Daily national Democrat., 1859-07-07
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San Francisco News---Arrival of the
Overland Mail--One Day Later News.
SAN FRANCISCO, july 7th.

overland Mail--One Day Later News,
SAN FRANcIsco, July 18th.
Luke Bond, late Marshal of Benioia. has
abseonded with over $4,000 public money.
lie was also Tax and License Collector of
Benicia, and had charge of large amount
OF funds. Its not known positively how
much he carried off, as he destroyed all the
books Of his office 1t has been ascertained
that he left for Honolulu on the bark YAM
hee, which sailed on Monday.
BY the arrival of the May Queen, from Ia
hiti, we learn that the Messenger Bird has
turned up there, whence she had gone from
Valparaiso, after sailing for California.
The loss by the fire yesterday evening is
estimated at from $4,000 to $4,000. Sew
everal severe accidents occurred to fremen
and others, and one man, sailor, is supposed
to have been consumed
The Golden Gate took off $50 passengers
ard S2,255,l35 in treasure. The Cortes 500
passengers-no treasure
The overland mail, from ST. Louis and
Memphis, arrived here about . o'clock to-
day. The news by this arrival has been an
tieipotcd by the New Orleans papers via.
Tchuantepec.
The st. Louis papers contain but little To-
cal news Of interest
Edward Shea, a laborer, was drowned in
the river at St Louis, on the 7th of June.
A celebrated character named Ned Adams,
long under police survilance, has been de-
tected in his swindling operations and
Gagged
A final decision has been rendered in the
contested election case of Castello VS.. Cerre,
for the Sherifality st. Louis. The present
occupant, Mr.. Cerre, retains the office.
News from Independence, Mo-, to June
llth, has been received. About three miles
above the Pawnee rock, a party of Texan
and U S. soldiers surprised seventy-fye or
eighty lodges of Camanches, routing them
completely, killing 25 men and 20 women.
The friends of Geo. W. Kendall, formerly
of the New Orleans Picayunc, have an
nounced his name as a candidate for Cover
nor of Texas, at the ensuing August election
A destructive fire took place at Columbus,
Georgia, on the 7th of June. Two cotton
warehouses, filled with cotton, were de-
stroyed. The loss is set down at $4,000.
The fire. supposed to have been the work
of an neendiary
An abandoned schooner had been discov-
cred at sea in the Gulf of Mexico, and towed
into Havana. 1t was ascertained that a cargo
Of negroes from Africa had been landed some.
where on the Cuban coast, and the schooner
abandoned to prevent detection.
There was an accident on the Memphis and
Charleston Railroad on the Sth of June, by
which the President of the road, named Tate,
had both arms crushed Several passengers
were also injured.
Henry p Barner, son of the editor of the
Detroit Tribune, was found hanging in gym
nasium in that city, on Sd of June, perfectly
dead. 1t is supposed that he was expert
menting with halter and that his neck be-
CAME accidentally closed in the loop, and he
was unable to eXtricate himself.
1t is stated that vigorous organization
has been set on foot at Washington within
two months past, to. put Gen. Joe Lane, Of
Oregon, forward for the Charleston nomiua-
tion for the Presidency