The Washington union., 1857-09-19
FIFTEEN DAYS LATER FROM CALIFORNIA.

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FIFTEEN DAYS LATER FROM CALIFORNIA
The loss Of the mails by the Central America Is in part
supplied by the arrival at New Orleans of the steamer
Philadelphia which connected at Havana with the Aspn
wall steamer BY this arrival the editors Of the New Or
papers in receipt of files Of San Francisco papers
to the goth ultimo and private adyces from Panama Of
late date the 9th instant We take the following
from the Picayune Ia. ..r.f ..
#r SUMMARY on THE foKTHdIiTs s NEWS
The Alta California furnishes a summary Of the
from the Golden State from which take the following
being all that is of interest or importance
The settlers convention adjourned ON the 9Th instant
after nominating Edward Stanly for governor Nathaniel
Bennett for supreme court judge A. A. Sergeant for at
torney general and r. NJ Randall for surveyor general
The democratic nominees for lieutenant governor comp
troer treasurer and State printer were endorsed by the
convention NJ
The tickets Of the four political parties democrat
ic American, republican, and settlers all com
pete and the various gubernatoral nominees 'sum
ing it throughout the State.
The Pitt River Indians in the eastern portion of Sskyou
county having committed many depredatons of late
Lieut. Crook of the United States infantry with force
of twenty-five men, had chastised them severely that
further hostites apprehended AT least twenty
five men were killed. and as many more wounded in the
last engagement in Big Valley.
The other Indian tribes in the northern part OF the
State peaceably disposed and most of them being
removed to the reservations.
The van Of the overland immigration has at last crossed
the Sierra Nevada and for the last week trains have been
pouring into this State through the various mountain
passes. The great mass Of immigrants, however thus
far have via Genoa in Carson Valley, and Placer
vile, and over the road now being rapidly improved be-
tween these places All accounts agree as to the great
numbers the waymore than in any season since o.
There is also much stock route, and considerable guam
titles have been driven into Carson Valley in good cond
ton, @ a.t.,
The immigrants bring startling accounts Of the depre
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and in the Goose Creek mountains Many lives are re-
ported to have been lost but most Of these stories are
doubtless exaggerated little evidence of authentic
character has yet been dvuged That the Indians hnvs
however, killed and driven off unusual amount of
stock undeniable nearly all of the trains arriving
have suffered from their depredations. .a aa va
Owing the scarcity of water in many portions of the
mining region interior exchanges unusually bar
OF items chroniclng the receipt of bg umps the
announcement of "great strikes, the opening OF
erich leads But in quartz mining much activity pre-
walls and in FL Dorado county aerous veins are being
worked which yield marvellousy well as high in one in
stance dollar to the pound of rock two thousand
dollars to the ton This claim is owned by j. Beard,
formerly supreme court clerk Extensive iumng opera
tons in progress all of the mining streams but 1t
yet too early to learn of the success OF these enter
prises. s.g r- ,s
Agriculturss throughout the State taking deep
interest in the forthcoming State fair which Is to be held
at Stockton during the last week of September The ar
rangements in progress are ON far grander scale than
prove in the highest degree successful. N,%"
Throughout the interior the heat has been excessive
On the 9th instant the mercury in portions OF the
State up to 1909 in the shade and in very few places
besides this city did it fall below 1000 that day Even
here it will long be known the hot Sunday, al
though the breeze greatly mtgaed the heat of the
sun in the after part of the day. a.. s.f s..+
Of murders, ARRAYS suicides, and other deeds of crime
and violence many chroncled than il has been
misfortune to record for long time past A
Der of cupis have expated the extreme penalty of the
law for their offences and many have been sent to
the penitentiary from various parts of the State.
Considerable fever prevails along the American river
above Sacramento and many miners unable to attend
to their abors In Yolo county throat is prevalent
and in this city influenza has been almost epidemic for
long time past although few if any, fatal results have
been chroniced With these exceptions, the general
health of the people of this State better
The United States branch mint in this city reopened
and commenced operations on the 10th inst,
The Metropolitan Theatre on Montgomery street,
destroyed by fire Saturday evening, the 18th inst
the work of incendary. The building owned by
L. T. Ritter and Henry Hentch. The loss will not fall
far short of $50, 900. ...... '.... a., ...
LATER pRoM WASHINGTON AND OREGON TERRITORIES
BY the steamship Philadelphia we have advces from
Washington Territory to the 24h Of July and from Ore
gon to the 9th of August. as,-a
From the latter Territory there is of interest
As have already announced the constitutional
tion to meet at Salem on the 18th of August.
From Washington Territory there is nothing new.
The report by the last mail that the territorial election
resulted in favor of the democrats who succeeded in elect
ing their candidate, Gov Stevens delegate to Congress-
by a large majority, is confirmed @%
LATER ERox SANDWICH ISLANDS . ... q.
We have via San Francisco advices from Honolulu to
the 9th of July. aa4 g.aa.-.a
The cane CROP 1t is said will be abundant The coffee
crop had been attacked by blight which threatened to
duce the yield one-third e ..a.a ~ .at...
The Fourth of July observed general holiday
in Honolulu .....- 81. Eas "'..
No other news of interest here.
., LATER FROM CENTRAL AMERICA
Under date of the 5th the Panama correspondent of
the New Orleans Picayune writes az follows
The great feature of interest in Panama during the last
fortnight the visit of Com Pauldng, Of the home
squadron, accompanied 10y corps of scientific officers the
object of his visit being explore the route from Asp
wall to Panama. along the line of the railroad with the
view Of testing its prnctcabity for ship canal The
and his party left Aspinwa early the
morning of August 26th in special train of cars and
arrived at Panama late in the evening Of the day
having taken It leisurey, in order to make thorough
examination of the country through which they passed
S9xt morning party, detailed specially for purpose
by Com Pauldng undertook the survey of the harbor Of
Panama Amongst the party Lieut., Garland United
States navy who accompanied Lieut. Strains expedition
to Darien.
The result of this expedition under Com Pauldng is
satisfactory in the highest degree Every officer
nected with It, am credibly informed ia decidedly of
the opinion that interoceanic shipcanal from Aspn
wall to Panama entirely practicable the distance being
shorter and fewer obstacles intervening than between any
other points on the isthmus \
This exploration, having been made by order of our
government may be regarded loss important than
significant from which great results may be expected