Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1861-09-20
Further California Nsu.-

Fohr kEARsxY, Sept 1.-THE San Francisco
paPers OF the 3lst ult say there now nine COM
Downey, two miles west of oakland, where COT
west 10 In command. The cavalry Companies
are az camp Leon. Another camp IL established
n ne san francisco, where volunteers under the
new can for 600 troops are held quartering
unui AFTER the election, when more volunteers
will leave the interior for San Francisco.
Two men residing three miles from Tehma
Were murdered on the night of the 18Th of August
by four Spaniards who, after robbIng the premisss
SET nre to the house. The victims were Mr. Hous-
Ton ana Alexandria Button. This caused great
n osnty against the Spanish population Of that
ifade In San Francisco continues healthy but
NOT active. Butter, lard and pork bring full
Pficss, with moderate transactions. Candies are
few sales have been made of crushed sugar at
Hxc' Pure spirits, whiskey and alchohoi are
Attachment sales have been commenced apainst
george L. Story, druggist, for about $50 600
Thomas Mcguire, theatrical manager has been
restrained from performing the play called "Col-
acen issswn," OF which Mr.. Wheateigh has the
Two thousand Eve hundred miners are reported
:. WORK In the Nez Perces mines In Oregon, be-
SIDES which there are some i've hundred idIers,
Inc Pan winter has been very severe In the
AMOR river country. Twelve cargoes arrived in
| at hand.
Itis announced that the government telegraph
|
OF Asia, will be commenced this season and
pushed forwald to completion early as possible,
unde, the suPerintendency Of Mt. RomenoH
1uoge Craoieoaugh, the Union democrat, 10
tory.
Some six hundred dollars have been SUBJ
scribed In San Francisco, to be sent to Parson
Brownlow, Of Knoxville, Tennessee
A fine crop Of Tobacco has been raised I'm Los
Angeles. II will he manufactured into cigars.
Lieut. ,. PARKS has been recently promoted
to captaincy In the Thirteenth Infantry
j. s. Harris and il. Majors, Of the United
states commission boundary, who have been re-
Gently engaged in running the boundary between
washington Territory and British Columbia,
have completed their work, arrived at San Fran
cisco on their way to Washington to report
The steamer Colonel Moody arrived at New
Westminster bringing most favorable accounts
rom Carrlbia county, in Victoria. There are
men there who have been only three or four month";
mining who have as much as $40. 600 in dust
Some claims have paid as high as from $500 to
S5O0 per day, and many that at present Weld from
Sooo 70 u 600 The news from the country is far
more exciting than any that has vet been received
mere, and new discoveries are being made here
every day.
The imports into vsncouver's Land, for the last
six months up to June 3oth, amounted to the value
The report Of the massacre by the Indians at
Goose Lake is confirmed by the arrival of one of
the party, he being the only survivor. He reports
that there were four families, numbering over
one hundred persons, In the train. and the whole
company, women, men and children, were inhu.
manly butchered
Among those who have lately taken this route,
Is the Kelsey family, by whom the auriferous
qualities Of American rivers In California were
hrst discovered. This family had much to suffer
during the trip. The Indians, associated with
number Of desperate whites, attacked them dur
Ing their transit and robbed them Of quantity of
provisions and number Of animals Far worse
than al, young girl Of thirteen years was sur
prised by Them made prisoner and was left for
dead on the road, with the loss Of her scalp
Strange to relate, she did not die, and the little
sufferer finally made out to regain the caravan
Accounts from Nevada Territory state that the
overland emigration is passing through on the
way to California at the rate Of fifty to seventy
wagons per day. The majority appear to come
from Missouri and many from Kentucky. They
report that thousands are behind them and men.
uon particularly one very large train, with the
best outfit that has left. This is called the
Bloomer train, and there are about forty ladies in
1t, all wearing Bloomer costumes and boots and
are armed with bowie knives and revolvers