The Sierra citizen., 1854-08-19
FOURTEEN DAYS LATER
FROM THE
ATLANTIC STATES!
CHOLERA INCREASING!
THE WAR IN EUROPE!

rival OF lHc OieTfG NeCduQ dt Dan Iai-
cisco, at o'clock a. m, Sunday, August
l3, thirty-one and half hours after her
arrival.
DIED.-In Washington City, d. c..
Hon. Geo. G. Washington. on the 18th
ult. Col. G. G. Washington represented
Montgomery district in Congress for six
wears from 1927, and was again elected in
1885 when he served another term. In
politics he always acted with the whig
party, but was esteemed by men of both
parties as gentleman worthy of the name
he bore, and one of the connecting links of
the present generation with the "father of
his country" In 1852 he was nominated
by the native Americans for Vice Presi-
dent, to run on the ticket with Daniel
Webster; but he declined the nomination.
N. Y. Herald.
THE HOMESTEAD bill, pending in Con-
qress, at the latest advices had not passed.
A personal encounter took place in
Washington on the 10th ult., between
Thomas F. Meagher and Mr.. McMasters,
editor of the Freeman's Journal, the or
gan of the Roman Catholics.
The CHOLERA is rapidly on the increase
in the Atlantic State. In Philadelphia,
for the week ending July Is, there had
been 81 deaths from it; in Boston, 60; in
New York, so far this season, about 450.
A teIegraphic dispatch from Washington
denies the existence Of the pestilence there,
but rImOr states otherwise.
NATHANIEL B. BLUNT, district attorney
of New York, died at Lebanon, on the
10th ult., of congestive fever.
New GRENADA-H. B. Ms brig Es.
peigle, oftwelve guns, Commander Worth,
arrived at Grey Town about the
29th, and issued proclamations in the
name of the Queen, to the effect that he
should sustain the authority of the corpo-
ration of Grey Town, and urged the citi-
zens at once to resume their various occu-
pations and business, and assuring them of
the protection of her Majesty to the full
lest extent, pending the adjustment Of the
treaty by the proper government. Com
mander North had also offered assurances
to the eompany's agent at Punto Arenas,
of his protection against any local distur-
bance which mi ght arise during the ex-
citement among the people.
The revolution in Nicaragua remains i'll
stdtu quo. Chimmora was strong ly forti-
fed in the plaza of Grenada, with about
900 men.
Cortillon still holds the siege with about
$500 men.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS day was cele-
brated at the Star and Garter Hotel,
Richmond, by banquet to one hundred
and fifty guests, given by George Peabody.
Queen Victora sent her own and Prince
Albert's portraits to decorate the dining
room.
Kossuth addressed large
meeting at Glasgow on the 9Th ult, at
which resolutions were adopted to petit
ton the crown for the establishment of
Poland.
THE DANuBE.-On the 21st June an
important battle was fought. The par
ticulars were derived from a dispatch sta
ting that the Turks, under Girotto Meper
Pasha, fell on the Russian rear guard of
25O,O00 men near Silistra. The battle
lasted two days. and the Russian lost
$4,000 killed. They made good their re-
treat.
Cholera is reported to have made its
appearance in the garrison of Crcnstadt
Also some cases in the British feet.
The plan of the campaign and the
movements of the allied army are kept
private. 100000 Anglo-French troops
are still at Navira and Starnaud; and
Prince Napoleon is also there.
BLACK SEA-On the oath June, eight
Russian steamers came out of Sebastopol
and attacked three of the allied ships at
the batteries. 1t was running fight in
which John Bull appears to have been
worsted.
The Gar has replied to the invitation
of Austria and Prussia to evaeuate the
Principalities. He will evacuate Walla-
CHA, and leave free the Danube, which he
deems sufficient to satisfy the demands OF
Austria, but will retain Moldavia for
ulterior purposes.
In his answer to Prussia he stated that
he will resign the protectorate of the
Greek Christians, when Turkey shall be
placed under the protectorate of the five
powers, and that he will evacuate the
principalities when the western powers
evacuate.
The BALrIc.--Sir Charles Napier's feet
was laying in line of battle before Cron-
stadt, but up to the 29th June, no attack
had been made.
SpA1N.-A military insurrection headed
by O'Donnel, has broken out in Spain,
1000 of the Madrid garrison having
marched out in the direction of Toledo.
Madrid is covered with barricades. The
garrison is fraternising with the ;nsur-
gents. O'Donnel is threatening to attack
the place. The abdication of the Queen
is proposed. The insurgents numbered
1000, of whom 1000 were Cavalry. They
demand the dismissal of the ministry and
the Queens favorites The outbreak, as
yet, has been entirely military. An action
took place near the village of Vicalvair.
The insurgents charged three times unsuc-
cessfully. and at length, after great loss.
retreated upon Toledo. The royalists
would again attack them when the expec-
ted reinforcements arrived from Saragos-
sa. The insurrection is formidable, and
it depends upon accident whether the in