The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-03-26
LATEST MAIL NEWS.
ARRIVAL OF THE GEORGE LAW,
LATER FROM CALIFORNIA.

n, Commander, left Aspiawall on the morning ~
the 10th inst and arrived at Guarantee, New
York. on the morning of the "a h, s.Ff
She brings the California mails OF the Let March,
s3l7, 500 in treasure on freight. and 234 passeu
gers.
The news relates almost exclusively to the re.
cent failures.
One OF the San Francisco banking houses which
suspended, that of Wells. Fargo & Co., has re
sun1ed business and confidence Ia It's integrity has
become pretty well restored Effort. have been in
progress by the friends of Page, Bacon & CO., to
effect arrangements, by which that house also
might be enabled to resume The $500 900 of
their indebtedness to depositors, which they pro-
posed should be retired to enable them TO go on,
had been all guaranteed, and tbs prasumeable that
in pursuance of their design they would, In a few
DAYS resume business. The San Francisco Times
and Trsnscripto of March LIST says
Adams & Co. as many apprehended from the
hrs,, have gone by the board, though were we to
Judge from their own exhibit of liabilities and as
sets il might be inferred that the loss 10 creditors
would not be great. Still, II should be borne In
mind that In winding up so extensive concern by
peremptory process, much loss must ISSUE and
this conviction has greatly depressed the market
value Of evidences of their Indebtedness.
A. 8. Wright, of the Miners Savings Bank, init.
mates desire to resume, but requires week in
which to ascertain whether he will be able 10 do so.
II failing in this, he assures depostors that be will
make an exhibit of his sfsrs and apply for the
appointment Of Receiver.
Robinson & Co " met the creditors of that con-
yesterday Al the San Francisco Theatre, but
the meeting did not result in anything satisfactory
10 the almost, quite ruined psrties who had en-
trusted the small earnings 10 its keeping. We
learn that Mr.. Robinson thought it possible that if
allowed thirty days, he could pay 81 l2 cents Ia the
dollar.
Al Sacramento, Head & Co have followed In the
wskr Iof Adams & Co, and have applied for the
benefit of the Insovent Act
Adams & Co have gone into bankruptcy. ]. c.
Woods acting partner in the house, is reported to
have given over all his private property estimated
at s ,000 which went to make up The assets of
the house Another account says that Mr.. Woods
claims for himself all property exempt from
cuton, and has located his homestead Pulgas
Ranch. The San Francisco correspondent OF the
Journal of Commerce writes
Paige & Webster, whose failure was noticed In
my last have gone into bankruptcy.
Messrs Chaplin & Sawyer large and extensive
Hardware lobbing house, have made an assignment
to-day, for the protection of their Boston iriends
The steamer leaving to-day does not carry two
hundred passengers Every one ID surprised at the
comparative large shipment of treasure tosday.
Adams & Co.'S affairs look worss aud worse, and
their paper goes hard at Soc on the dollar.
The San Francisco Herald Of the 2sh states that
Oh the previous day an entrance was effected into
the banking house of Robinson & Co.:
There was fierce trial of strength, FOR q few
moments, between the outs and the insthe one to
force an entrance, the other to bar the doors and
exclude the crowd. The ms succeeded, and the
search commenced. Upon opening the vault no
thing was discovered except q specie-bag, which,
on examination, was found to contain three pounds
ot--shOt, and an ind etnite quantity OF needles,
which severely pricked the party who grabbed it.
Robinson & Co. publish card notifying their cre-
ditors TO meet then to-day when full statement OF
the affairs OF the institution will be made.
The corTesp 0udent of TIE Tribune writes
1t snot supposed that the creditors Of Adams
Co. will ever rscsive 50 cents on the dollar. ..
While the general impression still prevails that
Page. Bacon Co. yet solvent and will u!tisate
~ pay s their debts, it is feared that they cannot
resume payment at the present time. Their means
are beyond their control.
In the wsy of general news, there is literally
thing of iaterest.
C0pous rains had fallen much to the qualification
OF the miners and agrculturasts.
bill has been introduced into the legislature for
prohhitory quor law, submitting The matter to the
vote OF the people st the general election of 1855.
Business circles were rather more confident, but
the financial stTngency was, nevertheless, so great
that very little had bee done in trade
Cash sales OF Gsllego -four made at about $l4.
Isl cents.
Valparaiso dates and Callao dates of the 26th bring
nothing important The steamer Mississippi sailed
Tor home on the 9Th ut and the frigste St Lawrence
left for the United States the 8th the Indepen-
dencS having arrived to relieve her The sloop-of-
Oeoalci Dau balIeO IOt the COAST OF Ecu4oor-
me sioop-ot-Wer John Adams arrived on the 2sth
January from Rio.
Markets were dull in Peru, and there is in fact,
nothing OF Importance from that quarter, either
commercially or politically.
The Bogots Congress met on the l2,h ofFebrusry.
Dir. SoULE.-The National Intelligencer, of Sat-
nrdsy morning, publishes letter from Mr.. Soue
In relation to the surreptous correspondence held
between Perry and the Department of State-He
says he has no objection to the publication of the
correspondence, and that if in the Secretary of LIE.
CATION, the man whom he had tax en- to his bosom
he had spy and traitor, it will hurt him tc
let the world know how infamously the trade wal
carried on.
The STRIKE OF THE OPERATIvEs.-The strik
among the factory operatives at Manchester, N. H
still continues On Friday last, procession mum