The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-08-27

IATER FROM CALIrOREIA.-Tbe Overland
mail. which left San Francisco on the iIth
inst arrived at St. Josephs, Mo, on the gath.
The following Is a summary of the news bv
this arrival; srs g}
The steamer Uncle Sam sailed at Q o.c,ocI
this morning, carrying 23e passengers and Al :
10000 in treasure, OF which S93i,oO0 was for
&G2, 600 worth of Washoe silver ore. destined
partly fer New York and the ba aiance for En- o.
land, where ii will be smelted and refined
BY an amicable arrangement, the State
Prison has come into the control of the 8 In ta
government, the lessees being allowed So7 000
for the surrender. An attempt will now be
made to ipaugurate q better Arrangement.
such as will stop the frequent escape Of pris,
of the expenses she had to pay under the con.
tract system.
There are now $40 prisoners in the peniten.
tiary, against 600 year ago. 'f fIIff
+ The various county Democratic, committees
throughout the State have been holding meet.
lngs, and have divided into Douglas and
Breckinridge wings, each wing calling sepa-
rste county conventions to elect delegates to
one or the other of the Democratic State and
Electoral Conventions. All these county COM
mittees were composed last year OF Admins
tratioH Democrats. They now average about
an equal number OF Douglas and Breckinridge
men. This is favorable indication of the
Douglas strength in the State, as the anti
Lecom pton wing Of the party, composed last
year al most entirely of Douglas men. was not
repIese nted in any of the county committees.
1t Is now understood that the sixteen State
Senators who hold over and will vote for the
United States Senator next win ter, are at on t
eq ually divided In TO Douglas and Br .ckinrid
men. The FL Dorado county committee have
had two meetings, ard stood five for Breckin-
ridge, four for Douglas and three on the fence.
The Brec kinrid ge wing called county Con-
yention on the Sd of September, and the
balance of the committee adjourned till to-
day without taking any action. Thirty seven
Democrats of Nevada county, who supported
the administration candidate last year, have
pu blished q lorg address to the Democrats of
that county, urging them to support Douglas
aud johnson. The list is headed by John 3.
Mcdonnell.
The Tuolum ne County Democratic Central
Committee met at Sonora on the 9th of Au-
gust. Eight m embers were present and one
proxy. They stood five for Breckenridge and
tour for Douglas, and being unable to agree
they separated. The Breckinridge wing called
a Convention at Sonora on the Ist of Septem-
ber and the Douglas branch on the Both of
August
1t is stated by his friends that Senator La
than contem plates returning to Washing on
with his family by the overland route, and
or September. This indicates that he will
take little or no part in the political canvass
in this State. .-
A correspondent writing from Shaw's Flat,
Tuolumne county, says, as TO political matters
in that county, "OId Tuolumne you may set
down for the regular nominees-Douglas and
JohLson-sure, j unless a great change shall
take place before the election
The San Jose Reporter. after putting up the
Breckenridge and Lane flag, has pulled it down
again.
Senator Watson, of Santa Cruz. whose term
does not expire till the close OF the next Legis-
lature, is represented by the PlacerViIle Cali
fornian to be a Douglas man.