The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-01-31
LATER FROM caLrEonNY.
FURTHER FROM SOUTH AMERIc.
RIOTS IN PERU INTERESTING FRoN CEN.
TRAL A1ERIcA-AARTlAL LAWN CHILL

TRAL AAERIcA-AARTIAL LAWN cHILi
DC, dc.
| ine steamer lllinoie, arrived at New York. Fri
gay morning, with 81 .2lo,Ti3 In gold, and da,o
ifom California to the 5th instant Phjlin uatha
way died on board on she 25d inst, and was buri..
sea- from San Francisco papers of the 5tl
inst, We make up the following summary:
CALIFORNIA.
| me fresidenps Message reached San Franc,sc,
at ) o'clock, A NJ, Sunday Of Dec. 2otb h.y;ns
AN. ~ h y. Louis by the Southern route In /!
| m,soe, a heers AID 10 minutes The distance from
~ faso-bnt little over half wsy-was made in :.
Gays 10 henrs and 40 minutes; while from Tl Pas,
"a san francisco IL took hut days and 20 minntss
4, T,n, We CONSIDER that the road ifrom ST. Loui,
! 70 hiPtool on the other aide of FL ps,o has th'
savantsge OF leo miles OF railroad, and tbat ,h.
10 , uia pefhou OF tbe ronte is worst havins
~ sniIes Oh SANDY desert, the superiority of man
asement on this side Is shown beyona ali 60
ton. The best time, considering the natuTa .
| tie road, was made between Fort Yuma ana 7 y,
! Angeles, Under the superintcndeucy of Mr. war'
rem = hau, rms Is distance of 2s2 miles, and
was made IN - hours, over the desert Had ,bs
same energy Teen displayed by the superiotend.
cuts at the other end of the route, the trip would
have been made in less than Is days.
Five hun 1red and fifty Mexicans living In III,
southern counties OF California have registered
their names upon an agreement to emigrate te
Sonora. They fnd it impossible TO live among tn.
Yankees. How leng will it be before Sonora viii
become too WARM for their comfas.f
The Legislature OF California convened at Sa.
crsmento on the Sd Of January. Politically this
body is divided as follows: Lecompton Demo tcrati
on joint ballot, Il; Anli-Lecompton Democrats
y; Republicans, IA
| The present season has been unusually cold tr
California An extraordinary amount of snow ha.
fallen in tie mountains, and the roads are rem
dered uBcommOnly i'm passab!e
There was S5lS, % in the Treasury Of Cali.
foTnia at the close OF the 3lst Dec 1858. OF tbi,
sum sl47 ,13S Is is set a.ide for interest money
The first iHterest Oh the new bonds was began tc
| be paid the lst Of January, 1859
During the year 1855. there were 81 suits for d
yoroe commenced in SAP FraDcisco-64 ty wive,
and 2S by husbands There are now 95 divorc,
suts psading in this city. During the year, 81
divorces were granted.
In 1858, there were Of applications for nsolven.
cy, in SAT- Fran cisco, with aggregate of liabi
iilies Of 81 500 ESi; ard assets amounting TO s.
ec3.
The total number Of deaths in San Francisc,
during the year 1858, was 1,025. The creates
monthly IL ortsIity l27-in july There were du
ring the year rs inquests held by the Coroner
| Tho California State Register for 1859 furnishes
the following figures as the population of ihi
, State: Americans. 365. .3l5 French, $1,000: Eng
| lish, 000 Irish, 10000; Germans 10000; Me.i
cans, $1,000, various, 1900; Chinese, 3S 600; ne
J groes, 1000; Indians, 65, ,O0O-.otsl, 53S 0OO
The newspaper press of California. according {,
the same authority, consists Of ninety journals
daily. semi weekly, weekly and monthiy-of ghic,
number "a published in San Francisco Tn,
assessod value of real aud personal property il
California is S145 COO 900. There are now 80 uuh
lie libraries in the State, containing ever s,OOt
: volumes.
CHILI-KEvoIU7Iox.
The Pacific Steam Navigation Compap VS. steamer
Clods reached Panama On the 9th inst brineiu.
dates from Valparaiso 70 the 10th, from Callao /;
the Goth, from Paita to the Both December, ant
from Guayaqui to the I'd inst. Passengers 80
| merchgndise, ll3 packages; specie. 1908 600
: The news by this mail is OF a highly importan
| character, both from Chilli and Peru. The reyolu
tionsry movement, which has been so long smoul
dering in Chill, appears at length to be BURSTING
oat into q fame. The Mercurio one Of the be,
papers in the country, has been suspended on ac
count Of the publication Of some article which die
not meet the views of the government The pro,
vinces Of Valparaiso, Santiago aud Acopcagua have
been declared under martial law for the space o
ninety days, and several political papers
and arrests made OF parties accused OF conspirac,
against the existing government.
Among the printing Offices CLOSED by order O
. | the government, We notice the names Of "La Ac
tualdad,'' "Correo Literario, Conservador," ant
: "Asambea Constituyente," OF Santiago 4 club
called "Club de la Unop," composed of many inf I,
} entail members in Santiago, was ordered to h
: closed on the 18th of December, by order Of Tia,
government. The members closed iheir doors bu
held au indignation meeting in the room, wber
they were surrounded by the troops, and lI9 mem
, hers arrested and placed in prison: GO of them
were released on payment Of flne of $50 each
the others prefsrrng to remain in prison 10 pawn;
| ii
House OF Representatives.
| PEaU-PoPULAE RIoTs-IhPoRTATIoN OF o. 8 BUILD
INGS RESISTED.
A letter from Calao, dated Dec. 21st, state. tha
there had been great riot ia Lima and Calao
owing to the arrival Of large number of read g,
made houses from the United States. which has
been introduced by the Railroad Company for Law
= ing out u town at Chorillas. The carpenters sns
Artisans OF the place assaulted and threatened tt
burn the houses, and proceeded to put their thres
int IN arr afadf bah haof
of the carpenters, and were conveying him to pri
5 son. when the mob made rush upon the soldier
and rescued him, and dispersed the soldiers will
paving stones, amid the cries of " FIUd el Pueblo
aud once in a while of death to foreigners
Having now dispersed the soldiers, the mob sgair
) returned to the mole and commenced the work o.
destruction.
9 After leaving the mob they got possession of q
/ gunsmith's shop, and armed themselves. The
troops arrived, and some shots being fired, one o
the mob killed The mob demanded of the
President that the officer in charge of the troops
should be arrested and when the Prefect refused
p. they stoned his house. During the night the mob
got possession of four pieces Of artillery.
Up 70 this time, several cars had been landed
under the protection of the military and at four
? o'clock were taken to Lima, and upon their erri.
val there they were attacked by the Limsnos, ho
threw turpeptiue over them, and set FIRE 10 cars
! houses and everything else. General San Ramon
tried to disporse the mob with his troops but was
received with a shower of paving. es and cries
of "Hurra for the people, down with the troops, N
and q sort ef running street fight was kept up be
tween the mob AID troops until 10 O'Clock at
| night; several were killed ard wounded.
| In the meantime, Congress became alarmed at
the appearance of things, aud finding that force
| was the wrong measure TO adopt, appointed com
| mission Of three OF the most popular members, to
NEE: a commission of the people, to come to scme
| understanding.
The city of Lima, like that of Calao, was placed
under martial law, but even this measure of cafe
ty failed to prevent the mob frcm breaking into
| several stores to pluuder them. The lcss of life
in Lima has been considerable; troops still con
tiuue, to the present time to patrol the streets
Congress, nov that things are quiet, are getting
little more cool about protective duties and
breaking treaties; they begin to And out that doing
may oeuae a war with some power stronger
than themselves; and they, as well as the major.
ity, prefer European and American msnufacture
to boMs- made trash, for two reasons, the first, q
superior article, the second, cheaper one. One
thing is certain, the prompt manner in which this
put down. will prevent any other such out
break.
SONORA.
The news from Sonora is imp portant. The annual
message of Governor Pesqueira, Governor of Sos
Nora, had been published. He charges bad faith
| on our government in not preventing the incurs
sions OF the Apaches into Sonora from cur terri
| tory, and recommends that a demand be made on
! the United States for the damage they have done
The Governor offers GOO SoDorians to punis the
Indians, which the United States are to pay. The
. message proposes that we pay premium for each
| Assche captured. Besides their cbeapness, the
SonorisDs range each side Of the line, If In
the service of the United States, in chase of the
, Indians. The Governor also urges the 'just and
!, humane Cabinet at Washington" to form terri.
toria government for Arizona at once, that it may
, no longer be place Of refuge for outlaws. He
says IL will cost no more to support those 600
Sonorisus ethan to feed those gigantic horses OF
tho dragons alone; :" and the cause Of these
troops ceripg 10 serve cheap 10 because the United
States pays cash, while Mexico is unable to do
The Governor thinks the United States has given
up the Pacific Railroad project, and established
Communication by camels, mules and horses,
CENTRAL AMERICA.
l Sir Wm. Gore 0useiey, the British Minister, had
arrived at Leon, aud after the customary presen.
tstion ceremonies, proceeded at once to the work