The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-02-14
I HI E DISPATCH,
MoNpAf MORNING.: FEBRUARY "A 1879.
CALiFORNIN News NRW>--.-~

| FAIRS AT FRASER RiTER, dc.
Vse steamehip sioaes fayior arrived at New York
FRIDAY morning, with dates from San Frsncisco h
| toe 20th nlt. Captain Chas *. Howard, of The M.
T., died as Panama on the 3oth uit ef yellow f.ver
| lie was formerly Lieutenant In the Navy. From
he San Francisco papers We take the following:
| BY the report Of the State Superintendent of
Public lnstrnc lion, appears that there are 10
ehf"ren 10 california between the ages OF four AID
eighteen years. aud that II, ,s22 have been In ar
| tendance upon schools during the past year The
| whole number Of schools In the State was 4s2
| Paul Shores Was shot dead ia santa Clara conn.
ty aud his brother, James Shores, badly wouadsd.
| by Thoinas Seals, abetted by Alexander Robb and
. samuel Crosby. The difficulty grew out of dis
| puted lsbd title.
MIR. Wadswogth, editor of the California CuItu
| rist, was attacked by highwaymeu. who Ias.oo4d 4
aad dragged him irofa the road in Alameda COZ, M
ty, on the ith January, for the purpose of roibs
Though severely hurt by the rIs;a which wss
thrown around his neck, Mr.. Wadsworth, with
great courage, fought brsvely with the robl,ers
; aud succeeded 10 couceaiiug most OF his p,ouev.
which was 10 gold, In his mouth, and thus de feat.
. Ing the hc0undreis.
Daniel Barry, Ir., formerly Of New Orleans, " al
/ Killed In mining tunnel at Spring HiiI Amsd ,r
county, on December 3nth. A rock weighing BOO
ibs detached Itself and fell upon his head ca f,h.
ing him to death Instantly.
William Graham was buried alive In mining
| claim, on the sIb Of January, Sand HILL Yuba
1 county.
The stage running between Forest Hill and Yam
kee jim Placer county, stopped near The
ioImer place by eight or ten bishwaymen. and
robbed OF between 81 900 and $500, on the llth
| OF Jannary.
Al old msn named John W. Phelps, fell down the
Capitol stairs, in Sacramento, OF the 18th January
| ana broke his neck.
! The San Joaquin Republican estimates that the
number of persons killed by accident iu the mines
1 OF California amount to four hundred, or more
| than one day during the year, aud the number of
4 lna tt,in nrRd
I number of violent deaths in that time, exclusive
of those caused by mining accidents has not baep
far from three hundred, IN addition to some three
hundred or more Indians W no have been killed -
The destruction OF human life by accident and yio-
lance, IN some mining Districts exceeds the total
ioss by all natural causes. 90 New Years dsy
morning, tue settlers OF Round Valley killed forty
Indians for stealing stock ard killing their hogs
! ON jan. 5th, Maj +. johnson. with about 50 men.
arrived: AT Eden Valley. On his arriSs the indians
all fed from the valley, bnt have since returned
on th@ ith. Maj j arrived at Round Valley, and
fund that the Indians wanted protection. when
he immediately returned to Eden Valley for his
troops, as he expected wholesale slaughter Of
Indians on the Sth.
| The troops now engaged at building their
| wiu,er Qusriets at Red y God Valley, under COM
mand OF Lieut.. W Carlin. We also understand
| that an order tor 20 men has been received at
Red Wood to go TO MendocipO Reservation, A
detachment of 40 regulars with l9 wagons, which
left Benicia, Jan. 10, camped at Ckiah Valley on
| the Eth, to make headquarters on the 18th. IN.
der command;tf Lieut.. Dillon. Since the LIST Of
December there bss been l:0 Indians killed in
kyund Valley and vicinity.
| GA the 9Th of January. the steam tank ia the
sngar refinery on Battery street, near Pacific, in
,his city, exploded, causing the death CT Benami
Colcot'. and irjuring property to the extent of
about Sl0 600.
Capt VIM Mc,fichasl, an old aud respectable
citizen of San Francisco, died OF board the ship
Flying Fish, on the coast CT China on the 10Th OF
October last. On Monday, The l7th inst the flag,
of the shipping in the barbor were Gisplayed at
haf mast, out of respect to his memory.
| Charles BeCkwitb, Of Half moon Bay, San Msteo
county, committed suicide il Sacramento On the
l3th OF January. by taking ssrychnine.
| FR.sEs RIVER.
| The only news Of interest from Fraser is tine
| particulars II A difficulty between Justices Wbau.
nell. OF Yale, aud Perrier, of Hills Bar. lt ap-
| pears that a disturbance took place at Fort Yale
| IN which coloIed barber was party Whasue!i
ordered the arrest OF some hite men, and seut a
warrant 20 PerrieT, at Hills Bar, for their apyre,
hensiop. The latter on learning the fac 5, order.
dered the arrest Of the barber, and sent his con-
stable to Fort Yale, who was committed TO prison
| by Wbannell. The quarrel was then between the
justices, which ended in Whanueii being carried
from Fort Yale TO Ii,lis Bar. and mGlcIed by his
| cVh.tTtre, in the sun Of $50, for contempt. A
meeting had aso been eeld at Hills Bar. snstain-
ing Perrier, aud pledging Themselves 10 etand by
bin, aud one hundred and fifty men had actually
put themselves under arms TO do SO. Thus the
matter stood at last accounts.
| SANDWICH ISLANDS
| The news from the Sandwich Isiands is two
days later than that received by the overland
mail. DIR. 7. c. B. R3oke uncle and foster. fath
of the Queen. had died of apopiexy. Tho French
Had taken possession of guapo Island, called
Clipperton Island. 600 miles westward from Aca.
pulco and proclaimed the fact in Honolulu
destructive storm had visited the Isauds on the
10th and 1'th of December. One person was
killed, and number of bridges swept away, and
other property destroy ed-csusing loss of about
$4,000. The whaling brig Emms was wrecked
near Honolulu on the 10Th cf December.
FROM OREGON.
Our dates from Oregon Territory are to .yanu,
| arp IL. The news is devoid of much interest. A
S9ede named Dub,n murdered near Portland
on the 22d December, by Norwegian named
Lawren. The weather was wet and the roads al
most impossible in Oregon.
| SOUTH AMERICA.
| Valparaiso dates to January lst has been re.
ceived.
Chilli was still In a disturbed condition, and the
provinces were under martial law.
| number Of persons had been arrested for Sc.
dition.
They were sentenced 10 fine of one thousand
dollars each aud three years. exile. Others who
/ were less implicated, were fined eight hundred
dollars.
The press was entirely under the direction OF
the government. Business was dull. Copper had
| advanced 10 eighteen dollars.
| The dates from Csllao are to January IL. The
prospect of general revolt was Increasing
| while An edict was being read on the 9th, prohib>
i'ing the tearing up Of rails and cutting of tele
graph wires, the mob did everything they were
! orbid to do. The streets were strewn dsiy with
pdSquiaeS, threatening Castillo with death.
| The corrcsp Judent of the Panama Star says that,
by the ne xt Iraii, we may have to report the mob
| Outchered or the government overthrow.
| Letters frcm Caracas, dated January !, report
the republic IN quiet condition. Gen. Paez was
at Valencia, and he had been we'll received in all
the towns through which he passed.
Tosea sToRY.-Sngular things happen on the
railrosd5 The Cincinnati Gazette is credibly in
formed that the en- gine, tender and two or three
freight cars were thrown of the track of the Gov.
ington and Lexington Railroad, and after running
perhaps hundred yards upon the ties actually
l,napeI back again upon the rails. and passed as
| though nothing had happened The next trair ob
. the road, however, fared much worse. The track
having been spread hy the first accident when The
passenger train came upon the place, tho engine.
tender, aud Two passenger cars we're thrown of
! the track. The latter were badly smashed up,
but no serious injury was done to any of the pas.
| scngers. The Superintendent and one passenger
| received several severe burns from the overturn
ing of the stove, and the firing of the car. Had
the cars ran of the side opposite, they must have
been thrown down high embsnkmeut.
sslzURE OF MEXICAN VESSEL OF WAR - From
| the west coast Of Mexico we learn that the cap
tain of the British friga,e Alarm had seized the
Mexican schooner Iturbide, in the port of Ma.
Zatan, for Interference With foreign merchant
| vessels. The United States frigate Saranac was al
| Acapulco, aud about to sail for Quay mas. The St
Marys had sailed from Acapulco for Panama.
NAVAL PRoNoTfoNs AND APPoINrMESrs.-rhe fol-
lowing promotions have been made in the Marine
Corps, in consequence of the decease of the late
Brevet' Brigadier General Henderson, and the
commission issued TO the parties:
| Major James Edeln to be Lieutenant Colonel,
vice Lieutenant Colonel Harris, Pre- NOTED to the
Colonel Conmsndant. Captain Bepjan in Macomb-
er to be MAYOR, TO nil the vacancy cccasioned by
| Major Eielin's promotion. FiTss Lieutenant John
G. Gray son TO be Captain TO fii the vacancy oe ca
stoned hy Captain Macomber's Pr motion. fecond
Lieutenant Edward Jones 10 be a First Leuten ant,
| 10 I'll the vacancy occasioned BY Lieutenant Gray.
l aon,a nrouofior. Iucian l. DaXasln has been