The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-08-08
CALIFORNIA NEWS BY THE NOR
THERN LIGHT.
RAvAGEs OF CHOLERA.
EARTHeUAK ArLos ANeE1os

| RAVAGES OF CHOLERA.
ARTH Q UAKE AT Los ANGELos
WALKER EXPEDITION
The steamer Northern Light arrived at New
FORK Sunday evening 10 Elk DAYS and nineteel
hours. from San Juan.
GOLD FRAUDs
the city OF San Francieco was thrown into ,
state of great excitement on the evening of ,b'
LIN instant, by the rumor that Messrs A. A. Co
hen, late receiver of the assets of Adams &. On
ano r. =. woods, member Of tina. arm. had beer
charged with frauds to the amount of g40n mn h,
Judge Chambers. of the late firm of Page. Bsco1
q Co In an affidavit of Judge Chambers. he Al.
leges that the firm of Adams & Co have heen an.
gagged in the last four years in palmIng off inferio,
DUST upon the hrm OF Page, Bacon & Co.-that 9
regularly organized band OF disguised accomplicei
has been maintained In the various oipp districts
OF the interior, where gold dust is bought and
sold; The complainant brings a, witnesses H. A
Wni'ing, Esq, and James King, of VIM leading
held to bail In the sum of S42O, 600 each. and an
order CT arrest Issued from the 18th District Court
They have published card prornisina TO refute
these chSrges.
CONSULAR DUE
A dispute occurred on the Isl of JuIy between
Mr. Samuel hermann, of Louisiana, and now re-
siding IL San Francisco. and ID Dillon, the French
Consul. ID. Dillon having written some offensive
commupic Rtons to his GoVernu sut respectinp IN a
French residents of Caifornis, the subject was
taKen W ny Mr.. Hermann and tae Consul refusing
TO explain, he was slapped ir the face by Mr..
Hermann. duel between the parties was antici-
pa:ed, bnt did not transpire there being djsaeree
ment respecting the weapons. Mr.. Hermann.
being th3 challenged party, chose small swords 10
which the friends of NJ. Dillon objected on the
ground that he did not understand it's use and 40
the matter rests. The French residents are any.
ious that their Consul who ia a member of the
Legion or Honor shall avepge the nsult he alleges
ne, as well as the French nation, has received
Mr.John P Hill, brother of Capt. James NJ Hill.
OF the clipper ship Northern Empire, met sudden
death on the Srd inst, by falling overheard from
that ship, In attempting to leap board striking
his head violently against the fuke of the anchor
la his descent He was native of Portsmouth
N a., and has been resident of Cafor mia since
His Honor ]. s. Hager took his seat In the
Fourth District Court on the I'd inst as successor
to Hon. Delos Lake. resigned.
nre broke out on the morning of the Fourth,
about O'Clock, In the kitchen of public house
known IS the Crystal" at thee of Kearney
and the loss was not far from one hun.
dred thousand dollars. The fremen we're assisted
materially by their visitors from Marysvlle and
Sacramento
The new City Government of San Frapcisco has
organic ed, MIR. J. Stetconb being elected President
oil the Board of Aldermen, and Mr. ]. Wells of
.aneS sssiiaetanf AqRd dpe,.o. ~aHoIs,
were arrested.
poor woman named EEz absth Crawford, the
victim of seduction, died the night of the g.
inst In house at the corner OF Harrison and
Harris streets, San Francisco. The circumstances
of her death created generally sympathy and
clothes renovater, died on the 9th instant at his
house on Kearney street, San Francisco.
The weather has been unusually warm
The steamer John l.. Stephens arrived at this
port at l O'Clock, P. NJ, on the 18Th inst, from
Panama, with $50 passengers.
Captain Doran, of the British ship EaZarine was
arrested on the 9th inst, for shooting three men,
(boarding house runnersD who attempted to board
the vessel to entice the crew to leave while enter
ing the harbor. The men were badly wounded -
The Ceptain was held in the sum OF So 600 to
appear at the Court of Sessions.
Duels were becoming sgajn fashionable Two
occurred on the 12th, one In the vicinity oil the
Mission Dolores between two French merchants,
and another at Contra Costa, also between French
men. The weapons were small swords In both
instances. M. Ssulnier, wine dealer, one OF the
parties. was dangerously wounded In the abdomen.
The Know Nothings bold their Convention for
day In August Qhe 7,h.) There are numerous
candidates proposed for Governor.
Elu orth, the pedestrian. had completed his great
feat at Sacramento OF walking 1000 miles In 900
consecutive hours.
CHOLERA THE SIERRA NEVADA.
Musb excitement existed In San Francisco on the
I6t relative to the fatal of cholera the
stea mer Sierra Nevada during her passage from San
juan to that port When a few days out the cholera
broke out girl being the first victim.
Al So Juan del Sur several others buried Thf-
ty in all died-among them Rev. c. B. West, ON his
" ay to take charge Of church in the interior ar
Miss Mary Ann Allen, who was on her way out to
he married, and who had written her intended hus
band to meet her at the wharf Miss Rsbecca Hrsch.
mau lovely girl of l6. from Europe, was a'so one
of the victims and her brother upon boarding the
steamer, found nothing save her corpse.
LOWER CALIFORNIA.
The lower California affairs were assuming a seri.
ous character. Ga the S7th ult Lieutenant Pugol,
with 40 me H. went to Ban Thomas and sent friend
y message to Melendrez the Governor of the place.
and shot Lieutenant Pugol, who is scommandspt OF
the Northern frontier of lower California, had issued
an order TO the effect that all foreigne's should
leave the country, and If any crossed the line into
lower California without passport signed by the
Mexican Consul in San Francisco he will be shot.
Ss b uS Hnras Sudns escaped ~,hoOt
injury to its walls or destruction OF some portions o
its contents The shocks lasted several seconds and
appeared te lift up and twist the ground about, &C
companed by a roaring noise like the approach of q
hurricane.
THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. KILLED.
Col. Walker is still at Realejo where he retreat
ed from San Juan del Sur Captain French came
down by the last steamer from San Francisco Il
at San Juan with party of "a on the 10th uit, IL
the brig Huntress, of Philadelphia. They are en-
gagged 10 putting up building In San Juan. Their
| 10 much dissatisfsction among them.
FURTHER PARTICULARS OF WALKERS BATTLE.
Taking In consideration the handful OF Amerf
cans (sixty after the natives broke and fed en-
| gagged 10 the bloody combat at Rivas, 1t seems b
| have been one of the most unequal on record =
| There could not have been less than 700 OF tn
| Nicaraguans, TO judge from the accounts, write
and verbal, which have been received. Colone
| walker reports his loss at five killed and s
| wounded besides the two whom Gen. Bosca re
| ports having shot on the road from Rivas to Sa
Juan. Capt. McNa abb, who commanded one OF 10
| companies, says that not less than twelve of tn
little command were killed. Among them sr
| Frank Anderson, Achilles Kewen. BENZ J
Williamson, Thomas Croker, George Leonart
the two brothers Cole e Easterbrook and Cha
Drogan. The names OF those wounded We hav
not learned. The remainder oi tho army sale
for Rsalejo In the schooner San Jose. The gree
blunder was ever leaving the northarn part OF q
Republic without force sufficient to hold grouu
against . population of not less than 90, 600 pc
sons, who compose ths natives OF the Departures