Demoine courier., 1855-08-16
LATER FROM CALIFORNIA.
New YoRK, Aug. G.

The Northern Light arrived here las
Eigh. from San Juan after tbs remark.
able shoi, passage Of 90 days. She
brings $780, 900 in gold. Col. WslkeI
is al Realijo, where he retfeattd from
San Juan del Sud. Capt. French cams
down on the steamer from San Francis
co to join tbs Government party. Col
Kinney arrived a, San Juan with a party
of "a OF the 18th ult. They are engag-
ed in putting up a building in San Juan.
There is much dissatisfaction among
them.
The mices in California are yielding
better than foi several years past.
Gold has been discovered in grea,
quantities at Puge,'s Sound.
The steamer Pacific. John S. Slsvensf
and..Sierra Nevada and arrived up. The
latter had cholera ON board, anu 80
deaths occurred between Nicaragua and
San Francisco. She had The passengers
which left New York June 10Th.
A. A. Cohen, late receiver Of Adams
& Co., and J. ID. Woods, q member Of
that firm, had been charged with fraud
TO the amount Of $780, 900 by Judge
Chambers, Of the late firm Of Page,
Bacon q Co. In an ~aficayi, OF Judge
e. he alleges that the firm Of Adams g.
Co. had been engaged for the las, four
years in palming off inferior dust on Page
Bacon aud Co.; tina, regular organized
bands Of OF disguised accomp.ices had
been. m%aint.ired in The various mining
districts OF the in'erior. where gold duet
had been bought and sold. The defend
a It's had been held 10 bail it, the sum oil
$4,000 each.
They have published a card, promi,
ing 10 refute these charges.
A fire occurred on the 4,h Of July on
the corner Of Karney and Bush streets.
destroying about 20 houses. Loss no,
far from 100000.
The new city government OF San
Francisco had organized. Mr.. ]. Siocnm
having been chosen Chairman Of The
Board of Aldermen.
The Know No.hirgs hold their ron.
yen,ion for choosing State officers on
the first Tuesday. in August.
A DUE! 10 said to be inevitable between
Nj. Dillon, French Consul, and a Mr..
Herman, owing TO . dispute which came
TO blows.
Agricultural affairs throughout the
State had suffered from grassho2pers.
Dates from Oiegon 10. the 9TH uli.. and
from Washington Territory to June 29.h
had been received.
The reports Of The recent gold dis
coveries hear Port Colyille are confirm.
ed.
All the available United States troops
stationed at V~ancouver's and Daller had
gone on. on The plains under the com.
mand Of Maj. Hotter. 20 look after the
Indians in that quarter.
Gen. Palmer had effected several i'm
por,an, treaties with the Indians in vari-
ous SECTIONS.
California markets quiet and unchang
ed.
A RAILROAD SMASH uP.-We learn
taat an accident, attended with the loss
Of life, occurred on the Salem and New
Albany Railroad on Monday afternoon.
A freight train gong south had jus.
passed Madeiraville, forty two miles from
Michigan City, when the locomotive ran
of the track, through the displacement Of
the switch OF some other cause. The
train was composed Of empty cars. ex
cept two, in which there were homes
One Of the owners Of the horses was 10.
siantly killed, while the other, standing
BY his side. escaped without a scratch.
Another mara member OF a recently
disbsnded circus compapy-was 90 sew.
erely injured ia the head that he could
not survive. All on board-some ten or
.welve-exceps two, were more or less
huri. Nearly oil the cars were . perfsc,
wreck. The tender turned 4 somsrset,
and the locomotive wal much damaged.
The horses escaped without injury
Chicago Aemoc, at.
q Tbs Delaware and New Jerse,
papers say The peach crop never wes
more abundant than THE season.