Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-10-03

The News.
Inc arrival Of the steamship Moses Taylor at New
York on the 2sth cit with the Pacific mails, places
US in possession Of interesting news from all parts
Of the west coast Of America, Central and South
America, and the Sandwich and Society Islands.
The news from San Francisco is 10 the 9Th inst.
The gold shipments for the month Of August BY
steamers were So. s26. 6s4 IL, against So e2s s84
10 IN August 1857, and s., $50 268 q in the sane
month Of 1856 Tbereeeipts Of gold during the two
weeks preceding the 9Th inst, bad fallen Of con-
slderaby, while the promised supplies from Fraser
river had not yet made their appearance. The late
election in California resulted in the success Of The
candidates Of the administration wing Of the demo
cratic party. Hon. Joseph G Baldwin was chosen
Judge Of the Supreme Court, and Hon. A. r Mslony
Comptroller. The Broderiek faction nominated and
supported J. c. McKibben and A. L. Dudley for
Congress. The administration made no nominations
for Congress, the Legislature having passed a bill
at its last session PospOning the election until 1882
The Brodericktss claim that the federal constitution
provides that members Of Congress shall be elected
every two years, aud that the Legislature has no
right to intefere in the matter Geo Penn Johnston
Clerk Of the Circuit Court, editor Of the National
and an administration democrat, fought desperate
duel on Angel Island on the 2lst ult, with W. J
Ferguson, State Senator from Sacramento and anil
LecOmpton democrat They exchanged four shots
and the last ERE Ferguson had his thigh broken.
The affair grew out Of political controversy.
The accounts from the gold fields on Fraser river
are very encouraging The miners are busily em-
plOyed and gathering from five to fifty dollars worth
Of dust per day. The Indians were somewhat
troublesome, and several white persons had been
killed By them. The Governor had sent an agent
among the savages, who had patched up a sort Of
truee but spprehsnsons prevailed that the Indians
contemplated general uprising against the inlru-
siTs miners. The Governor Of the British Posses
siOns. though aVerse to The Outrages committed By
the Indians is altogether opposed to the American
settlers assuming the right to ohasise their foes
whenever they deem the provOcatiOu sufficient to
justify their SO doing.
With regard to the Indian war in Oregon, We learn
that the troops numbering niue hundred, under Col.
Wright, had marched into the region inhabited BY /.
the hostile tribes, On the 18th Of August Lieut.. J.
K ALLEN, Of the Ninth regiment, with fifteen men.
was ordered to surprise and attack party of Indi.
ans in the neighbOrhood Of Fort SimcOe He sue /
ceeded in the enterprise capturing twsnty-Oue men,
fifty woman and children, and a number Of horses
and CATTLE but MORALLY wounded in the conflict
and died in few hours after reaching camp.
The advices from Central America are dated at
San Juan del Norte 18th, Costa Ries Sd, and San
Salvador lst inst. Our Minister, Gen Lamar. had
left Nicaragua in disgust at the state Of affairs and
the treatment he had received in that republic He
had arrived in Costa Rea, and it vas thought prob
able that he would soon return home. Nicaragua 1
perfectly quiet In Costa Rica an extensive
and well organized band Of robbers had been broken
up SITTER they had committed some daring depreda-
tons. President Mora seems determined to be pre-
pared to repel all hbustering demonstrations, and
for that PurrOse the army was kept in effective con
dliOn and the magazines supplied with munitions |
Of war The coffee crop promised an average yield.
It is reported that the Honduras Railroad project
was looked given up, and a wagon road was to be
made across the country. The United States Minis
ter to Guatemala had returned to his post from Hons
durss President Barrios, of San Salvador, was
popular but his schemes for bene6ttng the country
crippled by The Wretched condition Of the hnsn
ees. Much attention was given to the cultivation Of
cotton and coffee in the State
Our files from the South Pacific are dated at Val
paraisO the 18th and at Lima on the 9th Of Au>
gust. Chile was progressing pleasiDgly. stsam>
ships we're about to be run from Valparaiso TO Mon
tevideO and BuenOs Ayres, and frem YaldiVis to
Aucud The population Of Chile had been inereas
ed By one hundred and nineteen thousand ore hun
dred and ninety nine souls in the four years since
1854. Peru bad suffered in her material interests
from the late election sgiiation. A war against
Fn71aH0r al al If RI had /
been reduced to one half its usual strength. Crude
ores of all descriptions may be freely exported
from the republic under late government decree.
Senior Carbon had been elected Vice President Of
Ecuador. All the foreign vessels at Callso had Oh
tanned charters for The guanO islands The trade
Of Valparaiso had improved greatly.
We have important news from the Society Is
lands, dated at Raiatea and Tahas, on the 9th Of
June, and at Tahiti on the 18th Of July The Gov
errors Of the 6rst named islands-Who have the
power Of appointing or dsthroning the Kng-hsd, It
appears, taken the supreme power from TamatOo
w. son Of Queen Pomars, Of Tahiti, who was elected
chief magistrate about a year age. The e1-Kibg
then decided to return to the home Of his mother
Pomsre, and thus The islands we're left without
ruler In this emergency the Governors offered
Consul Oven, Ct the United States, to surrender
the islands Of Tahaa and Raiaea to our government
and handed him official Ietiers to that effect for
to Washington. This movement gave
great offence TO The reputation Of England and
France, who melted sort Of revolution against the
Governors. In this state OF affairs the French war
brig HydrOgraphe arrived at Baiatcs, and her CONS
mauder took Mr.. Thomas Croft and Mr.. Jordan,
American eitizsns into custody; and conveyed them
to Tahiti, account Ct their annexation proeliYi-
ties Shonld The two islands come under our rule |
they will form most important sHrePOts for Hha-
ing feet in the Pacific. IS well convenient har-
bors for our war vessels No doubt bat American /
steamers between Oregon, California, PanauA, Aus
tralia and New Zealand would soon be found water
tsring st them also to the great injury Of French
interests at Tahiti.
The total valuation Of real and personal properly