New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-08-12

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Gestl<s ttcei2Ht. r. ,,,. pf.-s Q 1
"a. Sec-eastd .bort 20 per cect s-scs tcs 80
&c. BENIN Merry Of the scsrlps sbd io.ie's h-Ve
yore 20 iae rex ii Dorado. -
Tae w..er works of tie Rerslsy CofoPScoy - %
fs- advanced .hs. the wsRY rom Locoe Cles2 Vii
he ;-t,oarned ITO ne city 1T The foot Of Taylor seet
,ns week but ne reseryoI ;hs:e - bSsl VIZ .EeI -
the sea- 90 ms. the water pust o. TOM !.
cs;s Until s'ns time mex. .'s D. .aY ~
viii be sd reservoir eorstrrc.ea On hu-'h III,
ard s,ss2 n-np constructed 20 force the wster Up
MO e ,.s p,..;a.. =, .
A. G. Abel kas besb reelected P'es'aeh' OF tie
Hs.s-, Wenshark & H5m 2, merchants or stcct-
ton s,rse Iaye teen indicted for ss;irg ure TO tesr
s.ore Tor TIE purpose CT ssndnog tne ls1'e's. les
s,ec'es Of ciiue bss beer comihi'eo 'e'y o''en ia
n. firm 8. If repo-. % tree
7. "a trroIec thst Gso-ge ChIisty has D.toe 81
.pgsserren: with Hsg1ire, tie theatrlesl n .aass T.
.y tor three years recelyiDg onet OF the p'ont7
/. 3 sid tbst Mcguire offered hun $O,ccV year. oat
,h.. 9 n,efsrreG The stipulated share Of the p-ohs
An, M Dozen Mormon converts were bsphzed n
ptss C-esk IN Yo,o County, t1e 18th irst. Among
the candidates for baptism was ~outn, wa2'e
h,+bsr nterfereG FOX bsde the performance OF the
ceYerory as 10 her ard then tnrashed the raso
r. i, TIoo-.d a. Carson vsey tbs. l.rge train Of
dssfec;ed Morrnors s On the wsy to taa' pscs rom
The bridgs sc.oss tie Sacramento River a. ) sc's-
nnt nto City, Is entirely finished
Several small selling vessels have been l'oen 81
Sacramento Tor Fraser RIVER
Four is being shipped rom the mining counties t.
Sacramento and from Sacramento TO this plsce.
George Poor was killed with knife Of Plle 9 owe,
Ser: Comfy, or the 4,h inst, By Jeese s:sfoIS
DE Hamilton wss killed on the Sih inst, in SAINTS
Craz County, BY tree, which fell upon him.
Robert Cunning conmitedsuicide In Bate County
on The Stb net, by blowing ms brains out.
Ersrk Whitney has been juoici.lly declared 20 %
Tie Chief Ene Of the Fre Departmental this city
WE. LsngeInAn and Samuel n Metsclf have sppsd,
duIirg the fortnight for the benefit OF the Insovent
Lsw N this city, ard James ;: Bowes IL Sacramento
In the cases o. Elizabeth Canterbury, We. Ssmus
in this city, ard Antoine Miller ys. Sophis, 10 Ss",s
IaentO divorces have been granted. Divorce suits
have been commenced by Helena l.. We. 1 nomas j.
Higgins IL Sacrament, and by John w. W.. Ann
Ehzs Courts. 10 the lsss case the parties we're maF
lied more than % years seo and separated IN New
}oIk ccnpt Of months after marriage, and haVe not
lived toge' her siDce. 49, .
In nv last letter wrote that Mrs. John Wood, the
sctress, had abandoned her husband. She has now
sued for divorce the grounds Of cruelty and ma
bItus ntOxcstion, and che prays for the custody o,
two children respectively four ard seven yesrs OF age
one Of wbom che now has She says, IN her CON-
plant, .hst SIZE w:s married in England, eight yesrs
ego when she was sixteen years OF age ana thst 80
soon az deserted by her husband che went to live IN
the family Of exState Senator VIM. j. ay, g. Ssh
Pablo These sveiments appear supeIfuous and out
Ct piece il complaint but they made for cause
the fret 10 crafty womanly vanity, by showing ina
she is stil young end the second TO silence bassess
SANDERS current the street that she had deserted her
husband 10 occupy the bed OF psranour. tlins
her petition for divorce will be denied. 1t Is said
that hue bsnd is not bsbituay drunk, though ne
drinks great DEAL and his conduct is hardly 80 cruel
as to Justify divorce Be: ides, she has not been
resident OF the State for six months though she
has been st ouTnDg here for seven. Her mus Dand,
whose resdence is her came here not to reside, but
70 play short engagement and then leave, ana his H.
entioD III this matter De proved by abundant eYl
derce
The Alta Express Company was robbed Of 600 at
Yankee Jms on the morning Of the 9TH iost Toe
treasure was in charge OF porter who was waiting
before daylight to place it on the stage due from
Auburn, when he was knocked down, and the box
carried of That wss the last OF it.
We have news from Portland, Oregon, TO the 10Th
inst The Legislature met on tine 9TH, and organized
by the election OF Luther Elkins, President OF the
Senate, and Mr.. I. Vault, Speaker of the House On
the tn the two Houses met IN Joint Convention, aad
elected Joseph Lane and Delazon Smith 10 the United
States Senate. This done at time when the
Legislature claimed for Oregon the dignity OF State
hood, having heard OF tho passage OF the Admission
bill by the Senate, but not OF the adjournment OF
Congress without further action, thus killing the bill
Oregon, TO al ntents ard purposes, is now State,
will continue to claim that character. Mr. White
aker, tie state Governor elect has not yet elscted
the Presidents sppontee from the Gubernstoral
chair
On the occasion of the Senatorial election, 90 votes
were cast IL tie Join, Conveution Lane received -
Of them, and Smith 80, two separate elections being
held for the two terms.
Official returns Of the lste election have been re-
ceved from al the counties ssve Josephine ard omit
trg the reported returns OF that county the total vote
stands; i36 for Grover the candidate OF the Salem
faction OF the Democracy, and 402l for Kelly, the
candidate Of the Eugene City faction. The to.al vote
does not exceed II 900. The Republicans who voted
united with the Eugene City Democrats; many did
not vote at ell, their candidate having withdrawn.
BY way Of Portland we hear that party OF seventy
miners, on their way to the Fraser mines, were at.
tackled three weeks ago 10y the Indians in the Yakima
country, the Eastern slope of the Cascade Mount
1 q Columbia.
| the Indians yariously estimated at from
2oc to AGO. running skrmish wac kept
ny for several days the whites having com.
menced to retreat immediately after the first attack
The fighting cid not eLd until the miners reached Fort
Simcoe. They had Elk Of their party killed and seven
wounded, and they lost 2s horses. How many of the
Indians were killed. is unknown but probably about
| thirty.
Just before the battle commenced, the adventures
had found rich dggngs OF coarse gold on the Wens she
kiver-dggirgs whi;h they declare will pay from wv
| 10 $50 per day TO the miner with rocker.
The United States troops have not yet comm snced the
ooupalgn against the Indians. Gen. Clark, however,
81 Vancouver making preparations for foray into
the Indian country and according to report, he de
cales his intention TO give them Lesson which they
| will lever f,rget.
We have dstes from the Sandwich Islands to the 9th
June. The Minister OF the Interior recommended that
the kanaka language be gradually abolished from the
public schools and the English substitutes. Ii ia ex-
pested that the Government will forbid Mormon mis-.
sionsries from landing on the Islands. TIE Mormons
cIhlin 10 AaNe o,VVV NAIVE CNlrcn members IN the
Islands, about one-twentieth OF the whole Ksnaks
| population. The Legislature opened the .h
| June by Hing ksmehamehs pronounced Ksh-msy-
sh-Day hasl with the following speech:
" NOTES and Representatives.: Since the Legislature
last IN sessiCn, il hes pleased the Almighty God
TO bless me with q son. Tne birth of heir to the
throne en- event which YOU now congre sted &c pass
measures rot for the temporary only but for the per.
mspen, prosperity Of the Hawaiian Islands under a
constitutional schy, csnno. but regard with com
mon interest Not only the continuance of his life
but the characteristics which the Prince may develop
as be grows to manhood, and the education 20 be i'm
parted 70 him, matters IN small degree insans