The Shasta courier., 1859-07-09
News by the Overland Mail.
The overland mail arrived on the 9Th. We
quote from the Unions telegram:
EOreI~n Nevva

The overland mail arrived on the 9Th. We
quote from the Union's telegram:
Foreign News.
Sr. LOUIS, June 13th.-The London Star of
May 26th, says:
"a dispatch from the French Emperor, re-
ceived yesterday at the Tuieries, announced
that at o'clock in the morning the whole
French army, 40, 900 men, headed by the En-
peror as Commander-in- Chief, in the center,
paraguay d'Ililliers on the right wing, and Mac
Mahon on the left, was to make most deter
mined effort to cross the Po at Piacenza. The
day was passed in the greatest and most natural
anxiety at the ditferen. ministries, and anxiety
was reflected on the Bourse, in spite of the de-
termined efforts to keep the suspense profound
secret, and affecting the funds without any ap-
parent reason, except to the initiated.
AT 10 o'clock last night, another dispatch ar
rived containing few words not indicative OF
success, viz: THE cannon are still roaring and
nothing yet is done. The enemy has appeared
IN suchtremendous force on the opposite bank
that every effort hitherto made to construct our
bridges has been useless
A message from Varez dated at o'clock this
morning, May 26th, announces that five thou
sand Austrans attacked General Garibaldi's
corps at Malmate, on the road 10 Como. In
~'''~> ""'tio eHS ShSiuJ was lCpuiScu iuC ChUS
seurs des 4ps fought valiently, charging the
Austrians with their bayonets. The country
around is in state Of nsurrection. Garibald
is in pursuit of the flying enemy"
telegram via Berne reports that Garibaldi
had beaten the Austrans and taken some o
their cannon. 1t likewise says that the losses
were great, and that the inhabitants of the sur
rounding country had revolted and risen in arms
The American Captain, Bonaparte, was in
the battle of Montebello, and greatly distin.
guished himself
DOMESTIC lYTELLIGEycE.--TheP Pixies Peak ex.
press from Denver City, June 1st, arrived al
Leavenworth on the 10th, with accounts of won.
derful discoveries Of gold, and reports of the
most intense excitement in the mines. Gold il
fabulous quantities is said to have been found
One company is making from one hundred and
fifty to five hundred dollars per day on Bosque:
river. The dust taken out at Gregory's Camp
is estimated at $4,000. S27 1000 had been paid
for two claims, and as high as $4,000 piece
had been offered for others. The gold is said tc
be coarse, and in decomposed quartz Rich
specimens are said to have been received. Grea,
excitement prevails in Leavenworth, where, it i;
said, the news is authentic.
Doniphan, Johnson Wyandotte, Calhoun
Lind, Jefferson and Allen counties, in Kansas
are reported to have gone Democratic /; Law.
renee, Douglas, Atchison and Riley, Republican
and Bourbon and I.ykins divided.
a stupendous fraud is reported to have beer
discovered in the Post Office Department. 1t is
said that, annually, the Government is defrauded
out of a million dollars by the use of counter
felt and re-washed stamps The counterfeitine
process is simple, and by means of acids. The
defacing ink can be taken off. 1t is also init
mated that clerks in different Offices are partici-
pants IN the fraud. The matter is undergoing
investigation, although no preventive plan has
been devised
The French Government is said to have Sc
cret agents in the United States purchasing
ships and munitions of war.