Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-12-30
THE La TEST NEWS
RECEIVED BY
MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.
CALIFORNIA MEMS.
ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMER ILLlNo

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New York, Dee. 29th. The steamer Illinois
has arrived from, Aspinwall, bringing San Fran
cisco dates to the 9th inst. She left AspinwalI
on the 18th inst, and has on board 300 passen-
gers, brought down. by the steamer Golden Age
The Illinois has nearly Sl,Io0, 600 in. gold. The
reports from the mining districts are good but
there WAS still want of rain in some of the dis
tricts. sle5 IL ~ a.
Richard p Hammond, ex- Collector at San
Francisco, has been acquitted on the charge of
detrauding the general government, while in OF.
flee. sl.ssf rs4 IS; 80 W
The money market continued unchanged
The news from, Oregon and Washington Ter
ritories is tninportant 5'a has q
The U. S. steam frigate Wabash left Aspin-
wall on the 18th inst. for n. Y.syia Havana. g
The ammunition, stores and crew which the
Wabash brought for st. Mary's, was all trans
ported to its destination in good order ON We'd
ncsday tho 17tli. sts5l5
The experiment of relieving and supplying IA
inan-ot-war via the Isthmus has resulted so sue
cessfnliy that it is presumed the plan viii be
permanently adopted,
The U. S. ship Cyanc remained at AspinwalI. 3
The community OF the isthmus is of course
extremely solicltous respecting the arrangements
now on the tapis between the United States and
New Granada, and the anxiety is Increased by 1
the utter lack of any iinklings of the probable
result with which even the presence of the III.
s. Envoy has failedto furnish the clrions and
Interested in spite of the uncertainty of our f-
ture and the Ignorance i'll which we are enyel-
oped. a feeling of confidence in the rcsult,pcr.
yades the foreign community.
A farewell entertainment was given at Pana-
ma on the 18th, by the American residents of
that city, to Commander .Baily and ms officers,
of the 9. S. slpopi ofwar5 st. Marys. II
The Panama Star contains an account of the
war in Nicaragua, confirmatory of the adyices
received here by the Tennessee, but includes
nothing new. I,
A British squadron arrivediat Panama on the
sth inst Its object is said to be to examine in
to the practicability of establishing naval de-
| pot in the Bay of Panama, probably at Tobago.
letter from Carthagenia, dated Nov 23d,
states that the British difficulty still continued
and that the blockade of the New Granadian
ports would commence Immediately
The dates from Valparaiso, received by the
| Illinois, are to Nov. 10th, and from Guayas9uili
to Dec. LIST. Business at Valparaiso was dull
and the markets well supplied.
| The revolution in Peru was on the increase
Two of the Government vessels had gone over
to the reyoluionists, and President Castella had
denounced their officers and crews as pirates.-r
lie hasIsent three armed ships in pursuit and
authorized the vessels of any nation to seize
/ them. Sri
| One of those insurgent vessels had oyerhauled
the BRITISH mail steamer Santiago on her way
from Callao to Valparaiso, and taken from her
| all the mails
| 1t was believed that Callao would be able to
suppress the revolution as the convention would
vote him extraordinary powers