The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1859-07-21

From CALIFORNIA, PER OVERLAND MAIL
81. Louis, June 1.-THE overland California
mail OF the oath ultimo has arrived The Lee
comptonites have nominated Milton s. Latham
for Governor. J. c. Denney for Lieutenant Gov
ernor John G. Burch for Congress-, Northern
district. The nomination for the Southern dis
tr1ct had not been made when the mail left.
Rich discoveries of gold have been made
among the coast range of mountains in Hum
boldt county.
Oregon advices state that the Columbia and
willamette rivers were very high, causing great
destruction of property
Business was extremely dull at San Francis
co, OWING to the non arrival of several clippers
over due.
81. Louis, July ia Geographic dispatch
from San Francisco to Gilroy, several hours
later than the departure of the mail, furnishes
three days later advces from British Columbia
Frazer river had risen twelve feet in four days.
and Fort Yale and all the houses on the beach
were overfiowed, and several swept away. Mi
nlng operations were entirely suspended. The
steamer Flrwood had brought down S75, 900 in
gold.
The Columbia river had risen forty-fve feet
above low-water mark, between the Cascades
and Dallas, and the whole country was sub
merged from the Cascades TO Vancouver
there not being twenty acres of land above the
water.
Charles L. Scott was nominated for the South
ern Congressional district by the Lecempton
Convention.
A WHOLE TRAIN LOADED WITH APPLIES
Fifteen cars arrived at Norfolk on Friday, over
the Norfolk and Petersburg railroad, loaded
with apples from some of the adjacent counties
This immense quantity of fruit was shipped on
Saturday evening in the various steamers for
New York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore.
The You've MEMS CHRISTIAN Association
CoNvENTIoN.-We have the second DAYS pro-
ceedings of this body, in session at Troy. Rob
ert e. Gilchrist, of South Carolina, delivered
the annual Grafton to crowded audience
Nothing else of special importance took place.
FRoM New MExIco-.S. Louis, Jttlv l6.-
The New Mexican mail, which left Santa Fe on
the 9th ult., reached Independence this morn
ing.
Large numbers of the Camanches and Kaw
Indians were assembled at Walnut creek
The kaws were endeavoring to form an ALI
anee with the Camanches, for the purpose of
furnishing the people at Council Grove, in re
venge for their having hanged two Indians of
the kaw tribe, short time ago
The two companies of troops stationed at the
crossing of the Arkansas were not strong
enough to hold the Indians in check, should
they become hostile.
FURTHER FROM MExlCo-Nesc Orleans, J,ly
lS.-The steamer Tennessee brings Vera Cruz
advices of the 18TH The British steamer Teviot
sailed on the 9th, with two million and quar-
ter i'll specie.
The Revolutionists in Yucatan had quietly
dispersed, after capturing Gov. Berrera
Miramon was proposing to issue SIS, 900, 900
of forced paper currency. He was also about
raising forced loan from all the native citizens,
of from nine TO FIVE hundred dollars each
The Tennessee was detained, to enable Mr..
McLane to send important dispatches to Wash
ington
President Juarez had published a political
manifesto, confiscating the church's secular
property. His Minister of Finance is among
the passengers by the Tennessee He comes
to negotiate a loan on the chucch property.
Tepio had been captured by the Liberals.
Several vessels had been lost i'll violent
hurricane on the coas OF Tuspan. The French
barque Annahuac had been lost off Tampico.
Juarez's manifesto prohibits the clergy from
holding office, and throws them ON the voun-
tary support of the laity abolshes internal
custom houses and internal taxation.
The dead letter office received and opened
during the last quarter 2,a5a dead letters, con
tanning $l2,270.74. 1t is believed that the re.
cent instruction to pOstmasters upon tho sub
ject of dead letters will have the effect to di-
minish the number of such letters az far as any
agency of the Department can compass such
change.