Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-09-04
LATEST NEWS BY TELEGRAPH.
LATER FROM CALIFORNIA.
ArrivnI Of the Pony Express.

ST. JOSEPH, No. September 3.-The Pony
Express with dates TO the 22d of August
arrived last evening on time.
The Pony Express which left st. JOSEPH
August Z, arrived at Carson Waller on the
20th, and at San Francisco on the 2lst
bringing delayed letters which left st
Joseph August 3. The detention was caused
by some Indians who created disturbance
at Dry Creek and other points on the Cali
fornia and Salt Lake route, surrounding two
stations and driving off part of the stock
from one. The trouble continued until
Lieutenant Weed arrived from Ruby Val.
ley with twenty-five soldiers on the 18th Of
August, when he attacked the Indians and
killed seventeen of them and wounded more
with loss of three men wounded on his
side.
1t is supposed the hostile Indians are now
driven from the express route, and the arriva
at Carson Valley to-day of another pony
with st. Louis dates to the 10th, confirms
the opinion that the route is protected and
interruptions ended.
Political meetings are held with remark.
able frequency in the interior towns.
Senator Latham addressed two thousand
people at Sacramento on Saturday, strongly
advocating Breckenridge This is the Sen.
ator's place of residence, where he is person
ally very popular. He was very coolly re.
ceived by the large audience, who voted
down the Breckenridge resolutions and
eheered Douglas, and the majority of the
meeting being manifestly Douglas sympa-
thizers, the demonstration has given the
Douglas party renewed courage. throughout
the State the political newspapers have
mostly taken sides, and stand twenty-four
for Douglas twenty-one for Breckenridge;
seven for Lincoln and three for Bell.
Oregon-The Secretary of the State of
Oregon has refused to issue the certificate of
election to Schiel, lately elected to Congress,
as successor of Stout, on account of the cleo
tion being premature and unauthorized by
law.
Rich gold mines have been discovered at
Walla Walla, and fourteen thousand dollars
worth of gold came down by the Pacific,
Considerable excitement prevails at Port
land, Oregon, on the subject, and a rush had
commenced toward the new diggings.
The farmers were cutting the best and
largest crop of wheat ever grown in the
State.
Douglas, Republican and Breckenridge
Clubs were organizing in all the principal
towns, and each party claimed to be the
strongest, without any data to form plausi-
bic estimate upon. ..
An Express had arrived at Portland from
the Dalles, bringing an account that Major
STEMS command had skirmished with the
Indians, killing five of them.
The Legislature of Washington Territory
stands, politically: Council s Democrats, /
Republican; Assembly; 20 Democrats,
Republicans.
Considerable excitement prevailed around
Pugets Sound on account of favorable gold
mining reports from Rock Creek, near the
head waters of the Similkameen. This dis
trict lies southeast of Fort Hope, and is
mostly north of the British line. 1t was the
opinion of many old miners that the main
diggings of British Columbia and Washing
ton Territory would be found in this region.