The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-01-18

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The Oxerland Nail coach, with San k!.a-
cisco datss 10 Uecembrf "a, arrived at 1aiO-
ny's Staties on, Tia eyenip Of The 14th Inst
! The reported salsofa NJ sPasiec eteApsnare
70 q -vandsghil4g ~ gessTally exedAled. Xne
pnexp peoted turn sssleaD4AAR ,e9aare. NA!SA
This transfer necesMrhy siAvolvessnsne 49, W
'subject Of mach grave comment. sT1e tIhvHeIsr
Ing puhlic ax1expectinE, - nsthecoeeequsnSs,c 81
&C extreUa rates Of passa0e. ~ II = n0t eeitex.
ID probable that any Opposition VAL aHeapPsf
assIss,s ssas.ssa a fee ee eS esS ,;.e MN ssfstg
curtent Of pepulatiOn hads bsgun 70 new into
'Chli6oInis; ;is regarded - = pnbatc ca!amIZ:
ia Consiaernhasa anxiety II fsltat Sen tIancss- ln
ship Grey Eagle which sailod from New .4oFk
for that port in May lastsdf sa4nq4sT SsE $40.
H. A brisk competition has sprung up aSaAnst
the OdiifOrniA Steam NavigAffon O0mRSny
steamers on tho inland waters OF thu States
and rates Of passage between San Franclsco
and Sacramento had been reduced from nve
dollars to one dollar, and even lower ssfs]
Among the recent inlportations At Dan
Francisco from Japan are some Of the staple
articles Of that country, such = sacks ol swee.
potatoes, equaling those q North Car0nnA
. large quantity ID rape seed OIL, Wnicn nnus .
good market for supplying better earn,nS .
fluid for the light-honses ON the Pacific than
any other used; eamples of leaf ton0ccos eA-
ceedingiy delicate and resembling me Havana
leaf, and fruit, islnglass snessnnle. &C. @S.,
| The latest news from Carson Valley repre-
Ants the weather a. very cold, causiAg AL
most . total alcessation of miainG operahonss-
| One hundred miners ARE reported - De ny
Walkers River mines, bat the snow was t0ree
| feet deep, and there VIVA no work doing. Pro-
| visions were scarce, and the miners were ieaS-
| ing In consea uence. At the head Of Monroe
| Camp the snow was fiye feet deep Il
| The reported duel between q. II. GodIEey
| and VIM. b. Stoddard nt Shasta, did not come
off, Stoddard failed to appear, and his seeonc,
Margins Levi, took his place. Levi was
| wounded
L + 4 0f <tn Pail 1vp0 Executive Com.
| mittee took place yesterday afternoon, Dec. -,
/ at their rooms on Montgomery street, san
l Francisco, at which the articles for preImi-
nary organization to construct read from
| that city to stockton, according to the general
railroad act Of 1883 and 1854, were drawn up.
The distance from San Francisco to STOCKTON
is $50 miles, and tho road is intended to run
| through the country of San, Nateo, santa
Clara, Almede and San Joaquin. BY the act
referred to above, $1,000 per mile is required
| to be subscribed before q company can be or
ganized. and bong fdS payment cen. =,
the firm of Aisop & Co., was chosen temporary
| Treasurer. ro. sslsgs .ssvf' ~
The amount Of gold shipped by the steam
81, ,sl2.536, and by the steamship Orizaba on
the same day, @250,OOO. The latter was oes-
tined for New Orleans.
Il A number of cars and . CONSIDERABLE guam,
tity Of railroad iron were being dlscnaEge0
from the ship Morning Light for the oacla.
mento Valley Railroad. A great quantlty o.
the pieces of s ready made bridge were aise
coming ashore for the same destinat!on.-
There is no improvement in business: From
!, the country there was moderate inquiry, ant
the city trade were buying small lots o1 gooa
| from first hands, but there was NO LIE 10 In
market whatever, and ratesof provisions MAJ
further declined. During the week bnsines
| had been without a noticeable event. win u
] exception of reaction in coal in conseq uenc
/ | of the reported purchase of the Pacific Com
5 panys boats by Commodore Vanderbilt. w
a quote anthracite nominally At $40 per ton.
E But one vessel from New York or Boston
| the Morning Light from the latter place, ha
: arrived at San francisco within thirty tnre
: DAYS. vet prices for American imports ma
4 rather declined than otherwise during tina
$ period. The quotations by last steamers ma
q require no special change.
! holiday festivities, and crowded with peopl
y and goods suited to the season. gr~
e The display of diamonds, Japanese I'M
j. crockery, silks, books and other holiday art
n cles for holiday sale, exceeded anything eve
.e known in San Francisco before, and the al
position to purchase was in proportion to Il
10 Unusual display or everything offered '.