Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1855-07-14
Califonia Sle(us,
ARRIVAL OF THE
PROMETHEUS.
LATER FROM CALIFORNIA
The Iopn Of Riras Cdptured.


>, NEW ORLEANS, July 6.-By the Steamship
irometheus, from San Juan, California dates
to the 10th ult. have been received.
The Intelligence from the mining districts
is OF the most favorable character, and there
mas been large ship nent of specie from San
Francisco.
1he land claim of Messrs. Bolton and Bar
row has been confirmed by the U. S. Com
missioners,
The law prohibiting gaming is generally
observed in San Francisco.
The town of Auburn has been mostly de-
stroyed by fire.
At the recent municipal election in Placer.
vllie aud other towns, the Know Nothings
have been successful
The intelligence from Nicaragua is impor-
tant, The Filibustering expedition under
Walker had landed in Nicaragua and captur-
ed the town of Rivas, causing the most ins
tense excitement throughout the country.
NEW York, July S.-41'he steamship North
ern Light reached her berth about o'clock
this evening with California dates to the 10th
ult She has on board 457 passengers, and
SS29,OOO in gold, on freight.
Among the passengers is Col Wheeler,
the American Minister TO Nicaragua, who
brings two important treaties, and u. Page.
of the firm of Page, Bacon & Co.
Mr.. Hatch, the Purser of the Northern
Light, states that affairs in Central America
are more disturbed than heretofore, owing to
the landing and successes of the expedition
under Walker.
Walker received reinforcements at Reale-
go, and landed at Preto, IA miles North of
San Juan del Sur, on the 9th June, with 375
men. He is reported to have taken the town
of Rivas, and then entering San Juan del Sur,
ba nd off ha nd al
lected there, without opposition.
The town of San Juan del Norte has again
been organized under the lead of Il. j. Mar
tin the late Mayor.
The steamship Northern Light connected
with the Sierra Nevada.
The most important item is the confrma-
ton of the claim of Messrs, Bolton & Barrow
by the U. S. Land Commissioners, embracing
1850 acres, lying mostly within the corpoate
limits Of San Francisco and covering the
whole southern part of the municipality, and
is estimated to be worth S40,000,000. Pal
mer, Cook & Co. are the principal owners of
the claim.
Trouble with the Indians is anticipated in
the neighborhood Of the Fresno river, owing
to an Indian having been hung for shooting
Mexican miner without provocatian. All
the Indians on the Fresno Reserve have run
off to the mountains, and several were shot.
A rich gold quartz, lead and silver. mine
have been discovered in Tuoloume county.
The burning of the town of Auburn entail
ed loss of S250,000.
The ship Metropolitan, which sunk in the
dock in San Francisco, the day the previous
steamer sailed, was raised two days after.
Seventy small frame houses and six brick
houses, situated in the square bounded by
Dupont, Jackson, Stockton and Washington
streets, San Francisco, was destroyed by fire
on the 18th ult. Loss $4,000.
Lola Montez left San Francisco on the 9Th
of June, in the bark Fanny Major, bound to
Aus rala, where she will take the stage again,
and then 60 to Europe.
There are stated to be fifty-four -four mills
in California, which are supposed to be capa-
BILE of turning out four thousand barrels of
-four per day.
The Indians are reported to have killed six
white men on the klamath reservation, and
six others in the Illinois valley.
The mines are yielding abundantly, and the
production of 1855 bids fair to equal, if not
exceed that Of any previous year.
The California mint is coming ut the rate
Of 100000 per day,