The New York Herald Newspaper, December 25, 1851, Page 6

Our California Corre. pendence. ‘Trade and Commerce in San Francisco—Coi of Society—Theatricals ane amusements—- Masked Balls— The Site of the Cayite!, §c., &c. San Fr. scrseo, Nov. 15, 1861. I regret that, in this comvaunicatien, { cannot note the slightest improver:sat in business; on the contrary, the depression »ppears Lo have increased within the last two weeke, and ‘rade appears to me to be at the lowest stage 01 atagaat'on. The arrival of the steamer Panama, on the Sth insc., with the information of the several beavy failures in the Atlantic cities, had the effect, for the time, of entirely suspending operations in commerce, and | our merchants began to speculate as to what would be the end of such a stat» of affairs, and they could come to but one concluion—a repetition of the | disasters of 1835 and 1537. 5 H i iF rE | i 5 H i i : id unwillingness to work, wored, by all ible discharge of his On the other hand, there is no manner of ifthere was a mutiny on board, induced by the outrageous treatment receive: : i a ‘@ resolution declaring that ible bidderr, who are two bundred thousand under, shall be allotted the contracts. The Canal Commissioner, pon the sections are tomake the allotments and excoute the contracts before the first day of January. Lake Superior Imports and Exports. (From the Lake Supericr Journal. The imports of provisions, dry goods, groce and other supplies of various kinds for the aH Fue professions are tol In the establishment of the government of the republic of New Granada, ner minent statesman as the leader, but hed themselves, viz :— Gonzales, and 4 Soon in law, and Generals Obendo, Lopez, 10, etc. 1840, the party o! has been in operation now two months, is in the full patroni bg the mee: quarters of the world, and none is more conspicuous or sought after than the New Yorx Heravp. Tho | Chamber of Commerce have their library in the prinsipal room, and it does infinite credit to the merchant prinees of Sap Francisco. tide of success, bei Chomorro had seme cantile community. Hondaras Be’ seneral eight or nine hundred troops, besides the volunteers at Granada. tance in the whole country not is Chichigalpia, a city of some 10, Munos is ver, friends for not icente Azuero, blic building, without bribery or Sane te dae will, ocou| ie moe most I It is the meet benaiifal , the ext cont job iakatttante much blamed by some of his f the 0} a with the New (ese his success at Nage- { have seen it intimated, in come of the money articles in the newspapers at the East, that Califor- nia has, in many instances, been the cause of failures among heavy firme. Such » charge as that has not the slightest founcation, and even if it had, our merchants are not to be burdened with the sins of | those at heme. Merobaute and traders, snd men of business of all kinds, and newspaper correspondents —among them your cwn—bave written and re- written, time and again, thit disaster would ensue ifshippers at the East did nut cense, but persisted im sending immense cargoes vo this country—ten | times a? much as the present population could coa? sume. Yet, notwithstanding «li this, the disin- erected advice of our busincss men was not heeded, ndc!'pper ship after ship bave arrived at our port, lled to repletion, overs: cking our markets, depre- iating the value of goods, and rut merchants of the T\ust have che blame, as far as their transactions are conserned. | A State sending $90,900,000 of good money to sister States should be the last ‘ound with her. Again, l repeat, and for the last | time, we bave omhand, and with thatexpectedto | deliers adorned the arrive, a sufficiency cf goods to isst this countr; and Oregon from twelve to eighteeu month, and | business men at the East expect to realize avything | which will be given at this elegant room ‘rom their shipments to this country, they must | cease 5 districts, have amounted this season to over barrel bulk. This includes about 2,000 bundles of pressed hay, and about 20,000 bushels of oats and for feed, and also includes a large amount of produce or goods sold, or still at Saut Ste Marie. This is more, by about 40,000 bbis , than the imports of last year. machinery connected with mills and mines on ths lake, there have been imported five mining en- ines. # ‘The inhabitants of the Upper Poninsuls are still entirely dependent on other and differently favor- ay? the Len egy for almost every ies of produce and clothing. PThe exports for the year have been, of native ‘in masses and barrel work, about 1,800 tons— in blooms about 500 tons—of white fish, lake trout and Siskawit, including those sbi fro: the Saut, about 4000 barre! mate these articles are worth, as follows 1,£€0 tons of copper ut $350 per ton... 500 tons ef iron blooms at dian republic, cemprising almost all the influential a, those who are party, madean ‘auracoeeafal récherche affair came off at the Parker tely erected by Mr. M: theatre,) on the evening of the Di be members of the Monumental Firs | po: tlemen composi: R. W. McLane, Hon. J: his course aro all He foared to sacrifice lives ef his mon in an unequal contest. He is never \reckless of the lives ef his men. Nagarote is eome forty miles from Leon, the driving of the troops of Gen. Chomorro, was Beprotd, deepd rr in not pushing on to is to be placed in the abilit: thing that can be dono wil @ seems to be but little probability of success of Munoz, except there be as he is evid ity—some for Tigre Island, other pointe of safety—the luables, the poor with a large portion of provisions. The Pineda party is still imbecile Montenegro being their executive, and overnment at Grenada. They have y powerful, wealthy and liberal supporters, and ef means, money, force and ammunition. e leador of their army, too, is a man of bravery bition, he has not the force, the talents, or the experience of Munoz. ral who commands the auxiliary force, Waddeola, is eat renown—a man of the characteristics, whose supo- great abundance, whic! end euflicient. tion of much importance in a country where it is here. I spent a a steady and healthy Tt is a favorite residence for families, on account of its order, good society, and fine c! \. pose erecting a for most extensive | ment of the kind on the Pasific. Such an ea ment is very much needed to repair their steam marine, anda be could not be selected. also greatly needed somewhere on the bay, for the repair of vessels. No better or surer could be entered cia is emphatica! on account of and comparative economy with the conservative unsuccessful movement of separation: because affairs were not sufficiently matured for Now, however, they soon will be. On the 22d inst., Gen. Herrera, the Governor elect of the province ef Panema, of whose move- mentsin the southern provinses your readers have been recently apprised, arrived from the city, ith, being a ball Sompany, the followin, Board of Man. T. Butler King, a . W. Shi ‘m. H, Silverthorn, L. Bromley. S K. Labatt in our city. He was reat warmth, at some distance escorted into town by @ con- siderable number of prominent Panamenians. would be longe: ‘The welcome of the masses, on his arrival, that one very necessary stration of government is ati sence—the entire confidence of a great portion of Herrera is a man of fine personal ap- earance, with a military Ce and commaszdin; mien, about forty-ei 6: dit Nise his Drother-iolaw, the Leip rather confused character, in consequence tain little affair durin; The General is to hold ore wore er government at Bogo' ranted to Americans. It is @ will not act very fallyupon attempt to impose farther re- oreigners here, especially Ameri- detrimental to the it, Thos. McCahill JH. Pisher, B.C. Sanders, John Jobo C. Haye, Col. R. N. Wi ‘Win. Devier, R. there, which wi some sort of com- hemmed in on itants of Leon y 8! | A. Hussey, i. B. Hampton, T. B. Russom, H. Q. . H. Clay Mudd, Thos Maguire, H. 5. Every lady in the ety into by Eastern wealthy with their va- the point for such an enterprise, 8 still, deep water, aud the ease with which a spacious excavated im the We have but one oomvenience on the Pacific for repairing the bottom of vessels, and Austin, W. H. Middleton. who was present was irvited by the committee, therefore making the entertainment very select, r the larges; collection of the r at one time in the State of ing was eondusted in most ad- mirable style, and none more so than the arrange- The room in which the ball | was given is forty-five feet front by one hundred and twenty deep, magnificently fitted up. Eight chan- ceiling, and all the attributes of | the room were in perfect k % | the beginning of a series of brilliant assemblages ined by his pro- dominant party; the wes only to | ment of the supper. This rough estimate gives some idea of the valuo of these three articles of exports, trammelled as uw of enterprise for want of an easy ly communication between the upper and the lower portions of our State—what it would be un- der favorable circumstances can only be estimated from the boundless capacities of the Lake Superior produce to any extent these and numer- 0 ships and steamboats. An extensive has just been located ut Benicia, and the are now under contract. I have an Indian warrior of Lopez stamp in gener: | rior tact, inthe selection and arran, troops, and unlimited severity of discipline, render him almost impregnable and irresistible The Munoz party is that set forth by the a tem buildin; me pts too much freedom is beew informed tbat it is to be the the coast; and, if 80, it is destin to be no small a mint of money at such basis, for an; strictions upon There bas been a perfect theatrical gala inthis | city, for the laet two weeks, both theatres, tae Benicia in the erection of ipping for at least from six to nine months. | military warehouccs, but Iwas told that the expen- under the direstorship of I regret also to state that there is not that peace and quietness existing in cur city and State, which | mense business, the fermer taking distioguished it previous to the steamer. Murders, stabbing have been frequent in our cit? tions of the country. The ‘ Jenny Lind and American, havin, articles of export. Interesting from the South. LATE FROM HAVANA—CONSUL SHARKEY AT HIS POST STEAMER PAMPERO CONDEMNED—FATAL RAILROAD ACCIDENT ~THREE PERSONS KILLED, BTC. | Albunza, who isan able man, and their adherents | are generally united and harmonious; but they have @ resources necessary for carrying on the re- | volutionary movement with an: himself is ‘‘as poor as po with great difficulty afforded their hole demeanor of the Gene- and bears stron; cultivation. His fellow ei ee Isthmus. ral is very prey of fine parte ond oar citizens, many of them, call him muy formal, lay he demonstrate his For instance, the | arrison, which mow comprises six or seven will, when completed ac- plan, embrace twenty-seven — Last month, Mejor Kearney, of the dragoons, — but commenced. ing of the last frau appeared for the first time, on ‘airs, and robberies in his original character of Mose, in “* New York por- | as it Js,” at the Jensy Liod. To say thatthe igllance Committee house was full, or crowded, can give ons, for through | of the mass of people in attendance. energy. Munoz fine structares. politico, muy justo. His soldiers are worthiness of such appellatio: will be obliged to commence bi rp the them, acd in no other way, wi Bartimone, December 23, 1851. The Washington train, this morning, brought three of 150 men, left Benicia for Port 0; General Thomas | to receive, beside, a dime per di indians bad been recently committing some cha- | began his career in 2, as Lote ‘ tick.”” Messrs. Manning and perpetrators of | Panama in the year 1822, as lieutenant of the First | curtain rose, & hi lacard was placed out- | on " ring W fonse eras z oster, and Mr. these crimes be brought to justice. A the people took ay last Sunday, the 9ch>at a place called Mu the cri named kk, in his tent. at nig g him, robbed of $200. and executed. ide, saying the house was full, and no mora could | be accommodated, for it was estimated that there was already in the house 3,200 for the night being $3,760. Other small detachments of | troops are stationed in the interior of the State, but | | in the event of a general Indian rising, they could | make but a feeble defence. The general govern- ment will awake to the necessity of suitably arrisoning this country, ag soon as they receive inte!ligence that the few troops we now have | ed, and | here have been entirely annihilated. tary movements have Thomas Glinter, who are the most influential rs, and have a greater amount of mone: ities than any other ensure @ tolerable com; were much chance of his succers, I think he readily obtain more assistance tromthem. He now, what has never before been known in that country, several fine cannon, and a skillful French- man to manage them. isthmus battalion. Hence he marched to Peru, where he was promoted to be capt: the battles of Junin and Ayacucho, of General Simon Bolivar and Antonio Jose de Su- Subsequently he marched to the late Colom- — bia, where he was subject to olitical opinions, until, finally, he was confined e Caatle of Puerto Cabello, in irons. wards, in the battle of Palmira, where he distin- | racteristic murders. the mails from as far south as Savannah. To-night’s Southern mail brings New Orleans papers to the 12th, There are two mails still due. ‘The steamer Isabel arrived at Charleston on the lia instant, ftom Havana. Ex Consul Owen was amongst the passengers. Jucge Sharkey, his successor, out at Havana on the 2th instant, in Soa ain, and was in Springs, in El Dorado count; “ ze under the orders al being @ boy nincteen years of age, 4 he attacke? an old min named | admirably, and familiar places in New York most | ht, with ahatchet,andafter | faithfully portrayed in the scenery, which was got ry Barnum’s Museum, Astor ople, the receipts rome des ve im ir influence would The evidence be- eat persecution for z up in splendid style. clusive against him, he was tried by the | ouse, foot of Liberty street, y, Catharine Market, were al received with the most vociferous applause by The health of the city has been very good, and always been administered although it is reported that considerable sickness | those present. exists in the upper country, yet, takin into consideration, the State taroughout very little from disease We bave had censider- able rain for the last wee, andon Saturdey the Sth, | 5th. Chanfrau’s whole engi & very heavy storm, overflowing cellars and base- | perfect triumph for him. ments where merchandize was stored, doing consi- | panied by M derable damage. There is no doubt but that the rainy season is upon us, but we do not apprehead | that Chanfrau leaves us shortly on ag visit to tho that it will be at all revere; everythin, that we shall have a winter similar to that of last | with the very best talent to year. Since the storm o* Saturday. L week, we have had the most delicious weather, the | here He could light The piece has had a most suo- all things | cessful run. On Saturday night, the 8th, Chan- fered | frau took a benefit, and the numbers, was # perfect repetition of thet of ment has been a le has been agcom- @ Albertine, a yor dancing bas been greatly admired. in the penny wize and pound foolish system, in guished himeelf, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel; and when Alzuro took possession of the | | Iethmus, it was Herrera who drove him out; for | which service he was promoted to colonel, and lately the Congress consent to promote him tothe ravk of general. H. was twice governor of this province, twice repre- tentative, once Senator in Congress, and once Se- Munoz is very ropular with foreigners, for ho is tleman, a soldier aad a man—has traveled suf- preciate the needs a ip Pam notoriety, under the neutrality act of 19) Oar Panama Correspondence, Panama, Dec. 2, 1851. of Panama—Civil, Military,«and Ecclesiastic Ceremonies— The Republic of New Granada—General Herrera, the new Governor— Increase of Garrison—Sr. Mariana Arosemana— Changes in the Business Community—Miners— Departure of Steamers—Impositions—Health of Panama—F'rom Valparaiso—From Nicaragua— A Battle—The Condition of Parties there—Pros- der the revenue law. She wi january. ‘Two children of Dr. Winn, of G: ja, were killed as im @ carriage, by the Macon’cars, oa ‘Two others were mortally injured, and Mrs. Winn was badly hurt. The driver of the earriaga, who was drunk at the tim also ki On the 19th instant, the 8. Gay, together with some other Charleston. The | ‘be sold on the 20th of | of his own, and a to the Vanderbilt mon e American residents in Ni juding | Mr. Kerr, the United States Charge, continue to participate earnestly in the revolutioi Almost all side with Munoz. If, e better than in the McLean for which they were a con- Tr time preparing, they will not accomp'ish Several with whom I am personally acquainted, the exeoutive its The Independen For some months States, empowered by Mr. Maguire to negotiate ‘ mea | Buppressing he has been engaged in | pear at the Jenny which you have currently seeing Forrest out | noticed, in the provinces of Antioquia and Punoques. During the term since his Manuel M_ Disz, of this city, has acted as Gover- nor pro tempore until September last, when he was tensive conch factory of W. they do not ma: We are living in hopes | movement at San ,000 for as man; ‘imate has been ‘orietors, Mr. Stark beias appointmen:, Sexor _ — Large Fire in Canandaigua, RAILROAD DEPOT, TELEGRAPH OFFIOB, ETC, DE- nd bracing, a waria sunshine and moon- | American, the ght. such only as California can produce. siderable profit to the have heard a great dea: about Italian sunset, and | the principal actor, Lake Como, and Bay of Naples, out 1 do assume | ten, without doubt, there is n0 portion of the glube where the beauties fornia. F. f aatene stand forth so prominent as in Ca’ | he ig, as I have before writ- very best actor now in Cali- talent, there is no spot on the tres can he be so well appre- | State; but the talents must enerally understoed by the foreigners) ugurated as Governor de facto; but Herrera seems still to have retained his official pacity, and has now dirplaced his substitute in the gubernatorial chair. have planned various ways of assisting Munoz and | sggrandizing themselves ; ity and sufficient mone resources has broken up every plan thus far. active in exciting his coun pects of Munoz—The Conduct and Position of Mr. Kerr, United States Charge @ Affuires—The ‘ander bilt Route, San Juan, &c.—Summary Jus- tice—A Panamenian’s Idea of the Railroad, &c. but the want of unanim- Cananparca, Dec, 23-8 P.M. A fire broke out, about one e’clock this morning, ia the rear of the Telegraph building, caused. it is sup- earth, and in ne Kerr has been very ews from the mises throughout the whole | ciated as ip the Eure! the most portion of the State, never was better. are all doing well, and are realizing more than their & Compan each g more than the common run, for there q ' throughoutthe forward their work, so as by the Ist January, 1352, &: which time their contract expires. The rainy season, if at all severe, willin a great moasure im- Tt is reported here that @ garrison of six hundred soldiers is to be stationed here, and that the police force now organized, united with said garrison, ere the (iovernor to execute promptly end with rigor all the stringent tions for the maintenance of goo order, the collec- tion of taxes, and the administration of the govern- | proper manner, consideri: | E vata be has never beet as Charge, rumors to t! trary The fact fs, he sent in his despatches to the govern- | ment just before Pinede was de; Sr. Pineda coul Mr. Kerr, as he and two of his de pored, by a barrel of potash. The flames soon commu- nicated to the adjoining woodshed, belonging to the Railroad Company, and the eating house adjacent, also to the Canandaigua Hotel, all of which were totally des- | fire them crossed the track, and destroyed the part- | Fimira and Canandaigua Railroad de The most important event that has transpired in Panama, since my last, was the celebration of the independence of the Isthmus of Panama, by the inhabitat ts of this city and vicinity. enthusiastic, and universa’ 7 — who — engage and State fiver mys to bave the same fin’ ndest expectations ever pictured to them. 8 are working more systematic: y rolls ou, we hear ofnew discove: won! as regards the immense a: gold bidden in the mountaine of California notwithstanding. and though tho ar- b richest county in the State is that of I’! Dorado county, where gold is now bein @ervills, yielding six, pede their progress. yet by good management and found in Pia- | precaution they will be enabled to sacceed. There &re now three surveying parties in the field b ment secretaries were packed upon mules, but a | few hours after receipt of his papets, and sent off Every source of in- hich the government at Bogota eeem to son- having been neglected. The only other item of governm rangements were in many respects but badly appor- | tioned, every demonstration of rejoicing passed off better than they have of out bouses, The house of J.G. Phelps was in great ger, but fortnnately the wind changed, and it was eight, and te | from the seat of pan. This may seem incredible to those in the | at work—the first un States, but it is as trae as holy writ. of five miles, where I tra county, there was a vee A which [ was informed by m' tthe direction of Col. pace | ris, who bas the line running east and west from | Mount Diebolo to the ocean and Stockton—tho se- cond is under command of Mr. Froderick Loria; ing the Northern line from Mount Diabolo Shoela--and the third is being iu | formation but ‘The loss is variously estimated at from twenty to fifty thousand dollars. Most of the furniture of the hotel wasraved The in- surance, as far as could be ascertained, was about $6,000. ‘The Telegraph office is entirely destroyed. fresh confirmation to the state- ; mente | have made. Surely, such a state of things diate and extensive e made, or the route is effectu: In wy notice of “City Items,” I have hich I hasten to appond be- which is potable att ment of Senor Meriana Arosemana Plenipotentiary of thie republic at Lima. Awcng the changes w. place in the business community of this city, a travefer of Mr. Edward Flint, | which prevailed was indeed remarkable. | programme of ceremonies, etc., was opened en the 2%b, and continued through four days—each day, however, afier the first, being more especially de- Hed lately, in El Dorado f dirt thrown up, in ts there could not be | | cannot last long. rovement must ich have recently taken ecently in the em- eas than Lag ay he richness is but jast be- Fam yh Interesting from New England. veloped in the soil of this now EXPLOSION OF A STEAM ROILAR— ENG. Mr Howe, on the Southern line, voted, apparently, to different districts of the city of the Pacific Mail Steamebip Company at | fore closing :—The person, whom your re NeER KILLED— und country. The influense which Califor- nia will exert over the world is an sive subject to contemplate, and will t: a peo ® prolific, and a min sive than mine, faithfully to to be derived from her accessii Jose. The notes of this surveying compary will be remember to havi ed, which will bedone | by Mr. John Kt. Drin- hirsec, cf Philadelphia, and Mr. Leander Ransone Amongst the many peculiarities which dis- ogs. to the post of agent, for the management of the cfice and the company’s interest in t! the position held by Mr. Oliver Elleworsh for some be past, and the return of Captain Forbes to Jace as geseral superintendent of the com- any’s intereet on the Pacific indled the poor people who took passage on the bark Undine whea up for San Francisco, in September last, from this port, was ublicly beaten by two of the sufferers a few inge einece. ‘Ibere are others in this city, whohave | been compelled to labor unceasingly and severely | s. ‘The first item on the was the ringing of those same cracked ding-dopg we biar almust continually, upoa al! FIRES—MAN BURNED TO DEATH—MEAVY DEFALCA= Boston, Dec. 23, 1861. J. W. Bradford, book-keeper for Mixer & Pitman, oil dealers, in Milk street, Boston, has adsconded, being a of great interest when as soon as practical. Surveyor General, ‘They wore all rung, Lowe vein on the 27th at mid day. Captain F. has a rests with future historians to delineate. California from the time of the fraud, who then had pl money for @ reasonable fare, and have not yet been able to eecure an opportunity of leaving though the defaulter for $28,000. A steam boiler used in heating the Boston City Alma- tingukeb our city, nove are more prominent than be varicus falcons, in which @ number of our In Clay, Kearney, Sacramento, ds, who cordially welcomed bis return. oly fitted for hie position, and dis- es tothe entire eatisfaction of all | by the formation of the National Guard, and acknowledgment of a new Chie! Then came the proc i glorious country, and « will be a p f of Battalion. mi- | streets abound men, in future times, to say that they grated house, at Deer Island, exploded this morning, while the workmen were testing its capacity to heat the building her shores epiete asehe is withall | Montgomery, the plaza. and most agricultural and mineral, and with every ia fact, which .s0 make a State pros- f@ barbors, ravigable streams, who do businese; nor are they by any means said person alluded to has beenendeavoring by hard labor recently, to get an honest living, to all ap | pearances, he will be compelled to leave, if he does mot actually lose his life in the attempt. will be meted out at some time to every transgres- lege of ail kinds of div ne 20th of tnemonth, which was made by a militia, with a band of music at every corner. by the way, isthe mode of proclaiming all he evening of each day, Commercial street, both sides of which densely populated avenne are devoted to drinking and ro- t freebment saloons, without an exception, . healthy climate, aad peopled with the flower Montgcmery to Kearney streets, kept by men aud Women from all sections of the world. © made & vacancy in the ranks of community and the little circle of “strangers in a etrange lard;” and though the 5 Thomas Chase, Nope of the inmates were injured, employed “i kitchen, over the | the laws inthe city ) of tbe land, and paying more, in comparison, towa:d (he support of the federal government than ¢ State in the Unio = of but hardly three ye absawe: Tinee ot Lim who has gone to reet may be supplied og Ut, there are those who mourn him “at | home, ’ for whem there is no reparation, no supply from the circles of earth. On the 234 ult., . for some fifteen months past in the employ cf the Pacific Mail Steamship Company there was a geveral illumination, and on tle nigae of the 27th, prebably one of the most brillient bails ever givenin Pacem; it was partic an unusually large portion of the F. F."s of V. V, i ect, there being but few in attendance, who were more than one-third negro. A writer in the last El Panameno gives a very Jeughable description of @ visit to an Pevema Railroad, or rather that portion which is sures the reader that they who | se the engine and ears run upon separate tracks, are very much mistaken. or, in fact, all are attended by a young aud hand- some gir!, for the purpose of attracting custom; atified to be enabled to state, that but an women have as yot, eo far, dis In one saloon on Commer- ment, was thrown a considerable distance. @nd, at the same ey @grtowth, she has had est done for ber; ber petitions have been un- i, her wants neglected, bor interests receir- and considered very s completed. He been burned. and Mr. Tebbets, senior, perished in the tinguished themeelves. His Wife and two sons Were rescued from suffo- ing n0 attention. She bas had no mint, whereby | cial street, kept by a Frenchman, ewiled the “Cafe the poor miner might not be robbed by heartiess speculators, and the country become enriched; she bas bad a0 buildings erected whereby her cities | fath mivht become beautified, for the transaction of pub- lie yy has bad = lighthouses eye 3 to int out to the weary mariner passages of safet; to the haven where he would be; she has had ne Aoating or dry dock orected, whereby her ships at this place and Tabogs, died very suddenly. He rm frends, for his generous attri- called forth the friendship of all who knew him. Hewes kindiy and skilfally treated; butthe messenger called, and there wae none to gainsay. A company hae left this city, witbin a few days, for the valley of the Canca, with the intention of of the right stri they will do well, for there ie plenty of ore the Some twenty or thirty practical minere from Georgia were bere the other day, en passant for California In many other jinment was given in honor of Gen. i ; Herrera, the recent!y arrivedGovernor. El Senora cation in a state of insensibility. A daughter and Ean peng Sens, from the fire in their ) in Cam! chiefly oor: | des Artistes,” no lese than seven French girls are wedance, assisted by their mother. Thoir not inthe ranche; although a certain wag ygeeted that if their fathers were number as many as the but that is none of my business. information in regard to | ‘o be «een in some of our thoroughfares. saloon is also worthy ofa passin ¢ and commodious; on every Saturda: naked ball is given hei items he presents a picture of ignorance onthe part Were of the inhabitants of the Isthmus really amusing to a foreigner. aay | Our Albany Correspondence. ALBany, Deo. 23, 1851. Potuical Gamites for Canal Contrates—~ An At tempt to Distribute to Favorites—The Last Phase ico Consul, and the sister of Gen. Herrera. public and promiscuous than the Bret, was given as partand parcel of the coremo- pies commemorating the anniversary of indo) ‘The lady of our recent Governor, Don Man- | uel M. Dias, received the guests on this occasion. During the day, the military paraded, and fired d down last night. Maritime Items, 2 repaired, aod sent to sea, pee of rot- ing rep ther things | ve: . Mr. Giles, the firet officer, was lost everboara re, attended by all The Canal Board bas at length decided to award have been left undone which ought to have been done ‘or her; and yet, in the fuce of all this, she | senda opwards of Zit States, keeping frown ruin mea, who, 0 it aot for be Congress wil he interest you lake eto ® badly tr very frequent salutes, though appar much regularity; religious ceremonies of an im- poring cparacter were conducted in the cathedral; and LE) Chantre Don Fermin Jorane pronounced an sllegorical panegyric on the political emancipatioa of the country; these ceremonies terminate Te Deum, giving thanks tothe All Powerful, for the benefits vouchsafed to us in 1821. Aftor the i Domingo Arosomana de) oration appropriate to the occasion, which d to by all tne resident consular repre- hooner Governor Artiold was condemed by the Survey, nud rold at Key West onthe Lith instant, ot see left here on the 251 passengers, among whom was Mr. (om: spent a few days bere inspecting the condition and srrangement of the company’s affairs, and has now © up the conet,with a simil ¥ left this port, for Sa th 350 pascergere mer MeKim, owned ia Acapulco, at ith . ee intown. Dutch Charley distinguished place by knocking down a man named Fall, for which be was sentenced to one jear's imprisonment. The next the sections of work upon the unfinished canals, under the law of June last, to the lowest responsible They have been compelled to adopt this eyetem, after the failure of all other schemes. Never was body of public offisers more pressed and urged by political profligater, broken down » rotten and decayed specimens of hu- annually to’ the juadreds of business | , would sink to rise t | himself at this rineipal, is that ding, known as laza at the cor The salvage of the schooner Merchan; amounted to 1124 29. ne Ty ss rancizco, om the British Brig Scotia Ashore. Boston, Deo 23, 1851 ‘The Dritish brig Scotia, from Bonaire for Boston, went arhore, last night, ina thick srow rterm, on the rooka, , and filled with water rr all upon you to dv your utmost to ner of Kearney and Cla; ated State. 3 it to bear: urday night, which are readily forSan Francisco. She has been cond: ing upon you to assict us in chtaining only our rights, do not, | beg of you, let «cal in vain, but | answer our requests a Mr. George H. i i 7 pg the character of them fate marity, to award favors, than the present Canal Board. This bill was conceived in gross iniquity, urged in and out of the Legislature to its passage, badly, be « total lors, The crew was saved. Her cargo » and is, beyond a d consisted of 1,825 bbis. cf salt. are always enough in this ‘val of a steamer from the United and many other forsiguers On the 290, in the morning, there was a sorics The political perties are again moring i State, as the time rapidly approncles fer th tion of delegetes to represent California in the re- spective Presidential Coav ing tao —s year. As h whige and de of religious ceremonies in the district of Santa Anna, outside the walls of the city, concluding wth a benediction by the clergy upon the militia, ng the onth of allegiance by the latter to their dog. That night there was a general illumi- nation ip the district Pla As far a8 our own p | cerned, they excite no surprise; but toa newcomer, considerable astonishment is expressed at their al- get through.” though they may not have evfficient funds to carry them. | hope none of them will be found ‘‘getting through’’ her d they, we shail not be at all sur- es were lower thon those of the amsh{p Company’e steamers Such outrages as crowding vessels entirely unsafe thoee in good trim, | it werth while. with an unscrvpulourness unprecedented in the an- vals of hasty and improvinent legislation. contest was mighty, more energetic, more deter- ted with more acrimony, than It had the effect of drawing party lines so tight, that the opponents of BOARD OF ALDERMEN. Dre. 23—The Board met at 5 P.M. Alderman Sturte- vant in the chair, in the absence of the President, and « mt. The minutes of the last 4, and the following doca- tions, to be held dur- | t is not a yacstion of | ocrnta taik freely, one | er, asto whom would be fit and com- the houor; and beth parties bottcm, but sb quorum of members Ineeting Were read at. mente referred. — Of Mesers. John ©. and Robert 6. Ster mined, and con any other projec Since the two theatres opened and commenced end numerous dinners does aypeat to me that the morale of the commu On Sunday, the 30th, sixdlar demonstrations to improving, @: least five thoutaud these avove enumerated, were had in the district of to go at ell, as we a greater portion of them. have come to sion that tae right belongs to the no otaer and bave tages | nity were vas iy | persors are the measure tsok the responsibility of dissolving | the Legislature. The ert magnitude—th clurlve ure of the pie pimen for toler commen for eundry perrons to be ed every night within the walis of the Jenny Lind acd American theatres, and the gembl ng tables are almost ent! sre are but two or three ung men, and Caledcnia, and in 7 doall tce labor, all tte voting, | be snxie'y of elections, and, as & se, are enticled to some of the advan- iz therefrom. And another thin 9 afternoon a dinner was given ioral Guards (militia) to the troops of ag one of the great- n of nige millions double that amouat hich it is well known cannot ied on every band, and the pa ® In favor of lensin array strest,om whieh is Engine Compaay No 42) aud ereeting to said Encine bows organiaing & new ior Uompany inthe Toird ward laces now wuere token of fraternity between the military and citi- —to political partizens concocted since the # cerried on to any extent at ail, name- * Belia Union” and “ E] Dorado, an additicpal rtor reat combination at ‘There ceremonice young men of the State bave themerlves taken a | position, aad, bavirg f they bave beon driven) « obt office, being © defeated ia ons, before & offies During the last election n celebration of the indepen- Panama, aad the great oia allegiance to Speia allow me to remark, the day is notf be Isthmus will stand up, dependent. net contribu to the general governmont, comparatively nothing, but own internal re- Warhirgten, during Jack: minstration, to | There are numerous little extablish- ic lauds with pe Wharf, which manage to scratch frerable existence ; but, aa a general thing, ment aud pleasure once derived by mon ations, have passed away Francisco is fast becoming The same state of ailairs ramento, Marysville, aod, in fact, in ai favor of building @ house tor the use of Hove Company reevized, utterly refuse, for tical hacks, who t (from whence per, designed to become and whic project i Hickory, caused him the readers of the § ze their enormity, | and the reality of their workings and efiecte ‘The prevent searon is t i wet to the dry, and very weny cases of calentura natives of the city and tributable principally to jointing police clerks and Becond and Ibtid districts, th in fice Appointing Koward Collins and Wm ipney, inspectors of weights and Becond districts. Direc! epaire and Supplies to caure ng to tac know glorious specie cir- 1 bill bas beem the cause of more | pded public robbery, predeter- ng, pettifogging, b lying, deception, fraud, strat; eistant when by berself, independent and ce find all ker large ineor and receiving theref livirg on ber own r measures ia the the Commisslomer Aait.on of twelve although the young men of our State, of tb whig party especisily, oz erted themeelves to the atmost to secur or th ty, and forme honesty t ity throught the State, and we shall me with delight when this debasing, entirely eradicated from the will work itself out as time rolls | very crime that has be has for its foundation “ gamb- feet to be built in the rear ot houre of Hore Company and wickedness, than this State ever wit- | No so, and apprepriatiog (he rum of $169 tor the pur- Elacklogs and gamblers, of g t in demanding contracts upon their some ns high as five hundred thousand . Dpon their own estimate, purely on parti- | ‘3 forming combinations with the confidence of men of pow- Favorites of offi imprudently upon the ground b The foreign population are patafected by the minsma, : but they do not eu t, and endeavored to keep tue ranks t the assaults of their op- d desire was frus- hose oxcrescences on defeated in their THR PROPOSED INDI STRIAL EXIIMTION TO ne MELO nh tact, they are, ate certain gentlemen et, demand their ua ested of their Certain success; on of political gladiators, | ¢ bargains proffered if their pro- Wore overlooked or rejected. yetem of plunder was not confined to that | po itictans who drove it through the Legis- Amorg those who desired to participate ation of the nine millions, are mem vers t £ Assembly who denounced every feature of the bill, and also Senators who wrote, Lagains: it, and absolutely resign- nd broke up the Legislature to om the present time, the harbor of ‘ 0 from Rincon Moint to i will preeent one solid front to the bay. being rapidly filled up, throngh the means of the i of Madison aquare A of Papamal broke r friends in the sem d what they term- through the tions, was adopted and ¢ the people of Panama prool Ais; proach the sig: 4, and thought that the project rious city, fairly melt away i levellea in all directions, and, by mea sand is carried fi It is one of the apy people, this fill nee space, and im other cities would probably fall through, but will not here, for Californians 0 such word as ‘fail,’ for when th ief atything with earnestness it is b under all and every cirem are that the air of Californis has an influ r Men have come to this coustry me, could not make the most “ i here they done wonders, oven as | of an Industrial Paiibi general government r ty ‘The fillewing re erdinend the Seventh, not of his race people, who will eve of lberty and civiliz ne anniversary of our independence which included er provinoes beside Panama, was a ate republic of Colombia, consis fquare be, aud the same is hereby the date of the adopt a as deep and as will anxious weeks the em, who should be | P succeed, for ite mavagewen of favorites alo i ready to pay p Pueraventura, ( Newwa, Ceara, Pamplona, Panam acha, Santaimar' fe of the cards, and a vate advices freru } larseoncetping the rolesion | Pineda party, upon which) wilt movomect, there is but little tn state. rague wivieg any ( Tunja, Tuquerrer, V p | ages, Which ate subdivided into oan ties.) ard the cantones inte parroquial e ppoeed io have been effected on Sa- The names of soveral bidders wore an De el Webster, of Mase nounced, without regard te amoung, iatorest of the | allowing exch house 2) gallons pe ‘ay ib given an usctws. teverything Goads thet way; hislate course, * seRregate of 1K An ongegoment took place gu or about the lst of | *, with & waetoge of 2,009,000