Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-12-05
r MOND WHIG.

CAIroRSiA--The intelligence BY the Illno, from, ,,~
mining districts is exceedingly favorable and prou,isfu.
.ne go'a being apparently inexhaustbs quarrel b..
tween t~o Chinese settlements having reached hsh
state OF eraperson, mutual threats of erserinssioo hsd
been exchanged in true celestial style and prrt srtors
'os os'e rad reached the extent Of three Wild
skirm-hes in which four Cinnamon were killed and 6,ur
wounded. The combatants however were soon vv.n "a
understand that they In country vbsre th.. =.
ana authority 10 enforce IT, and tho appearance or
but shers both parties forgot their Ersndoou.nt
threats and boasng and submitted those whom t.o
years ago they would have condemned outside bsrbs
rans The San francisco Bulletin gives the following
translation from one Of the warlike documents;
Challenge from the SAM Yap Couspaav at Ra.I ~.
Rd"eh, 10 the Ydn. Wo Company, az CRirsss C,a,oo.
Ihers are great many existing In the world cha
ousn' 70 De eIerminaed We. BY this give you cha-
enge and inform you beforehand that are the strong
est and you are too weak TO oppose We can therefore
wret your claim anything else from YOU ana sve vo.
noIee mat II our intention to drive you away before us
aud make you ashamed OF yourselves. You are potbng
compared TO us We durable as stone but Won ar,
phAnt as sponge Your force would have no more effect
against US than an egg would against You want
to coax us 90 come to That We refuse We mean
70 hght You, and expel you all from your localities II YOU
don't stand and light sil consider YOU no better
than so many orutes and rs such, will harness you
70 our own desires There plenty OF us well equip
ped and ready at any time meet and fght YOU xbenev
er you choose and would you run into holes and
hide yourselves But We need not 20 to that trouble
We have only TO speak, and you will become srighted-
fou won't stand like men, you perfect worms or Ike
the dog that sits in the door and bark but will 90 no fur
ther IL you won't accept the challenge tell you By
the way TO go and buy lots Of four and paint your ces
then into your houses shut the doors and hide
selves, and wen kill every Of you that we come
across Shame Shame n -.-' :
General Wool had taken up the pen against Governor
Johnson and used angy in letter publicly addressed
to the Chief Magistrate Of California The cause of Of
fence was Governor Johusons communication TO the Pre-
siden in which he stated in substance that General Wool
had hrst promised him and then refused such arms md
ammunition as the emergency called for The General
writes angy virtually admits the promise but claims
that was subject to the question whethe, he had ,he
power TO do and he decided that he had no
such power The letter had better never have been writ
ten parakes Of the nature Of auerulou, ATTACH
on Governor johnson than of dgnhed defence or usti
hcation of General Wool
An IMPORTANT EVENT IN RussrA.-we have intelligence
OF the most important event which has ranspred in Rus
STA Tor long period which Is the settlement Of system
and the adoption Of contracts for the construction Of her
immense network Of railroads. The arrangement vas
made on the 2sth uimo with association of European
capitalists who, after Intellectual separate attempts TO oh
tain tue concessions from the Government united tbejr
proposals and brought all projects together The routes
contracted Tor are
From 81 Petersburgh to Warsaw. ..lolO yer.ts
" Moscow TO Mini Noovgorod 400 "a
Moscow to the Crimea. I6oO 1"f
hoursk 10 Lioan ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. 800
| 1910 versts
or abOn; $500 miles The capital stock is loo 600 ooo
ane in here is to he issued in Russia three-eights
IN i-- ,iTce-sixteenths, in France three. six :.
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The pSr, OBTAINING the concession are to procure tl
STOCK 10 be aken- Each share is to be FIVE hundred
francs the inst payment which is to be FIVE per cent
which secured TO the Government by the grantees The
shares OF stock to be issued three series The first
to be SOOoOOOOO francs and will be opened for sub
scrPon next spring; the second series to be of the
same amount as the hrt and the third 600 francs
Russia guarantees the of Al per cent interest on
all the capital paid in, but half per cent goes 10
sinking fund Every material used in the CONSTRUCTION
ana working OF the raiways, including tools and ma
chnery TO be imported free of duty They are 10 be
Constructed at the rate OF about thousand kometre
per annun, which allows about years for their CON-
structon but the parties hope finish them in sx
The bankers associated to whom the concession Is made
are Thomas Barring Of London Hope of Amsterdam /:
Credit Mobilier Borske, OF Frankfort Buiaring of Pa
rs; Frenehel oi Poland and Stieglitz Co. of St Pc
tersburgh.-Bostoa Post
| CHAsISG CREASED Pro-We learn that novel t;rd
OF amusement got up FechviIe the town OF Ma
tick, on the afternoon OF Thanksgiving Day smaII
pig with bristes cut off creased all over and placed
IN held and twelve young chaps entered to compete for
the prize, the who should first shoulder the Dig to
nave H. Frank Murphy won the pig-AJerd journal.
IMPORTANT BETTING MEx-The Supreme courts oI
Ohio and South Carolina have lately decided that the losing
party in wager may from the stakeholder the
money be have deposited with him. although the lat
ter alter the determination OF the wager had by the or.
der Of the depostor paid the money over to the winner
This decision OF the court is destined effect an enr.
| revolution in the betting world.
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| ANOTHER RUNoRED IssCRREcuoS. town of ST.
haunsve La, was thrown into great eommotion on the
18th ult by the intelligence that serve nsurrection
had been detected the object Of which murder and
rapine The day which this nearious project was 10
be put In execution fixed for Christmas The ring.
leaders, hvorite family servants, have been arrested
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