The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-09-20
THE OVERLAND MAIL,
NEWS CALIFORNIA, CHINA, &c

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under date of San Francisco the evening of
| the 9TH
There wele $4,000 worth of Washoe silver
| ore shipped for New York by the steamer leav-
| Ing on the lst.
The ship St Helena has cleared for Liver
| pool, loaded with 81 800 sacks of wheat The
cost OF sending California produce to Europe
| is about the same as sending it to New York
| The bark Commodore, for China carries over
| 1900 sacks of potatoes
The Douglas and Bell State Conventions
| meet at Sacrament TO to-day. Efforts making &
| for fusion ticket giving each party two cleo
| tors, after the plan of the fusion in New York.
The principal counties in the State have
nominated candidates for the legislature. All
| the Dou- las candidates are pledged TO oppose
| the re election of Senator Gwin. The BTeck-
| inridge candidates are uninstructed.
Proposals for building the foundation and
basement story of the State Capitol At S2cra-
mento have been opened. The b CHEST bid was
$3.50, 900, and the lowest SSG,UU0.
The daily overland matt between Sacra-
mento and Portland via Oregon, commences
on the 18th instant, thus inauguraing new
line of stages.
Overland immigrants continue to arrive in
| considerable numbers by various routes.
John a. Drisbelbis, the newly appointed
Indian Agent, has been engaged in stTeet
fight with 4. I. Sprague, of SHASTA, because
the latter accused the former of seeding
| from the Charleston Convention to earn the
office.
A rich quartz lead had been struck in Tuo-
| lumme county, and upwards of $4,000 pounds
| taken out in five days. The lead is two Inches
wide aud nearly all good.
Bids were opened to-day by the State Urea
surer for the redemption of 1850 worth OF
State bonds. The amount OF bonds onered
were Ssi, 1000. The lowest proposition was
4Hc., and the highest fraction over 99c. on
the dollar.
The Broderick will case was before the Pro-
| bate Court this afternoon. Martin Mcdonald,
| formerly deputy Sheriff OF New York, was
| sworn as a witness for the conte tants. He
mpeached the reputation, for truth aud We
racIty, OF A. A. Phillips, one of the attesting
witnesses. He swore that the reputation OF
Phillips was bad that he would not believe
him Oh OATH and that he (Phillips) was q no.
| torous Tombs lawyer.
NEWS FROM CHINA
| BY the bark Creole we have files OF Hong
Kong papers to July 2i.
| The allied eXped tion of England and France
| remained, according to the latest advIces, at
| Taien- wan. at the mouth Of the Peho. This
| is magnificent bay, about ten miles across,
aud fifteen miles from the entrance 10 the
| head. There were $50 sail of the allies, while
| all the troops were eucamped on the shore
| The natives were friendly The climate was
| healthy.
| Lord Elgin arrived at Taien- wan on the af
| ternoon of the 9th of July, and it was under
| stood that the troops would re-embark on the
| IOth aud proceed to the Taku forts, which
| were to be taken before the peace oVertures
| were made Lord Eigin was il constant COM
| municatIon with Baron Gross. the trtnch
| PIenIp0tentlary.
| A marine on board her Majesty's ship Ter
| rier, had shot the commander, Hudson IN ms
| cabin, aud afterwards telling he second mas
ter that the commander wan ted him. shot him
also from the skylight. The commander, II
was feared, was mortaIly wounded, but the
second mas ter was out Of danger.
Capt Gordon OF The Madras Engineers, hau
been drowned.
| Au address was presented or the ID July, by
the English merchants at Shanghae, 10 Lord
Elgin, ON the subject of the Tien-tsin treaty
and the present war, and urging the vigorous
prosec ton of the latter, until some salts fac
tory guarantee was given that trade and com
merce were TO be no longer lnterIered win oy
the Chinese
From Shanghae, there comes no intelligence
Of importance.
There was no further information in regard
70 the movements OF the rebels, though the
Chinese at Shanghae believed that Hong Chow
had either 1alleu, or was in great danger OF
falling.
| A party of five, consisting principally OF
English missionaries, according TO the Shang-
| nae heraid OF the 1th OF july, mad visited the
rebels and had been very c,.reiessiy received
| by them. Their fCyt-s ar" numerous. we'll
| armed, and well disciplined.
| The BRUSH consuls at Snanghae had issued
| a modification, warning Her MaJesty's sub
| leCts from interfering in any way with the pre-
| sent state OF affairs IN CHINA, by assisting
| either the government or any party III oppo-
| sitIou TO the government, by eniistIng or by
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| description, or by htIng out vessels, ur by
| knowingly doing any other act for either par
| ~ by which neutrality may be violated.
| French missionary, when returning from
| n distance in the country, was seized by some
| pirates, and sold TO the people of village
| CoubaZ He was held 10 ransom for $500,
| which was paid by his proseiytes. In the
| mean lime word was sent to Hong Kong, ac-
| companled by j request for gun boat, aud
| word was also sent 10 Annoy, when Her Ma
| jesty's steamer Acorn went down, accom- pa
aIeu by the Cockchaier. The gun-bOa pro-
| ceeded up to the village, with the boats OF the
| Acorn, and demanded The restitution OF the
| ransom money, the missionaries private pro-
perty and that the ringleaders should b9 CIV
en- up. These demands seem not to have been
complied with AS the latest intelligence states
that the boats had commenced firing shot and
shell on the 18th of July, at hali-past twelve
y. NJ.
Dates from Foo Chow are to the 10th July
There had been money panic among the ma
tive bankers, when tWenty-four shut their
shops but confidence was being again estab-
| liShed.
A body of 1900 troops had been levied to
proceed To Hong Chow against the rebels.