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PRICE, 10 CENTS BACH.
. NEWS.
Tr mora” having arrived at thts
port not lese than three days behind
\herusual time, (caused by the New
. York steamer sailing one day later, by}
‘ head winds, and a heavy sea,) her de. parture was postponed until the Bnd
. lust. when she took away 2S) passen-.
\ gers, and $1,661,929,69 In treasure,
. The price of passage was,
¥. Second, €180; and Steerage $78.)
Tur Clipper Ship Daring, arrived)
here, from China, on the 17th Ins!
with the news of the capture of Ca
ton, by the Allies, The principal OMi. cere are prisoners on the Invix. CIM
. Wa. Carn, one of the expatrinted!
. by the Vigilance Committee, returned!
‘from the Sandwich Islands, In the)
. bark Yankee, on the 16th inst.
. OWING to the satisfactory manner In
which the affairs of Sather & Church,
Rankers, have progressed towards a
settlement, they are expected to renew
. their business in this elty.
. Tux Kansas Resolutions, in favor of
. the Lecompton Constitution passed the
) Senate on the 17th Inst., by « vote of
. 20 to 1,
. Sr. Parnick’s Day, 17th March, was
. celebrated with great eclat by the Irish
. throughout the State.
out In Tehuantepec.
Ancuy Lex, claimed as a slave by
. C. A. Stovall; given to bie master by
. the Supreme Court of Callforia; tak-;
. en before Judge Freelon, county Judge
. of Sau Francisco County, ona writ of
. Habeas Corpus, und xet free > was re. arrested under the Fugitive Slave Law
. of 1856 by the United States Marshal,
. on the 17th Inst. {
. C. A. Stovant took hia departure in
. the Sonora, leaving Arehy, In custody,
. behind,
Gov. Wein hus drawn up a set of
. regulations very beneficial In their ten-!
. deucles for the State Prison. {
. Tim Population of Oregon le now
. (over) estiuated at 89,000 and only
.
.
) Deyo 1557, 1,190 barrels, 550 casks,
. $0 tlerces, #5 caser, 116 kegs, and 11
laniscellaneonus packages of is
. were exported from Callfornia—prino AMustralia, ata very handsome profit.
10,000 Chinese ure said to be Inthe:
. City of San Francisca.
. The Brush Creck Quartz lead on
the Forest City road hasavernged 2100
. per ton for every ton yet crushed. .
. Seis have been commenced hy the
“ity of San Francisco against four of)
. the Wharf Companies for 36 370 due
. for taxes. .
A number of depreciated double-)
‘eagles are In circulation throughout}
the state. .
The principal places of Amusement)
. now open in San Francisco, are, Ma-)
gulre's Opera House, the Melodeon,.
“and the Lyeeuns On the 29th ult., Mr,
. and Mrs. John Wood returned to the
former, and Mr. and Mrs. Wallack
commenced an engagement In Sacra© otts, of Sacramento, has
decided that Telegraph Compantes are
not Hable .for damages arising from
Inessages not sent,
. By an experiment Jn quartz, on,
. Sherlock creek, recently, the AntsTnay
. wns superior to the Mill for savi gold,
nx the same kind of rock which paid
Lonly #20 per ton at the mill gave HO
. per ton in the arastra, This faet has
. been communicated to “us by several
. experienced quartz miners.
) Alarge Telescope has been erected
on Telearaplh Mil, San Francisco,
through which, the towns of Santa
Clara and Zan Jose, 50 miles distant,.
are distloctly visible. }
. The bill providing for the purchase
. of the present Capltol Building by the!
State, from the elty of Sacramento for,
$125,000 parsed to engrossment In the!
Renate, by a very decided vote on the
the *North Star,” at Towa Hill, .
the 4th of July Inet has averaged
with a falr prospect of coutinulng to
pay well for several years to come.
The Hazel Green Co., at the same
place, has been paying well for over
three years. In two weeks with the
labor of 7 men, they recently took out
$3,000. Many other clalins are wtill
paying well In this vicinity.
A Revonetios has recently broken —
1sth ult. lgard ult., 16 of the State prisoners at Stes In the
The celebrated hill claim known an San Quentin attempted to escape; but the night of the 10th ult.
since! were all retaken, ‘
1,200 ounces per month, or $21,120; Isa great xearclty of Clothing; three Sperm Oll, and 1,245,547 pounds of;
fourths of the
The Gralu Cropsand Grass in the .
Southern counties of this State, are
gallons of Lager Beer were
sold In one saloon in Sacramente city
during IN) hh #7000 was
recelved.
The wembers of the Senate have
passed a resolution to adjourn on the
12th of April next.
A Suspension Flume ix bein
structed near Murphy's Camp, Calaverna county, 800 feet in height, and
700 feet In length,
eepest shaft yet sunk for
ing purposes, in California, ia att Wea
ferville, Trinkty county, whieh ix 25
Tuk Sacramento Union, newspaper, “Giving out with a Vengeance.—
entered on its Sth year on the 19th The famous Cardioell quartz claim, 9th ult. some rowdles induced a drunult. cnear Cohunbla, ylelded on Friday Sth ken man to drink three bottles of whisTur South Fork Canal Co.,in El Dorfust., the handsome sum of 8%, ki He dled the next day,
do county, has reduced the price of Money has this year been paid out ‘COKDING to estimates published,
water from fifty to thirty cents per of the State Treasury, says the Sacrain various daily papers, the expense
Inch. mento Age, at the rate of 100,000 per of a family of four persons In San
< American cow, belonging to IH, month. Francisco ranges from 81200 to 83600,
Amyx, of Stockton, has produced, ft) A mitt has been Introduced into our but it isnot stated how mar lilies
Ix stated by the Republican, four fine, Assembly providing that all executions have to live upon less than half the
healthy calves within 13 months and 19) hereafter shall be conducted In private. lowest estlinate given. We suppose the
days. We hope it may become a law. latter clise belng considered “ the
Sweet Porators.—The report ofthe) Mr. Parker, member of the Assembly sinall fry," it {4 of no consequence how
Surveyor General shows that «weet from Calaveras, resigned his seat on they live.
potatoes planted fin this State have Monday last, having been displeased Tue barque “ Early Bird,” wade the
ylelded an average of 270 bushels per at the action of that body upon some passage from San Francisco to Mongacre. inatter pertaining to his constituency. kong in T4 days,
fi
THE OLD PIONEER AND MOUNTAINEER, IN HONOI OF WHOM “LASSE WUTTE,” asp “BIG
MEADOWS", WERE NAMED,—From a Photograph by R. 1. Vaxce.
Ice formed In several exposed local~ .
yielnity of Sacramento, on Oroville
etme
Anoct half past one o'clock, on the
During the year INT, 1,955,
173,045 gallons of a few miles from the
Roxvo has been effectually suppres
shipped from the ed in Sacramento,
Tunovauovrt the whole of Utah there lons of Whale Oil;
entire population are Whalebone were
Ar Todd's Valley on the night of the
Gas is about belng Jntroduced Into)
. AN extensive and yaluable vein o
740 gal-)Coal his recently been discovered but
San Joaquin river, 1
feet in depth ; nearly twice the depth
of HMaward £ Roblnsou's at Sutter
creck, reported to be the deepest,
but which Ix only some 320 feet fo
depth.
The Warden of the State Prixon has
Invited the clergyman of San Frau.
clsco to go over and preach to the
prisoners every Sunday,
The Amount of Cash in the State
Treasury, on the 20th ult., was &:Hs,HT ON.
asa than one-half of the newspaera published six months in MexAre tot now in existance, from the
sorship over them of the new Pres. .
ident. Freedom of the Press his virtually ceased In that Republic.
Mr. 8, R. Ween, the Reporter of the
San Francisco Timex, (formerly the
own Talk,) was suspended from his ;
« nthe Assembly C on the
Isth ult, for ¢! Assemblyman
Ormsby with receiving black mail from
the Auctioneers of San Francisco,
\ Jury ef 12, at Sonora, ina Potatoe sult Intely disagreed on the follow.
says the Herald,) Ist.
of hills of potatoes,
asto the number of potat
F tod,
now 100 Aristras employF [uarty, in El Dorado Co
. Miinw brick meeting house line just
theen completed at Drytown, Amador
(County.
oad wall steamer Traveler, T. St .
winder, while anchored at
hee Blut, Washington Terrlyy Wits sunk oon th foult. Five
. lives Jost. The Engineer, T. Warren,
hand two Indiv saved thelr lives hy
switnolng ashore, distant about four
‘hundred yards. 1
Kien Goll Mines are alleged to have
Deen distovered between Fort. Hope
wd Thompson's River, inthe Bri
ay from sz) to 80
So says the Ollie
plan Pioneer of the Grhult, '
TES Hives of Honey Bees have been
introduced tothe Mountain district, of
Mok. TIM, and are now niatking lone
ipidly from the Manes
W
Is fo be shortly closed.
A Passpscen just arrived onthe Sone .
Via hls pocket picked of 360 while
ing through the wharf gateway.
The stenmboat Peytona, ascended .
the San
tas fer us the mouth of the Merce
Hat for the low stage of water, she was +
hexpected to reach Tulare Slough,
. A mint Tuts patssed the Assembly for .
vetter observance of the Christian .
3 and in which Hquor is forbid .
seld in hotels, restaurants,
ui that day.
onng thieves were arrested together in San Fran
j2Ard ult. most of whose * all ran
hthuss “ DPigts Wool,” Limesey,"
evs? Legs,’ Trish Jiminy,”
* + Spanish,’ Do:
* Constable Hob,’
”
i
wiss Consul .
ve ran olf,
int. \
. prevailed on
y this const during the past fortnight, ts .
represented to have been more severe .
than any which has occurred in fifteen .
} 1. Rew
lat this port, is reported to
adefaulter to a lirge an
Tuk Norther which ha
eSHURGER, the
years, H
A Lese or Gorn. A gold spechnen .
s
sald to be dresded In poor and very Sandwich Tslands to the United States.
ragged attire. The Supreme Court hax recently
‘A newspaper Is about to be publish: decided, that the minerals in the mouned at San Bernardino, tains belong to the people who el
+ Ture Strawberrles are now upon the to dig for them, whosoever mily 0}
vines at the Warm Springs, near the the land on which they are found,
Mission of San Jose. . Young Green Peas are In market.
wht
lias been recently found at Reservolr
mC ATAL HM, which weighed nine pounds and
three ounces. .
FLT Published Seml-Montht by .
HUTCHINGS & ROSENFIELD,
The Ronora brought 37 bag:
matter to California, on the 19th ult,
land on the Y2nd carried away 121 bags
fof mall matter Including 40,971 Letters.
. MANY persons are quietly preparing
Hto leave California for the proposed
jnew Territory of Arizona. 146 Montgomery St, San Francisco,
CHARLES F, ROBBINS, Printer, cor. Clay and Battery sto,, San Francisco.