The New York Herald Newspaper, February 14, 1853, Page 2

CALLFORNIA. ARRIVAL or THE MORTHERN LIGHT AND UNCLE SAM. THE DETAILS OF THE NEWS. Great Suffering in the Interior. THE HIGH PRICE OF PROVISIONS CONTINUATION OF THE FLOODS. Great Mortality Among the Passengers fr California, 9,000,000 SN THE WAY 10 NEW YORK. MARRIAGES AND DEATHS. MARKETS, &e., &e, &e. ‘The steamships Northern Light, Captain Thomas Mier, from San Juan del Norte, Feb. 4th, and Uncle | Mam, Captain William A. Mills, from Aspinwall, Feb. 9a, via Kingston, Ja., whence she sailed on the 7th, g@arived yesterday. ‘The following is the SPECIE LIST BY THE UNCLE SAM. The Uncle rings several passengers of the Golden Gate, and all the passengers by the Win- field Scott, among whom are the Hon. T. B. Van Baren, ex Senator of California; Lieut. Beale, Indian | Agent for California and Oregon; Capt. Stoneman, W.8. A.; Capt. Randall and lady, of the steamship | Northerner; Major Loring, Col. Forman, &c. ‘The travel on the Isthmus is represented to be re- markably good, passengers having crossed from | eean to ocean in twenty days, the rainy season having terminated. The Northern Light brings the passengers who Seft San Francisco in the steamship Independence. ‘The transit route across the Isthmus of Nicaragua db represented as in excellent travelling condition. ‘The steamship Ohio left Aspinwall on the 3d inst., | and arrived at Kingston on the 7th. Jeskie Mason, of Stockbridge, N. Y., died on the paseage, on board the Uncle Sam. ‘We are indebted for files of California papers, to Mr. J.D. Comstock, purser of the Uncle Sam, Mr. ©. A Spaulding, and to the expresses of Wells, Far- | ge & Co., Adams & Co., Gregory & Co., and the agent of Sullivan's express. ‘The steamship Golden Gate left San Francisco at ® o'clock A. M. on the 15th inst. The following is SPECIE LIST BY THE GOLDEN GATE. O 8, «140,800 33:9 59,008 ,Sanders &B: ‘Drexel, Sa1 & Tallant & Wilde Ch o é } 30,000 Hussey, Bond & 25,375 ¥. 85,209 Wyckoff & Co. 17,5! iw. - ther shippers ——- Stal seeeeeeee 98 8e ane ce eee 81,744,399 | @ = Among the passengers by the Golden Gate we | metice the names of ex-Governor McDougal, Ma- dame Biecaccianti, Edward F. Beale, Esq., Superin- ferdent of Indian Affairs on the Pacific coast, Col. Jack Hays, and Mr. A. C. Russell, a gentleman long | eonnected with the press of San Francisco. The | Gollowing is a list of the passengers by the Golden | ‘Mrs Randall, Mrs Clark, Signor Biscacclant! and lady, C ‘Wood, lady and child, J Parrott, C Gilman, J C Johnson, AH Gompbell, Miss A M Jones, Miss E Taylor, J C Palmer, and servant, D Fraser, Gen Addison, F A ton, Macalister, L Davidson and servant, TH Morrison, HIB Alvarez EJ Townsend, J M Freeman, Gov McDougal, P Dunlap, F Ward, Col J C Hays, GA Wells, JC McCeney, J Bollivan, J Hazer, J P , J Blair, JS Mit: bell, TB Van Buren, CC Aitken, L'B Misner, H Lee, Mrs Aitken, Mrs HJ Hall Levy, jr, Mrs C Fell, Mrs Panlett, Mrs Pope, M ‘Mra Whitlock, Mrs'S H Coulter ‘and child, P Grant, W Clark, J Orr, G Wheelin, J M Luthrie, SB welt, W Wallace, A Lemaitre, G Mumford, M 5 er, J Sime and lady, ¢ Dusenbury, G W E Luck, J F McClench. HC Leonard, W C Warner, A Birnfeldt, H W Fairbanks, A Flanders, J H Bullard, A Easterly, R Hamil. ten, L A Garnett, J Shaw, W B Mead, L Barker, N Searles, DB McMilan, WO Robbins, WL King, A Harri- H Pieree, C'S Whiting, E K Gallup, A Lins and lady, Johnson. D Garainer, P P Shaw, P P Hull, G B Post, J | Bullion, R 5 Green, W Fallard, W A Ranson. J A Martin, Anderson, JG Moore, W we, EW Edgar, F B M Batchelder, 3 Morrell, W Marsball, J S Bowman, w, S Williams, F J Boyer, J Williams, H P DeGroff, Crooks, A Sutro, D Ladd, GS Lyon, ‘J Jenner, JS F Farnum, S'W Forden, M Jerome, J R Daniels, Loring. WR Bane, W Mulkin, J W Moody, E 8 and L W Colcord, Mr Samuels, C A Holbrook, T P J MScofield, L Guiser, Tor, J Butler, J Ballan- | 'W Tibbetts, W Russell. J J Leddy, C Rand, J Hoo- Catlin, § Daniels, F B Hall, M B McCorkle,C P Lilles, ncock, J W Mory, A H Little, J C Johnson, and 255 ‘tm the steerage. Mies Catherine T-"-°, ip connection with Herr Mengis, had brought ovt at San Francisco, three or of the most popular Italian operas, which proved highly successful. : The small pox had been raging to an alarming extent at Diamond Spring, for some time past. There were about seventy persons down with that disease on the Sth ult. Several cases of small pox have also recently oc. @arred in Placerville, although but little fear of its spreading is entertained. Rev Mr Richmond and lady, LA irs Hunter, or uf c fing W Hi Melane J BG ‘ing. ic] ane. jage. rresder, 3 L Woolsey, P fa Hi a @ F z Clipper ship John Wade arrived at San Francisco | on the 14th ult., in 116 days from New York. The site for the location of the United States Ma” rine Hospital has been selected on Rincon Point. Laborers are already at work in preparation for the erection of the building. It will occupy a command- ing view of the bay, city, and opposite coast, and will prove an ornament to San Francisco. Rincon Point is improving rapidly, particularly in fine pri- vate residences. An old Indian chief, in Yolo county, says that for a period of seventeen years there had not been so zmch snow on the mountains, or water on the plains, as at the present time. The Legislature of California met on the 34 ult., Dut up to the departore of the steamer, on the 15th, no business of importance had been transacted. On the 12th ult. the Sheriff of Santa Cruz county ‘was severely injured, and it is thoughg mortally, by | ‘he accidental discharge of a gun in his own hands. Small jox has prevailed in Calaveras county, on he Cosumnes, and in other sections, with some fa- fality. Temporary hospitals have been established, and the sick cared for as well as circumstances per- mitted. ‘The small pox was also raging at Placerville. Extensive worrs, in the shape of flumes, &c., in. volving # large owlay of capital, are projected and will be commenced turing the spring. Mrs. Cleveland, who had been playing the violin at Placerville, died suddenly on the 13th ult. She was @ressing for her evening’s performance, when knock was heard at the door. She opened it, apd immediately fell back, and expired before a physician could arrive on the spot. News for the Fortnight. [From the Alta Célifornia, Jan. 16.J Since the sailing of the steamers of the lst inst., the State has furnished bit few topics of discussion or interest, aside from the weather in the. interior, snd the consequent suspension of business of all Kinds, the scarcity of provisions, the suffering and embarrasament. The Legislature met on the 34 inst., but 1) present time have done nothing of momeat. The executive message and aecompauying documents have been referred to committees, put whether the | questions brought before the two houses receive further consideration or be allowed to out the session in comimittee-rooms, remains to seen. It is probahle, however, that after the settlement of the capital controversy, they will to work and do something. old project of calling # constitutional conven fon is once more on the tapis. The ostensible objevt, executive in his mewage, is to created by the constitation; the real end is the pbrogation of the autt-rlavery im) wil -$400,000 | me | which the latter was sunk, and ten lives lost. to the | @anse and the division of the State. it! aims at the accomplishment of au; contemplates the introduction of slavery scheme which all men whose intellects clonded by prejudice know to be the wild most chimerica) that was ever entertained by intelli- As for the division of the State, after more than a year’s im on, We can discover no plausible reason for it advocates of the mea- sure have never yet shown what was to be gained by it, in a political or financtal point of view. But the business of the season will turn upon the Constitu- tional Convention, which will most probably be called. The intended changes, however, will not be effected when it is called. We have dates from Nevada up to the 10th instant. With but an interval of one or two days during the t week, the remarkable and long continued storm sunabated. The air, however, is milder and the clouds fall in rain instead of snow. Business in gene- ral at Nevada is stagnant for the want of the neces- sary supplies from the valley, and mining operations appear to be as gloomy as the weather. Prices still remain high, aud the stock of flour is almost entirely exhausted. The communication between Nevada and Sacramento has been cut off for several weeks, and the few goods received at the former place arrive | by pack trains from Eliza and Marysville. | | “Further meetings of the miners suffering under | the scarcity of flour have been held in the various miving districts, and committees specially deputed | to proceed to this city, to ascertain and identi ty for future action, on the part of the miners, the parties | who are alleged to be concerned in the flour map, It a matter of regret that this subject should | have been so studiously misrepresentrd as it has | been by designing parties in Tis city. There are | thousands of miners and others in the interior who believe that the prevailing scarcity of provisions is really the result of monopoly in San Francisco. It has excited the passions of men, as we see, directed their attention to the abatement of an imaginary evil, and prevented them from seekieg the natural and proper remedy for ay calamity—a remedy that would have presented itself to their minds if the | truth had been laid before them, instead of interested misrepresentation. Nevada county has taken the initiative step to wards perfecting the quartz mining laws of the State, by adopting a code which, for simplicity, combined with practical utility, is well worthy the attention of other mining counties of the State, securing, as it does, permanent and lasting rights in the tenure of mining property of this nature, that can only be | subject to the future action of Congress. The custom termed ‘‘jumping” is altogether abrogated, under | certain improved regulations, and capital can now, | by observing the new code of laws, be invested with the utmost safety. Let other countiesin this depart- ment emulate the example of Nevada county in this | respect, preparatory to the State Convention pro- | posed to be held in May next. The Grass Valley dis- trict, with its countless ‘leads "* and companies, it appears, held a meeting, at which the proceedings of t S Coamity, Convention at Nevada were unanimously ratified. The proposed Miners’ Convention is enga; the | earnest consideration of the people throughout the | State, and discussion is bringing about a de; of | defiteness and tangibility in its purposes. It will | be a very important body when it comes together, and will leave a permanent impress upon every in- terest of the commonwealth. | Our latest intelligence from the southern mines | Tepresents a it improvement in the weather and | the winds. The extreme stringency in the provision market is relaxing as supplies come in, and there is every prospect that the end of the next fortnight will find the mining population prosperous and happy. | _ Mr. Beale, Indian agent, was at last accounts in | the Tulare country, where he had been most success- | ful in his negotiations with the Indians. He has re- stored peace and satisfaction to the savages, who seem willing to Work for their own support, now , that they see they are compelled to do so. We have dates from Oregon to the 7th inst., but no news of consequence. The affairs of the territory remain ina quiescent state. The winter there, as | here, has been very severe, | The long immunity enjoyed from disaster by steam on this coast, was broken in upon on the 6th, by a collision between the J. Bragdon and Camanche, in | _ Mel of the Governor of California. We take the following synopsis of the (Governor's message from the San Francisco Whig: | _ The document is conclusive om one point, namely: that | under the present state of affairs, aud with the present management of our State government, we are surely and rapidly advancing toa condition of irretrievable Sank- | ruptey. The startling fact is made to appear, that our expenditures exceed our receipts nearly $600,000 per an- num. Our present civil debt is shown to be $1,387, 213 78. ‘The war debt is $71,190 the entire debt of the State $2,159,403 83. Under such an exhibit as this, State securities must decline, and it will require some months of honest and economical legislation to restore confidence and rebuili our State credit. The Governor suggests a change of the constitution, and the abolition of the* offices of Surveyor General, Superintendent of Public Instruction, Superintendent of Public Buildings, and three Prison Inspectors; to have biennial sessions of the legislature, a reduction of the poy and mileage of members limiting the session to ninety days, reducing transportation on prisoners, a change in the conduct of the State Hospital, a reducti of the salary of the Governor and Supreme Judges, duetion of judicial districts from eleven to eight, and a re- — of salary of the District Attorney of San Fran- The Governor says, the existing debt of the State on the 15th December, 1852, is set forth as follows, in the report of the Comptroller of the State :— CIVIL DEBT. Amount of three per cent bonds outstandin, Interest on $127,450 00 | — of seven per cent bond: | 0 Interest on the sam 58 $400,218 58 | Amount of seven per cent bonds OF TB8Z..... 005... $790,500 00 Interest on the same, ‘281 41 790,781 41 Civil warrants outstanding... 09,763 79 Total. Amount of twelve per cent war bonds of 1851 . $200,000 00 Toteyest on the same 89,812 20 ea $2,612 20 | Amount of seyen per cent war | _ bonds of 1852.............. $178,000 00 Estimated interest on the same. 10,850 00 | | | ————— $489,850 00 | 41,727 86 War warrants outstanding Tota war debt, | WHOLE DEBT OF THR STATW. Amount of civil debt on the 15th of Decem- 2 ber, 1862. Amount of war de ber, 1852... bt Making the entire debt of the State, civil and war.. | Asnount of » | AMicting Disaster—Steamer Camanche Sank —Ten Lives Lost. / ‘ron the Alta California, Jan 13.) | | _ Wedn y, night, at nine o'clock, the steamers J. | ' Bios. poe and Camanche came in collision. It wes | | raining at the time, and the weather was misty, but | $2,159,400 not enough so as to prevent prreome gec objecta at | some distance. The boats observed each other ap- | proaching, and no idea of @ collision enter- | | tained, kept on their courses under full he®@way, in | | the channel off Point Edith, about five miles above | | Benecia. On nearing each other, the bow of the Camanche | | pasced the Bragdon on the port side. The first of- | Keer of the Bragdon, Mr. Coffin, was in her wheel | house at the time, and mane that the hoate were | | about to strike, clapped his helm hard a port; the | boat obeyed the direction given her, and yawed to | sarboard; presenting her broadside to the Caman- che's port bow, which struck her in the forward part of the larboard wheel house, demolishing the cook | honse and a part of the pantry. The iron rods about this portion of the boat were driven into the wheel | house, so as to prevent the revolution of the port | wheel. The bow of the Camanche was stove flat in, | starting all ber butt ends, and tearing away her stem post and apron. She sunk in ten minutes from the time of striking. The Camanche'’s bow lies in about twenty-two feet _ of water, and her stern in twelve feet. The Bragdon | bucked up as well ag she could on to the Camanche. and some of the passengers of the latter boat slid | | down the i ed plane presented by the position | of her decks on to that of the Bragdon. As soon don backed off again from the concussion, | the remainder of the passengers slid into the water, and it wos then that the lives were lost. A portion of the Camanche’s stern lies out of water, and her cabin floated off and is now reported as lying on shore at Benicia Among the lives lost by this melancholy accident we have only been enabled to oty the names of nd Mrs. Bar- merchant of nd he was at ker. Mrs. Winters was the lady of that name at Snake Bar, Yuba rive Be y wae the wife of Alderman Barker, of Sacra- Oxe fireman, belonging to the Camanche, | t; we have not heard his name; also, two other young men, who were sick on board at the time of thee atestrophe. Several others, who were | | observed on be revioua to the collision, have not heen seen sinc fen lives in all are supposed to have fullen sucrifices to this tragic casualty. Distress In the Intertor, MARYSVILLE. The Herald of the 13th alt. says that the flood has | gone, and that the “ watefs bave ense cives within their legitimate banka.” The following account of a tremendous snow stomm and joss of life is clipped from the Herald :— “It has been a very hard winter in the mountains, i and in consequence, there have been snow elides, or j Marysville Herald. | Francisco butchers, at $50 | Vices Ke of the most distressing character. The Stoc! | stock, in a great many instances, is drowned. | | Creeks, and they are all living on beans, ai | while the market is even scantily supplied | were caught out in the gale on the following morn- Marysville awaiting her arrival when the Bragdon | saps: | left. She had two children with ‘ter, one. of whom | Yards from the shore, capsized the boat, and the two | war saved ard is now on board te Dragedon. Mra, | POrmOne i ane _'qno saved. Mr. Sexist was 8 avalanches, to a greater extent than ever was known in the mountains. Canon creek has been co nearly all over with snow, that has come from the tops of the mountains... The first avalanche was no- ticed about three-quarters of a mile above Poker Fiat. A young man by the name of W. I. Weir was killed, and found we companions, a few hours afterwards, on the 17th day of December. It hap- pened the company went to the Flat, all but this one oung man, and before they returned the avalanche appened. They extracted him from the ruins of | the house, and he breathed, and that’s about all. By the time he was taken to the Flat he was dead, being wonderfully mangled by the timbers of the cabin. About the same time, it {s supposed, a slide from the mountain's top came down and killed three other men, who encamped two miles below Poker Flat, and in consequence of the weather, the inhabitants Canon Creek Gamer Crossing could not get down until the first day of January, 1853. Some sixteen men, urged by an esteemed man on Canon Creek, (Norman Cram), to fo. and see if they were killed or not, they proceeded there, and on the first day found two men at had been killed by the snow, and on the | ethers for the Fast Indies and Australia. This is a Plcare gradually astendiag a powerful tahuenee en are ly. & powel on shores of the Pacific. HORSE CASE. A case involving the ownership of @ horse had been on trial at Los Angeles for several weeks. It had been tried three times, each time the jury being unable to decide upon a verdict. A fourth attempt at its adjudication was to have been commenced on the 3d inst. EARTHQUAKES. The Star contains the following intelligence re- specting theee phenomena, which of late are be- coming rather frequent on the Pacific coast :— “ The shock of an earthquake was Me 3 percepti- bly felt in this city, and the Mission San Gabriel, on Saturday evening last. “Two sheep drovers from the Colorado give ac- counts of a ‘right smart’ earthquake in the vicinity of thatriver, two weeks since. The earth heaved and rocked backwards and forwards fgg or five feet, and opened in several places, and ugh the crevices the water ‘spurted’ & great height. The waters next day they found the third, and buried all three | of the Colorado flowed up stream, broke through its in one grave. Their names are Robertson, Greer and Close. Robertson bas afamily in New Jersey; Close isalso of the same place. Greer has one or two brothers in this country. NEVADA. ; A correspondent of the Alta California, writing from Nevada on the 11th ult., says that the stock of fiour was then completely exhausted in that city. Add to this the distressing fact that the extensive mining region round Waloupa, about twelve miles east of Navada, which is entirely dependent on that place, is without a pound of provisions, and can get no supply of flour from Nevada, and that mi- ners ata place called Red Dog were sorcally se, taining themselves upon at which they had pre- viously thrown away—and the picture is gloomy enough. At Nevada one of the bakers went to ano- ther for a loaf of bread for his family, but could not et it, the last one having just been sold. Two of the hotels at Nevada had closed in consequence of the extreme scarcity of provisions, and those re- maining open had advanced their prices,not knowing how soon they would be compelled to close themselves. The last parcels of flour sold for sixty cents per pound, the maximum price of the season. Few or no potatoes on sale. At Grass Valley the citizens had convened to take steps for obtaining mee At the close of the letter, the correspondent further says, that twoor three teams of merchandise had just arrived, one of which contained about 1,000 pounds of flour, not a day’s supply however, for Ne- vada alone. It was expec! at further arrivals would take place in the coarse of a day or two, but the fresh errs would necessarily be in limited guantities. The Marysville stage also had justcome in, having been three days on the road, with the At- lantic mails from this place. CALAVERAS. The Calaveras Chronicle says :—The state of the provision market a can all-al Eoin penn and we are sorry to £2 at the pros] is anything but cheering. There is still sone flour: in town, whlch is held at 45 cents per pound. The bakers, we under- stand, have a supply sufficient for present use, which rhaps will give out before a week. We are in jopes that before that time supplies may reach the Hill, and thus prevent a state of affairs which all must contemplate with alarm. The following. are the present rates: Flour, 75c. per lb.; fresh beef, 50c.; fresh pork, 75c.; beans, 37c. a 40c.; potatoes, 37c. a 50c.,asin quality; bacon, 50 a 55c; hams, 62c. YREKA. The citizens of Yreka were destitute of nearly all kinds of provisions, and the party which arrived at Shasta from that place were any to desert three of their animals in Scott’s Valley, having been eighteen days in accomplishing the jonny to Shas- ta. Three of their number were left at Martin’s ranche, so badly frozen in the feet and ankles that they could not proceed further. At Very’s they pur- chased a hundred dollars worth of provisions, and sent them back to the sufferers, who, like themselves, had subsisted four days on parched barley. UPPER FEATHER RIVER. Mr. J. C. Davis arrived in town last night, (Wed- nesday,) from the north fork of Feather river, an reports great suffering through all that section of country. At all the points, viz., Rich, Indiaa, and Junction Bars, on the north tork; at Rush Creek, American, Spanish, and Meadow Valleys, there was not a pound of flour, with the exception of a small amount in reserve for the use of the females who are residing there. Some ninetyor one hundred men came out with Mr. Davis, but did not come through, owing to exhaustion, and are now scattered along the road at different ranches, recruiting. Three | Kanakas (names unknown) Fee SN ie snow ; they had subsisted for eight days on dog meat pre vious to starting, and, being much reduced, er out. There are still about seventy-five men at Rich Bar, unable to get away, and almest destitute of provisions. The buildings on Rich Bar, which were not inhabited, were crushed by the snow. Ourfriends Hunt & Lindley suffered severely, having, in addi- tion to the destruction of the El Dorado, on Rich Bar, lost their new saw mill. They lost one last 5 sis and this double misfortune will fall heavily on em. Messrs. Clark and Wagner of Rich Bar, and Mr. Dean of Meadow Valley, started out with trains of tmules yesterday for the relief of the sufferers. We hope they may succeed in getting aie ir. Davis reports the snow at the Peavine ranch as being twelve feet deep, and at the Frenchman’s, and Buck's rancho, as “ being without bottom.”— GILROY’S RANCH. ~— Pp From a private letter written at Gilroy’s Ranch, | on the Ist ult., we learn that the waters were higher than they had been known to be for the preceding | twenty-five years. El Senor Jose Maria Sanches, of | Sanchez’ Ranch, a wealthy aud well-known native Californian, was drowned about a week previous, attempting to cross the Rio del Pajaro; the body had not been recovered at the date of the l Cattle were selling in that neighborhood, to San x head—a price un- } precedented in that section of country, being an ad- | vance of almost one hundred per cent since October, 5 a number of new farms were being opened in | ¢ Pajaro valley, on an extensive scale. | H MISCELLANEOUS. | At Angel’s Camp, and Murphy's Camp, the ad- | Journal says, the flood in that re- | gion, about the head waters of the San Joaquin, has | risen to an unprecedented height. On Four Creeks, the whule country is under water—Wood- | ville being ten feet below the surface, and all the | settlers have been driven to the highlands. The ‘There are about five hundred settlers on the poe ent, ith such | food; and there are about two on the San Joaquin in the same destitute condition. The snow | is within tem miles of Fort Miller, and the late warm | rains have tended to melt it very fast, which accounts for the tremendous freshet. Two men, named James Tower, and James Mc- Naseea, left Sacramento on the 13th of December last, for the purpose of settling upon a ranch about | three miles above Wilson's, on the Cosumnes river, a distance of about twenty-one miles from Sacramen- to. They have not been heard of since their depar- ture. Strong fears are entertained that they have been met by the flood, which was hgh A aol in that section of country, and in trying to cross the ri- ver, the party with the stock have all been lost, as a “ing of anything belonging to them can be | found. From Los Angeles. We have papers from Los Angeles to the Ist of January, from which we gather the following items: THE UNITED STATES SURVEY Is rapidly progressing, the base line being already completed seventy miles. It will ey, touch the sea coase Fome four miles north of Los Angeles. Mr. Gray is eer Col. Washington, and is surveying a range of townships. THE LATE STORM. The gale which has been felt so Cah through this part of the country, caused considerable damage at San Pedro. The brick warehouse at that Bp owned by B. D. Wilson, Eaq.,was demolished, the sea beating against it, having undermined the foundation. A considerable quantity of barley stored in the ware- house, aud belonging to the United States, was dam- d. The loss to Mr. Wilson was $1,500. At Agua lanea, one of the walls of the church tumbled down at the usual hour for mass. Providentially the riest omitted mass on that day, and the build- ig was unoccupied at the time of the accident. TWO MEN DROWNED. The Star of Jan. 1st says :—Messrs. Joseph Smart and Joseph Ragwell lost their lives, near san Pedro, on Sunday last, by drowning. They had started from Catalina on Saturday evening, for San Pedro, and ing, when, finding they could not reach port, they steered their boat towards the shore, about fifteen miles above San Pedro, hoping to beach her and es- cape from their perilous situation. The serf, how- ever, which at that place breaks at a fistance of 150 native of New 2 atid about 32 years of age, and was rome months since engaged in business in thie city. Ragwell was a native of London, England. The bodies of the deceased have not been recovered. An Indian was also drowned in the San Gabriel riygr, during the freshet, near Workman's rancho. SHEEP. ‘ The arrival of 2,500 sheep from New Mexico Is noticed in the Star. They are owned by a party of French, and will be driven towards San Francisco. Thirty-three hundred sheep, sold by order of the ad- ministrator of Damas Lopez, brought an average of | banks, and cut up other antics unbecoming a quiet river. Our informants, who are known in this com- munity to be men of strict veracity,eay that after the shocks had ceased several elevations of the ground were noticed—elevations which had not before ex- isted. One of the government buildings at the mili- was thrown down. “(We have conversed with Mr. Auckley, who was at the Colorado during the occurrence of the pheno- menon. He says that the shocks were frequent dur- ing three days, and were perceptible for more than one hundred miles this side of the Colorado. At the river it was reported that a volcano had opened be- ond the Colorado, and the amoke was visible at the rt. Mr. Auckley says that the earth cracked in more than twenty places, the crevices being from six inches to a foot wide, Grats which was ejected a substance difficult to describe scientifically, but re- oeuiitg, in the language of the uninitiated, blue mu 'The Snow Storm in the Interior. [Correspondence of the Marysville Express. Fosrer’s Bar, Yuba River, Dec. 25, 1862. The head of mule nave lies between the Ne- vada Honse and Sleighville, about seren miles from this place, where there are several treins whose own- ers find itimpracticable to proceed under existing circumstances, nor can they hope be allowed to pursue their journey until the temmination of this storm. The snow from Sleighvile to Soren Bar is deeper than it was knows to be any time in the winter of ’49, and it is still faling furiously. Nig- r Tent, together with the Moustain House and the ‘lorida House are teary Paes and the only indi- cation of their localities is the smoke which rises from their chimneys. A well broken trail will not remain open more than half hour at a time, the snow falling so rapidly andthe wind blowing so fiercely as to completely obliterate all traces of it in that length of time, so that every fresh that starts out has to break a ney trail, and it is consider- ed unsafe to start in smaller gangs than fifteen or twenty, and even then som: generally become so ex- hausted from cold and fatigue as to be compelled to surrender to the storm king and entreat their com- panions to carry them tothe next house of refuge. There are no oe above Sleighville, with the exception of a few potatoes and a little barley, and if this weather continues much longer it will undoubt- edly create intense suff-ring, if not actual starvation, among those who are beyond the Nigger Tent. Those who have been 60 fortunate as to succeed in etting down from above cannot be induced to re- rn, although they have been offered at this place one dollar per pound to pack flour through to Dow- nieville. Provisions have been very short in the lat- ter place, and barley is now the only eatable which they possess in any quantity. Miscellancous Items. Lanp Commisston.—List of opinionsand decrees of final confirmation of the Board up to Jan. 14 :— Nos. Tide of Cases. ty. Locality. San Joaquin. 56.... Pearson B. Reading, 28... Cruz Cervantes Buenaventura. 20... Carmen 8. de Bernal,... Rincon Salinas. 17... .Jose de Jesus Noe. Miss Dolores. 29211) {John Keys...... Sal-si-puedos. . Cooper.......El Sur. Ant. & Faustine German .Juristac. -Camilo Yreitia,.........Olom Bolsa S. Felipe. .-Mariposas. a Suisun. 6 ‘alvio Pacheco.... .....Monte Diablo. «++. Francisco Perez Pacheco Ausaymes. €4,,,. Francisco Perez Pacheco.San Felipe. 203....Wm. Gordon,.... - Quesorosi. 2iJuan Miguel Anzar, 181,,.. Thomas O Larkin.,..... Finances oF San Franorsco.—Report of the City Treasurer, showing the amount of receipts and disbursements for the month of December, 1852:— = Balance cash on hand November 90th +, $11,565 19 From city taxes. 38,000 00 From city licenses. 8,923 63 From Judiciary Department, 1,000 00 Total + $54,488 22 $1,155 00 256 00 Paid Street Fund 883 97 Paid Judiciary Fu 14,999 99 Paid Fire Fund.. 23348 00 Paid F. C. School Fund. 2,060 00 Paid Contingent Fund : 1,483 76 Pajd Liquidation Fund.. 3,445 37 Balance cash on hand Dec. 31, 1852 27,886 13 Total...scoerceers cer ceessersrecerereeee + 908,422 84 HAMILTON BOWIE, City Treasurer. A Mixers’ Convention TO BE CALLED BY THE LEGIsLaTURE.—A resolution has been introduced into the Senate by Hon. Mr. Snyder, calling a gene- ral convention of miners throughout the State. It was read, and referred to the Committee on Mines and Mining Interests. It reads as followa:— ‘Whereas, it has beeome necessary that some stable or- ganization should be made in the various mining coun- ties of this Siate, not only for the general benefit and welfare of the mixers, but for the community at large; that some definite and settled policy in relation to the mineral lands is desired by a large body of the miners, is apparent from the frequent conventions held in various counties, and from the sentiments of the miners, made manifest on various occasions; that the time has arrived for the miners to take some action relative to the mat- ter— Resolved, Be thee Senate and Assembly. that a conven- tion of mirers be held at the capital of this State, on the first day of April, 1863. Resolvéd, That three delegates be elected in each min. in hence or any other county that may be interested. esol ; That the expenses of each member shall be paid out of any money in the treasury of this State, not otherwise appropriated. Resolved, That the sitting of the convention shall be Mmited to ten days, and that the members shall be enti- tled to the same pay and mileage as members of the Le- islature. Resolved, That the of the convention be approved by the next Legisiatass, and copies forwarded our representatives in Congress, with @ r tion to urge the passage of such laws as the convention may recomm “Reselved, That the Governor, immediately on wear sage of there resolutions, order an election to be in each mining county, as recommended in these resolu- tions. IncREASE OF THE PoruULATION OF CALIFORNIA— ppt the year ending December Slat, 1452, there arrived at San Francisco by sea 64,640 passengers; during the same time 23,106 persons departed, pis: an addition to our a by sea of 41,444 for the year. This is founded on the reports made by the masters of steamers and vessels to the Custom House; but as it is known that during a large rtion of the year the steamers eame up crowded eir utmost capacity, bringing a much larger num- ber of pastengers than allowed by law, and of course than they would dare to report, it would be safe to add ten per cent or 6,464, t thenamber given above. ‘This would make the total inerease ot popes by sea during the past year 47,03. ¢ emigration across the plains in '52 is variously estimated at from 20,000 to 35,000. It would be within bounds to put it at 26,000. This would make a total addition to our population of 72,008 during the year 1452. In round numbers 75,000 would be a fair estimate. MeLancuory Acctent.—Three men were drowned on Monday, tie 3d imat., by their boat drift- ing med er the Heads, in the violent ebb tide which, during the preeent freshet, runs out with more thaa ordint force. Passing the Heads, and finding their “cKorts to regain the harbor unavailing, they turned their attention to keeping the boat afloat. After being at the mercy of the. waves for some hours, they fell in with another boat, also adrift, having two persons on board. These last deserted their Ssoat, and came on board the first mentioned. They shortly after fell in with the steamer Goliah, towing the S. 8. Lewis; and, having made fast to her, were rapidiy regaining the harbor, when at midnight the rope parted. Owing to the darkness this occurrence was not seen on board, and the stenmer was soon out ofsight. The boat now drifted to the northward, and getting into the rollers, cap- sized, and three of the five on board were drowned. ‘The remaining two clung to the boat until the pilot boat Sea Witch discovered them, and brought them to town. ‘The survivors were nearly exhansted, and could not have remained much longer on the wreck. The Sea Witch aleo picked up another man on board of a boat which had drifted to sea through the Heads, We are informed that numerous instances of this kind occur, of which nothing is ever heard through the public press. We did not learn the names of these who were thus drowned, but believe that two of them were Italians, aud one Frenchman. $6 25 a head. MISBION ARIES. About fifty Mormon San Pedro departure hence, some for the Sandwich missionaries had embarked at | fr Sen Francisco. They will take their | high water the past week, eight men undertook to Islands and | cross the Yuba, at Bridgeport, in a dugout. The —San Francisco Whig. Great Loss or Lrvr.—We learn that during the eurrent was imm id, but they succeeded in = to the other fies When the bout struck the bounded back @ little, and the ngers. suddenly rifing to their feet, ti it so that it filled Shs water and ehot back into current. Twoof ¢ men jumped out and got ashore. The others drifted ar into the river, the oars being lost in the excitement. The boat went down the stream fifty yards, and, striking a rock, upset. One of the re- maining six caught by twig, and was drawn ashore by a rope thrown to hith. The other five meta watery grave. The bodies were not recovered. Those who witnessed the sad event ascribe it to the extreme careleasnees of the parties after the boat reached the ehore.—Nevada Journel. MELancuoty Arran or Santa BarBara.—On the 10th ult. a melancholy affair occurred here, be- tween Patr ck H. Dunne, a resident of this place, and Francis F. Marcy of San Francisco. Dunne wished to buy some buckles that Massy, had on his hat, whereupon Marcy got angry and began to geared with Dunne. During the dispute, Marcy irew his pistol ana fired at Dunne, the ball passing 80 cloce as to knock off Dunne’s hat. Dunne imme- diately drew in self-defence, fired, and shot Marcy, the ball entering his head close by the ear. Mare; lived long enough to state that he was married, ani that his wife resided in San Francisco. Marcy was { a native of Hallowell, England. No blame can be attached to Dunne. Suppen Dearu.—Nathaniel Kimball, long favo- folly Sacre i this place asthe whilom prac’ ie Alta California news , dropped suddenly dead on the wharf on Tuesday Pept , new the landing of the steamer Confidence. The deceased was, perhaps, sbisty. yours of age, from Roxbury, Massachussets, and had acquired an enviable pea | larity by his uniform politeness and amiability of disposition.— Sacramento Unton. DrowneD.—A man named William Cutler, fron Deal, England, in sare to car;y ont an anchor from a, boat a; ind in Petaloma slough, was drown- ed by the anchor catching on the side of the boat. All attempts to save him were unavailing.—San | Francisco Herald, Jan. 15. Markets. San Francisco, Jan 14, 1853. STOOKS. | State 3 per cents, temporary loan, 10. 12 per cent dis- count from par and interest. | State 7 per cent bonds, January coupon of, | War bonds, 7 Bet cent, payable in 1862 War loan bonds, 12 per cent. War loan warrants. State civil fund warrants | tive of England, of the same disease, aged 33 unknown, 85, Mexico; 16th, Jane Van Valkenbui New York; David H. Cooper, 20, Missouri; Robert 0. 21 Rhode Island; 1¢th, Felipe Navaro. 19, Mexico; Sarah J* Parker, 6, Ulinois; 18tb, Jobn A. Sullivan, 31. Arkansass Goorge Dennis, 40, Iinois; 20th, N. K. Randall, 60, Mase sachusetts; Samuel Ure, 45, England; 22d, Wm. R. A. McGlamery, 18, Virginia; Dick, colored; 28d,’ Mrs. Elis beth Turner, 18, Arkansas; Wm. Haenty, 2, Germany; F. 6. 43, Massachusetts; 24th, infant of Mrs’ E Turner; 27th, A. L. Ridgeley ‘24, MeConnelsville, Ohio; 28th, Antonio Recoro, 46, Spain; YOth, Manuel Salis, 27, Mexfeo. On board steamship Cortes, on the peseee from Pana ma to San Francisco, Dec. Zid, 1. Woodbridge, Dart. ie; R. Waterman, Maine; F, Tenn.; 26th, A, J. Wemper, ig .; 2th, Charles L. Bache, one- child of Mr. C. 1 Bache, of San Francisce; two childrem of Mr. Grotjan, of fan Francisco; John Anderson, Vire Rinia; LeRoy Wilson, New York: C. L. West, New York; lonz0 Murdoch, Néw York. S. Delmaire, New York; We Beatty, New York: Mra. H. Howe, Zanesville, Ohio; Mrs,’ Ellsler, New York; W. P. Ormsby, Galena, Il.; Benjamim cree ben an Little, British’ Provinces; Re. alker, 5 wor ; H. Sebaffer; Mr.’ Geacen, Chie iss. Demis es ets My Op board steamer 8. 8. Lewis, on her assage fro) Sau Juan del Sud to San Francisco -—Dee lath’ W, i Shrekela, of Mo., buried at Acapuleo ; 224, Wm. Shea, of Wiskegan, Ill.; 24th, N. Elliott, of Torento, Canada = 26th, J. Sickels, of New York ; 27th, Joshua’ Hunt, of Paltimore, aged 60 years ; 30th, John'C. Green, 23 yeu of Carlisle, Penn. ; 20th, Amos Palow, 47 years, Clayto arias Potter, DEATHS AT SEA. ; Joreph Dee Jefferson county, N. ¥.; Slst, De Castro A. years, Brookfield, Wis.; Jan. ‘Ist, Thomas Housely, 58 years, Lafayette’ county, Ohio; ist, Jacob Tantree, 28 years, Wayne county, Uhio; 2d, Wm. Given, 45 yeargy; rayne county, Ohio. . On board «feamer Panama, on the passage from Pana. ma to fan Francisco :—Samuel Sanford, 27, of News ark NJ. Doc: 30, of congestive fever ; atric ! aged 26, of Indiana, Dec. 31, of congestive fever ; Madana Rosalin, 41, of France, Jan. 3, of Panama fever ‘Thoma lion, aged 25, of Montreal, Jan. 3, of congestir fever ; Albert Hall, aged 82, of Grant county, Wis., Jame 4, of congestive fever ; Charles Rose, 21, of Waue kasha county, Wis., Jan. 4, of congestive fever ; Mra.’ Jane McKinley, of New York city, Jan. 4, of cholera more bus; Solomen Whitman, 25, of ticut, Jame: 10, from the effects of a wound in ‘the chest, inflicted by himself with a knife, while in a paroxism of insanity, ~~ Cn board steamship California, between Panama an@ San Francisco, Dec. 26, at 6 A. M., Dr. E. K. Chamberlim,: aged 47 years, from Cincinnati, Ohio, of gastro entei fever. 27th, of typhoid fever, ‘Curistopher Ewing, aged sy 47 years, late of Pascagoula, typhiod fever, H. P. Exmo: son, Mich. 30th, at 4P. ie, a by} ra. Jal 1, Chandler Pearson, of Avon, Livingston cousty, N. Y.g of general debility, aged 60 years. On board steamship Winfield Scott, Dee. 19, John Ba City bonds, November coupon off.. +9234 a 93 County 7 per cent bonds, payable in 1862, coup off 70 u 72 | a renire dilemwser 90a 100 | County rerip, (not funde « "6" (new issue) 10a 16 per cent discount. | Sacramento city bonds 60a 65 | Broadway wharf ‘ Plank road eee School land warrant 5 Stocks have been quits lively to day, and closed in de- | mand at our extreme quotations. A considerable amoun’ of orders came to hand by last mail, a ion of which | only could be filled without materially ancing present rices. State Seven per cent Bonds, payable in New York, ave become exceedingly rcarce—nearly all have been | sent to the Eastern States. War Loan Sevens have alo | become scarce and difficult to obtain at anything like | present quotations. Should our Legislature make pro- vision for the payment of the interest, which it is highly probable they will d> curing the present session, they | mut prove @ great investment for Eastern Syne | Our City Bonds are also becomirg very scarce, full three- | eats of the whole issue are now hela in the Kastern les. | TRADE REPORT. Considering that to-morrow is steamer day, and that | the merchants generally have been more than usually oc- | cupled W rth n thelr correspondence, ye have noticed . fair degree of activity in the market. A very large mail w! go forward b: the Golden Gate. ge Frour.—We note less firmness in the market than fer any previous day during the week, and sales show a de- cline in both sacks and barrels. Sales of the former, to the extent of about 1,600 halves and quarters, at $52 a $82 50. The bulk of the recent importations of sack | flour is still in first hands; $30 was offered for a conside- | rable parcel, and declined. We hear of some sales from | first hands as low as $20. Transactions in barrel flour | have been mosily confined to jobbers, at rates ranging | from $84 to $25 50. The importations’ per T. W. Sears, 400 bbls. Hope Mills, superfine, was sold at $30. | Corn Mrat.—We hear of but one large sale, that of the | importation per Albatross, (about 2,000 half barrels,) at $0.50; 6 hhds. sold at 4c. per Ib | Graim.—Chili_ barley fs soking: to some extent, at | 344c.; sales 16,000 Ibs. at this rate. Domestic is se! ling at 2% 0336. for small parcels. We note sales of 2, fern oats, from first hands, at 4c.; about 900 | We understand that of the | been offered low as 37g¢. . | Cor ing rates are, for Rio, 15 a 16c.; Costa | Rica, 15 2 1¢¢.; Java, 12% a 13¢.; Manila, 14’a 16c. Sales of 500 50ib. bags Java, at 123¢c.; 80 boxes ground | Eagle Mills, (reported,) at 6c. 8.—We notice an advance on ponentey's rates, | with a good demand. Sales of 1,300 small bags, best qual- ity Bayos, in lots, at Gc.; 160 100-1b. do. at Se. ; 200 50-1b. do. reported at 534: Sales of 4,100 lbs. Manila cordage, at 20c.; 180 coils do, at 183¢.; 18 bhds. 20 carks, and 45 firkins butter, at 41 a 44c.; 856 casks and 28 bhds. hams, at 20a 2lc.; 40 kegs refined lard, at 21e¢. | INLAND MARKETS. | Sacramrnto, Jan. 18.—The levee presented quite « | livels sieerene site with freight from the bay and goods being shipped to Hoboken, which in the meantime +8 the most important feature in the city trade. The de- mand in clothing was better to-day than it has been for sometime back. There have been about twenty addition- al buildings erected in the Sacramento branch town, Hoboken, within the last two days, where lots are now in active demand. uatters have been offered as high ae $150 for their lots, and refused to sell. To-day business has been quite extensive. Chili four in qrs. 18¢; meal in sacks of 100 Ibs; 3 jo. 1 Chins American flour $41; barley 5 ic. $13; China riee 20c.; No.1 lina 21c. Manila $c.; pork in half bbls. $27 50. beef, little in market, 26c. a 27 ‘83e. @ 85c.; hams 2c. ; canva! ter 48c. and 50c.; potatoes 10344. a 11c.; Chili beans 8c.; do peachen 31c. a 38c.; cheese 23c.; raw coffee 25c. a 26¢.;do ground 26¢, a 27¢.; candles, adaman- tine 20e, a 40c.; soda crackers 24e.; butter crackers ie. ; hay Gc.a10e, Gold dust is bought in considerable quanti- ties at $1735 Marriages and Deaths. MARRIED, On the evening of New Year's day, January 1, 1853, by Rey. §. H. Willey, Josiah Sandford, Esq., to Miss Eliza- beth Guss, all of San Francisoo. In Sen Francisco, Jan. 1, by the Rev. Mr. Gallager, Mr. A. R. McKenzie, to Miss Mary Coleman, both of this city. In San Francisco, Jan. 4, by Rev. Albert Williams, Mr. Herman Schulze, to Miss Caroline Ellis, only daughter of John Ellis, Exq., all of San Francisco. Dec, 23,'by A. M. Winn, Mr. Jobn R. Wilson, to Miss Sarah &. Letcher, ail of Santa Clara county. Dec. 25, by Rev. Charles MeLay, Rey. W. Mclay, to Miss Mary A. Wyman, of Santa Clara. Dec. 27, by Rev. A. M. Winn, Joseph W. Johnson, to Miss Julia Jones, all of Yan Jose. In Sonoma, Dec. 26, by Kev. Mr. Lockley, Mr. A. B. Renick, to Miss Velander Ray. In Nevada, at the Nevada Hotel, Dec. 23, by Rev. Adam Bland, Mr. Jamee L. Owen, to Mrs. Catharine Madden. In Sacramento, Dec. 6, by the Rey. R. B. Stratton, Mr. Cyrus Grey, of fan Jore, to Mise Eliza P. Smith, late of Philadelphia, Pa. In Santa Clara, by the Rev. A. M. Wynn, Mr. Daniel F. Miller to Miss Susan B. Wilson, both of Santa (lara. By Elder Thompson, Mr. John J. Roberts to Miss Martha A. Colter, both of Santa Clara county. By the Rev. A. M. Wynn, on the evening of the 28th Dec., at the residence of Dr. J. W. Langhorne, near San Jore, Mr. Daniel myo Miller and Miss Susan A. Wilson, both formerly of Virginia. In Sacramento, January 9th, by the Rev. R. B. Stratton, Mr. Nathaniel A. Kidder, of Sacramento, to Miss Ann B. Thompson, late of Chicago, Hinols. On the 10th January, by Elder Q. S. Sparkes, Mr. Z. Cheeney to Miss Amanda M. Evans, both of San Francisco. At the Kremlin, on the 12th of January, by the Rev. Albert Williams, Col. Andrew Williams, of San Francisco, to Eliza 0. Hart, late of the city of New York. In Fan Francisco, on Wednesday, Jan. 5th, by the Rev. Mr. Gallagher, Mr. Bulger, of New Orleans, to Miss Ellen L. Atkinson, of Boston. BIRTH, In Fan Francisco, Jan. 4th, the lady of Capt. Ceo. C. Hoeg, of a daughter. DIED, In San Francisco, January 3d, Peter Donahue, late of Paterson, N. J., aged 75. Near Kelsey's Diggings, on the 21st Dec., Mr. Wm. T. Andrews, of Howard county, Mo., aged 22 years, In Nevada, Nov. 2¢4, Curtis L., infant son of Robert 8. and Farah Whigham, aged 7 months. At Frenchman’s Bar, South Yuba, California, Dec. 10, of erysizelas und fever, Mr. I. H. Letcher, aged'25 years, of Maumee city, Ohio. At Dragon Gulch, near Sonora, on the morning of the 5th Jan., of smallpox, D. W. C. Atkins, formerly of West Chester, Pa., aged about {4 years. Of ubscess of the lungs, on the 28th Dec., 1862, State Marine Hospital, in San Francisco, Zacha: aged 43 years, a native of Baltimore, Maryland werebant of Tanema, He leaves a bereaved wife and mother in Baltimore to mourn his decease. In San Francisco, on Tuesday morning, Jan. 11th, Mra. Fligabeth F. Williatws, wile of Franklin Williams, former- ly of Hampton. N. H. At Placerville, of smallpox, on the 6th Jan., Mr. James Croslan, formerly of Newport, Ky., aged 29. At Marysville, on the 7th Jan., Mins Lucinda B. Curry, aged 21 years, formerly of Indianapolis, Ia. DkaTHS 1¥ SACRAMENTO—For two weeks ending January 2, 1862,—Joreph Dean, of Michigan; Augusta Smith, 20 ‘ears, New Haropshire: Ferdinand Hilton, 35, Rockland, ie. ; John Me 35, Ireland; William Pearce, 20, Massa- husett ‘yril O. Cady, 40, do.; Freeman B. Howes, Go. Jas. Navb, 75, Pennsylvania; Mary Amelia Kn ‘1 months, Germany; John Sanda, fova Scotian; James Arkran, 25, Ireland; ok, 39; Germany; Chinaman; a ebild, name unasce , Germany. Fevers, 2; rhea, 5; dyrentery, 2, congestion of luvgs, 2; small pox, 1; unascertained, 2, Deatus iv Marysviie—For the month of December, 9652.—December 2, Mrs. Catharine Smith, aged 20 years, and babe, of Richland county, Ohio; 4th, Charles R. Pear- son, 27, Morris county, New Jersey; 5th, Messrs. Whey- land and Hall; 9th, Thaddeus Trowbridge, 26, Wisconsin; 12th, James Colvin, 25, Brownsville, Pennsylvania; Jere- mish F. Yersley, 20, Lubec, Maine; 12th, Dennis Buckley, New Bedford; 1ath, Manuel Andrether, 42, Mexico; 18th, Mary Ann Wilron, 33, England; 19th, W. T. Wright, 22, Texas; 20th, Mexican, name unknown; 28th, Thomas Mc- Lane, 04, New York; unknown Mexican, Me i of Now Nore aah cerns uae of Jefferson, Med wth, ©. P. Reynolds, of Bangor, Me. S0wb, J. Lalladame of fan Francisco, 7 Sy ore On board steamship Independence, Jan, 6, Joseph Wing demer, and Samuel P. Boy ‘On board clipper ship Gov. Morton, Oct. 19, on hee ‘ork, Franklin Besay, of Lowell an re hence to New On board of ship Charles Ward, Nov. 27, Mr. 8. 11, Glidg | den, of Newcastle, Me. On board ship Courier, Dec. 28, Henry Benjamin Gold smith aliaa'Jeseph Pendieton, seaman, of England. Later from Deseret. By the arrival of Mr. Alphonso Borland, with th@ Great Salt Lake mail, the Sacramento Union gaing the following intelligence :— The party in charge of the mail—Mr. Borland, ace companied by John Adams—left Salt Lake on tha Ist of November. At Hensel’s Springs, about 120 miles from Salt Lake, they encountered a snow storng of great severity. At Goose Mountain, the snow storm changed to hail and sleet, s0 that when camped at night it became necessary to whip mules at intervals to keep them from perishings Ba, intense was the cold that Mr. B.’s feet were , Their mules lived chiefly on wild sage, and werg | obliged to wade side deep through the snow. Six days previous totheir arrival at Carson Valley, , they were entirely out of provisions, and subsisted om strong coffee, of which they had plenty. At the Vale ley ate stopped a fortnight to recruit themselves and” cl When they arrived at the Desert, their animala were nearly exhausted. The snow was here aboug eight inches deep, and the air exceasively cold. Mr¢ Adams had his feet frozen at this point. Mr. Borland says that there is more snow on th@ mountains than was ever known before. At Valley the snow was from two to three feet deep, and stock was fast dying from ion. At a small place named Ragtown, they met aboug 150 Indians, who fired at them with guns and are rows, but without effect. At Carson Valley, Messrs. B. and A. were joine® by. eight men, viz : Geo. Boone, John Johnson, of, Johnson’s ranche; Mr. Brown, Mr. Parker, and twa bei (names not recollected,) and two colored ‘Ktout eight miles from Slippery Rock, Mr. Browt® ‘ave out from exhaustion, and was left behind. Mrs arker remained to take care of him. At Lake Valley, they encountered new difficulties n the shape of fivods, which they successfully overs ame. These gentlemen brought the mail safely uae ieee ery many difficulties; and t the trip altogether, it may be regarded as one of the most remarkable ever made on the continent. * 8 Later from le Dates from Oregon to Jan. 7th have been received. The papers are filled with legislative bs and ‘memorials fay ne the dts pages to call the and speeches sion of the territory. it is new territory ‘‘ Columbia.” wernor Gaines hag delivered his m , which is an able document, though iti atiacked with great bitterness by several 1e re. Flor selling at $18 to $20 per 100 Ibs Millers are paying: $6 $7 per bushel for wheat, and there is very little to be obtained at that Potatoes command $2 50 per bushel, beef an perks 18c. to 25c. per Ib.; butter $1 per lb.; ogee $1 togl 5G per dozen, and nearly everytatn else Fora couple of weeks past the weather beem very severe; snow fell in some places to the depth of, afoot, and remained several days on we grnes Bu a thaw eet in, and the snow and ice is disa) pearing. The old inhabitants inform us that cold weather has never before been experienced since the settlement of the Sa by whites ; the two past winters, certainly, exhibited nothing of the ind. The damage caused by the storm and cold throughs out the country has been great. As it was unusual, it was unlooked for; and no preparation had beem made for feeding and housing stock, and 1 nume bers died from hunger and exposure. P: —_ has this been the case with animals which o the plains the past season, they being poorer and les: capable of endurance. At the Dalles, vast herd@ of this epecies of stock have died. They were owned principally by A a who last fall purchaseg them of the immigrants. MARRIED. In Oregon City, on Sunday, Dec. 19th, by Hon. J. Me’ Prescott, Mr. Thomas Howard and Mrs. Priscilla West, both of that city. On Thursday, Dec. 23d, by the same, Mr. John McIne nerny to Miss Matilda Williams, both of Oregon City. In Portiand, Dec. 28th, by Rev. H. Lyman, Mr. Sydney B. Simons to Miss Angelina C. Avery. In Washington county, Dec. oth, by the same, Mr. John A. Slavin to Miss Emma It, Ress, both of said, county. in Portland, Dee. 27th, Mr. John L. Lloyd to Miss Eltage beth R. Trowbridge, both of that cit: Same place, on the 29th December Rey. C. S, King. ley, Mr. W. L. Higgins to Miss Mary E. Scott. Same place, on the 20th December, by Rev. C. S. ley, Leonard D. Durgin, formerly of New Hampshire, t- Miss Laucetta Redding, formerly of Indiana. # At Seattle, December 19th, by D. S. Maynard Baq.; Mr John Bradley to Miss Mary Relyea, both of . oom. At Salem, Dec. 25, by Rev. J. D. Boon, J. Byrne, of Ord- gon City, and Miss LE. Thompson, of Salem. DIED. At Dayton, Yamhill county, on the 18th Dec., Andw: D. Emith, in'the oe ba of his age. He was a nativo of Dutehess county, N. ¥. In Oregon City, on the 23d Dec., Mr. Titus H. Johnson, formerly of Guilferd, N. Y. At West Tualatin , Oregon, on the 12th Deo., Ly- dia, daughter of Mr. John Flett, and adopted daughter o€ Mrs. Tabitha Brown, 6 years and 4 months. Near Vancouver, 0. T., on the 17th Dee., of inflamma. tion of the lungs, Mary Elisa, wife of Silas D. Maxon, agod 0 years. ‘Ten Days Later from Jamaica. We have received Kingston papers to the tly instant. Annexed is all the news. [From the Kingston Journal, Feb. 5.) George Canning Backburn, Wsy., has been ap. inted her Majesty's Commissioner at Havana under The treaty of the 28th June, 1835, between Great Britain and Spain, for the abolition of the slave trade. Her Majesty's ship Cumberland, (72) Mid ag Seymour, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir G. Fe Seymour, left Port Royal Thursday morning, at nine o'clock. Her M vay ile screw steam frigate High- flyer, (21,) Captain Heathcote, left the same time and took the flag ship in tow. The Highflyer, after her arrival at Bermuda, will proceed to England. [From the Berbice Gavette.] The P sdiyts received by tle last and previous mafis tell us that throughout the British West{india colonies the spirit of emp ect ia abroad, and that there ig searcely one of colonies that will not lose, very shortly, a number of its inhabitants. Some few, im fact, are plready on their way to Australia, aud many are preparing to follow. Newsfrom New Zealand, Onur dates from Auckland are to October 23d. Im an extra of tlie New Zealander, the discovery of gold on the islandis announced. A party who had gone into the interior bad retained to town with samples of gold and auriferous quartz. |t is the impressions of the commission deputed to examine this field that Deatus in Stockton, for the month of December, 1862, —December 4, Rodorine Pais, aged 24 years, of Mexico; Holand’ Wra. X.Feot 0, Vicgnis}, Oth Tooae. Mosler ) Win. A, o i, 42, Jown; 14th, Wm. KE, Horner, 23, ‘Pennay : wanis; name L id exista in abundance, and although as yet found in minnte particles, that it will eventully be prow cured in remunerative quantities a3 soon as compe> Suare and the re machinery are brough$ )