The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-06-05

ed completely off, and it was the inten.
- NJ the four prisoners to have taken their
.aarture last night. The prisoners were.
Her convicted of robbery, and lust sen.
.,eed to the Penitentiary for two wears
milton his confederate, not yet tried
H5,own, charged with counterfeiting, and
Thomas, waiting trial for murder, the former
A,sa. from the jail of Nottoway, and the lat.
H. rom Prince George Jail for safe keerino
H. auantette were speedily ironed hand
IND foot, and left to chew the bitter cud OF
( aIappointment.
Another false alarm of fire last nfeht
7go or three youths from Richmond. wear.
Nc the uniform of Richmond fire COMPANIES
sr-e foremost in taking out the enoines'
!. Docs the Fire Association of RicLmond
ystmit this sort Of thing
BLANDFORD.
CALIFORNIA NEws.-THE FAILURE OF PAay.
s.cos Co.-The most important news brought
5y tie Star Of the West, from California, is the
,5;,l failure of Page, Bacon & Co. The inteu
gsnee of the St. Louis firm falling, svas received in
San Francisco on the LIST Of May. Tie traasurer
0flhe American Theatre heard of it, aud daehjue
Of to the banking house, drew out $40 600 before
the firm knew anything of the 81, Louis failure.
The San Frsnclsco Herald says:
Alsrgs force Of police WA stationed iuside. and
/ sTe!y exerlion was made 10 preserve order. Tha
/ dspositors were admitted ole br cue anterlpy at
1 orc door and going out Ct another. We we're in.
0gned that before comuencinE business Page
4 5scon j. Co, had 93l7 900 in IL Gir Vaul.s which
vas all paid 10 tbs depOsitors al j those who had
Fpr0lured attachments against ID firm ca the pre-
4 cslng night. IN the morning Pt !e, Bacon & Co.,
] confessed Judgment for the 81 N Of 500 600 In
s7Or OF the gUarantoTs OF the u ne certificates is.
iIed after the first suspension.
/ lGpursCance OF this confession OF Judgment an
/ sT5cution was Issued and place. Ia the hands of
Sheriff Gorham, who lew minltee before twelve
o'clock effected an entrance aud levied uoon the
i remaining property OF the firm. The doors were
z immediately closed. We were informed that ON
the closing OF the hOuse there was nothing ip The
vault but some $4,000 or 81, 900 Ia gold dust.
which had been placed there on special deposit,
] and could not theI e5ore be touched Judgment
was also c )nfessed yesterday by Page, Bacon &,
Co in favor Of +. NJ. Hai2ht for the sum of 50 600
on promssory note, payable Ia sixty days
What the assets are, We have at present no means
sscertsnlng; but It Is thought that both here al
at 81. Louis they will be more than sufficient to
ever the liabilities. Considerable anxiety was
felt Yesterday in regard TO the $500 OQO sent home
| BY Psge Bacon & Co., by the Golden Gate. but it
thought that in accordance with the ruling of the
Postmaster General on former occasion, the poId
dust sent home can be secured for the payment of
the drafts, and that no loss will be sustained
Some time ait,r the bank lad closed, q poor We
man contrved 10 gain Ambulance and presented
check for s7OO There was not a dollar in the
vault which could be made available The moor
woman appeared very much distressed and Mr.,
r. w Page handed her his watch, valued at $3.50
nj S25-all the change he had in his pocket and
also Informed her that he would be personally
responsible for the remainder.
As matters now stand, we may expect to see not
lar from 81 ,0000 900 return ed to this city In protest.
ed drafts, while the attempt to collect on the time
certificates of the house must If successful, be
attended by the ruin or great restriction of many
0l our best mercantile hrms, Had truthful state~
ment OF the affairs of Page & Bacon aud Page
Bacon & Co. have been made Ia the first place
all this would have been avoided.
The position of the signers of the bond is most
equivocal The cOnsideTs tiou expressed In the in
Itrument Is the issue by Page, Bacon e. Co, of
certain time certificates; at the date of the signing
OF the instrument but $l5 900 had been so Issued
The document too Is so framed wholly we are
convinced without any intention the part of the
Eigners to avoid responsibility that suit on it is
almost impossible, inasmuch as every certificate
holder must be included in each suit-while a
single party can release all. Acknowledging the
best OF motives on the part of the bOndsmen we
muat be allowed very seriously to doubt whether
the certificate holders can obtain anything on their
paper Tor a long time to come
1t Is stated at the close that Mr.. Page has made
over four hundred acres OF his st Louis property
toprotect his bOndsmen. The value of it is vet TO
be determined.
The San Francisco Chronicle says
1t Is now currently reported aud generally be
loved that the guarantors of Page, Bacon & Co.,
held meeting on the evening of The 5th and after
having requested the oldest member of the firm
Apresent TO execute them mortgage on his pro-
perty in st. Louis, which he refused, they passed
sresoution declaring that they were not legally
nor morally bound, and that they would contest
me matter at law Ii is understood however, that
several OF the guarantors express their determine
lion TO pay all they have subscribed. The paper
o. Page, Bacon & Co., is now selling at fifty ger CT
discount and less"
The house Of Maxwell, Caspian & Co., filed
petition In insolvency on the 7th of May.
THE WALKER EXPEDITION.
Inc brg Vests, with the Walker expedition on
BOARD left San francisco durn the night the 4th
OF May, having been detail ned TO that time by libel
atsn out by those who had provisoned their vessel
rus having been settled, attachment some
othet matter was issued and deputy sheriff placed
w oosTd The San Francisco Herald says:
on Thursday night the sherif's deputy was pacing
Gs Geek, when Col Walker came up and requested
nim 70 come down into his cabin. in order that he
l'kut sho" MIN some papers which he had in his
possession The deputy sheriff went below, when
Uoi, aiker produced large bundle OF papers done
p N req tape. and Immediately both he and the
tepuJ sAenn commenced to examine their con-
TeuA. w nile 80 engaged, the deputy sheriff thought
Ls perceived motion quite unusual in ships at
Sno stsfted to go on deck. but his impetuosity
NJ, Suecked by four or five of the expeditionis's,
peSEsnce
Inc deputy that the snlp was undeT
nat under the circumstances there
ksf'u taxing the matter to heart, sod concluded by
~ s.ak forth basket of champagne from the lock-
htsf The Festa had got outside the Heads, the
~ sherh was placed on board the steam tug,
~ tue snip stood out to sea. The expeditonists,
al httysx all told, were armed to the teeth,
80 "sn having been provided with two six-shoot-
~, newe knife, and Mississippi RIA. which
~ Sonsloered the best tools for the development
agricultural resources of the republic of Mica
AZ I'm containing Mr. Ohm Adams, of 70 o county,
h. annie Alexander, teacher in OF the pub
Ar MToh IN Sacramento, was run into by the steam
tb,t i.' on The evening OF May 9th. mile above
III ty, and the lady aud gentleman ere drowned
W. shasta Co urier Of May 5, stes that two
d. Soctran and esse Brown, were Tecen tg muir
tcno oJ the Indians on the South Fork Of the Cot
0ns.Loa IL /: said thst B own had with him about
dred iai'' anu HocAiah i0Of OF hVe nun
m se!kG Oh BOUNTY LAND WARRASrs We stat. d
on Ruoay thst oa the previous day the first issue
nj La1d Warrants. under the CIV law took
sb0n. we learn from the Union that there WERE
etsven hundred in sl issued, Of tGG and 100
eSt .Hfsnts A warrant of 100 acres was forward
49, the fIesidsnt Of The United States tor military
A go rendered by him during the Mexican war
Ia, Ist warrant was forwarded 70 ex President Ty-
En 'pt military seTyices during the late war with
Isttsho hon. WIN. l. Marcy, Stcretary OF State,
a. yes 40 ~ acre warrant for military saw ces In
a se ms wa' he having already received bounty
sctss under the act Of 1859.
Soi hshl, late II ulted States Consul oF Rordssnx