Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-08-13
CALIFORNIA NEWS, &C.
BY the Steamship st Lon at New York


By the Steamship st Lon s at New York.
BY this arrival we have dates from California
to the BOT of July.
The reports from Frazer river are not so favor
able as those heretofore received. Almost all the
respondents from the new Eldorado hold out
discoura2ing hopes to the adventures who are
hurrying thitherin search Of mag mary fortunes.
The consequences is that the ardor Of many has
been damped, and the emig alton from California
Is already beginning to fall of. That there Is
gold, and plenty Of it, at Frazer river appears TO
be a fixed fact, but the obstacles In the way of
obtaining 1t are so great that in many cases they
cannot be surmounted. sew. ..- ...
ft CALIFoRSfA
The total amount Of gold coined at the branch
mint, California, Tor the week ending July 10th,
was b ,sO3 ounces, or $3.50 900, and the deposits
| 50, SO6 ounces. The amount Of treasure shipped
from San Francisco this year to July 7th, amount
ed to S25, $50 461 being s35eO7 less than for the
| same time last year.
The markets are overstocked with fruit April
| cots, peaches, cherries and melons have made
| their appearance In great abundance.
A disastrous fire took place at Orovills, In
| Butte county, on the 5th July, which destroyed
nearly the whole business portion Of that town.
The loss In estimated at from 5000 600 to $500 600
II Is stated that rich vein Of mineral coal has
been discovered In Sonoma county, about forty
| miles from the town Of Petaluma. The coal Is
| described as being very similar to the English
camel coal .. ...
Fort Miller. station for United States troops
In Fresno county, has been abandoned, and the
Government property there was sold at auction
| On the 18th July the county treasurer Of Mari
| posa county was robbed at Sacramento Of 81 Cos
of the public funds he was convey ing to the State
| treasury.
The troubles in San Louis Obispo have been
| we'll nigh brought to a close. There have been
| no executions by the vigilance committee since
| Moves Robes was hung on the 2Sth Of June
| Powers leader a - ora no nj
| has escaped
| The Buckeye boys at Orleans Flat, Nevada
| county, took out 4 boulder weighing a. los on
the 10th July One end Of the boulder was almost
| covered with gold. It's value is estimated at from
81 600 to IS 900 Marks x Co. offered ST 600 for
the lump, but the boys refused to sell.
In Ynba county Three men in one day took ont
The San Andreas Independent (Calaveras coun-
ty) remarks that the late exodus Of labOring men
fIom its part Of the State has caused very con-
siderable rise in the wages Of certain classes Of
iaboring men. 1t adds that good blasters in
| strikers at IS These same men were paid,
month ago, respectively, $50 and $40 per month.
OREGON.
No further Indian outrages are recorded In the
| Oregon papers, with the exception Of an attack
upon a prospecting party OF miners-none OF
| whom, however, were killed. The confidence
of the OregOnans in the richness Of the Frazer
river mines appears to be undated. New and
| rich gold discoveries in Oregon are also reported
| as constantly taking place.
WASHINGTON TERRITORY
Rich diggngs have been found on the Wen
atshe river by party OF miners going overland
| to Frazer, but before they could fully prospect
| the ground they were attacked by Indians, and
compelled to retreat. They lost three Of their
men and killed fifteen Indians
Gold has lately been found on the head waters
of the Nesqualley, the Puyallup, the White and
Cedar, the Skagit, and the SnOqualmie. Good
prospects were found OIL the Ne. qualley Pros
Dectiup parties la ou foxr
on Puget Sound to examine the streams empty
| ing into the Sound on the east side and in nearly
every stream which has been prospected the color
has been found.
SANDWICH ISLANDS
Our dates from Honolulu to the 18th of
June. The National Legislature met on the Ilth
of that month, AID the King delivered his usual
speech. The public debt on the lst Of April vas
SGU,OOO lean OF 500, 600 spoken Of Tue
Minister of the Interior recommended that the
English language shall be gradually introduced
throughout the Islands. 1t Is already the Ian
guage Of the Court and Of trade, and is known to
many Of the nation.
Rnmor says that Government proclamation
will be issued in day or two fofbdding the
Mormons landing upon any Of the Sandwich
Islands.
The ship John Marshall sailed again on the
llth OF June for second cargo of puano, and
was expected back with $40 tons on the ist of
September 1t is said that the facilities Of load
ing are such that she can take on board forty to
my Tons per day n,
| Ii IL reported that Allen and Webster have not
| been successful In their contemplated arrange
mentS with tue Nicarac uan Government, Mons.
Belly heme heiny still the iavo! tie one aud
| NInd-rbllt's Sl1,OO1 not being considered suit
| Gent to induce the President 10 give him the
privilege.
| SoUrH AMERICA.
The dates from Valparaiso are to June 30 and
| Cailao July ~
| Peru has been solicited to Danish the Bolivian
refugees from racna, and TO prevent the landing
/ m. - from
| Europe.
The CHILEAN government has decided on in
vesiing sum equal to Mr.. Thomas Browns
legacy $500 600 for the establishment OF na-
tional found Hing hospital at Valparaiso
The foreign debt Of Chill at the end Of la5.
was s6,Oii,UO. The national debt up to June
| 2C, ISIS, was 81 6iU,920 The value Of foreign
imports during Isl is stated to be S3l eOU, BOG
and the exports Of foreign and native produce
during the same period Sl9,77s. $50. The reve-
nue. Of the year, owing TO the money crisis, fell
| OF $50 3I3
The Case at Callao of Lomer Fitzgerald and
| several other Americans who were seizs ID some
time ago "a hllbusters by the Peruvian govern
m-nt, has been disposed of by sentencing all the
parties to fifteen years Imprisonment at hard
labor