Washington telegraph., 1855-07-25
Fifteen Days Later from Cav;s.-
MIA.

nave receiNeu Gan TduciScO papers To H.
10th of June, fifteen days later than s ~
previously had
The news from California possesses ~,
siderable interest. The San Francisco q. y
izen furnishes the following summary:
The news from the interior indicates IL.
increasing strength of the American par+s
far beyond all expectation.
The coming State election excites cons;a
erabIe attention throughout the country. ,na
each party seems sanguine of success. H.
Democratic Convention meets on the OH
Their candidates for Governor are R p
Washington and John Bigler. The pans,s
heretofore classed as anti Broderick .,s
hammering away at Bigler, while Colonsl
Washington is traversing the State election.
eering for himself.
Auburn has been destroyed by fire sec.
ond time. The total loss is estimated >.
S210.0O0. The origin of the confagratioD
is not known. About one hundred buiM
ings were burned one life was lost.
The mining news is favorable. Sever,
new leads have been struck, and operaton,
generally have resulted successfully. TLe
northern mines continue as rich as ever
We have no news from the Kern River die
trict, which is now considered base hmm
bug.
A party of troops have been dispatched
from Fort Miller in pursuit of some trop
blesomc Indians on the Fresno A difFicpI
tv had occurred between them and bo
whites caused by tie hanging of an In.
dian for shooting a Mexican. There was /,
report that Mr.. Reed, wife and two chill.
dren had been murdered by them. A ven.
eral outbreak is expected.
Great excitement has been caused in S.D
Francisco, among large class of citizens
| by the confirmation of what is known as bs
| Bolton and Barron claim, embracing val.
liable tract of land already settled uron
| three square leagues IN extent Sevenl
meetings of the settlers have been held ani
resolutions adopted to appeal from the De.
cision of the Land Commission on grounds
Of the unconstitutionality of the Commisiso
ITSELF Measures have been taken to forma
Settlers League throughout The State, with
a view of exercising a controlling influence
at the coming State election. A memorial
has been circulated for 81 gnatures, reeues.
ing President Pierce to remove CommisiOD.
ers Farewell and Thompson The excite.
mcnt continues.
From a table recently published it ap
pears that there are fifty-four mills in Cali.
fornia. supposed to be able to turn out T..
600 barrels of -four per day.
a plague of grasshoppers has been expert
enccd around Marysville, by which all green
things are devoured. They have been co.,
lectcd and eaten by bushels by the indians
OREGoN--The San Francisco papers
have advices from Oregon to June 9th
The only news of interest is the result Of
the election in the Territory. The Demo.
Gratis were successful General Lane was
elected delegate to Congress, beating E1.
Gov. Gaines by a large majority in The
Territorial Legislature. The OregOnian
says:
The most important question submittedtO
The people at this election, was that of tbc
| convention to form State Government
The returns upon this are very Imperfect,
but we think enough have been received to
| HiN'Cdtc t"dt IL lltts pccn uCCEeeu THAI Oit'
gon shall cease to be a territory.
The State Council Of the American jar.
ty of Connecticut has approved of the ad.
dress of the abolition minority who succeed,
ed from Philadelphia, and adopted State
platform for an American party for Con.
necticut, very much like the State platform
of the American PARTY in Massachusetts.
1t declares against the National resolutions
on the slavery subject declares for the re-
! peal of the Nebraska bill, and the restora-
tion of the Missouri Compromise line The
introduction into the Union of Kansas and
Nebraska only on condition of being free
States. and for ''the exclusion of the rea.
tion of human bondage from the national
territories
REGIsTERINc LETTEes.-The "Wash
ington Union of a recent date has the fol-
lowing paragraph relative to Registering
letters
We are advised that Postmasters should
! make 40 record or marks upon registered
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