Show NOTED confederate DEAD stockton cal jan 3 peter S wilkes an attorney once a member of ae confederate congress is dead at his home here aged 74 years he was born in tennessee and removed to missouri where he graduated from a university in 1832 A week afterward he was elected to the state legislature during the last year of the war mr walkes was elected to the confederate congress at tha close of hostilities he fled to Maz atlan mexico where he remained until a bout 25 years ago when he came to this city san francisco jan 3 advises advices from honolulu of date state the steamer alagoa algoa ran on a reef while entering that harbor on december 23 and narrowly escaped destruction she was pulled off by tugs after four hours work and it was found that no serious damage had been done the al goa is the largest vessel eliat ever visited honolulu had on board tona of freight |