Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-06-26
LATER FROM CALIFORNIA.

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New YORK. June 2I.-TlD STEAMER Star o the
West from san Junn, with SC2j.0OO III specie on
freight and sou passengers, reached hero ut O'Clock
tonight.
The Star of the West left at San Juan the British
steam Irigate Duzzard aud the French steam tr!aio
Archcsun said to b.. awaiting the arrival oi the hn-
nry Expedition.
The t. S. slnOp-of.wnr 81 Mary's left San Juan
del Sud on the ith, all well.
The municipal election in San francesca crGhted
great excitement, and resulted III the choice Z" the
tnlnwimg officers, y;A:-Dclnocrnt@-.'nnr. Van
Ness, Meyor; Vim. MciiLbon, Treasurer; Andrew
Mouljer, Comptroller J. Ilof, Surveyor The Know
Nothings elected the Thy col|ect"T llar'"r-in"S;er
City Marshal, mud City attorney. TIE democratic
elected four Aldermen and four Assistants ANA i.'t'
KNOW Nothings also four each. The election was
regarded Us test of strength IN tic strHGG1r ne
tween the native and The forcsn-born r'ii@eis There
was more excitement dntS tho contest than III any
previous election in the city.
The gambling Inv went into operation on lie i'ih
ult., and the gambling saloons closed forever.
The snow was stili several feet deep in ihe SieTrn
Nevada mountains
Tho creditors and time certificate holder. y! Page
Bacon & Co, have had several large meetings rela-
tive to refusal Of Daniel l.. Page I" secure parties
who cGm- forward two months sincc to sustain The
House. Con!:., i:i;"s were appointed I" cS"n"c IN"
afairs Of the House ecla;'ai Finally, at needing
on the Doth of May, G. X GarrsnG ..e.';'ed property
to the amount of 100000 to support tie n'.s2 b.
way of serving the creditors and staying further eGG
procecdtIgs. The creditors now look forward VAIN
renewed hope ri kc;rg fully Unidentified.
The affairs of Adams K Co Icing investigated IN the
Fou til District Court Judge Lake nas decided tl'at
Ea.kers aro entitled to The benefit of the inf"d9ent
lays.
a destructive ire occurred at San Francisco on
the morning Of the 18th cofHpclng IN f., r"Ttor .s
drug store, Commercial street. and pro@r4 &c NEST
cxtens.c conagration that had Gpprncd for several
months, the srtirG square bounded by Davis, Front
Sacramento and Commercial .t:c"ts being consumed.
4 ., "a. T. D.,,. 70
Among the property destroyed Is hc.!pGSE Lror"s'
saloon Bradley's clothing store, the Steamboat ga
loon Mclinrcs cntirg store, the Swiss l!"tri, Me-
;rap3li.gn Saloon, w. Is. Brown, j. ). Kennedy 4
Co.'S -four store podi's stove factory: Avery: Cog
well S; Co.. storo ~GscA0gsc; and hnickcrb"tker
New Orleans Exchange.
Letters from San Francisco render u p,,Ea.le that
Walker and Kinncvs expeditions will JOIN inrces il
Nicaragua. The Alta Californian says that Walker
enters El3ragua at the express Invitation OF Casili-
lun The deIlocrstic candidate for President there,
aud who still is wagine SAY against the legitimate
party Walker Inns formal coippac; Tltl; tlle State
granting him 7UUO acres of territory, to be ch1sen
fro;;: my public lands in Nicaragua.
CHIHI.-kdYjces from Canton. April lith. say
that the pirntes nEGcf tGlpS' numbering over lo'o'
had been attacked and Eillr.:.
DELAWARE Tho Delaware Republican, p+h-
lishcI ct Wilmington: deprecaes the acton OF the
majority Oh llle subject of Slavery in the late Nation
al Council of Know Nothings. it says that the peo-
pie of the North and West cannon he rallied la the
support of platform which asserts that the a!Sa IN
regard to slavery shall remain unchanged, and that
Congress ought no: 10 legsGte that subject within
the territories of the United States the District OF
Columbia and adds that it would have been the height
of folly for the Northern Delegates to have aciessed
in those provisions or remained in the Convention
The following declaration is distinct and important
If slavery s sucia and political evil as South
ern men rs well cs Northern ones have declared, our
friends of tue South should give way and not at.
tempt to extend OK perpetpate it BY any additional
law"