Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-05-25
aailg a'ir9iniap.
Additional Nows from the Pacific.

was noticed IN yesterdays paper. In addition to the
news then published, we give the snbjoined
The California telegraph lines being down we
have no later adsices than those brought direct from
! san Francisco
\ rider WAS killed by the Indians on the California
end ofhe route, but ali the express matter saved
dctention of about hftysx hours caused by the
| misfortune.
| The entire appropriation made by the State Lcgs-
latnre covering the ensuing fiscal year. oors up ST.
! l6l.00o, about $4,000 Of which goes to pay ot old
| claims. Something over 5000, 900 will remain in The
! Treasury after satisfying the demands now due.
lntwo or tlrcc da! elcgraphic communication viii
! he complete between San Francisco aud Narsnlia,two
! hundred and ten miles south of the Buterield over
! Land route.
! The overland mail, with 81. Louis dates To April
10th, reached San Francisco the 9th, bringing
lo0oo letters, the largest number received here
NJ one time. The next subsequent mail is tel, graph
| ed, and " i'll arrive this evening.
The late rains have damaged the crops of hny ,n,l
grain cons leraby in certain sections; but generally
| the growing crops throughout California and Oregon
| promise AN abundant harvest.
\ deaf and dnmh and blind asylum is soon to In
erected in san Francisco the funds being provided by
/ tEe State.
PrcPlrilons are making to work copper vein in
/ FL Dorado Co. Tae ASSAYS ll5i pounds cop
per, aud ten pounds Ssst1 ounces silver 10 the ton
Good receipts continue the copper mluc, near
Crescent CITY, IN del Norte county qUa.ilic,
OF ore having already been taken Out ready yf .hp-
meat.
\ compan, having $4,000 worth Of matLaery
Will sail On The 18th for Gunymns whence tI,y will
hive the mlthinrry taken overland to Cui.u rlua
with tie parposc of rc-openug the once celebrated
silver mine II that department of Mexico, which ms
been abandoned tot the last fifty years.
Overland adNices from Southern Oregon furnish
or Two items of crest McssrS. Shell aud Logan,
democratic and republican candidates for taugtes-.
expected a Jacksonville on the 1th TO address
the people from the Shmc stand.
The quartz mines Jacksonville stiil yjeld-
Ing immensely.
\ steam crashing mill was soon to commence OPP
craii0us. An extensive new ditch to convey water
through the placer diggings had been completed.
The Nnshoe silver mining accounts continue cxeit
ing in detail, but difficult to condensc into gem
cral summary. Every day it is reported that leads
which had been reported very rich, turn out OF little
valnc, while Others OF which nothing had beeh heard.
| are proved 10 be immensely valuable. Speculation
in claims has subsided materially, capitalists offering
10 pay the expenses of hunting up and opening mp
new mines rather than purchasing nj high prices IN
ere,ts in undevclaped leads All the valleys of ara
ble lands in and around Carson and Virginia cities is
akel up, aud farmers are busy ploughing and putting
in crops suited 10 supply the transient population
The immigration continued unaba,ed, aud since the
settled weather, building and mining operations
were started into new life, with m abundant supply
! OF provisions and tools for working
! a route for ditch 10 bring the waters of Clear
Lake and Washoc Lake into the placer gold dig Sugs
has been urveyed aud pronounced practicable, and
100000 needed to complete the work was subscribed
number of quartz mills were being erected
Many discoveries OF silver leads made bt poor
men, who were Offering twelve per cent per month for
money open their mneS offering their claims as Sc
curity.
Al three oclocl, p. N. o-day the American clipper
ship Labius arrived, forty eight days from Hong
Kong, with l37 pas sengers. She brings advcrs of two
other ships their way. The ship Flying MIST sail
ed to- day fer Parks guano island.
The overland mail bound eastward left at noon to-
day taking $50 letters and three passengers for 81
Loais The mail leaving on the 9h took ioo letters
AID five Though passengers.
MURDER Ry THE iYn!ANs.-Thc murder OF T. : VII
liams, esq, by the Indians in Utah Territory, has al
ready been briefly announced A correspondent Of
The n. Y Nerald, writing from Salt Lake CITY Apfil
eth gives the subjoned particulars of the sad aif;
oils ftmily has rccc, ed the details Of the upis
affair The occurrence took place n, Bitter Sprinas
thiry-fve miles this side of the crossing Of the NJ
have, aud % miles from San Bcrnardino on the lsh
of March.
Before their train, consisting Of about dozen
wagons, arriYel at the Springs, Mr. Williams, Mr.
Patmcno and Jackman went on ahead to look for
grass and met with four Indians, who appeared
friendly, aud conducted them to a place where iHcrr
was prny of feed for their stock, four miles be yuul
The Springs. On their way back to meet the train
the Indians, who were following them close in the
rear, made iult upon them with their arra~-.-
Williams instantly receiving three wounls and Jack
man ., from those deadly weapons Wtms stuck
to hi anmtl, which carried HIM into camp, before
he was SO far exhausted that be could not tell what
had trauspirel Jackman fell from his sieed, which
ran oil, alter mhch the Indians shot him with cral
arrow $ and cvlcntly left him for dead. lie sub
sequcu;ly found by party that went ou: from he
camp after Williams arrived there with the news OF
vhnt h4d trans re,i, nearly dead from the effects OF
his wnunls and the cold, which was severe.