Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-08-06
LATER FROM CALIFORNIA
ARRIVAL OF THE NORTHERN LIGHT

NEW YORK, Angus. 6.-The Northern Light
arrived last night without being announced, ow-
ing to thickness Of the weather. She brings san
Francisco dates to the 10th Of July. and four
hundred and thirteen passengers, and $780,
o35 in treasure.
The passage from San Francisco was made
in nineteen days and twenty hours.
The principal consignecs arc Deal 4 Co,
S247, 900; Metropolitan bank, $40, 900: Wells
Fargo, l29, 900 Ross, Falconer 4 Co.. ssI.-
600; n. Jacobs & Co, s33, 900; Bank of Amer
lea, $4,000; W. II. Dunbar, $4,000; W.
Seligman 4 Co., Sc, 900; and others.
Captain Walker was at Realyo, whittier he
retreated from San Juan de Sud. Captain
French arrived down by the last steamer from
San Francisco, to join the government party.
Major Kinney, with twenty -four followers, ar
rived at San Juan on the 10th July, in the
brig Huntress, Of Philadelphia, and were en-
gagged in erecting buildings there. Great dis
satisfaction is said 10 exist among them
The brig Hamlet of Wilmington. vent az
and bilged at the harbor Of San Jua-
crew were saved.
The mines of California were yieldin
than for several years past. Large guam
Of gold, il is said have been discovered nea
Puget's Sound. The steamer Pacific. for Mic
arsgua, had arrived up on the 81 Of July:
the John L. Stephens, from Panama, arrived
on the 18th.
A serious dispute has arisen between the
French Consul, Dillon, and Samuel Herman,
Of Louisiana. A duel is thought to be inevi-
tlble. Two or three other duels have taken
taken place without fatal results
Twenty houses in Kearney and Bush streets,
in San Francisco, were destroyed by fire on
the 4th. Loss 500, 900.
The new city government Of San Francisco
has been organized.
j. l.. Barbeau, of homestead rattle humbug.
has been examined before the recorder, and
dismissed.
The weather was unusually hot.
Capt Dorain, Of the British brig Nazs rene.
was under arrest for shooting three boarding
house runners who attempted TO board his vos.
sci and entice his crew away. The men were
badly wounded. The captain has been held
to bail in the sum Of Sc, 900.
A. A. Cohen late re-eiver Of Adams 4 Co.'S
assets, and j. c. Woods, a member of that
firm, are charged with frauds to the amount Of
S4OO, 900, by Judge Chambers, who charges
Adams Co. with having been engaged for
four years with palming off inferior dust on
Page, Bacon & Co, and that regularly organ
ICED bands and disguised accOmplices have
been maintained in various mining districts
BY the way Of Acapulco, extraordinary news
has reached San Francisco. Letters dated
Acapulco, July 2, state that Santa Anna has
resigned the Presidency. and that Alvarez and
Coronfort, with thirty thousand men, have
marched on the capital.
The dates from Mexico, to the 18th July,
make no mention of such occurrence.
The Sierra Nevada arrived on the 18th.
cholera on board. There had been thirty-two
deaths.
The San Francisco me- rket was quite light.
There was an improvement ~ some articles.
The following are the latest c lototions: Hax-
ell -four, Sl2 wheat, So hams, lS!; syrup,
IS; adamantine candles, 37:; butter, 30; ba-
con. H. clear pork, l2lal3; Lakawana coal,
lSa20.