Weekly national intelligencer., 1857-10-10
NO. I.Is4
FROM CALIFORNIA.

PROM THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE OF SEPTEMBER 3.
Since the departure of the last there is nothing
Of startling Importance to The election for State
officers, which took place the I'd instant did not
cite much interest, comparatively. The exhibit
large falling off in the as compared with that Of
1856. The result has been that JOHN B. WELLER and
the whole Democratic ticket is elected although pro-
badly by minority vote. The returns thus far stand !:
Weller Dem) 40, 000 Stany (Rep) 81 o00 Bowie Am.
27, ,000 In 1856 the stood Buchanan 3d. $685. Fill
more &c. 165, Fremont 20,693.
Columbia, large and fourishing mining town in
Tuolumne county, was nearly consumed by FIRE the
25th of August. The total loss amounted to about
$7000O0. Some powder in the store of H. N. Brown &
Co exploded, tearing the building into pieces and killing
MIR. d. N. Brown, VIM. NJ Toomy, Mr.. Rudolph, J. b.
NJ Crooks, and Mr. Driscoll, besides weundng several
others Only twelve buildings in the town escaped de-
struction. Thousands were deprived Of q home and
shelter, and many lost their all The neighborng towns
were prompt in furnishing assistance and shelter to the
women and children who had been left homeless by the
confagration The force of the wind carried Of
the burning cinds r the town Of Sonora, four miles
The copstitutipnsl Cosveption Of Oregon assembled
= S4lG the 16th 0f Auhsf and orrasfzed by eiect}
ing Mr. DEADr president Opinion is divided a. u
what the constitution win say in regard slavery al
though those who profess to know say
clause will be inserted.
The first overland mail to the United States by the
new route left San Diego the 9th Of August under
proper escort.
Our advices from Carson Valley possess some interest
The conduct of desperadoes Genoa has led
the formation of vigilance committee for the preserva-
ton Of order The valley very rapidly filing up with
settlers The overland immigration is arriving in great
numbers, bringing in large droves Of cattle Several
parties had been attacked by the Indians renegade
whites, who stole their stock and killed several persons
The following the of those killed, far
learned: John Everhart, John Seen, and John Lawboy
We learn OF the massacre of whole tran consisting of
six men and three children One shot through
and scaped and left for dead, but found still alive
by those who up first She is expected live
The stock recovered from the Indians; in doing
which only one Indian was killed The only names re-
collected among the killed were those of Holloway and
his brother-inaw. The three children murdered
p those hends before the face of their parents The i'm
migrants to man willing to join company to
terminate those feHds.
The vote upon the question of paying repudiating
the State debt has resulted in favor of paying the debt
Dy such majority as will unmistakably make known
the sentiments of the people
There has not yet been returns enough received to
form an idea as to the vote in favor of calling cons
tptonal Convention. We inclined to think however
vt the Convention project has been defeated the law
requires that majority of all the at the last
election should be in favor of the Convention to be eec
tive Those who did not vote upon the Convention at all
OF course did the vote against it.
VIM. BEIS the person who was arrested the 18th of
August for rohbng the United States branch mint in this
city, tried and convicted in the United States Circuit
Court Monday and Tuesday last. The jury was out
only five minutes
The United States Grand Jury is actively engaged
in investigating the affairs of the mint which
be in sad state indeed The defacaton Of HARAszTHY,
the late meter and refner the amount of hun
dred and ftytwo thousand dollars and the subsequent
detection of Ben in absracting from the coin-
ers department under the superintendent of Mr. Eek
fedt, has led the public to believe that all is not it
should be In that establishment and there is general
demand for thorough overhauing of its affairs To say
the least there has been great deal of msmanagement
and careessness the part of the officers of that esta
] blishment