The Placer herald., 1858-10-16
Arrival Of the Overland at San Francisco.
TEN DAYS LATER NEWS.

Sept. 10th. arrived at San Francisco at I
o'clock on the morning Of Oct 10, Sunday.
The following exhibits the time made on the
route:
St. Louis, Sept 10th, $50 Am; Fort
Smith, Sept. 10th, $50, A. Nj; Colbert's
Ferry, goth, 3 p. Nj Fort Belkuap, Sept.
22d, A. NJ, E Paso; Sept. 9Oth, $50 P. NJ;
Tucson, Oct. Cd, 10 A. M; Fort Yuma Oct.
5th, 6:l5 A. NJ; Los Angeles, Oct. 7th, 2:3O
P. NJ; San Jose, Oct 10th, l A. M.
The mail from this city, Of Sept. Is, ar
rived at Ell Paso, the "Half Way Station"
in IA days
Dates received BY this arrival are from N.
Y. to Sept IA, Washington Is, Memphis,
Ten, l6, Liverpool and London, lst. We
give our readers the following summary of
news from the papers:
The Atlantic Telegraph Gable had ceased
to work, although it is positively asserted
that the insulation is perfect: Mr. White
house, who had he charge of the electric
apparatus, had given up the idea of es.
tablishing practical communication. Mr..
Hughes, however, had gone to Trinity Bay
and was sanguine that he would be able to
transmit from three to six words per min.
ute.
Considerable excitement existed in Kansas
in relation to the discovery of gold mines
near pixies Peak" 700 miles from Leaven.
worth. The diggngs are reported to pay
from IS to 10 per man, by pan washing.
The gold region extends from the south wa.
ters otthe Platte to the head waters Of the
Missouri.
Gen. Harvey was to sail for the Pacific on
the Goth Sept. His force against the Indians
will amount to 5000 men, and it is thought
he will make short work of the Indian
difficulties
Troops had been stationed on the Quaran.
tine ground, Staten Island n. Y. by the
State authorities, and the buildings were to
be re constructed.
1t was expected in New York that the
new Nicaragua line between that city and
San Francisco, would be in operation by the
middle of Oct
On the 10th Sept, serious accident oc-
Cured on the Pittsburg and Cincinnati Rail
roads, 10y which some forty passengers were
severely injured. The train ran off a bridge
near Pittsburgh.
A fire occurred, September 18th, in the
United States Custom House, Baltimore.
The damage to the building is considerable,
and the loss, i. is thought, will reach $4O,-
OOO
destructive fire occurred in st. Thomas,
Canada West, September 8, The Mansion
House, Albion Hotel Telegraph office, and
several other buildings were burned
The GAINESVILLE Express train on the Cen
tral Ohio Railroad ran off the track near
Cincinnati September 9. Several persons
were badly hurt.
The Election in Maine and Vermont. went
as everybody expected, for the Republicans.
In New York the Republicans and Amer
leans had ia led to coalesce, and both parties
have full State tickets in the field
T. Becher Kay, the well known pugilst,
died at Boston, Sept l2lh from heart dis
ease.
Judge Mullet, late of the Supreme Court
Of New York, died on the 10th of Sept.
A new mill of the Hazard Powder Works.
at Enfield, Ct, exploded Sept. 18th. -Four
workmen were killed.
The steamship Pacific, from Galway, ar
rived at New York, September 9th, with $50
passengers.
The ship A. kmball, Marsh, cleared at
New York for San Francisco, Sept. oh.
The deaths from yellow fever in New Or
leans, were Sept Sth, 76; Sept 9th 40; Sept,
l4th, 90.
Gov. Denver and Kansas.
Gov. Denver in answer to numerous no.