Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1855-04-25

Inc failures or Wright, Adams " Co., were
bad.
Ex-banker Robinson has beenindcted for rob-
berry. g Ga'r i't 'vt su
Galveston dates to the 9Th contain no news
of Importance They complain of hard times
backwardness of crops and want of rain. In
telgence from Epasso reports all quiet among
Indians. 600 'i
A fight occurred in Emanuel county last week
in which three men were killed.
New YORK, April It,
The steamer Northern Light arrived here yes
terday afternoon, with the details of California
news received by the Prometheus via New Or
leans. hc r
The specie list is $l6SOOO. of which Wells,
Fargo 81 Co., have $4,000, Drexel & Co. $780,.
600, w. Seligam 1921 1000.
The steamer John l.. Sheppard arrived up on
the 10th of March, and the Uncle Sam on the
23d.
The gold mines are yielding largely.
Markets are very dull and no news of inter.
est
Very little of interest had transpred in Gen.
trail America since the death of Chomoro. The
Democratic army in Leon consisted of about g.
600 soldiers, and is commanded by General
Munso, who is an officer of undoubted bravery
He is expecting an early attack by Gen. Coral,
who has an army of 5000 men under his CON-
mand.
1t is reported and generally believed that
abont $50 of Colonel Walkers emigrants left
San Francisco about the middle of March in
small vessel, bound to some port in Central
America.
Col. Walker and a large number of his fol-
lowers were actively but privately preparing to
follow, and have chartered vessels for the pur-
pose.
Col. Walker will unite his forces with Gen.
Munos, and it was tho't they would effect some
important changes in Central America, and espe-
cially in Nicaragua.
The steamship Co. have discovered a very val
liable coal mine about 25 miles from San Ju-
an del Norte, and within about one mile of the
coast.
Our correspondent at San Francisco writes
on the Odd ult that there had been but very lit
tie improvement in financial affairs during the
previous week.
The rains had ceased and the weather had be-
come unusually hot for the season.
The miners were generally doing well, tho
owing to the great scarcity of coin with which
to purchase dust, but little of it was coming for
ward.
The Kern River mines had disappointed the
expectations of many, who were returning in
disgust.
Captain Seaman of the barque America, who
aided Meigs the forger to escape, had returned
to San Francisco, and reported that Meigs and
his friends were at or near Talicahuana in
Chill.
1t was reported at San Francisco that C.. III.
Sanders the extensive swinder and forger, es-
capped on the mail steamer for Panama on the
10th ult
A large invoice of cigars, worth $4,000, which
had been struggled across, were recently seized
at San Francisco.
Page, Bacon & Co. announced that they would
resume business on the 29th ult
The Maine Liquor Law, it was expected,
would pass in the. Legislature the present sea-
son. a ,s,lnl l9
The member alo oeSan Francisco delegation
in the Legislature haJ given notice of an inten-
ton to introduce bill to abolish the City gov
eminent of San Francisco, and appoint Trustees
to regulate its affairs.
Robinson, the exchange banker, has been ad-
mtted to bail in the sum of S., 900, on three bills
found against him.
The miners at Springfield, Shaw's Flat, and
other places, were in considerable excitement,
and had struck in order to compel the Water
20. to reduce their sales.
BY the arrival of the Daniel Webster at N.
Orleans on Friday, we have dates from San Fran
cisco to the 9th. Two more failures are report
ed, Messrs. Chaplin, Sawyer 81 Co., and J. b.
Convey.
The Supreme Court had decided that persons
inclosng land in the mining region could not
hold it against miners.
From Oregon we learn that a conventional ar
rangement had been entered into for the extn-
guishment of the Indian titles to all lands in
Willamette Valley.
| DEATH OF Mrs LEWIS CAss JR.-The Paris
correspondent Of the N. Y. Commercial Adler
tiSer, under date Of March 18th, writes as fol-
lows:
awe have just received from Rome the mel
ancholy intelligence of the sudden death of Mrs.
Cass, the wife of the United States Minister,
at that city, and late Miss Ludlum, of New