The Nevada journal. [volume] (Nevada City, Calif.) 1851-18??, 1857-08-07

By the arrival Of the mail steamer
Golden Age we are in possession of
dates from New York to July 9Th.
GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.
The Postmaster General and the Pres
ident have decided upon the route OF
the overland mail to California. 1t COM
mences at St. Louis and Memphis, thence
to little Rock, thence to the Rio Grand
near Fort Fillmore or Dona Ana, thence
along the protective Wagon Road to
Fort Yuma, thence to San Francisco.
Messrs Butterfeld & Co. are the con-
tractors and the sum of $595,00O is al
lowed. This provides for the transpor-
tation Of mail twice week.
The New York Court of Appeal had
pronounced by vote of six to two in
favor of the legality of the New York
metropolitan Police Act.
In view of the abrogation of the mu-
nicipal police forces by the operation
of the decision of the court of appeals
the entire body was to a man formally
discharged by order of the Mayor. All
the station houses and other police prop
ertv still remain in the hands of the po-
lice captains, who employ one officer
and two door keepers to guard the prop
erty in the proceedings against of the
Mayor of New York For melting riot
and for contempt of court, he was fully
exonerated, the judges holding that he
only acted in the discharge of his duty
as Mayor of the city.
Five Of the persons engaged in the
Plug Ugly Riot in Washington, had
been convicted; two had fed from JUS
tice, and three sentenced to one years
imprisonment.
The Republicans of Maine met in
State Convention on the 2Sth of June,
and nominated Lott NJ Morrill, of Ban
gor as their candidate for Governor
Next day the Democrats nominated w.
II. Smith of Warren county as their
candidate for Governor.
The Montreal left Quebec at 4 O.
clock in the afternoon of the 4th of July
for Montreal, having on board between
four and five hundred passengers
When abreast of Cape Rogue, the wood
work of the furnaces was discovered to
be on fire, and at the same moment the
flames burst forth, causing the utmost
CONSERVATION. The flames spread with
great rapidity, and numbers Of the pas
sengers precipitated themselves into the
river and were drowned The steamers
Napoleon and Alliance went to the res
cue, and the former took off 1877 passen-
gers, several of whom subsequently died
of their wounds. Capt. Rudolph of the
Montreal, and the purser swan to the
Alliance, and were saved.
KANSAS QUlET.-Maj. Davis, assis
tant adjutant general, U. S. Army, had
Just arrived from Kansas, and reports
the complete success of Gov. Walker
in tranquilizing that territory, and pro-
ducing a law-abiding feeling among the
settlers No further difficulty is appre-
hended, and the immigration to the ter
ritory will be heavy this fall and winter
On the 4th of July bloody riot oc-
Cured in the bloody sixth ward between
a gang calling themselves "the Dead
Rabbits" and the Bowery Boys in Baird
street near Mulberry. Fire arms were
freely used and seven persons killed
and twenty-five or thirty wounded.
In the twelfth and thirteenth wards
there were also serious ARRAYS, in which
a number of persons, including police
man, were badly injured.
The fight was renewed in the Sixth
Ward when terrible conflict took place
between tp factions and eleven persons
were shot, many of whom are supposed
to be fatally wounded.
The police did all they could to sup
press the riot but they were totally in
sufficient to protect themselves from the
fury of the mob, and had it not been for
the presence of the military in the very
heart of the Rioters strongholds there is
no knowing where the matter would
have ended.
IATER.-12 o'clock.-The riots are
at an end but still much excitement ex-
lists The Coroners are engaged in hold
ing the inquests. but as yet nothing of
Importance has been elected. A num-
Der of arrests were made this morning.
Two more of the rioters have died with
in the past three hours.
Very Latest-Our New York CORES
,,orJo,t rndar date of 12I o'c1ock Ju1x-