New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-09-04
MORE INDIAN BATTLES.
OPENING OF THE POLITICAL CiSfs!!GN.
THE OREGON ELECTION PREMATURE
NEW GOLD DISCOVERIES.

The Pony Express with San Francisco dates of the
90 OF August, arrived here last evening on time.
Notwithstanding that some trouble still exists with
the lndisns in Carson Valley, the Express came
through schedule time.
Ar San Francisco August 81 ships Storm King from New
Anchor from y:Po0 chr s AdEs q, d H rS S,
fsr Panama ship witchcra for CalaO bark Ide Of
Spoken july iat IsY long III W, :P NoppsIeq ron
a. 5Sos LONG 81 w. schr Brilliant from baltimore for
San cisco avg H. schr WoOdpecker from London for
coss@elI Ba-,nes steady. but les. animated than
Ss the be- SaS soi
los the i'sss Butter fgEtnae. to freely further
@ Hans s,s wnin~no P ,s IT1 IS IA oette
spsr. ere ~ sc for Crhed R4sns are tria improved
III. s 4 sbout 81 e ) loo sS' are large shipping qualities
The steamer Sonora took i5Opasseugers and $50 900
IN treasure, $3.50 600 Of which for Ne FORK also
$4,000 worth Of WsshOe silver ore. The total ship
meut Of ore, mostly within the last five mouths sum
mp $40 600. The merchandise exports of California,
mostly In staple products, since January last, amount
III value to S45OOOO against $3.50 OOOfor corresponding
period OF 1859
Tie Pooy Express which left St. Joseph Aug. :, ar.
rived at Carson Valley the Goth, and at San Fran
CISCO the 2ls bringing delayed letters leaving s..
jose ph Aug. 3. The detention was caused by some
Indians who created disturbance at Dry Creek and
other points on the California and Salt Lake routes
surrounding two stations and driving off part Of the
ste, X f.Om one.
TIE trouble continued till Lieut. Weed arrived from
Ruby Valley with % soldiers, the 10Th of August,
WHEN lie az acked the Indians and killed seventeen of
them, and wCuI ded number more while the loss on
his eide WE three men wounded. On the same day
four other Indians killed at Shell Creek Carson
Valley, by tbI,e soldiers who accompanied the Eastern
bound eX prees fIom Ruby Valley 1t is supposed the
hoeue Indians driven from the express route,
end the arrival at Carson Valley of another pony to-
day, Wi st. LOus dates to the 10Th of August,
firms the opnion that the is protected and the in
terTupnons ended.
Poi ca meetings are held with remarkable frequen-
cyn The interior towns of California. Senator Latham
addressed 1900 people at Sacramento on Saturday,
Strongly sdyoetio the election of Breckenridge aud
Lane, This ia the Senator'S place Of residence where
he u personally very popular. He was very cOolly
rece, ed by tbe large audience who voted down the
BIeclinridge rss,latOns and chesTed Douglas. The
majority of the meeting manifestly sympathizd with
Douglas The demoDst' alton has given the Douglas
parry courage throughout the State.
The political newspapers in the Stats have mostly
taken rides. They stand as follows: Douglas, "a
Breckenridge &6; Lincoln, = Bel, 3.
The sea ntr Pacific arrived from northern ports
the 18th of August Oregon and Washington advices
10 the 18th, auo British Columbia to the 18TH
The Secretary OF State Of Oregon has refused TO issue
certificate Of election 20 Mr.. Shie lately elected to
Congress by the Democrats to DIR. Stout
on account OF tie election being premature and I'M
authorized hy law.
RiCh gold mines have been discovered at Walla
Wslis. Fourteen thOu.and dollars worth of the gold
cane down by tie Pacific. Considerable excitement
prevails at Portland ON the subject, and rush had
Tie fiuit trade OF Oregon had commenced. Apples
worth 81 per bushel in tie orchards for shipment
TO Sau Francisco.
The farmers were cutting by far the largest and best
crop of wheat grown in the State.
Douglas Lincoln, and Breckenridge Clubs we're or
gaIizng III all the principal towns, aud each party
claimed u be the strongest without any data TO form
plausible estimate from.
An eS press had arrived at Portland from the Dslles
briI gUg accounts that Major STEMS command had
skJnisned with the IndaIs, killing five Of them.
g Leo q WASHINGTON stands
lit, ally: CoLpcil, eight Democrats one Republican.
Assembly twenty three Democrats seven Republicans
Considerable excitement prevailed around Puget
Sound account OF favorable gold miaing reports from
,R,ck Creek, near the head waters on Siuilhameen
This dsric lies SyutEst Of Fort Hope, and mostly
Of the Bfsh line. II wss the opinion OF many old
uiuer that the main diggngo Of the British Columbia
ana Washington Territories would be found IN Ihis
region.
a correspondent, writing from Rock Creek on the
9th of July, says:
u arTiyed here on the 9th. Plenty of gold here
ID coarse at that. Ten miles Of tbs Greek is taken up
n, claim has yet failed that has been worked Sew
eId making so TO $40 per day, and some, more
CsnDo buy interest Ill some claims for S3O0U. Fro
Vsions are very SARGE. Whisky, so per gallon
China brandy, $l2 per gallon. ,,
Twelve log houses are built, and others building;
There are about five hundred men on the Greek, ana
about Two hundred on the river ~
News from British Columbia is unin portant. DIS
cyyeries Of silver mines have been made IN the hegh
borfoCd of r., Hope, and the town mas again assumed
1ui.e an animate appearance.
TIE steamer Wilson G.. Hunt has arrived at Victoria
fr, m New-Westminsier with 500 600 in gold dust.
TIE news FROM Frazer River continues encouraging.
TIE silver mfe at f. Hope is being thoroughly pros
peoted.
The Ns,c Westminster Times says that coal, su-
pefjor 10 the NsrrvoO has been fOuUd near tao Iwen-
ty-one Mile House on the Siovet route. -
Can't Jeffay, Of Jefray's Express, reports tine us
covery of cipnabar below Fort Hope. lie has also
sone very rich specimens of silver ore from the Fort
Hope vein. This vein has been traced over mi!e'
Where ned the width ia nearly seven feet spread
ing rs it enstates the earth like triangle. The apex
AZ TIE su'taca.
2ae Pacific Mol Steamship Company's steamer
SogOra left the FolOm street wharf after CLOCK
this orning for Panama. She took some J'O pas,
SCI gers the nals for the east and the lshmus, ana
S9Gl go of treasure. The cabin passengers were as
fOiUWs: - q,
~ r. Garrison wife and infant J. s Wihere and wife
Hy Rsn,erop wife and daughter H. Scranton. Dire O. w
SijV-ep and child s. Tig- I. Pierce heg29ds, u .
A and infant : Johnson jos. Cushpan j. j. West2rook
n ioepb Fox wife and infant A. haltoie MI AN11l ana
40 Mi Bgiryifr d wife j. EheIs and WIFE Ih6s rye, a.
Pst,es L. (jyyugs Chas. Ayles, Mics Louisi hN J9nh
Lev nj s Moriis l.. r Harmon J.. NJ Cole ana WE
I,.is Dibbe Leonard, Westoras, J. GHht5 y
Food Mrs Rinbsl and infant Is. Randall ~. hopS,'s'
aTbomss White l.. Miller, d Rerecco Paul Ils,o,, IN
GIrger A Morris r. Fergnson, wife and two cnia'en ~
Gi nom VIM Ramsey, joseph Nobbs T. l. ooeie' "h'
Eirrnfort and 4l5 in the steeTage