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effect The storm stey-sail was tonne eter her but the water still Mexico, a State with which France is | then placed around her bows pd ee by friendly ties. continued to increase 80 rapidly that tectea presence of the aforementioned witnesses, catching fire. Bataillard, She was left to the mercy of the waves, as there great promise of ri mb compe! his attendagce, | was no wind, and became entirely unmanageable. | probably no section of foe a in California that renewed [esars. kK = ake anerverad protest before | She had struck on the rocks oft Point Arena, and | coutains so rich a lead ‘old, if we except the fa- the U. & District Court, informing it that he based when the steam ere out, she had made about ten | mous Coyote lead in this at » At Sweetiand’s the his right to attend or to abstain from attending as miles to the sout! a witness, on the second articles of the convention | light, two rafts were made of spare spars and casks. | & circular rim of granite, in most places so soft that i AtS of the 23d February, which distinctly declares that Consu e, be compelled to | the beach, about two miles off. Hore, most fortu- pirmar phot a EGE lier States, malian on | nately, small cove was discovered, at which the the third article of the said convention, which pro- | raft, with twelve of-the passengers, was landed. claims the inviolability of the Consular residences, | The second raft remained until it was found impos- o'clock the first raft left in tow of a boat for and forbids the court authorities to invade them, or | sible to get the ship into the cove, when, finding a i xamine the papers therein contained, | | to selnn.oe.¢ f La crew, except Capt. Pierce and Mr. kK The undersigned farther represents that the said | for theshore. Capt. Pierce aud Mr. Daff remained , the District Court aforesaid, which had | on board until she again strock and passed over one | ander any pretext whatever. Honora! jonger stay useless, the rest of the ne es oe | Frank Duff, Je! admitted (hese motives for non-attendance, when | ledge of rock. The vessel sank in fifteen minutes first submitted, to be sufficient, and which, on more | after they left her, infive fathoms water. Nothing ample consideration, rejected the same as insufli- cient, did ultimately, but not before violence had been done to the person of the undersigned, eon- trary to the law of nations, and the solemnly aoe faith ofthe American government, return, yy 4 third and still more matared opinion to its first decision, merely proclaiming that the undersigned was justified in his declining to attend, as also in bis deolining to produce the papers called for, and h fermed part of the archives of the said Con- ite of France. The undersigned had mappoeed that this final and More matured decision of the Hon. U.S. District Court aforesaid would have set the matter at rest ‘38 far as he was concerned, and that he would be allowed, thenceforward, to attend to his consular duties without further annoyance or interruption; his surprise has therefore been great to learn that a bench warrant had been issued, under date the 15th of the present month of May, in consequence of an iadiotment of the Grand Jury, for his arrest, to an- | »wer to the charge of having committed a violation f the Act of Neutrality, of the 20th April, 1618, a proceeding which has been followed up by his actual | | | rrest on the 16th of said month. 4 erence tothis new feature of the prosecution iheis now subjected, the undersigned sub- mits the following remarks, which will serve to cx- | plain why he should protest, as he does now pro- teat, against the whole proceeding, both before the Grand Jury and the honorable District Court, in this eoond stage of the affair:— Firat, The undersigned respectfully submits that the proceedings before the Grand Jury are vitiated and an- aviled by the fact of there having been, among the | members of the said Grand Jury, one or more peraons who ha siready sat as jurors im the case of the United Statea va. the Consul’ of Mexico, and who entered upon tueir second task with opinions already formed against | ths undersigned which opimions the undersigned is prepared to show they had previously cxpressed against him on the question now at issue; second- ly, the data submitted to the Grand Jury consisted, aa tho undersigned is informed and believes, part- | dy of newspaper articles and of letters published ia sewspapers, which articles and letters aro not, andcannot, | be logal proofs under the laws and constitution of the United States, unless they form part of the oral testimony | of their authors, which they did not in this instance, the undersigned having only learned the decision of the Grand Jury throug! public rumor, after the proceedings were all ended, and the grave injury done him, by the ; United Btates District Court, of issuing, on presumption and uncontradicted as undiscussed testimony, a warrant | for his arrest. _ | Secondly, The second article of the convention of the | 23d Febroary declares and rpecifies that the Consuls of *raace and the United States shall enjoy, respectively, tho privileges usually accorded to their offices, such as personal immunity, except in the case of crime, by which word is understood what is ‘‘ malum in se,’’ and agsinat the. laws of civilized nations, auch as marder, | tc , and not the mere violation of a municipal re- ion or of an act of Congress, that may forbid, as in the present instance, a thing indifferent in itself; conse- | quent!y tho offence imputed to the undersigned, even had ho committed it, which he did not, belongs to that | @lasa of municipal or local one, which the framers of the | second article of the convention of the 28d February had | in view when they guaranteed to their respective Con- | aula personal immunity. | Wlbirsty, Tue procuring to enlist, andeven the enlisting partiés to go and serve in the army of the Mexican re- | puvilo—a republic then at peace with the United States | and with its neighbors—supposing such acts to have been committed by the undersigned, which he formally | denios—is practiced in all civilized countries, and in | none more continuously than in the United States, which have not ceased to enlist officers in France from the time | of the Marquis de Lafayette, who was enlisted at Paris on | the 7th of jecember, 1776, by the Commissioner of the | United States, Silas Deane, to fight the battles of the American revolution, down to General Bernard, who was | enlisted in the same country of France, to direct and su- perintend the building of thefortitications of the Atlantic coast of the United States. Fourthly, Because the act of C ess of the 20th if 4 neutrality law, the sole object of which emt the government or people of the United om getting entangled in the disputes of a nation | tual war with a neighboring nation, or with | own provinces, as the case with Spain forementioned act was passed—that country | being {hon at war with the recently revolted Slates of ica. The history of the diplomacy of that and of the proceedings in the United States Con gress show that the introducing and passing of the said noufvality act originated in aremonstrance of Mr. Luis de Ovis, Minister of Spain, bearing date the 24th Janu- ar 81) n the occasion of certain parties having f @ possession of the Islandof Amelia, on the ‘orida. The neutrality laws were never meant to preveat an American citizen, much less a domicilo aliea, having military inclinations, to exercise them in what be deems the most profitable field—a right he en joys vader the constitution and laws of the United States, provided ba does not compromise the neutrality of the Gnited & yy mingling himself up in conflicts then | pending ab’ Were this not true, the American mer- chaat who sells in time of peace to a foreign government arms or munitions of war, or steamers destined for war- like purposes, would, while he quietly pursues the pur- powes of commerce, violate, unconsciously, the neutrali- ty act of tio 20th April, 1815. Fifthty, Because the bench warrant issued on the 19th May, b7 te United States District Court for Upper Cali- | Tora:a, ia consequence of the bill of indictment brought | nh es states that the undersigned had + appeared or pleaded, whereas the undersigned | not have appeared or pleaded, he having never beon or aummoned to do either, or notified that any procesdings were pending against him,a course which, being in the power of the Grand Jury, and not having been extemded to him, through the natural courtesy due to his official position, should condemn said indictment in the mind of this honorable Court, a: proper in itself, and invatid, from its being in contradiction with the said | Seond articie of the Conventionof the 23d of February, | which guarantces personal immunity to consuls, save in cases of actual commission of crime. | Sixtaly, Because attempts have been made, and are be.ag made, by certain influential federal officers to make it appear that the honor of the American people ix interested in the undersigned being compelled to do | what he is exempted from doing by treaty, namely—to appear aaa witness before Amorican courts of law, or to be arraigned, under some form, before the guid court. The constitution and laws of the United States, wisely foreseeing such cases, have made special provisions therefor, in removing beyond the reach of these local influences all cases likely to be affected thereby, wherein ambassadors, other public minixers and consuls are concerned. [Constitution of the United States, article 3, sec. 2.) The under- signed, who shrinks from no inquiry, however full and competent, submits these facts and reasons to the honorabie United States District Court, while he protesta anew against the issuing of its warrant of the 10th inst. as irregular in itself and in oppo- sition to existing treaties, and especially the con- vention of the 23d of February, which is a part of , the law of the land. The undersigned avers that this protest proceeding is but a continuation of those previous measures which led to the arrest of the undersigned under circumstances admitted by (he Court itself to be unlawful end insufficient, Acting Consul for H.M. the King of Sardinia, (ud for MH, M. the Emperor of the I’rench. Dittos. THE FINALY OF THE CASE. On the 29th May the following order was made ied States vs. Patrice Dillon, (the French con. adicted for a violation of the neutrality law of 1418, his former trial for which resulted a disagres. mea! of (ha jury. On motion of the United States Dis- trict At A nolle prosequi was entered in this case, | THR FUN OF THE CASE AGAINST THE MBXICAN | CONSUL. potent ¥ On the same day the following order was made in | Jumpin this case The Un Mates ve, Luis del Valle, (the Mexican con- #ul)—Conricted of a violation of the neutrality law of 1313. On motion of the United States District Attorney sentence in this cae was muspended, and the defendant was ordered to be discharged. This is virtually a termi gation of the proceeding. Wreek of the Steamer Arispe. | TOTAL £093 OF THE SHIP—THE PASSENGERS AND | OREW SAVED. | (From the San Francisco Herald, May 20.) ‘The steamer Arispe, belonging to Ryan, Duff and Others, loft San Francisco on Tuesday, the 23d inst., | ai 5 o'clock P. M., with twenty pamenaere for Hum. | boidt Bay. - After crossing the bar off the harber of | Ban Francisco, it was found that a part of the ma- binery was out of order,and she put into Drake's noon, Wednesday, got under way again and passed | Point The sea being very rough, abe was Kept well in to the shore for flye miles, and then she waa hauled up to W. ontil id Bonen at nhifted to west compass. At midnight Captain Pierce came on i A, M. of Thursday. The night was quite ¢ ke wind blowing. At 2 o'clock in the morning Capt. Pierce went | High streets were entirely destroyed. below, and in fifteen minutes afterwards the ship struck, The engine was immediately reversed, and | a half hours, when further pro: OSS Wi tt sbe backed off without any difficulty. Her course | ravages. The engine and Wook and Tatts ostepan | Broadway streets, and occupled by N. Welgner & | known mining place, and were much surprised at | of the prison became quite heated, and the prison- nited States District Court:— | tion of the houses consumed were occupied by fami- | alarmed on being awakened by the fire, that in | root with such violence, it is said, fi | skull. His life is despaired of oe enc cetee | | about 10 o'clock, at the Western Restaurant, corner | Matter), Orleans Hotel, court: house, Presbyterian 5 papel ap hed yi we exce, es of hese | ‘ackard’s brick block; part of the ble unded Bay and remained there for two or three hours. At | by Second, Maiden lane, ‘hird and C tirsetes and | W., which course was kept | and other buildings were consumed, in addition to ight. Her course was then | those mentioned. Among the heaviest losers are " Mr. Murray, who kept the Western Hotel; Mr. Green, leck and remained until i 0) ay Paes of the hue oe Restanrant; Messrs. Leg. M « lear until geit & Lowry, who kept the New Orleans Restaur- muidaight; half an hour afterwards it shut in thick, | ant; Messrs MeCarthiy & Eddy and Gen, Bowe. A was saved from the wreck—the passengers not being able to get any of their baggage ashore. Capt. Piegee went down in his boat to Fort Roas, | where he obtained a horse, and travelled post haste across the country to Bodega, and thence to this | piace, in hopes of Setching: the steamer which left here to day. He got in about 12 o’clock to-day, too late for the steamer, and leaves at an early hour tomotrow morning, in a schooner, for San Fran- | ciseo, The passengers sre making the best of their way back to the city by land. > The Arispe was @ fine new steamer, of 336 tons, valued at $50,000, and had but recently been put on | the route from San Francisco to Humboldt Bay. | Capt. Pierce attributes the disaster to his compasses being out of order, as the course he was steering | should certainly have carried him clear of the Point. {t is most providential that the cove, where the shipwrecked party landed, should have been so _ close at hand, as every other point, for many miles | above and below the coast, is rock-bound, the breakers ning rendering it almost certain that all hands would have been lost. { Destructive Fire in San Francisco. | {!'rom the San Francisco Herald, June 1.} } At thsee o'clock yesterday morning a fire broke out in the cellar of a house on Dupont street, in the square bounded by Dupont, Kearny, Vallejo and | Co. Owing to the raising of the buildings at this | spot to correspond with the new grade, a considerable frame underwork had been constructed, which af- | forded fuel to the flames, and they had made consi- | derable progress before the alarm was given. The | hour, too, was such that but few persons were stirring | at the time, and it was not until the City Hall bell | sounded the wlarm that firemen and citizens com: | menced to assemble in sufficient numbers to render | | efficient service. The engines of Vigilant Company, | No.9, and Pennsylvania Company, No. 12, whose houses are nearest to the spot, were the first on the round. Unfortunately, however, the suction hose | of the latter being out of repair, she was not able to | go to work until supplied with water from another | machine. The other engines came up promptly, , and were stationed at the reservoirs at the corners | of Dupont and Broadway, and Dupont’ and Vallejo, ; the only two cisterns convenient, and neither of | which contained a full supply of water. t From Weigner’s house the flames rapidly commu- | nicated to the adjoining houses, and then commenced to eat in the rear, and extended to the building | on the little alley on the west side of the county jail. Buildings on two sides of this institution were at one | time on fire, and would have soon communicated to | it but for the daring exertions of the firemen, who | were defending it. Companies Nos. 11, 1, and 8 | were doing duty at this point. At one time the walls ers, of whom there were about 110 confined in the | cells, betrayed the greatest alarm, and supplicated tobe released. The Sheriff with his deputies and a | number of firemen were on hand ready to remove | them in case of necessity. But there proved to be | no occasion for it. In the meantime the fire had, on the other side, crossed Hinckle street, a little street running from Dupont to Kearny, and caught the Eagle Soda Wa- ter Manufactory, a fine building lately erected by | Messrs. Chase & Co. From that point to Kearny strect, and on the north side of Hinckle, there was | no possibility of arresting the fire, and every build- ing within that space was burned tothe ground. While the fire was at its height along here, consider- able danger was threatened to the other side of Val- | lejo street, on account of the great volume of flame and a light wind which sprung up at that time | from the south-west. Blankets and buckets of | | water were freely applied to the smoking eaves and fronts of the houses on the north side of Vallejo street, one of which was occupied by Senor Del Valle, the Mexican Consul. A stream of water from | engine No. 10,did great service here, and probably | prevented the fire from crossing the'street. The | teat from the threatening flames was sv greut that | tering in the extreme. According to the Columbia | 4. the pipe-holder had to be TS by holding doors between him and them. Had the fire once crossed | here, it would have done immense damage, for that , locality is thickly built up with frame houses, and is almost beyond tke reach of water. The effective- ness of the fire department was considerably im- paired by the want of water. The two cisterns above referred to were the only ones convenient, and final- | ly those at the corner of Broadway and Stock- ton, Vallejo and Stockton, Greene and Dupont, and | Pacific and Dupont streets, had to be resorted to, thus requiring two engines to convey a stream to the fire. Notwithstanding these obstacles, the ef- forts of the firemen gave another proof of their gal- lantry and efficiency. The other engine and hook and ladder companies, not mentioned above, did gallant service, and we have heard of a number of instances of their daring and energy, which wehave not the ne to particularise. In the block bounded by Dupont, Pinkney Place, Hinckle and Broadway streets, twentyfive tene- | ments ot different descriptions were consumed. In the block bounded by Hinckle, Broadway, Kearn and Pinkney Place, six tenements. In the bloc! bounded by Pinkney, Dupent, Hinckle and Vallejo streets, one building, the soda water manufactory of ee & Co., consumed and another partially uurned. + The block bounded by Hinckle, Vallejo, Pinkney and Kearny, comprising thirteen tenements, was totally destroyed. The following is an estimate of the losses:— x five houses... Co., stock and 700 hn B. Wright, one building 1,000 Mons. Prefumo, house and fix 2,000 Jose Maria Gonzales, one buildin, 709 | Portier Gennive, fixtures...... 300 Owner unknown, of building on Di 600 Madame Naise, occupant........ 500 Madame Leclerc, house and {mtures 1,250 John McCaskey, three buildings 12,00 ‘Thomas R. Eadio, dwelling and 4,000 Thomas Rran, three house Matilda Bernard... 1,500 — Lacy, and Sabati 590 | Anthony Elliott, three buildings. 1,000 Cudworth & Co. (successors to C ing and stock........ 8,000 Thomas Burke, three buildings 3,000 Owners unknown of four small tenements. i Payid R. Coleman, dwelling. 1,500 D, M. Adlington, dwellin 2.000 U. Shillnber, dwelling. 2,500 | Owners unknown, thi | Hinckle strect.... 800 | ) Jane Fawcett, building 850 | ons arme, buildings” and fixtures, + 2,000 | ‘r. Lynde - 200 | Madame Nelson, three buildings—loss not known. = — | $43,900 | right had $1,000 in coin in his house, + B. Prefumo $5,800 in gold dust and $1,000 hich was not removed. The greater por- lies. Mr. Archibald Wasson, a member of Company No. 5, while working at the brak his fingers cut off. e ee aoe A Frenchman, s'eeping close by, was 80 much ont of bed he struck his head against the Extensive Conflagration at Ma: De Ks estimated at $200,000." oe cig A fire broke out on the evening of the 25h Ma ‘ys | of D and Second streets, which destroyed nearly the whole of three blocks of buildings, includin the theatre, post office (with nearly all the mall ene ans many other large and valuable build- The block bounded by Second, High, Third and | D streets; the block bounded by Second, D, Third Woodruff & part of the block bounded by ‘third, Fourth, D and igh ets, were destroyed. Some twenty small stores, a number of dwellings | | expense, apd finally abandoned by the “Flat ; work—at a sharp head of the sluice a grate of iron | is put, abont five feet long; the stuice to the bend is | diggings at that place. They are hill diggings, the | officiating in the ceremony, Mr. Thomas Benj. | learns from Mr. Norris that Mr. Lockart, one of the | employes of the surveying party at San Fernando | Mr, Caruthers, who is herding sheep inthat vicinity, went out to hunt with Mr. C. While on the hill he | was seized by a she bear with cubs, thrown down, a | se sealp Us Ng A aac bitten off, < his side mm open. Mr. C. succeeded t large number of frame dwellings between D and | pc young man nays foaeare Tenne hea 4 will be maimed for life. A day or two previous to ¢ flames raged with unabated fury for two and | this, a servant of Don Andres Pico, near the same | locality, was attacked bya bear, and shockingly torn, So that his fife is despaired’ of. The attacks | cuts are made through it without and even in the rim 4tself as high as twenty dollars have been ! ) taken ont. Inside the rim is a lead of gravel, from | when Mr. Hunt said he forgave him ev ‘fifteen to thirty four feet in depth, that pays the | whole distance, and from which very high “‘pros- | pects” have been taken, On the site of the Empire Tennel, that was pierced through this rim in 1860-'51, at great Broke Company,’ as high as $1,100 per week has been taken out this season, The new com- uy have dug through the rim, and are sluicing rom their cut into the hill, washing from the top down. They have a vast fortune at their feet. Op- posite then, on the other side of the creek, Dr. James Weaver has valuable diggings of the same nature. His divgings are worth, we believe, $1,000 per week. On Mancenita Hill, Messrs. Brawley & Hardy are working similar diggings at great profit; that is, if the use of a bydraulic pewer, where the water does all the work, can be called working. At the dig- gings of these gentlemen a new invention is put at set steep, and as the water, gravel and rocks come rushing down, the rocks alide on to the grate, and rush over it down the hill, while the water and sand ur through the grate, and fall into the continua- ion of the sluice. The company was washing an immense amount of gravel, and py their ingenuity were saving the labor.of two"men at least, ¢ the stones trom the dluice with forks. , New Diacines.—Great excitement now prevails near the head of Indian Canon, three miles from Towa Hill. in consequence of the discovery of new ditt paying from the surface; the gold is quite coarse. One company lately started have averaged #25 per day to the hand from the commencement. One tenth interest in the celebrated Jamison Com- pany was sold last week for $13,000. Pirr Fiar.—Yesterday we visited this well the great amount of work we found going on there. Several companies have recently commenced work, and ate already realizing good wages. That of Da- | vis, Neafie & ‘Co., commenced four weeks since. | have thoroughly opened their claims, having sank | six shafts, and have already had handsome divi- dends. Last week they took out over $2,300. In | one day and a half, this week, they toek out $600. Below this company are those of Morehouse & Co. | $10 to $20 per day to the haud. From present ap | pearances, Pike I'lat bids fair to produce more gold | this summer than has ever before been taken out in | one season. On the “Point,” which lies on one side of Pike Flat, there are also several companies doing well, making from $7 to $12 per day to the hands Gctas Valley Telegraph. VauLEciTo,—The claims around this camp con- tinue to yield richly. The large piece of rock which was lately picked up at Vallecito has been broken up, and be: ected to produce about 20 lbs. of | gol . In large piecesthere been obtained 10 Ibs., | and the remainder of the rock is being pounded | fine, so that all the gold may be saved by means of | quicksilver.—Calaveras Chronicle. Tar WeATHER.—During the past week we have | been visited with every variety of season. Heat and cold, rain, thunder, lightning, hail and snow | have each ie us a spice of their quality. It is useless talking any more of the “dry season,” for | | the universal Yankee nation seemed to have changed | the course of nature, and'rain may now be expected | every day.—/b, i New Hint Diaernes Discoverep—We are in- formed by Mr. Bunting, of Bunting’s Express, that new hill diggings have been discovered between Johntown and Greenwood. A seven pound lump hasbeen found near the surface. Shafts have been sunk, and the hill is said to Be found very rich. The clay or cement resembles that of Mamaluke | Empire Argus. JowA Hitt..—We are informed by a gentleman from Iowa Hill that business is very brisk in that pete The streets are crowded with people. uildings are going up rapidly. The Kentucky claim averages daily one hundred ounces, or ten ounces to the hand. On I'riday of last week one hundred and twenty-two ounces were taken out. Two thousand two hundred doilars have been taken from a single pan of dirt. Seven thousand dollars | have been refused for a share of this claim.—Jb. | The accounts from the Tuolumne miues are fat- ; Gazelte, a company of three shares took ont cighty- | five ounces last week in Main Gulch. Summit Pass Company washed out thirty-two ounces on Wednes- day last, and fifty ounces on Thursday. On Gold Hill one company was making an ounce a day tothe | | man, and another twenty dollars. On Knickerbocker Flat a company was making from six to twelve ounces per day. Some companies at the head of Woov's creek divide from fifty to one hundred dol- Jars per week. | Tro. have been taken out in Tuolumne. No.1, contain- | ing gold, quartz and flint, was picked up in the vicinity of Jamestown, actual weight 3 lbs., weight among the tailings of a party working in the vicin- ity. It was pure, clear gold, and its owner was of- fered four handred dollars for it. Ne. 3 was found ‘ near Columbia, and weighed some 30 ounces, of | which the net gold was a little over 24 ounces, |. worth $434.—San Francisco Herald. New Diaainas.—The San Joaquin Republican has received private letters from Kern River, from which it learns that new and extensive diggings have been found in that region. The locality of the discovery is about midway between the Four Creeks and the Tejon Pass, and will ultimately prove of great im- portance to the settlers in that vicinity, affording, as it will, a market for their produce. From Lvs Angeles. ! A frightful tragedy occurred in Los Angeles on the 30th of April, in the drinking saloon of Moore & Alvatra. Thos. Smith lost some eighty dollars at the monte table of Levi Jackson; a quarrel ensued, seven shots were fired, and Smith's third shot wound- eda Mr. Dana fatally, causing his death in halfan , hour; Dana’s second shot struck Jesus Cruz, a Cali- fornian, causing a severe injury. GovERNMENT SuRVEY ON 1HE DrsErt—The Los Angeles Star notices the arrival of Colonel Norris from the Desert, by way of Turner's Pass, having completed his contract for the survey of govern- ment lands. Colonel Norris reports the country beyond the | mountains, to the east of Lake Elizabeth, as the best kind of grazing land. Bunch grass in the greatest abundance prevails, Eval the height of one and a half feet. Water is to be had in abun- | dance also, and timber in many places—the cotton- wood is the prevailing timber. He estimates that there are ten townships of government land in that I aa ‘This section is reached through Turner’s is becoming better every day from the constant | travel of government trains. | Oni the Mohaye the party lost ten horses, stolen by Indians, but recovered nine of them the next day. | The Indians, after a hard pursuit, all escaped. At the Tejon, after a month of very warm and dry weather, a rain, accompanied with thunder and Tightning, hail and snow on the mountains, and se- vere cold, had puta very improving face on all things. The crops look well, and promise abundance. There are some twelve hundred Indians at the reservation. The Colonel reports everything well and prosperous, and gives much praise to Lieut. Beale and his employes for their energy and per- severance in their 8. Marriep—April 20th, at Fort Yuma, California, in the presence of a Justice ot the Peace, Lieut. N. H. McLean, U.S. army, ate Assistant Adjutant General for the Sout! District of California, Burke, late of the U.S. Army, to Miss Nancy Skinner, of Springfield, Hlinois. Grizzty Excounrens.—The Los Angeles Star Camp, went to a small stream, about two and a half miles distant, on the 9th inst., to wash his clothes; and as he was soopine over the water a bear seized him by the thigh, inflicting several fearful gashes. He fell forward, and at the same time threw the shirt he was washing into the bear's face, which frightened her away. He was brought into camp by the Indians, severely but not dangerously wi ed. On the Sth of May, a young man in the employ of | ves immediately reversed, and she was headed did all in their power save the city from destruc | were all made by she bears with cubs, «ota, The fore hatches and the forecastle bulk- tion. The who ¢ of this terrible conflagration is mr: di ead weve broken to ascertain if she was making poved to haye been the work of a fiendish incen jisvovered that she was, althongh it ary. A man has been arrested and lodged in jail, to increase very rapidly at first. The a8 the supposed criminal. Adams & Co., Wells, t to work, and the passengers and argo & Co., the Herald and E-vpress newapaper D enced bailing. The vessel was bagged | oftices, together with the heavy business portions of ‘with a square-sail, 80 a8 to prevent the in- | the town, are all safe, ag the fire did not cross Se- | ‘ae WHE a menmure, It had the degired | coud, High, or C styeets, Fatal Duct, A daei took place yesterday morning about hall- past five o'clock. near the Pioneer Race Course, be- tween N. Hubert, ex-member of Assembly froni this city, and George T, Hunt, an attorney of San Fran. | cisco. The dilticulty which led to the hostile meet: \ ing occured at tug Betropotilag Uheatre afew lL Ges ~ News. ince Bu0crss OF Fe in Navapa.—At Swest- mee, it became ne- nas Rance, and Mississippi Valley, says Lew be and fournal, valuable mines have been opene: meeryene he year, and others are worked which wee, opened | on last yearf with of There is fought at ten paces, with dt ft'e peepee ffectual, but at the third M | si the lead is co: losed in | first two were ine! at the I. ward. Here, a little after day- | hills in which the lead tained are enclose ed bite! eg aversary's ball aie, on the right side, and fell to the ground. He imm« diately called for Mr. Hubert, who came “one” cad “three,” is said that Mr. Hubert was very. much went off the gronnd with his ‘seconds. Mr. Hunt was takon up and brought to the city, where the ball was extracted by Dr. B: 3 nearly 6 o'clock, and continued sensible till the last moment—Alta California, May 22. ly. He lived till Miscellaneous, Morper at tun SanonEz Ranowo.—Yesterday morning a dispute arose between two men named Thomas Tranfield and James Carlisle, at the San- chez Rancho, in which the latter was shot dead. appears that a difficulty had formerly occurred be- tween the parties relative to the title of a piece of perty somewhere in that vicinity,and on yester- morning Carlisle came to the house of Tranfield, who was suffering from chills and tevef, withthe afight. Tranfield hay- d object of oe ken is hand, seized his ing taken notice of a xf and ordered him to lower his pistol or he would . Carlisle pointed the pistol to the ground, and then Tranfield asked him to take a cu be friends, or leave the house. Carl would do neither—said he came there for the a fight, and raised. his p' Id fired and shot him somewhere almost instant i ing the passes in the been beard St on April 5. A rumor had prevailed that his party had been cut off by the kfeet Indians. again, when Tra: in the region of the heart, causio; anfield, after the comm! came into town and delivered himself lice. The Coroner was also notified rence, and proceeded last night to the place for the ose of holding an inquest.—San chanan, Mr. James Bothwell to Mra, ii. 5 Mr. John 8. Newell, Kerns, of East Porgland, 0. T. A Packer Saor sy AN InpIAN—The Shasta Courier of Saturday says:—We regret to learn that Mr. Miron Scribner was shot on Monday on the road from Reading's creek to the south fork of Trinity He was struck under the left shoulder blade. The force of the ball, however, was considerably | spent before striking, and did not therefore, it is ortal wound. In consequence of this affair all the Indians of that vicinity have broke for the mountains, hoped, inflict a Mariiages, Births, and Deaths. RR Tn San Francisco, on the 7th May, by Rev. B. Brierly, eer oe. | Witiant ¥- Bally, Ea of Sscramento, and Miss Ann dwn: "04, ‘ich are ma! rom | Watson, of New York city. Pr detieg Bel OC ee - Also,’ by the same, Benjamin H. Reed, Eaq., aud Miss Betsey N. Hall, both of San Francisco. In Sacramento, May 14, by Dietz, of Cleveland, Ohio, to Miss Samantha Selby, of St. | In Marysville, May 15, by Re Arietta £. Smith, of Scotia, N Presbury, of Marysville. 17, by Rev. John Daniel, Mr. Danicl a Payne, of this county. m the 18th May, er Bours to Miss Rev, Mr. Oliver, Mr. Louis B, Walsworth, Mrs, » te Mr. William W. £: At Stockton, o: the Rev. J. B. Sax- ton, Mr. B. Wali uisa Elkenberg, all In Ione Valley, Calaveras county, by Rev. Isaac B. | Fish, Mr Isaac’ Dickason to Miss Elizabeth Gillet, all of At Benicia, on the 20th inst, bridge, Robert Henr; Wheaton, both of Bri ;, On the’ evening of May 2ist, by Rev. S. H. Willey, Mr. A.B. Rowley to Miss Angelina In San Francisco, on the 22d ult., by the Rev, B. Bry- arly, Mr. Charles Hopkins, formerly of New York, to wuey S. Baker, at the residence of her father, the n- E. D. Baker, of Mlinois. In Sierra Valley, on the 13th May, Esq., Mr. §. P. Parke to Miss F, E. Sti Tn’ Sacramento, on Tuesday evening, May 23, by the Rey. J. L. Shuch, Mr. William Shaffer to Miss KE. Wagner, all of Marysville. ' At Benicia, May 20, by Rev. 8. Woodbridge, Mr. R. H. Sterling to Mies Lydia J. Wheaton, both 4 Af ito, 4th of May, by the Rev. J. A. Benton, ‘| paired,and a railin; it Hill. Quite an excitement exists in that vicinity— | mr. ‘sous tieenay? to Miss Ka ‘Thompson, all of cd einen meee | by the Rey. M. Wood- water, Connecticut. A. Herring, all of San by Cyrus D. Aikin, At Sa¢ramento, 18th of May, at the Orleans Hot nton, Mr. P. F. Barss to Miss Brower, both of Placerville. At the Mission Dolores, May 24th, by Rev. J. EF. Ben- ton, Mr. Thomas Hughes to Miss Elizabeth Parry, beth of In San Francisco, May 234, by the Rev. A. Williams, Mr. John P. Bering to Mrs. Caroline Miller, both formerly of Buenos Ayres, 8. A. In Sacraniento, May 25th, by Samuel Cross, Faq., Mr. joc Laura Orissa Gould, both of At Aldrich’s Hotel, El Dorado county, May 24, by Rev. Higbie, Mr. David M. Aldrich, formerly of Ilinois, to Mise Caroline L. Williams, formerly of Wisconsin. In Yomhill county. April 80th, by Rev. N. Doane, Mr. avid Garrisron to Miss Julia Ann Hull, At the residence of John Stephenson, Esq., Mount Hope, Washington county, April 30th, by the Rey. Mr. Berry, Mr. Ebenezer C. Clark, of Stockton, Cal., to Miss Elizabeth ‘A. Stephenson, of Mount Hope. Also, Mr. Robert F. Stephenson to Miss Ann M. Ste- m, both of Mount Hope. jand, Umpqua county, April 25th, by D. C. Un derwood, Esq., Mr. G. B. Van Riper to Miss Sarah Kzard, oth of Umpqua county, O. T In Douglas county, May 5t August Ostwaldt to i sx: Nvagers.—During last week three | 3 lumps of gold of considerable size are reported to | Margarct Monture, all of Douglas county. On the 11th May, by the Rev. J.D. Boon, John Bash to Miss Elizabeth Walker, all of Marion count; | Near Deer creek, Douglas county. May 41 of gold about 1 Ib. No. 2 was found at Springfield, | MMos. Stevens, Mr. L, H. Hill to Miss Beteent hh, Mr. Isaac Boyle to Miss On May 18th, the wife of T. A. Hughes, Esq., of a son. On Saturday, May 13, at the Mansion House, San Jose, the lady of Mr. A 8. Beaty, of a son. May 19, in lappy Valley, the lady of Mr. James Grady, On the morning of the 21st of May, the lady of John | May 8th, at see, on board the British ship Lord Duf- | settlement, of Capt. Matthews, of a son. cco, on the morning of May 29d, the lady of Mr. E. G, Clowes, of a son. | Vigilance Cot In Petaluma, Sonoma count; oth May, Lavonia, aged 6 da | E. Pettus, Justice of the Pe: After a lingering illness of eight months, Mrs. Catha- rine 8, Mead, wife of Chas. H. on the morning of the he only child of James lead, aged 36 years and 6 Infan Francisco, May 21, George T. Hunt, aged 34 In Colomo, May 18, Mr. Ira Reynolds, formerly of Port- Michigan, aged about 33. store of F. B, Smith, on Hopkins , of inflammatory rheuma- ghast, of New Orleans, La. Sierra county, on the morning of May 6, of typhoid fever, James Bigiow, aged 80 years, for- merly of Champlain, Clinton county, N. Y. ‘At Columbia, on the lungs, John N. Norton, ai At Forest City, Sierra county, May 16, of congestion cf the brain, Mr. R. J, Leavell, formerly of Missouri, 22, The War between Guatemala and Honduras—Incur- At Forest City, Sierra county, on May 15, of pulmo. | consumption, Mr. P. Archer, formerly of Ohio, In Stockton, on the 224 May, after a lingering {llness, Mrs. Susan Croweil, wife of Zenas Crowell, aged fin Ban Fotcleeo, on. the 25th of May, I Te In San Francieco, on the 25th of x vicinity, of the best and most desirable quality for ; son of Lyman Clork, aged nine months an i On Tuesday, May 25, of congestion of the lungs, ass, about forty miles north of Los Angeles. The | — sega tage of pret Nat rg * = mother o , é | Mad , inthe ea ie. Pass may be Sravelled a¢.all soasons, and the roAd }:P 5.158 vranciacs, May £6, loosllne, xifeet Wha. C. Hal, Fsq., aged 41 years’ On the 25th May, Thomas Lakeman Benson, a native of England, aged 24 years. In Sacramento, on the 25th May, W. B., infant son of W. H. and Emeline Watson, aged $ months and 3 days. cn the 27th May, Allen R. is age, late of Port! land, Ionia count; creek, Plumas county, | tism and fever, George morning, of disease of ut 28 years of age. Suddenly, of dysentar, White, in the 27th year o! on, e°Ct the Canton House, Shasta county, on the 16th May, Mr. Frederick McIntosh Fe be 58 years. At Todd’s Valley, on Thursday, the 13th May, Edward Leighton, aged about 29, of vcrofula, Wm, Grimes, for- ANCISCO, May 31, 1854. The vews received by the Pacific mail steamer Sonora is highly encouraging in a commercial view. ‘The limited number of veseels cleared for this port from the Atlantic States, and the nature of their cargoes, gives every en- ement to the markets in staple articles. ing the extremely low rates clipper ships, there appears no dix js this way. The voice of warning has been heard and heeded, and San Francisco may yet have a little time the accumulated stocks now crowding the | warehouses. The war on the continent of Euro; - tracting the attention of shippers, and has created a di- version in our favor. ‘There have been but three depar- tures for the fortnight ending May 5, from Atlantic ports. The John Stuert and Stag Hound from New York, and Bobin Hood from Boston. which sailed on the 20tl from Boston, returned on the 28th, leaking badly. Sho had not sailed on the sth It is uncertain what the nature of advices may be to but in the face of so limited shipments con- the East will probably be induced to hold ¢ stocks in this market, for better prices. ‘The general pect of trade and the money market on the Atlantic bor der, at the sailing of the steamer, were encouraging, and there is every reason to beli little more patience, be thoroughly reeuperated, The amount of business done to-day has been excocd ingly limited from first hands. Collections and corres- pondence have, as usual at steamer time, absorbed the entire attention of business firms. ‘The jobbing business hss also been light. c flour, at $8 76; 200 bbls. £00 quarter sacks Chile, repacked, in job- for freights offfred by ition to forward The clipper ship Galatea, outside, # D.—12,000 Ihe. Jewell & Hi ra 00 boxes ademantine, at She. \ boxes chemical olive soap, at 2,009 guany bags, yesterda, tant issue in the oot election, which takes in Jone. The brig Eolian arrived at Portland on the 14th, 150 days from New York. A new paper, called the Umpqua Weekly Gazette, | had been commenced at Scottaburg. Col. McConaha and Capt. Barstow were drowned in Puget Sound. Col. McConaha was the President of the Council of Washington Territory, and a man of considerable notoriety. He leaves a family to mourn his loss, We could not learn the particulars of this melancholy accident. Morpgr.+A man by the name of Lamb was murdered by hs wife,in Clackamas county,a few days ago. the t le eating, when Mrs. Lamb came up behind and struck him on the head with an axe, penetrat- ing the skulland brain. it is said that the domestic peace of the family aad been invaded by another man; and thatthe husband had become acquainted with the fact, and had threatened an exposure of his faithless wife. A agen road had been opened from Scottsburg to Winchest ‘learn that the husband wasaitting at ster. Lieut. Mullen, who has charge of a engaged mteorie Rocky Bonateins® had ‘One of the papers, in speaking of the importations of breadstuffs, provisions, &c., estimates the aggre- gate for nine naeateai up to May, at $218,625, MARRIED. In Portland, 0. T., on the 14th May, by Rey. P. G. Bu- tsi Portland, O. T., May 9, by Rev. juchanan, Me if Moaticallo, W.T., to Miss Saral Jn Oregon, March 22, Mr. Orondo Beauisley to Mrs. Ann Regdon. -\t the residence of S. Stevenson, in Douglas county, on, Joseph S. Lane, Esq., to Miss Eleanor Steven- ia Oregon, April 22, Mr. Thomas G. Davis to Miss Elizabeth Ann Christman, of Marion county. In Oregon, April 27, Benjamin F. Hall vo Miss Mary A. Johpson, all of Marion county. ‘Washington Territ: . ‘The Legislature has adjourned without establish- ing the locality of the capital. News from the Isthmus. {From the Aspinwall Courier, June 15.) During the past fortnigkt but few incidents of note have transpired upon the Isthmus. Such as are important we have noticed in the columns of our semi-weekly issues, and such notices will be found under a riate dates in this 3 The railron Cont ny are as busy Ta ever upon the line, and are making as much headway as could be eepected during the present unfavorable season. They have a large force at work, for, although large numbers of the workmen are leaving by every op: portunity, on the expiration of their contracts, their places are rapidly supplied by new comers from various quarters, “The Chinese force has been augmented from the arrival of over three hun- dred of Jamaicans; there has been an accession of several hundred, and every steamer from Car- thagena lands a batch of hombres for the railroad. The very heavy rains that we have bad during the past fortnight have somewhat retarded the work, and, in one or two instances, washed away portions of the ubfinished embankment; the damages were, however, quickly repaired, and the grading of the line and the la: of rails is being igorously car- ried on. To those who know and appreciate the drawbacks and obstacles against which the officers | of the company have to contend, in the present con- struction of the road, their actual progress now is as remarkable as it has been heretofore. ‘The present aspect of affairs at Aspinwall, so far as business is concerned, is promising. There are improvements going on among us constantly— several buildings are in progress of erection—our walks are ieataaly Py bridge across of the Chey erie has been re- Ok the lagoon in front of of more attention fo comfort a ments. The lessee of Van Coprt’s Exchange” has rented several apartments in a convenient and comfortable | building near the Exchange. We are told he in- tends to get up a club-room—success to the effort. The City Hotel has been cleansed and repainted very extensively, and the house adjoining added,to its accommodations, Mr. Johnson informs us that he contemplates making still further improvements. Mr. }).D. Bemis has fitted up in xl style the buildings formerly known asthe Union and the Branch; bas added a story to part of one of them, and having united them, has otherwise en- Bou and improved the establishment. He has ae tened it the St. Nicholas. Among those who leave fora homeward the Illinois are George B. Nichols, one of the most popular employes of the Pacific Railroad Company, | on the Isthmus; Wm. Marean, one of our oldest citi- > | zens; and Dr. Blane, another old Isthmenian. | , The Isthmus is very healthy, notwithstanding the | fulness of the ra‘ny season. The provincial “and our city government are as | unsettled as ever, and there is little prospect of a We have no police force but that of the i mmittee, no courts during a large pro- | portion of the time, and almost all the officials have | 80 entirely lost the confidence of the people that they are worse than none. Among the arrivals by the United States is our | fellow resident, 1). Van Court, and Gen. Villamil, of Ecuador: the latter is en route to Guayaquil. MARRIED, On board the R. M.S. P. Co’s steamer Dee. in the harbor N.G., on the 9th inst., by the Rev. David of Aspinwall, O. Wheel nt incumbent, Henry Hugh Munro, Ise chal, Madeira. CENTRAL AMERICAN AFFAIRS. Our.Central American Correspondence. GuatEMaa, April 2, 1954, sions of the Indians—Mineral Wealth of Vera Paz—Discovery of Gold—Political Intrigues, §e. Since my Jast letter very little of interest has oc- | curred here ina political way. On the llth ult., | his Excellency the President returned from the de- | partment of Vera Paz, where he had been a few | Weeks superintending the bringing up of the can- non and mortars captured last August at Omoa. Salvos of artillery were fired during the day; the whole of the troops were under arms, and a general tejoicing took place. The conveyance of these guns has been a tedious and difficult affair. The expedi- tion left this city on the 27th of November last, and was commanded by Wm. Knoth, Esq., Private Se- cretary to his Excellency, and proceeded slowly to the former port of Teleman, on the Polochic river; t consisted of about 80¢ Indians and some 300 | or 400 soldiers. On the route they were at- tacked by the jfactiosos, and lost a few men, with several wounded. The guns had been forward- ed from Habal by the river to Teleman: and from this place ion were dragged over mountains, rivera, barancas, an distance of abont twenty-two leagues, and which occupied two months. From this latter place there | is a tolerablo road to the capital, and ft that the sufferings of the expedition ceased at Tac tic. Many of the Indians and several of the soldiers | died on the route. A considerable portion of the- road was infested by hostile Indians, and adq to this | @ general scarcity of provisions, so that their suffer- ings have been great. The guns ber, five long brass six pounders, and two ten inch | mortars, and weigh about two tons, through mud and rain to Tactic,a May be said are seven in num- During the last six years the section of the de- artment of Vera Paz, traversed by the expedition, | been overran, and, in fact, in possession of hos- tile Indians, known indiscriminately as luceos fac- tiosos, or monteneros. The consequence has been the depopulation to a great extent ofa that department, the entire prostration of commer- cial enterprise, and the falling to decay and des- | truction of several towns, villages and public roads, Affairs, however, are now beginning to meud there, and as several of the hostile Indians have returned to their allegiance and laid down their arms, it is to be hoped that the immense resources of this section of the country will be opened up for the benelit of | the republic. ‘The department of Vera Paz is the richest section Als th sides of it from ; endtoend, In therenewings that are being made in the various hotels in the sy therg are evidences @ neamneds than have been shown, and an honorable rivalry seems to be carried on by a number of parties in this matter—all | are enlarging as well as improving their establish- covered, and all the brought ed found to be rich. tities of the aesin or Poeutien bark, nd. foresta of the Indie fineet quality, Ta fo the discover: of gold, I shall have morte oa in a future fetter, a8 an expedition leaves the in a few days with a view to explore some rivers in which it been found in small quantities, and srersaiig fren the size of a pin head . to that of a large ortions of the de, however, 60 resemble the gold regions of and beds of quartz abound in every direction, ans fine gold may be seen in them, that I shall not be at all surprised if the gold is found in the gremoat abundance. The laws in this country are very fa- yorable for mining operations. The discoverer ef nine here becomes its owner on denouncing it (as ¢ term is used here) to the government; no mat who the owners of the lands may be, they cam bave no claim. In a future letter I shall have more to say upon this subject. The Belgian minister, Baron de Behr, (formerly, T believe, minister at Washington,) and Martial quet, Esq., agen of the Santo-Tomas Belgian Com- pany: this city, it is believed, en route for the ited States, on the 28th ult. These gentlomem have failed to arrange any new treaty with this fopeenns for the further continuance of the set- lement. The Belgian Cx pany have a failed in the fulfilment of their engagements this government, and their charter has been, in com- sequence, declared null and void. This, as a matter of course, has given it offence to certain pean capitalists who had embarked in the tion, and threats have been made that money would be sought for in the United order to retain forcible possession of the in question, For the honor of the American J hope no American will en; in any such and that they will be cautious in receiving the sided statements of disappointed ulators. official correspondence has taken e betwee government and the Baron de Behr, which I endeavor to send you by next conveyance, which wil! prove to eet inquiring person that the Sie - Guatemala in the premises is that of honor and justice. The American ship Brewster is daily expected the port of San Jose. She will be the first American yestel visiting the new port, and I hope will prove the precursor of many others, RAMBLER. i i Be eft & Crry or GuargmALa, May 1, 1864. The City of San Salvador Destroyed by an Earthquale—More than One Thousand Lives Lost—Four Hundred Dead Bodies Recovered— —The Seat of Government Removed to Cojutepeque —Subscriptions in Guatemala to Relieve the Suf. ferers—Great Fire in Ysaleo—Three Hundred Houses Destroyed, §e. The city of San Salvador is no more—a heap of ruins alone remains of what was a few days age & beautiful city, and its late inhabitants, numbering from eighteen to tweaty thousand, are rendered homeless, houseless and destitute, by onelof the moat terrible earthquakes that has ever ocourred im Central America since the conquest. Tho partiou- lars I now give you may be relied wpon as perfectly correct in every respect, On Wednesday, the 12th of April, during the height of the religious ceremonies attendant upom the services of Holy Week, the first slight shock of a series of earthquakes was felt in the city of Sam Salvador. During the night of We and the day and git of Thureda other Beep felt, but as such shocks have always been more or less frequent in San Salvador, little or no attention was paid them. On good Friday, however, ees creased in violence ard at shorter intervals, ["} continued throughout that day, Saturday and Easter Sunday; and on applying the ear to the floors of the houses, or to the ground in the streets, a continuous low rumbling noise could be distinctly heard. Dar- ing Sunday a general alarm and a great deal of ex- citement prevailed in the city, and many, ‘a, catastrophe, began to leave. At Baha past nine o'clock on Easter Sunday ni; ie 16th of Api * Jak place and wo iris ee oh ry four ge- conds) took place, and sq ned the t habitapts tht the greater part favtanty Hed ate ae conngry ontside the city, and most fortan- ate it was for them, for had they remained in all probability there would have n ten or. twelve thousand victims, so sudden and so over- whelming was the final shock. Many, niece ing that the worst had passed, remained in Pouses, or in the churches, and few of those who did so now survive to tell the tale. The final r.D. C. Clarke has yery much improved the Lone Star, by adding a large building in the rear, | ane is as usual continually conjuring up some new method of increasing the capacity and notoriety of his establishment. The last move was the putting oe of a sign thirty feet long and four fect wide, with the name of the house painted upon it in plain, ele- gant letters, handsomely covering the whole en trip on at H. M. Majesty's Consul at Panama, to Jessie Ia, danghter of the late Andrew Wardrop, of Fun- shock occurred at eighteen minutes past tem o'clock at night—it lasted ten seconds, overthrew everything, and left the ce ‘an incongru- ous mass of ruins. The loss of life is various- ly estimated at from one thousand to one thogsand ve hundred persons. Aa official report will, T pre- sume, be published in a few days; if so, I shall for- ward it toyou. The last shock, by which the city was destroyed, is described as being most. awful) —the earth Cite to be lifted up repeatedly, and, as suddenly falling again like the waves of 8a,’ producing symptoms exactly resembling sea sick- ness. ith the exception of the little pueblaot Mexicans, almoat aapiciae the city, no other town in the oot suffered, th some o the shocks were slightly felt. A few houses and one or two lives were lost in the town named. Thee s after this appalling catas- trophe, the Bishop of the diocess, an many of the principal inhabitants,retired to the town of ju; a go. Since then, however, the President and ter of the State have selected Cojutepeque as the tempot seat of the civil government, and the town of San Vicente for the écclesiastical. (pei ri Monday morning CO and the citizens generally commenced returning to the ruins (as the shocks had become less! i and a seerch for the bodies of thé victims took place. Up to Friday the 21st, our latest ia | date, four hundred bodies had nM recovered, but it will be utterly impossible to recover many more, as the masees of fallen buildings to be removed would render it a labor of much time and difficulty. The first rumors of the catastrophe reached this city| on Saturday afternoon, the 22d; it was almost too! terrible to be believed ;’ but on Sunday the ramors assumed a more tangible shape, as letters had been received, and the greatest consternation prevailed. On Wednesday, the 26th, however, the courier ar- | rived with the mails, and all doubt was set at rest— | the rumors were confirmed, and it became publicly known'that the city of San Salvador had been blot- ted ont of existence by the same kind of calamity that had before destroyed the former Ce | Guatamala, whilst yet a de cy of the crown. The President and Ministers soon after as- sembled in council, and in the afternoon the follow- ing decree was issued:— Favace OF THE Govmnsunse, i HCATEMATA, 26, 1854.f _ The President having recelvea ot informa- tion of the unfortunate catastrophe in San Salvador or the night of the 16th of the present month, and which has caused such profoun grief in the minds | of the Guatemalians, with the object of contributing as quickly as ible to the relief of the sufferers who haye lost their all in the destraction of their oe parte ; That from the funcs of the putlic treasury shall be placed at the disposition ee his Pith President of San Salvador, the sum of five thousand dal- lars, to be distributed among the sufferers im the mannee his Excellency deems most proper. 2. That there shall be opened Hiroughout thes blie & voluntary subscription, organizing at the’ gapitat o€ each department, a commission composed of the Gorre- jidor, Parish Priest, and Administrador of Renta, who | Shall actively engage in collecting subscriptions for this Pious object. , 3. That in this penta there shall be formed a commig- sion, compored of the following persons:—The Provision- al Vicar General of the Archbishop, the Correjidor of the Department, Don Juan Mathieu, ‘Councillor of State; Dom Luis Batres, Councillor of Siate; Don Jose Maria Urruela, Councillor of State; Ion Jose de Coloma, Don Juan Fran- cisco de Aguirre, Don Antonio Ortiz Urruela, and Dom Francisco Zejada. These gentlemen will proceed to col- lect subreriptions in this elty, m7 the manner they may ‘€em most conyenient, and with the efficacy the urgency cf the case sodutvess if 4. The commission referred to in the foregoing article, together with those org-nized in the Departments, will account to the government the result of their iow with as little delay as possible. (Signed) AYCINENA. On Thursday morning leat, Colonel Tayala left this city for the scene of the calamity, with the five thousand dollars appropriated b; Vv ernment | forthe relief of the sufterers. Subser: iptions are being also made throughout the republic, in, ac- cordance with the foreguing decree, | Monday morning, the 17th of April, I ha | San Salvador on foot for the village of Suya: x ortion of | | which destroye: The Bishop of the diocess of San Salvador, writing from Snyapango to the ecclesiastical authorities here, under date of April 21, says:—“Before daylight, on 0 leave one league distant, in consequence terrible Serrentee of Easter Sunday night, our city in leas than fifteen conds, with a great locs of life, and a total destruc tion to the fortunes of many individuals. They veaniee of religion have fallen to the earth, the public buildings have ceased to exist—there is nothing left us but ruin, misfortune, tears and misery. * * * The movements of the earth have’ not yet ceaved, and every now and then they are, | io my ee, more alarming, for they announce | the ex; of land, in my opinion, of the whole of Central | | America. I speak from a knowledge of it. It abounds in the wealth of the mineral and vegetable | Kingdoms, and is calculated at_some future day to | sustain a dense population. The whole country is available for agricultural purposes, even to the very summits of the mountains, During the pas- sag? of the recent expedition Ln a public road, immense beds of coal, mines of ‘osion of a volcano beneath our very fect, and an immense bulging up of the earth, the effects of which our minds cannot calculate. Although I see all this risk, yet 1 cannot resolye on going away and abandouing the multitude of unfortunate destitute families and the government of the Stat now here, The former are trying to save what little they can from the rubbish, ‘and the latter making every effort to recover the arms and public records iron, of copper, of | of the State, but, above all, making a search f vaanl ad ailves, of aublayeny, aad of gold, weve dla: | gach wafestomates aa uuay atid he alive beans Hue