Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-12-30
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: CALIF0RNIA NEWS.
ARRIVAL oF mar. STEAMER .ILLINoIs

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ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMER .ILL1NoIs.
NEw YoRx, Dec. 29.-The steamer Illinois
| from Aspinwall,, has arrived with California
dates to the 9th inst. Her San Francisco adyi-
G Ges are the same as previously received by the
Tehuantepec route.
The Illinois brings adviccs from Valparaiso to
Nov. 9th, and Gallo to Nov. 18th.
An immense fire had occurred at Valparaiso,
causing loss of three million dollars; the in.
surance upon the property destroyed being
81, 700. The fire originated in the Union
CLUB and burnt the entire row of buildings from
the passage Edwards through the Plaza del
0rden to the Quetrada de Sanjuan. Some ire
men lost their lives and number of persons
were seriously injured
Trnde was unusually dull.
PEKU.--The Legislature has passed an act for
the general Naturalization of all parties and n
full pardon to all persons except Luis Lomar.
The American ships Lizzie Thompson and
Georeiana are being fitted US transports with
and guns These ships were to be used for
tue transport of troops to Ecuador. The Peru
Wan governments said tobe willing to get out
| OF the war but the Ecuadorians are eager for
the fight
The steamer John II. Stephens of the Tehu.
antepec line, with advices from New Orleans to
the 18th nlt, arrived at San francisco on the
| LIST of December.
The surveying schooner Fannimore Cooper,
arrived at San Francisco.
1t was feared that some disaster had occurred
to the ship Syren, then $50 days out from, Bos-
The ship Eli Whitney, with 1s5 passengers
from Australia, had arrived at Victoria.
The California interior papers state that Col.
Fremont had elected the MERGED Mining Com
pany from his property in Mariposa county
Joel Mcdonald, I'm ex-policeman aGd John
T III. u 4
whom they were attempting to arrest at
Columbia. In the latter case one of the MUIR
derers was captured aud sulnmarily hung
Three others are in JAIL
number of dwellings and stores at Texas,
Shasta county, were burned on the 18th.
The people of San Jose have memorulized the
govt to permit the working of the Almaden
Quicksilver Mines
Benz F. Moulton,5 the we'll known express
man, has been killed at San Francisco by Joseph
w. Brewer.
Thomas Brown and Marshall Mutton were
killed, and john Chambers badly wounded near
San Andrews, Galayeras county, by aMexican,
in self defence.
A severe gale occurred at San francisco on
the I'd inst Several vessels were slightly in
jured.
The Bulletin says that john Nngent, the
special United States agent at Victoria, bad
returned to San Francisco, en- route for WASH
ington. Before leaving Victoria he published.
an address to the Americans, insulting the gov
ernmcnt aud other British authorities, causing
much indignation there.
Sir Gore Ouscly sailed from Panama on the
sth inst. for Central America, in Her British
Majesty's ship Vixen.
The illinois left ASpinwall on the 26th inst.
with 81 ,494 900.
WAsuNGroN, Dec. 2O.-Advices have been
received here that the U. S. sloop of war Saint
Mary arrived at GuaymRs on the 10Th, just III
time TO prevent the expulsion of Col Stones
surveying party from Toronto.
MIR. Scott, tue Commissioner of Public Works,
has resigned his seat in the Cabinet in conse.
quence of his colleagues insisting on carrying
out the Queens decision in favor Of removing
the seat Of government to Brytown.
Contrary TO recent rumors and positive as
sertiUns, there is official authority for saying
that the government, up to noon today, had not
received one word relative to the alleged return
of the scoooner Susan to Pensacola, from Near
aqua.
The government is IN daily telcgraphic COM
inunication with the federal officers Mt several
Southern ports, and is Kept advised of tilibuS-
lering movements SO far as they can be ascer-
tanned. Every effort is made on its part to sup.
press them.
The recent chartering of tho steamboat at
New Orleans with this view, was by authority
OF the govt, inresponse to application for that
purpose.
1tappcars unofficial returns from Hamburg
and Bremen, TIVE. of tue most important emf.
grant ports IN Europe, that the number of emil
grants thence to the U. s., was Al ,344 for ten
months aud half previous to the 10Th of No
vcmber. This is considerably less than the
emigration for the corresponding period the
year previous.
Lord Lyons, according to latest British advi-.
ees, will reach Washington about the first Of
March.
Our government has no recent advic,sl from
Mexico. loot SOY
The President has signed a proclamation or
deringpublic sale of four millions three hundred
thousand acres of lind in Wisconsin in April
and May, including alternate sections which be-
long TO the government along railroad lines.
Such lands as may not be sold will subject
to private entry.
ARRIVAL OF THE EMPIRE CITY
New YoRK, Dec. 2Y.-'The steamer Empire
City, from Havana on the 23d, arrived last
night Mr.. Douglas and wife were passengers
The steamer came un ununnouhced; so nobody