The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-08-30
LATER PROM CALIFORNIA,

John H. Smith was to have been hung on the
a,1. 10 apR. u nsvS %vsr Tsy
efforts have been made TO induce the Governor to
commute the sentence. y
n, Murray has been sentenced to be hung n
Sierra county on the 18th Of ssptsmber.
William K. Halsey, liabilities Of s. 600, and Geo.
Bowen, liabilities Si7 1873, have petitioned to be
discharged from their debts under the insolvent
act. In Yreka, Joseph Rogers and Isaac N. knight
have been discharged from their liabilities.
number Of eoiored men Of San Francisco sd
dressed letter, some months ago. to certain Off
cials Of New Granada, asking about the induce
ments offered by that country to colored immi-
grants. letter has been received In reply from
Gen. Bosques, in which he tells them to come on,
and says key has the same political and social
rights as white man In that latitude.
A party Of sixty apoststes from Mormonism had
arrived, with their families. 10 Carson Valley. from
Salt Lske.
j. J. Martin. an under steward on the Sierra Ne.
vada, was, on the 10Th nit, crushed to death by
the engine Of that vessel. while on her way from
Wbatoom to Victoria He was a native of New
York and had no relatives on that coast. His own
csrslssspess and neglect Of ordss were the cause f
the accident. ee
DR.. L. q. Lyon. late coroner of Amador county,
has been arrested upon . charge Of numbering his
own wife by poison. On the ath Of July last Mrs.
Lyon was found dead in . we'll on her husbands
premises. Subsequent Investigations awakening
the suspicion that the huebapd had had some
sgency il her death, a post mortem examination,
and an analysis Of the stomach Of the deceased,
we're had. These resulted in positive proof OF the
presence OF a large amount of arsenic In the
stomach. DR.. Lyon then hed, but was pursued
and overtakeu at Stockton. He Il quite wealthy,
aud 1t 10 hard to assign reason for his unnatural
crime.
tract, arrived at Placerviie on the 2lst Of July,
and the nrst mail eastward, via Salt Lake, left on
July 26.h.
skirmish occurred at Grouse Creek, Humboldt
county. between the Indians and whites. One Of
the former and ten Of the latter were killed.
Business was improving. Prov!siens were stll
10 active demand Bacon was quoted at 26 ceuts
Clear Pork so Large sales of Lard had
been effected at decline. being II cents for psr-
GELS on the spot. and I611c to arrive. Butter was
active At IS cents for jobbing parcels. Rice had
improved. Carolina being quoted at 5l5 cents
Spirits OF Tnrpentins dat at 81 u by auction
Richmond Flour was quoted at $12 luuguarsnted.) J
Money was abundant. and collections easy.
There was decided falling off In the receipts of
gold dust, equal to p per cent, during the fort
night.
NARROW ESCAPE OF THR STEAMER oRFaoY-ExCrTINa
SCENE
On Sunday, July 3lst, great excitement was
caused In this city BY the arrival Of the steamer
Oregon, from Victoria with the news that during
the night before, the steamer bad run on to rocky
promoDtory called Point Reyes, about 25 miiss
from San Francisco, and that while she was thump-
ing against rocky precipice that juts MP from
the sea, some forty or fifty of her passengers had
stte enpted to jomp ashore, but whsther they had
succeeded In doing 90, and were safe, or they had
faIleD.into the ssa.was unknown. The steamer, on
getting clear of the rocks, was in 90 dangerous
condition that 1t was not deemed possible to wait
and ascertain the tate of those who had deserted
her, but the captan made for this city with every
possible speed-usiDg all the pumps to keep the
vessel free from water.
A steamer was Immediately dispatched to the
disaster to look after the missing passengers-but
before she got hack, q number of those who bad
jumped from the Oregon arrived here in safety. by
the steamboat Petaluma. Forty-thrse had jump
ed upon the rocks, where they passed the night
Next day they found their way to u ranch, where
animals were procured to take them to Petslums
1t 10 not known certainly that any were lost. II
10 believed, however, that some of those who leap
ed from the ship either fell ebert of the rocks aud
were drowned, or slipped of into the water during
the night.
Sons of those who reached here In safety, de.
clare that they saw persons struggling in the sur
beneath them while they were on the rocks. The
occasion Of the cident was dense fog, which
prevented the look outs on the steamer from seeing
the land until she had approached 1t very nearly
running full upon it. She was but little distance
out of her track
Prom FRAZER RIVER.
The San Frahcisco Bulletin says:
Though the fare by tho steamer to Victoria was
considerably reduced yesterday, only about 200
passengers left for the northern gold region, and
this, too, Notwithstanding the steamer had been
delayed long time after her first announced hour
of departure. The interior papers also chronicled
the fact that the Frazer river fever hns almost ds
appeared in the mines; aud the steamers from
Sacramento and Stockton no longer bring down
their nightly crowd Of emigrants, ,hastening msdly
to tue unexplored regions of New Caledonia. un,
mindful Of all else except desire to I'D and pos
sess themselves Of gold.
Mr.. Columbus Bartlett, who made the trip up
Frass. river, says:
TT
miles above Fort Hope, where bars begin to fern,
dividing the channel Of the stream, and afording
\ field for mining operations. There are probably
two thousand men engaged in mining on the river
between Forts Hope and Yais-on Classy Bar, Emo.
ry's Bar, Hills Bar, Texas Bsr, and other paces.
As wspassed along, either Mr. Thomposn or my.
self almost iDvarisbly asked ''what WAS the pros
pect," and where the miner seemed communicative,
stopped and conversed with him.
Almost all Of them were working with pans and
rockers. and all said those at work we're making
grub" with here and there . rich strike. On
Texas Ear there is good deal of gold being taken
out j. Waugh, formerly Of Victoria, who owns u
claim on this bar told me that he and his partner.
with one rocker took out from three to six ounces
day. Isaw $29 worth Of the dust which he sold
to MIR. Walker. T. FL. Moreland, late of Calavei az
county, California, showed me seven lumPs Of fAs
dust which had been retorted and worked into
balls by mean. of quicksilver. Weighing from $50
tc $50 each. He told me that be had been working
SIX weeks, and averaged $50 day. aud has never
.aeen ou. 'e.s tn.n An ounce @ 10 soy one osy, aho
soae ':aI asys ., Muen a. sV. Beyond oonot very
..Su s'iisss nsss oSso maas cn hiIs Emory .,
anu mos. % .ns o.ner Dars mentioned. ana
eaa,ms On .uean csn scarcely % oougnl even q We
nlsn price, aaougn, from Weet couid iearn
king above s. day, are rather the exception than
,:.. sne rue, W. ~ mus. Ie tememoered tnss veIy
'..e tiser o'sainss are oe.hs vorked' most OF tnt
Ssns sa.s u',ss si.nost en.le,y covered Win Wa'ef'
ioie'ns sns m,neI. 20 worh 'ne Dahks-
rspa.a'I,pos -, were peins hiaoe ior tne coming
10 .ne srect'on o. sunstantiai Iog-nonses
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1our and provisions enoarb 10 isst in occanant.
from onc 70 sonr month. Thar !. No sc.rcts~ of
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