The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-08-07

to which the friends of d. Dillon objected the ground
that be did not understand is use and the matter rests
The French residents anxious that their consul who is
member OF the Legion Of Honor shall ayenge the insult
be alleges he as well the French naton has received
Mr. John z Him. brother of Capt James NJ Hill Of the
epper-ship Northern Empire met sudden death on the
"a instant BY falling overheard from that ship IN attempt
ing 70 leap board striking his head violently against
the tuke Of the anchor in his descent He native Of
Portsmouth, New Hampshire and has been resident Of
California since ls49 His remains were buried from the
ship July B.
Ills honor s Hager took his seat in the fourth dis
trct court the I'd instant as TO Hon Delos
Lake resigned large number of persons present
20 witness his Inauguration.
The city government Of San Francisco has organ
led Mr. j. Slocomb being elected president OF the board
Of aldermen, and Mr. H. J. Wells OF the assistant board
The surees Of the various city officers have appeared with
the required bonds and the wheels of the municipal
chinery thus again in motion for another year. BY
the present charter which passed the last legislature the
offices Of recorder and mayor are blended into one
The weather has been unusually warm in this city for
the past ten days.
Captain Doran of the British ship Nazarne arrest
ed on the 9th instant for shooting three boarding
house runners who attempted to board his vessel TO en-
cc the crew TO leave while entering the harbor The men
badly wounded The captain held in the OF
$4,000 TO appear ut the court Of sessions Two men who
were arrested for eneing the to desert have been
held 10 appear before the grand jury The case viii ex-
cite considerable interest among the mercantile commu-
nifty
Dues are becoming again fashionable Two occurred
on the l2thone in the vicinity Of the Mission Dolores
between two French merchants and another at Contra
Costa also Frenchmen The weapons were small swords
in both instances H. Saulner wine dealer Of the
parties, dangerously wounded in the abdomen
We have advees from the lower country to the Goth ult
The news from there Is not important.
The Sons OF Temperance celebrated the 4th throughout
the State in enthusiastic and becoming
The knoW-nohings hold their convention for the nom
nation Of State officers on the first Tuesday in August
(the 1h) There candidates proposed for
governor but the asue politician cannot predict
who will be the favored choice
Eworth the pedestrian has completed his great feat
Sacramento Of walking 1000 miles in 1000 consecutive
hours lie able to walk another day when the task
done
The weather in the interior continues to be excessively
At the fork of the Cosummes river, for instance
in I'll Dorado county, the mercury stood at 20 deg in the
shade Other remarkable statistics OF the heat are re-
corded.
desperate fight occurred the 9th instant at Cave
city and another Calagerts in the Interior in which
three killed. and the woundng of Justice Reems
in Cave city.
fight occurred at Sacramento on the morning Of the
Both of June between Il. C. Gilchris late police officer,
and VIM Barr The parties clinched and each drew his
pistol Officer Augustus Smith and another person inter-
fercd separate them when Gilcrst fred the ball pass
ing through Smiths hand.
Two have been sentenced to be hanged the Sd of
August inst SonoraJose Maria Escobar for the
der of deaf and dumb Mexican Salvado last fall and
Jose Sebada Gillian, who killed John Sheldon police
man of that city
Agricultural affairs throughout the State have suffered
from the ravages of grasshoppers whose destructive pro-
gres has swept down all vegetation in sections They
are disappearing
A. A. Cohen late receiver Of Adams & Co.'s assets and
j. G. Woods, member of that firm charged with
frauds to the extent of 100000 by Judge Chambers late
of the firm OF Page, Bacon, Coz who charges Adams
Co with having been engaged for four years in palmng
off inferior dust Page Bacon & Co. and that regu-
band of disguised accompces have been
attained in the various mining districts