ARMS TAKEN IN CHARGE BY THE AUTHORITIES. -- In view of the attempts that have heretofore been made by parties to export munitions of war to foreign countries, in violation of the law of Congress on that subject, and also as a measure of security against any sudden surprise or outbreak by persons inimical to the present administration of the United States Government, who might attempt to make a forcible resistance to its measures, a large quantity -- some twenty thousand stand -- of arms, were, by order of General McDowell, taken into custody by the Provost Marshal on Friday, and conveyed to Benicia. These arms were not in possession of persons of disputed loyalty, nor are they seized under any suspicion of treasonable or unlawful purposes; neither are they to be placed entirely beyond the control, for proper disposal, of their owners, but as it is a difficult matter for Government just at this time to tell who are friends and who are not, it is deemed safest to have all dangerous weapons under a surveillance that will at least enable the authorities to keep apprised of how arms are being distributed. Of those taken in charge by the Provost Marshal, yesterday, two hundred and sixty cases were stored in the warehouse of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company; one hundred and sixty three cases at No. 411 Sansome street; and one hundred and sixty cases at No. 407 Battery street. The Provost Marshal will continue to collect arms wherever they may be thus found in large quantities in private possession, and the owners -- in cases where not taken in possession if improper persons -- will be at liberty to dispose of them, in proper channels, under the watchful eye of the agents of the Government.
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FALSE RUMOR. -- There was a report all over town yesterday, that young Meyer had returned to consciousness and had accused his father of being the man who had attempted to assassinate him in the pawnbroker's shop in Commercial street, and that the old man had been arrested in consequence. There was no foundations for such a rumor. The boy has frequent gleams of half-consciousness, but the state of his memory is such that he recollects nothings of the occurrences of Wednesday.
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STILL IMPROVING. -- Young Meyer is better and worse by turns, but the general tendency of his condition is to grow steadily better. It is said that if he remains as well as he is now until the ninth day crisis shall have passed, everything will be in his favor. Dr. Murphy has considerable confidence in his ultimate recovery. He had a case very like this a few weeks ago -- Mr. Dixon -- who remained insensible for three or four days, and apparently in almost a dying condition, but is now well and about the streets again. The boy is at his father's residence now, on Minna street, and to our unprofessional eyes, he seems to be doing very well, considering the nature of his wound. The place is quiet, and his mother is there to watch over and care for him. As things look now, there is a possibility that the public's curiosity to hear his story of the assault made upon him may yet be gratified. The old gentleman, his father, has arrived at the conclusion, at last, that he has been robbed of eighteen fine gold watches, anyhow, and is investigating his books to discover if he has lost anything else.
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