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‘The Lawrence Divorce Case. ; Oplidinnie Garinauentioen. ie | DEFENCE OF MR. LAWRENCE—LETTER FROM THE it before the ly, and that that hod; rie Saw Francrsco, Cau., March 29, 1850. made every- FATHER OF MRS. LAWRENCE. i cee er ! Admee about Emigrating to California—Great | Te cowardly raecul then seized the poor unfortu: Tor the night, jn fi bg ‘cara hata atatem tment giving ll the jomloxs [ NEW ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY IN ENGLAND. Fall of Prices—Smashing, §¢., §. vate—w ho was partislly intoxicated—and dragged | which had been prepared by the Dutch girls, and | (Wes use and results ween T. by aye ober pry eaten ainaoanmea ts | Phe British Electrie Telegraph Company's bill, Yours of the 7th February is received, and I am | him to the creek, and dipped him a number of times | which we were disposed to finish with an appetite, | Of the cn and his wife, is now for from Ses. 6d. a 428.; 200 hhds 8 bbIe Porte Rice from | for the establishment of a new electric. tele- glad to hear that you are well. You say yeu have | “der the water, which was very cold at the time, | We were told that the Indians had encamped in the pate a By oy WX Sik uit ue tsa | kittie marta wero 7 r| i hi aca | pat raat cat | eli, ee eg wt pe cheek asus ener eR, “300 eases pone of emmaees . 7 aes Wins: 4 thing, I would say come, but do not bring your | was, The poor fellow denied to the last having | through a crowd o sna. ig prbnigen ets | a = "*Voulville ad the af Babia have cen taken pricipally at] opened the case for the promoters, by stating | family with you; as for yourself, 1 have no doult | ‘ken the wah, and the wretch would have kept | ‘hem. Our visit was not very acceptable, and we | cent legal proceedings i ‘a the papers : with low and \ufettor from 14a. 9 1 Re po they were desirous of supplying the public | but that you ean make money here as well as | °" dipping him, had not some of the bystinders in- { had to force them to talk, which we found they | @tticles that have a) + fMr, Lawrence, seem. low Muscovado Manilla at 134; aad 200 | old | with electric telegraphs on a more economical . teafered. “He then threw him on the bank, and left | could do very readily, when we bid them good’| “P¢n the conduct andinteutions». -viy. Not content Thite Havana at ls, Our, courinenial advices notice | Wale and a more improved plan than obtained at | ers. ‘Times are us good now as they were when | Lim in a shivering condition. Some huiate iadive | bye. They afe @ misetuble set, and are worth no- | (demand © passing woticc and, Sepang tie ; o ‘ re h , ith arraying the rectitude of his mot, pare ’ the present moment. Arrangements for this pur- | | first came out here, (eighteen monthsago.) Wild | duuls then took the unfortunate victim to a house, | thing to work. Many ef us were quite comfortably | ae te ” Breet eck. ‘onthe spot; for late deli- mie had been made by the omanan with Messrs. | speculation and gambling is ruining hundreds, and ang pad & medical man palled In but of no avail, provided for during eunight, yet many found rf Tid idesth percent thane eae ena Le very, the price ls nominally Sse Sd a 38, 63, Fighton, the patentees of improved electric tele- the market here eo fluctuating, that it is not wafe to | %% De died in the course of the night, from the bra: | place to sicep. At3 A.M, we were again on our . chamng- of : terfse is conduct ax Tra.—Ot 6270 packages at auction, on Tuesday, | graphs, At the present moment there were in the tal eatment he bud received. What makes the | Way; the grumbling sleepers had been disturb- ‘The same pous that ave besa taal tp eee Nee about found buyers; 2.000 packages were fine | ff, j A i order anything. Lumber, that was worth in No- | matter worse, is the fact, that the watch was found | ed, and the passengers who were in the eabin | upon the bay , ha Congou ofthis year's intport, aud ecia. frou 2a. 2x0. 0 | Uwted Kingdom about 6,000 miles of railway open, | Veriter and Deowmber four hundred dollars per | the next day, and thete'was uo evidence shar she | were startled: by. ake cay oe eke eee getbas | upon the Busband, hare secompllshmewts of the wine Is, 444., being a reduction of 2d a 3d. on provious mo- | 44, telegraphs, leaving 4,000 without that facility. thousand, can myw be bought for thirty dollars. | unfortunate man had n it A coroner's in- | ** she is snagged!” as we struck something in the | 4d to represent her a# an amiable, and, in this ease, m! other sorts. no alteration took place. In addition to this, aareat many important cities Pork, that was worth forty-five dollars per barrel, | quest was held, and a verdict returned, that the de- | ti The small stairway was blocked up, and | * 4 injured woman, To all this I object. Theee ‘The private market remains quiet, ts ung. | and towns were Without the advantage of electric | W#s sold yestemluy for ten dollars. Pilot and navy | ceased had died from the eflects of the immersion | scime were pressed tighter than they had ever been, | iu the case. but that wrong lies at the door ef BF vg gre p mwe! stanite, 105) sas ciaaetted et eataske By the proj insanueethogdalreedy brend sells from one to two cents per pound. | in the water. A warrant was issued for the arreat | ond could not get either way; but the alarm was 2 wrenee and her family. In her course and oon- ‘Tonacoo was very quiet;, wo tramastions have taken | suyplied would be supplied at a lower rate, while | Hardware, cledhing, 4c , will not pay expenses. | of Kelly—the name of the delinquent—and he | soon over," We found we had struck a snag, and | (vet ‘bere is much deserving the aulnadversion of the Place this week, cither for home use or export, but | on the public generally there would be conferred | 1guors axe worth novaing, although half the towa | was brought before the magistrate, but, strange to | that it had not damaged the boat, as she was going | Uivir proper cijeets, without travelling hernia we oe Prices are firmly sustained. the additional advantage of competition, ‘There | ®T¢ !m shops und gambling houses. say, Was at liberty the next morning, although the | tlow at the time; but we kept a better look out in “bap web nea xy Tunrentixe.—There are buyers of good rough at | were nearly 2,000 miles ofrailway now coastructin} I will venture to say, that one-half the merchants | evidence was conclusive that the deceased came | future. At sunrise, we discovered a whale boat nee in Boston was short ; but it was long 6s. 6d., but not over, and parcels held tor 7a. have been | 1. i4..6°5 000 miles for whichacts had been am, who have shipped goods out here, will never get a] to his death from injuries received from Kelly. | ahead, and as they held up, some of our passen- ove that she could never acquire any re- Harehoused. A small parcel of American spirits hae | ich at present wereinabeyance, but which might, | Cent for them, Such is the way justice is administered in this sec- | gers begged our captain to try them a race, He | putation among us except for foolish display, and that heen sold at 30s. 7i,d., casks Included; Engitsh is dalb | Wie at eee Ay and the electric telegraphs bs | , Men reputed to be worth one hundred or two | tion of the world. I think ifever Lynching was | scemed willing, but they soon left us behind, and | it, *OUld. be imposeible for her to gain thors ball room at Foasaone is stilt quoted nominaily at £135 a £170 | constructed at from one-half to two-thirds of their | hUBdred thousand dollars to-day, are to-morrow | justified, it was in this case, where a man had taken | it could not be sailing very fast, Lees than whale | /¥@EB io which she delighted, and which, sbe was for both Northwestern and Southern. if resent estimated cost. The instruments and ap- | C°™ pelled to give up and make an assignment. the law into his own hands, and administered it | boat speed on a two hundred horse power boat! after the po po ana pwryperny ried, We have uo material siteration. nor important trans- etna of the British Biectrie Telegraph Company | ,,, Wen this town assumes anything like regular | without any evidence of guilt on the part of the | ‘The farm of Captain Sutter soon hove in sight— | tearned the mortitying trotte vat he denote ne actions to notice in.any other.articles. were much superior in principle, cheapness, expe- | iY» all will make money—but tre strife has been | unfortunate victim. a beautiful spot. They were ready and expecting | quests in Boston could never be realized, she detoriatn- Setetien dition, and certainty, to those a by the existing whe will make the most and soonest; and the great Robberies have become very common of late | him. Tbe lawn in front of the main building was | ed to return to Louisville and there renew the life she "Markets. compeny, and the promoters of the new company | "26°, for here has caused mway to go over | here. A gambling teat was entered, a box opened, | filled with his friends, and as we landed, the Indians | se much loved, and for w she was alone fitted. Lavenvoou Gertex Manxet—Faroar, "May 24—The | COMPANY, ARE Lt ee ettions, by obtaiing ax | the dam. Half of our town council have pocketed | and $2,300 stolen froma monte dealer. Another | at each gun fired, ran away, jumping about three | Thither she accordingly went ; but she aid not leave market has experienced little change @ariug the pre- BF Pes a edie Wee all they could get, and gone to the States. As for | house lost $500 a few nights previous. feet on every explosin, They were welcoming the | Uti! she had first promised to remain away only a few sent week > the latest advices from th» United States | act of Parliament to enable more than twelve per- : 7 1 i. 1 } Naliforni ifé ead ‘ weeks, and when her visit was over to return to Bos- ving deoressing relative receipts, amd increasing de- | sons 19 be owners of the patents, and to work them mypeit 1am getting along very well, m : , Suppose the travel to Culifornia across the rife and family of their protector to his home. | ton. it ean be proved that when the set forth ‘on abies fails ¢ the tolury alseady sustained by the roving | for the benefit of the public, Powers wereintended | _ If Léan take with me next fall $100,000, I will | plains will soon commence. Ido not think there | It was a pleasing sight to ree them meet after so | fC", It can be proved that whe slightest intention of crop; from cold, and from extensive inundations, have | to be t to wires under ground, so as | £9 home to the city of plenty, happiness and plea- | will be one-quarter as many as crossed last season, | long an absence; but we were off, and were soon | coming back, and that her object wast. ‘draw ber ive confidence to helders;-and althongh cotton is pe be baie aH mor eg edn ea from the | 84, (New York.) If you should come here, you | as the journey was found out to be attended with | near the Yuba. A nae encampment of Indians | band after her to Louisville, although wall knowina tate eely offered, full prices have bieo generally paid. | effects of atmospheric electricy—a great drawback | Would be struck with wonder at the reckless way | great hardships and privations; and by far the ma- | were on the high bluff near Yuba city and as we | was contrary to his wishes and expectations. ‘In « ‘The total sales of the week have been 31.960 bales. To | under the present system. The telegraphs under | 12 Which business is done. Goods, are landed, | jority of those who crossed the plains last season | passed they were seemingly as curious us ourselves, | thort time the impossibility of her return was made Gey the trade have bought tos fair extent, and 5,000 | the bJang proposed by the new company could be | tivown on the beach, and if not taken away or | have written home very unfavorable accounts to | and they and their underground houses, and thei | mown by a letter, we believe, and as an excuse for ‘Dales are sold, including 1,000 taken on speculation | re ee eee yen chalf. the cost of the | claimed, the street inspector erders them sold | their friends, of that route; and Ihave no doubt but | acorn hills were novelties to some on board. Yuba | ‘his course, it was alleged that her health would not sand for export, at previous rates. The quantity al- without being opened, and invoices are sold for | the route across the Isthmue is by far preferable; | city was in sightat 4 P.M. We ran up to the | mit ofa residence in Boston. This ples of ill health read d, and that which bably be yet | existing telegraph company, and the public would i it Wi ; ‘i - hile . c dered hat questi the fact of her Fecelved of the present crop, falls se far belowtheaver- | Consequently be benefitted in that ratio. ‘The only | BUndreds, which ure sometimes worth thousands. | it will cost but a trifle more, will not occupy half | beak, and while there 1’ walked “down to the” | "St reudered somewhat questionable by ros h th »’ ¢ a ae Y -onstant attendance on balls and parties in Louisville. e receipts of previous years, as tocansoanappreben- | petitioners against the bill were the present Elec- | ,. 2 conclusion, I say to you that this is a great | the time, and a number of privations will be avoid- | Indian village. The men had gone to the | put the fallacy of this ples was vtil farther mpemeh by Po that the supply may not be equal to the necessities | tric Telegraph Company, who, of course, sought to field for ambitious young men like yourself, but | ed. s ff mountains for gold, and the women were ma- | » refusal on the part of Mrs. Lawrence to accompany Of the trade; and this apprebension acquires increase@ | retain their monopoly. ‘Their petitions stated that about one-half that come here kill themselves | The part of the President's message recommend- | king their acorn bread, and didn’t seem to mind or | her husband to some tropical clime during the winter ; force, when viewed in connection with the unsatisfac- | the wires of the new company would interfere with | ‘inking, and the discovery of gold in California | ing the leasing, selling, or renting the mines, has, | care Who were watching them. We were hurried | «nd there was noeseape from the conviction that i tory report made of the state and promise of the grew- | theirs; that they could — Ria downwithout their | Will cause more distress and trouble in families | as far as J can learn, created much dissatisfaction | on board by the whistle, and soon were going up the | ¥as nothing but a specious} cloud of dust, raised te crop. These facts are calculated to give confidence | Consent, and that their interests, as a public com- | throughout the United States, than all the wars of | among the miners; and I have no doubt, if such a | Yuba, in sight of the new city of Marysville. There | Cover @ retreat, which otherwise admitted of no ex~* to holders, and th it relative high rat fi 4 »? i eBi planati apol Sea ‘ty iste "the 'aahorn gure | fmt wee fo ‘be ected by Partament. Bl | EOD: ines es he Doman weal see ore ea apace op besides near one hundred | "i eage an’ eonjugsl regard which the dx fair qualities of American being uniformly the sameas | Talbot, Q.C., for the Electric Telegraph Com- San Francisco, April 20, 1850. : y ee ft aa . a parture and continued absence of Mra. (Lawrence ma- gis clone of last week, Brazil and Bgyptions hare | pany, contended, at length, that the plans of the | Aagvices from Jom Grant—Businees Prosperts— | pat objection to leasing, OF sellie. tie nee aie | ag the town wae Wot eee esse tone amonths | bitestoy waa further dinplayed by her 62nduct ia Low ited t, but thi iti infei a — , ‘ _ ; e eell- th which she H Seca inset Minited request p but they also fully et ets een at eres a Election in San Francisco—New Yorkers Elected | trict would be, the fact that it would be monopo- | ing from three to four thousand dollars. Here we fibens of, adm irers. The manner ‘which — samt ot rer mice it also ompany already hed in thet poscoion; and hat | fo Cfee—IVomen WWanted, be. be liged by stack companie and capitalist othe de- | wee landed, and landed in Maryovlle. everthing | ted the duty of ite a ‘al ja " > sf - asses. ; vi ing rea- pie thang ery agp perv the breaking, up of the streets to lay down new | Again I take the liberty of addressing you a few me aa ©. F H. | dy for thei ‘start to the mountalae, ex thet ten. | lent “American. 60 Pernam: wires would be attended with inconvenience. On Hines te volition t0 the ctnth of eftkive hete lo Coll- - pe tar getting in theirgoods. Auctions were go- | Would have been to have declined the the room being cleared, on the question of the locus a Marysvi.e, California, February 1, 1850. ing on, and everythii busi 4 ich. | fbe chose rather to accept. Heartless and heed- standi of the Electric Telegra baggie on | fornia, as I know you have a deep interest in every- FS rything was business. The rich- | toss as showed herself to be, she surely : # . . | Voyage to Sacramento City—Hungry Miners— | est mines lie from thirty to one hundred mile: The comanittes cannot give any deciaion to- thing relating to the welfare of this country. Busi- ye to Rage Reotidations—Pce of Sacra- from here, and —— “thousand pe le will be fae r al iy Tein eee day, the Speaker being at prayers; but it may be | D¢S is rather dull here at present, but the prospect | mento City—Arrival and Reception of Captain there this summer. There is now (Feb. 19h,) | gard; and thatit was not by coquetry and vs | AY ‘ a fort of snow near Foster's Bai u i ded ball room that hi ot thous convenient to tell you what would be their decision | is good for the summer and fall business. The re- | custers Family—Scewe at a Rancho—Snags—In- | are yet waiting to get farther porth. pene pon Ah el ied phadeven eee ae done, the parties being re-admitted, the Hon. 930 865 1,7 ptian, 67 ‘Burat, 4 0 55. Im s—Te this date, 1! 3,541 Se yg ), 1,018,377 bags. Stocks—On thi 7 tomorrow. The committee have decided that i i r . ‘ ive ¢ i certaii Bats elt rn toh ney At: Sasso tag | they dpe ink sh rangers aie theo: | Cow dggngeTemty ‘Bay ey howeter tne | ith ctr Brad—Arivl at Moryeile— | BYR. ie sy onthe evening of the th andi | eee Ml anid ee Sotal sales to the 17th May, 1850, 607,700 bags. | moters of the bill have any locus stands against the | Wing stain’ San ‘Franciscs’ and are indegtnes | Siz@ of the Place, Se. ise but al were hated eo ferent ile camucy, | husband; thet abe made iwanifat that she had wo tad ecg em ee mittee, to say that in our progress through the bill | Seerally do as well as those who travel through | On my leaving New York, I promised you I | and, as valuable and scarce as they are, Marysville | J0"¢,0r tesard for him, and that she was determined ‘Slated sate Ea dish te we shall be extremely glad to hear any objections ; *i,the diggings. would write you, but as you have many able cor- | has a pretty good share. Speculation is at its high | Atter Mr. Lawrence had learned all this, after all pros “ ions, and a dee that can be brought » Aen by the petitioners The weather is now very pleasant and healthy. respondents here, I have not written you. A few | ¢8t Point now, and many will get bit. I have got | pect or possibility of his wife's return hed ‘of that day week. Although superior brands | against any of ine clauses. We will give our con- The forenoons are warm, and in the afternoons - ‘ clear, and am off for Colonia to-morrow—so good | away, he determined to uc 20 longer responsible for “Se damalaun Sous wens ali autecnadly conven, endive T*iyn to any of the clauses that may be intro. | thefe is a very fresh breeze from the west, which | days since, however, I started for Marysville, on | bye, &c. WTB. | her tx and to let the world know the true or none expected from the States, even such at- | Juced, and that they may think will affect their in- | #8 Song and bracing. _ if the Yuba river, and thinking you would not object in which she should be regarded. Aceording!y, tracted few inquiries, and barely sustaine’ iate | terest in any way. ‘rhe Committee then adjourned. On the Ist day of April, we had a very exciting | to a few lines from this place, I write you. Cuno, February 15, 1850. it which so much has been ssid, prices; = it bene = Th samples W~ eo in slow election. (Spearting of te ged ioe “he rane no 4 Teq an al meni per % “4 v ELEGRAPH IN ENG- | are no comparison). +» Jacl the cele- Found—. tj ia— Mili bo mait, and peas, being little not oe. — tm bes eae dey pad atin pee fe 4. brated Texan ranger, was the independent candi- | nd 1 was one among her crowd of passengers. beer le oe rnd Yres ‘hates romtag thing la pong Same Panne ree » Sa the general qualities m the Electric Telegraph Mani date for Sheriff, and, for the first in his life, | She had sounded her last whistle, and the lines Se ee ees $ fae \pastine (Fi a ‘The mere fact that the parties in this case were Gast quotations end Rgypeianciet jo sell at our) They he ran like a perfect racer. At every corner of were cast loose, and, puffiag and blowing, she At length I am enabled to announce to you | isno reason why the same remedy should not be ined Friday’sim- | twenty words, 5s. Nelng the minimum charge. I | the street would be heard the “ hurrah for Jack one of the most important discov that would have been open to those in more moderate }. “i poy in moderate demand at slight | am not disposed to think that any such reduction Hays, the gunpowder caniidate.” The result | d#shed through the waters of the bay towards | 1444 hes yet been flte "The part per cf a circumstances, If a wife wh 8? aden ‘attended pon rm ete scents ‘and the | #8 could prudently’be made in these rates would | was, that he carried all before him, and at noon | the Sacramento. We drove along finely; and fe ‘ . Party wham I in | sphere of society will her husband, must which | produce an adeqos e increase of telegraphic busi- | the whigs and democrats had thrown off their | although so short time has elapsed since San | (™¢4 You in my last had gone back on the road | expect the same treatment that would be due to others prenehie neve. Where mall service is so pel 3 as it is candidate for Sheriff, and tied to save the balance Francisco became « city, and the Secrameato from the Salt Lake to this place, for the purpose of eines - ad pan 6 pom ge wha . Wheat and flour | in this country, and the postal rates are so low, no | of their ticket, with Col. Jack Hays at the head. » ii ji J taling | reduction in our tariff could bring us into competi | © ‘The result was, that the whige lected three of | has been navigated by steamers, yet we could | *¢#ehing where some de Landed salt vse peed Bie omy ep pee Oats were scarce, and such were }¢4. per bushel dearer | tion with the General Post Office, and take much | their cendidates, viz.: Roderick N. Morrison, for | pot complain of the accommodations of the El Do- , umed last night, bringing with them a 4 ¢ h i n" learn, © large amount of correspondence, which will Inthe value of oatmeal, barley. beans, and | from the letter bag. We have a separate exis- | County Judge; Calhoun Benham, for District’ At- ‘ “ some of the richest specimens that can be con- far te show who in this ‘as bee: was no alteration. Indian corn supported | tence: the electric telegraph is to do what the mail ioamers and Mr. Endicott, for County Treasurer. redo. We were crowded with passe an maay, ‘The day has, T = m the pest to-da a “ , ” | ceived. The gold is found embedded in quartz ult. The day has, I think. arrived when that oan be epee of Tuesday : dis. per 480 Ibs. ts the quotation | cannot ; it is to distance the carrier to out-| ‘The demozrats elected seven on their ticket for | “80 had some two weeks’ previous om Sa hom . t enim 4 on made public, and should it be brought to light, there sapere barge ke 4 strip the wind, to strike the hourg! the | count four of which were New Yorkers— | Cramento City, on account of, the, flood, were | felepar, and were extracted by the sledgehammer | would be much sstcniahient and. indignation, os well Livenroot. Manxers, May 24.—Wheat and Flour—The | hand of time, and level the boundaries of space. | viz: John A. McGlynn, for Recorder of Deeds and pick. In some pieces of the rock that were | in Louisville as in Boston, and directed against certain . : 5 othe: i rn SRR eee ae ek Pe eee | Aad fo, while it may happen that matters are oc- | formerly of the 17th ward of your city; Edward | for the pou ached ng war ep dope yo brought in, one-tenth of it appears to be pure gold. berprnted. and ry “weather bes caused less animation in our market, and | Casionally transacte i by telegraph which could | Gullagher, for Coroner, formerly of the 4 ward | ville, at the mouth of the Yuba river. We were | Prof. Welch, late of the Michigan University, who | and approbation of the public would the of both wheat and flour are easier, tho have been accompli _by ordinary modes, yet it | of your city; William M. Eddy, of the %h ward, | not} in passing through the diflerent bays, and | was one of the party, informs me, that in his opin- | Mt. Lawrence, and that it would be dii holders are not pressing their stocks on the markets. | must mainly be called into requisition when all | was elected 5 | and County Surveyor; and D. M. | at tive P. M., were at New York on the Pacific. ton Ne boul Bk defenders for those whe by their letters, he: In Indian corn we have on active business, and other means rae fact, service a reaped Chauncey, of Brooklyn, was elected County As- | ‘This place has increased greatly since last sum 0 coal 7 ad Faas $50 @ day had he been pro- = ves open te merited condemnation and con- Pr . during night. have per | which it ysical impossible to ace sessor. se i 4 perly prepared. jit is very extensive. / “quarter for prime yellow. The transactions have been | otherwise. In @ greet commercial country like | Never did I see an election conducted with so | M¢t—then containing three poreee ‘Wa hove Gold deposits are k a te i Ax all hope of reconciliation in this matter seems oth on speculation and for export to Ireland, where | thi ; : ; ~ : entered the Sacramente, and, as we expected, ‘posits are known to exist in this region | now to be destroyed, and as the course reoently pursued the consumption at it in represented as being wees ce aya where social relations are so | much good feeling as this, yet the excitement was | the durk lowe clouds gathered around us, | in many quarters. The one just discovered is about by Mrs. Lawrence, her amily and od ‘has been ange, Our imports during the fortnight are mode: | ¢Xtensive, these emergencies are of hourly occur- | most intense ;—at every poll you would see the | and the rain fell heavy and fast; but the shower | {iny miles the other aide of the Mohade river, and | sconce wneourteous, uncalled for; aad unjust, there rate, particularly of Indian corn, a prevalence of nor. | Tence, and, as we learn from the despatches in- | stars and stripes, oy me bore and wee and | soon passed away, and as the sun sent his | there is no doubt that Whole section of country to | %At present, no reason why any sense of delicacy stherly and easterly winds having kept out veasels bein = to ae the most varied he sep teams running; but the principal out — durra | evening rays o’er the surrounding mountains, we | the Colorado river abounds with the richest mine farther restrain the publication of the truth, could we raise veil of secrecy which, by our | for Jack Hays and Jack McGlynn.” Such is life in | were quite sure of fine weather for our journey. I | ral treasures. As yet public attention has not been | ,24 Thope that the whole affair will forthwith be ren the _ me og Intrasted Fagg coat Santer ‘sa et A ep rf 4 a ae bok gs “r9 breads § oi bo » | called to them, but the coming season will not have hat tbe Une as settee 7 x : . ot teeth a yolume or Womeatic ang ‘ie frag- voile tm gved fecling. : . to bat ythes supper-bell called me away to the scenes pensed before thorough explorations will have been ments, w! could scarce! , ines ‘e are now upon the eve of another election— Ll have always found the steamboat travellers i a - ‘ " much as it is more in times anxiety and | the first under our new charter—when we shall do | meals” is very common. The miners Pa ~ a * = bln ate eben Speier Boe there - of eme! 08 | have said, that the pub- | away with all the old Spanish customs, and be re- pebere.and they arealways ready.” Wewere sail- | in digging for coul, and with the most "fattest lic invoke our [- Tin fo oes physi- Pet hg poe ed. The saopeeecaty bon so aes Jalifornia are always hhungry, and the “rush for | prospects of succes. They have already excavate in times od ily aacrebisaetey oe pct th oor Awa om rt of this month. | ing finely up. the nver, as the moon rose full | some fifty feet into hae of 6 mountain, which LETTER FROM MRS. LAWRENCE'S FATHER. are sometimes of an am’ bo veo wet SEES wastes én ig and bright from o'er the eastern mountains, and | gives strong indications of a rich bituminous forma- | Tbe following letter, from the father of Mra. Law- times are most painful. We have ordered a tu election, as there are = few more New Yorkers | lighted up the dark winding Sacramento, and the | five’ ‘ilo enterprien enceved, tt will be one sim the Louisville Journal, of the 30th and also a 3 @ dinner and a physician; a] who are about to become candidates, some of | immense fields: of water extending 30 or 40 miles of the most t veries on the continent, monthly nurse and a shooting jacket; a en- | whom | shall mention immediately after the elec- | jack to the mountains and reflected on the white considering the | ~ -X-- -m ary lee gine and a chain cable; an officer's uni and | tion. smael adie snow-capped Navedas, it was a pretty sight, and | section. state | I regret to learn that some persens understand my some Wenham Lake ice; a clergyman and a coun- 1 feel under obligations to you for the pu lication | juany times during the evening were we gratified |“ Should the efforts now ~ tine testimony, given in the divorce case, on ¥ sellor’s wigs @ royal standard and a hamper of | of my letter of the 3ist December, rticularly that | with similar views. Berths are unknown, and we he pineal sronmees ~ ee made aeneione soompedn tn. anhatt pome yi So rengee m wine; and so on. Passing over the black leather rtion which related to the Post Office, as ' think | were all compelled to pick the softest spots and ceseful, it will tend powerfully iy Mise ct [heey ad Toy Pdr byl | omy, — @ bag which some one every clay appears to leave in | it hus had the desired effect. make it as comfortable as we could. The of affairs in this State. As yet, the a Fremtages a reetes Y; ey Sonreet am pag betore ith a good demand some train, passengers have recovered luggage of | 1 would again impress upon the readers of your | rado drove on, and we found ourselves, the southern portion ef California have been quite |, When my Serehns coplivt se Mr. Bigelow Lawrence per for sperm, £30 10s « £32 for whale, | the most miscellaneous character by means of the | valuable journal, the importance of a large emigra- | shout five miles from Sacramento. overlooked, and, of the countless multitudes who | @ $100, be did not furnish it, sa he hed not se . for palm. Rice.—A small business done | tele, . In the trains have been left a pair of tion of the daughters of Eve to this land of gold | was running swiftly down, and the trees | have gone through it, all have gone on the North. much money about him. but to her to borrow 20s. Dyoweete without el _ re Fy spectacles und a pig; an umbrella and Layard’s | and plenty, where the smiles of aely wena were inclined down the stream, by the great | But, while it is a question if it does not prove ae tap Yor * Tarpese dhe maew o > Pe nN eae “Nineveh ;” a purse and a barrel of oysters; a | are like ° angels’ visite, few and far between.” | rugh of the waters. Vast plains were inundated, | prolific in mineral treasures as the North, as an | joc eottea renee, Mating orc the trial te £ * loaragua- | creat coat and a baby; and boxes and trunks, ef id | In conclusion, dear sir, { subscribe myself very | and many there were, who had bailt their log | ggricultural region it is far superior, It i@ tnques- | the haprenion Chet kee hence om ave — ~se ost tone pope genus omne, without number. respectfully and truly yeurs, Jasms Gravt. "| houses, thinking themselves safe for the winter,who | tionably the of the United States, As yet | money for her, This is a mistake, and I eorrest i} im ool gard 082 bales; firm. ‘advan TUE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH IN AUSTRIA, were forced to leave in consequence of the quick | the land is held n ly bi few L. proprieto justin to all parties com od ‘bout If on bn ‘eae, pric ) tan edvancoof} 1. 1417 this invention was first introduced into Manotows, Old Dey Digging. } tise of the water, The passengers had crowded on isa mpropt ed iAiniy to the rule of ook} ; ‘The fact. of this loan was spoken of to show that j jarch, 1500, 4 lections, they The El Dorado was bound up the Sacramento, Amportant Discoveries of Gold—Bituminous Coal 2 $ Austria, and at the close of 1819, it was extended Upper California, 2 oe»: ES the decks, to catch the first sight of Sacramento | but the high price 1 when she applied to her husband for money he had ‘Telegraph Matters. from Vienna to the following places:—To Prague, | Operations in the Mincs—The Bifect of the Cold | City, which soon came in sight us we turned causing them to vel heir stccks very pony not furnished it, and that she was not forgettul of her ae JN. by Olmuty, a distance of 279 miles; to Prague, by | bVeather—A Revolting Case of Cruclty~Emi- | the river, ond, ere long, we were alongside | and it is considered doubtful by many good judges | erufmeeting debt, whine fe wae tere ne fours of haw SKW IMPROVEMENTS IN THE TEL » Brun, 249 miles; PA hag aoe gration—The President's Message. the embarcadere, and ashore. low diflerent | whether the new circumetances in which the | fo justify ‘bis advertiooment, She Seamey ene Jacky 5 " We were shown a beautiful instrument, at the | burg, 1734 miles; " the city appeared from what it did when | country is placed wi rend. i “office of the New York and Erie ‘Telegraph line, feet Viewss to Munich has’ been in activity since As any information from thissection of the world | | was there in November! llouses were shut stock oop rotiabie on oa (ott ells Mo Sochekto tims tpaenrte nestitine i pape ‘ of Detroit, which will | the 10th of January, and the Gazette d’ Augsbourg | is read with great interest by the people of the | up; stores were closed; people were either | again, it is undoubted that the taxes on real estate | This clreumstanee was tho subject of eomment by pre pois'en- riepinned serious obstacle in the pp mye nod ie Se ceeren. of exely a. States, I concluded (having a spare evening) to sit re Soon in a ab om sahiog —— a will be very high; id thle, to a people who have | counsel, <td, - Lond edie Ln a t twent s rit en dec! + b ‘ nees in mH as worked their way throu ever been in t abit i will soon mede er counsel oF witness, way “a searatee, and must work an important | in Victua, line from Vienna to Salzbourg, | 40W® and give you a few items with regard to the | (he streets; but the co was leavin es / had left pots A, them unwilling to votes tf thelt poosmminn reference to Mr. Abbott Lawrence or his family, oal- jution in the business, where very important | Via Linz, itis expected, will be finished in a few | mining operations, and matters and things in gene- | the city and had fallen three feet below the bank | such large bodies = nd as they now possess, berry te conrure =. ; revolution in ted as in | Weeks, and that from Prague to the frontiers of | ral, knowing very well that it will prove interesting | On the riverside. We found the steamer Lawrence | when it can be sold, as it soon can, at high prices. | yemiteh pm te yg ty points to be connected are eo widely separa an Saxony, in the course of the summer. The lines ws ‘ofthe ere of the New York u,\¥ waiting the boat from below, and would | One excellent tract, the property of Mr. Carpenter, | to Mr, Bigelow Koctenss to come to Louleville te re. the United States. The obstacles in question arise | yun partly on the railroads and the cemmon high- majority read Herald, | start in the morning, up the Sacramento, for Yuba | on the San. Gabriel river, between Los Angeles | siderl wee unwilling my dauchune theata ‘i> anything that from the impossibility of getti rfect insulation | ways, posts on which the wires are placed | end which paper, by the bye, has an extensive éir- | City and Marysville, and th athe appearance | and San Padro, is in the market, ae is also the ‘annoy oF mortify bis tether, whoee coger es coat rea rammed po the galvanic | f° generally about fifty French metres apart. The | culation in this country, and is read and sought for | of the boat, our load of baggage, freight and pas- | Rancho del Chino, which, of” iteclt, ‘cieeelan 1 to obtain, and Yeared ibe prompt re- by cost of laying down the tele; the German | with great eagerness on the arrival of every steam- | SMgeT#, Would not be small. ‘The river being 80 | land h to comment Tey of halfa mil- | mittance of eo «mall a sum would have that effvet. , the current from the wire to the ground. The best in- | mile, has been calculated at ins 44 kreut- . high, a steamboat of light draft of sulated lines cannot work successfully more than | zers, equal to about £60 sterling (or about $300). | Fs and it would also afford a better means of con- | yy ihe river over one “hundred five or six hundred miles in ordinary good weather, The whole of the administrative superintendence | veying news through California than having it mento City, and thirty from th we is under the control of the Minister of Public pblished in the papers here, asthe papers from the | the Yuba, and a city had been vater could get It undoubted), 8 from Sacra- 1 ha id diggings, cn | who have been all over the State. The land is as | @eten most lovely valley 4 Sas ae n ry oy correspondent 0 oston Herald ph Ag, Ade t, says —The unfortunate domestic diMoulty out at the head an | bet he “ Relle of the Wert” and T. B. Lawrence, in one circuit; and in rainy weather, this distance | Works, the telegraph being the property of the | States are read with much more eagerness, and | of navigation. Goods of every description were § Or Yo a Ye anust be divided once or twice, causing as many | government. have a more extensive circulation, than the news- | being crowded there, and stores were going np, | take it, | venture to su, it as an | Vut to ail lovers of domestic happiness, interruptions in the transmission of a message. THE TELEGRAPH IN RUSSIA. papers published in this country and speculation was running high. There, among | for some of your New York speculators. Expe: ‘The gross attack upon the famiy of the Hom. Abbott Colonel Speed's instrument is designed to connect A telegraph is to be established at St. Peters- is section of the country has probably proved | others, | was bound. about $50,000 in laying off the valley into lots, and | Lawrence, in the late application of Mrs. Sallie W. cea ‘ be divided into two branches, ofte lead- | to be as rich in mineral wealih as any ever yet dis- those shortened circuits together, and, in fact, takes pany Vientny ae pring Berlin covered in California ; but during the I 4 the place of .awopyist and telegrapher at the con- THE TELEGRAPH IK — the mines have been worked so much, t! necting station, thus tranamifting the meseage from | Several English engineers are in Paris ready to | difficulty a tan can make common wages 5 ‘ . | it sometimes happens that rich are ‘one cirevit to another, both ways, through the | enter into contract with pep ay mye be hag where heavy Sanam conn ro my —4 The Lawrence had been yintes away nearly | in introducing water, and io a few years $1,000,000 | Lawrence, for a divoree ina court at Louisville, and an hour, and finally, crowded wi 4 be made out of it. | the one-sided evidence there produced, would secm te loaded down with freight, she started on her way my last, 1 mentioned that some of the emi- | Jetty the friends of Mr. Lawrence in publishing thelr from Secramento. ¢ river was running down | grants from Salt Lake valley to t nce had | *ée A Cy ghee ye | they have re- very swift, and our erful stern wheel did not | turned off to the West, with a view nga ey Le of respect tor . push wa aheed very test, bat. sll, we were on our | pues through the Serta "Nevade into the Tule baw hy Ga I repet Os, | ees work, "whi fro four | the ‘"pay-up bell” in the hands ‘of « practised bout i a that ‘corns ‘of thewm have | trees esi T sintetat ition. of this invention, i 7 / pod work, where ear, m two to four “ pay~ in peri it is now sar some ve | renee family. I willrelate a little affeir, wisatbee 2 hectic be this city to New > eS ip apa Oe Sunces a day was looked spon'es nothing immode- | darkey, and the upsetting of one gold digger over | got through to French's rancho, in the Tulore | bly was the beginning of the diffeulty Se aren witee: covered with gutta pereba, under. | Fate. Georgetown aplace distant about 25 miles north | another in the crowd on the deck, were all in order, | valley. This is situated divectly at the southern |. Soon after thelr marriage and roturn to Bosten, the ‘Orleans, or to St. Louis, with the same despatch laying » gutta p " frem here, will afford good diggings during the | until things settled, and then we were all right. | extremity of the valley, and about two days’ ride | Hon. Abbott Lawrence gave «large party for the pur- and correctness that they now ere to Boston, ground. ‘bi time Je. | Summer, on account of not having been worked Most of our number were miners, who had left the | from the Miesion of San Fernandé, French and a Philadelphia, or Albany. The practicability of Mr. Rain has been exhibiting his electric tel much during the winter ; the great depth of snow, | Cities where they had been during the winter, and | number of others squatted there last fall. longest line, or any number of circuits, without de- structing the hey p po hath ‘of a comm. | general thing, from 6 to $10 a day Aan apek way up—the buzzing of the blower, the ringing of | valley. It was thought on: at ted greph in Paris, and claiming for it a superiori sity of Id having snspende: who were determined to take an early start, and | — From the Colorado I heor that there is a large | Loree) Matly refused to the improvement has been fully tested on the | over that of | Wi » in the ce wit <i alienteAcnaaien atte last ; et end dig their remaining share of the “dust,” and dig | body of Mexican troops there, connected with the | momtfated with ber, an aa ‘ Erie and Michigna line, where the instruments | which it the characters that are con- | from some information I have received about some | &WAY, &8 soon as possible—and there ‘were busy | boundary survey, and that they are erecting for the | After much pereussio ing at Cleveland and Detroit, | veyed. . Brett is likewise there, ring the | mines having been discovered in the vicinity of the W jingling their dollars, thinking @f | American government buildings for the use of ; have been working it, fumed of be ving e for t and meesages transmitted from Buffalo to Mit | *operatys gutta perche, w en | Middle Fork, I am inclined to believe that there are = Ieky’hit at Maryeville-and there were tre- ‘These are situated on this side of the | ber li the father mother and troops. friends, velope the wires that under the water for in tha te thy goods, making their ventures to the | Colorado, just above the mouth of the Gila. There | Died at one of the most faebionable and brilliant levees waukie, through two instruments, or three cit-| the conveyance of e Detwees Dover 68d | one nn ao eet git te | mince, deel were for Marysville. We sailed | now on their wey to this ranchva compart at | ever gives in Neston, when Mire. taille W. Lawrence cwits, in the most satisfactory and perfect | Calais; but things are by no means in such a state | 1,5 quaatity of Jd that has ever been discovered | ebout 10 A, M., and at 5 P. M, we were twenty- | dragoons and « compeny of infantry, who Will ce- | (Btered the drawing-room, dressed ins any 4 test ‘manner. The practicability of one circuit work. | of forwardness te might be imagined from the | i California. T intend leaving thia place in u week | eight miles froin the city, sailing in sight of the | cupy a tailing here. “It i in ultimately, to | Serre might be told, kod when such abuse ae that ot ‘ Fi vhe hearing tn 1. a oupeh he or two, @ the matter, only hope it will | Coast range of mountai were about fifty | erect a fort in the Cahoone Pass, or on the been Y oulevill upon an honorable ing an other both ways, has also fully tested ‘rom Gall \d aA if of miles on our left across the plain, which was co- | river; General Riley will be down from the north Siku Gay ancanicieion ‘on the New York and Erie line, where the process ment haw een made a the’ Elysee, by | Mondletct ic caly Lacven iva few, ber by therioee | vered wtih water, Thousands of cate weredying | Ine ew weekstwecket sie, The terpetiar ae | om” ands aimee has been in practice since July last, by means of a chemical elegans x e Te lie, of es tro- yoo wil have reecived thi letter, it will have been 2 the banks LD A Teg seg genmn hevo — ae i comme of Sayer 1 aun Qenes ae Gureniionens aretnion sin imple and effective instrumen 4 ; . rt time, ev ion—houses were from founda ragoons. . Wilson a reea > peat ae t invented by Mr. | was fixed up in the grand saloon of the palace, qquets Spot et the land “will be aimed, and of | anid the whole line of country we passed by, showed | brother of Major F. are already here, making pre- upon Greceh 004 wiley write Ghemastven’ upon the Cornell, and in use at Ithaca. The practical effect | and, soon after one o'clock, the experiments com- 4 be menced. course those who get there first stand the best | great raveges by the flood. ¢ sailed swilter after | parations for the troops. Liew memory of n oan oo, which of Comell’s instruments, appears to be the same as Bain, the inventor, was accom-| Choice. lam only waiting for the snow to melt | we were way up the river, and were soon in | me that the horse he rides was in the famous | jess to the shame of that country then to the dishonor that of Bpeed"s— the difference _? pgen ta, ts Speers pong ty M. Walkinshaw, {5 the moustslon, t fe op hy blankets, and take a | sight of bat, Which is situated one fine plain, | charge of Hessen, de Ia Palma, in May 1846. It he ogy rony mee in works without ¢ attention operator at Ae — hie ie tended prospecting tour, with three or four days provisions, | at the head hg aye on the Sacramento, a: came through with Colonel Graharm’s Freon. his of Foreign <cattemiiion ; the one Jany be termed cteeee. | sod BL. Chevaller, Seoretary-Cenerel of the Prost: and picky shovel and gon, and try and Hind ot | at the mouth the eather river. The crowd | Cay. Hone will command the company of nfatry bs olkoer ond’ bert Cis tae ‘ . . i i as mune ” ' dent, and the other an independent connector. We ys the, Freach Ambesondot setae = vile” mad ie hytg health, | tush for the York Herald (or California—over | Sinee 1 menced this r, I have entered Be Ape md are happy to learn that sree, Conmas and Speed ene 1 Pret. | my opinion is, that this season Will be the | a hundred were sold at $1 50, during the time | into convefation with @ party who are abont to ‘ oF the attati have made orreNow York oa Ene, an im- YL. M oe gre ‘was | moet favorablesin many respects for mining in | We Were there. These are an enlightened people, | work the new mine. One of the company is Hen- eels thie thet 0 provemente of ah heed Erie as i Aya Tne | this . By next fall, all the mines will be | and teemed to know where they could get the | ry 1. Riel, of your city, who is now here. We from (he and dire ore — aoe a widne de. | Pretty well marked out, and it will only pay com- | news. | Vernon is situate te, and was partly | leave here to-morrow morning, with forges and English sailor,” with os t ag Pes a wae i fond tnd 4 of 325 Tenglish ponies with proper mac to work it profitably, | Under water during the . We ran up against | apparetus of all kinds. It may some of you ceeieeed yi ae | the rs the oh os weapons beget — And berg SR aes ined the except other Heh mines wee saveted in the mean- So teat, and were soen onfour way again up the over se kanes jas ¢ aes mine is in the tana ~~ protestations of opt ae - two hrough ’ miles, than . time, which, course, will al matter very g ‘ . ¥ hich remont's > iteolf ow experienced in deopetehing messages from | cess to the President of the republ ‘and te Prince | materially, From what 1 can learn, Feather and | It soon became known on board, that Capt. Sat- FAY stoned on the 20th April, 844. Tt ie forty. | Oth, sited’ owery timetbet the hecsh domesas megs New York to :") rod wa with, aon hon comprehended ly prine’ whe! Yuba rivers will be very much crowded the comi ter and his wife and family were in the cabin. He miles beyond the Agua de Tomasa, and about | {2 ease of tence will be contrasted with the St. ily Bie and our 4 tion b, he seid, were almoct mar season, as the larger ion, of the emi ts that hed not seen his fanny fe near “righteen, years, twelve this side of the Hernandez Spring. pay hs as Tard Palmerston evinewd ness men Fete lows, iment as came t an ring the winter will start they arrived steam ama, re with they now get them from a Se |. OF igenee which he had displayed ia bring: those ‘end take + ge chains of any ae- | and all Were on bound for the ranch of Capt. P § —A party have just arrived from the road from under the pre- Alvany, e Seat py Reh i cane. h per ‘of Ahicmtele. | count thet were worked last season. For | Sutter, about miles below the io) ont the Lake, for |. They say their company ay bee not -ment juced on xtraordinary pty ‘of the | Y Own part, I think [ will try the mountains, as | Seeramento, kept out of sight until the tea | left the Mormon settlements on Mth Novem i every HEC AND HALIFAX TELEGRAPH LINE. Se, © presence they will not be so much crowded. | must men | Vell rang, and the table was soon filled by those | ber, and that it embraces the bee oy wagons Trem t capita, depseh comariens tira of my having teeetved itelhgene afew d ' here they were expecting to see | that hed arrived from the States. have tra- ALS, Wee in ‘ol "Saas 19 since, of a lump of , that was found in t . his family. Every omg geomet velled 200 miles: snow, and, im consequence, comnact with thes being at the rate of nearly couthern mines, that weighed 9 Ibs. 1 will converse with them. y did | their teams are « and ate now re- ‘ Feeeives an. af. - vouch for the anil of this stateinent, ate fot seem to feel very happy, coming to their new ee the b .. Lael tena oe ie " believe it true. . Cross may iteelf have inflleted . B. Groment, of Cartronsts —A tevol case of cruvity, exercised on a sun had long since gone down behind the | hode river until relief is sent them. oo sae tn ict areaben ee vee inthis town, (if & and we were siowly feeling our way ee We, ves fe Asiertetal tailor, lb el ae ceed ta Wee ene ‘cntaen of place consleting of & hundred a which were the | Capt, Retinitis K, committed micide at 3 rh Cy hea erected the Year canbe euch). nie 100 at ay Ok 8 Satie: * A} yrs peg ORLY before the Bu- unfortunate victim was in a mek helas ® Tprevidewee, of the of hie wife. overnor Marey, of tion, being entirely without ¢ither fends ot iieen ht; and at eight o'clock, we were | Peny of Polish “rages uae Rem neh ‘ ha th and astranger. [le put up at a house hete, and in A large adobe building, with ' *8 ad Ged to Amerion atter Georgey's