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THE SHASTA COURIER
VOLUME 11.
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SHASTA COURIER
IS fCBLISHKD EVERT SATURDAY MORNING,
BV sKaLMA.f A BOSW.
SAM. H. DOSH, ARC RIBALD SKILLMAN.
Editor * nvd Proprietor t.
Publication Office in Post Office Building, Main
Street, where all orders for Advertising and Job
Work should be left.
TKK.US— lurnriablr in Advances
For One Year N lo,o*
“ Si* Months 5,00
Terms oT Advertising >
For One Square of 10 lines or les-, one insertion.
Four Dollars ; tor each subsequent insertion. Two
Dollars.
A liberal discount made to Monthly and Yearly
Advertisers.
Job Prinlinii
Of every description promptly executed in a su
perior wanner.
« K A T», ROfiEBN & ('O'M
Californio aud Orr|tn Exprrmt.
VIA YREKA, JACK
IE sonville, (). T., Oregon
«- City, U inch ester, Salem,
Marysville ami Hurtland. Also branches run
ning to
IJiiinbng Creek, Scott’s Bar,
Hamburgh, Alilxiuse Creek,
Sailors Diggings, Klamath ami
Salmon Rivers.
Tr» a sure, valuable packages, letters, Jfee, for
warded by our regular messengers to any of the
above named places.
Drafts drawn on any of Adams & Co’s offices
in the Atlantic States and Europe.
Checks drawn at par on all of Adams & Co’s
offices in the State.
Highest price paid for Gold Dust.
Collections made, and all business entrusted
lo «mr care attended to promptly, and with dis
patch. CHA.M, ROGERS A: CO.
. ,mv7 tf
idiom:* a ush s miiamta
EXI’ItGNN,
LEAVES THE
office ol Well's Far
go A- Co.. Sacramento, daily, for
•N kat/a. Yreka. and all towns and points ihrotlgh
ont Northern California, con meeting at Sacramen
to with Wells, Fargo & Co’s Daily Express lo
Sail Francisco, and by regular Mail Steamer on
tin- Ist, 9th, Kith and --bath of each month to the
Atlantic Stales and Enro|ie.
Treasure, letters and oilier packages conyeyed
to Hud from the points above designated, with
the almost dispatch.
(io'd Dust forwarded to the 11. S. Mints at
.I’hdadelpbia and New Orleans, under policies
from the most responsible Insurance Companies
in the Eastern Citb s.
Drafts drawn by John M. Rhodes, of the
S icraiin nlo City Hank, on New York, New
Orleans, Cincinnati, I’ilt.sburgh ; State Hank
ol Ohio.
H. Davidson's drafts for sale on Messrs. N.
M. Rothschild & Sons, London ; Messrs. I)e
Rothschild ,V Bros., Haris; Messrs. M. A. Roths
child >fc Sons, Frankfort ; Messrs. L. Hebrcns A
Sons, Agents, Hamburg; Messrs. Until. Grim
ing A Co.. Lima and Valparaiso; A Belmont,
Exp. New Volk.
Collect ions made and all business appertain
ing to an Esprt ss Company executed promptly
•lid w ith especial regard to safely.
JAMES M. RHODES,
HIRAM LI NK,
\\ ELLS. FARGO & C«.
Omens.—Shasta, in Host Office Building;
Sacramento, .1 slicct. between Front and Sec
ond streets; San Francisco, 111 Montgomery
.street; Weavers ilb-. Messrs. Church A- Mix’s
building; Yreka. lire-proot building opposite
Yreka Hotel. niarHJ tl
CKA.TI, KOGKICM A I «’«
Wenvcrville F v prrss,
('onurrfing at Shns'ti ni’k Adams Co.
S'us LEAVES THE OFFICE V"l*7l
*of Adams Co. at Sbas-J©rLaSir
1 I 1 . CI ”- w -
ta every Wednesday ami
Saturday moinings. Retiiriiing, leaves our of
fice in Weavcrviile on Mondays and Thursday*.
Treasure, valuable packages, letters, etc. for
warded by our regular messenger with ‘he ut
most dispatch.
Adams A- Co’s drafts for sale on all their
offices in the Atlantic Slates am. Europe.
Sight Check* drawn
A I Par
on any of Adams A Go’s offices in this State.
Highest price paid for Gold Dust.
Collections made, ami all business in the E\-
j.r. ss line attended to promptly. ap’ltHf
BTA<; K I,INI'. FOR MACK A H l-LNTO.
Mpriiig’ Anrraugrmrul,
BAXTER A CO. C. S. MAIL LISE OF
S/og< ' from »S kasta to Sacramento.
A THE I’ROHRIE
tors of the above line'
being desirous of accommodating the traveling
public, by running their line as soon as the had
state of the road would permit, have placed up
on this route their splendid stock ol American
Horses and elegant Concord Coaches, which
will leave the St. Charles Hotel, Shasta, every
morning at fi o’clock, A. M., Sacramento,
via
Eroding's Springs,
Mill- Houck.
C’/rar Creek.
D aingerfiela* R/nirh,
A merican Ranch,
Cotteanrood,
Prairie House,
Potter's Ferry,
lied PlujVs,
Tehama,
Johnson's Ranch,
Monroeville,
Placer City,
Willett' and
CoLesa.
Passengers arriving by this line can be furn
ished with animals for any part of the Northern
Mines,by Mr. James Long, at the Shasta Stock
Market. WM. A. NUNNALLY, Agent.
St. Charles’ Hotel.
Shasta, March, 1553 marl* if
COFFEE.
REEN AND GROUND IN' ONE POUND
Tobacco, Grape, Aromatic and other brands.
Oysters, Sardines. Raisins, Jigs. W aluuts, Ac.
Just received and for sale by
marjiMt TALBOT A SEATON.
HALL & CRANDALL’S P. 8. HAIL
LINE FROM SHASTA TO
NarriTille Mud Sacrament* City.
MESSRS. HALL &
• • Crandall have the
pleasure to announce, that the above line of
stages is again iu full and active operation, from
Shasta through Marysville to Sacramento.
ibis line is stocked with American horses,
that cannot be surpassed or equaled in Califor
nia, and draw the most superb Concord Coaches
to be found on any road in the State.
Ihe proprietors of this Line pledge them
selves to the traveling community, that they
will put them through with more expedition,
mure ease, cheaper, and in better style, than
any other line on this route. They have the
utmost confidence in offering this pledge, from
the fact that the drivers employed on this line
are all exjterienced in their business, and are
temperate and responsible men. Passengers
patronizing this line may rely upon every ut
tion being shown them.
The stages, until further arrangements, will
leave Shasta every morning at (i o’clock, and
arrive at Marysville the following morning at 3
o’clock ; leave Marysville at 7 o'clock and
arrive at Sacramento City at 12 M., (the run
ning time 2.) hours) in time to take the steamers
for Man Francisco.
This being the Daily United States Mail Line,
the stages stop at the following intermediate
places;
Middletown,
Briggsville,
One Hometown,
Cot ton wot hl.
Red Bluffs’,
Charley’s Ranch.
Office at the El Dorado Hotel, Shasta.
THOMAS .1. FLYNN, Agent.
Shasta, Slay 7,1872. my7tf
Tehama, Marysville,
Did weft’s, Eliza,
Neal’s Ranch, Ultimas,
Hamilton, Nicolaus,
Oak brieve, Lawson’s,
HdJ E E’B PITT 111 VICK AND MU AST A
KXPUKSS.
LEAVES THE ST. CHARLES
t-iL, |lotc-l, Shasta, every Saturday
morning, arriving at the Pitt River Diggings
the ensuing evening. Returning, leaves York’s
trailing post on Friday morning, arriving in
Shasta the evening of the same day.
All business connected with uu Express, at
tended to with promptness.
Letters and papers procured from the Shasta
Post Office and delivered t>> miners.
Also, all kinds of packages carried.
mv7tf JOSEPH XV. MrGEE.
(Il l OHIO .STOICEC.
Xcfir/y Opposi'c tkc Pott! Office, Shasta.
THE SUBSCRIBER WOULD RKS
- inform the citizens of Shasta and
__ the public generally, that he Inis lately
received and keeps constantly on hand, a large
assortment of Drugs, Medicines, Patent Medi
cines, Perfumery, etc., consisting in part of the
following:
Seidlitz and Yeast Powders, Cream of Tartar.
T rtaric Acid, Soda, Borax, Hops, Osgood’s
Cholagogue, Pain Killer, Liniments, Jaynes’
Medicines, Balls’, Townsend’s and Sands’ Sarsa
parilla, Thompson’s Eve Water, Patent Pills,
etc., which he offers for sale wholesale and 11-
tail at reasonable prices.
Physicians’ prescriptions anil orders from ad
jacent settlements, will be promptly and accu
rately attended to. C. RoTHE.
mari2 if Druggist and Apotbeeaiy.
850,000 REWARD.
SUCH HAS MET OUR EYESfft
on many occasions lately, but Vjpa
our wish is to let our friends 'T*
and the public know that we are now ready to
hirnish specifications and plans on all kinds of
buildings. All kinds of job work done with
neatness and dispatch. Furniture of all kinds
such as Bedsteads. Cots, Lounges, Sofas, Chairs.
Dining, Breakfast, Stand and Centre Tallies, al
ways on hand. All kinds of Sash made to or
der. Turning of all kinds done to order.
All ordersfnr work in our line will be prompt
ly attended to.
Shop at the head of Main street, Shasta.
inarl2 tf CURTISS £ HUGHES.
BARTON &' BNAVKLV,
CAR PESTERS ASP BUILDERS.
Estimates and specifications made on till kinds
of building*. Jobbing done at the shortest no
tice. Also, Rockers. Toms and Sluices always
on hand and made to order.
N. B. Seasoned lumber always on hand*
Living atox Baiitox. LTuah B. Snavhmt.
marl2rf Shasta City.
LOOK HERE!!
I HEREBY RESPECTFULLY INFORM MY
friends and the public generally, that I am
now prepared to execute with promptness and
dispatch,any work in my line with which 1 may
be favored, viz :
Plans and specifications made for buildings of
every kind, also for bridges, water w heels. Ac.
Rockers, Tonis. Sluices a»d Minin*; imple
ments of every kind, kept constantly on hand,
and furnished upon the most liberal terms for
cash.
Lumber of rvi rv kind furnished and deliver
ed at anv point designated.
Apply to the manufacturing establishment of
the undersigned, now in full operation ou Main
street opposite the St. Charles Hotel.
inar2f> 3m BEN.I. CARMAN.
AI»tl | \ 154 TK A T 011 ’M N OIUK.
VI. I, PERSON’S HAVING CLAIMS against
the estate of Russell Bennett, deceased,
are required to deliver them with the necessary
vouchers, within ten months after the date here
of. to the undersigned. Public Administrator, at
his residence in the town of Shasta, and all per
sons inf ebted to the estate of tin* deceased, are
required to make immediate payment to the un
dersigned. I). D. HAHRILL,
Shasta, ap23 4t Pub. Adtn’r.
ADR I NINTH A TOR’S NOTICE.
ALL PERSONS HAVING CLAIMS against
the estate of John Tiller, deceased, are re
quired to exhibit them with the necessary
vouchers, within ten months after the date here
of. to the undersigned. Public Administrator, at
his residence in the town of Shasta, and all per
sons indebted to the estate of the deceased are
required to make immediate payment to the un
dersigned. D. D. HARRILL,
ap23 4t Pub. Ailm’r.
AUtII.MSIIUIUK* NOTICE.
All persons having claims ag ai
the estate of Samuel Gearhart, decea*
are hereby requested to present the same u
proper vouchers, at the law office of Jos
Ward, in Shasta City. Shasta County, Cal.,wi
in leu mouths from this date, or they will be i
ever barred- JOHN SISEL, Adtn’r
apC3 4l
SHASTA, CAL., SATURDAY, MAY 14, 1853.
THE SHASTA COURIER.
Trinity River Correspondence.
Big Flat. May 8, 1853.
Eds. Courier: — We on the lower Trinity
have never seen anything in your paper about
our locality. To say the least, we are fast grow
ing into considerable importance—having fights,
meetings, Indian hunts, and all the effervescence
of a lively community.
We have a Commodore, a young ‘Sailor chap,’
with his combative pumps largely developed,
who has for some days been amusing himself by
throwing stones at the Chinamen, which vastly
tickled his admirers, but was death to “John.”
Mr. E. D. Smith observed him and fired two
blank allots to drive him away. Whereupon the
Commodore came to the Big Flat with his hack
ers, all armed, and an altercation took place be
tween Mr. Smith and himself, which resulted in
two revolver shots at Smith, and his possession
of the Commodore’s pistol. Me nobly refused
Ij use it however upon an unarmed man, hut
discharged its remaining loads and returned it
to its owner, showing a laudable coolness and
self-command not often met with.
To-day we have had a vote taken upon the
question whether or not the Chinese should he
permitted to remain on this Flat, which resulted
in favor of their being permitted to enjoy the
same rights and privileges as other foreigners—
guaranteeing the same to them.
Mining prospects are good here. The bed of
the river appears to attract the most attention,
and the majority of the miners are anxiously
waiting for the winter swell to pass away, that
they may commence their summer’s work.
Agriculture is receiving some considerable at
tention with ns. Some fifty acres are being
planted with potatoes, onions, turnips, &c., and
it the crops prove to he ns fine as expected, we
need be in no fear of starvation next winter.
We have quite u town building on the Big
flat, throwing the far-famed Big Bar quite in
the shade. I am fold we are going to have some
of the fair sex with ns. Joshua.
IVkiikt Creek Correspondence.
Whiskv Creek, May IS>3.
Eds. Courier: — I owe you a bit of an apology,
for my rein issuers in regard lo die promise, etc.
i’lease excuse ibis time. I did not go on that
Bill River excursion for reasonsobvious. There’s
too much good looking ground about here to
leave untouched.
Your paper of the 23d I did not get a look at,
owing to the poor memory of an honibre that
forgot to bring it out. 1 understood yon railed
me out in that number. Not knowing the pur
port of your article, 1 can’t answer it as I should,
so please take the will for the deed
Here goes for a little talk about these pre
cincts. As the old lady said, living back from
the road, not taking papers, etc., I’m not posted
up with news elsewhere. The miners are doing
about the same licks as when I last wrote you.
At Mule Canon, the claim of Parks it Bass is
doing the elegant; one of the firm told me their
yield last week was thirty ounces, the two pre
vious, forty ounces. That is what I call rolling
out the raw material, in sums to suit any reason
able man. This same ground has been worked
over betore. Such strikes are hard to Deaf, even
in new ground. At Ox Canon they are march
ing into the bowels of the car'll without impedi
ment, and 1 think doing well, or at least 1 hear
no complaint. That is some criterion to go by
now a days. There is a large scope of good
looking country for gold about here as lays out
of doors. It has hardly been explored, to say
nothing of prospecting. There are four miles of
this creek above Ux Canon that have never been
worked, for the reason that it did not pay for
half prospecting it. There’s as good looking
gulches emptying into it above as below, where
it was worked with success; and I think it will
prove equally as rich by working it clean. Its
sorter amusing to see new coiners, with pick,
shovel, etc., make their debut and c.rit at this
place the same day. They sink one small hole,
call it prospected, curse the diggings and vamose
a'jui. 1 hat is not doing justice to man or dig
gings. One day, or a week's labor is not going
to prospect this N’ jrthei n country, without a man
is in awful good streak of luck.' The best way
is to locate two weeks or a month, set the ma
chine and excavate. Bailing has fooled many a
man. J here are bushels of gold about here yet.
11 1 could get up a respectable earthquake, 1
would prove tin* statement. As I’ve not genius
or ingredients for volcanic experiments, I must
go into the work man fashion, with pick and
shovel.
The Indians are not now so frequent in their
calls about here, though they cleaned out one
cabin last week. You run a fast pen when you
wrote that article in reply to tbe Frisco. Typo,
in regard to these infernal red skins. You spoke
the sentiments of the miners about here, certain,
and doubtless in oilier parts. Its all very fine
for those in the Bay City to cry “ peace,”* with
police on every corner—and even then they don’t
travel without a Resolver I Let them take a turn
up this way, camp out, lose their blankets, and
they'd soon say. as did the gentlemen of ’7(j,
“ there is no peace.”
But I’m getting too lengthy in my epistle, and
will saw ell - with a short appendix. YVe have
been luxuriating on some of I. C. Rice & Co’s
Boston Bork, tiiat some good Samaritan mer
chant, of Shasta, sent out to Whisky Town ; we
have gone seiual ticket* on that. Now, we want
a belter arliclc of beans, and some fresh beef.
I learn that Mr. E. W. Tracy officiates as su
pervisor of the Shasta Branch of Adams & Co.
He is worthy of the station. Persona making ex
changes at that counter will find him courteous,
agreeable, and, in short, of the right stripe.
This has been a wet day, anti 1 avail myself of
the spare lime to write you this yarn, though it
is badly gotten tip. This striving for Penis is
urful on me. If yon can cull out anything from
this spread of ink. worth the room in your little
galaxy, let her rip. More anon.
Yours truly, Forty-Nine.
Fire in San Francisco. —A large fire occur
red in Sail Francisco on the night of the 3d i list,
having originated in the kitchen loft of the Ras
setle House. There were tweuty-oue buildings,
iu all, destroyed—four houses south and west of
Sansome street, five on the east of the Rassette
House, and three ou the west of the Rassette.
Several buildings on tbe opposite side of Bush
street Were gutted by the flames, but the frames
were not destroyed. There were six small
shanties in the rear of the Rassette House also
destroyed.
The IVhig further says; We have conversed
with the Assistant County Assessor, who assess
ed the buildings destroyed some three weeks
since, and be estimated tbe loss at $150,000.
A number of persons are supposed to have
yerishod in tbe flames.
A!tt ACT
for Ibo Heller Publication of
Orllcinl and l.eyal .\oticcs*
Ihe People of the State of California, repre
sented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as folloirs :
. c ‘ publications, advertisements, of
notices relating to tlio estate of deceased per
sons, to the formation, change or dissolution of
partnerships, to assignments in bankruptcy;—
all publications, advertisements, or notices, made
1)1 tcquired by or on behalf of any corporate or
county authorities or officers, or the officers of
any city or county in this State, or any of them
in dieii official capacity; an I all such notices or
advertisements as may lie required in the course
ol any civil action or legal proceeding, which
now is or hereafter may lie required by law,
(except notices of Sheriff's and Constable’s
sides in counties where no newspaper is printed,
and in that case if more than $ 1000 are involved
by any such notice,) shall be published in the
manner hereinafter provided, or the same shall
be of no legal effect:
First, lor the city and conn'y of San Fran
cisco, and the counties of Monterey, Alameda
and Contra Costa, all such notices or advertise
ments shall be published in the newspaper
know u as the Placer I'imes and T ~anscript, now
printed in the county of San Francisco.
Second, for the city and county fll Sacramen
to, and counties of Colusi, Sutler, and Solano,
all such notices or advertisements shall be pub
lished in the newspaper known as the Democrat
ic State Journal, now printed in the county of
Sacramento.
Third. For the city of Marysville, and the
counties ot \uba and Butte, all such notices and
advertisements shall be published in the news
paper known as the Californui Express, now
printed in the county of Yuba.
Fourth. For the county of Sierra, all such no
tices nr advertisements shall be published in the
newspaper known as the Dvvnicciite Echo, now
printed in the county of Sierra.
Fifth. For the counties of Shasta, Klamath,
Trinity and Siskiyou, all such notices or adver
tisements shall be published in the newspaper
known ns the Shasta Courier, now printed in
the county of Shasta.
Sixth. For the county of Nevada, all such no
tices and advertisements shall be published in
the newspaper known as the Nevada Journal.
now published in the county of Nevada.
Seventh. For the county of I'lncer. all such no
tices or advertisements shall be published in the
paper known as the Placer Herald now printed
in the county of Placer.
Eighth. For the county of Yolo, all such noti
ces or advertisements shall be published in the
newspaper known as the Californian, now
printed in the county of Sacramento.
A in/h. for the county ol El Dorado, all such
notices or advertisements shall be published in
the newspaper known as the Miner's Advocate,
now printed in the county of El Dorado.
Tenth. For the counties of Sonoma, Napa,
Marin, and Mendocino, all such notices or ad
vertisements shall be published in the newspa
per known as the Sonoma Bulletin, now printed
in the county of Sonoma.
Eleventh. For the city of Stockton, and the
counties of Sun Joaquin, Mariposa and Tulare,
all such notices or advertisements shall be pub
lished in the newspaper known as the Seen Joa
quin Republican, now printed in the county of
San Joaquin.
Twelfth. For the county of Tuolumne, all
such notices or advertisements shall be publish
ed either in the newspaper known as the Co
lumbia (lazet/c, or tho Sonora Herald, now print
ed in the county of Tuolumne.
Thirteenth. For the counties of San Diego and
San Bernardino, all such notices anil advertise
ments shall be published in the newspaper
known as the San Diego Herald, now printed in
the county of San Diego.
Fourteenth. For the counties of Los Angeles,
Santa Barbara, and San Louis Obispo, all such
notices or advertisements shall be published in
the newspaper known as the Los Angeles Star,
now printed in the county of Los Angeles.
Ff'cmth. For the counties of Santa Clara and
Santa Cruz, all such notices or advertisements
shall be published in the newspaper known as
the Santa Clara Register, now printed in the
county of Santa Clara.
Sixteenth. For the county of Calaveras, all
such notices or advertisements shall be publish
ed in the newspaper known as the Calaveras
Chronicle, now printed in the county of Calave
ras.
Sec. 2. The fees charged for publishing noti
ces or advertisements under this Act, shall not
exceed two dollars for each square of two hun
dred and eighty ems. for the first insertion, and
one dollar per square for each succeeding inser
tion.
Sec. 3. The affidavit in writing of the publish
er. or the publisher’s foreman or clerk, of any
one of the newspapers in this Act specified, an
nexed to a printed copy of any notice or adver
tisement taken from the newspaper in which it
was printed, specifying the number of times, the
date of the first and last insertion, and the name
of the paper in which the same was published,
may be tiled at any time within one year from
the date of the last insertion of such notice or ad
vertisement, with the County Clerk of the coun
ty (or which such notice or advertisement is pub
lished. And the original affidavits thus filed, or
copies thereof, certified by the officer having
custody of thd same, shall be entitled to be read
in evidence before any court or justice in this
State, and in all proceedings before any board,
body, or officer, in which it shall be necessary to
refer thereto, and shall he prima facie evidence
of the facts iherein stated.
Sec. 4. The terms “ notices,” “ publications,”
and “ advertisements,” as used in this Act. shall
be held to include all publications, whether in
newspapers or otherwise, made under or by vir
tue of any law or statute of this State now exist
ing, or which may hereafter be enacted, or by
order of any court or officer of law; and in the
cities in the counties in which the newspapers
in this Act mentioned are published, respective
ly, all publications required or ordered by or on
behalf of any municipal corporation or officer,
under or by virtue of the laws incorporating said
cities, or otherwise.
Sec. 3. Should any of the newspapers men
tioned in this Act cease to be published, then the
publication herein required to be made in said
paper, may be made or continued in any other
newspaper published in the same counlv, or if
there be none in the same county, then'in the
nearest newspaper, such other newspaper to be
designated by the Judge of the District Court of
the county in which such publication was com
menced. Provided that in case any newspaper
is hereafter established, and published for ninety
days in any county whese no newspaper is now
printed, such newspaper shall be deemed the
legal newspaper for such connty.
Sec. 6. This act shall take effect within thirty
days after its passage.
Sec. 7. In consideration of the publication of
the notices and advertisements heretofore named,
the publisher of each ami every newspaper men
NUMBER 10.
tinned in this act is required to send to the office
<>l the Secretary of State, and to the Comity
Clerk of every county in the State two copies of
each of their issue free of charge And the Sec
retary of State and the County Clerks are requi
red to keep and preserve the same open to pub
lic inspection.
One Week Later from the Atlantic
Slates.
The steamers Panama and Cor/rx arrived at
San Francisco on the sth inst.. with dates from
New York and New Orleans, to the slh of April
from the former, and the 7th from the latter.
We are indebted to Adams & Co. for the early
delivery of our eastern exchanges. Also, to
Rhodes &, Lusk for files of Atlantic papers.
'1 lie two steamers brought 87,') passengers,
among whom is Mrs. Catharine N. Sinclair, the
actress, and formerly the wife of Ned Forrest tho
great tragedian. She comes to seek her fortune
on the California stage.
Chief Justice Taney is very sick. It is feared
he will not recover.
Seymour has been elected Governor of Con
necticut by a respectable majority. All the Con
gressmen elected are Democrats.
The contract for the erection of the Branch
Mint at San Francisco has been awarded to .1.
S. Pardee for $219,000.
The U S. Senate has adopted a resolution of
inquiry respecting the prices of iron, with a
view to compromise between manufacturers and
consumers.
The Senate has confirmed Daniel S. Dickin
son as Collector at New York ; John A. Dix as
Sub-Treasurer, Isaac V. Fowler as Postmaster,
and Charles O’Connor as District Attorney. For
Collector of Philadelphia, Charles Drown has
been nominated.
The Trea*}' with France has been confirm jJ
by the Senate.
The President has nominated G. G. Davenport,
as Chief Justice for New Mexico, vice Judge
Baker, removed. This nomination has led to ou
important discussion upon the power of ihe
President to remove from office a federal Judge
in a Territory. It is a power never before exer
cised, but alter much discussion, the Senate en
dorsed the President’s action, and thus settled
the question for the future.
Lewis A. Birdsall has been appointed Snpcrin
teudant of the Branch Mint of the United States
in California.
Robert Ewing, of Pennsylvania, to be Trea
surer of the Mint at Philadelphia, in place of
of Edward C. Dale, resigned.
11. A. Schoolcraft has been nominated by the
President for Collector at Saciamentu.
In the U. S. Senate on the -fill April, Mr. Gwin
made a brief statement, and denied that any out
side influence had operated on the Naval Com
mittee, to induce an extra appropriation for the
officers, seamen and marines running on the Pa
cific coast.
The Late Consct. at Acapulco. —ln the
U. S. Senate on the Ist ult., Mr. Mason asked
leave to withdraw the papers of Francis W.
Rice, American Consul at Acapulco. He said
the Committee on Foreign Relations, at the late
session, found it impossible to act upon them,
together with the communication of the Presi
dent upon the subject —and they show great
and cruel oppression there exercised by the
Mexican authorities. He was treated with in
dignity and eventually imprisoned, and so far
as information was received there lias been no
redress. jdie object of the withdrawal is to pre
sent the papers to the Executive department,
with a view to redress. The motion was
agreed to.
Mrs. Millard Fillmore died at Washington on
Wednesday, March 30th.
The wife of Gen. Cass died at Detroit on Fri
day, April 4.
Gen. Thomas Marshall, of Lewis, and not Hon.
Tlios. F. Marshall, as reported, bad been killed
by one of the tenants on bis estate, in Kentucky.
Lola Montez was tp leave shortly lor Califor
nia.
The strikes among the New York mechanics
have become general. The hotel waiters de
mand $lB per mouth, carpenters $2 12£ per
day, &c.
Miss Emma Snodgijnss, the girl who created
considerable excitement in some of Ibe Eastern
cities recently, by parading the streets in male
attire, passed through Louisville on the 291 h of
March, en route for California. She travels un
der the assumed name of Henry Joins, and
wears a frock boat, glazed cap, and is about four
feet six inches high. She sports a fine gold
watch, walking cane, etc., and has the appear
ance of a very respectable youngster.
A dreadful steamboat explosion lias token
place within eight miles of Galveston, Texas, ou
the bay, resulting in the total wreck of the
steamer Farmer, and the loss of over thirty lives.
Eleven of the crew were kill cl. including the
commander, Capt. Webb, and Thomas Pritcb
ard, the clerk. The Indies all escaped unhurt.
Mr. Wooddard, Manager of the Houston Railroad
Company, is missing ; C. St. John, formerly of
Lynchburg, but residing at Bcllville, Austin
Couniy, was killed.
Col. Fremont lias been residing in Paris for
the last nine months.
Latest from Panama.—The rainy season had
commenced on the Isthmus when the steamer
left.
The Peruvian Minister and his suite bad becu
robbed on the Isthmus, by a party of banditti, of
property, including valuable jewels and SIOOO
in money, worth $13,500. Jack Holmes, the
proprietor of the Now York Holfcl at Gorgona,
together with bis barkeeper and steward, and
Dick Deny and Charles Rodgers, bad all been
arrested for being implicated in the affair.
New Route to the Pacific. —The following
letter is copied from a Southern paper: —
San Antonio, March 1, 1853.
Editor Corrojf Plant; —I have just learned
that a very important bill has been put through
the Texas Legislature. The bill grants to the
Barings, of London, the right of way Irom Hous
ton, Texas, to the El Passo. They ask for no
land—nothing but the right ol way, 1 heir
agent, Mr. Chatsworfh, has pledged the faith of
the Barings, and $40,000,000 to carry out the
matter at once. They intend carrying the road
to the Pacific: and it is understood the Mexican
Government are prepared to grant the right of
wav over their territory. If Congress does not
favor the road, the Pacific terminus will be made
more to the southward, and on Mexican soil.
A man in Connecticut has just invented a po
tato-digging machine, which is drawn by horses
down the rows, digs the potatoes, separates them
from the dirt, and loads them up into the cart,
whilethe farmer walks alongside whistling * Hail
Columbia,’ with his bauds in bis pockets.