New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-07-25
CALIFORNIA.
1,vu Our Own Correspondent


>.,,;h,e state Prison outbreaks which have brought
=. mueb discredit on our State After dinner on
a. 9th inst, party Of lGO cOnyicts were gong
A, 10 work in brckysrd outside Of the walls
vhep come AZ Of them shut the gate, Locked H.
seized a couple Of guards, and made rush 70 get
away The other coDvict were all IN cohiuslou'
and the guards, supporting the plot u escaPe geu'
eral, fired among them, asd sho' the iono"ins P'i
sons. who did not intend to JOIN IN The preak;
r. sen, from Pr.sno County fr grand larceny ,en
F,snf psrliI.-Len anil. trosen
" G. ssnbrole-Rsht oss bIotsh
Ssn sa.,o A.i sSn.r1aiS in left heel
m. Ectv.two fuptiyes had 10 pass under two
,..AsI cannon but the gunDeIs did not dare 10 hre
k~~.nss of the two guards among the conylcs.
oder having been restored among those who had
moi escaped, party Of guards started 10 pursue
The runaway and a number OF citizens 0i san
Rafael ioined in the chase. AT d O'Clock last even
i,g twenty eight Of the escaped were still az arge'
Nine had been captured without INJURY; TWO feaIo
GonssIez from MsnpOsa County, and Angel ALamo5
from Cslayeras County, had been killed, and the
following hsd been wounded:
v,,.i.co Lslio alias "Aoap1co"-sho. in The eve His
ousd 4, slthoug he was still alive a. o O'CLOCK
Aiviyo az Indian Badly wounded;
LEONARDO sannudio-W0nneed IL the back
Nearly all Of those who escaped were Hybrid
Nexicans. Indians and Cinnamon, the white des-
peradoes not being allowed to 90 outside oil tne
walls. L.. ,.o.n
The Administration State Convention have nom
mated the following ticket, the present residence
Ard native State Of each candidate beng gwen:
Gesrno,MiliOn L@;haD sseI1meItoi one Virginia
Coroyes Northern Disbiet-J. C. Bnfcs, "saVei'Aei
A.ntc.iy' 49,. so.. s,oo,.. v,,,iui,
Jsnsee Supreme Court w Cope, Jackson hentueAy
Cers supreme CortC Fairfax, Maryrille Virginia
: "a rs Tennessee.
af,,s,v GeneraL-T II Williams, Plaoervle, Kentucky
Treosurey.-Tbomss ndley, Nevada PepnssiVsn,a
suy,ror GeseyaL-H. A Hgley, Alameda Fi9fds.; u
ssp.,ntenSent Public Ir'bueicnA moulder San Frpn
ssaE ps,.5S.%cbsrle. t Bolts, Sacramento Virgins,
You will perceive that of twelve nominees nine
we're born In Southern States, including hour IRON
Virginia. Of the three born IN the North, Latham
and Moulder have lived III the South, and ooth came
from Southern States to California. Scott fair-
6x Williams. Findley, Higey and Moulder, now
Mold the offices for which they are nominated or
re-pominated. &. T. Bolts is brother OF John
n. Bolts. r,,r
On the FIRST ballot for Governor, Weller mad III
votes Latham I2O and Nugent 20; on the second,
Weller, 1906; Latham, 1876; Nugent, ~. so
Latham was nominated. Denver had withdrawn.
The Town of Uhams, excepting three houses,
was DESTROYED by fire on the 18th inst total loss,
800 OOO The following are names OF the prlnci-
pal losers:
"Joseph Levinson, brick store frame buildings and
stock. $i5, eco; Bets & Dupuy, Sls,VOO; DIR. >. NJ
Belts 4 ID. Belts, $1,000; Hunters Livery Stable
DC. Al, 500; s. w. Gallond, 1000; A. G. looms
$500; H. Bumgaren, g. GOO; DIR. Tarter, s6,WO John
Kaufman, g., 600; ii. Kraft, $1,000; John simpson
$1,000; Joseph,Copinheiw 81 600; Shoemaker, $1oV.
The export Of tire asure since the LIST of January
has been 1913 6s5, SCI, against SO, ,2S3 during
the like period in 1859.
The clpper.ship Lookout closed for New-York a
few DAYS since with cargo Of hides, wool aud tai
low valued at Sl67 2l6.
An excitement has been created in Humboldt
County, if the local papers are to be believed by
report good gold diggings have been found on Eel
River No impo rtance is attached 10 the rumOr.
1t is reported that 20 900 head of beef cattle are
On the road from Oregon to California The cost IN
Oreaon is said to have been SD for two year Odds,
800 for three year ods and $40 for four year olds
on On average-more than they Will bring 10 our
market.
The Colorado River s at flood hight, and the
"Eew River, " the stream which sometimes flows
nOrthward into that part of the Colorado Desert
which is below the level Of the sea, is again rum
ming fall. If it continues long it viii form ten
porsry lake half way between Fort Yuma and San
BernardinO.
The people of Carson Valley held public meet
ING on the 9th inst, and passed resolutions that
L" the people of the territory OF Nevada" elect on
the ID July Delegates to Territorial Conven-
ton 10 consider the public safety" No time or
place is fixed for the holding of the Convention
We have dates from Victoria TO the I'D INST.
Gov. Dwight has imposed tax of S25 pllotage
for every vessel entering Fraser River, and 81 tax
on every passenger.
Fraser River had risen ~ feet within four days,
before the 10Th inst
During the last week $i3, 900 IN dust and about
$50 passengers have arrived here from Fraser.
We have dates from Portland to the 2lst inst.
The Columbia and Willamette rivers are very high.
The railroads around the rapids at the cascades
have been greatly injured. Damage SlOO,OOo.
The large wharf and storehouse at ST. Heens are
swept away. Many of the farms aud orchards on
the Lower Willamette are ruined. The water has
not been So high at any time since lci5.
The Marysriiie Democrat says:
"Itis the general opinion about Red Bluff, that a
secret band is organized, whose business Ia shoot
down and make away Nth every Wild Indian that they
meet and every domesticaed one that they hnt away
from the white mans house at which he may be
aom.cled The cruel murder of the little Digger boy
who was found IN that section OF the country shor'
time ago, lie attributed To this organization.
The H6arerriIe Journal reports that man
named Grifiiths, 60 years of age who had been cen
fned 10 his bed nearly all last Winter, and Wa:
supposed to be dying with consumption, lately
completed the task of walking constantly for lOt
consecutive hours.
Grasshoppers are doing much damsge TO tn,
crops in Siskyou, Butte, Neyada, lOo and Other
counties.
Both The Alta California and Tie Bulletin, the tive
leading Journals of the State, have declared them
selves &c ltorisy in favor of excluding the Bible
from the public schools, and since they have. DIR.
Scott perhaps the abltst Protestant clergyman III
the State t. agree with them, we may presume
that public opinion in California is fixed on their
aide.
The weather has been very warm in the interior
during the last ten days, and six or eight desths BY
sunstroke are reported.
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FROM HAVANA.