The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-11-30
ADDITIONAL NEWS FROM CALIFORNIA
WAR BETWEEN PERU AND ECUADOR THE IN
DAMS


The Illinois, with California dates to the 9TH inst ar
lived at New York the 2sb with 81, 500 900 in gold
Among the passengers the Illinois Sefor Ailla
minsterircm Guatemala to Washington Capt Cayendy
late commander Of the steamer Hermann William l.
Hobson esq., of Valparaiso and Col Stepoe and Major
Garrett from Washington Territory.
The Saratoga sailed for the (ul of Mexico the morn.
ing Of the 10th The storeship Relief would sail for
New York early in December The United States sloop
Decatur Ii at Realeio and the ST. Maiys is the way
from Acapulco to Panama The United States frigato
Savannah and sioop jamestown at San Juan del
Norte. The Savannah will sail for Aspinwall as
the Roanoke reaches San Juan. The Roanoke would sail
for San Juan (Nicaragua) Sir William Gore
0uscley arrived at Aspnwa whore he expected about
the Dist Sir William had expressed wish to meet flag
officer Mcintosh at Aspinwall.
An injunction was granted against working the Alma
dan quicksilver mine 1t is generally reported that the
mine is worth from thirty to forty millions of dollars
and the expense Of working it is stated to be $500 600
year.
II rumoIed at San Francisco that the Indians will
shortly renew their hostites. The Portland Times
thinks the peace will be of short duration. The Times
says
We heard ON every hand that the northern
is closed for the present my rate that some at least
Of the hostile Indians have in and sued for peace
that several OF the leading spirits have been hung and
otherwise summay disposed oil and that hostages have
taken for the future good behavior of the Indians
These runors contain the further information that the
surrender wholly unconditional, and that kamakn
has fed beyond the mountains We give them for what
they are worth TO us, at least it il the
had vanished in mist We can learn nothing satisfactory
as to its termination at loss to know what to
say Of the Affair." and at still greater loss to
determine whether the Indians have been whipped at all
not.
A correspondent of the Oregonian says
1T is reported that The Indians at Colvillc, w T.
are again becoming troublesome. man arrived about
week since at Fort Dalles, who stated that the miners
wer aha ~ u
will have TO look after this affair and there is strong
probability Of the Indians receiving specimen OF his
mode of dealing with refractory sons OF the forest The
general will Justly with these and only strike
when Justice requires blow to bc inflicted The pres
ence OF Father DE Slncdt cannot fail to have bench
cia influence in preventing boodshcd and preserving
harmony bttween the two races.
q Complaints have repeatedly been sent forward by
settlers in the north OF Indian depred ,tions to Governor
Weller and representations made 10 the United States
military authorities of the necessity of despaching troops
for their protection.
The reports of Indian outrages in San Bcrnarlino
proved to be without foundation. The number Of In
dams in southern California il fully 10 600
'.War has been declared between Peru aud Ecuador On
the 23d General Castillo pronounced President The
Ecuadolian minister has demanded bis passports and
leaves for Guayaquil to-day thus breaking of all friend
y relations between the two countries 1t WAS supposed
that the government OF Peru will proceed at once to
blockade the port Of Guayaquil and it was currently re-
ported in Calao when the English steamer sailed for
Panama and generally believed, that the frigatc ANA
zonas would be despatched the next day 2sth to the
north. Whilst Peru is making these warike prepare
TONS Ecuador is by no mean idle We have already re-
ported the number Of troops she had actually under arms
on the lst OF Octoberto wit 13,50o. Since then she
has been engaged in moving her troops to Cuenca and
Laja whilst recruiting has been actively going on at
Quito and other places in The republic The war spnt
be thoroughly aroused among the Ecuadorians
All accounts from there in saying that all CLASSES
of the people declare that rather than their govern
submit to the nsolent demands Of Peru they will