, 1858-09-10
NEWS FROM THE ATLANTIC STLTESI



press Company; and although the Atlantic
city files Of papers only reach up to July
2O-the same dates having been received
by the last mail steamer from California,
yet our dates from San Francisco reach up
to August 9lst
The s. +. Herald says that q strong
shock Of an earthquake was recently felt in
that city.
R&Two State conventions, democratic
and anti-administratiOn) have been held al
San Francisco, and nominated full tickets
for tho approaching election. The black
republicans have also presented a ticket
for the support of that party.
B6- A duel took place 2lst Aug. on
Goat Island, between Geo. Pen johnson,
editor Of the National, (lAte Globe), and
W. l. Ferguson, State Senator from Sac.
ramento, growing out Of dispute in which
tho lie passed. Johnsons hand was grazed
by q ball, aud his opponent received a
wound in the thigh, producing a compound
fracture. The latter wound is considered
dangerous.
DE0ficer BoTee had been found guilty
Of an assault with deadly weapon on Ned
McGowan, committed in June last.
~ There has been an extensive FIRE in
Georgetown, El Dorado county.
pGrThe Overland Mail train from Placer.
vile to Salt Lake had been attacked by
the Sho-shones, near Gravclly ford, and
three men killed Joseph Condi, Charles
Connever, and Elias Ethridge.
n6rThe Golden Gate brought confirmation
Of the intelligence previously received, that
Mr.. Forsyth, our Minister, had suspended
oil diplomatic relations with Mexico.
R%Gen. Walker is said to have another
6llibuSter expedition in process Of prepara.
tion.
From the Atlantic.
b6r The Canadian press express appre.
hension that the discovery Of the metallic
richness Of the Frazer River country will
endanger British supremacy in that quar-
ter.
IA Mr.. VIM. T. Porter, the well and
faVorably known editor of the Spirit of ht
Times, died at his residence in New York
city on the 10th Of July.
b@- The Kinney claim has been bought
it is presumed, by the leading men at Sail
Lake, for the sum Of 81, 500, 900. Thi:
may be relied upon as correct. 1t is known
only among the head men at Salt Lake
that this bargain has been made
~ Commander Boutwell,, Of the U. s
N, has been found guilty before a court
martial in Washington, of diSobedence o
orders, dessrtion and other un-oficer-lik,
conduct, and sentenced to dismissal from
the servie.
The President has commuted the sen
tence to five years. forloughA
par The Steamship LsViathan has beer
rsbaptised, and is now the Great Easter
again.
hG- General Lane, tried for the mur
der Of Colonel jenkins, at Lawrence, Kan
sas, has been acquitted. The evidence wen
to show that the murdered man was th,
agressor
b@- Gen. Ward B. Burnett, of New
York, has been rendered the appointment o
Surveyor General Of Kansas and Nebraska
rice General John Calhoun.
MoRMONs.-Quite a number Of familie
have come to the American camp for pro
lection, and been received. Supplies ar
rapidly reaching the army.
Mr.. Roberts, the mail conductor, report
that everything is quiet at Salt Lake City
Gov. Cumming is firmly established
Governor of the Territory. A term o
Court would be held in few days.
The population had nearly all returne,
from the South.
! WASHINGTON, July 81. - DR.. Forney
Superintendent of Indian Affairs for Utah
informs the Interior Department that tn
Is children belonging to the train Of emi
grants who were murdered at Sweet Water
had been found and ransomed by th
whites from the Indians. Early in June
four Germans were murdered 80 mile
from Salt Lake City, supposed by Indians
who, it was reported, were creating diff
culties on the Southern route to CalifOr
mia. DR.. Forney intended visiting then
With view to their pacifcation.
1 DSr The residence Of General Harrison
Just destroyed by FIRE, says the Cincinnati
Gazette, was beautifully situated, abou
800 yards back from the river and facin
it, in the midst Of clump Of fine treeI
chiefly lOcusts. .
BS-The Washington Union denies, sem
officially, that Col Kane acted under an
authority from the President in his receu
proceedings in Utah. His mission, th
Union states, was purely personal ma
ter, and undertaken on his own respons
+, bility.
D9- Washington Union publishes sem
S official denial Of General Walkers recer
reiteration of bis statement, that Presiden
Buchanan had proposed to him that if