The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-12-28
ARRIVAL or THE GEoR0E Law
TwowEEKeLATER FRoN CALIFORNIA.

tempt Of Court by the Ofcers Of dc Prass
,Sksp Sffka.--faterestiae from dcapnlco.-
Battles IN Pera and Ner Grcaada.--AEore
Aaaer0ksoa.
The steamship George Law, Lieut.. Fox, u.
y. n. commanding, left Aspinwall on the 10th
lost, and arrived at New York on the after
aeon Of the a5th. She brings the California
mails OF the 1st inst, 81, 461, AGA in treasure
on freight. and a24 passengers.
ship Sonora, which sailed from San Francis
GO on the LIST with 81 .s5i. 375 in gold on board.
CALIFORNIA MArrERs.
Mr.. Edward GAVIN died suddenly IN the street.
Ct Sacramento, on Sunday evening" the 25.h Llt
from hemurrhase OF the Iungs. Mr. GAVIN for.
mefly resided In Baltimore
DR. John MORSE, Of Bon Ton Criticr notoriefy.
and his particular friend. David Dunn, were con
vcted yesterday 10 the Court Of Sessions Of steal
Ing watch from the room of Q ledger at Wilsou,s
exchange, and sentenced Morse to fse years. and
Dunn to ono years confinement In the State prison.
Three Indians. concerned In the recent murder
Of Mr. A French, on the Cslmoth river, were
brought to Crescent City on the l7sh, and hung on
sie Goth.
Mrs Mary Z Wood has been sentenced. In the
Recorders Court 1t San Francisco. TO pay fine
OF $50, or be imprisoned Ave days, for having com:
mitted an assault and battery upon C A James.
with cowhide. ct the st. Charles Hotel. C Rich.
ardson, Henry Marvin. and A Rooney were fined
500 each, or ten days imprisonment for aiding
and abettipg the same.
The United States Boundary Surveying party or.
eanised for running the new boundary line under
the Gadsden treaty left San Diego on the liz h ulf
The following are the names of the party Lit
Mchler, A C Won Schott, ecologist and bofanist; E
Philips, J o'Donoghue, Cozzens and C Michler,
ss,istants
Commander Franklin Buchanan, of the u States
steam frgate Susquehsnn+ had appeared before the
Recorder of San FraDcisco, to to the charge
nm ha of Novamhar lnat. xvni In he h;u.
seas and keeping him confined until the vessel
reached this port. The complainant was court-msr-
dered by Commodore Perry. The order was pro-
daced in court. Capt Buchanan mercy acted
subordinate in the matter; and had he refused obey
said order, he would have been amenable even to
punishment of death OF course what occurred up
on the high seas could not come within the juris-
Capt Buchanan transcribed his duty by unnccessa.
riy OBTAINING his prisoner while In the port of San
Francisco The captain took the witness stand. and
Perry, and stating that the prisoner was released at
the earliest possible opportunity after the arrival of
the vessel, the Recorder dismissed the csse
The pilot boat Dancing Feather had returned from
the wreck of the Yankee Blade. having succeeded in
recovering four boxes of treasure, containing So
From Los Angeles. we have rumors of another
libustering expedition, having for its object the
overthrow Of Meiandres, in Lower California, and
that men and money are being raised for the pu..
pose.
casiuned by the death of Hon. Alex. Wells. Mr.. B.
formerly resided at Columbus, Ohio.
The Indians are very troublesome to the whites
10 Shasta They recently ran off with one hundred
and ninety head of stock, including number of
fine horses. At Oregon Gulch, Trinity county,
they entered tent and stole 5000 and large guam
tity of provisions and blankets.
An affray recently took place near the Plaza of
Los Angeles, between some native Californians and
party of Sonorians. Fight or ten shots were ex-
changed, one ofthe combatants was killed, and two
others were woundad.
A serious afray with Indians has recently taken
place. party OF seven persons was travelling
from Salt Lake to California, when they were at
tackled on the Humboldt river by the Indians The
savages were lying in ambuscade and were armed
with rifles. They fired upon the party and killed
fve-the other two escaped.
Mr.. George Robinson. oil Kentucky, who was on
his way to California with drove of stock, by the
southern route, was shot by one OF his servants at
the Preside Rio Grande The murderer escaped
beautiful service of gold plate was presented to
ex-Mayor Garrison, OF San Francisco, on Tuesday
evening The set consisted of seven pieces, and
was manufactured at cost of $1,000.
murder OF man named Josh Horing, by gambler
named Roarke. A quarrel arose about some tri.
fling matter, when Roarke shot Horing through the
head with pistol. Roarke was afterwards seized
by the populace and hung.
fire had occurred at Nevada, destroying $14 900
worth of property, and at Happy Valley, some 80
houses were consumed.
Mr.. Perkins, of Lexington, Ky, and three other
Americans and one Swiss, had dug monster lump
OF gold in Calevaras county, weighing $50 1-2 lbs
and valued at $780, 62 1t has been sent on to New
York The San Joaquin Republican says of this
''big lump"
1.-THE lsnsth of this immense mass IL about fifteen
inches, and its width from five and one-half to SIX
inches. As one side is extremely irregular and un.
svsn in it, $ !, :, di suis to sye 2. the
The othe side Ii almost fat, and presents solid
Of pure gold tho only quartz perc,ivable 10 on
loosely imbedded in the precious metal that, with
the aid OF pointed Instrument they might be easily
parenily been b on in . fused state.
TIE kussIANs-In the Twelfth District Court at
San Francisco. petition was fled for writ of ha
sian prisoners alleged to be held illegally prison.
of war by the English prizs crew on board the
Sitks, then lying in the harbor. The illegatty of
their confinement was based the fact set forth
that they were brought cut of British possessions
into the State of California and cannot, by
of such removal, be longer held lawfully in British
custody. A writ of habeas corpus was issued re-
turnabe bsfore Monday; but early the morning Of
the Sabbah the ship quietly hosted her anchors and
put to The Judge intimated that this contempt
Of would be made national affair, and that be
should forward the facts to Warrington.
On the 50th the Russian ship Kamschatka, Capt
Riddle, arrived at San Francisco from Sitka after
passage of 20 days She 10 fine looking ship OF 600
tons and ma, been very fortunate to escape
the bar within 20 feet of the guns of British ship
OF war.
THE ISTHMUS. Z
The Panama papers still talk of the Isthmus be-
coming Federal State something not only pro-
bsble but imminent TIE railroad works are pro.
crossing rapidly and it, speedy termination Is hoped
for. OF late no outrages have taken place on the
ad.
FROM OREGON AND WASHINGTON TERRITORY.
The dates from Oregon up the 22d of No
yember. Tho news 10 uuimporfaut.
The revenue cutter Jefferson Davis was at Olym-
pia
At an electionfor Councilmen, held at Portland
on Monday, the 25,h inst, the democrats beat the
combined force OF the wings and know-nothings.
The Statesman says, Gov. Curry received by
the last mail $4,000 of Caynse (Treasury) war
rants for the citizens of the Territory.
Gold has been discovered, says the Statesman
within the past few days, at John Leabos ferry,
the Willamette river, some seven or eight miles
above Salem
FROM ACAPULCO.
The government troops have advanced on Prov
idencia, Alvsrez's Hacienda and headquarters, he
having previously reduced the came to ashes and
taken TO his strongholds In the mountains They
number 5000 men and are advancing on Acapulco
Another division Of the government troops, mum
berine 900, are advancing by the coast road
The Alvarez force at present number 1,500 and
daily Increasing General Co,nonfort bad arrived
At Acapulco from New York, with material aid &c
carry on the war against Santa Anna.
IMPORTANT FROM PERU
Tho steamship Bolivar arrived at Panama on the