Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-10-17
Prom, California.

telligence.
The election for State aud county officers was
held on the 5th inst. The whole Know Nothing
Stale ticket is elected. The State officers elect
are:
Governor-J. Needy Johnson. Lieut.. Governor
r. NJ. Anderson. Justlce Supreme Coust-(long
terml-Elngh c. Murray. Justice Supr. me Court
Geo. Whitman. Treasurer-HenTy Bates.
Attorney--Willicn c. Wallace. Surveyor-John
A. Brewster. State Printer-James Allen.
The Know Nothings have majority Of OF 3
in the Senate, and abont 90 in the Assembly.
The new administration goes into office on tue
LIST Of January next.
Col. Kinney has resigned the Governorship Of
San Juan. and another meeting has been called,
the English Consul having assured him that the
English Government would recognise him if re-
elected.
Col. Walker is still at San Juan del Sur, re,
cmiting from the passengers. He has fought no
battles since the last date irom Nicaragua.
The removal Of ex-ColIector Hammond had oc-
cason much surprise in San francisco.
The schooner c. E. Foote, which arrived atSan
Francisco on the 18th, is the first vessel that has
brought cargo direct IRON japan to the United
States. Her cargo consisted of rice and japanese
ware.
Seventeen miners are reported 10 have been mur-
dered by the Indanaon Rogue river, on the goth
of August.
Tie Dillon difficulty had been at length termin-
atet. The first French vrsSelof war that enters
San Francisco halbor was TO be salutet instead of
Mr.. Dillon's Consular flag ---and thus the matter
enls,
On the 9th of September, Mr.. Henry Lowe wos
drowned by falling from sail boat, while cross
rug the Bay from San francisco to Oakland.
On the 10th of September, the anniversary of
the Pioneer Society ami the admission of Calfor
mia into the Union, was celebrated in San Fran
cisco with imposing ceremonies. An Grafton was
delivered by George Pean Johnson. ESQ.,, and a
poem by Edmond Pillet was recited.
The leading Chinese of the city had published
an address, protesting against the ilI-treaImeul
which they alleged their race had met with in Cali
Gornia.
| The cholera had ragged 10 n fearful extent on
board the steamer Uncle Sam, which arrived at
San Francisco from NcaraEu a on the 14thof Sep
TENDER. The accounts us 10 the mortality were
contradictory. The captain reports, at the Gus
tom House, the death OF 1903 adults, chldien,
and seamen-making 100 in all. All the pas
semgers insist that at least 200 persisted, and
appear confident that the number was much lar
ger. The law requires the captain TO report the
number dying on his vessel, but those dying in port
are not included in the number, and this may, in a
measure, account for the discrepancy.
After arriving at the ::wharf, 25 patients. were
taken to the State Maine Hospital; of whom it is
thought not more than one-third will SURVIVE
Many of the passengers set the number OF the
deceased as high as $50, but this u.s. no doubt, all
exasgeratiOn.
GrThe towns of WeavervilIe and Grass Valley
have both been nearly entirely consumed by fire.
We extract the following:
The Flourish'ng Town of Weaverville in
| Ruins-Loss $500, 900.
From the Trinity Times.
At the hourof IL O'Clock, on Friday night, Sep.
I, the cry ui lille was EeaT, and Tell upon the SaT
tied ear with the appalling effect Of a thunder
bOlt-the COmbuStbe nature aud structure Of the
buildings Of which most OF the town is composed
rendering II, as a matter OF course, PhySicalim
possibility 10 stay the progress OF such all de-
| vOuring eleE'ent, once commenced. Hence, with
The citizens of the town, the dread mas always been
a prominent subject ia the thoughts Of all.
The fife originated in building owned BY MI.
Wad, carpenter, aud used by the society of the
Sons Uf Temperance for their meetings. meet
ing had been held tlunng the evening.
| The fire Commence, q on the east side OF Court
street, and spread with great TaPnhly to tue ad-
Joining buildings, consuming everything In most
Instances, all the property, including goods, wares
aud merchandise, tools, aud stock i'll trade. is a
ta;al less, which we have not estimated. The
loss in buildings exceeds 10000; the loss in prop
erty will amount to 100000 and upward.
The Trinity Times office was destroyed by the
flames, but owing 10 the exeTtlOns OF our Irledd$,
we saved our press, slightly damaged, together
with the CRATER portion oil our printing material.
Our paper had not been struck of, as we were
waiting on election retLrus. We issue our paper
III the open air, but trust i'll few days to have q
IOuf over our heads.
TOWN or GRASS VALLEY IN ASHES.
Three Hundred and Fifty Houses consumed
Estimated LOSs 100000.
Grass Valley, Sept, IA, II PM.
Our town has just been visited Ly one of the
most destructive cunlagta,iGns that has yet hap
| peuetl any of our muuntain cities. A fire broke
out about II O'Clock last night in the French no.
tel, which spread rapidly that III less than two
hours nearly the entire town was Destroyed. enl-
bracng all but one OF our principal business
houses. The space of ground covered with ashes
is estimated at from Is 10 so acres, and The number
of houses destroyed at $50. The total loss is nut
'iown at 100000 The loss was greatly increAS
ed from tue fact that most OF our merchants had
just laid in heavy stocks Of goods. All the hotels.
bakeries, and every boarding house in town, are
destroyed. The materials Of The printing Offices
were saved; also, all the churches. The town
las sustained severe shock, but our citizens dte
Ivy no means disheattened. Fifteen OF twenty
temI UraIy places of business are already gonl up
upon the smoking rufus, AMI measures ale III pro-
gEess for widening aud Slraightenlng the ptluc pal
streets, Preparatory TO the erection Of pelmanenI
structures.
The intelligence from the Sandwich Islands, by
the Honolulu papers is, that an extraordinary y
session of the Legislature. rendered necessary by
the non-passnge of the appropriation bill, was
opened by the King in person on the SOth Of July,
and that the corner stone of the Sailors Home
was laid with imposing ceremonies on the Dist oil
of July, in which his Majesty, The King, and
Prince Kamehama, and several other big men with
terrible long names, participated.
u-The following is the tribute to Lieutenant
NTour,, n D.