New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-08-28
SUMMARY OF THE FORrNIGHrS NEWS.
From The Alta California Of As9rHS

livery Of Ca1forris end Psnams pApers.
SUMMARY OF THE FORrNIGHrS NEWS
From The Alta California Of AH9rs 5.
STATE.
The Democratic State Convention wss csred TO meet
IN Sacramento yesterday, aud the Republican State
Convention vii meet 10 the same city to-day.
ID is said that I. ). military pos. to BE- estab
heb ed in Honey Lake Valley
The MarpsvlHs Ners says tbs, contracts have been
msde for the construction and equipment If the ale
10 and Msrysyis Rslrosd. The company intend TO
bsve their own steamers running between Vallejo aud
San Francisco
miner med John Mitchell was killed At Onoville
the 9th, By some tartar emetc, which be took by
mistake, suppOsiDg It to be calomel and jslsf.
The work on the road across the Sierra Nevada
from Placervle 70 Carson Valley, s rapidly pro ytsss
ing Ike presslt stage fare from Pscervie to Genoa
is $40.
TIE fret ma! from Salt Lake, under the new over
land mail contract arrived at Plscerville the Plat.
ul,., snd received in that psce with great reoic
irgs. The first mail gong eastward Tor Missouri via
Salt Lake City started from P'acervills the Gath,
and although only one days notice was given 10 Sa,-
ramerto City, 500 letters sent from that place
and Il Q immediate vicinity to the Eastern States Ii
is expected that the mail will reach 81. Louis about
the lie. September.
A quarry Of fine feestone has been opened at Live
Oek City In Sacramento County.
The merchants IN mary of the towns IN the interior
have agreed among themselves not 70 keep open store
On Sunday.
TIE s,essment of ta.sbls property in Sacramento
City this year amounts 70 81 lo ,z9 last year twas
Tne Cos Company Of Marysyi,!s promise to light
that vilisge with gas on the 10Th inst.
Arrsr gements are making and fixtures are being
made Ia Light the Orleans Hotel IN Sacramento City
with gas made from water, according b tho new pro
GEES invented by Professor j. Milton Sanders OF Chm
cinrAtl.
Several children have died 10 San Joaquin County
in Consequence Of wounds inflicted BY ticks:
George IL. Brookman was elected Chief Engineer OF
Al &C., m r+r NJ an tha nat
II. c. Smith wee killed resr Couss on the Sd inst.
number Of coored men Of this CITY addressed
letter, some months sgo, 70 certain ohcias OF New
Grenaos, sskiDg about the Inducements offered by
that country to coored immigrants. letter has been
received Ia reply from Gen. Bosques In which be teus
them TO come or and says darksy has the sauna
political and social rg hts az white nsn In that at
tude.
A party offs Chinanen were driven from their
claims on the bar OF the Sacramento the mouth Of
Middle Creek, week before lsst Their rockers and
other mining utensils thrown into the river. 1t
is pretended by the whites in that nsghborhood that
the laws of that district prohibit the Cinnamon from
working there.
A fight occurred on tie 18th ult. on Grouse Creek
IN Humboldt County between . party Of whites aud
Indians Ten Indians and one white man wure killed
Hugh McLennsr, citizen of Msriposa Couuty,
formerly of the County OF Glengarry, Canada, was
arcwnsd in the Msrced River, on the I'D uls
party CT sixty apoststes from Mornonisu, have
arrived with their families in Carson valley, from Salt
Lake.
There are twenty miners at work on Walker River,
making from three to eight dollars per day. party
Of miners from Sonora crossed the mountains opposite
Sonora and have prcspected the country east OF the
mountains TO Genoa and then went down 10 Gold
canon 10 prospect quartz lode there.
dtchis being dug from Carson River into Gold
canon, which will be four miles long.
CITY.
A veesel arrived on the 2lst inst, with a cargo Of
whale oil, obtained on the Lower California COST.
Two fire engines have been shipped FOR Victoria,
from this city.
An Indictment has been found asainit John w.
" What Cheer House il this city, and who vas 10
have been tried in the Court Of Sessions failing to
plead On the day SGT, t2Sth iDst his bail, 81 800 wa
declared forfeited.
Fourteen ssamen were arrested on the 22d, charged
With desertirg from the Dutch ship KONG Wllsm.
They were subsequently discharged, except three
who we're ser, on board the vessel.
negro named Jesse Jones expired suddenly on
board the ship Star Of the Urion the I'D. lie died
from cisease Of the heart
Az Indictment hss been found against Yorasma
Bsou who killed George Nicholsus on the lth inst.
Mr.. L. s. Conner nas leased the American Thestsr,
ard vii open that establishment the % proxmo.
Mrs. John Wocd is performing at Mssures Opera
House.
man named n. P. Tot. wss drowned q. the foot
OF Jackson street, on the I'D.
TIE San Francisco Chronicle Newspaper eetaDlsa-
neIt was sold OF the 80 for 800.
The amount CT gold bullion deposited tor colnageH
the Mint during ths week ending tie 2i.h, w1 ~
S57 "a ourcss.
Peaches ard grapes lave made their appearance N
this market. The latter fruit rules unusually low.
The steamer Pacific left for Victoria On the 2bsh,
carrying q large ts'g4 but comparatively few pas
sergeIe.
An urpreceden,edly large number Of lunstics have
been arrested during the week.
The body CT Carl Ring, first mate Of the Hamburg
ahip Here's, was found drowned Cd Vaitjo-strset
wharf or the 9th.
The Bensey Water Company have made arrange
merts for supplying TIE chipping IN the harbor with
f.esh water from Lobos Creek
AL important opinion in regard to the unconsti.u..
toral:ty Of the law prohibiting the immigration Of
Chinese into this S.s:e hss bssn given by Hall Nc
Alster eco, q lawyer ot this city
The forthcoming local election Is exciting consider
able interest card has been published recommend
irg to the Reform Nominating Committee Of laat yen
"a select frcm eaca dEtrct two citizens 10 consttuts
Peoples Reform Nominating Convention, such csnoL
cses to be accspsd rejected By the citizens OF the
Districts
The genera! health OF the city wa never bsttsf'
Bushels generally is gradually improvinz;
ire broke cut on the mofning OF the %.n ,.es.u.
Z a hou,e CT tie corner Of CAforriA IT, ~ ~
sreets which consumed three buildings nen,
tsmed John r1omy. Jacob Lohn snc a.: smut Sete
badly Injured Mr.. Mars Fromerf, ageo ss.oep
II the brilcrg ard burned 20 oss,1. 40 SA'"s
wife ard family ia williamsburg. n 1.
4 sAipts was fred liz hooor OF toe return OF SsaNc'
D. IL. tha 1><x CI-in0.