The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-05-15

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engaged in a religious Political dseu,s,ou~ Th /.
Bishop says that Lafayette never said aff ever the
Liberties ofthts country are ruined Il will be bv o.
mish Priests" aad the Professor comes back at him
Saturday In several columns Of the "Journsl, to
prove be did.
GENERAL sHIELps.-A letter from Gen. Shields
hss been received in Washington, in which h. state,
that he IL now travelling through the ter,itorv of
Nj ne-ota, with which he Is thu, fer greatly pleased
He represented the climate, air and water a. xs,v
fae and the soil Incredibly fertile.
EmtesAsrs TO LisEsi,.-Ths ship Euphr..i.
ria &c Novembsr last, reached ST. Jsso one Of m !,
Cape de Ferd Islands towards the end Of Dece her
Her cspts'n tappesrs, became psrslJzsd soon after
occurred between the mate and crew. which resulted
r the discharge Of the latter at Port Prays where
new set OF hands were shipped under the direetioa
OF the United States Consul, The Euphrass then
sailed sgsin and reached Monrova this 25th of
January where she landed the company of emil.
grants she had taken ont from Baltimore and Nor.
folk Six ofths emisrsnts died on rhe passage, viz:
Elias johnson, ssed Il; Eve wsshinstoa, Ia; Wan.
-; and Henry A. Chstmsu,s. Two Others Fanny
Brown ssed IS, and Betsy johnson, IS died between
the 18th January and the 10th February.
LATER FROM CALtFosNiA-ARRIvAL or TIE H..
LIMOS The stesmer Illinois arrived in New York
sunday morning. from Aspinwsn, via Kingston -
she cid not rut into Havana as reported but the
Jews received from there obtained from the
steamer II Dorado. The steamer Illinois brings
eipaiy Consigned as follows: pan
s Bank Of Am,rcs, $50, oea; Metropolitan Bank,
$4,000 Wells, Fargo & Co.. sao5 Ooc; VIM Hegg.
4 Co ego, co., Sweetz er, Hutchirs & Co ass f0O.
a. hP 0so. Sho aoussn; Res. FslsonsE Co.
sla oO0 ' - eo''
The sdsice, by the Illinois are to the I7ta ult
The disaster &c the Golden Ace ir 70.
ported By Purser Hall, as follows On the 29h of
April, at2 ocock, A. NJ, the steamer struck on a
sunkeu rock o1 the southwest end OF the Island
OF Ricaron, and commenced leaking badly. Itwas
then deemed advisable to the ship ashore which
was accordingly DONE smooth, sandy besch
wss selected for the purpose; and there was a
strong probability that she could be got Of. After
detention of two dsys, the passengers, malls and
treasures were transferred to the stssmsr John l.
Stephens, aud landed at Panama on the % instant
every thing SAFE and all the passengers in good
health.
The steamer Sierra Neyeda, from San Juan, ar.
rived up st San Francisco on the 9th of April and
the steamer Golden Gate from Panama, on the
18th
Business la California was very dull. Money
was tight and several mercantile houses ad failed
Seventeen vessels from Atlantic ports had ar
rived st San Fraucisco In two days
The mines were doing we'll but owing to scarcity
of coin but very little dust had reashed market The
mint had not resumed operations
Rain had fallen steadily in the valley, for a week
ana on the mountains snow had fallen to great
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wss driving large numbers of clerks and merchants
to the mines The news from Kern River was az
contradictory as ever. The dggings represent.
ed as being by no means so rich as ct frat repre-.
scented.
The Know Nothings had been successful in the
municipal elections ali the State exec ut at San
jose, where they were defeated by fusion of the
two old parties. Branches of Freedoms PbaIsnx -
secret society. hsve been orgs nized in different
sections of the State
The Press Club of San francisco have taken steps
for the erection of monument to the memory Of
Edwsrd Gilbert of the pioneers of the press in
San Francisco, and the first representative in Con-
gress fEoD California
The steamer Surprise, and one of the steamers of
the Californis stesm Navigation Company, were to
have race shortly for IS 0G0.
Both branches of the California Legislature hsd
fixed ths 5Dth uit., for final adjournment and the
revival of the Senatorial question was considered
very doubtfal.
An anti gambling law of very stringent character
had bsen passed by both houses 1t is calculated to
close all gambling houses
Dates from Portland, Oregon, to April 7th, IN en-
ton that the Know Nothings had triumphed in the
municipal election thsre.
Sandwich Island dates to April I'd had been re-
esive6. The United States sloop-ofw war Decatur ar.
rived shere the 9Th of March and the British
sloop of.war Dido the 9Th.
party of five gentlemen sailing in a small boat
st Panama, wers drowned lately. Among the
number was purser Carter. of the Mail Steamship
line.
Amongs. the failures at San francisco are Messrs.
Beck Elan, and Tilden Little.
THE MARKETS
San FrdHcfsce April l2~-Every article of merchan-
diss Is du of ssle and many things have consders-
by declined. The closing rates sre:-Gsllego and
Haxsli -four slI Crushed sugar 81 cent. Lscks-
wana coal $I2 Cumberland coal $40. Clear pork
es0sis; mess 10; Hams 2o4. Spirits turpentine. IS
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