The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-03-29
THE CALIFORNIA MAILS


francisco on the 9th inst, in the steamship Col
aeu Age The latter vessel made the passage to
ranania in twelve days, and the trip between San
Francisco aad New York has thus been uarformoa
IA twenty days and fourteen hoars. being the
quickest passage ever made by The Panama ,ousa
There is nothing OF interest in political na;pt os
view by this aFriyai We annex some aaditio,o1
items Of aews
CALIFORNIA SUMMARY
William X. Osberu District Attornev af ,,,a a.,
ana county oi san Francisco, died on the Cd inst
as tue residence Of Thomas G. Iiainbly on the cor
her OF clay and Powell streets
pn the 10Th uit Henry Bates late stata ,rreas,a
rer was tried at Auburn on the charge af ernhaz
quilted. - "a was ac-
y. A. Rowe was released on the 23d nit. from the
prison brig, at Sacramento where he baa besn
cohhned Tor more than year for eonte,nns ~
Sont I IN refnsng to tell what had been done Witt
sI-4,ooo, takensirsm the State treasury by Dr.
pa'ss. Air. howe caGie forward and testified that
Edward Jones' 40" gwen IL 70
A well known citizen named John M sIeenv
barber, AID formerly travelling agen for The
eantatrice Catharine Hayes, fell dead on ,to 60
noon Of the I'd instant in drug stnra q; s..
francisco e ''o'o in ean
An exciting race came Off over the Union coprae
near San francisco, on the 22d ult. between Rhode
Island and Cit Carsoa-miIe hears for - ooo q a.
/ the former to wagon, and the latter to harnass
Rhode Island won the first and Kit Carson tba
two last heats Time-2:89l%, 247. 2,5o Uesxy
outside bets were made
The clipper ship Flying Fish, CAPTAIN Nichala
sailed from San Francisco for Uono Kopa ~, ~ .
morning OF the I'D uit.. with a large nun,ber os
emoalmed. defunct and living Chitss. on hoard
and $2S5,050 in treasure ~
James Nabr, aged about fiftv vea,s .na Co.
merry from New Hampshire, was suddenly flied M,
the 10th Feb. near Dutch Fiat lie had bean cau
ouou nor 10 go 100 near the face of bis claim but
d re" moments previously. His death was oc-
casioned by slide which buried him some fifteen
feet deep and crushed him to death instaptIv
william Hardy and Philip Foreman wers cover
ed by tue caTipg OF bank, at Hardy Il Co g nv
uIauilc III clainl, on BartOn's bar, Yuba county,
Hardy Was taken out alive, with ono leg lrnkan
and other severe injuries. Foreman was dead when
iakon out. -'eA
on the 9th uit.. a French physician. named
taking iaudanum.
David Boiler fright name VI. c. BoIin) was b,,,
on the 24th ult. at Nevada, for the nnrdor of .
tsan named Mofht, at Downicyille some time since
| SHOCKING AFEAR.-A iEtole Fasn&ly RoiSonsa.-A,
Grass Valley, on the night of the I'D February.
| Michael Brennan, formerly connected with the
press in New York city, but who left two years
ago for California, where he was president of the
| Mount Hope Mining Company, was found locked
in his room. with his family, all dead
| The COroners jury returned verdict that Gren
nan came to his death by taking prussic acid. ad
| nDistered by his own hands; that Lorinda. his
wi:e, Ellen Robert and Lorinda his children came
to their deaths by prussic acid administered by
Michael Breanan, while laboring under ter,uofarv
| insanity, caused by financial embarrassments
Some time since Brennan became so deeply in
vClTed that he despaired of ever being able 10 ex
| treate himself; this is supposed to have pressed
30 heavily on his mind as 10 cause him IN destrov
| himself aud family. They were found lying about
the room i'll different places. Brennan and his wife
were devoted to each other and both OF them pas
! sionately fond of their children. Brennan was an
| irishnan by birth
The Alta California publishes the following mar
ratiye of the affair, written by lady in the vicin-
| ity:
The nurse, Kitty, went to church. and the cook
| took the two eldest children ont to walk Mrs. n.
| Iheu took the youngest child in her arms and
| walked up and down the veraudah until he came
and took it from her, when she went and laid on
! the chidrens clothing ready for their hath when
| they came back from the walk The last the cook
saw of Mrs. b. was when she left the veraudah and
| went into the house 1t ID supposed that he did
not tell his wife that he had lost heavily and was
deeply involved, more than ten minutes haf,ya
her death. AS she was totally unacquaiuted with
her husbands financial condition. she knew no
| thing of his embarrassment; and when he told
her OF his situation aud what he meant to do with
himself the shock caused her TO feel faint and
she laid down on the sofa At this time he hand.
ed her glass of claret, with the deadly poison in
it, which she drank, thinking it was only wine
and that it would revive her. A loaded pistol was
on the table, for use in she had ot drank the
wine. After drinking, she clenched her hands
and struggled some, when he put the pillow over
her face and smothered her; then saturated a
piece OF sugar with the poison, and fed it to the
child.
When the cook returned, he took the eldest child
girl, aud administered the sugar to her lie
then called the hoy, BOBBY, iuto the rcom but he
ran cut, crying on mammal but the father follow
ed him, calling him his little man, took him up in
his arms, carried him back, gave him some SUGAR
and suothered him. The girl, who was preparing
lunch in another apartment did not think any
thing unusual of any actions. After killing the
entire family, the father secured all the doors and
sat down TO write, but hearing Martineau come he
stepped out, and, holding the door in his hand told
him the girls were at church, and that he would
not bother about lunch, but have dinner at 3
O'clock. lie said Mrs Brennan was not well, and
had laid down In the letter he wrote he said he
| wanted Martineau, the Secretary Of the Company
to be sure they were all dead
| ''lt appears that Mr.. Brennan was engaged in
quartz mining at Grass Valley and had been nm
fortunate, lost heavily, and was owing worknien
and storekeepers, and felt that be could not get
out of his embarrassment. The citizens of the
place, knowing the family WE'LL and esteemiag
,hem highly, were very deeply affected with this
dread tragedy and coud find no paliiation for this
wholesale murder OF his family.
CENTRAL AMERICA-From Central America we
learn that Gen. Lamar, our Minister to Nicaragua.
was formally received by the Martinez govern
meut on the I'D ult, and addressed the President
in speech, which gave very great satisfaction
fhe Yrisarri treaty was under consideration in
the Legislative Assembly, and the general feeling
was that il would not be approved of, except with
such notifications as would render a re-openiuc of
negotiations at Washington necessary. Cary Jones
had taken official leave OF the government nt and de
parted for home
MOVEMENTS OF SANTA ASNA.-Advices from AS
pinwall, New Granada, state that General Santa
Anna left Carthagena the 18th ut. for Havana,
IN MaYian In
Spain. 1t said that he could only raise the
sum of $4,000 his property at Turbaco, which ia
valued at million or mole.
| FRoN TIE SOUTH PACIFIC-The news from, the
| South Pacific Is rather interesting. Our Minister
at Peru has sent home messenger, probably with
reference TO the new complications between the
two countries growing out OF the seizure of Amer.
ican vessels by the Peruvian authorities. The
steam frigate Merrimae hourly expected al
Caialo, where she would no doubt be detained 10
watch over our commercial interests The revoiu
tton had taken an active turn. Gen. Eivauco
forces sheied the town of Arico, from the frigate
ApufiInac the 2lst inst, aud took possession
the place after a severe battle.
The Valparaiso Bank and other financial insti.
tutioDs were houTishng profitably. An abundant
harvest was being gathered. Don Victorino Gar.
rido, an adopted patriot, had died in Valparaiso.
Ia Bolivia the garrison OF Cobiia robbed the trea-
sury at that place and deserted for Peru They
were oyertaken, arrested, and tGenty-one of the
mnttneers SHOT.
FROM JAMAcA.-We learn from Kingston, Ja-
maica, that the venerable Col Harrison, United
States Consul, met with "a severe accident on the
I'd inst, having fractured his arm near the shout
der by q fall.
1t was said that the Governor of Jamaica would
recommend the Legislature to vote an appropfia.
ton towards the connecting of the island with Eu-
rope and the United States by means OF the Atlan.
tic telegraph.
The weather WAS very cold, and it was feared
that the sugar crop would be a short one. The re-
ports from tee mines were favorable. The markets
were dull, owing to excessive imports from Amer
ica. Coffee was in scsnt supply, and the money
market stringent. The reports from the sugar
districts and OF the public health were generally
good
fEsEzuELA.-We have news from Venezuela to
the effect that the unrtiZnna of the ex-Prasideni