The New York Herald Newspaper, May 30, 1849, Page 1

THE NEW YORK H & Highly Important from California. SIXTREN DAYS LATER FROM SAN FRANCISCO. Arrival of the California and Oregon at Panama. enn Opening of Regular Communication with the Gold Region. Special Despatches for Government. ABUNDANCE OF GOLD IN CALIFORNIA, Immense Lumps of the Precious Metal. ww ‘The Excitement in Wall street, dic, de. de. The steamship Southerner, Capt. Berry, arrived yesterday morning from Charleston, whence she sailed on Saturday last. Among her passengers is Lieut. Edw. F. Beale, ef the United States Navy. He left San Francisco en the 14th April, in the steamer Oregon, and ar Tived at San Blas on the 22d, where he remained five days, coaling. He left San Blas on the 27th, and arrived at Panama on the 6th May, at9 P.M., after touching at Acapulco for water. On the 7th, he arrived at and left Chagres in the bark Florida, and arrived at New Orleans on the lst. Thence he took the mail route to Charleston, and thence came to this city in the Southerner, thus Performing the passage from San Francisco to New York im forty-four days, the quickest trip on re- cord. He crossed the Isthmus in seventeen hours. This passage of Lieut. Beale is extraordinary in another view. It will be recollected that he was the bearer of despatches to the Pacific squadron, and went overland, leaving Washington city last fall, and going by the way of Independence, Mo., and Sante Fe. He preceded Col. Fremont a few weeks, and both himself and party suffered con- siderably by the severity of the winter in the moun- tains. If we are not mistaken, he reached Cali- fornia ahead of every one, delivered his despatches, ‘was entrusted with fresh ones for the government in Washington, started for the United States, and will be in the White House to-night, thus bringing the answer to the despatches he carried out, and announcing his own movements from the beginning to the end of his trip. The arrival of Lieut. Beale, in the Southerner, with this late news from California, with a lump of gold weighing eight pownds, threw Wall street into a state of the greatest excitement and delight - Mr. Aspinwall, of the house of Howland & Aspin- wall, was surrounded with crowds of eager brokers and merchants, all curious to eatch a glimpse of the eight pound lump. There was no mistake about it. There was the pure gold fresh from El Dorado. No gold ever attracted more attention, or was more coveted, than that lump. We shall see what effect it will have on stocks. On the 6th of May, the steamship California ar- rived at Panama from San Francisco. When Lieut. B. left San Francisco, she was te sail in two or three days; she therefore brings two or three days later intelligence, which will reach us by the next arrival, with the Oregon’s mails. The mails brought by the Oregon and California were at the Isthmus, waiting the arrival of a steamer at Chagres. The Oregon was to leave Panama about the 16th of May, on her return to San Francisco, and the California on the 26th, for the same destination. There were several sailing vessels also there, fit- ting up for passengers, We learn that Lieut. Beale has in his possession a watch, encased in a big lump of pure California gold, 23j carats fine, with a brass cable chain, with large lumps of gold attached to every other link» hammered in in the roughest and richest profusion. Big lumps of gold were hammered together around the watch, till the whole, excepting the face, was encased in the precious metal. The key wasa “chunk” of gold, with the pipe inserted init for use. Altogether, it was one of the ugliest looking, and richest, and most valuable watches in existence. The Oregon, it will be remembered, left Pana- ma on the 14th of March; she reached S@n Fran- cisco on the Ist of April. We learn that labor was very high at San Fran- cisco, and the quantity of shipping there very large. Many vessels were laid up. The price of goods had declined considerably, in consequence of the stocks on hand, and still larger ones eapected ; the fall had been very material. There was no end to the gold. Its richness and abundance more than confirmed all previous ac- counts. Although he himself brought a piece weighing eight pounds, Lieut. Beale assures us that, he has seen a lump actually weighing 25 pounds. He says that everybody is getting rich in California—that common laborers can almost make a fortune. , Lieut. Beale speaks in very high terms of the steamers California and Oregon. Among the crowd of emigrants pouring into Calitornia, was Col. Fremont. ‘We regret that Lieut. B. is not acquainted with the quantity of gold dust shipped in the Oregon Most of the article in the market is probably on board the California. Poor Beale was pestered to death, with the crowds anxious te hear from California, and to see his lump of gold, &c., &c, He was glad to get out of the city, and leftin the train at half-past four o’clock, yesterday afternoon, for Washington. ADDITIONAL ACCOUNTS. . The steamship Severn arrived at Mobile, on the gist, from Vera Cruz, and by her we received the following letter from our special correspondent :— Mexico, May 12, 1849. Interesting Caltfornia Accounts, from our Special Messenger, en route to the Scene of Operation, Since the eo styled California fever commenced, 1 have resided in different parts of the United States; and notwithstanding my most anxious en- deavors, I found it impossible to gather any authentic necount of this modern El Dorado. Advanced till within daily communication with the Pacific ports, the accounts continue s vague and contradictory that it is almost impos sible to form any decided opinion. I have con- versed with persons returned from San Francisco, with our Consul at Mazatlan, who is at present in this city, and who has advices to the 9 of April; 1 have perused the San Francisco papers up to the 4th of April, those of Tepec to the 6th inst., and as some of the conclusions I derived might be of interest to your friends, I take the liberty to communicate them to you. Those persons who returned to Mexico from San Francisco, undoubtedly brought large sums wf gold ; but, at the best, their character is 80 doubéful that common rumor here says, this gold wos the produce of gambling speculations ; but atill thoee very persons are buying largely here the mantfactures of the State of Guadaloupe, Guan- axato, &c., and return immediately to California. The Malek Adel, and other vessels, have carried large amounts of gold to Mazatlan for coinage, on which the collector of said port levied an import duty. Some days since, the Secretary of the Treasury here published a decree, ordering the return of the duties levied, stating that he was not aware of any law authorising the levying of umport duties cn precious metals, but directed the collectors to enforce the payment of export duties. According to all accounts, an immense immigra- tion has already arrived in California, principally from South America, the western States of the republic, the Australian archipilego, and Chil, so that at present the number of foreigners to Ameri- cans is as one to seven—that 1s, seven foreigners to one American. The newspapers of San Francisco make very lit- tle or no mention of gold; still, their advertising co- lumns prove a prosperous trade. The newspapers of the Mexican Pacific ports, on the contrary, have the most glowing descriptions of the immense quan- tity of gold in the whole entire ot the placers. Ihave before me Le Avocad de Tepre of the bth inst., stating that in the immense extent of the placers there was probably not a foot of ground of which a shovel full of soil did not contain at least one pound of. gold, Some of the Mexican papers speak in rather ex- cited terms about the intention of our government to prohibit foreigners from the exploration of the placers. The mail for the packet of the 18th isat the point of closing. I depart to-morrow for Acapulco, and expect to arrive at San Francisco in the beginmng of next month, and I ghall keep you, by every means, advised of all that may be of interest to your readers. Estaverre. IMPORTANT CIRCULAR. By these arrivals also were received the follow- ing important documeni Heap Quantens, Pactrie Division, San Francisco, Upper California, } ‘April 1st, 1849. The treaty concluded with Mexico, on the 30th of May last, brought Upper California within the United States, and, of course, within the operation of all its laws; but the means’ of enforcing some of these laws have not been provided by Congress. Thus, as the Secretary of the Treasury, in his circular of the 30th of October observes, ‘Although Congress have re- cognised California as pen of the Union, and le- pilintea for it as such; yet it is not brought y law within the limits of any collection dis- trict, nor has Congress authorized the sppoiatment of any officers to colleet the revenue.’? The laws of the United States are in force here, and consequently the revenue and aye Aen lawe are; though at this mo- ment some part of the machinery necessary to their complete action, is wanting. Now, the law declares that certain goods shall only enter upon having Pe the duties prescribed by the tariff; and when the Secretary says that the department is unable to collect duties on such, the proper inference is not. as many seem to think, that the goods can enter without paying duties; but that, being unable to pay the duties here, as required by law, they cannot be ad- mitted at all. As many cargoes have been shipped under the wrong impression, that they could enter, and there was no American port of entry in the Pacific to which they could resort, to comply with the law, a case of extreme hardship was presented, which appeared to authorise such a modification as would allow the cargoes to be entered, on depositing the duties to await the action of Congress upon the subject; and so far from the want of American vessels on the coast, and from the unwillingness of the few in this ocean tofrequent these | Sie where the men desert to the gold mines, an abso- jute necessity of seme means of transportation existed which could only be supplied by using foreign vessels that came from the neighboring coasts. But both of these modifications of the law can be but temporary. There can be no hardship in enforeing the Jaw on those who are fully aware of all ites provisions their effect; and time will doubtless do away with the scarcity of American vessels of small c! here. There will then be no reason for indulgence, and the suspension of the strict enforcement of the law will cease. Even before that time, the government at Washington, thinking itself not empowered to allow of any such suspension, may revoke the indulgence granted, and require a strict adherence to the law, whatever may be the inconvenience to individuals, { think 1t would be proper, then, to notify all persons designing to come here from your port, or its neighbor- hood, that they ean have no right to count pon any e law, other than the strictest construction of as in all other ports of the United States, both as-re- nee eargoes and vessels, and particularly that dutis- le es cannot be entered here at all, unless Congress ue have made provision for appointing the necessary Officers. It would be well, also, to inform all adventurers com- Elan seareh for fold, that trespassing upon the public lands {8 punishable by fine and imprisonment; that although the position of affairs here, incident to the change of government, has hitherto prevented ac- tion under these laws, yet they will be enforced as soon as the means arc organized. I should like to be informed of the daté of your re- ceipt of this communication, to be enabled to judge of the degree of indulgence proper to award to those claiming it. [Sigued] PERSIFER F. SMITH, Brevyet Major General Commanding Division. ADVICES BY THE STEAMER AT MOBILE. The royal mail steamer Severn, Capt. Vincent, arrived in the bay yesterday morning, after a four days’ passage from Vera Cruz, She brought over thirty-seven passengers, and $147,000 in specie. * She left at Vera Cruz the U. S. ship Saratoga, to eail for Pensacola in a few days. Also, the brig Neiceford, for New York, to sail on, the 18th.— These were the ea American vessels in port when the Severn left on the morning of the 17th. PASSENGERS BY THE SEVERN. Messrs. Kokernot, Van Ostern, Wilsman and lady, Howe, Ledward, Claude, Echevoin, Musson, JeHarche | Tinnemen, MeCorry, si Parrat and two ladies, | Cancina, Charles, Casbelléda, Mrs. Sarrobert and two children, Messrs. Hang, Hall, Strybos and two children, Jobson, Ponvaclat, Purgos, Alexandre, Forster, Noring, Herschfield Mylcher, Garcia, Foncina and child, We are indebted to Mr. Downer, the pilot of the steamer, for Vera Cruz papers to the 16th instant. We have also papers from the city of Mexico to the 14th inst. We find in them news from San Francisco as late as the 9th of Apri. li confirms the previous accounts of the abundance of the pre- cious metals. The consequence was general gam- bling; and, notwithstanding the scarcity of intox: cating liquors, general inebriety. Provisions at the placers were still exorbitantly tet ote In some parts of Mexico whole towns were de- serted by the men, who are rushing to California. Their wives and children were left to the tender mercies of the Indians. From Valparaiso and the adjacent parts there was the same onward rush to the golden land. Nearly all the merchants were | preparing to emigrate. ibaa ‘ According to the Alta California, the magis- trates of the principal towns are about to present to Governor Smith and Commodore Jones a memo- | rial of the state of uffairs of the provisional govern- ment, Degg. their assistance to carry out the plans which they have adopted to Erseeare good order, politicial and commercial. Also the legisla- tive assembly of the district of San Francisco has prepared to lay before the Governor and Commo- | dore a statement of the means adopted foi che pro- | tection of the lite, liberty and property of indivi- | duals. . It is also desired that on the first of Au- | gust, a deputation should meet at beechdad f to form a constitution for California, supposing that Con- | gress of the Union will immediately erect the pro- vince into 2 sovereignty of the contederation. Commodore Jones has offered a pardon to all vhs deserted mariners who shall surrender them- selves. A weekly paper, called the Placer Times, is soon to be published at Sacramento. It is to give accu- yate information in relation to the mines, Sacra- mento has grown very rapidly, and contains many handsome houses. = Plans were on foot to establish a regular line of mails through California. } In the port of San Francisco there were eighty vessels, which number was daily augmenting by new arrivals. i ‘The town of San Francisco was under great ex- citement, which arose from rumors that were afloat that the mulitary were preparing to attack it, and that Smith had abolished all measures of tofety taken by the legislature. The alealde and all the council of the town were disj d ustices of peace and police officers. Th which seigns in all branches of the adm fs attributed to the conduct of the late governor, Cel. Magen. ‘The seporter of the Alta California, soys he has seen a piece of gold, found in the river Stanislaus, ly omen of the ne of Weber, weighing 73 cunces, and valued at $1,24 ALTUVAL OF ‘TUE ERITISH STEAMER SEV [From the Mobile Register, May 22] ‘The Royal Mail Steamer Severn, Capt. Vineent, ar- rived at the anchorage in the Lower Bay, yesterday morning, in four daye from Vera Cruz, whenes she sailed on the morning of the 17th. She brought 37 pas- senpers and $147,000 in speeie ‘Lo Capt. T. P. Downer, ome of the intelligent and polite officers of the Severn, we are indebted tor files of aN. El treo El Monitor Republicone, and other Meziean pay ; but we do not find in them any news of spe- cial interest. Among the gers by the Severn, is Mr. Par- rott, the A: Consul et Masatlan. He is on his way to Was! ‘We have had some conversa- tion with him, and are indebted to him for some in- teresting information. He found the road from Vera Crus to Mazatlan lined with travellers to California. A perpetual stream of emi, its and adventurers, travelling by conceivable mode of converanct; in wagons, carts, ke., on horses, mules, and a some without hats or shoes—is pouring across the country, intent on reaching the gold regions of the 5 opportunities of conveyance in vessels from Masatlan to San Francisco are abundant. Mr. Parrott has recently been to the latter place, and is of opinion that unless some active measures aro adopted by our government, the inhabitants will ise & govern- ment for themsely. They complain greatly of the neglect of Congress at the last session to give them a territorial government. A rumor reached Mr. Parrott, before leaving Mi satlan, that a mutiny had occurred on the Uni States ship the Ohio, in consequence of the recapture and attempted punishment of a number of deserters, who had attempted to go to the gold region. Commo- dore Jones had tueceeded in quelling the mutineers and putting them in irons, It was believed that some of them would be capitally executed, ‘Another rumor of a revolt in the Second regiment, in California, had reached Mazatian, though the infor- mation was not definite nor certainly reliable. [From the Savannah Republican.) Mr. Parrott, on his way frova California, March 20, overland with derpatehes, had quantity of gold with him, ene lumpof which weighed twenty-two ounces, and feyeral other lumps of less weight, (From a Havana paper, May 22.) Mr, Choviteau, at the prosent tiie at Havana, a about to start from Vera Crnz by the next steamer, on his way to San Francisco, California, where he will establish @ general agency for Messrs. Rothschild, of London and of Paris. for Messrs. Harmony & Co,, of New York. and for some other houses of high standing in the United States and Europe. THE DETAILS OF THE PREVIOUS NEWS. {Correspondence of the A}bany Atlas.} San Francisco, March 4, 1849, You will doubtless rejoice to seo me date from Call- fornia, 1 bave arrived safely, blessed all the way with excellent health, and am, preparing to rush into the “gold diggins,’? wt et armis. . * - Fnipay, Feb. 23.—We arrived at Monterey this morn- ing, about 11 o’clock—every part of the uessel from which a view could be obtained was occupied. The forecastle deck was densely crowded with passengers, all anxious to catch a glance at one of the homes of the “gold diggers.” The bay opens towards the west and north, and is quite large and much exposed—not a safe anchorage for vessels. As we sailed up the bay, and appreached the shore, “through the mist dimly seen” waved the Star Spangled banner, and, at the first sight, a spontaneous, enthusiastic cheer burst from the lips of one and ell. Soon a flash was seen—a small cloud of emoke arose—and the roar of cannoi across the waters, Anoth followed, until eighteen guns had been fired, as # salute to our vessel. We neared the shore almost in silence, and waiting until the anchor had ceased falling, ali with one accord hailed their country with nine deafen- ing cheers. They were returned from the crowds on shore, and from a small Peruvian brig which lies in the bey, intending to proceed to San Francisco ina few days. no Monday, a little more coal was discovered on board, and the wood cut, amounting to some 25 or 30 corde, was immediately brought on board, and on Tues- day night, at 7 o'clock, we started for this place, and at 10 o'clock on Wednesday morning, we hove in sight of the entrance to the bay. ‘The approach to itis very grand indeed. The landmarks are most perfect. Some distance out at sea arises @ conical rock, pointing out, hig unmistakeable precision, the entrance to the har- jor, ‘The Bay of San Francisco is ve: bed and very beau- tiful. Some 30 vessels are now lying here, most’ of the crews having deserted. ieee ships of war — the Ohio, the Dale, and the Warren. I am much disappointed in the situation of San Francisco. The land about it consists of sand hills, very rough and ir- regular, and covered with a little thick serubby brush. It will require a vast deal of digging and levelling before any kind ofa city can be madeof it. From conversing with the engineer who came out with us, and judging from the many other situations which present them- selves, 1 think this will not be the site of the publio buildings. Satuxpay, Febru and picturesque situation. It contains about 100 houses, built along the shore, extending back a short distance, and forming streets of rather doubtful regularity. A few of the houces are of genuine Yankee construction, and put me in mind of some little villages at home.— Back of the town rise large hills, some covered with a sert of knotty pine or cedar, while others are clothed with greem verdure, rerembling our wheat fields in the spring. It is said thoso hills are covered with wild oats in the summer, A fort stands upon the hill, command. ing all approaches to the town, either by land or water. A)l the soldiers have deserted and gone to the mines, with the exception of 10 or15. Gen. Castro,a Mexican General ef some celebrity, is residing here, and is as stiff a Yankee as you couldi: ‘ine. Jim Beckwith al- 80, the celebrated or notorious hunter, mail carrier, In- dian killer, &c., is here. Col. Mason is still here. The reports we have heard at home are but shadows of those we hear here. Every person has plenty of meney, and they speak of gold as being as plenty almost as the sand under their feet. Every ragged fellow you come across has his pockets full of it, and is as independent as you please. I have seen and handled great quanti- ties of gold—some in large, some small pieces. J was told by several persons in Monterey a piece was taken outof the Staniclaus mines weighing 7 pounds and & half. It was bought in by the firm of Murphy's & Co., from the Indian who obtained it, for 6 Mackinaw blank- ote, pi of neveral pounds was purchased by the same firm for its weight in raisins. Meals cost $1, and everything else in proportion. Our coal having become exhausted, we were obliged to le at Monterey to obtain wood. The men on shore wouldn’t cut wood or do anything else. One wouldn't go across the street for you for less than $1. The Captain therefore employed some of the passengers to cut the wood at $5 per cord. Monpay Moanino.—This place contains some 200 houses, many of them unfinished, and o very few of them quite respectable buildings. There are also about one hundred tents, and about the place here, there are now probably three or four thousand people. Some have remained in the mines all winter, and many are going out continually. A new hotel, known as Parker's Hotel, kept by R. A. Parker, formerly of Boston, front- ing the plaza or public square, is the finest building in town. The City Hotel is an old building, which has been mueh enlarged in the rear by adding on a great number of rooms above and below. The rooms, like most of the new houses in town, are not plastered in- side, and the wind whistles through, seeming only to gather wrath from the slight opposition. The price of carrying passengers from the ship to the shore, a short distance, was at first $2 for each passenger, and finally $1. Shortly after! arrived on shore, | met Samuel Haight, of Rochester, who came out with Stevenson’s regiment. He lsa brother of Mrs. W., of Penn Yan, and J was well acquainted with him. He occupies a room in the City Hotel. together with @ young man by the name of Wadsworth, who came with him from New York, and Judge Pratt, & young man who studied law with Mr. S—s, in Albany, and who has lately bee been appointed judge for Oregon, whither he wiil afew days, Mr. H. very kindly offered mea lodging place in his little room, and urged me to accept it. You may be assured that I did so with gladness, as a sleeping pluce for any consideration, is the hardest thing to be obtained in town, J am now very snugly ensconced in his room, with a mattress under me, wud four or five blankets over me, but which hardly suffice to keep mo warm. The cold here here is very exceasive, The oldest in- that they have never known a winter habitents re like it. We have had considerable rain since we havo been here, and probably will have more. Day before yestekday it rained and snowed, and the next morning the hills all around the place were covered with snow, aright which the residents here have never before wit- nessed, except upon the distantjmountains. | eat now came booming nd another, and another Pp 0 in | with Mr. T, and Bis party, who have a room and who cook for thems I sm partially connected with them, but shall not temain with them. Some of them are profesered gamblers, who live by gambling, ond | wish no fellowship with them. Apropes to gambling: It is about the only business done here. The hotels are filled with gambling tables of every description, and hundreds of dollars are being won and lost con- tinuaily. The prices of everything are most enormous, Board is from $12 to $21 a week; potatoes are 1s. a pound; pistols rll from $60 to $150; wood is $10 for @ small load; spades are worth $8; picks, smallones, $5; horses, $800 and $400; saddies from $25 to $60; boots from $16 to 25; shoes from $8 to. $12; knives $5 and $6 apiece; pantaloons $16 to $20, and coats in proportion; flaunel shirts $8 and $10; blankets from $20 to $25, $30, $50, $75 and $100; some $160 and $200; liquor is from $5 to $5 a quart; it retails at 25 cents a glass; segurs 4.9, and 6 cents a piece; houses rent from $100 to $10,000 a yt ar; lumber is worth $400 thousand fect, and cannot be purehared ot that, Carpenters are paid $10 and $12 a duy, and can scarcely be hired at that, Clerks paid from $1,200 to $2,000 a year Men in custom-house are paid $100 a month, and hard to do obtained. was struck perfeetly dumb by meeting Jemes Winne, from Albany, whom I had uo idea was here, He was looking for ave, in hopes I had letters for him. I regret extremely I did not bring levters for iwany perrons here, as well as letters of iutrodaction, Thad not a single letter of introduction, while, you know. I might bave had any number, They would have done me much good, and I regret | have them not. Winne has been to the mines all summer, and he saya he has been doing very well, He bas now # place in the custom-house at $100 a month, tlefintends return- ing to the mines in three or four weeks, The roads end the mines themaelves are raid to be in # horrible condition, and the majority here will not start under three or tour weeks, ‘The ebarge fr washing clothes $0 adezep, One little girl bere, of 16 years of age, has wer hed ever $1,500 worth this seasou. Every one has efgold i bavereen any quantity ot it. Mesers, « & Norton, who keep an exchange ofice, and who Jurchare cold, rhowed me two pieces yoaterday, one weighing 18 and the other 2 ihe largest was sia, pure gold cimen. They ind A great quantity more, in lamps of various sizes, tram a draehm to 2 and 3 ounces, Tho who have returned frem_ the mines here, do nithing but wander about, or gamble. They will not werk atall * * * * | ean obtain mudiately that, will inure me $1,200 a ye locking about for something better, Law bi 24:—Monterey has a beautifut 4 ‘When we arrived in the harbor we were saluted with eannon byall the ships of war, and by eheer after cheer from many versels,and from the crowded shore. I have ten thousand other things to tell you, but no pms to tell it. * * * * Attended church yesterday. comfortable— both as chureh The is very and sehool-house. Delegates meet at Puebla to-day, to form some plan of provisional government. 1f my health and life are spared, I shall bring home 8 few thourands, if not more. [From the Philadelphia Bulletin.] Ban Francisco pr Ants aeons i iden March 4, 1 Here I am in the golden country, and really a country it is; for 1 never, in my ite, sawas ‘ach gold as baveseenin the five days since my arrival. At Valparaiso we were attacked so strongly with the gold fever, that we lefti n a mass; that is, about 1,200 of the best and most active young men ot Chill, native and foreign, lett the country and are now all here. A pro- portionate number from eash other port has arrived, and about 25,000 over land. I would like, it I had time, to give you some of the forty thousand accounts of persons who have been t» the mines. The poorest manin this place can show from $500 to $1.500 in gold dust, that he has gathered by his own hand ina month or so. Some have found in three months time, as much as $15,000 to $20,000; but they have been fortunate, No one, with the least labor, finds less than $16 to $20 per day; and by persevering and the least good luck, one may find from $50 to $100, This istruth. I could tell you of the names of persoas innumerable, who, eight months ago, were not worth $100, who are now worth $100,000. ome by good speculation, have amassed from one to two millions in that space of time. There are not many of the latter, but there're some instances, Property has risen to an immense profit, Land- holders tix months ago sold lots at $60, whieh the owners now refuse to sell at $5000, Some cargoes have arrived which cost $30,000 to $50.000 and sold for $200,000. Goods have been sold at 800 to 1,000 per cent advance. For instance, | sold my cloak, which cost two years ago $38, for eleven doubloons of 16 dollars cach—176 dollars Blankets which cost 3 dollars here sold for 18 dollars, Boots 50 dollarsa pair; pants that cost 12 dellars for 30 to 40 dollars. Brandy 15 @ilars por bottle. Money has been made to an immense amount by purchasing at the mines, Gold dust at $3 to $8 the the ounee, which sells here at $15 to $16. The conse- quence is, that every body goes to the mince—carried away by the excitement. For the sake of my health I shall remain here, where I can do sufficiently well, for t. nt in a private house gets from $100 to $160 per th, and they are very independent at that. You go into hotel and ask for a breakfust; if the cook is gone (for he only stays one hour at each meal time) you get a slice of cold meat, bread, probably no coffee or tea, certainly no milk—and you pay $1; aleo $1 60 for a dinner of rice soup, a piece of very poor roast beef and potatoes—all these eaten off a table of bare boards, Bottled ale is $2, brandy $3, wine $5 tolerably good; segars (very poor) three for 25 cents, Loaves of bread, worth at home 6 cents, sell here for 25 cents. A house which cost $70 in Valparaiso, ready to put up, sold here for $2.300. 1am sleeping in a garret, two ina bed, and consider myself quite lucky, as people are living in all kinds of thinge—tents, empty hogeheads, &c. {From the Salem Register, May 28.] San Fuancisco, March 6, 1949. * * s © © All you can possibly have heard ise bagatelle to the reality! Any report, | had almost said, is hardly possible to exaggerate. ‘Che tributaries of the Sacramento, particularly the American fork, the Feather river. the Mukelemner, and Stanial south as the San Joaquin and its tributaries, gold diggings or washings—embracing. as far as is ox- prea an area of from five to six hundred miles in length, and two hundred in breadth. | have no it gone to the washings, but intend to do so in the course of this month—the weather this scason having boen uncommonly severe, as well as protracted. Still, hun- dreds are going and returning, and all bring the best kind of confirmation of the reality of the gold riches— 1. e. full bags, filled with the precious dust. Every one who goes up, comes back with a little competency. Some will of course complain, as everything is compa- rative, and an average of $8. day is considered bad luck. Many get from $50 to $200 daily, Since I have been here, I have seen immense quantities. Tho gold, however, is the least part of the affair; the country is immensely rich in silver and quicksilver mines, and its capabilities for agriculture magnificent In the inte- rior it is very mild, and the soil is exceedingly rich and roductive. It abounds with deer, clk, anteiopes, wild orses, geese, canvass back ducks, and, in fact, gaine of all descriptions. But what I wish particularly to call your attention to, fe the great field for speculation. Furniture is a ood article. as you may judge from the fact that lam- er is only wroth $600 a thousand, and carpenters earn from $15 to $30 a day. A pine table is worth from $12 to $20. This will be the case for a long time to come. Probably the gold is inexhaustible; at all events, it cannot give out in a hundred years; and while this state of things exists, labor will be very dear. A com- mon servant earns $40 to $1008 month. Nosalary, hardly any profession, pays 80 wellas dizging, except it may bo trading atthe mines. Seamen run away, and are hard to get at $75 per month. Freights on the Sacramento, &e. are enormous—from $9 to $15 the owt. Barges, running between this port and dif- ferent points, vary fam $1.000 to $1,200 net pro- fits, pantie. Of eatables and drinkables, too much cannot be brought. Frame houses are an excellent article for speculatien Thousands upon thousands to occupy them are arriving, and will arrive, Provisions of all kinds are enormously dear, and houses will be in demawi for years.for the reasons | have given about labor —not for San Francisco alone, (for I do not think this will be the spot—Beneficio is considered the place.) but for different places on the coast and bay. Of provisions, 1 would particularly recommend hams, cheese, pickled mackerel, halibuts’ fine, salt codfish, (it sells enor- mourly.) and preserved meats of all kinds. Salt pork is selling now for $60 a barrel, 1 do not think you can fgil in making, on there articles, 100 per cent’ within bounds. People here are making 300 to 600 per cent on Valparaico prices. Champagne here flows like water, to the tune of $4 per bottle. I forgot to say that dried and preseryod fruits of all kinds will always commang an immense price, from the fact that none are raised, and they are much esteemed for the miners. Walnuts a dollar a pound, here in the town—at the mines $3, Figs are a splendid article, if they could be got here in good order. (From the Nantucket Inquirer.) San Francisco, March 6, 1849. Here I am in California, where gold is so plenty that the veriest loafers go about with pockets full. J arrived here from Callao on Saturday, February 24, and the next day I came on shore to sev if | could find any one 1 knew, and also to get a place to board. In cruising about, In ly went into a building where | saw Persons congregated. It was the nd there were not less than five tables where ing was going on in every variety; gold ounces and silver dollars in abundance. I stopped but a few moments, and the next hour anda half was passed in & place perhaps more to your satisfaction, Passing by a tmall building about twenty feet by thirty, I heard the voice of prayer,and entering, found a congregation worshipping, consisting of about sixty persons. An orthodox minister is stationed here, with a salary of twenty-four bundred dollars a year, 1 found houses very scarce, and board fourteen dol- lars per week. I did not succeed in finding a place to live in, and so returned to the ship. On Monday I came on shore again, and baying fallen in with Mr. Peter F. Ewor, he intreduced me to his landlord, who wished immediately to engage me to work for eight dollars per day, and to bourd me for fourteen dollars er week, As I was desirous to procure a place to jodge, I agreed to work for him till the first day of April, and make a commencement to-day. There is scarcely any lumber here now, but several ships have gone to the Columbia river for It, and by the time it is received, wages will be as high as fifteen or twenty dollars a day; for every onc, a8 svon as he can, .e8 Off te the mines. Although the weather is rather d there now, still the people do very well, getting fiom an ounce to two hundred dollars worth a day, as they fallin witha rich spot. Gold has already buen found over a space of three hundred and sixty miles long, and about two hundred and seventy in breadth, ‘As yet, it is taken only on or near the surface, no per- ton’ digging very deep, unless he finds a rich vein. No regular mining operations are carried on, all the im- plements necessary being @ small pick.axe and crowbar. Some, indeed, have no other tools than thwir jack- knives, Sailors cannot be had for less than seventy-five or one hundred dollars per month; boots are worth from twelve to twenty dollars per pair; shoes, $5 to $8; flan- nel shirts, $5 to $7; pork, $42 per barrel; pilot bread, $20 per hundred, &e., &c. Lots of lund, ‘that sold in Apnil, 47, for from $15 to $20, cannot now be had tor lees than from ten thousand to fifty thousand dollara, ou according to their location ‘Tell every mechanic now their is room here for all to make their fortun i could not exaggerate the wealth of the country i uied, ‘There ix gold enough to last a great many years, any as bave a mind to dig for it or work for it. have arrived here, within a few days, by the iforuia and other vessels, nearly #ix hundred juerengers, and the Lord only knows where they will ind shelter, although parties are daily going to the mines. ‘To give you some idea how much small craft ore in demand to go up the river, | assure you that whale beat» will teil here for from five hundred to one thourand dollars a piece, ‘This ix a fact. 1 know two nen who bought a whale boat for $500, and in six weeks made, by carrying passengers from vessels to the shore. upwards of $2,500. Holi Charles to have, if he ean raise the money, a plain cottage houre framed. wnd all the work done for t, inside finieh and all. and gend it ont, and eome bimeelf acrore the isthinas, A plain story and a half Louse. wiih @ poreh, puch as would cost at bow or eight hundred doliers. will bring bere at le theurand dollark, At the present time it would sell for cight thourand dollars cash, linded on the beach, without putting up. ‘iho beet things to be sent out lure for the present, and for a long time to come, wiil bermalitrame houses. Lumber, to-day, i4 six hundred dollars per thousand. Be there are none. Ae- cordingly, in bending out houses, bricks must be ont with them for chimneys. ‘fell Charles to take no thin clothes with him, but good thiek ones; alno thick and shoes, and plenty of rebbers. If he should | or send 0: eases of rubbers, he could get four te six dollars a pair for them. It will be of | jo for him te brifg out his daguerreot: a i Leyes es shar een seeee | [From the Boston Traveller, May 28.) } Mr. J. E. Teschemaker furnished us this morning | with an outline sketeh of alump of California gold, found neer the Stanislaus river in California, in Oc- tober last, by Mr. Lorenso Truxelli, The piveo of gold, Mr, Ty er informs us, was seen and moasu: Hat | rs by his son, who is in San Francisco. The outline is7% inches at the largest part, and 6% inches at the widest. The hed twelve and a half pounds, and ave- lee raged tures quarters of an inch in thickness; and it had in it about half an ounee of dirt and stone, but not more. It was worth in California about $2500. Mr. Teschemaker writes from San Franciseo—where he has , resided seven years—that the last winter has been un- | usually revere there, and that consequently there has | been great deal of suffering at the mines. The gold, | he says. is abundant. beyond exaggeration. A half a million men could find employment at the placers with- | out interfering with each other, so extensive is the mineral regions From the Columbian (S.C.) Telegraph, May 25) | ell, we have seen, toughed and admired the genuine | California gold, brought hither trom the piacere by | an adventurous young man but receatly returned, aa | 4 present to his alster, residing im this place. out the size of @ piece it had been deposited In the skilful hands of Menars, Glase and Radeliffe, for the purpose of being converted into a ring and car-rings—the first of which was completed, and the rest as yet in the lump. The ring isa massive circle of the virgin ore, of a bright yellow color, entirely unadulterated; and the metal is said to be almost as malleable and soft as lead, | It certainly is a pure and genuine specimen of the ar- ticle; but whether it is worth going so far to in large quuntities—is a question which wi loubt. The gentleman who brought back this trophy, evi- | dently did not think it worth his while to go into the digginge—for we understand that he has no inteation of returning. Mint vor Catsvonnsa.—The Faleon, ried the Rev. F. P. Tracy. of Masi dispatches to the U.S. officers ‘Lracy to California as dit established under the auspie denville, Macs. ‘Wreck of the Empire. Fiswent, ADJOURNED 1 At 12 o'clock on Monday, the j for Chagres, car- usetts, bearer of an Francisco, Mr. or of a private mint, if meapitalist at Hay- 28, 1849. met pro forma, and raided wit- ry then adjourned till 2 o'clock, when the nesses were examined : Seneca DrLavercn pire on the night in question; residts at Troy; his pro- fession is steamboating; deck hand; this is his general station; he was that night at the wheel, at the after rim, larboard side; Mr ‘Smith, the pilot, was there, and Henry Wiltric; in not, suo there waa any e; was at the wheel since the time she left New i men they got to Pier- the boat +lowed in eoming awa: ace! she did not run foul of any of the 7 those vessels, they were off about five lengths of the steamboat; did not ree lights on any of them; their sails were eet; thinks the Empire was three quarters of an hour coming from West Point to Newburg, for she was not going co fast as usual; that night it was some- times dark, with flying clouds, and sometimes it light- eved up; it was Mr. Smith first saw the steamboat; he first speke, and witnosslooked and saw her to be about slength and e heif of the steamboat away; she was heading southwest, rather more to the west than the touth; ahewas pretty elose hauled to the wind; the reason why witness did not see her before was, that it was not his duty to leok out; his business was to turn the wheel and help to steer the boat; Mr. Smith sent him, when the vessel struck, to sce if there was any water below; he went down the starboard side; jump- ed down on the boiler cever, and from that to the main deck; went down the forward cabin stairs, just after the bar; saw water going in her; went ten feet aft of the stairs; hallooed to the passengers to get out as soon as they could, for he thought the boat was sinking, though he did’ not say ro; when witness went up, the pilot was standing at the wheel-house door, and had rang the bell to goahead; he said he would put her ashore there; attera minute and a half he asked whether she was going ahead; they said yes. and then the piiot ent down witnersto see, when he found there was #0 much water in the forward cabin that he could e time he sent Henry Wiltaie | Roney; but unhappy a Court of Oyer and Termi: Before Judge tenet — ‘Aldermen Wood and ins. TRIAL OF THOMAS A, WALKER FOR THe MURDER OF ‘MARTHA E. WALKER. May 29.—At the opening of the court this of an offlcer and the prisoner a ed in his iat beside pig ttag. A court room was filled, but no extraordinary excitement was The case, on the part of the was 0) by Jon. Puruirs. Esq. Assistant District who stated to the Jury that he beld in his hand en in dictment inst the prisoner, Thomas A. Walker, charged with having, on the 27th day of Fel at the year 1849, in the city and county of New Y force of arms, and with malice aforethought, then an there, by a pistol bullet, or leaden ball, inflicted a fatal, wound upon the person of Martha E. Walker, the peace and dignity of the State of New York. He said that the duty of a public prosecutor was ale ways an unpleasant one, and especially 80 when the life of a fellow being is involved A’ young and. beautiful woman, on the 27th of Kebruary Inst wae rushed into eternity; and though no eye bat Omnie science witneseed it, and though murder hea mo tongue, the clreumstanoes pointed to the ‘Thomas A. Walker, as the perpetrator of that act. The deceased, Martha Walker, was the wife of the pri« differences having arisen between them, om the 5th day of February last she made aj cation for a limited divorce, by which allmon: . ectable maintenance could bv obtained at the hand 7 tion was to n extension of fe then recapitulated the circumstances connected with the death of Martha E. Walker, and the tion of the prisoner with those circumstances, idence would be for their consideration, and they were not to be governed by any prejudice against the prise or misplaced sympathy in his fuvor. The District Atcorney, Jonn McKxon. Heq., here pre sented the pistol, containing five charges, which, te soa accident, he hoped the court would direct to have awn, The prosecution is conducted by Ambrose L. Jordan, Erq., Attorney General; John McKeon, Ksq., Distriot Attorney; James R. Whiting, aud James B. Phillips, Eeqra.; and the defence by Ogden Hoffman, Charles O'Connor, Nelson Chase, and Richard Busteed, Eeqre, TESTIMONY OF THE PROSECUTION “ Euiza H, Wes, sworn—I knew Martha E. Walker; the was my brother’s daughter; she is now dead; she died on Wednesday, the 28th of February last; she lived with me, at No. 46 Lexington avenue. between five and six months before hor death; she died in the house No 46 Lexington avenue; | saw her the day before her death; I was out in the morning of the day before she died; I left the house about ten o'clock, about twe e’slock; this was on Tuesday; house, ‘was going up stairs, when deceased came out of the front parlor; I entered through the front door; the servant let me in after! ravg the bell; de- evased spoke to me, and returned again to the front Fe thd T was at that time acquainted with Thomas A. ‘alker; I saw @ coaton the hat stand as I passed through the hall; I do not know whether I had seen Walker wear the cunt; I supposed it was his coat; when Mrs, Walker left mo and went into the par- lor, 1 went up stairs amd entered the rear and walked through tho front room to the front of the house, a roturned through the rear room to the top of the stairs; there was a door opening from the rear room and the ball at the top of the staira; that door was open; I did not take off my bonnet and outer plothing before I returned to the top of the stairs; when | returned to the rear room, | sat down by the window with my bonnet on; | sat about six or eight feet from the top of the stalra; 1 see the door but net the h of the stairs from where Laat; I could sce through the door inte the hall; as 1 walked tothe head of the stairs! saw Mr. Walker eome out of the front parlor, take his coat off the stand, and re- turn again to that parlor; he took his coat with him into the parlor; he earried it in his hand; it was then I went into the rear room, and sat down; | sat inthe rear room until I went down Ftairs; the reasen I went down stairs, ] heard a report of something; that report seemed. to be down stairs; the report was like fire arms; when I got down stairs 1 opened the front parlor door; when I opened the door I saw Mrs, Walker lying on the floor by the door; | opened the door about half; the front parlor door was on my left as eame down stairs; the door swung toward the front ofthe house; the door ‘wax very near the rear of the front parlor, ‘about two feet from the rear wall; when | opened the door Mrs, ‘Walker was lying very near the partition wall between. the parlor d the hall; aa | opened the door she was to rouse the passengers; it was very dark in the wheel house; did not see Mr. Slade, # passenger, there; they were conversing at the time as they always do; Wiltsie was before him in the forward rim, and Mr. Smith was beside him et the ether end of the after rim; witness did not see the sails, but only the masts of tho schooner; he asked whieh way the steamboat was coming, and before an auswer was made, the bell rang to slow, stop, and back her; it was not a very dark night; it was dark by spells; a dark cloud would come over, and then it would get bright again; there were clouds all over to the northward, westward and east- ward; assoon as Mr. Smith saw the schooner he gave him the order to heave over to the west, lest the schooner should put about; if the steamer had kept on her course without slowing or sheering, cunnot under- take to say what would be the revult; after witness came up the second timc, Mr. Smith told them to ring the alarm bell; witness dld ring it, and so did the second pilot; did not see Mr. Smith ring it, but he could have done so without witness secing him; rung it for about two minutes, and when he saw she was going down he looked out for himself; the second pilot then took it up; witness did not assist any of the pas- revgers; he looked out for himself; renrined on the deck all the time; it was darker when the collision took pl:ce than when the steamboat was at West Point; | is a hand four years in a steamboat; is not uainted with the eailing of a schooner; did not hear the alarm bell ring after the second pilot rang it, but it might have been rung without his hearing it, for the steam was blowing off, and there was hallooing and other | noise; the bell was notrung before witness rang it; the | Empire runs about 15 miles an hour; it depends on the tide; can go 13 or 14 against the tide; if they put on steam well, she will go faster—that is, if the firemen work bard at the fires her speed will be the greater; when the tide is flood they generally run 16 miles an hour; that night they did not go #0 fast, for it was the last of the tide; Captain Tupper was aft, and forward, | and everywhere; just the moment after Mr. Smith | rang the ‘bell to slow, stop and back, the steam was let | off; the reason why he did not tell the passengers the | boat was sinking. as well as be told them to get up, | was, that he could not tell them everything at once, and he wished to get back as soon as possible; he wasin danger, too. and he should look out for himself; besides, | he wanted to get back to Mr. Smith to obey his order; | thinks the steamboat’s headway was not quite stop- | ped at the time the schooner struck; thinks the steamer would have run down the echooner, if she had kept on her course, without slowing or sheering; arrives at that conclusion from the way the steamboat was heading on to her; the second time he went down, he told the pus- sengers on the forward deck the boat was sinking; the pilot bailed the schooner from the pilot-house; the pi- jot did not go out of it till after the collision; the time from the collision till she filled to her main deck was three or four minutes; it was probably eight or ten mi- nutes from the beginning till she sank to the next floor, or saloon deck; Mr, Smith. (the pilot.) Captain fupper, and the second pilot, were on board the entire time after | the collition, to give orders. Captain Turrer recalled—The Empire belongs to a joint stock company, not incorporated; it is not formed ‘under any general iaw, that he is aware of; it has been | more than fiteen years in existence ; the company Is managed by a president, board of directors, and an agent; itis now generally managed by two directors— ove on the part of the Troy directors, and the other on | the part of the New York directors; when these two | canvot ys best they call in the agent; the board consists | of jive directors : Mr. Cannon, of Troy; Mr, Drew, of New York; and his broher. L. H. Tupper, the agent; half of this boat is cwned by the Peopie’s Line; Mr. | Daniel Drew represents the stock of the People’s Linein Ler; gets his ordert from the agent; the captain of the boat gives the engineer instructions as to the speed, alo in stormy weather; he uses his own jadgment in going on, and if he cannot, consults the captain; | don’t recollect having received any specific orders from the gent on this point; but in conversations, the agent | has often expressed a wish to avoid any risk, that | a prudent course should be always followed. Inasnow storm, or ona bad night to run, witness goes to the | wheel houre with the pilet: gave no instructions to the pilot on the night of the 17th of May; did not think the weather called him lo take hia post at the pilot-house that night. Captain Roprxsow recalled—-Never was foul of a steam- boat, that he reerllects, to do her @ cent’s worth of damage. ere a lengthened diseussion ensued as to whether | any more witnerses thould be examined—Mr. Dubois requiring the examination of Mr. Burden and the pilot ct the Rip Van Winkle, and Mr. Crossby opposing it. The latter gentleman withdrew his opposition, upon ; Mr Dubcis saying he could not conscientiously agree to a verdict, or fulol the requirements of his oath, | while witnesres dereribed to him as important remaine: unexamined, Mr. Crosby withdrew his opposition, ud the Coroner was directed to subpoena Those wit! es Some witnesses are also to be produced, to- morrow, as to the character and respectability of Cap- tain Robinson ‘The jury then adjourned till 2 o'clock to-morrow, Owe O'Cr06K, P. M The wreck of the Empire has been heayed some 20 feet nearer the shore this foreneon. fvery tide there ie a visible and marked conquest over the watery ele. ment. Last night the William Young steamer arrived at the wreck, from New York, with 60 two hundred ard ffty gallon ensks. and to-day the wreckers are | ebgaged in parbuckling these ander her stern, | . When brought to bear, will give her, at pint to the pound, 100.000 pounds buoyancy, or about 440 tons, This day has been rather unfavorable for their opernticns. but still they are hard at work. No bedies or baggage have been found to-day, as yet, The quest is adjourned to 2o'clock to-day, but the wit- nerses expected bave not yet errived, nor are they | likely to arrive till to- joner's Office. | United 8 Before Comm Morton. | May 20.—wisraud? with a Dangerour Weapon.—Jobn | Cuvarly, third mate of the American ship Victoria, was | arresied yeeterday evening, und rant granted by | crorge W. Morton, Beq , on of having struc! ith aa iron belay- Cl arles Thompson, one of » bie from London to this port, rg pin, while on the voy! and held to bail in $200, at my left; sho was lying down, crouched up, with her back to the wall; she did not spoak at that time; I did Rot «peak at that time that I know ot; I did not see her stir; I did not eee any one elsein the parlor at that time; I did not see any thing when I opened the door but the deceased; I could have seen a part of the room, but thought only of deceased; the next thing I” recol- leet was the servant girl having hold of my hand and drawing me to the front door;the girl said to me “don’t goin! don’t goin, 1 am afraid you will be hurt; I then asked the girl to go tor a physician, but she trem- bled so much I thought she could not go; [ then went into the street myrelf; 1 went into the street to look for a physician; { went block or two and returned without’one; when I returned to the house I opened the front parlor door; Mr. Walker stood about the mid- dle of the floor, with a pistol in his hand, pointing to- Wards the door; the pistol was pointed’ towards me; Ithen sbut the door as quick as 1 could, and held to the knob, when I felt some one turning the knob from the inside; my cloak was caught in the door, and as soon as 1 extricated it, | went to the front door where the servant was standing; the front door was open; the girl is named Margaret; che {s im court; the next L recollect, Mr. Walker epcke to me, and said * Well, Mrs, Wells, what shall 1 do for you? Shall I go for & physician?” I replied, “ Yes, [ have been to look for one, but could not find one; I think it was near the front, door Walker spoke to me; I do not reeollect whether he then had on his overcoat; I then found myself walking in the street with Mrs, Walker. and walked, I think, ® block or two, and eald to him, “1 have been looking hero for a physician, bug have not found one; Mr, Walker said, “1 can find one around the corner; 1 then returned home as quick as possible; when I looked into the parlor the second time and saw Walker standing in the room, I did not see Mrs, Walker; when [ returned from the street and Walker, [ found Mrs, Walker iying near the front window of the parlor, between the sofa divan; if Mrs, Walker had been lying in the sem place where I first aw her when I looked into the rlor the second time, | should have sven her; when Paw her near the window she secmed to be lying on her hands and knees; her back was towards me; I did not eee her face; she did not speak; | do not know whether I spoke or not; she made a piteous noise, louder than a groan; a fow strangers then came in, end Mr. Walker soon returned with a physician or two, In consequence of, the sudden indisposition of of the jurors, the couft here took @ recess until past one o’clock. AFTER RECESS. At half-past one o’elock the court mit, but in con- sequence of the continued indisposition of the juror, aalparned until to-morrow (Wednesday) morning, Judge Hurlbut ordering a new draft of fifty additional pia 3 that one might be chosen to supply the place of ir, De Witt, should his ilines continue, Supreme Court. GENERAL TERM. Edmonds, and Edwards, Selden No 104—Lovelt v ‘The Court wif adjourn'sine die on Saturday next. United States Cireuit Court. Before Judge Nelson. Mar 29—The jury were discharged this morning, after which both fen took their seats on the bene! and the argument calendar was taken up. May 20.—United States vs. Charles Parsons,—Parsons was tried for embezzling s letter containing money, and @ special verdict rendered. The case was sul jnently argued, and judgment given to-day in favor of Parsons, who was discharged. A nolle prosequi was entered on the proceeding against William Wallac: 0 wae in- dicted for procuring Parsous to open the letter. United States District Court. Before Judge Betta, May 20.—The Court organized to-day for the return of process. Arraigned —Helen Feukes, who stands indicted for puane counterfeit money, and whose recognisances ad been forfeited, was brought in this morning, by Deputy Marshal Smith, under a bench warrant. She was then arraigned. and pleaded not guilty. The trial is put off until the June term of the court. he Grand Jury are still in session, investigating the case of the Empire. No bills had been found, up to the time of adjournment. Common Pleas, IN CHAMBER. Before Judge Daly. May 29.—Fugéttive from Justice largaret Bradly wae arrested in this city, on a charge of stealing a wateh in New Jersey. She was brought up on haheas corpus, and her discharge claimed, on the ground that there was no indictment found against her, nor a requisition from the Governor. ‘The District Attorney not present. his Honor adjourned the case until to-morrow (this) morning. Discharged,—James Pinkerton, a young lad, who had United States army, was brought up om habeas corpus, and discharged on the ground of infaney. Tuy Trortine Yesrenvay,—The trotting contest that was to have taken place yesterday, between the three greatest and best nagsin the world, was paepannt 0 account of the storm. To-d impossible, no matter what may be the sta ther, to bring the horres to the score, Another day must pase before they will be ready; but on Thursday, the trial wilh ice. This affair has created more excitement than any other of the kind for years. In fact, there is more money at stake on this trot, than there was om the great race between Fashion and Peytona, Immionants.—Five hundred and forty-seven im- migrant passengers arrived at the quarantine grou yesterday—all in British veesels—and fifty-six this merning, ina British schooner—from Galway, Ireland, Twom esnels arrived at erent this forenoon, one with 106 passengers and the other with 93,—Beswa | Traveller, May 28.