Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1857-07-14
rWO WREKS
WU WILKINS
LATER FROM CALIFORNIA
Arrival of the Steamship Star of the
West.

Prospect of Good Crops in California Re-
netoea Troubles IN NicarGgua-ATTipa5 Of
Recruits for Walker.
Steamer Star of the West from Aspinw
4th, arrived at New York on Monday morn
ing, July 18th. She has 81, 500 coo in specie.
U. .. steamer Roanoke, and sloop- of-war
Cyane, were off Aspinwall; the latter bound
to Boston, with fifty of Walkers soldiers.
The former has two hundred and fifty of
walkers men, two thirds of whom are sick.
There is nothing of great Importance from
California. The crops in the Southern pnrt
OF the State are suffering severely from drouth.
Gen. Lane has been elected delegate to Con-
gress, in Oregon, by largely reduced ma
jority.
Advices from Peru state that Yivanco still
held Arequiba, but was surrounded by gov
eminent troops and would soon yield.
Nicaragua is in an unsettled state. Rivas
refuses to act in concert with the allied gen.
erals, and collision is expected soon between
the Leon party, who favor Walker, and the
Chamoristas
In the Southern part of the State the drouth
had seriously injured the crops, and in fact
every species of vegetation. The cattle have
suffered greatly, and many have died from
hunger and thirst.
The Star of the West connected with the
Golden Age, from San Francisco June goth,
which brought down nearly $2,00O,000 in
specie The latter passed steamer Sonora,
with the passengers aud mails of June 5 and
on the Sd of July also passed the John l..
Stephens, with the mails of June 20.
The California markets are generally dull.
Breadstuffs are depressed. The crops on the
average are promising.
Minipn cso
largely.
The superintendent snd other federal Off
GERS having charge of the western division of
the federal road, have left on their tour Of ex-
plorntion and survey. They are to locate the
line of the road as far east as Salt Lake.
The crops throughout the State promise to
be more plentiful, and harvested in better or
der than was anticipated a few weeks ago.
They will not fall much below the average Of
former years, owing to the greater quantity Of
soil sown and planted.
There is no further news of interest from
Sonora. All doubts Of the total humiliation
Of the Crabbe expeditionists are at an end.
The list of murders, rencontres, and acct
dents for the fortnight, is appalling far great
er than for many months past.
The fourishing mining precinct of Dry
town, was almost totally destroyed by fire on
the 18th. Loss $40, 0O0
The Genesee -four mills, at San Francisco
owned by Kennedy & Hopkins, were burned
July 9Th. Loss $40, 900.
COMMERCIAL REvIEw.-San Francisco, June
20.-Probably at no period within several
years past has there been greater depression
and dullness in business circles than has ex-
listed in this month of June. Stagnation in
trade is almost complete. A notable decline
in rates, and two prominent failures among
the mercactile fraternity are the leading fea-
lures, and all this in the face of large fleet
of vessels over due, which may, at any mo-
ment, lay six or eight shiploads of merchan
disc on our docks, notwithstanding our
bonded warehouses already cannot retain all
the foreign tunnage forced into them, and
that our private ware houses and store rooms
are filled to repletIon with domestic merchan-
disc. Auction sales have taken place of
large quantities of flour, provisions, coffee,
rice. liquors, &c, at greatly reduced rates.
CENTRAL Acknowledgement July A
report reached here yesterday, from Carthe-
| gena, that the President of the Republic had
at length been invested with full power
to settle the claims of the United States
against Now Grenada arising out OF the 10Th
of April Massacre.
AspiR0aH, July 4-The steamer Thames
brings later advices from Greytown.
Chillon and Mendex. of the Leon party,
have two thousand men at Leon, and Marti-
nee, of the Chamorista party, has one thou
sand, to which point he was removing the
arms, and ammunition from Riyas. A col
lision between the Leon party, WHO favor
Walker, and the Chamoristas, was expected
| to take place at an early day
Panama, July Ave are informed that a
report had reached Greytown to the effect
! that large force had arrived off San Juan de-
Sur, from California, to assist Walker, con.
sisttng of two vessels, with six hundred men
arms and ammunition. The report is prob.
| ably correct, as it is known that the steamer
Ocean Bird sailed from San Francisco with {
load of fllibusters.