Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-10-16
THE NEWS FROM CALIFORNIA.

BY the Star of the West, at New Yo,k. we
have hles Of California papers to the 2ist ultimo
The news Is not important
The official returns of the State election are
from 800
The S-nate consists Of thiTty-nve members and
stands twenty four Democrats and ten Opposi-
tion, and one vacancy, caused by death OF the
new Senator's elected, thirteen are Democrats and
four Opposition.
The Assembiymen elect are as follows: Demo-
erals 81, Opposition 20, Administration members
returned Q, Opposition 6.
The news of the successful laying of the At
Ianuc Telegraph line created great sensation
thToug bout the State, and there were impromptu
calculations in many Of the towns The27tb w a
fixed for cable celebration at San Francisco
The late Fair for the benefit of the Roman
sum of 80 229 81
San Francisco was visited by quite a smart
shock Of earthquake on the evening Of the 10th
No damage was done.
Some SIX hundred passengers have come down
from the Frazer river country during the week
N r. Dorsey, formerly register of the l. 9
Land Once ia Los Angeles, was shot and NOR
", by bis faiher-in-law, w. w. Rubottom, on
the 9th inst. Mr.. and Mrs. Dorsey quarTelled
and she went to her fathers home. Mr. Dorsey
followed her. Mr. Rubottom ordered him to
keep away. Mr.. ID pistol in hand entered the
yard and went upon the porch. Mr. r met him
with a gun-both fred at the same moment. and
Do8scS ItII wounded. TX uDOttOm Is ms
u1ed oy the people and by the officers of the law
rne schooner Jane, with a cargo worth about
So,cO, on her way to stockton, was run down
on the night OF the llth inst in the San Joaquin
river, by the steamer Brandon. The schooner
sank immediately, but no lives were lost
The clipper ship Wild Wave, which left San
Francisco on the 10Th Of February for Valparaiso
las not been heard Of and is supposed to be lost
The overland mail arrived at PIacerviIIe on
the l3th September, bringing St Louis dates ~
August 9Th 1t left Salt Lake City on the LIST
September.
The advlces from Oregon are 10 September list
fights
seven Indians, accused of murderino whites
have been arrested and placed in BelIingham
Fort for trial.
The u. :. Indian Agent at Port Townsend went
INTO an Indian village on the Skaget river re-
Gently, to arrest an Indian accused of crime The
redskins resisted and showed fight when the
Agent shot him dead. This c.eated an Immense
excitement among the Indians, and they seized
the Agent, and al last accounts held him prison
er- GA the receipt of the news at Port Townsend
great excitement prevailed, and immediately The
.. revenue cutter JET. Davis took on board
e'ey soldier al the Fort, and started for the Ska
get nSer. Nothing further was known tbouoh
II was feared that the Agent had been scsIped
GOV: Douglas arrived at Fort Yale on the LIST
Instant, and was received with a salute.
WASHINGTON
Col. Wright has established military post nm
Sake river, at the mouth Of the Tux an. on
called Fort Taylor.
Major Garnett has bad brush with the Indian.
near Okanagan, and defeated them with snail
loss.
VANCOUVER AND NEW CALEDONIA
The steamer sea Bird, which ran aground in
Fraser river near Fort Hope, in June was again
launched on the 18th ult She was Ia good or
DER, and Was put on between Victoria and Fort
Langley, but on her frst trip from Victoria was
burned when Is miles from Victoria. No lives
The IsrHMUs
The fIigate Roanoke tone he'd al AsnipwalI and
salIea Tor 6Ieyiown. IL is reported that General
-anas was TO demand 81 COO 900 of Costa Rica
i"i 'ne massacre OF Americans at yirpjn Raw
n ,hs az. Were TO the 18th uIt Valparaiso
IL Is reported that Gen Ecbinio,s had s,,,,.a
on another revolutionary ~ pedition sosio., D.
The : sloop of war Deca,ur was A. C.II.o
Inc aerrimac had gone to Valparaiso.
SOUTH PACIFIC
Inc Chne Congress closed its session on the
3ist August On OF their last and most i'm NOT
ant acts was a bill authorizing the Executir o. ~,
shares ANYWAY
Appearances are very promising In the apricuI.
mIdl districts OF the South, and IL se-msthat m.
'IopS Will be plentiful, notwithstanding the err
Us.iss faln which has fallen
- Sonce ptioa, tue municipal body has con-
ia 10. tb. s senog Of the town by gas.
crops and all things 10 general presenr e.,,s,tar
appearances, and the foundatisn Of th. coiaass
was celebrated by ball in its la., .,a,,say
An extensive coal mine has Just been dIscoy
eTed hfteen miles inland from the mort ~ . 80
IN tn" province Of Chloe the owners int a o
sInsting a railway from the port TO the tnine
u i"iIway branch Of Copiapo, ION PabsIlon
20 hahafcilio, Is nearly finished, IL miles of H.
~. Nnica Is To unite the most important MINING
$500 being ready. This ~ the largest raiIway
III tue world, and has an elevation Of no Zee,
seoV-t level Of the sea i7.l = :,