Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-09-26
LATER FROM CALIFORNIA.
The NEWaBY TIE PROM ETHs Us.
Later from Oregon and Utah.

Later from Oregon and Utah..
The Nicaragua steamship Prometheus, Capt.
Torner from Punta Arenas, With 36l passen.
gets from California and 81, OO0, 900 in specie,
arrived at New York yesterday afternoon.
The Prometheus connected with the steamer
Pacific, Captain Seabury, which arrived at
San Juan del Sur on the l4th, and left Punta
Arenas with hsr passengers, SCI in number,
and 81, 900, 600 in specie on freight. The Pro-
metheus encountered severe N. e. gale from
lat 30 tS Cape Hattsras.
The Alta California gives the following sum-
mary of the news for the fortnight ending
August 3lst: % a''i : .r
Under date OF August 18th, the Sonora Bull
letin contains accounts of Indian outrages
Six white men have been murdered by In
dians in Russian River Township within a few
months -
a negro named Stephen S. Hill was arrested
On the 10Th instant, in Sonoras under the fugi.
tive law of this State He was brought to
this State by his master in l843. Hill is said
to be worth about $1,000, and is man of good
industrious habits. 7i@
An association of citizens Of foreign birth
has been organized at Sacramento under the
above title, intended to counteract the influ-
| ence of the Know Nothings.
lynching operation took place in Alanada
county on the 23d Instant Two men we're
hung for cattle stealing, at the town of San
Antonio. One was Frenchman named Anne
dee Canu, the other Belgian named Pierre
Archambault.
Aman by the name of John Biairdell was
shot near Uniontown, Humboldt County on the
I'd inst A man named John Estis has been
arrested and also the wife of the deceased.
News from Nevada, dated August 18th, says
that French Corral, a town of from IS to 100
houses, was destroyed by FIRE last night
A man named John p. tCryder has been ar
rested in Sacramento, charged with altering a
State Comptroller's warrant from 500 to
$500 j. '% -
The frat number of the Spanish paper, La
Cronica, was issued on the 10th inst
The mortality among the Chinese. large
numbers OF whom have lately arrived here, is
very extensive. 1- ai . al
II is stated on good authorized that the Eng.
fish, French and Russian governments have
agreed not to disturb each others possession ms
in the Pacific ocean. -! .
The hrst public county school celebration
took place on the 22d, at the Russ Gardens
Nine hundred and thirty children were pre-
sent.
The British clipper bark Skinner of the
Seas, which was reported to have been capture
by a Russian trigate, off the Loo Choo Islands
arrived last evening. ---
Thompson u Co., died on the afternoon OF the
23d inst t.. t- =
Mr.W alter Sherwood has been committing
torgeries in this city. to the amount of $l7. 800
Paper to that amount has been discover
committee from the Board of Supervisors
have accepted plan for the House of Refuge
REVOLUTION IN LOWER CALIFORNIA
The San Francisco Herald publishes the fol
lowing letter:
San DIEGO, August 18th, 1854
Editor of the Herald: From the late Ad-
jutant of General Melandrez, who passed
through here yesterday. derive the following
particulars of the attempted revolution in Low
er California
Senior Chavis, a resident of Santa Tomas and
late subaltern officer of the Mexican army,
accompanied by ten or dozen men, attempted
to surprise Meendrez at his lodgings Melen-
drez according to his adjutant unaided, and
with single revolver, beat back his assail-
ants, and escaped to Guadalupe rancho, where
ne rallied the famous army that escorted Col.
Walker TO the lines, and marched upon Santa
Tomas surprising Chavis and ca pturing his en-
tire force-amOng whom Melendrez found a
few soldiers, deserted from the Mexican army.
These he caused to be tied up and one hun
dred lashes were duly administered to each
Chavls is IN double irons at Santa Tomas, and
Malendrez has gone to La Paz to forward a
report OF his brilliant victory to the emperor
that is to be- =
Three men lost their lives during the revolu-
ton, and Lower California once more recog
nlses Melendrez as the supreme governor.
Our harVeStis Over-crops good but no buy
ers in the market.
The following, In relation to the San Diego
and Salt Lake Railroad, is copied from the
San Francisco Herald II
Mr.. A. Finklenburg, civil engineer, left this
city On Friday last, by the Salt Lake mail
route, for St. Louis, where he is to join party
and return to this place, making reeon,,o, sauee
TOR railroad route. 1t is said that several
heavy capitalists of Europe have taken the
preliminary steps toward organizing a COM
pany, IN conjunction with the Mormons of Salt
Lake, to build railroad from Utah to tho Pa.
clhc-San Diego to be the western terminus.
INTERESTING FROM UTAH.
The following items" are taken from files
OF the Deseret News to July 26-six weeks
later than previous advices:
On the 10th of June the workmen began at
the sout beast corner to lay. the foundation for
the Temple Block, in Salt Lake City. II ia to
be of stone, 24O feet square
1t Is quite probable tn at the richest product
OF dreen River county will be the coal from
the extensive, rich and thick coal beds of Bit
ter creek, unavailable at present merely from
the lack of facilities Of transportation to our
settlements.
PEACE WITH THE INDIANs-Prospsritu.-
The Deseret News says: Our red neighbors
remain friendly toward the whites; but there
are rumors of slight disturbances and one or
two small fights between the Green River
Snakes and the Pinta Utahs
All kinds of vegetation are growing rapidly.
and give indications of an abundant haryes,
The wheat especially looks unusually we'll
correspondent writing from Manti, july
b, says: On the 4th instant, Walker and his
band all left with friendly feeling; we gave
them TWO tat cattle and quantity of -four.
About the first Of June last, some Indians
came in and reported that the two Spaniards
which Fremont sent back for some cached
articles, had been killed. They said thai
soon after the Spaniards took out the articles
some Indians rushed upon them. killed them
and took the property, scattering the contents
OF the mail sacks and destroying the survey
ing Instruments.
l have hot been able to learn what Indians
committed this outrage. "Ali's we'll" ant
Manti will soon become beautiful and pom.
lous city; and a good portion of the cominy
emigration would do we'll do well to settle in
Sanpete valley, where they will find timber
and fuel in abundance and easy of access.
water plenty and grazing excellent
Harmony, about three hundred miles soutb
of Great Salt Lake City is the extreme south
ern settlement of the Mornons. The News