The Van Buren press., 1859-09-21
Latest News f0m California.
By Overland Mail.


The California Overland Mail. which
left San Francisco. August 26th, arrived
here last Saturday noon the stage full of
passengers. The news by this arrival is
generally unimportant tn; papers ale
mostly filled with political matter. Horace
Greedy has published a lengthy letter in the
San Francisco papers, in which he advises
the Republicans to vote for McKibbcn, for
Congress, and intimates that they ought to
support the anti Lecompton tf,ket general
ly. The new gold diggings in Eagle Val
ley. Sierra Nevada, are represented as ex-
known, has been discovered in that place.
the rock taken from its native bed will, 1t
is said, assay three thousand dollars to the
ton. The mail which left San Francisco on
there is no news of importance by it. Our
dates are from San Francisco to the 29th
ult., and from Los Angeles to the 30th Of
August.
AN IMMIGRASr PARTY MAssAcRED by
SHosHoNE INDIANs.-The passengers by
the Salt Lake stage. says the Placerville
Observer. brings the news, that some weeks
since a prrty of emigrants were attacked
by the Shoshone Indians, at point on the
emigrant road, fifty miles beyond the june
ton of the Fort Hall and Salt Lake routes.
Four of the emigrants were killed on the
spot and several others wounded. The fol-
lowing are the names of the killed VIM.
Sheppard, Furgison Sheppard, VIM. Diggs,
and James ID. Wright. Two other men
Were slightly wounded. and Mrs. Wright
severely so. but not mortally. A little
child was also severely hurt by having its
head dashed against the rocks by the saw
ages. Our informants did not apprise us
of the way in which the survivors of the
party made their escape, but it woald seem
that from some cause, the Indians were re-
pulsed before completing their work Of
murder
This intelligence is confirmed by Mr.
Richard Long, of Vaca Valley. who has
just arrived in Sacramento from the east,
overland The party had stopped to doc
tor sick horse in n deep canyon. when
they were fired upon. They had sixty head
of stock with them. Mrs. Wrght's infant
was taken from her by the Indians. but up
on her entreating them to restore it, the In
dian who had the child in his possession,
threw it upon the rocks, breaking one of
its legs. The Shoshones should be wiped
OUT
LATER FROM THE NoRTH.-By the mail
steamer Columbia, we have the Crescent
City Herald to the 18th, and Humboldt
Times to the Goth There is no news of
importance from Crescent City The Her.
aid of the Goth says Mr. Hardman. who
arrived on Saturday last direct from Will
liams' Creek, states that the water was
brought into the diggings on Wednesday
last. and that fifteen companies, comprising
some hundred and fifty men, had got to
work. He says that they were universally
successful, not one man making less than
four dollars day, while some went as high
as forty; that there no doubt of the
richness of the entire section which the ditch
was intended to supply, and that there will
undoubtedly be large number of miners
there from this time forward. Williams
burg is building up rapidly, and bids fair to
become large and thriving town.
The Jacksonville Sentinel says On
Thursday and Friday, the 2Sth and 29th of
July, Dan. Rathurn and his partner washed
from their claim on jackson Creek, $500 of
most beautiful gold the greater part of it
IN specimens of from one to twenty dollar
pieces. They have again struck rich lead.
San Francisco National, dug. 26th.
The OVERLAND MAIL.-The number of
letters sent East by the Overland Mail
which left yesterday was 1886, of which
3,114 Were dispatched through to the end of
the line, thence to be circulated generally.
AS compared to the number sent on Friday
last, the day before the steamer sailed, (oniv
l,624 the increase observable is gratify-
ing evidence of the estimation in which the
services of this great institution is held by
our people. They can, by systematic and
continued use of the privileges which the
Overland Mail afforus them, exert a power
full influence toward its continuance. We
have prepared an article upon this subject,
based upon recent reliable intelligence con-
cerning the opinions and probable move
ments of the powers that be at Washington,
in regard to this matter which we shall en-
Ideavor to find room tor to M orrow.
] A New FLAeuE.-A gentleman from
Humboldt Vally informs the Observer that
large numbers of emigrant cattle are dying
there from disease of the lungs. OCCASION
ed by the inhalation of peculiar kind of
gnat or fly. These insects are said to exist
in incredible swarms in that region, and
fill the air about the cattle so densely that
the poor brutes cannot breathe without in
haling them.
OVERLAND EMIeRArIoS.-The emigration
is slowly but steadily pouring into Placer
vile. Most of the families are from Mis-.
souri,. The stock is in fine condition.
TERRIBLE AFFLIcTIoN.-A man bv the
name of George B. Cole has recently been
placed in the Insane Asylum, from Place,
county. The Sacramento Union says that
} Cole was formerly resident of Washing.
ton county, Arkansas, and came to Califor.
mia in 1857, leaving his wife and family
there.-San Francisco INers, dug 23d.
LATER FROM PUGET SouNp.-The bark
Mary f. Slade, from Steilacoom, w. T.,
brings the Puget Sound Herald of 18th
August. 1t contains some notices of the
state of affairs ON San Juan Island, taken
from the Victoria papers but the news is