Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1859-03-23
Arrival CT the Overland Mail
SUMMARY OF CALIFORNIA NEWS.


The overland California Mail. which ieft
San Francisco on the 25th ult. reached ST.
Louis Sunday nightly the Pacific Railroad.
We have by this arrival San Francisco files
10 the 2ssh slt.. from which we get fsw in
teresting news items.
The Overland Mail stage which left St.
Louis on the lst OF January, arrived at San
Francisco on the 24th ult.. the trip having been
m ade twenty one aud one half hours ahead Of
time.
The news OF the defeat, in Congress. of the
Pacific Railroad Ball. ocsasioned~ much dis
satisfaction in San Francisco The Bulletin
Of the 24iL threatens ia the following man
Der:
Continental neglect and iniusiie. must
| deaden the affection and allegiance which this
State has ever so far. keenly felt for the Con-
| federacy. A ner etrusfisa is rapidly syo1inq
up in this distant country, who will be bound
by no bsta Of iepe for the old States. but who
gill examine the question oftheir political re-
lstIons, With respect TO their advantages, on
! their merits solely"
The Alta says: Hang another ebaplet @!
mourning upon the altar Of our hopes: ring
down the curtain upon the last sad act Of the
times, ia which our own California plays 80
disgrsced a part Every man whose vote is
recorded against this measure. lis a thousand
fold worse than Benedict Arnold IN treachrrv
to his native or adopted land" be his politi'
cal predictions what they may.
Major Archibold Woods, who was adjutan
of the kentucky Regiment at the Battle of TIA.
Thames, when Tecumseh was slain, died il
San Francisco "n the 22nd ult aged IS years
CONVICTION OK GKs. CsxSFAU.-Thomss n
Gasn.au, Brigad'er General of the Cslifornii
militia. was tried yesterday and the day be
fore IN the Court Of Session, for an assault
with a deadly weapon with intent To con
nit bodily injury opon Zebedee NJ Qui.by.
Reservoir Broken i'm Sierra County
There was cons iderable excitement here
few days since caused by the breaking Of
large reservoir beioi ging To the new ditch q
Cole + Stevens. The loss is some 4 10 600
Sierra Cifir<a.
h Divorce In shasta.
divorce was granted in Shasta. on I'll
!. 9Th instant. in the case OF Cecilia j. Flyn
j vs. I'll. Flynn.
Mysterious Murder near Colusi.
On the morning Of the ed FEBRUARY. sccor
ding to the Msrysvlle Democrat. an old ma
named John Traiuor, was found lying des
IN pool oil his own blood, IN ms fTutt stOr
in Coiusi A bullet shot was passed tLroug
: his breast, and had evidently killed him in
mediat' ly.
The cause Of The murder is involved
doubt. as there was no evidence Of robbei
;, perceptable.
{, Fatal Snow Avalanche.
,. Several avalancbes of snow occurred on II
r sides Of the Dawnieviie Butts ia Sierra coa'
n ty. on Thursday night last, aud crushed
q carried away Reels quartz mill. and the dive
ling house near Reynold's mill.
: Henry Ebeihardt was Killed aud G. W. an
P ". O. REYNOLDS were wounded, all havin
,. been il the dwelling at The Tins The av,
che anne.
George Reynold. is badly hurt. By th
re deplorable occurrence many are Isminds
d that, In he winter OF 1882 two men were Ii
led by an avalanche near the spot where Re,
. bolds quartz mill was afterwards erected.
| The house was torn entirely TO pieces, h'
the mill was not injured. W. G. Reynol,
er was thrown into the mill pit. and c. W. Re,
nods was found lying ia his bed. which ha
a been thrown sixty feet from where the hou'
: stood, severely injured. James Philips vi
rs in the comp-ny's Office. aud he declares tn
ID he was carried. unhur thr ough window.
1t i not known that Ebezhardt was k'lle'
IN but a. he could not be found. 1t seems evide
af that he was deprived fife by the falling liz
,e bers. Sixty or seventy men are hunling {
4, Eb. zhardt.-AHa, Odd.