The New York Herald Newspaper, March 16, 1853, Page 2

ADDITIONAL CALIFORNIA INTELLIGENCE. ann ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMSHIP PROMETHEUS. eae MILITARY EXECUTION. INTERESTING ITEMS. MARRIAGES AND DEATHS,| Be, die, dice ‘The steamship Prometheus, Captain Charcbill, ar- rived yesterday from San Juan del Norte, whence she sailed on the evening of the 6th inst. We are indebted to Mr. R. Lord, purser of the Pro- metheus, and also to the expresses of Mr. J. W. Sul- ivan, Gregory & Co. and Adams & Co., for Califor- nia and Oregon papers. Hon. W. Voorhees, Secretary of State of Culfor- nia; J. C. Smith, Esq., Judge of the Supreme Court ef San Francisco; S.S. Barr, Eaq., member of the San Francisco bar; Captain Thomas Wright, Captain Fred. Griffing, aud H. Lee Scranton, Esq., came pas- sengers in the Prometheus. Dr. William Nice, surgeon of the steamship Star | of the West, died at San Juan, on the 22d of Feb- | yuary, of smal! pox. | The Prometheus brings no later dates from Cali- fornia than were contained in our yesterday's edi- tion; but we give the following additional items from the papers received. The French ship Sansonette, from Havre, having on board upwards of two hundred and fifty female emigrants, had arrived at San Francisco. The greater portion of these people, it is said, come to , ‘ir husbands, and to the peachy they 2 are all ake Roan te eeekine classes of France, industrious and respectable. About fifteen hundred passengers left San Fran- | cieco in the steamers.of the 1ith and 16th February | for the Atlantic States. The clipper ants John Gilpin had arrived at San | Francisco from New York, in ninety-three days. She crossed the line in longitude 116 16 W. in seventy- | eight days from New York, and was six days within 460 miles of San Francisco, with light winds and | calms. Her greatest run in any 24 hours was 315 miles. When leaving New York she was creme 20 feet of water, and had she been properly loade: she would doubtless have made the passage in much Jess time. Capt. Doane thinks that if he had had one of M’Kay’s “eighteen knoters,” he would have Kelley.” The officer of the day gave ip we nrc their i x er he that sustained the trap, and both risoners from time to ef with —~ yele. Al a oy oP ae of their father confeasor. The under whose direction and orders all things were conducted, are entitled to great praise for the order and solemn de- corum that characterized the entire proceeding. The absence of all noise, confusion, and sometimes error of some of the details of the execution, as witnessed by the writer in various of the country, was remarked by many who were present. A ee 80- lemnity of feeling was observable on the part of all whose duty it was to be present and assist in the execution of a most just and righteous sentence—in- flicted as a melancholy example, and in vindication of the rules and articles of war. OFFICIAL REPORT @F THE EXECUTION. Mission oF San Dreco, (Cal.,) February 1, 1863. Sm—The prisoners, Acting Corporal Hayes and Private Condon, 2d Infantry, were executed on the parade ground of this post, at 12 o'clock M. yester- day, the last day of the period allowed me to carry the sentence into effect. I had personally commu- nicated to them, four days before, the result of their trial, and the day and hour when the execution would take Rae and, at their request, had notified the Roman lic priest whose services they de- sired. The Indians of the surrounding country having been ordered, in June last, to apprehend these men, which was accomplished by one of their chiefs, I thought proper to summon the alcaldes and captains to be present at their execution, as an ex- ample to themselves _of the efficacy of our laws, and an inducement to the prompt obedience, on their part, of any orders they eso receive in future from the properly authorized officers of the government. Almost wor tribe was represented—there being present ly one hun chiefs, captains, and principal men. This involved the necessity ef sup- plying them with beef and bread, which I ordered the A. C.S. of this post to issue to them. I also no- tified tie civil authorities of the county, and in- vited their attendance. The gallows being erected on the parade ground, the troops were formed in line, flanked on either side by a section of | light artillery in battery, facing the ‘place of execu- tion. On the left of this line, and Rernendeeniar to it, were arranged the Indian chiefs and captains. On the right, in like manner, the civil officers and citizens of San Diego. The forms of dress parade having been gone throngh, the proceedings of the Court Martial, and orders in these cases, were read. After which, a cart, in which were the prisoners, seated on their coflins, and clad in white shrouds, approached, with the priest and a guard of twelve | men in the rear, under the immediate command of the officer of the day. Having reached the place of execution, with the guard in line opposite the gal- lows, and facing the battalion, they dismounted, and made his ran in seventy-five days. A quartz mining company at Eureka, it was said, had sold its lead to an English company for $110,000. This place is in the neighborhood of Poor Man's Creek, a tributary of the South Yuba. It was well known that the propert was under offer for such a price until the lst of February, through a special agent of the English company, who went to England a@ few months since, and is reported to have returned by one of the late arrivals with the ‘‘scads.” The same agent, it is rumored, has another offer from an English company to make the famous Gold Tunnel Quartz Mining Company, of Nevada, for their valua- ble property. j ‘The city authorities of Sacramento have succeeded | in closing the main breaches in the old levee in such | a manner as to ensure the city against all danger | from those points hereafter. | A man named Harvey Burns was murdered at Cow | Creek on the 17th Jan. Two Pitt River Indiats, | captured by some of the soldiers belonging to Fort | Reading, are supposed to have committed the act, | and were pointed out to the captors as such by a | chief of the Cow Creek tribe. Provisions are yet scarce in Shasta. Flour was | selling at $38 a barrel. | A negro by the name of James Taylor, a confirmed | and noted robber, was executed at Mormon Island on the 26th January. | A Mr. Mayberry was murdered at Spanish Flat, | im a dispute about a mining claim witha man named Tompkins. Tompkins escaped. At the Big Bar of the Cosumnes, in the day time, | a@ party of five Mexicans attacked a Chinese camp, | and killed six Chinamen, and robbed them of over 96,000. Mr. Henry Hoffman, while prospecting at Doty's Fiat, afew days since, dug out a lump of mua weighing 884 ounces. The lump is entirely free from | Ss and is beset the largest specimen ever | d in that section of country. | Another lump has been found near Middletown, | ae weighs twenty ounces, valued at upwards of Miska Hauser, the violinist, was giving concerts in San Francisco. Exccution of the Murderers of Lt. Col. C: [From correspondence of the San Francisco Herald } San Disco, Jan. 31, 1853. In your paver of the sth August, 1852, the trial of Corporal Wm. Hayes aad Jobn Condon, soldiers belonging to the U.S. army, for desertion and the murder of Brevet Lieut. Col. Craig. Your reporter then stated that the findings and jadgment of the court could not be made known until officially promulgated by the Commanding General. The final proceedings were approved of by the President of the United States, whose orders private in this case were received here by the Tennessee, on | the 1Sth inst., and are as follows:— FINDINGS AND SENTENCE OF THE COURT. The court having maturely weighed and considered the evidence before it, finds the prisover, William Hayes, an | enlisted soldier in the service of the United State: ci ing corporal of company D, Seeona Infantry, U. 5. as follows — | Of the first specification to the second charge, ‘guilty,’ and ‘gaily’ of the first charge Of the first specification to the second charge, ‘‘guilty ‘ef the second specification to the second charge, ‘guilty,’ | ‘and ‘‘guilty’’ of the second charge. And the court does, therefore, sentence him, Wiliam Hayes, an enlisted soldier sempany Dy Secon! tatantry, U com) 8 faniry, U. 8 army, “to be hanged by the Seok until. dead, at such flaxe o44 place as anal be designated by the proper authority—two-thirds ef the ‘eourt ceneurring therein.” In conformity with the @5th article of the Rules and Articles of War, the proceedings of the General Court Martial in the ayer | case have been transmitted to the Secretary of War, and by him submitted to the President of the United States. ‘The following are the orders in the case — Execurve (CHAMBER, ’ Wasurxctox Dec. 16, 1852. j ‘The joing proceedings of a General Court Martial in ‘the case William Hayes, an sidered, I do hereby confirm them; and order that the sentence of the Court, whereby the said Hayes is sentenced ‘to be hanged by the neck until dead, be duly carried into execution, r the orders of the commanding officer in California, at such time aod place as he shall direct. (signed) MILLARD FILLMORE. In pursuance of the above death warrant, General Hitchcock, commanding the Pacific division, issued | his orders directing the officer in command of the Mission of San Diego to execute the prisoners within one week after the reception of his orders at the Condon was convicted likewise, and the pro- ceedings and sentence were the same as in the case of Hayes. This day, at 12 o'clock M., they under- ‘went the penalty of their crimes by suffering death On an ignominious scaffold, in the presence of their old companions and a multitude of citizens and Indian penne lg had none to ena their death. nt Catholic priest, Father Juan, was occu- pied with them the ly, and accompanied them @eremonies incident to the melancholy affair were az The battalion of truops were formed in line of bat- tle facing the , Which was a large wooden structure, . The citizens were in a line to the , and ite tothem the op] chiefs and head-men of principal tribes of In- @ans belonging to the county. At ten minutes be- fore 10 o'clock the prisoners were brought out of their cells, habited in their grave clothes, and seated on their black coffins in a cart drawn by a white horse. The guard formed in the rear. When the procession Feached the gallows the prisoners knelt at the foot of tthe ladder and ret he Padre here took leave of them with a blessing, and the Post Adjutant ad- ‘vanced and read to them the warrant of the Presi- dent for their execution. The prisoners were then directed to mount the scaffold, from the platform of which they successively addressed the multitade. Be di igh vale Ei oA 1 wi God that I should eaffer death; therefore, for the love of God, { forgiven! my enemies, and ask their forgiveness in rsturn. | hope God will — my oe denied in the court that! was | a soldier. Tam. and was duly enlisted as such, but drew | no pay. I shot Colonel Craig. Ishould net have done it -i have obeyed hia orders. Let no man pattern after me. Obey your orders; and let my melancholy ex ample be a warming to you all. I return thanks far a the kindness shown me, and thank God for having had so much time to do penance in, and being permitted the consolations of a Catholic priest. I hope we will al! meet before God. My love to ail. Boys, good-bye | Condon then said :— bg agent gt a, all—I have never wroi an, Rody in my life, and neve: injured anything, till I nee! dentally shot Sergeant Maes. I never offered a word. of Hasolence to Colonel Craig, my superior officer. I wish yo. all, boys, good-bye | TL‘@ sergeant of the guard directed them to take their places upon the trap. — assumod a posi- tion fs hg eondon, “ the latter insisted king the right and; ol } pe wat by his advice Le probably fecling nd of January, 1 ou pub- | act | Total . ited States, acting corporal of | enlisted soldier of the army | ef the United States, having been laid before me by ths | of War, and by me duly examined and con- | greater of yesterda: 5 the fook of the scaffold. The | received, on their knees, the last exhortations of the | priest. The proceedings of the eourt by which they | were tried, the order of the President of the United | tates confirming the same, the letter of instruc- | tions from the headquarters of the Pacific division, and a hs order of the day, were then read to them by the adjutant. Having ascended the scaf- | fold, and been informed that the time had arrived when they might address those present, if they | thought proper, they made short addresses — | confessing their crimes with penitence—warn- | ing all against their example, and taking a | touching farewell of their comrades. The ropes were then adjusted, and the caps placed over their eyes by the Soro of the guard, when, upon a signal from the officer of the day, the rope which supported the trap was severed at a blow, by the sergeant of the guard, and they were launched into eternity without a struggle—dying with a spirit worthy. of a better cause. Their bodies were subsequently interred in consecrated ground, by the spoties ate funeral ser- vices having been performed by a Roman Catholic clergyman. The command exhibited on this occa- sion, as indeed it has done throughout the whole | of this transaction, the utmost steadiness, and a high state of discipline. Ihave been thus particular in my description, as this is, I believe, the first case of a military execution, ty hanging, in time of peace, which has occurred in the army, and I desired to fulfil, to the letter, my instructions—that the sentences should be carried into effect “ with all due solemni- Ge Later in the afternoon, I caused some shot and shell to be thrown at a target, prepared for the pur- ose, in order to show the Indians the effect of artil- ery. The shelling was very accurate, and they seemed much surprised and impressed with the re- sult. To-day, the remains of the late Bvt. Lt. Col. Craig arrived from the desert, and will be buried to- | morrow, with the honors of war, by the side of those | of the gallant officers who fell at San Pasqual. I am, sir, very respectfully, yonr obedient servant, | i (Signed) Byt.L Miscellaneous Items, Finances oF San Francisco, eport of the Treasurer of the city of San Francisco, showing the | amount of receipts and disbursements for the month Receipts. | Balance cash on band December 3, 1852 | From city taxes... | From city licenses. | From judiciary departmen Total | Paid potice fund... “far . F Paid judici Paid fire fund. | Paid contingen | Paid building fund. Balance cash on ba cece ee $105,1 Tuk Evreka Diamonp—Wonperevy. iF TRUE We have received a communication descriptive oi | lips and friend, N’C Woeis and lady, and 4 on the occasion of his i stion to the Presiden- MeLancHoty Instance oF DestiTvTion AND Arrempr aT Svicipe.—Yeatel , about noon, a woman w'10 was in washing clothes behind a Se eee Washi street, be tes groans im great pi theca Upon examining, she a lying under a near by, with his t! cut, and a number of other marks his person, which he had inflicted on himself. n discovered, he was bleeding profusely, and, but for the timel aid of his female friend, would have shortly expire Assistance was at once obtained, and the unfortunate man was conveyed into the Washington Baths. The Hasding yes stopgeds and when sufficiently recovered to give an accoun' of himself, his’ name was ascer- tained to be Geo. R. Camp. He isa native of Stowe, Vermont, and was induced to commit the rash act by want and privation. He had wandered, homeless and hungry, about the streets for a number of days, without work, and “too proud to beg.’ He ap- peared to be insane, and spoke incoherently when questioned. He was conve: to the City Hospital. —San Francisco Herald, ». 15. FaraL ACCIDENT NEAR MarysviLLe.—Two in- dustrious young men, named George (+. Chadbourne and Henry M. Weston, while prospecting some new digging , about two miles above Sweetland’s, were hurried inte eternity by the caving in of the bank under which they were at work. It appears that they had commenced making a deep cut into the side ‘of a hill, near the junction of the Middle Yuba, to accomplish which they had run a stream of water over the ground, sufficient to wash away the earth after loosening it with their picks. In this man- ner they had excavated a distance of about one hun- dred and thirty feet, at which point their cut was twenty-six feet deep, with a width of only four feet on the top. About sunset on Friday, a friend of the deceased, in passing, discovered that the work had caved in, and that their coats were at the mouth of the cut. He instantly gave the alarm, and some fifty men were soon at work to extricate their bodies. When found, they were both quite dead, having, from all appearances, died of suffocation. The de- ceased were both from the town of Standish, in the State of Maine, where their parents and relatives reside. Passengers on their way to New York from age sailed from San Francisco, ‘eb. 15. PER STEAMSHIP CALIFORNIA FOR PANAMA—J Bohn, O Whit- comb, J Lance. A Cox. J Bailey and two sons, G Graham, Mitchell, H P Young, W Walton, J Sears, M Letimeyer, J F Moore. J Coates, Faro, Lukelony, W H Smith, Pepan, F Scott, J Slasser, Berford, G W Palmer, T Palmer, T Mal lory, P J Bargiga, F Leggett and son. C J Lansing, J Gati mun, S Ham, A M Haven, J Bentenham, M G Welt n, Q D Walker, W ‘aldwell, Mrs ‘T M Kowers and four chil. dren, J K’Moore, J Gault, T Glyme, J Roman, A Boggs, J Franentall, H Kintz, D Fulton, M Brown, J Slasser, JC Meeker, J H Van Valkenburg. W Walker, Jhapman, J Dunbrow, E Green, H Bigler, B Gettin, GJ Taite, Mr Matrix, J steffer, J Kennedy, H'L Coffin, DR Frasier, Mr Mann and three friends, Mr Lewe, W Jones, J Duff, Mr John, AS Vam Curen, N W Griskill, Mahoney, P Lant, A C Greer, J Bowan, T McArlett, J Mitchell, Strain, J Ey S Snow. J L Owens, J Johnson, G Glowner, W Stevens, C D Auter. Geo 8 Moyers, L Meyer, Grayorley, H Peiser, T Pinkham, G Cunningham, J Cruise, W A Clark, C Cruise, S$ HSwiger, J Faronms, F Donsalles, @ Sonsas, J Kagerton. NR Levett, JL, Hepburn, BC Knapp, W P Jones, J Mey- ers, J Wright, G Jarvis, J Lynch, f W Cook, W J MeKin- ney, Henry Le Quipn, O Kean, Mulholland, James Armstrong, M Coesin, Peter Kays, Edward McKechnie, B Bennett, W Rose, H McLellan, Joseph Grasse, T Hand, James Divine, Jno Flavell, P Cunningham, Thos Clark, J B Gilmore, D P Wade, 8 C Loring, J Choate, N P Delano, Adams & Co, CH Davis, Jas McClintock, W P Jackson, J D Patterson, T P Meigs, H Carr, 1 Gale, H Thomas, GC Alexandre and lady, 3 Freeman and family, W Pre:cott Jr, D Est, J A alberten, J Smith, W Bowman, C A Tabor, rk, H Cole, Mr Lachapett, M Montante, YG Peabody, TCorkle, Geo’ Benny, Mr Chapman, C ‘A Mallory, Lynch, P P Chapman, J D Burt, Jose, A C Salisbury, Lewis,'C Clark, J Haman, G Goldthrop, § B Stein, P Mar: tin, T’Bront, Mr Heath, T Emery, C Herara, DE Carpen- ter, Robt Young, J Lancaster, St’ Brown, TH Lemon, M Fause, M Paro, S Martin, M Fenser ‘and friend, HE Lewis, Jos Bently, Mr Frederick, F Lennedy, Wm Dolan, Jos Munns, L Morris, F Simon H Lyon, Jno Flavell, Jas Newman, A Dean, G Schoffenburg, Mr Borches, Mr Incell, C D Shed, Dr K Douglass, J H Wright, Mrs EL. Baird and son, Mrs'A Walker, Mrs MC Leavett, H Fellow, W Buns, H hicPheney, Milanger, Boid, J E Fenn, J E Princhard, H Leé, H Ballard, J Packard, 0 TCammillo, H Barton, J P Hobart, Jno McNamee, M © Ryan, Roberts, Gabriel, Mr Nardvar. Mr Russell, Wm S Newell, Jas Armstrong, Lewis Watkins, M Cassin, D Wright, E Jarka, A M Cod- dington, W 0 Clarkson, W McClintock, J M Hill, H Bean, Jno Packward and family, Mrs JC Packerschild, Fargo, J Dixon, James Carson, A siitchell, N Fitze, Mrs A Crane, Mrs M Griffith and two children, Ii F Daly, C Roberts, MC Leondiouh, I, J Lansing, Mrs Alexander and two sisters, Mrs Ostronie, FC Fitch, 0 CMclane, A Fellows, Bel: hamer, G Parsons, Jno Parsons, A Juan, Jno Snyder, J Frise, RH Brigham, G B Sarrabee, J’ Boswith, Guo A Hassep, J Sampson, A J Foster, J Southwood, E abs in the steerage. Marriages, Births, and Deathe. MARRIED, At Bidweil’s Bar, February 6, Benjamin Blevin, of Char- ley s Ranch, to Mrs. Phebe Jane Emerson, of the former place. ‘At Weavervilie, Trinity county, January 25, Richaré Eustice, to Miss Amelia Keef. January 15, Doctor D.S. Maynard, of Scattle, to Mre. Katharine I. Broshears, of Thurston county, 0. In Stockton, February 9, by the Rev. H. C. Benson, Osear M. Brown, of San Luis 01 — to Miss Annie Gor- ham, daughter of Philip Groves, Esq. "At San dose, February 1, by the Rev. Mr. Winn, B. D. | Wilson, of Los Angeles, to Mrs. Margaret D. Hereford, late of St. Louis, In Santa Barbara, January 7, by the Rev. Padre Gon- | this remarkable stone, which was found within two | miles of Columbia, in Tuolumne county. It is to be | exhibited in Stockton and this city for a short time, | prior to the departure of the owner for New York. ur correspondent informs us that it has been care- | duate of the Medical University ef Louisiana, who | pronounces it, beyond all doubt, to be a diamond of very rare purity. Itis said to be larger than the crown diamond of England, which is valued at ten millions of dollars. Weare informed, by a gentle- | man who has seen it, that it is about the size of a pigeon’s egg, but is of course still in the rough. | Should this turn out to be true, its value will be cn- | | ormous. and a new source of boundless wealth open to our miners; for this of course cannot be the ouly | stone of the kind in the country. Diamond mines are just as well defined as gold mines.—San Fran- cusco Herald, Feb. 15. | | Exerrement aT SacRameNtO—The Union gives | the testimony in the case of the Dutchman Sack sin | After the lapse of more than an hour in listening to | the different addresses and suggestions from various gentlemen, the propositions were reduced to two, | viz : hanging or whipping. A motion prevailed to administer to the ci ; bare back. A com | pointed on the spot to see the sentence carried int | execution. The place selected for this lot in front of crowd and adjoining. A circle was formed ina very few moments, amid shouts of various kinds, the prisoner placed within it, and a planted. Before proceeding to discharge their crowd that the punlishment inflicted by toem should | be final. The prisoner having been stripped and died, a whip was procured, with which the committee com- blows each, “un! | or forty-five lashes. Rope ends, large green | switches, &c., were then submitted for the whip, and perhaps in to the ner, whose back was now considerably rated, and who expressed bis the largest number shouted “go on! The punish- ment was completed by inflicting one hundred and four hed in all, apon the bleeding victim of jus- tice. What their intention was we could not ascer- tain—curiasity, most likely, as we witnessed no on og of violence attempted to Oe Be trated. rom the place of punishment Conrad fesin was conducted safely to the prison brig, where tht com- mittee left him. The excitement which prevailed during the day subsided after punishment had been inflicted—some content with what had been done, while others (murmured and found faalt with the lenity of the verdict. A Guyrowper Piot.—An affair came to light horace d which for atrocity exceeds anything that jas occurred in this city for some time. It was no | less than an attempt, on the part of some cold blooded scoundrel, to blow up a house in which six or eight oo were sleeping. The attempt was made on Saturday night last, and the honseis situated on Bel- | den street, near Pine. It is occupied bya Mrs. Slater. Three cannisters of powder, with trains for the purpo- | ses nition, were fortunately discovered under the house before the deed was consummated. As nearly as we could ascertain the facts, Mrs. Slater's husband | had left her on account of some improper condact on her part. He having made threats, was arrested, together with his partner, whose name is Deitrick, on suspicion of having-been the guilty parties. The matter was placed before the Recorder yesterday for investigation, and we understand that’ hia decision will be rendered this morning.—San Francisr Transcript, Feb. 16. CaLivorniA Wixe—Paresent vo Gen. Prenen.- There is now to be seen at Mr. George Melins’, in Mont; ery street, a cask of California white wine, from the hacienda of Don Lonis Vignes, at Los An- geles. It is of the vi of 1846, andis put up in a neat cask, the bung of which is covered over with had acted a part in the murder, h ‘© mast of necessity continue tis pro- minence throug, “OC. The ropes were then adjusted ‘about necks, and white caps were drawn over their eyes. Hayes th en drew from his bosom a pra; id book, and itfa,, ‘pon the seaffold, remar “Give that to the pries.*+ 80d tell him'to give W to | a silver plate, on which is engraved ‘California wine.” The cask and contents are to be sent by the next steamer ae a present to Gen. Pierce, to he dren Sey the committee exacted a promise from the | | rit a hundred lashes on the | tee of six gentlemen was oP. | rereeey was a | | agon: stifled cries and groans. Frequent voices | | pte for the committee to desist, bnt by far | ° zales, W. W. Twist, Sheriff of Santa Barbara county, to Dona Ramona Leyba Ortega. In San Francisco, January 29, by the Rev M. Keller. to Mary Collins, all of San Francis In Nevaca, January 26, by the Rev. J. H. Warren, John S. Brown, to Miss Catharine E. Cronkhite. In Sacramento, January 27, by the Rev. John Ingolds- by, Patrick Walsh, to Miss Margaret O’Prien. ‘At Uniontown, H. E. Janes, W.'E. Phillips, to Miss Sara Underwood, both of the same place. At National Ranch, American Valley, January 24, Wm. Kirg-bury, to Mrs, Sarab E. Cheney,’ both formerly of Ninos. At the same time and place, Samuel S. Stinson, of Ohio, to Miss Mary Williams, of Wisconsin. At Sutter Creek, Calaveras county, Janusry 24. Allen Tibbits, of Chicago, Ill., to Miss Letitia Tucker, of Iowa. In Columbia, January 27, by the Rev.S. B. Murphey, Franeis J, Bruner, formerly of Ohio, to Mre. Meliess Aun Maley, f ly of Louisiana. | fully and scientifically tested by Dr. F. Banks, a gra: | 7? “nner © Soule BIRTHS, In San Franeisco, February 1, the lady of Joun Monis, civil engineer, of a daughter. At Cedar h, near Jackson, January 21, the lady of D. G. Eiiott, of a son. pit San Francisco, Januery 82, the lady of I. A. Har, of @ son. In San Francisco, on the 224 Feb. Mrs. Randal} Smith, of a aughter. DIED, Tn #an Francisco, Jan. 29. of eonsumption, Samue! 1. Pieree, late of Fairhaven, Mass., aged 82 years. In San Francisco, (accidentally drowned,) Jan. Captain Charles Gordon, late commander of the Bri bark Abyssinia. In Coloma, Jan. 25, Major M. W. Hutchinson, formerly of Brunswick, Maine, in the 49th year of his age. In Coloma, Jan. 26, John Collins, formerly of Missouri. At Harding's Ranch, San Joaquin county. Jan. 25, Jo:eph Hedges Jr., aged 26 years and 25 days, formerly exthield, Mass. In Benicia, Jai Charles Loring. At Auburn, Jan. 27, Jonathan Roberts, in the 524 year of his age. At Big Bar, Middle Fork of the American river, Jan. 3, (drowned,) Henry C. Williams, of Jersey City, N. J. In Lahaina, 3. i., Henly Cortes, of Somers’ Town, Mid- dlesex county, England, aged 43 year. In San Francisco, Saturday evening, Feb. 5, Emu fant daughter of William H. and Francis Matilda and grand ee of James Ballantine, of that c’ At Green Springs, El Dorado county, Fob. 3, Mre. § Hitcheock. At Butte City, Jem. 13, of ship fever, Henry, scn of 20. tie , Mary Ellen, infant daughter of Maj. | James and Jane Fettit, aged 8 4 menced fees Be their office, by inflicting five | “Also, Jan, 2, of the ‘same dives il they had laid om some forty | Also, Jan. 20, of the same disease, Maris Elizabeth, their danghter, aged 6 ye ure. In Stockton, Feb. 4, of sporadic eholera, Abiathar, son of Mary Hewlett, of Woodbury, Long Island, aged 16 yours and 10 menths. In Sonoma, Feb. 2. E, D. Denny, of Pittsburg, Pa., and late of the United States Navy, aged 30 years. In Sonoma, Jan. 31, Benicia, daughter of M. G. and Benicia and Francisca Vallejo, 4 years. In San Francisco, Feb. 1, of inflammation of the lungs, George Henderson, aged 26 years, x native of Scotian’, and late Sreman on weamship Winfield Scott. In San Francisco, Feb. 2, Charles, son of Charles aud Harriet B. Ash, late of Newburyport, Mass., aged 7 years and 6 monthe.’ ow ¢. 28, 1852, im erossing the Tuolumns river at the Hed Mountain Bar, Alexander Riley, of the city of New York, aged about 25 years. At Goodyear's Bar, Jan. 26, Fdward Ecketine, proprietor of the St. Charles Hotel at that place. In Sen Francisco, Feb. 1, Charles M. Van Shaick, of New York, aged 36 yea Near Calaveras, Jan. 22, James Staten, aged 20 years, of Baltimore, Md. He was a Sergeant of the New York Volunteers, Company B, and was buried with military \ODOTA. At Mississippi Bar, Saeramento county, Feb. 2, of in. flammation of the lungs, Jobn Deighton 19 yoars, son of Ricbard Deighton, of Kingston. ‘Adams esunty Iilinois, late of Found Preston, England. At Forbeston Jan. 26, Mrs. Sarah L Hoyt, wife of B, F. Hoyt, formerly of Sturbridge, Mass., of consumption, aged &3 years and 17 days. In Ban Francisco, Feb. 13, of chronic Touey, of Beston. ‘At Han Luis Obispo, Feb. 4, Captain Jofferson Aéame anative of Salem, Mase., but recently from Baltimore, Maryland. Tn Santa Barbara, Jan. 25, Jose Dolores Ortega, aged 63 ears, Jin Sacramento, Feb. 8, mnddenly, Wm H. Kendall, for about 25 years. , Feb. 3, Abner A.(Meldon, of Boston, ysentery, Elliot merly of Boston, a rs. ich, on the Park's Bar road, Feb, 4. Col. ed 62 years. On beard steamship Oregon, on her passage from Fane ma to San Francisco, Theodore Gladding, of Briatol, R. 1 Mra, Frances Jones, of New York: Isher 6. Baltimore; Mies bog W. Smart, of Boston: Henry Ro- gers, of Newbury, Vt.; A. Spitzer, of St. Louis; Peter Andrews, unknown; kimeon B. Berks, of Scott county Mo.; Thomas Bartley, of Pennsylvania; Ellen N. Sterna. way, Wisconsin; Matthew Curry, of England; Mra. Jane rnaway, of Wisconsin; William Cunningham, of ‘re jand; A. J. Critten, of Tuscarora, Ohio. DEATHE Im SachamENTO—For ihe two week# ending Feb, D. Humboldt Bey, December 28. by Justice | | government, had i Fisher, of | ‘or 1 jan. 6, leton, 27 years, of Vermont; J Bartlett, ae 43th, John ‘A. Chapman, 4: Henry , 88, France; 18th, William Leaeh, 35, New Hampshire; Mrs.8. N. Henry, 18, Wisconsin; 20th, Benjamin Moody, 28, Maine; 24th, John Gavette. 80, Maseachusetts; William A. Harter, 2, New York; 25th, John Fheppard, 25, Missouri; Mrs.’ Mary Garrette, 37 New York; 20tb, Nicholas Boutard, 53, France; Thomas Melaughlin, 32, Ireland; Janes W. Mayer, 22, Ohio; 30th, Jobn Oatman, 30, Illinois; a . NEWS FROM THE SOUTH PACIFIC, Two Weeks Later Advices from Chill, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, and New Granada—The American Exploring Expedition—The Lobos Expr dition. We have received intelligence from Valparaiso to the 14th ult. Chili was in a prosperous condition, the northern provinces being occupied with the extraction of silver and copper ores, and the southern provinces cannot possibly procure sufficient hands to get in the more than abundant crop. The particulars of the Presi- dent’s tour are given in the newspapers, and many improvements and benefits for the whole republic are anticipated to result from it. The congress commences its sessions again in June, when the budget for 1853 will be laid before the House, and many important questions will be de- bated upon. Before that time, however, we shall be able to lay before our readers the statistics of the entire imports and exports of the country during the past year—the first half year of which we have al- ready published, The masquerades, balls, and festivities had closed. One part of Valparaiso is now lighted with gas, and preparations are making to carry the pipes over the whole of the town. In Santiago a fire brigade of volunteers has also been established, in imitation of the Valparaiso Com- pany. 7 The Valparaiso post office had been removed to the former custom house stores, and many salutary regulations have been introduced in this department. The British brig Aparne arrived at Valparaiso from San Francisco and Guayaquil on the 2d ult. She touched at Juan Fernandez, and brings news of an intended outbreak amongst the prisoners in that island. Their intention was to kill the governor, and make themselves masters of the island, to seize one of the vessels in the harbor, and sail for other parts. The governor, however, received timely in- formation. The ringleaders were arrested and four of them shot on the spot. Mr. William Bogardus has made propositions to the municipality to import the excellent and weH- known American ice, to supply Valparaiso, its sub- urbs and the shipping. We approve of Mr. Bogar- dus’ idea of introducing ice, in preference to the dirty snow brought from the Cordilleras. PERU. The prosperous state of Peru, and the good un- goriandiag with other powers, increases from day to day. The writings of the Santiago Progreso, the Lima papers say, en the murder of Gunerrez, have caused much indignation, whilst the more moderate style of the Mercurio and Diario have increased the high estimation in which both papers are looked upon in Peru. The President is making preparations to visit the provinces, and is eagerly looked for by the peo- ple. The monument in course of erection to the memory of Bolivar is going on eae Trade is reported to be in a thy state, and country produce and copper and wool are high. Flour was selling in Tacna at $10 in bond. We learn from Captain Thomas, says the Panama Echo, who arrived in the Nueva Granada, that the day before the steamer sailed an express arrived overland from the American explo1 expedition on the Amazon; that the explorers had reached a point on the river, in nearly a direct line, some 300 miles distant, but by the circuitous route which the oper was compelled to take, it was about 375 miles distant. There they had fownd a magnificent and most productive country, with resources beyond previous conception. Cotton sheeting stood at 50c. er yard; coffee and indigo at 2c., and all other pro- ay at proportionate prices; cutlery, especially, being very high. The imports are fully equal in their rates to the exports. It seems, by the state- ments of Captain T. and others, that the Yankee steamer will secure the bonus of $10,000, and the en- trance of the said porte. as The prospect of the war between Bolivia and Peru, the surety that Ecuado, will assist Bol: if called upon, the threatening aspect of affairs in the Argen- tine Republic, all combined, have induced the Americans at Lima to desire a representative of the United States, clothed with more power than that of a Charge d’Affuirs. A petition to the United States overnment, to constitute Mr. Clay, the Charge at ima, Minister ible eens tp was receiving sign- ers for some days before the Nueva Granada left,and we are informed that it was being rapidly filled up. ECUADOR. Senor Sans, Chargé d’Affairs of the Peruvian resented his credentials to Gene- ral Urbina, and addreseed the President in an appro- priate speech, assuring him of the desire of his government to continue the friendly relations now existing between the twe republics. The President respoued in the same manner. BOLIVIA Follows its former rotten policy, and, though the papers are filled with protestations of peace, the animosity of the government against other republics, particularly against Peru, is clearly evinced. Trade is at a still stand, the law forbidding the ex- portation of hard dollars being still in force. The Cascarilla question remains as yet unsettled. The government has received proposals from various houses for a renewal of the monopoly, but not one has as yet been accepted. It is under consideration to establish a sulphur de- pot in Paris. Nothing new of interest from Copiapo or Coquim- bo. The mines continue in a pros; state, but the scarcity of hands is still complained of. The death of Gen. Ballivian, of A yeh fever, in Rio Janeiro, seems to have quieted the internal poli- tics of the country for a while. He had gone to Rio with the intention of re-entering the country by the way of the Argentine Republic, and had he not died | he would ce inly have regained the Presidency in three months. He had the strongest party in the | country, and everything was matured for a revolu- tion in his favor immediatel Belzu is a lucky man—pisto} n his arrival. Gen. won't kill him, and u | his formidable rival now is dead. Externally, how- ever, things do not aj 80 peaceful. Everybody is talking of a war wt Peru. The immediate pro- vocation for the war is a demand on the of Peru that Bolivia shall observe the treaty stipulation ot 1830, whereby this republic agreed to cease coin- ing the mcneda feble, as it is called, or in other words the mirerable counterfeit half dollars with which she has flooded both countries. Bolivia agreed not to coin any more after 1530, but has violated the stipu- lation ever since, by coining them, retaining the die of 1830, and all the coin bearing that date. This, together with a etl desire Bolivia has always manifested to annex the department of Moquega, containing the cities of Tacnua and Moquega, and the seaport of Arica, will lead te arupture. Peru is concentrating her army on the frontier at Puno and Tacna, preparing for the emergency, and Bolivia is rapidly recruiting her army; every evening large Squads of recruits are drilling on the Alameda, and the entire army is now concentrated there, ready for field operations 80 soon as the inclemency of the weather will admit of it. The Bolivians have always roved victorious in their battles with Peruvians, but ie immense wealth the latter commands from hor ano beds, has enabled her to fili up her with derman mercenaries, chietly from the dis! ing of the late Holstein army. The result of the contest, if it occurs, will therefore be doubtful. The govern- ment paper, the Epoca, had a long and ominous article on the su no of the relations of the two ince. countries afew days The government takes a deep interest iu the navi- gation of the Amaron and its affluents—several of the largest of which are in Bolivian territory, and they look to the “Yankees” to effect it. They say Wree they att eae the Lida baein over a nations. lecree will shortly appear declaring three ports upon them free ports of entry, and offering a tous of $10,000 to the first steam vessel el oa its watcrs into Bolivia, and also the entry of her entire cargo duty free. THE LOBOS EXPEDITION. We learn from ince Harris, says the Panama Echo, that most of the vessels of the Benson expedi- tion had been filled with guano, and gone home ward, and that the Peruvian government strictl, complied with its engagements on the subject wit the United States, taking everything from the vessels that comprised their outfit for the expedition, not excepting the Sarah Chase, the chief one oe them, from which they took her whole armament an cargo, even tothe most ordivary articles, paying liberally tor the same. We are also informed that Captain Caleb, who was Fent out to be Governcr of the Lobos Islands, was at Callao, in fine health and spirits, and would pro- bably soon return home via the Isthmus. NEW GRANADA. We learn, by Fl Correo del Istmo, that the mail which arrived here on the 17th Feb., brought the fol- lowing intelligence :— On the night of the 14th of January, the mail bags, after the departure from Bogota, were broken open, and rified of a number of letters. We also learn that the amount of false money wae #0 con- piderable that the especial attention of the police to the subject, and two manufacto- iven Pe that two outbreaks took place in Sonson, in from two to three hundred men figured, and cry of “Viva ee narecion- toe Rojos.” The same says—'The govern the provinces of Antioquia and Medellin had taken every means of aering the public order, bat does not inform us of the result, nor of, the after-proceed- ings of the disturbers of Sonson. MARKETS. Vauraraito, Feb. 14.—Since the last report there has been a little more activity in the market, but no sales of any magnitude of manufactured goods have taken place, the purchases having been chiefly for local con- | sumption for the actual wants of the shopkeepers, nor in- | deed could much better be expected at this period, the summer season being nearly ata clore, and the autumn demand not yet commenced. The arrivals from the United Kingdom were the Braganza from Liverpool, with ‘an assorted eargo amounting to £56.204, and the Dolphin and Louisa Margaretha from London, likewise with as- sorted cargoes. The Norwegian bark Awerican Packet. arrived from China and Callao having landed one half of her cargo at the latter place and the remainder has been disposed of here, the bulk being for the Mexican market. The stocks of British manufactured is of all descrip tions are in full supply, and as the business is not likely to open before the month ot March, little or no alteration in stocks nor prices can be expected until April. No arri- vals of American goods have taken, place, triffling sales fest in English goods for immediate wants have been t effect The Cristiana arrived from Hamburg, and some ten vessels more are expected from that port, to supply the winter demand: also the Preciosa, from z, and the Serene and Pallas, from France, have arrived; but Ger- | men, French, and’ Spanish articles have shared the fate | of English and American manufactured goods, and little has as flan realized. The Cosmopolite, from Gibraltar, proceeds with her cargo to California. 1 shipments of country produce to California have | fallen off considerable during the last fortnight, owing to the scarcity of flour and ir produce, which is likely to continue until the new rest comes in, ‘The production of silver and copper ores continues abundant, and shipments of both are in course of prepa- ration. Coa1.—The balance of the cargo of the Ber in, about 200 tons, sold at $12. Anthracite coal rold for $13, for | an American steamer expected here oa her way to Cali- fornia, About 150 tons arrived on board of the Kinder- dyk, from Holland, and a cargo of Coronel coal per Ali- anza. The cargo per Sterlingshire, from Cardiff. is offer- ing at $15, but we do not think that above $12 will be ob- | tained, the cargo being too large. Provisions,—Little or nothing has been done for want | of stocks, and prices remain firm, | Lvuper —No arrivals—continues in good demand at | high rates. the Swedish bark Hom arrived from Hamburg with a cargo for California. | Frour.—Sales continue to be made from 9 dollars to dollars 92. Stocks ave small, and very little of the best brands is to be bad atany priee. Thenew crop, however, | is already going to be deliverec at the ports, and though it will not be ground to any extert for a month to come, still there is sufficient flour being made to meet local wants until the grinding becomes general. The market then will be so fully supplied as must of necessity bring down prices to a figure low comparatively with its pre- ; sent value, the crops of all kinds of grain baving been, from all accounts, the most abundant ever known. Ow- ing, however, to the complete exhaustion of the stock of wheat of last year’s growth, prices will always remain sufliciently high to compensate the grower, and, on the other hand. comparatively low to enable us to compete to the fullest extent with flour from the United States, where, by last accounts, prices had advanced considera- Ys ‘Wurat.—No stocks in the ports as yet; but small quan- offering deliverable ath eigen eeatiea ant ‘Antonio, within a few days, at 50 rls. to $4, fanega, but wo have heard of no sales. Purchasers for export are not likely to come into the market at present, as in the course of a month or two considerable deliveries will have taken place at all the different ports, which will doubtless bring it down to about $3, which we think will be about the ruling price on the coast for the next two or three months. In Santiago we understand sales of the new crop have been made at 20 to 22 rls. Banigy.—This article is in ‘rifling demand, worth 18 to 20 rls., bagged, shipments to California and ports of the coast having been ona very small scale during the last fortnight, and likely to continue so, owing to the large crop obtained this year after the previous heavy shipments to California and the comparative small quan- tity of tonnage at martet, and consequent high freights ruling. BRAN scarce, and worth 9 to 93; rls. cash, per fanega of 84 Ibs. Corre scarce and in demand; a large parcel has been sold tor cash at 17 dollars 2 on shore, and the few parcels nos contracted for coming into the market are readily taken up. Siver.—The steamer Lima brought 177,784 marks, which have been placed at 10 doltars. er a EX—dull, without sale, nominal price 63 dol- re. Freicnts.—Two or three Erglish vessels have been taken up since our last report. The Sultana to Liverpool with raitpetre at £3 10r. and 5 per cent. The Catharina Jenkins, for Reguias to Liverpool, at £4 and 6 per cent, This note, however, is not likely to be paid again, £3 10s. and 5 per cent being all that was offering to other vessels at market, before the late rather heavy arrivals took place, and nowwe fancy there will be little aifficulty in obtaining vessels at this rate for general cargoes. Neither the English nor American Guaro Company have been in the market since last steamer. Freights io California ace $20 for assorted cargoes of flour and other country produce Nothing has been further done to Australia for want of further news. ExcHaNGkS —Bills on London 473g and 48 for sixty and ninety days. Copper in bars, doflars, 17.2 dollars, 17.4 on shore. Gold above ley 1'j per cent. Silver in bar, tendollars per mark. Hard dollars, none. Interesting from the West Indics. ADJOURNMENT OF DEBATE ON RETRENCHMENT IN THE JAMAICA ASSEMBLY—SMALL POX—WANT OF EDUCATION IN DEMERARA—CHINESE EMIGRANTS— YELLOW FEVER AT ST. VINCENT—MISUNDERSTAND- ING BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT AND ASSEMBLY OF TOBAGO—CROPS AT GRENADA—EARTHQUAKE AT ST. KITTS—TRADE OF MARTINIQUE. By the Uncle Sam steamer we have reccived files of papers from Kingston, Jamaica, extending down to the 9th inst., which supply us not only with news from that island but also from the other West India colonies. The proceedings in the Jamaica Assembly were of an uninteresting character. There was a slight debate on the 23d ult. on the subject of retrench- ment, but it was adjourned to the 23d inst. Mr. Hague, the reporter, who had been eent'to prison for contempt, has been released, after making a | suitable apology to the House. Public meetings are to be held in the parishes of Metcalte and St. Mary’s to call upon the other branches of the Legis- lature 80 carry throogh the echeme of retrenchment which has just p: the Assembly. Small pox was very prevalent in Westmoreland. The people are dying rapidly, all without medical sid; and many, ‘icularly the Africans located in the “ bush,” without any assistance whatever being rendered to them. Nothing has been done br ee ! the | authorities to alleviate the distress under whic! people are laboring, except sending such cases ax Kes at Savanna-la-Mar, to the poor house for treat- ment. A letter from Hanover says :—We have fine crop weather in this quarter, but the majority of the labor- ers_are either still squatting since the Christinas | holidays or working their grounds. The mills cannot be kept going regularly for wantof field labor, and as to doing any other work, in prepaiation for crop of 1854 it is out of the question. ‘The young canes are very foul, and not ahand has yet been in the Ratoone, or, at least, nothing since the beginning of the year. Fine crops on the ground, but I feara great part will be sacrificed for want of lubor.”” The question of education has been taken up in Demerara by the goveenment and a bill has been in- troduced into the Court of Policy, which, we have no doubt, will, in due time, become a law. ‘The bill it- | self is not published, but we infer from the remarks of the Royal Gazette that the education which it is to provide, is intended to be secular and compulsory. Considerable opposition has been offered to it as weil by the ministers of the established chirch as of dis- senting congregations, based upon the circumstance of the education being secular on the one hand, and | cee on the other. The Chinese immigrants carried to Demerara by the ship Glentanner, have been all apportioned to estates on the west coast of the Demerary river. Yellow fever is raging at St. Vincent, and among | its victims has been Sir John Campbell, late Lieute- nant Governor, who has been buried with great so- lemnity. From Tabago we learn that there has been a mis- understanding between the President administering the government and the Legislature. The disagrec- ment had arisen out of certain instructions issued vy the former for the guidance of tie Commissioners, to whose apprehension the recent land tax act present | ed numerous ambiguities. The instructions, it pears, were foun on an opinion given by the citor General, and, on the President communicating | as much to the House of Assembly, that body voted | the course taken by him a breach of their privileges, and replied in very strong languaze. , page the sugar crop has been rather de- layed. ere had been a slight shock of earthquake at St. Kitts, on the 21st January, and fears were enter+ tained that there would be a renewal of the visi- tation. From Martinique there have been exported 114,829 kilogrames, or 52,223 casks of sugar, Barbadian says there have been 20 | there on the proclaiming the eleyatic Louis Na- | poleon, Emperor of France. We ‘lai hore would Te a similar exuberance of joy versatile Frenchmen were called upov to pr fall, or Coit of the Emperoy, and th tation of a republican chief. At Trinidad there have been vorions exhibitions | and amusements under the patronnve of his Hxcel- lency Lord Harris. His Excellency ‘od also laid the foundation stone of a new Baptist ‘ We regret to learn that yellow fever was prevalent on board ee bl M. C. steamer sresrent nd ice the commander and surgeon were laid wp at ‘st. Thomas with that disease. M 7 The Numancian emigration from ‘Trinidad was | progreseing rapidly. ' Liberal thinks Trinidad | a8 much to fear from this steady tide of emigration. Mr. and Mrs. McKinney were giving pantominic exhibitions at Port of Bpala, dow it- nauygit- v | endeavor to relieve this anxiety by informing it of tf | which overlooks the | that nineteen-twentieths of advices from Havana and clusive. Sas. leston ne om 12. ‘The ‘States steamship ache. Siena oe eee ‘oy West to the Sth inst., in- Thetrig Vistorio, of and from Vigo, with an assorted cargo and fifty-two 4 Ae morning of the bth of Fel 3 y-fourth day out trom the Peninsula, ashore on Cayo Sal. On ‘Tth of Feb- took passengers je Captain and crew by the wreck. oe A military commission had tried a number of negroes for maltreating and otherwise abusing their overseer, in the district of bir Del ore = sentenced to ae whipped—a portion receiving two hundred lashes, an others one hundred, and imprisonment with labor. The chief offender, a free negro, received two hundred lashes, and was sentenced to be banished In Matanzas the crop of sugar was said to be very good. All the molasses, however, for the month of rch. het bern purchased by the eastern men for the United tates. All was quiet in Havana when the Isabel left. A pri- vate letter from that city, dated the 7th inst., says:— “Up to the present, it is not known by the public what will be the fate of the political prisoners, as government is either undecided, or is desirous to keep its intentions a profound secret up tothe last. Much anxiety is felt by the Cubans, and the worst is feared”? The numerous friends of the Vice President of the United States will be gratified to learn from the subjoined extract from a letter written by T. M. Rodney, ” United States Vice Consul at Matanzas, which, at our solicitation, has been politely handed to us for publication, that his health is improving, and his prospects of reco- very brightening :-— MATANzA8, March 6, 1853. the residence of our esteeme? Vice President on Thursday last, from the Cumbre to the sugar estate of Gol. John Chartand, leaving the Cumbre at half-past twelve, and dining at the delightfal Ariadne at about four. The Vice President was considerably fatigued with the journey, but slept that night better, he told me, than since he has been on the island. He seems delighted with the change, and is more hopeful and of better heart than since hereached Matanzas, and at pre- sent unquestionably better than when he came here.. Don’t be surprised if the Colonel sends him home a tols- rably well man. Iam, inhaste, yours BON Col. Dupiey Bayuey, Havana. T. M. RODNEY. We have also been favored by an oceasional corresponé- ent with the following particulars, which, although not of as late a date as those contained in Mr. 's let- ter, are, nevertheless, very interesting. Tho letter is fe deted Havana, Feb. 25, 1863. Presuming that the Ameriean public must feel desirous to hear of its valued and talented Vice President, I Shp is htful and well-known My dear sir—We chan, whereabouts. He is now at the country seat and sugar estate called the Victoria, belong- ing to Wm. Scott Jenckes, Eeq., situated on a height called the Cumbre, (about three miles from Mantanzas. ) ieturesq.uo valley of the Yumuri, and is reeognised as the most healthy place on theisland; and, as possessing as lovely a view as the aun ever shone upon, Immediately upon the arrival of Col. King at Ha- vana, Mr. Jenckes—who is from Rhode Island, of the blood of its former pioncers—with a kind hospitality, yorthy of his descent and natural to him, on heacing that the physician was desirous that he should ighale the fumes of boiling sugar, proffered him and his family one of his estates, and the estate on the Cumbre was choren, as combining everything desirable; and the President, with his two interesting nieces, sailed he: in the Fulton, on the 6th, arriving at’ Matanzas the sume day, from whence they procdeded to the Cumbre, where he may be seen every day inhaling the, life-giving vapor from the boiling sugar. and appears to be much improved by it. Mr. K. receives frequent visits from the accomplished and gentlemanly Governor of Mantanzas, and from the few other persons of note at that town; and, as he is improv- ing, very pleasantly situated, &c.. I think he bids fair to fill the honorable position to which the mighty voiee of a free people have called him. MARKETS. Havana, March 7,—SvuGaR—Since our last report of the 2l-t February, the shipments from hence and Ma- tanzas amount to 36,142 boxes, against 38,611 boxes last year, during the corresponding space of time. Our cus- tom house shows the total exports from both ports, since the Ist or January upto the present date, of 91.576 boxes, against 94,584 boxes in 1862, of which, the shipments to the United States, compared 10 last year, are 35,052 boxes, against 21,187 boxes, and to the North of Europe, 25,034 boxes, against 27,053 boxes. ‘The present stock between here and Matanzas may be estimated at about 105,000 boxes, against an equal stoek: last year, and if the weather continues favorable, we may expect that this year’s crop fally as abundant az that of 1852. During the last fortnight the demand has ‘been less active, and pRoniice, all classes have given wa: fully 34 real, as, will be seen by our quotations at foot, only whites, of which stock is proportionately small, have been firmly maintained. Our buyers still being reluctant to grant the actual high prices, a further decline appears rather probable. Mvscovapo SuGaRs.—The market has been less brisk. but prices have not declined; we quote 5 a dria (equat to 14s 10d. a 17s. 4. per ewt. £. 0. b DS egeonding tocualttys Morasezs, CLayep.—The arrivals are more abundant. Herc and in our outports the last cargoes have been pur- chased at 2 a 23¢ rls. per keg o! 4 geen, (at 936 per cwt. prem., equal to 4s. 8d. a 5344 per cask, f, 0. is Murcovado molasses at 318., equal to 5s. 1d. _,Ccrrvg.—The demand has been good; for the United States $8.0 $8 50 per qt], has been paid for second and third quality. Triage, $7’a $7 50. Frxichts.—Since our last advices, the niarket has exe ibited its usual activity, and arrivals being ion- tely few, frelghts rose rapidly, until £3 17s, 6d, to £4, were paid for Cowes and a market. Daring the past week number of arrivals took place, the demand became less ctive, anda decline of about 5:. was submitted to in seve- al instances. For the States considerable activity prevails; $150." $1 623¢ per box is readily paid. We quote: For Cowes aud a market, £3 10s. a £3 15s. For Baltic, nothing done. For Great Britain, £3 4 £3 10s. For the Mediterranean, ~ £5 56, 8 £3 sae ee Franee, sot 8 100f, For New York und Boston. ‘a $1 62), per box; $6 25 a $7 per hhd.;¥ Se ets oa: ene XCHANGE has declined to 93g cent premium om London; New York and Boston, 23, 3 per ceut. dicount; Varis 24% 0 8 per cent discount. SUGAR.—Prices at the exchange of 914 per cent m , free on board. White, low to fine, 7% 9 94, reals, equal to 23s. Sd a 27s, bd; yolow, fine to florete, 61, a7} reals, equal to 208. a 238. 2d; yellow, middling to good, bas realx, equal to 18%. 4d. a 19s. 74; brown and low yellow, 434 @ 5% reals, equal to 16s. 1d. a 17s. Od. 47aN748, March 5.—Our market for ts “remaing in an inactive state, owing to the scarcity of vesscls, and advanced rates of freight. Transactions to a limited ex- tent ere, however, daily taking place at8a9 rls. for whites; 7a 13g rls. for tlorete yellows; 614 a 61 ris. for yellows; 63¢ @ 6 rls. for browns; 4% a 5% rls. for Cu- curuehos. Murcovado sugar is still in demand at 5 rls. for low grades, 534 8 5% ris. for fair to good, and 6% rls. have been paid for some 200 hhds. of strictly ime, of rivate brand, |The price of molasses for 3 month of farch, has been fixed at 24 rls, by the purchase of the feceipts. Vessels continue scarce, and the following freights rule:-—£3 15s. a £4 for Cowes and a market 86 7b for hhds., $1 60 a $1 75 por box for sugars: $250 & $2 15 per 110 gallons molasses to the States—atill higher dates being arked for the few vessels disengaged. Ex- nger dull of sale, at 934 a 10 per cent prem. on Lon- nd 2 per cent discount in the States. Not rice to advise, with the exception of a sale of 1 vierces inferior quality, at 113¢ rls, CaRpENas, March 6.—Beef, mess, scarce—none om ’ sale; flour (American,) 10a 103;., nominal; codfish 4 = 434. in small lots ; hams 16; lard in kegs 16 016%; pork, (mess) none in the market; potatoes much in de- d at 334. 4; Inst soles of rice were mado at 1234 @ als; in lumber not much doing. the market is well ed; W. P. boards is quoted at 22 8 24; P. P. boards and dull; hoops, short and long, 40 « 5; hozs- ‘pty, $3, and indemand; nest casks, none in mar- ook#, (bage) 634 a 63{, in demand; hogsheads do. demand; molaeses, hogsheads, at 18 a 18 and 8 835, stock heads in all March at’ 25: sugers, -yello a ee, heads in al al 9: sugars, IW ye > brown and Cucuruchos 490 Ovand {1 active dmecd? Muscovado § a 634 and in Cemand .Exchange on London 10 per eent premium ; New York 8 per cent. discount; freights, Cowes and a market, £3 15; United States, por box, sugar 154 a 134: per hogshead, sugar, 61; a 634; pee bogsbead mo.asses, 236 9 2%. : Affairs in Oregon. . MINING AND OTHER MATTERS. We take, in addition to the items published, the following from the late papers brought by the Colum- bia :— At the Jacksonville mines_the times were very hard. ‘They have had severe weather for the mouth, and snow in the valley at one time was feet deep; but since the weather has been more eee e enow went off with rain, which caused heavy floods in the rivers. There were no pyovisions of any kind in the market, with the exception of a few potatoes, and a Bg Many are subsisting on beer alone, of which there was an ample sq} I. There are several thousand pounds of flour with forty La bs Laetg ee Kar Ne be cusleaut an accou water. A great many imi cattle died during the snow storm. The miners who ee claims are not discouraged, as they are doing e From the Dalles, the news is down tothe 21st. Ag far back as the De Shutes river, snow had disappear- ed. ‘the deaths among horses, mules, and cattle, lias been great. It id be 8 fair calculation to 4 the cattle had died, an: about two out of three of the horses and mules. Strong fears are entertained that if another storm should fall soon, scarcely any horses or cattle will survive. Some of those en; in the business of fn at Zr 0 28 heads, em ket; hy 16 050, in Cull; cofee, frst and second quality, very light; molasses 214 a 234; ; ranching stock have lost all; some have not lost. more han four-fifths, while one or two individuala have not lost more than one-half of their stock. On John Day’s river, our informant learned that. 1ut more than half the cattle had died, while is the yaliey of the Walla Walla, scarcel had died. No snow there, and grass fine and it. On the Utilla river snow fell several inches deep,. but dieappeared in a few days. ‘The indians lost a great many of their horses on Columbia river, from the Cascades up to the Dal- Government lost some of their fat mules and entile, as also Mr. Olney and Mesera. Smith. ‘e Olncy lost a great many of his horses. Messrs. Jluntingtons have lest all their American cows,some éwo hundred in namber. Provisions are scarce at the Dalles, except flour, gar, coffee, which is plenty and ar Those ing no money can obtain them on credit from Mr. Gibeon, if they choose to buy them on time; and those who ask the favor, and having no money, can obtain them from Major Alvord, #0 there is no daus ger of starvation. DEATHS. Ii Columbia, Feb. 4, Mary F., daughter of Luther and Mary F, Fuller, aged 11 months and 6 days, {ni Columbia, Jam 27, Cyrus F. Tarbox, late of Dinols, aged 27 years. In Columbia, Jan. 26, Franklin L. Jones, late of Raton cetnty, eign :