The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-03-17

CALIFORNIA.

francisco by railroad has been revived. ~ xs ~,
Sth February. the Board Of Supervisors y, .ha
county subscribed 800. 900 TO the work. :" 4, -
counties of Ynba suffer, Yolo aud soiae',, ssa
said that subscriptions amounting 10 aoo", sery
600 have been obtained. The scheme ID
feasible one--on paper r,a., sxpe.
ltIon sent ont 10 expiere the river CoioIaoo ,ant
United States steamer Explorer. gfa'.r draft
$50 miles above Fort Yuma, but hsn a.so n,iIes
steamer proceeded mp the river as -. the
above the Fort. This expedition ,i',s rysr by
nerfeet practicability of navigating TINS "b III
ilght.draft steamers TO within one Jay
the Great Salt Lake country :, uansarey
Sa,,a nx claimant was occasiobeu ht
-, ~. l1fh IF February, by the execution ~
,,r,Iarar named jose ApaJtasis lns
,sas santeuced, after a fair triai, 10 70 .asasia
that day: but Oh the 10th RESPITE ~, sor thirty
Ja.us" was received from the uo.eI"o, ~. ar
- A. there was no man OF that name unuci
SENTENCE of death In Monterey, anu as o"ee All. .a
,asia was the only man condemned 10 aie III snu
custody Of the sheri ,ha, ase Governor had inte
Ia 20 resnite Jose He therefore refused to hang
hin, on the 18th. Jose Anastasia having been re-
,I,rded AS q dangerous desperate by the people oil
Monterrey the prospect Of bis escaping the sen
tence awakened immense exctement-and IL was
determined il the hour should be passed over for
the execution aud he not be hung. that the pop
ulace would rise and hang him themselves. An
under sheriff, however, took upon himself the re-
sponsibility of carrying the execution into effect,
and thus prevented popular outbreak. Jose con.
fessed TO tio0 murders Oh the gallows.
The Supreme Court OF this State has recently
rendered decision in fugitive slave case, which
has excited much remark. q. A. Stoyall left Miss
issippi in 1857, for California, with negro body
servant named "Archy" he travelled across the
Plains aud arrived in Sacramento on the LIST of Oc
tober, subsequent. On his way he stopped at Car
son Valley, and there bought raDcheon which he
placed some cattle he had brought with him. In
Sacramento, he opened a school and advertised for
scholars. lie also hired out "Archy," and rfcey-
ed wages for him several months. Lately he con-
cluded to return to Mississippi and "Archy" run
Mug of from him, he bad him arrested and put 10
prison rs fugitive slave. writ of habeas corpus
for "Archy's" liberation, carried the matter even
tually before the Supreme Cortland two Of the
Justices decided that the negro must be given up
to his master.
The trial of Henry Bates ex State Treasurer, for
embezzling the public funds, commenced at
Auburn, Placer county, where it had been trans
ferred from Sacramento, on the 18th February
The result is not yet known.
man named Hughes, indicted for perjury by
the Grand Jury of Tuolamne County, committed
suicide by taking strychnine npOn being imprison-
ed, OH the 9th February. Hughes Was an English
man.
The siskiyou papers state that nearly every
other man In that section of the State is talking
alsut joining the army against the Mormons-
5, straI companies have been organized. which are
waiting anxiously for the requisition upon Cali
forna for soldiers
Two rFtuCHiudl. hleSST5 uEOs, anu oois
opened store aud drinking house on Indian River,
Trinity County, on Sunday, January 81, and du-
ring the day, Pat T0bin and George Sears, com
menced breaking BOTTLES and destroying goods,
because of having bsen refused credit. Montgom-
cry, Sears partner, tried to stop them, and was at
tackled by Sears whom he cut so badly that he
will probably die. All three fled, but Montgome-
ry has returned; he claims to have acted i'll seli
defence and has not been arrested.
L. Abin long connected with the French press
OF this city, died gu the 10th of February. He
a man very much respected by his compa
triots.
Alexander Orlinsk convicted Of several char
yes Of grand larceny, and who made the murder
! Gus assault upon Policeman Moore, in attempting
to escape from prison. has been sentenced 10 years
in the Penitentary.
The Chinese New Year, which begins on the 18th
of February, was celebrated in the city in becOm
ing style by the Celestials. Any quantity of 6'e
crackers exploded, young pigs eaten, and
| strong tea drunk from baby-cups John was
out 10 holiday apparel, aud rather astoushed the
"outside barbarians' by the width OF his blue
gown, and the length of the new silken addition 10
his tail.
FROM THE SANDWICH ISLANDS.
Our dates from the Sandwich Islands to the
21st of January. The United States ship St.
Mary's was to leave Honolulu January 20 Tor San
Francisco. There have been shipped from the
Sandwich Islands for the United States, during
the year 1857, 1913 bbs. sperm and los, 1872 bbls
whale oil, and ,4I2,404 lbs. Whalebone. The
au'hciiIirs at hohoidiu io'p'u mo sh'Pnent "
kanakas 6Or digging guano at the recently dis
covered 1nano islands.
FROM OREGON.
We have dates from Oregon Territory to the 5th
OF February.
Three men, named Z. LeyeDs, Edward CTaymer
and William Hunter, were recently drowned in
the Umpqua river, while on their way down from
the town of ScOttsburg, Southern Oregon, to imp
qua City, in II small boat.
person named Oscar Dietz, engaged i'll mining
upon jackson Greek, Southern Oregon. lately fell
into a mining shaft, and killed lie was
found at the bottom of the shaft, with his head
under water, and already dead. The deceased was
from the city of Berlin in Prussia where he pos
sessed considerable estates Having taken part in
the revolutionary movements i'll that country III the
year 1919. lac banshed for the term of ten
| years. His term Of banishment would have tx
| pred next year, when he intended to returIxto
| the land OF his birth; but death frustrated his
| plans.