The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-09-14
LA1ER FROM oALlnoRNIA.


midnight ON sunday. She has nearly 81, 600 in
treasure
Financial matters reported to be easy beyond any
thing previously known In the history of California The
corrections are mghy satisfactory and money had gone
begging at TO II per cent merchandise securities
The business portion of Georgetown in III Dorado
county, was destroyed by fire the 10th of August in
yolvng loss of 500 900 Wa 4SJF
On the 4th OF August desperate airay occurred be-
tween some French and American miners In regard 10
Their night to mining claim 1t resulted in the death
OF Three Americans and the woundng of three others
Senator Broderick designs travelling Washington by
the overland route. Dtst m $500 ,t'r
SUMMARY OF THE FoRTNIGHTs NEWS.
From the Alta California Aug 2ol
On the 9TH of August the anti Iecompton convention
at Sacramento nominated for supreme Judge John Chr
rey, of Solano county for comptroller l. N Dawley of
Nevada for supreme court clerk, III u. jennings of
Butte county Hon Jos. C. McKibbin was also renom-
mated for Congress VIM L. Dudley, Of Calaveras,
nominated for Congress
The Lecomptonites the same day nominated j. G.
Baldwin as their candidate for Judge of the supreme
court A. H. Meoney, of Contra Costa, as comptroller
They made no nomination for supreme court clerk
The republican convention endorsed the nomination Of
Currey for judge but nominated f. p Tracy vice bud.
ley They also nominated DIR. s. Gum, of Toulumnee,
as comptroller. a tH
The difficulties between j. c. Fremont and the MERGED
Mining Company still continue The latter refuse TO
yield possession of their yein and the who occupy
insist that they will resist 4taH
The last overland mail from Salt Lake reached Placer
Vile the 18th The carrier brings the painfu intel.
gence of the murder of Joseph Cond Charles Connover
Elias Etherege, and Theodore Darban guards of the mail
which left Placcrville July 81 They were killed by
Shoshones, about twenty miles from Gravely Ford.
The Indians about Humboldt Bay are exceedingly
A man named Orrin Stevens was killed
by them the 10th ult and another named John Van
doll on the goth
A number of the troops which arrived on the Golden
Gate deserted in citizens clothes. portion of them
were arrested i7lg 't1}. N'fh
The republican county convention have nominated for
the senate Gen. G. S. II. Williams and S. H. Parker
esq, and for the assembly w w. Shepard B. w. Hath
away, j. M. Taylor j. W. Cherry, and A. A. Hill The
has yet three further nominations for assem-
bly, to make before the list is completed W
The amount of gold bullion deposited for coinage du-
ring the week ending the 7th amounted to Is O9S 10
The gold coinage for the week was 1886 O0O
all in double eagles
The steamer Pacific arrived on the 7th from Victoria
bringing $50 passengers. The ship Il. Il. Wlletts
the same day with lat passengers from the same To-
cality
During the last ten days 1000 Cinnamon have landed
on our shores 1Ht 5R H#1a# a#
FROM THE FRASER RIVER MINES s,..'
Our dates from Victoria to the 18th of August and
from Fort Yale, Fraser river to August H. Up to
week of the latest dates from the mining region the river
remained too high for operation the bars This had
caused great dependency among the people on the
banks of the streams, who waiting for the waters to
subsde. About the 9Th of August the river began to
fall and the llth, latest date many miners had
been working the bars for several days The yield of
gold very rich The lowest accounts put down at
81 IS to the man per day the highest $50 a SIS
Provisions We're plenty in the mines and comparatively
cheap In Victoria there felt stagnation in bust
ness Real estate unsuitable. The market had been
with goods from San Francisco and
cia transactions dull No rich dry diggngs" had
yet been discovered of any extent The miners
pushing up towards the head of the streams; and
that the waters subsidng they will experience less
lty be Rv he etc ryvany pact
to be able to send to the east exciting from
Fraser river. .rrr,a..r. f.gt
LATER FROM THE FRASER RIVER.
Ar,ipal Of The Panama. Reports from Die Dgyiys.
The steamer Panama, w. r. Lappidge, commander
arrived this morning at eight o'clock, bringing dates
from Victoria to August l4th. iaa a. Ia4
5ae NEWS FROM THE MINES
The Victoria Gazette of August IA til has the following
The steamer SURPRISE Capt Huntington, arrived last
night about 10 o'clock, from Fort Hope. She brings
twelve passengers and Of gold dust in the hands
of the purser besides what is held by the passengers
The river is falling rapidly, and gone down A feet at
Fort Yale within week disclosing long bar in front of
the town upon which two hundred miners at
work. Our informant, gentleman whom we have
known for years. and for the truth of whose statements
we can vouch, gives it his opinion these were
making at least from Sc to SIS per day On Monday last
it is estimated that 500 ounces Of gold dust taken
out Of Hills bar there not exceeding 400 men at
work on this bar AT Texas bar the miners doing
well averaging full two ounces to the
per day.
The subsding Of the waters had afforded opportunities
for hundreds Of to go to work. and they pitch
ing in in right good earnest.
REPORTS FROM THE WEENATCIIA AND NACHESS
IA #.@s i3 54a3He, RIVERS '.ts iis
The Puget Sound Herald Extra, of August 7th con.
tans news from the Weenatcha and Nachess rivers It
says
BY the arrival in Steacoom, yesterday of Paul Anger
ago the Wcenatcha, have late reliable and highly
important intelligence from the gold fields.
Paul Anger four days coming from the Weenatcia,
having left Monday last and reached Steilacoom on
yesterday He reports fourteen hundred miners at work.
one thousand the Weenatcha and four hundred the
Nachess.
Capt Robertson writes under the date of Mr..
Pearson stating that he had arrived at Fort Scoe with
$50 miners, their way to the head waters the
Weenacha. He says there about thousand miners
at the Dalles waiting to hear from him.
FROM OREGON AND WASHINGTON TERRITORIES
Our dates from Oregon to the 18th OF August No
decisive Indian hosttes had taken place, but the
ages seemed to be preparing for Some rich gold
discoveries have been made the Weenatcha and Ma
chess rivers-feeders of the Columbia There said
to be about fourteen hundred miners at work these
streams making good wages Much trouble, however,
was expected from the Indians in those regions.
James G. Goodwin, old resident of Oregon commit
ted suicide by shooting himself, on the 22d July, at
p SANDWICH ISLANDS.
Our dates from the Sandwich islands are to the oath Of
July, Some guano islands have been discovered
500 or 900 miles southwest of Honolulu The Hawaiian
had sent outa vessel to examine and report