Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-12-30
Additional by the George Law
TWO wEEksL ATERFRoM CALIFORNIA.

mia mails Of the 1T inst. ~ I6i ,JGi IN trcns-
urc on fright aud 224 passengers.
The George Law connected with the steamship
sonora, which sailed frm sun Francisco on the
Ii with sl.s5l .3i5 in gold on board.
cALIroRSA MATTERS.
The United States boundary Surveying par
~, organized for running the new boundary line
under the Gadrden trcuty, left san Diego on the
III h ult
The following are The MINES of the party -
It, y MIcIler. a. &. Won >choti groogist and
bntnnist; T.. a Philips. J ODonughue, /. Coz
zrns and G. Michler, assistants.
Commander Franklin buchanan or the IS.
sienn fright" Susqu.hnnna' had appeared brfnie
the rccor of San Francisco. 10 answer to the
charge # having fa-cly imprisoned Joseph {.
Chapman. on The 18th Of November Inst, while
in the CHM Sens, and keeping him confined un-
Ill the vessel reached this port. The complain
ant was court martaled for refusing to d duty,
md sentence was ordered by Commodore Perry.
The order produced III court. Capt. Buch
"A. ann rely acted asa ~uborii at IN the matter.
mud Ind he refused Ia obey said order he would
hnvo been amenabe even To punishfn' ut of death.
OF course whit occurred upon the high -eus, could
not comc within the jurisdiction Of II Recorders
court; the question was, had Capt buchanan
transcribed his duty hv unnecessarily drtaining
his prisoner While in the port of San Francisco
TIL captain took the witness stand, and after
having testified Ia the signature of Commodore
Perry. and stating that the prisoner rclcas-
ed Mt the eHrlir-t possible -, portunty after the
arIisnl Of the vessel, the Recorder dismissed the
case.
The pilot boat Dancing Feather h I'd returned
from the week of the Yankee l,lade, having sue
eccded in recovering four boxes If treasure,
tanning S7O,0OOO
From Los lngrlos, we have rumors of nn"ih-
a. Il. -. A.
the overthrow of Melnndres, in Lower California
and that men and money being rniscd for the
purpose.
chns II. Bryan. Of Mary sville, has been np-
pointed judge of the Supreme Court. To fill the
vacancy occasioncd by the dcnh of Hon Alex
Wells Mr.. Il. formerly resided ut Columbus,
Ohio
he Indians nrc very troublesome to the whites
IN Shasta. They recently run of with on, hun
drcd aud ninety head of stock, including mum
her OF fine horses. At Oregon Guch, Trinity
county, they entered II tent and stole S6D0 aud
II large quantity of provisions and blankets.
An aiiiny recently took place near the Plaza
of Los Angeles, between some native Cnlturnl-
ans and purity OF So, orians. Eight or ten shots
Mere exchanged, one of the cnnbntnn,s was
killed. and two others were wounded.
A serious aillay with Indians has recently TIA
ken plncc. a party of seven persons wae tray
Cling from Salt Lake Ia California, when they
attacked on the Humboldt river by III, In
linns. The saynges lying i'll amhuscade
and were armed with rites. They fired upon the
purity mud killed Gve-the other two escaped.
Mr. George Robinson, Of Kentucky, who
on III, way Ia California with drove of stock,
lay the southern route. was shot by one of his
>rrvnnts at the Preside Rio Grando The muir
drrcr escaped.
beautiful service of gold plate was present
ed To Mayor Garrison, of SIM FUneisco, ON
Tuesday evening. The set consisted of seven
pl' ces, and wn> manufacture at II cost Of S1OCU.
Some excitement Was caused i'll Mnripo,a by
the mnrdcr nf II mun named Josh ilnrng by
gambler named R"nrkc, y quarrel uro1r about
some trllllng matter. when Roarlr shot Iloring
through The bead with pistol. Roa,ka was Ut
forwards seized 10y Ike populncr and hung.
A fire had occurred at Nevada, destroying Sill.
o'W worth of property, and Mt Happy Valley,
some ~ houses were consumed.
Mr. Perkins, If Lexington. Ky, and three
other Americans and one Swiss. had dug n mon
stcr lump of gold in Calevarns county weighing
100 : lbs, and valued ut $40 POP. 1t has been
r'nt On to NV York The san joaquin Repnb-
lean says of this big lump"
"ll' length of this immense mass is about
fifteen inches and its width from five and one.
halt 10 six inches. As one side is extremely ir-
regular and uneven IN It's formation, il is titicalt
Ia arrive at the thickness, hut it will probably
average four inches. The Other side l. almost
Hat aud presents II solid mass of pure gold; the
only quartz prrcrvuhlr is the upper or rng-
grd side, and some pieces ARE 81 loo-, " mbed
drd IN the precious mrtul that, with the aid of II
pointed instrumentthey nigh, he easily removed.
he who'd" mas, at some period, la. apparently
been in fused state
I'm RUsSlANs.-ln the Twelfth District Court
At san EGanc,co. petition was filed for a writ
If h"heos corpus I" bring before Judge Norton
tire, Russian prisoners, alleged to be held lille.
gaiiv prisoners of war by the English prize
crew on board the Stka, then lying in the har-
hor. The illcgaty of their confinement was
ha-cd ON the fact sci forth that they were brought
cut ot British possessions into the State of Cali
forum, ANA cannot, hv reason of such removal.
hr longer held lawfully in British custody. A
writ of hubra~ corpus was ISSUED, rcturnahlc be-
fore Monday. but early the morning of the
Sabbath the ship quietly hoi,tcd her anchors and
put To sea. The Judge intimatpd that this con
tempt of court would be made n NATIONAL affair
and that he should forward the fact, to Washing
ton.
On the Both the Russian ship Kamschatka
Capt. Riddle. arrived at san Francisco from Sit
ka after passage of 30 days. She is fine
looking ship of Goo tons hurlhen. and has been
very fortunate To escape the allied fleet ON the
coast She has anchored ON the bar within 20
feet of the guns of British ship of war.
THE ISTHMIs.
The Panama papers still talk of the ls,hmus
Incoming II Federal State Ms something not only
probable but imminent. The railroad works are
progressing rapidly, and its speedy termination
j. hoped for. OF late no outragcs have taken
place on the road.
FROM ACAPULCO.
The government troops have advanced on
pr"videncia, Alvarrz's Hacienda aud head Quar-
tiers, he having previously reduced the same to
ashes aud taken to his stronghcd> in the noun
ians. They number 1900 men and are a,lvanc