Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-10-05

weeks previous 10 inc ON lD~t1ul.
col. WALKER AND COY. KINNEY.
Col. Kinney hal been elected Governor of san
Juaa. and. huying chosen his c ,uncil. had issued
IA proclamation 10 the people. lie had coinnen-
ced the publ alton Of Il paper called the Central
American
MOVEMENTS or col KiSSEY.
The Central American says:
We have just received Intelligence from the
interior bringing Us accounts of the late move
mcnis Of Col Walker. On Monday Col Walker.
with one handrtd and fifty men (only eighty OF
whom were whitc.) came from san Juan drl sud
over to Virgin Bay anI took up his quarters.
General Guardip immediately same down
from l;ivas aud attacked him with four hundred
men. The result was that the government par.
~ were defeated with II loss of some fifty men,
mhle Walker sustained only = loss Of one white
man aud f,er natives. The government party is
said To hn,, been badly used mp:
i messenger Who l,ft shortly after tie battle
nj Virgin Bay, r,pprts that Walker had returned
to san JUN aud would probably attaea fivos in
in a few DAYS.
it's also ,rpertcd that The government bad de
mnnded of Nj. Scott all ana munitions in
his ppssa>sion, which be refused 10 give up.
Ilr arln' and muniiipns,it appears, consisted Of
four II pound cannon, forty eight muskcts, and
II goediy supply of cartridges, shipped out by the
Transit Company, and larded ut C~lstillo, after
wards placed on Board of the steamer La Virgin
Wv u 'If idlFi RpiIfdi1 > bbil7 ~ my M ~
nada, ON board OF which they were " .en the de-
mlad was made.
MISCELLANEOUS
The first trip on the Sacramento Valley Rail
ROAD wa made on The l5th August. 1t was II
sllor. excursion irom Sacreinento levee 10 Sever.
teeth It. The train, consisting of three platform
form cars, was drnscly crowded.
\ man named Amiel Brickntll. proprietor of
Il public house n Eighth street; Sacramento, was
shot, aud mortally wounded, on the Goth August
by his son in law, Samuel Garrett. BIicknpll
died soon nttei. & ureit had ran away wi h
Briekneifs daughter, upon his return the latter
assaulted Inn aud was shot.
Jose Lafurute, an Intelligent Chilean, connco.
ted with the editorial department of the Sud
America no, stabbed his wife. Maria Marines,
on the 2lst Of August. Ills victim died two days
utter. \ domestic dispute is the alleged cau,e
of the deed. Lgtuente is now III tie county Jail.
pronounced by some insane.
Charles Hudson dird fro taking an over dose
Of Iaudanum on the l1fh August last.
The new Custom House and Post Office is near
~ completed.
On the 22d Of August, san Francisco was visi-
ted by n yery preccptihle earthquake. The houses
shook violently, aud the people rushed into the
street tor safety.
The United States steamer Massachusetts,, S.
~Sw,atwout, Lieut.. Commanding, sailed from San
Francisco on II visit TO Acapulco and other ports
to1 hr Nnxf.on nurt.nri,i,s ~, n.r.ons and nr,n
erts If tna,;o,n ci,ig..,,s Sf,n ,,,.s fnII, rn,nn .
pared for an active cruise, aud with the neccpS.
ss,ro instruction. iron, In, r,no, ud4r.in rhof
Of the squadron in the Pacific, to enforce the Iibe-
,a,i,n III nil A,nnr;.., .;t;zo,s uho ma. h.. min.
nv ! ,taia Il Lr tho n,ri;,,ns az S,nta 1n,a
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Aug. II.
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