Daily national Democrat., 1860-05-17

BR1e GEx. Pun MOORE This gentleman
arrived in the city. yesterday. on business
connected with the expeditions to Utah. He
was sent up, under instructions from the
Governor.
DIED N JAIL.-A prisoner in tho County
Jail Of this county was found dead in his cell,
yesterday morning. He had been iucarcera-
ted on the 2sth ofApril for petit larceny, hnv
ing been sentenced by Justice Rand Of Linda
Township. His name was Richter. The
Coroner's jury returned a verdict that he died
from a disease Of the heart He was about
s5 or 4o years of age and German.
Two Vs.-rhe police, yesterday, arrested
two Mexican vagrants who will doubtless be
doomed to the Chain Gang this morning.
RELIEF MEASURES AT NEyADA.-At the
meeting held at Nevada, Sunday. to raise
means Tor fitting out the Nevada company
Numbering nineteen mem for the Washoe
expedition, 81 2l5 were collected in few
hours. Previous to the departure of the com
Pany, 60 rifles, l2j rounds of powder loo
pounds of lead, so pounds of rifle balls. 1900
cartridges and $4,000 caps were dispatched
by johnson 4 Sales pack train in charge of
twenty men The Nevada company started
Monday morning, and were Joined at Eureka
by nine persons making twenty eight in all.
Yesterday afternoon, says the Nevada Dem-
ocrnt Of Wednesday, dispatch was reeei, ed
from Downievlile stating that there was
large body OF Indians in Long Valley. and
that the settlers IN Sierra Valley, fearing an
attack, were leaving their homes Lon,
valley Is not far from the Henness trail. and
ieariH that Van Hngan and his party might
be surprised and cut off Messrs. Roberts and
johnson started Immediately on horseback.
to overtake the company and warn them of
their danger. Another meeting was also he'd
on the receipt of the news, and measure.
taken to send re-inforcements The COMPANY
Is being organized as We go to press, and |
they design TO keep on travelling until they
overtake Van Hagnn's company.
New STEAMER ARRAxeEuFxr.-We are mn
thorized to say, says the Bulletin, that on the
lst July the long coveted arrangement for
the dispatch of three steamers a month will
50 into effect. The steamers viii leave San
Francisco on the lst, llth and 2lst Of each
month. From this way at least. no distinc-
tion will be made as to the quality Of the
accommodations in the boats that start anon
different days; and probably there will not
be on the Atlantic, though about that we
can only guess.
TEooPs.-Two companies of United States
troops, numbering in all one hundred and
sixty men. commanded by Captain Stewart,
passed through Sacramento Tuesday on their
way to Washoe. Governor Downey has
given orders for the Sntter Rifles and CITY
Guard ofSacramento not to go to Washoe. as
their services are not needed
The ARMS OF THE INDIAxs.-Frank Soule.
writing to the Alta from Virginia City. un-
der date of May 9th, says:
Ii is a curious fact that nearly all the rifles
In possession of the Indians in ana about
Carson Valley, Virginia City, end. in fact
this whole eastern slope" are California
State arms marked with Gen. Kibhe's ini-
tials. ! would like to know. in the 6rst
place, what right Gen Kibbe has to mt bis
Initials on the arms of the State. and second
~ by what means the Indians have come
into possession Of them Traders. here ana
elsewhere have been for months selling
powder to the redskins. This is bad enough.
But 1t IS certainly subject demanding ex-
plan7tlon, when we see the arms Of the State
OF California, marked with the initial letters
OF It's rrdoubtnble Quarter Master General
III the possession Of the savares
GREAT NUMBER OF WOMEN SUPPOSED KILL
ED IN NEw YoaK.-A New York letter. dated
April 2Oth says:
The diseovery,a few days ago. of the body
~ ,tuale who evidently had been murdered
ana tnrown into the dock ut Jersey CITY
mas led to startling deyelonp,ert of ~.
number OF females who have disa,r,aon"'1
mysterlously from this citv witIin u Co...
months record of no less tb,n c,r,,.,.e
these missing females has been afE,r5s{ H..
people VINO nave come forward in hono - I.
Identifying this body. Some of these mo,
eventually turn up again; but from the ~
veaiments afforded by the discovery Of tLis
hor'id affair. it is greatly to be feared tbnt
the greater part Of them have shared fate
similar to that which befel the poor victim
whose body was found anchored at the dock
IN Jersey with barrel of pitch fastened by
rope to her neck
lhE GREAT CLAIM The news has been
confirmed OF the defeat of the Bolton -Santil-
Ian claim before the United States Supreme
Court Property owners in San Francisco
congratulate each other on the final result
1nE hilLEp.-otheial dispatches from Car.
son valley to General Clarke say that the
number Of whites in the battle was one bun-
Sred and hve; OF these twenty-five have
been killed. Fears are entertained Of an ..
tact in the Valley. VI al at