The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-09-09

OF the accident wss evidently defective state OF the
cspping ana piles. rather thar excessive weight In
sens places the ceppiog bad b-ea uoitsd bs m re
slOe Stats sad 1T points distant from the iles seve
raj feet Although the loss t. TIE occup ,ats cannot
fat Of being heavy IL Is fun sts for tpem the acc
dent occurred az a time when the sInou At OF goods
on hand was comparatively light Al more az
yshced stage Of the season, it woun probably nave
proven far more calsmitous. rne loss OF Aes'rs.
Campbell & Hansbo' ough will probably DC 81 .5O0-
San Fspcisco Times and Transcript, dug IL.
THEE AYy DROWNED IN FgArHER RIVIERA
fatal accident, says the Union inv lging the de-
strno,on OF three Iiyes oc urre1 on Feather rlver
AZ the second benz above liza, on the do inward
trip of the Gov Dana. Tue Gamer hal 10 tow two
lighters and in makioe the turn OF the river at tina!
pois.. one OF the. latter, macned By four men,
struck snsg, predp,tating ttree Of them into the
river The lighter was difficult to manage, on &C.
count of defective rudder and the men at the time
were endeayorin TO pre- vent collision bet ween The
hahter and the snags IN that locality. The names
OF the deceased were John August Lind r. Lind, Of
tue steamer Gov. Dana, and John Ryan, Of the Ca
zeIe. all employed ip the capacity Of deck hands.
Ryanswas from New York. about twenty seven We ATS
OF age, and has left cert ate Of deposit for $50
on Page, Bacon 4 Co., and silver catch Ia the
possession OF ono Of his mates. The bodies sank
almost immedia4fly, preoluding the possibility Of
their recovery, although attempts to that end we're
made hy the officers Of the Gov. Dana and indians
from The shore.
MURDER.-We learn from the Placer Democrat,
that ut Aule,town in that county, crowd Of TWEEN.
~ or thirty negroes assembled at house belonging
TO Quo Of the party. and commenced carousiag
playing cards, &c. An ice cream vender who had
made himself conspicuous, got into dispute with
negro about four dollars, which the former insisted
he bad won from the latter. Failing to induce o
payment of it by persuasive means, he seized club
a1c beat tie mulstt0 in q most unmerciful manner,
and while thus employed was cut in the abdomen
in horrid manner, by friend Of the man who was
beaten. Death resulted from the wound In the
course of few minutes. The man who inflicted
the wound fed, aad has not yet been captured.
THE FIRST MAN STRUCK BY LIGHTNING IN CALI
FossfA During the thunder shower on the 4.h Of
August, says the Shasta Courier Mr.. Hugh Mackay,
while standing before his residence, on Dry Greek,
Was struck by lightning and thrown upon his face
with great violence disan Of some ten or twelve
yards from where he was standing. He remained
lnsensbe fully an hour after receiving the stroke.
He has since almost entirely recovered. This is the
first instance of tine kind we have ever heard Of in
California.
shot himself through the heart on Tuesday, the Sth
August, near Lakes store In CalAveras county.
SHOCKING MURDFR.--We learn from Humboldt
Bay that an awful murder was committed near
Union Town, on the evening Of the Sd of August a.
the house of John Blaisdel. Mr. Blaisdell was shot
few feet from bis house, while standing with q
candle in his hand and his wife close by him In the
doorway. The bail entered his back aud penetrated
through his breast bone in front, where it was ex-
tracted at the surface. The deceased and his wife
were in liquor at the time; they 80 no person near
the premises and no satisfactory clue can be OBJ
tanned "a to why the acs was perpetrated, although
suspicion fell unpn one John Estis. who has been
arrested, together with the wife Of the murdered
man. who is believed to have been cognizant Of the
deed. Essis has been committed suspicion Of the
charge.
THa SEIZURE OF THE STEAMSHIP YANKEE BLADE.
Tho suit In which this steamer was ibeled, just
prior to her last departure for Pana ma, was brought
by Mr.. yandewater, assignee of claim for damages
set by the former Of the steamer America,
for bIyach Of contract on the part Of the owners
of the Yankee Blade. They allege that contract
from New York to Aspinwall passengers to be re.
ceivsd by the America at Panama; that the America
at the latter place at the stipulated time; but
that the Of the Yankee Blade 10 violation of
their contract, bad sent her around the Horn. The
amount Of damages claimed is sixty, thousand
dollars.