.
Flour.-llaxall and Gallego had advanced for
consumption demand only
Beyond the dissolution of the Assembly there
is nothing of interest politically from Jamaica.