The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-05-17
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inc steamship Star OF the wes. arrived a. Nv
YORK Thursday with the California mail. ~ .nr.,
soth, aud si.ei5.3si in gold We make nm m. a..
towing summary Of the fortniRhts Calis,,.a
news: eai''oi ns
CALIFORNIA
The Legfsiature:will adjourn on the oe,h -.
rs Of the Legislature. aud has bea1 a, " nc n
the"oVernor IL will 10 into force ON tAa Iss ~ =.
June it forbids the keeping Omen or srS ~ h y,
Tor bns'ness pnrposcs on Sunday, excani ha,s,.
restaurants livery stables and drug sto,es .nT Il.
forbids the sale Of aJy goods warss a, n,asI - ;,
dise, save fresh meat, hsh milk which sha ali ~,
be sold sfter 10, A. VI. Ao'
An act ia before the Legislature to furnish arm.
and accontrements to the students of college, e.
that they may all learn something of miitasv ,sS
scs ~"
The Assembly has passed a bill to nav $50 400
TO the law and order troops, enlisted to resist the
Vigilance Committee"
The LeGklsture fss passed resolutions reou.,,
ing the Federal authorities to take some measnr..
70 have j. NJ Atpsa released from Imprisonment In
Soners, where he is held on charge Of hsviu.
been connected with Crabb's expedition
All the Evangelical churches of Sacramento
ana Msrysyiile, have united to have prayer meet
ings, 10 see whether such revivals of religion AZ
nave blessed New York, cannot be initiated here
IN san Francisco also, several public prayer meet
iag have been held by the Youag Mems Christian
Association.
There great FIRE In Forest City, on the
night OF the 10th inst. The town a. almost en-.
nrely destroyed. The total loss is put down at
SlT5,o00.
The Sierra Citizen reports the discovery near
o~heFilie. of r large amount of beautiful blue
black marble, clouded with white, and susceptible
of high polish. Some of it contains gold.
4 lot of one hundred unbrokeu California horses
we're sold In Sac a.neato city, week ago, at S23
apiece. They were two and three years old.
The Indians in the Coast Mountains west o.
tNyA gs,,x,a ~. IL, IL
sy Of them made M stt'ck upon Mr. II pbby ou
the 9th iUst. and he narrowly escaped with his
l'fe Gen Clark has cent some troops 10 the vicin
hy, tn watch the red skins
The people OF Humboldt Bay have established
sreguar lise DISABLING vessels to to San Fran
cisco port.
party Of squatters, week before last, drove q
I. ). surveyor from his work in surveyinga ranch
near lieaidsburg. They destroyed his held notes
and ordered him 10 leave the ranch under pain Of
being shot dead They then hunted up one Of tie
owners OF the ranch. and compelled him 10 sign
paper abandoning all claim 10 the land.
The gold mines Of Frazer river of which full &C
counts have been Transmitted to this city, have
created considerable excitement. The steamer
| Commodore, leaving here on the 10th April car
fies away about four hundred persons for the new
higgings They are situated in the IIudsou's Bay
possessions.
lion. John C. Fremont arrived in San Francisco
on the steamer Golden Age, on the 18th Of April
There was great fight between to opposing
INST. Several were wounded, aud one Will probs
| bly, die.
Edward iIohenshell was on the 14th inst cepvict-
| ed IN Stockton OF mansiaughter, for killing John
| Vance on the 3lst of January. The homicide oc.
CURED in the midst of quarrel about the title to
| "A piece Of land
| On the l6th instant, John Calvin. convicted Of
| the murder of Jacob BiIsby, WAS hanged in Marys
| vile; aud on the same day, three Cinnamon con
| vlcted OF the murder of NJ. V Il Griswold. were
| hanged in Jackson Calvin admitted his guitapd
| one of the Chiuamen confessed that he and his
| brother convicts, were justly condemned
| OREGON.
The Republican State Convention met at Salem,
| on the "a instant, and nominated the following
| State ticket:
For GOvernor-Johp Denny.
For Representative i'll Cougress-J. r. Mcbride
For Secretary of Stste-Ieander Holmes
For State PFinter-D. W Craig
| For State Treasurer-R +. Applegate.
! Portland held its annual municipal. election Oh
! the 5th inst The anti Salem faction OF the Dem
| ocratic party carried the day.
The oI gans of the Salem and rut-Salem factions
are very bitter against each other; hut as no i'm
portant principles separate the two factions they
| will probably unite again at no distant day.
The news from the mines near Fort ColyiIle is
| very favorable
| The small pox is said to be raging among the
| Fiatheads and Neg Perces Indians, hundreds Of
| each tribe having died Of it.
WASHINGTON TERRITORY
| 4 great excitement prevails about the mines on
Thompson river, branch Of FraEer's river fn
British America.
SONORA.
The Gsadara party had been defeated in battle
and Don Jesus Gandara killed. The Yaqui Indians,
who were among the stOutest psrtisans of the Gan.
sarists, have committed great atrocities. having
burked the church at Santa truz, with some 20 or
80 persons in 1t. Gov. pesqnefa had sent a large
number Of troops 10 the laqui river to chastise
the Indians, and If successful, he will establish
colony OF whites in their midst.