The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-10-05

The IeSs fron. New Granada Is entirely Of local
rhrtcter. The letter Of our correspondent, in
another column, contains every thing Of interest
The news from California is two weeks later than
previous acviCes and the mail received is the first
tnoe the Sd ult The intelligence is Interesting,
IN some respects important Some items respe stng
the Loot passt myers treasure and mails OF the Cen
tral America will lie found In ID cir proper place
The Sonora with which the Ill fated steamer con.
uectei had on board but four hun9red aud forty
messengers an unusually small numoe--aud
81 500 ,4y7 in Fpecie. She also bad Que hundred
and two mail begs containing thirty eight thousand
letters the smallest msil which has been despatched
for some time. The fall election he'd just taken
s,lsce and indications warranted The belief that the
entire democratic State ticket had been successful
The question Of the ayment OF the unconstituuon.
ally contracted State debt had, II was believed,
oeiyei . large affirmative majority. The al
yoo.tes oi reputation were very few. Tue
peoples party in San Francisco, which
Uphods the acts Of the Vigilance Committee,
Lad elected gil Their candidates over the democratic
Ysrty. Monetary afars we're represented being
rather easy al q the markets evAoed better feel
sng than bad been exhibited for some time previous
A oonnsgrssion occurred at Columbia OF tue 2jth
az August which destroy Cd toe beet portion OF the
Town and subjected the citizens % an aggregate
o. az over six hundred THOUSAND dollars. BY an
explosion Of gunpowder a. the time OF the confia-
grafton hyt persons lost their lives and NUMBER
we're -erioOsly injured. TIE Nicaragua steamers
lad been released from bondage and i. reported
that hey would soon commence their usual trips
This viii he news On this size Of the continent
rumor bad reached san Francisco, from Utah, -
The eject that Col Sumner bad arrived at Salt Lake
City with company Of dragoons aud bad arrested
Brigham Young Oh charge Of nig1 treason aud taat
lie had already started with his prisoner for Wash
5ngton. The news needs confirmation. We have
Later dates Of Col. Summers moseuenp than tbose
reported 70 have been received IN California which
left bin In rursuit Of the Cheyenne Indians The
star Of the west brought foil complement. Of pas
e,pgers sn6 81 .2Gs ,734 IN treasure.
Our Australian flee contain some very interesting
statistics relative 10 the yield and expot OF rold
rom the colony. The shipments during the frs,
elk months Of the present year show decrease OF
1915 ounces, as compared with those for the cor
= sponcing period OF 1856 In Melbourne the de-
mAnd fof labor was slack. The new Grown Lands
oil ebgsgec the attention OF the Legislature. The
oil CO, ing OF State aid to r1lgJn had passed
ecoond reading. The war OF the Europeans on the
Chineae Al guckand, had been brought 10 an end
An English naval officer had annexed the Cocos
Islands 70 the Queens domain 10 her Majesty
name. The temperance cause was progressing IN
melbourne. Flour ha5 fallen In price In Melbourne
bui was advanced II syduey at last dates. Gold
sold fs a. Us. per ounce which was the hIsbes
rrioe.
The movements in gold are now ehe mos, attrac.
Give features Of the news from California and Aus
f-aliA Tie returns u this year compared with