Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-12-06

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EIGHT DAYS LATER FROM C4LIFoRNyA
ARRIVAL OF THE STAR tn. wKsr-s76o 900
SrEcir, AND InE NAILS or the 9rn or
NOVEMBER.
Tho steamship Star Of tho Star, Capt Turner arrived
at New York at O'Clock, ON Saturday afternoon from
| Punta A,enas
Sac arrived out at funs Arenas on the morning of III.
2Sd ut, anu lett same evening at six o'clock with geo
passengers and $4,000 In specie freight 70 G. Nor
gan.
Steamer Corts' connecting, arrived at San Juan del
Sur on Monday evening" goth ull having Left San Fran
| cisco on the 9th.
Tho Accessory Transit Company have added another
new steamer OF 400 ton. burhon for tho lake. called the
san Carlos, which arrived the morning Of the l6th
anu has already proceeded up tho river take her post
| for Lake Nicsrsgua.
e on the morning Of tho s7h aud arrived this day at
10 o'clock, A. NJ days and ls hours IRON Puuta Are
The f,lowiug 10 the specie list Duncan. Sherman
Co., 1856 900; Wells, Fargo Co. 800, si4; Adams
Co., sl7o40o J. Blooming dale Co., $l7, $50; wm So
legmau & Co, 5000; Neuhouse & Sp,z Phadeir hi.
ssm'OSo; DseIsi CO. Philadelphia, $4,000; Order,
A duel fought the sth of November, bsween Col
D. wo'dlief and Achilles Ksueu. about ten miles from
Oakland.
About one hundred and y persons were assembled ii.
spectators OF the encounter The parties fought with Ms
sssppi rifles forty psces-paced back to back and 10
he frat nj m
shot through tho heart, and died Immediately. He
shot through aud through aud dead almost as soon a.
he touched tue earth. Mr.. Kewen was unhurt
From the Placer Times, November OIL
The election on the Sth for CITY Comptroller resulted In
Mr. Sherman receiving majority OIL OiS votes over Mr.
llasht There no regular nominee in the fell Mr.
Sherman is understood hAvo been the nominee of the
kno~ Nohiugs
The whole uumbcr Of vote, pocd was 1 40. At the
general lection held the 9th of September last the en-.
tire vote pollcd for city Comptroller To- 1875.
THE ALLIED FLEETS AND OTHER SQUADRONs
IN TIE PACIFIC.
Since the repue Of the allied fleet at Petropolou
the movements Of tho respective vessels have become
matter OF interest The portion of the combined
| squadron now lie at anchor in our harbor
They comprise Ii. b. II. frigatcs President and Pique
sloop of-war Amphtrte and steamer Virago aud the
French frgates Forte and Eurydice They are accom-
panied by their prize, the Russian ship Ska H. b. NJ
discovery ship Plos er is also in porte
The French br g-ofwar 0bligado which constituted
portion of the squadron in its attack upon
siiled from this port on Saturday last for Guaymas
ar ths
death Of Count do Riousset Boubou.
| Toe bris Henry Williams. which arrived on Monday
night from Sydney reported heavy cannonade outside
the ead resembling sea Fight, and last night there
vas flying report through the city, said to have been
brought by pilot boat the effect that Oog
| encountered Russian irigate. The report however
| needs confirmation
In addition to the vessel, ahovs enumerated H. b. n
soop'of-War Trncomalee and the Freuch corvette Arte
mise, from the Sandwich Islands, arrived within few
days Tho whereabouts Of tho Russian rigato Diana is
Ia
Hnee 10 our waters perhaps at no great distance from
some o. her antagonss.
Tho Russian frigi,e Aurora and soop.of- war D~ins,
were lett by the allies az Peopoowski but where they
may now be il matter Of speculation. the u s. steam
rgie Susquehsnns reported the Sand ich Islands
and hourly expected in habor, she having put into
Honolulu merely for supply Of coal. The frigats
Mississippi WIS to have Left Hong Kong three days after
the susquehanns, and may also be hourly expected.
The United States aoop-ofwar ST. Mays aud Ports
mouth, were at Honolulu the goth of October and " III
probably pay US visit in the Of the winter The
English and French squadrons il ia understood will winter
| at Monterey.
From the Placer Time. Nov. 81
Tuesday Evening. Nov, 7-Au active jobbing trade has
been carried during the week. apart from which there
have been lew incidents Of trade worthy of comment
Sales from the first hands have been to large ex
tent. In regard to few articles speculative feeling
has existed but the general tenor of trade has been about
that Of the week proceeding. There is good demand
for goods in the hands of importers but the bulk
supplies has already been by the obbers and
much Of those now duo has been purchased to arrive
expect much immediate relief The bulk Of the busn es:
thus far done the has been on credit and
some weeks must eapse before obbsrs realize returns
from the country dealers.
There have been few arrivals of vessel. Turing III week
From Philadelphia, the bark Live Yankee and from Bo.
ton, the clipper ship Grace Darling tho only vesses
| from Atlantic ports.
yOurIThene Is more amne" 10 the market for superan
Richmond mills and In n.s hands there advance on III,
were axen at and ns ss.
%as Of @ ee o s' ST,S At the figure
hands at.ia''' and 40 DO no. lnpsesd .amo
THE CoRs MARKET IN ENGLAND excites a coed deal q
attention Mr. Card very competent authority upo,
tho subject calculates tho crop OF wheat of 1854 TO
been equal 10 10 $4,000 quarters and the annual com
sumption of the United Kingdom to be g 600 OOO onar
tiers leaving i5ooOO quarters to be provided for from
broad the annual average mI ortaton being 500 90
tiers and that Of the last year 6492 900 quarters N,
Card thinks that the wants Of the coming bnv
been over estimated and ,u though bale of old stocks
aud therefore likely to have high prices tho wheat GRO
OF 1854 places the country in safer position in regard
the supply OF corn than it this time last YEAR Tbi
Is MI Cara opinion, and TO be taken for what II
worth, Even he however, suPposes that there will conn
ue to be high prices,
The great expedition of the Allies, destined TO vrcnc
Sebstopol from the possession of the Car from
Vana the first week Of September or about two month
Since Ihey have had dreadful work in the mean lille
and the end is not yet.
At our last dates, the effective force of the Allies
infantry before Sebastopol, amounted to 10 900 British
900 French, and 900 Turks The artillery.mcn wer
much worn out by inccssant toll They were compelled
to labor IL hours out Of the "a in the trenches Instead
tho usual eight.
il CLOSING OF NAVIGATION.
UTIcA De- 2-Tho navigation ofthe Eric Canal Ia an
pareniy suspended Of tho ice on the Chenag
Canal number OF boats are frozen in at various points
BANGOR, Me-, Dec. 2-The navigation in this section
country appears TO be closed for the season.
i EXCITEMENT AT CAIRO I'LL.
cs~'v- ,--', De- Tho Tousvilo paporu Of this NOR
ming contain statement ofan exciting circumstance ,",
occurred at Carlo, Ila day since. coored man
whokepta gog shop fat boat Cairo been sue,
Tor $50, and Judgment rendered against him. threatened
TO shoot the magistrate no refused to let him Off aer
wards no armed himself and took his stand on the
The latter was quickly surrounded by number of people
when the negro fired into the crowd, wounding four per
sons The boat was Immediately on fire by tho crowd
and cut lose Whilst out in tho stream the negro lied