The New York Herald Newspaper, July 9, 1850, Page 2

ADDITIONAL NEWS FRGM CALIFORNIA. ARRIVAL OF THE MAILS BY THE GEORGIA. ters From the Pacific +, ie, May 30) Since the sailing of the steamer lethmas, on the 15th inst., the operation of the foreign miner's tax bas elicited considerable public attention. In the SACRES, | tele ound; and in'the vicinity’ of the Sonoran to found; and in the vicinity ef the 01 INDIAN MAS ae. y Camp they bumber many thousands, the —wie to Americans alenes being pore, ie five tone. 3 -! mee! ‘The steamship Georgia, Captain Porter, arrived | On Sunday, the 17th inet peer held Gla na arly yesterday morning from Chagres, with the California mails. . Our thanks are due to William A. Bailey, Esq., the mail agent, and to the gentlemanly purser of ‘the G., for their attention to our news collector. The Georgia brings over thirty thousand letters | im eharge of Mr. Bailey, the largest mail yet from | California. The Oregon brought down 250 passen- The ‘(Georgia was detained four days in Havana, ‘eoaling and waiting forthe Falcon. The latter vee wel is bound to Chagres, with about fifty passen- gers. ‘The Georgia has on board the captain and crew ef the Lucy Ellen, which vessel capsized and suok off Main, Costa Rica, The Nicaragua mail from a@he United States, (including the government despatehes,) was lost. The Oregon was to sail from Panama on the Ast of July, and was the only steamer in port. There were 1,500 passengers on the Isthmus, ‘Waiting to go on. The Oregon, parsed, on her way down, the fol- owing steamers bound to San Francisco, viz:— 22th of June. steamer California; Tennessee, Mh ef June; off San Diego, steamer Columbus; 19th, steamer Panama; on the 20th, steamer Isthmus; game evening, steamer New World. ‘The Serah Sands was lying about 100 miles ‘Bouth of Monterey,fout of fuel. A large number of passengers had arrived at San Francisco having Jeft the steamer and gone up by land. Many had wuffered much from exposure, and some, it is said, @ave perished. Mr. H. Loveless accidentally shot hhimeelf through the head, (as he was in the act of taking his gun from a wagon,) causing instant death. Coal had been sent down for the Sarah Sands, and she was hourly expected in San Francis- ‘eo when the Oregon sailed. The following summary ef intelligence was com- minicated to us by Mr. W. A. Bayley, the efficient agent who came in charge of the U. 8. mail from California:— The U.S. mail steamer Oregon, Capt. C. Pat- terson, arrived at San Francisco on Monday, 20th of May, at 6 A. M., making the quickest trip yet made, being but 18 days and 12 hours. At San Diego, took on board some sixty passengers from ‘the steamer Chesapeake, which had put into St. Simeon Bay, out oF fuel and provisions. Many of | her passengers were in a destitute condition. R. Allen, of Maine, died on board the Oregon, on the Sregon et and was buried at San Diego. The on left San Francisco on the evening ofthe Ist June, and arrived at Panama Bar the ist, at5 A.M. The steamer Tennessee left Acapulco on the 9th ult., for San Francisco. Mr. E. C. Seabury, of Yar- mouth, Maine, had died on board the Tennessee. The steamer Columbus passed San Diego on the pepe the 3d ult. Appeared to going | rapidly. ‘ost of the burnt district in San Francisco had been rebuilt, with much better style of buildings than before, and several large brick buildings are being erected. The rivers in the interior and mining distriets | continued high, and mining operations could be | eariied on but to a limited extent; but the great number of new buildings and other improvements going on gives employment to as many as wish it. The P.M. steamer Carolina sailed on the 23d of May, with the 0. S. mail for Oregon. The steamer Go'd Hunter had been sold at $150,000. kris the intention of the purchasers to Tun her from San Francisco to Mazatlan and San | lat Bias, which will be of great convenience to those who take the route across Mexico in their journey to California. Messrs. Mott, Talbot & Co. are | part owners ,and agents at Mazatlan. The steamers Senator, McKim and Hartford are ati}! running on the Sacramento. There were two thousand persons on the Isth- maus, bound for California. Our California Correspondence. Benreta, California, May 27, 1850. Interesting Naval Intelligence. The following vessels, belonging to the United States Pacific squadron, are now at this anchorage, va: | Frigate Savannah, Captain Johnson, ship of | Commodore T. Ap Catesby Jones. ne | Sloop of war Fulmouth, Capt Sloop of war Preble, Captai Storeship Fredonia, Lieut. Com. Officers and crews generally in good health. ‘The United States ship Vandalia, Captain Gard- wer, sniled a short time since for a cruise on the ing at Sonora, and passed payment of the tax. They ¢ placards, in derision of the Ameriean population, and seemed to court what came in the sequel. The Americans assembled in force, and announ~ ced themselves ready to sustain the authorities of the State. Two Americans were priviously killed, while in the discharge of official duty among the foreign population. About five hundred men as sembled at the town of Sonora from that neighbor- hood; while the people at Sullivan's diggings, and at Wood’s, also prepared for the emergency. The turbulence of the foreigners soon received a check in a manner that will have a lasting effect upon them. Among the first demonstrations, while the sheriff was in the act of arresting a disturber of the peace, he received a slight stab in the back; this was seen by an American present, who cleft the perpetrator on the spot. ; The foreigners will have to be subservient to the law of the State concerning mining regulauons — Public sentiment and public justice demand at, and their alternative is, to pay or go. They are leaving in large droves at present, and those of our Atlantic friende, who are now en route for this golden re- gion, will probably have a few roods left for them, which now hordes of foreigners would wish to menopolize. _ ‘The terrible retribution dealt out to the Indians at Clear Lake, by the Government troops, deserves more than a passing remark. In another column of this sheet wili be found the cause of Indian out- rages, from a@ eource entitled tocredit. It is neces- sary to make them feel our power, but itis our duty to protect them as human beings, in which light they are scarcely viewed in California at present. The troops returned to Sonoma on the evening of the 22d inst., after a battle, (if it can be called such), in which they killed nearly 200 Indians. Since the adjournment of the Legislature, the organization of the State has been minutely per- fected. The laws of the State are now in process of publication by the State Printer, and the bound volume of the laws of California will be ready for delivery about November. The city of San Francisco has commenced a municipal career under the new charter. The Common Council have been in session almost every day for a month past, in committee or other- wise, and their labors are not yet completed. The liabilities of the city are now over $200,000, and the treasury is at present empty. The Assessors are now ccaployed busily at their duty. They are not nearly through yet ; but their labors have de- veloped one thing that has astonished even the most sanguine among us, in regard to the amount of wealth in this city—they announce the taxable ones in San Francisco as likely to exceed three undred millions of dollars! The mining news continues, as formerly, in an uninterrupted stream of rich developments. More quicksilver machines are now in use than during jast season. Many are preparing to enter into the speculation of quartz mills, to pulverize the rock, but as yet we know of none in operation. When used, the southern mines will be the theatre of speculation. In other portions of the paper will be found the latest mining details. The probable fate of the steamer Chesapeake, from around the Forn, fora tme elicited considera- ble attention. She put into a port of Lower Califor- nia in distress, eome time ago; some of her passen- gers came up on the last trip of the Oregon, and relief has been sent. Her passengers endured many privations, but no lives have been lest. The Sarah Sands was out from Panama much over her time and some anxiety was manifested; but two of her ngeis arrived after an overland trip of more than three hundred miles, and reported her seventy miles below Monterey, safe and sound, but out of coal, which wai immediately sent to her. She is expected this It_is conceded here that propellers will not do for Pacitic navigation. ae have steam communication semi-monthly with regon. . Several new towns have been announced lately in different parts of the State. Some of them are likely speculative, but the rapid increase of popu- tion must call for many new locations of trade, some of which are perhaps not yet noticed. A ay town has es at cm —— a the olumbia river, in Ore; named Paeific Cit, which bids fair to command some attention, A wrretre is ovthlag 1 portanc ere is nothing later of im e from the Sandwich Inlands” ‘The Massacre of Eleven Americans by the Yumas Indians. (From the Sacramento Transcript, May 30.) Near the junction of the Colorado and Gila rivers, 4 ferry was erected over the Colorado, some time ted inflammatory 3 in March last, by a company of Americans. The business done tage ferry was large, and several men stopped at the place to carry it on. * For some reason, Which has not been explained, the Yumas Indians, heretofore considered a harmless and in- offensive tribe, have Mon unexpectedly shown de- cided evidence of hostility. Ay despatch from Abe) Stearns, first Alcalde ef the District of Los Angeles, sent by extraordinary exp to Gov. 04st of Peru and Chile. Desertions from the squadron were compara- | tively few The worst case recently was that of & fellow by the name of Read, Purser’s Steward | of the Preble, who decamped with $1,208 belong- | gts the funds of the ship. | ¢ United States storeship Fredonia, Captain Neville, will sail for New York in a few days, A court martial for the trial of several officers | commences to-day; but I am not at liberty to men- | ‘ ‘Bon bemes. No news of the Vincennes, now daily expected. Benicia has received quite an impetas by the eemmencement of operations, made by Howland Aspinwall, for the establishment of a depot for t Mail steamers, which are to run regularly to piece. Many knewing persons beheve that this | Place, when it becomes a port of entry, will prove & strong rival to San Cisco, KY. Z Satety of Serah Sande, {From the Paeific News, June 1) | Our citizens were most agreeably surprised, last Fridwy, by the receipt of intelligemee of the Sarah Sande, end that her numerous passengers were well provided with all necessary comforts, con- sideting her onfortuoate deteation by a constant succession of head winds. j ‘The news was brought to this city by F. W. Rice, Eeq., eseociate of Mr. Crane, in the pro- whig piper, and Mr. R. 8. Brown, who, overcoming obstacles, and enduring hardships enough to appel the stentest hearts, reached this city in four days, from St. Simeon, about seventy miles below Monterey, where she put in, having exhausted her supply of coal in an attempt to meke this port by a long tack to the westward. When the Sands made the little harbor where she now lies, she had but a few tons of coal left. At St. Simeon there is no settiement—nothing to indieate that a human being had ever resided there, except a single deeeried house. How far it ‘was to a habitation was entirely unknown, but it ‘Was important to the welfare of the vessel, and the four hundred souls on board, to convey infor- Mation of their situation, that relief m ght be seat to their aid Under these circumstances, Mesers. Rice and Brown volantecred to cross the San Antonio moun- tains of the coast range, and reach this plac distance of over three hundred miles by the r travelled, A search was made by a lage number of passengers fora trail, withoat succees; and on the next day, Mevers. Kice, Brown, W. A. Light hal}, and —— Thoermpeon, at n this bazardous excursion, with five day » aod their Diankets on theit beoks. Five miles out, they for- tunately etrock a trail, and after thirty-eix hours journey over terrible mountains and ravines, Feeched the ranch of Don Matiano Seberana With some difficulty, horwes were procured at the Mieion of San Antonio, ten miles tarther on, and in sixteen hours, without change of horses, these indefatigable nnd generous-hearted men rade into Monterey, a distance of one hundred and five miles On the succeeding day, (Thureday,) horses Were purchased, and the dietance te San Jose, 8 miles, was made by a little after mideight. Yeoter- day, et these ers of good tidings re be » haviag been four days since leaving th | forty wiles on foot, Want of space Testing details give that there bas bee suflering for supplies Capt. Thompron is en of in terme of the highest praise for his « Jerate care of h sengers, end all of seaimanshiy attributable, but sos winds Hay Tim any Hanvnet.—We are now in the anidet «f the forme Ily approaching che yUT streets the Ao- cared geass from duxuriant prairie friewd from ye large barns are be mier for the wi thi Trupted the by, the price of an ordi scythe and meath is now $50.—-Placer Times, Apams & Co.'s Exrness.—Thia well known and comseiened firm are, as heretofore, the largest Seamer to day. gon n etty hard, however, by Macon- dray & Co.. who ship about 5,000, to Go."+ $808,600. ‘These indituicne wall aon aks ifornia but Pacific News, Burnett, we learn the following facts:—On the 2ist of last April, six of the ferry company crossed over the Colorado to the Mexican side, for the pur- pose of bringing over the animals of some Sono- ria! the rest of the company, numbering eight, re ing on the American side of the river. Three of the company left the houses, and were cutting poles in some weods near the ferry, and while thus en: |, some fifteen or twenty of the Yumas In- s came to them, saying that the captain of the had sent them to help cut the poles. As they had never before been thus employed, their mo- tives were mistrusted. A hatchet, however, was given to one of them, with which he commenced cutting, end he was soon observed to strike ery near the head of one of the Americans. The Americans hereupon drew their pistels, and the Indians ran, circling round towards the houses be- lenging to the company. The three Americans | started for the houses also; but before getting out | of the woeds the heard a yell, and as they emerged from the brush fate the open country, the Indians fired upon them, There being cape, the party commenced firing back, the same time to g the houses. They s in reaching their houses, where they found ¢ body of Glanton, the captain of the ferry company. They next ran to a Mexican camp in the neigh- borhood, but were there refused admittance. They then fled to the river, and eneceeded in get- ting off from the shore in one of their boats. The Indians now commenced shooting balls and arrows at them from both banks, while the party harried down the river. After rowing fourteen miles, they found they had outetripped the Tudians, and thea landed nearly opposite a place called Algadores. They then took to the woods; at moonrise they returned, and found their boat had been taken away. That night they went feurteen miles far- little ehai f ee ther down the river, built a raft, and on the 24th the 2ith, the party she river, and in crossed the ( changed th the cour dia cape. Pursuing their course up the ri travetied all night on the 24th, and at daylight, on the morning of the 24th, they reached the Mexican comp thet was at the ferry where the Indians’ at- , commenced—hav been without ve o'clock, M_,of the 23d. From the learned the fate of the rest of their com- rado. Durin; uuree, and went the » nions. Gleoton and De. A. L.T In were asleep,each in one of the houses. A Mexican woman saw the chief of the Yumas enter the house in which the Doctor lay, and hit him in the head with a stone ; wheres he rese to hie feet, but wasimmediately killed d the death of oth man portuniey of willing any of th also leatned from de M crossed che river, with th were aleo killed by the Yor Senorians, f fiv were tied to hady and tin burned live with them nto the fire tTthewre Ar Win. Peerit and toa those he ladiane e hank, in | » Which | ek | J woeden sti sloresaid. The testimony goes on to say that the Indians have declared tote Mexicans that their tribe is et war with the Americans; that they do pot intend to sufler Americans at the ferry, and will kill «ll who come to their country; that they want to fight with the Americans. These Indians have tince pursued two Americans, whe are now | at Los Angeles, after having succeeded im robbing them of everything they had. = The object for sending the intelligence to the Comer will appear from the following extract from the letter ohne Alealde of Los Angeles, whieh came with the depositions :— A There is a necessity for immediately sending adequate military force to the ecene of the late Massacre, in order to protect the emigrants who are coming down the Gila; many of whom, it is to be epprebended, will arrive wholly unconscious of the hostility of these Indians. It is the custom The Clear Lake Indians. To rns Eprvoxs or THe San Francisco Herap:— GxuatLemen :—1 have Unis morning, (Friday, May SL) seen in the California for the Steamer Oregon article headed ‘' Horrible | Slaughter of Indians.” jt isa falsehood from the beginning to the end. The tribes pasted are not the Indinus either of Sonoma or Napa valleys. They have, for a long time, inhabited the borders and islands of Clear Take ity wetee distant, and the head of Russian rmver ond. Moose of the whites murdered was the one who killed an Indian in Sonoma. The latter is now alive and hves at Sonoma. fs : The outrages committed on the Indians in So- a+few months since, were mur- ders of peaceful laboring Indiens on the farms in those valleys. The offenders were arrested and of the emigrants to travel this part of the road in very «mall parties, the Yumas being supposed to be harmlees and inoffensive. Heretofore, they have only been accused of theft upon such as have delayed in their neighborhood without proper cau- tion. But there is no doubt, now, that they are in a state of actual war, with all who bear the name of Americans.” It is thought by the Alcade that from fifty to one hundred men will be amply sufficient to protect the emigrants against the Yumas. Slave Cases in California. [F he Placer Times, of May 27.) roceedings of our courts, the past week Charles, a colore The have afiorded unusual interest. _C man, claimed es a slave of Lindal Hayes, was brought before Judge Thomas, on a writ of habeas corpus, and discharged, the Jade. maintaining that, under the constitution of the State, and under the Mexican laws previously existing, he had no right to detain him. We shall give the opinion of the court at Jength, and a history of this highly important t on another occasion. The man Charles was again brought up on Friday, for breach of the peace, in having made an assault upon said Hayes, and for unlawful resistance to the sheriff and officers arresting him. Mr. Hayes deposed that the prisoner drew a knife upon hin, against which he defended himself; that the knife war accidentally dropped, when the prisoner tool to flight, Hayes in pursuit ; a third party, a gentle- map, then came up, struck the fugitive witha stick, and “addled” him ; Sheriff McKinney appeared at this time, with officer Tutt, who took the prisoner in charge. Other witnesses were examined, but nothing material elicited. The defence offered very little testimony, and that bearing upon the | circumstances of the arrest and resistance of the prisoner. The arguments urged by defendant’s counsel were, that the sheriff had no warrant, and was not authorized to make the arrest out one. Second. That no breach of the peace was com- mitted gt the time of the arrest, nor in presence of the sheriff. Third. That the prisoner, Charles, having been di da freeman by the decision of | our courts, was justified in the resistance he offered to Lindal Hay 3” attempt to capture him. Numerous authorities were cited by counsellor Zabriskie to sustain these and the collateral posi- tions affecting the case. | epee adhered closely to the legal aspect of the question, and did not respond to the irrelevant, diffuse, and per- eonal harapgue, which was permitted to succeed him. In consideration of the peculiar circum- stances of the case,and the great interest manifested by the crowded assemblage which had been drawn together, the court allowed a liberal latitude of dis- cussion. Justice Sackett promptly discharged the risoner; the position taken by the defence being fully supported by the penisoeny of the wicpoene, and thoroughly sustained by the direct bearing the authorities. It is well known that of the per- eons brought here as slaves, but a small proportion are now retained in service by their assumed mas- ters. Whatever impressions maintain elsewhere, few in our midst doubt the perfect liberation that awaits the slave who places his foot on our free soil; but the friends of freedom and humanity everywhere, will welcome gladly the ready re- se Which our courts have given to the un- ckling tendencies which distinguish the spirit of this age. A colored man by the name of Lawrence was married, on Thursday hide to Margeret, a woman hired out to service int Hecity, by) illiam Marr, who claims to be her master. The cere- coer heey) performed by the Reverend and Hon. Dr. Deal. The happy bride and had retired for the night, but eid early in the morning were rudely disturbed by the attacks of said Marr upon the house, which were continued until admission was gained, when, by threats and dra‘ a pis- tol, he compelled ‘Mrs. Lawrence to off with him, without the show of any legal authority, and contrary to the laws ofthe State ; and he now hoids her in custody and safe ey and threatens to carry her away inst her husband’s consent. ‘We learn that a writ of habeas corpus was refused by Judge Thomas, on the ground of insufficiency in the application, and that doubts entertained by him as to the rights of a black man to obtain suc! & writ to Behe agen ca — dh yr — bbw pereon. nuptial a! to relate, it ap fears that the bride is since disposed to stay with er preeent claimant, as mistress of his household, 4 E propositions having been made and accepted to that effect; but as he offers to re her upon payment of , the sincerity of ‘ir mutual Sitetion cannot be much commended, while the question- able morality of the whole affair is apparent. The Fore! Miners. _ The reports from a po of the southern mines indicate a feeling on the part of some of the miners affected by the tax bill, not only of dissatisfaction, but of resistance to the officers sent among them as collectors of the State revenue. Such conduct is folly, and worse. It is bringing them in conflict with a power that has all necessary strength to back the legal demands of its properly constituted officers in the lawful discharge of the duties imposed upon them Legislature of the State. It can re- sult only in present disaster to themselves, with- pe & prospect of any corresponding benefit in the futere. The protection and kind feeling which has for for some time been steadily increasing in its exten- sion to all foreigners in the mining region who have shown themselves well dapeona, will be with- drawn. They must become the prey, to a greater or lees extent, of that class of our own citizens in the placeres, who are regardless and reckless of all proper self restraint when the slightest opportunity presents them a chance to expend their ill na- ture without much prospect of being held to a strict account. Much the best plan for all such po as feel disposed to resist the payment of the moathly tax levied upon foreign miners, is to leave the coun- try quietly. Californie, while che is disposed to allow ail such to remain, and secure a fair share of her golden treasures, by the psymeat of a very small per centage, will not miss the retirement of o_< ~ = her shores; = more af our own blood and Janguage—our neighbors, friends, and brothers at home, are on the road by tens of thou- supde, to take their places. The government will be sustained. The Ame- rican miners have said it, and they are not of that class who resolve, for the pleasure of changiag their opinion. Read the following notice, and the lines sppended from General Beeangoa, handed us by Col. Hays:— NOTICE To FORRIGNERS It is time to unite, Frenchmen, Chilians, Perevians, Mexicans; there isthe highest necessity f. end to the vexations of the Am If you intend to allow yourse! band of miserable follows, who are repudiated by their Ko to the camp of Sonora next try to guaranty security for bridle in the mouths of that horde of the United Btates ‘us all, and to put who call them “The country t . L.A. BENSANQON, ers, de. [From the Sacramento Transcript, May 30.) Somtime ago, we noticed the fact of the mysteri- ous disappearance of a young man from one of the neighboring ranches, under somewhat mysterious cireumstances, and requested any one who pos sessed intelligence concerning the young min, to confer a favor upon his anxious parents by calling at our office and m equainted with it.— We are indebted to Mr. James McDermott for the following information:— As heyand two of hisfriends were on theit road to thie city from Auburn, in striking out of the road in order to save distance, they discovered » dead body very much mutilated, considerally decomposed, lying on the prairie pout fowr niles from the Americ fiver, on the other side, and between the “ Middle Ferry” and where the Yuba soud crosses the North Fork road Many of the ribs were broken from the spine, and the body had several twists in .it coat had be ‘rawe over his head; a leriet and @ slying near. Mr. McDermott came imm tely totown, and thecoroner repaired to the spot. An inquest was held, and from the destimony, the verdict avast rendered that the de- ceased, Wm. Jamison Findley, eon of David Pind ley, Was murdered about eeven miles feom this city, me person oF persons anknowo. spondent at Pilot Hill Dry Diggings, dated y 2h, 1850, from which we extract the follow. inte Migence :— corre ny “On Saturday last, a disturbanee took place be- | tweem a My, Medlliets and Chatles Coapes, a Merthe aioe (oer aes anges is this place disturb ose pom ota | b ni . hich wil t ' A. ahi wor “ie wen first onsite a twine 4 ened number of his offieda! acts, and his receipt. lord names (lier, ete.,) were called, an I the result _ The report of the Marshal will exhibit to you ® that MeAllieter was knocked down With a@ } his view on this subject; it is marked U. pes'e by the bends of Cooper. McAllister did not oF PRISON®. prok from that time, his skull having nm Sadly The prisons are in a ead co ion throughout He die id estoy “} freetured. and bleeding profasety worping at O'clock. Coeyer made phils vakoown. The shirt and | i } ¢ have received a short letter fromenr regular | toriete this | the islends eecorted by Lieut. Davideon himself, as far as the Sherif! thought necessary for security, committed for exemination by a magistrate in Benicia, brought by a writ of habeas corpus before @ court in ‘Sen Francisco, and released on bail, to appear for trial. The uibes on Clear Lake were not ap- proached. Lieut. Davidson was not the eom- mander of the expedition, and it ought not to be neceesury to say, that *‘an order of extermination, without paring sex or age,” would neither be iven nor executed by any officer or soldier of the mericsy army. The tribes attacked have mur- dered soae of the farmers living nearest them, attacked others without suecess, burnt all the houses, and driven off all the cattle where they succeeded—murdered citizens taseliee to the mines on Trinity river—defied the authorities— dared the troops to approach them, organized and prepared for a long and armed resistance, and Susnded shempelves and fought when they were approached. + e of the editors of the Alta California has informed me that Captain Frisbie and Voctor Ely, living at Sonera, are his informants. Neither was I with the expedition, or in that part of the country in which it acted; and if either has made the state- ment published, it has been to indulge some per- conal feeling, or serve some private interest, at the expense of truth. How can the conductors of any respectable prese, on such testimony, with the meana of learning the truth close at hand, assail the officers and soldiers of an army with accusa- tions of cruelty and cowardice, belied, as they are, in a most extraordinary manner, by the whole ex- perience of the war just finished;t The publica- tion, meade in the absence of all the officers en- gaged on the expedition, who are now on other arduous duty, and on the eve of the departure of the mail for the United States, demands and re- ceives from me, on behalf of my fellow soldiers, the qualification of a base and malicious falseheod, from whomeoever it may come. Pexsiror F. Sarru, Br. Maj. Gen. U.S. A. Mariiages and Deaths in California. MARRIED, Tn Sonoma, on Monday, 12th of May, by Ju R. Hopkins, Isaac N. Rawpotrm to Many Mimxava Mon- Row, sll of Sonoma, In Benicia, by the Rev. Mr. Woodbridge, Mr. Auva Kenpart to Miss Lucy Kmicur. DIED, In Benicia, om the 2ist of February last, Jous W. Beurcx, only son of Gen. Robert Semple. In ery peeye rig | on the 18th of May. of bilioas fever, Mr. Lronanp Kinstry, formerly of Washington county, Maine. In Sacramento City, on the 19th of May, of typhoid fever, the Rev. Thomas D. Stunpuvanr, aged 81 years, formerly of Providence, R. I. In Sacramento City, on the 19th of May, of chronio @iarrbors, Mr. 8. M. Sarre, formerly of Southampton, Conn., aged 24 years. In Sacramento City, on the 20th of May, of ehronic @iarrboea, Mr. Pritir Biosexn, formerly of Btark coun- ty, Obio, aged 20 years. In Becramento Ci of typ) ing of the 30th, Dr. Ff wee D. Mass., late oid fever, on the morn- G. Bumsrean, of Boston, of Havana, aged about 30, Interior Aspect of the Sandwich Islands. ae Repert of the Minister of the Interior, Read before the King and Legisiature o! the Hawatian islands, on the 224 day ef April, 1850, ‘ TO THE KOBLES AND REPRESENTATIVES OP THE HA- WAITIAN ISLANDS, IM LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL 4S- SEMBLED:— 1 have to make known to you the business pertaining to the Departnent of the Interior, for the two past years. The Le; ture did ne business in the year 1849, because the peaseeeneatere of the people did not all assemble at the proper time, and because the business of the government was not then mature fer the action of the Legislature. It was therefore adjourned, to be assembled at the pleasure of the King. 7 ‘THE GOVERNMENT PRESS. Inthe month of December, 1848, @harles E. Hitchcock, Esq. resigned his office as Director of the Government Press, on account of his inten- tion to return to his native land. The duties of that office then devolved upen Ch. G. Hopkins, Eeq., until the month of May, 1849, when Edwin onMaih Eeq. was chosen, who holds the office at e present ume. e pecuniary advantage or disadvan! of the peetnnent prees to the kingdom cannot seen ‘om this account, inasmuch as a great amount of work has been done in the printing establishment, for which it has not been credited. Had it been credited fowall the work done for the government during the _ two years, the amount would be $19,878 76, leaving a balance in favor of the press, of $4,112 24. LICENSES. The number of licenses granted throughout the Islands, since my last report, until the 3lst of March, 1850, are as follows:— 1848-9, 1840-50. Wholesale goods, ke., é 19 Retail do A 66 iT) 7 n nn n o8 88 6 6 36 33 12 2 cy 4 3 2 2 rotor pty licenses from April ist, Aa wy] 2. Total 1848 ts Roe ae oe 11,797, and to i Det, was , an to 50" sean gia, 890 let, 1849, to April Ist, 1860, was §! amount received for the two years, $24,206 25. On the 21st ef December, , the law relating to auction licenses was modified, and I hereby sub- mit the law, (marked [5) as modified, for the con- sideration of the Eyre ; but I would respect- fully suggest that Legislature re-ceusider my temarks in reference to the auction licenses, in my report of the year 1548. Should the law be modi- fied according to that suggestion, it would be to the advantege of the government. Should the govern- ment receive one per cent on all ion sales, the emount would not be less than $3,000 Ppa in Ho- nolulu, whereas it now only receives @1,000. OF COASTING LICENSES. The number of Coasting Licenses granted du- ring the year 1849, inclusive, is 46. Their tonnage 1,651, and the amount received $1,450. The nomber of vessels registered as Hawaiian from January Ist, 1849, to December 3ist, 1849, is 27, and their tonnage 1,458. The number of ves- sels registered from Junuery Ist, to March 3st, 1850, ix 7, their tonnage 379. Herewith is eubmitied the report of the Collector General of Customs, (marked 1) which will show the number of trading Hawaiian vessels that have cleared tor foreign ports, from April Ist, 1848, to April let, 1849, to be 24, their tonnege 2,347; and from April Ist, 1849, to April Ist, 1850, to be 21, tonnage 2,392. MARRIAGES. The number of marrrages of all denominations, as reported during the year ending December 3ist, 1849, are as follows:— On Hawaii. . But the reports of marriages according to law. Ilow many were celebrated during the year 1848, is not known, owing to the delinquency on the part of those who are author- ized to celebrate them. OF NATURALIZED PORBGNERS. The number ef foreigners who have become naturalized, up to the 3ist of March, 1850, are as followe:—From the United State i ; Britain, 147; France, 18; Portugal, 87 1#; Denmark, 7 den, 5; Spain, H Kursia, by Maly, China, 17; Mexice, hili, 3; Colembia, 3; East Indies, 10; West Indies, 7; Japon, 3; Polynesian Islands, 42; unknown, 3; totel, € This is the number who have been naturalized up to the present time. The number of foreigners who have been naturalized during the year ending Mareb 81, 1860, are as follows :—From the United States, 57; Great Brita France, 2; Russia, 1; Portage), 1 rmany, 2; Colombia, ne, 2; Kwet Indice West Indies, 1; Poly- . 4; total, 109. mer of foreigners who beeome natu- talized is wereasing, from year to year. Many of them have married Hawaiian wives, and live orderly liver. Some are ene c us agricul. and echers enterprising in different usefal employ ments there are no plo inabbe for the confine ment of criminales Sat no place sitflers so wuch in (bis respeet as Honolww The fart has they eon higher right to call apon them ret) been used fer this purpose, but the new prisons in it were rwined by the Freneh Admiral. GOVERNMENT FISH. The sunount “feosived for the tabued fish, fer the past yeore, has been $1,643 85 for 1848, and 2,148 tor 1849: IMPROVEMENTS. The following are the improvements which have been curried op during the two past years; A mountain road is being constructed on the Is- lund of Hawaii, from the District of Kona to that of Hilo. This is & great and important work, and the prisoners on that Island have been employed upon it. It is seid that about ten miles of the road are completed. Should this road be finished, it will be of immense advantage to the people of that island and greatly facilitate the business of the Govern- ment. Buta work of such magnitude must require “On of the rapid progress of agriculture on in account of the raj eastern Maui, and the immense amount of produce to be transported to the different harbors, an im- provement of the roads in that region has become very important; an agent has, therefore, been ap- inted to buy out and woeer blic roads in Hama- Eus,apd Bamakugpokos e adjoining districts, and report to this Department. Y Something has been done upon the roads in diffe- rent pa)ts of the Islands, but no reports therecf have been received. A new market is now in process of erection near the new wharf. Heretofore the want of a decent market housé has been a reproach to the town of Honolulu ; those in existence being full of filth and disorder. The new morket is of stone, 100 feet long, and 40 feet wide, with two stories. The estimated cost of this house will be about $8,000. The second story is particularly needed as a place of storage, inas- much as there is already a want of room in the Custom House for the large amount of merchan- dise therein deposited. In my opinion this house will be of great advantage to this place. Preparations have been made to conduct water through iron pipes to the harbor in Honolulu; the pipes bave been ordered and are daily expected to arrive. This is also a work of importance, and cannot fail to be of great advantage to the town. THE LAND OFFICE. Tux Laxp Commission.—This was organized on the 11th of February, 1846, by the election of the late and deeply lamented Wm. Richards, as its President. It jmmetistely commenced its labors, and prosecuted them with all possible diligence, until the labors of Mr. Richards ceased, in conse- uence of his last illness, and the Hen. Wm. L. Tee was chosen President in his place. From the commencement until the time of Mr. Lee’s election, the number of land claims received was G14; 121 were investigated, au awaras given on 47. From the 25th of August, 1847, to the 14th of February, 1848, which was the last day fixed by the law for the reception of land claims, there were received by the Commission, 10,499 claims, making the total number of claims received 11,143. But this is greatly increased by branch, or involved claims ; as there are, in some cases, from 30 to 60 gag or parcels of land included under one num- rT. From the month of February, 1848, until the Lovo ge the cars hc se nonpaet b have been iligently engaged in collectii and examini ‘setaenn, ie the period ae Mr. Lee aa upon his duties as President of the Commis- sion, testimony has been taken upon 10,360 claims. Within the past year, testimony has been taken on over 9,000 claims; only about 2,000 remain, and these mostly on the Island of Oahu. The testi- pan dens veaah ene down in both the Hawaiian and the En; inguages. he — to be po most cetprene and eon work, and, many claims being disput several parties, possible so to decide them as not to give diseatisfaction to some. " On ee obstacle in the way of rendering awa! been the impossibility of secu: sure veys of the lands; there being many werner isa great work to get them surveyed ; but the difficulty Is likely to be obviated, inasmuch as several good surveyors have been employed. It is believed the work wil] now advance rapidly, and several thou- sand awards be issued the ensuing twelve months. The whole number of awards issued by the Land The number of allodial titles which have been issued in accordance with the awards of the Land Commiesion from March 31st, 1848, to Mareh 3lst, 1849, is 16; and from that date until March 3let, 1860, wae $5. The whole number, 50. The number of patents issued from the com- mencement of the labors of the Land Co '» and in accordance with its awards, until the 3lst of March, 1850, is 54. The number of acres in- cluded in these patents is 2.558; and the amount received for them is $3,207. claims of the parties to these lands were acknowl but not in fee sim The government still held a right in all of them, which could only be annihilated by a commutation fee. But the has seen fit, in one or two cases, as an act of fee grace, to grant simple titles without commutation, in view of for- mer important services to his Parties to whom these lands have been awarded, have been both natives and foreigners, and the lands have been of various descriptions, both house lots and lands for cultivation. Mest of these patents have been granted for lands on the Island of Oahu. The amount of land sold in fee simple, and the amount received in return, up to the 3lst of March, 1850, can be seen by the subjoined table:-— Pri sfeves. Fath'm, =~ Price 860 648 $576 00 2.297 16 4,800 42 1,001 $06 2,406 74 14.868 475 90,468 82 8,207 16112834 73 27,208 984 61,086 71 It has been the anxious wish of the king and his | council, to encourage ture and other branches of industry, and nd to the promotion of happiness among the people. It was with this View, that certain resolutions were passed by the king and council, on the 2ist of December, 1849, ranting fee sit titles to the common people for the lan oe have occupied. These tions are herewith submitted for the consideration of the Legislature. It is be! i anything will arouse the ot Hi dustry and self respect, it is this crowning his majesty’s reign, It this fail, there is no hope. If the posseesion of a home, the home, too, in man: cases, where their fathers lived, and where their ashes sleep, the desire to provide fur children, the prospect of wealth and comfort, the excitement of advanemg civilization around them, propelled by the wakeful minds, strong arms, and increasing wealth of the white man, will not start our people from their supineness, and set them to cultivate their lands, nothing will do it, and our people must give place to t who will make that use of the soil which the aw Maker of the world in- tended should be made. Such been the condition of the government lands, eo entangled with vy and intermingled claims, not before defined or surveyed, that no rmall embarrassment has been felt in selling them to eppheents. The plan hitherto pursued, has been to consider each application separately, and to fix the price of the land according wo what has ap pewred at the time to be a moderate valuation. Much has been said against sales of land to in- dividuals of the American Mission, at low prices. But nothing can be more unreasonable and unjust. It is well known that these parties are gradually tevering their connection with the Board 1a Bos- ton, with a determination to seek a support for themselves and families on the Islands ; that the retire poor, and in most cases with numerous chik dren, all born on the Islands, and that their labors have been eminently useful to the moral and reli- — interests of the nation, to say nothing of the jvct that they have expendedinot less than $700,000 in promoting those interests. It would thea ill be- come the government to refuse to sell lands at moderate prices to retiring missionaries, while it har confirmed grents of thousands of acres to other, whe never paid one dollar for it, but only paid some trifling present, or rendered some menial service which, if paid for in cash by the scale of wage cur in their own countries at the time, would bern amply compensated by a very small pay- ment The avails of the interior department to the na- tional treasury, for the year ending March 31, 1860, amount to $62,268 57. God preserve the King! KEONI ANA. Three weeks «go, with a view of relieving, to a cer- tain extent, the mass of our coal operators from the diff ulties under which they have been laboring. owing be nrexompled prosteation of the @oal trade, we of the different interests unt. ing ® pro rata redaction of tolls, ti) tim hange ly dive d, both stot with favor hy reveral tung companies, and & few of the land the ferge mase of the latter vlnes—(and ticularly those who ought to favor the proposition) ve evinced a determination not to accede to the re- nd co-operation of all the « n he rates are tos high all round, as many cannot see the justice in aski ity mey be The tras tes are not higher in conl rente—and the Inad owners * than their m relingtish there Under there cirewmstanecs, we feel old scent ry ba: wordrobe has been entiely supplied at a great ox- land route to Calif ning at the ab two cucceesful con that po general reduction will and portion of the collieries, those attended with addit regien, and to whom we are any other class, for all © who have given employ therefore. bard to see such es they have beeen by a» ception trease| Villified by the actore in thea seer almost abundoved by those whose pro} greatly exhanced in value, and whose rigbtly understood. ou, ard and ain the: obj that was to express the opinio: vile conspiracy has been entered into by a fer lators ap! bey shavers, to months since, out . ry war seized upon by @ concern, pored to be connected with this coprpiracy, om und that the contract bad been violated, and ‘éprive the creditors of all interest in it. Buch ‘Lisi —> until nds to strengthen this citi It is time the com: y little upon the subject—they are all deeply interested. We have seen no report of the quantity of coal sent to market by the Delaware and Hudson Company this year, which seems to confirm the impression ther romised increase of coal from that quarter will not: te realized this year There is considerable ulty: in pavigating the enlarged capal with the new boats, and many of the boatmen who left this region in the epring tor Rondout, have returned dissatisfied. Dealers abroad need not hold back under the cannot be worked except at & cous idera’ ae loss, reights from Richmond to Bo:.on are at $1 30 a $1 85—to Providence. 61 A York, 80 a 85 cents, saute tes! ate The Changes of Time, BY CALEB LYON, OF LYONSDALR. Where are the mighty nations that peopled all our- vales, From the Canadian’s snowy hills to P: dales,. ‘The Arabs of the pampas- the Arueanian braves, The Gothic Adirondicks—the children of the waves? Like withered leaves they're |, or wasted like» the dew, ; The warriors of King Philip—and the Incas of Pera, gros“ realm hath vanished, Powhattan’s reig@ o'er, And Mentecuma’s vulture doth wing the air no more,” The proud Drasillan Caclques— the chiefs f Paraguay With Iroquois and Cherokees, for aye have ewsy; From the La Plate’s river to the St. Lewrence tide, ‘The victors and vanquished are dreaming side by side. Life’s phantoms have departed, by the old tumalé. 2, ‘That rise in ancient grandeur o'er the Missourt’ssheen, By the temples of Chiapas, from thickening fereste on, iby the erumbling eloisters of the Virgins of the- una Over the great Algonquin valleys no Indian war whoop rings, And fadedis the splendor of the City of the Kings. And what the meed of glory of those who fearless came. And o'er ap unrailed ocean pursued the bubble fame. Who toiled up unknown rivers and pierced deep wil-- derness, ‘Mid hunger, hope and sorrow, and danger and dist: ane their tens of thousands in the holy name And smiting heathen people with the oppressors’ rod? | ~~ Columbus in chains returned to- in. And, i bitter anguish, felt princes’ trust is vain. ‘The firm, undaunted Uortes, beside the Darrow’s wave, ee ——— of ope tee an ae n erypt onan, 8 corpse While merellees Pisarro felt the aapassin's blade. Below the dark brown waters of the Mississippi lies The chivalrous De Soto in » soidier’s armed guise; mil Be tell gd ot Lake Huron, where lichens strew e grown Le fails ie slumbering peacefully in a. forgotten mor And the loved of Pacabontes, John Smith, a hero true, Reposes from his conflicts beneath the English yew. The meek and lowly Carver, and Standish, brave and* Whose taith was ever in their God, and not the god 0: Fount New England's valleys famed Ponee de- Leon’s youth, In fountain, with » blended tide of piety end truth. Past are the glorio irits, whose mem: we Conquistador a: itan—Jesuit and Cavalier, Oh! not in vain their struggles against the nations ed, when blood flowed as the torrent swelled by a moun- tain blast. They, oo, Bot tongues of eloquence, and wielded spear ‘an i ms ~ Saeae the broad forests, where mighty rivers Ww, But, oh! they knew not Freedom, whose dwelling Place is bere, A promise still unbroken in the Western Hemiephere. . the eagle soars the same, condor the Spaniard eould not e glaciered heights viewnas and guanacas food ase, And’ o'er the north’s prairies the bison snuffs the breeze. bee them 20 wee now. Chim borazo, Orizabe, and Katahdin's Eternal point to Heaven, as of yore we Invinc House, July 3.1850. ‘he performance of the “Dran- tbat it will be re is rama of the “Sealed The representation of the various scenes of the kard's life, should be neen by all those who would wish inst the ruinous consequences of a life of iy hether temperate or intem- truthful representation of an life, which entails upon ite- misfortunes of « horrifying character. 's Ganorn —' ganta received every v ‘Will be repeated this ev of the best comedians in the city ring the intermission, a splendid ban Tal pational and other airs, feasting themselves with delicious refreshments. Nariowan Tu o are joe creams and othee TRE.—The new com; at Tes sere Ee Uh aAsetal Dodger” beloe © ir,” 0 effectively, and having boon enthusiastic cheering, they” will be repeated this evening, with Mesers, B Chay man. Thompron Du: d Mise Mestayer ililag the leading character Crniety’s Oren ow offered the public, by the introduction of the borlesque opera. It has been every night received with cheers, and the sing of negro melodies, ns also the solos on the guitar and violin, are received with the most marked applause. Orymric.— The roles, glees. choruses and instramen- tal performances given every evening at the Olym- pic, by Pierce's baud of Minsireis are rendered with reat sbility. The representations of the Black Sha- ers excite great merriment and laughter. Aornicas Museum —The excellent compan; cdicns. now performing at this establishm: will be re to draw large audiences ‘The great attraction of Alexina Fisber,. W. Clarke, Hadaway, and oth- Will be a source of ‘hose like to see a good at the Museum. of com- ‘eat profit to Barnum. ably sustained, will call fashionable theatrie cpened under the . ker and English, on the ninthof Augast. A very pow- erful company have been engaged; among them Mr. and Mrs Gilbert, great favorites in Boston, as well as New York; Miss Mary Taylor, and other celebrities, Th new comedy, writ- hment. Soon after, Mise # will be fo lowed by Miss nod Hackett, Mr. Brooke t hisarrivel. The theatre renovated and newly decorated. Tho en supplied with @ new stock —the and the manngers are determined to give tho igheat character ofrntertainments The season onght be s very brilliant one, and from the tact and enter of the management it will probably be very suc~ ‘ui. The Bostonians always support real exes. y. leave empty pretension to y consolati Trish comedian and voraltats own sclitude Con.rixe, the cel has been playing at Milwaukee to crowded houses. fis tinging ie highly eulogized. Minerva Room A panceama of the over- being exhibited every eve- fignorina Valentin The Pittsburg ° holist Episeo- Ubio. tried Rev, LN, Medbeo, of that town, for rape, aud found bim @ailty and em- pelled him. Beit s man aivaneed ia life, with grown. p ron auyhters. and for as ome Of yy hem wemed and influential preachers in that confer The ralt inspected at the varions workein New York, rg the weck ending the 20th alt, wae 105,551 bur bel,