, 1859-09-17
Arrival Of the Overland Hail.
LATER FH0M CALIFORNIA

The Overland Nail arrived ut St. Louis on
Wednesday. We have the following items: :
On the morning of August 18th, Louis yapo-
leon "as hing IN Ell 81 from tho dagstafn IN 'front.'
okt French Hotel II San Jo4e, upon which
ssaH so lassiy hoated the tricolor of France in
honor honor OF the victories recently achieved BY
French Ta'or- Frcnchmen about San Jose are
now generally I" down" on The Emperor. It had
been proposedto fire grand salute in that town
ia honor Of Napo1eons fete day, bns the news
Of peace dlsgrsted the projectors, md the grest
gun IVES not brought out.-San Franosoo Bal-
TIE ExrGz4T1oS.-The Placerville O1t<4rtr
says that enfgrstion is slowly and steadily pour
ing IN upon us. During the week several traina
Of .famiGes hate passed through town, en foutA
for the valleys below: Most Of these families
are from Missouri. The emigrants all appear
to be in exec lent alth,- and their stock S in
unusually 6ne condition. -. =
"A shooting afiray occurred in Carson Valley
on the 1lth, between Wm- Heighly and Jim Lii
y. IN which Neighiy was shot in the neck, and
Liily in the hand. The affair took place 1t L.
oiids rancho. =
:: THg Old STATE Hocsz D1s7norEp:-Tb build
ing Known as the Old State House, at Vallejo,
owned BY capt Frisbie, and 1aiued Il ss5,ocd.
II was set On fire. The flames communicated
to = snall building belong belon sng to George
Wratton, Esq, Of Sonomo, which was also con-
sumed. p,
TuE GERxAx DANCING GtRIs.-We stated il
yesterdays issue that the German dancing girEs
respectively named Katherine Phillips, Eliza-
oethA Smith and Elizabetha krauskll, had been
arrested to test the question relative to the dauc-
ing girls, whether they could be sent to the
House OF Refuge or not. and yesterday these
KHls were before the Police Court Dr. Rahe,
foTthe purpose Of suppressing The introduction
ol oanc1ns girls into tho dancing cellars Of this
atE. appeared On behalf Of The Association and
st4fea tnat be wuuld adopt every legal means to
put stop to the eyi1. Counsel for the girl. de-
nonnced the arrest as Illegal; thsir. parents
tegularl} sent TO school, only employ ing their
leisure hours to earn support b3 dancing and
singing. He requested them discharged. The
fo!lce Judge oruered the discharge Of the girls.
opt ordered their re-arEest for the purpo 50 Of
obtaining another hearing on Wednesday next
They we're finally set at liberty GU the promise
OF their pazents supposed or real. that tie girls
and themselves would b forthcoming on Tint
occasion.-Hera'd, .0kA. =,
FRoa Carson VA11Er.-The Hea1d's cores
pondent sends the following from Genoa, und,r
date Of the 18th: -.
Some time IN June last, several persons en-.
gagged in grazing camc aeross the mountains
from AmadoE, and finding along Mono Lake and
at$ tributary streams an abundant supply OF
6tN~e @A0 A1tl0s oaiuQT1QE8 climate, fheT StAEEd
of ranches aud brought their cattie over. with
new Of prominent settlemens. This course
seems to have given o6ense to the ahor1gincs,
who threatened their extrenination,
It being rumoFed here that certain sons of
!, Mars gre about to take the woods asuinst these
fah. otshs, Major Dodge goes down az the
beareF of the olive. brauch.':
= FERTILE YAK ~ N TnE SIERRA yzvADA.-1t
has been reported that along the eastern slope
'of the Sierra Feyada In about the fatitndn AZ ~
SO degrees, there are large aud fertile valleys
with nilder' cline than that which biesses
Carson. Therefore Major Dodee's return from
the south is looked for With some anxiety, for
vii then get = correct and reliable account Of
the region indicated, and as Twas not pledged
for The polar regions, nor Of such close proximi.
= 70 eternal SHOWS as this place Is, may posi-.
by be induced to emigrate.
W4lxkns R1gEa;-Heretofore We could only
say Of Wsfker' riyer: that the diggings wera
be made BY the industrious miner. / an noW
now happy to state that rich deposits have been
found IN that stream, paying ID some cases as !
high as one hundred dollars. per day to tho
man.