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Volume 3 (1858-1859) (592 pages)
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Page: of 592
MONTHLY RECORD OF CURRENT EVENTS. 573
Registration Fund, $210 51; Estates of deceased persons, $8909; H. Smith, Jr., $3,119 29.
A fire occurred in Yreka on the Ist ult.
Loss, $6,000.
The John L. Stephens arrived on the Ist
ult., with nearly 2,000! passengers. The
agents acknowledge about 1,600,but this is
far below the actual number that came by
this steamer.
Dr. Cooper, Professor of Anatomy and
Surgery in the University of the Pacific,
gave the introductory lecture of the first
annual course, at the hall of the College,
on the 2d ult.
From estimates given by the Sacramento
Union, the current expenses of the State
of California for the last fiscal year amounted to $916,040 64, without including the
interest on the State Debt, of $273,000.
Mrs. Estelle McDonald, after two years
of retirement from public life, reappeared
at the Marysville Theater, on the 2d ult.
On the 5th ult., the Golden Gate sailed
for Panama, with 781 passengers, and $2,401,268 in treasure. On the same day, the
Orizaba carried away 778 passengers ; total, 1559.
The Uncle Sam arrived from Panama on
the 7th ult., with 891 passengers.
A man by the name of Williams, who
had been employed as head miner in Martin & Co.’s quartz claim, Mariposa, left on
the steamer of the 5th ult., with pickings
and stealings to the amount of $15,000.
A tournament of the Metropolitan Chess
Club has been carried on with great spirit
during the past month.
The Overland Mail via Los Angeles has
been exceedingly regular in its arrival and
departure for the month past, anticipating
in nearly every instance the news brought
by the steamers.
The ladies of Yreka collected $437 towards the Mount Vernon Fund.
The keel of a new steamboat was laid
at Steamboat Point, on the 7th ult., for the
California Steam Navigation Co. The following are the dimensions of the vessel :—
Length, 260 feet ; breadth, 40 feet; breadth
across guards, 64 feet; depth of hold, 10
feet; draught of water, 3 feet 8 inches,
light; tonnage, 930 tons;—the largest
steamboat ever built on this coast. She
is to be constructed altogether of California timber.
The new dollar, worth $1.04, was issued
at the San Francisco Branch Mint on the
6th ult.
A very young gentleman, in exceedingly
primitive costume, made his first appearance in a stage-coach, on the 7th ult.,
while some ladies (one of whom was a very
near relative,) were traveling from San
Antonio to San José.
Anew German paper, entitled the San
Francisco Journal, made its first appearance on the 10th ult.; Julius Korn, editor.
The new ditch at Columbia, Tuolumne
County, which is said to have originally
cost $1, 319,475, was sold at Sheriff’s sale
on the 9th ult., for $78,0001
Rich and extensive diggings were discovered at Brockliss’ Bridge, on the Johnson’s
Cut-off to Carson Valley.
The Overland Mail from San Francisco
via Los Angeles, on the 9th ult., took 1,627
through letters, and 123 way letters.
The residence of Col. Stevenson some
three miles from Red Bluffs was burned to
the ground on the night of the 11th, consuming his wife and three children; with
Mrs. Krouk and her two children. This is
supposed to have been the work of Indians.
The Golden Age arrived from Panama
on the 16th with 1,020 passengers.
Thirty-six Mexican exiles arrived in the
Santa Cruz, from Mazatlan on the 13th,
because of their fidelity to the Church party of Mexico.
Six men were murdered by Indians, on
the trail leading from Jacksonville to Klamatte Lake.
Two performing Elephants, named “ Victoria” and “ Albert,” arrived in the ship
Wanderer on the 17th, in 158 days from
New York. These are the first ever imported here, although many persons ( figuratively ) aver that they have often seen “The
Elephant” in California.
The total amount of goods exported from
San Francisco to Victoria, for the first
quarter of this year, was $503,933.
The Nevada Journal entered upon its 10th
volume, and the ninth year of its existence
on the 13th.
A Grand Floral Exhibition is announced
to take place at Oakland on the 14th inst.
The number of letters sent from San
Francisco by the Overland Mail, for the
month of April was 8,330.
A large Panorama entitled ‘‘The Tour of
Europe” has been successfully exhibited
in Vernon Hall, San Francisco, during the
month.
A new democratic newspaper, entitled
the “ Daily San Francisco News,” made its
first -appearance on the 17th ult.