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ADDITIONAL CALIFORNIA STEWS. Arrival of ?hf W m . Penn. Tke rte**ier William Penn. C?pt. Mwks. arrived yaetciday from Cbagres. The W P. left New York ?? th? evening of March 2d. imd arrived *t Chagree ks the short time of eight day and sixteen hour*. Ike U. 8. sloop-of-war Decatur and steamer Pro isetht us, eftieers ard crews. were all lying at K?n Juan when th< Win. Penn 1< ft. Tho steamer Alu Wna ??e still lvinjr at -an Juan, and was adver tised to be sold at public auction upon the 18fh mm. t?an Juan was >ery healthy, ana the water in river wut very low. Found upon our arrival at t'lugrea the B. B- M steamer Cljde, at anchor, nt> sailed the day for Sau Juan. On the mclit o < the IH'.h wo got under wav and ran dew ii to Navy Bay for passengers. Finding bo pMtcugere, we again got under way mi.J returned K t ! ag re*. Took i" 150 p i mongers fi - New York. " ) fci K'^gsten, Jamaica, and on tho 20th sailed from ?ki. g'< s at d arrived at Kit gstou in u. fair vou 'it' ?<0 hears, landed our pa&engers for Kingston, took in coal, ws and ice. ; nd on tho 23d sailed for Vow York. Cha^res and Kingston wore very healthy. The 1 gielature was still iu session at rumento when the Oregon left. Large and enthrsiustlc meetings wore being i *1 1 In Far. Frareisco by the Anti-La u I Mono-ely Par *y, wh.i h claim that the only valid title to refcl es tate in California is the actual occupant. Passengers of the stcuiner Oregon, which let": S n Flan Cisco Ft b 29th, and arm ed a t Panama March Kith. 12 o'clock Hoop, 'erort that the splendid steamer North Amerua, lilethen master, of tho Vaad ? 1 .: 'i.e. "ii t Le itigbt of the 8tk I ??. Mljf, ran ath-c about 70 uiilt s to the southward "f Ac-.: tmlco. > th ?il out HUt passengers, nil of which, wi'h Ui? ere*, wore saved. '1'he ship, however, i- i> t >t ?: I toes. The N. A. was ran so high upon tho beu-.h ttut mai.j of the passenger.- walked ashor. . t?rin Piancl*i ? Sluv* Items* The Al'ti t alifvima contains the l I owing items ?f local i f wb: ? Chils.noi-. ? About a hundred Chilcnos were parading the ?treet vesterdnv. Feb. 24i h. looking a thruph thi y l:Rdju?t arrived, and were about ?tart iaicforthe mine* Their hacks were packed with ?very inir-gini.ble necessary for a mint 1 " i life and teher. and ? :u h one curr'n u a -a-k of frijolfs. They wire dtesnd in an exceedingly li^ht style, and will Sobably find it. rather cool it they get high up iu e numnah ? . * Stoi x a Horsr. ? Some "adroit thieves" carried ?ff s. house "bodily" from Sport Hill, Calaveras eeui.ty. a short tiir.r since. The dimensions of the heme won twenty by forty feet. This is the lofiie.-l case of " *-1 op-lifting'' we evt rlieiiid t.|. Pan Fbani i^i (? t i -roM Hoi ck ? Th- contracts tor the Custom llou-e to hi built in San Francisco have at length lien signed, sealed and delivered. Mr Bryant's i lan wan adopted. The appointment ?f areliiteifs aad r.< Veen-made. City Physician. <>n Friday nigTit Pr. John W. Tan /ant was t !e? teu by both Boards nf ;!,<> Oom nion Counul lieastirer ?>1' the < "it v Hospital and City Phys'c ian. Tl.w? election iviu1 held iinder an ?rdinancc | asscd t-ome time since, ci\ atin'; a I leal, h Dei artn.cni, and since approved by tli ? ? Muyar. Pi'triAt. Police.? The following isn li'-t <>f tho special polieemcn appointed by tin Mayor, and who are now noting in their eupaoitie.- as otia?-rs of the pcace They hart all the pou i r of pi.lii ,.i- u. l,.it rtceivc their f .ty from private sources, and receive lo rcuutneiat >i.n fioin the eity: ? Richard J. Paul: sen, Junies II. Keller. Charles I.. I^mti!". If- W. 1 aine. B. K. I!li;,-. \S';n. '>v* chrar-l. Wilum <r. Worthy, (.!. R. iir!:>h. m- - > Frir.ell, tf . M. I! Mr. A k( j.?, 1'rai.k Knowbs. ITu bard P. Robinmn, Hcarv Rcnnels, Panic! Sv..> uy. Niost of theso a;-e ?Id polieemcn. and are, at i.iras wo know thorn, worthy and cfiici' ut u. n. For atti!\<5 in tiu. si'im-.f.ts. ? The other day. Mi Theodore Payne, St i-< el Comiui.^ioner, received I Information thai some persons were ciigj;' d in dri\ ing jiilcs in the water, rear the Blip on Front | street and Broadway. Mr. Payne wen t t<? the f<vu? ; ?f action and fbwnd that ten piles had been d dircctiy in the street. He ordered ihe jiarties to do sist, and upon their refusal, liadtle iu anosted for ?batrt'Ctin^ tho streets. Captain .1. W. Bowmin and .1 D. l.ibhy wt ie arrested, and gave hail lor Iheir a]:p?-arance before the Recorder on Monday niorrirg This i.- an entire new phaso of s^atter isnj.ai;<i if allowed to eontinno, would block up <>ur? publii thoroughfares, leaving no place fo" our citb *cts to ja.-s. Mr. Payne de.-ervc.s iuuc!i er.'du lor the prouipicude with which In a; t ended 10 this matter and prevent! d its continuance. t*'oi th Aurbuuk Gold ? Mesa*. Wb, Meyer k Co. have received from Sydney, por hark Home, KiEiail It t of Sydney gold du- ' . which t.hey iiu\v.il usycsteuln, . Th - -i the first lot ?if gv?bl du- : iin |.OTU tl inti' ("i lifovnia froui a fu-eigu eoun'ry. 'I he ?ast resembles vcrj much that taken in oui Sooth* ?rn te.ii i andi" ?eiy well eh anetl V'e nr- t .id ite?e-t- lit . e ifliollt * ; tl 2*? I" "1 net-.? ( ? hj<r Hit:, hi. 'I't. V itf?V l?ii:riu>A v i\ v I'ltAXt : -? ??. ? Tin 22d ?l' i'dHiuirv was eel hrriteil with great grandeur aim ui.-).!ny a! v;tn 1 . > ' 1'he luili ijny and file i ' n t ini. -? and civic oeiet '.t were nut in large tiuml ? i-. and formed with tho otlieers ofthe eity government a pnw. --ioi . v.hi- li. after inauh in^; through tin- print ipal -ire. t~. went to the Jenny Liiid Theatre, whi-ie an apnvopriai< orntin'i >\a ?'o livcred. Iu the harbor tht ve--els hoisted tin na t ioeal ensiptoM. and paid the proper respect to i to day. Captain Wymnils. of the llutch *hip Poctr a and Ani'eitia. fired a i-aluU ot twenty-om- gut?s in Ihe morning, an-i at -un-t ? tin <1 nine gun-* on low ering the American llag. In the eveuii.g vrnil i f the principal huihlin^- w- rt^ i)!-imiuatcd, au>l all fassnl t.fl with'.nt aceidcnt. Thk Steamer A vtklopk. -This fine boat, niii.-h bus Vteen thoroughly rc|iiiircd and in t ie r'-w. h i't Long Whnifoii an excursion to l'.eniciu and back, ?iniht 19tl.Feb. Shn will commence her regular trips toKneremento on Saturday aftt-ni<jon. She is a splendid boat . ar.d being under the command of Owt. John Van Pelt, well known as in attentive, polity and eflicient captain, -be will be dc.-ti vedly popular Nkw Stj.ameu i on s rocaTOV.? Tho American Eagle is running between Sun France ? ,n.d Sfoi k ton. Callfoiitln State D?lrt Dial Taxes* IFrfjii the ?an Trstu oi-onday Pospittch. It) 12 I The civil debt of this State, as agreed to by- all hands. Governor, Comptroller, and Legislature. %ci ', on the first of January lot, a.- follows : ? Comptroller's warrants s i Seven per cent bonds "T" "><K! bU Thirty-eix per cent bunds I 00 Interi-st due and unrtid lot.!!"* II Making a total of $?!'(>, 9;\ drawing n -itinual interest of fTJ*, 510 Kl 1 lie war debt i? una f-r tainr- J. but if all the claim are allowed, it will reach the sum of ?*!)5,13ii S7. T'i. se two include the whole debt ?d "the State on th'. first <1 ?y of Janu *n . and moke it a total of fcl, W*2, 091) 8*2. This i' a heavy debt >r a Htate but two years old ? throe quarters of a million a year expended, over and above the an'ftuit of our receipts ; it i- bad, very bad. but not frightful. V,'e bad to organize and mpport an expensive State jovernment, ? \or n country which was 1 ut Jittli it anything but a wilderness. We had everything to contend with, an extravagant value phi "d upon men'- ? rvie a laxity of morals ? we may almost sav a want of com mon honesty, and that worst of all the cuP, a -.vant of identity ietwun the people and the government; ncd a w'ttnt of identity as regards too form or principles of the government, but a want of identity with the Country itself? it was not home. Von mipht have called on your neighbor, and com plained that such and sit'-h an officer was viola'ing bis duties, at-U stifling the puhiie property ? ''Well, it iflu't hurt n e. I shan't stay here more than ano ther y(.ar" With such feelings among tln-ir consti tuents, what was to stop them from -u-aling' No thing ? and th > did steal. 1'nder sucbcir m .stt u te?. an<l lube i / under tn' tiu d:-a lvantage vhi.-b our Sti tc labors under, we do not wonder at he; bc ing in debt ? our snrpiive oxi- .-froiu tho r i.allutM j efthcsutii. It might haxe lu-in t li r*?e times tlo nmour t. But it is Targe nou-.h. and or.rrou encnc;'.! a? it is, yet it i-? not impossible to provide for the funding and nil imste payment of the whole of it. Sever rerccntbor arc new s lling ut .-ixty-tlv#, notwith ?! at.dir.g tlic vaguonc e an-1 uncer nintie-l of our total debt: this rele would n;a!; ton per cent bonds eettnl to ninty-thrce. or nearly jxtr. >'?'? hive enrcttd that ten per r ut :-ball be our lc^".l ru> t.f inteiest when no contract i.- niadc, therefore it la lair to estimate that that is tb valnc of money on thehi?t security, and that it w ill 1m the rate the Str.te will have to pa v for yean yet t > come. We have no d niht. bu? t{mt if an a -'. car fully drawn and propeily guarded, should be i I, pru iding that our total debt of all kimS might I ,j t.iianf t into ten Jicr cent bonds, with coup-dis attached, interest payable half yearly in eithe/ San Fu-.i.ei'co or New York, at the option of the h ldn. iv I :h principal rcedccmable in twenty y >. th v. wle would be at once absorbed, and th St.-:-.- re lieved from the Inctibn? f a floating d-I>t. The only thing in the way i- (.he ti>ns,'tntional proviso. t*ur State <" bt cam ?t ver cxci.e-d $'JKJ,<)00 without * direct vote of tb?- people ^ very good, we acknow ledge it cannot, but still does now <"*coed live times the limited Him; yet wo do not be lieve that a single man in the State w.,uld be wil ling to repudiate it, no matti r how cititt the follv ? i fraud for which it w? iu jncl; thc.efori w'c think that the sooner the- wbt.le thing is put V>. f. j ri . th< people and regularly legalised, the bettor. The total value of property as? id for State taxation in lHr>l . vs?. including the four unrefiirntd eountii t, In ronttd number*. ^iW.OOn, 000. Thi- ? mid make Ihe 80 eolith > n a fj I ( H I for State p-np. ttmonnt to fW.'KIO, and tl. int. . -t tuv of I cent ?\ tbe * loti to Thi- value n.'.i t ' 'v :?> eri-n ?? ? '1 th< irn r. ??c<l stttl< tneo" tno i.o rv a d the additioMtl Wt.flh gncu to land by toe I 'it- f , 1 < A 111 ft ! f *1 T' r^? M ? !?( * hub, tr< u i ?i. ip*-..f>ier#y jj, thf . in' not pr u ridirf way eoaspcnsaticn to lie uoM-wwra of it. b*e ro fur ..DK'iirU'ci to bat a trifle, (in 1851, to but$:J<), fnt>) should yield UieHtatoiiot ieso thun $200,000. Ay the vwy rowcist, calculation, our male population oannot b? lew than 100.000, we think it is mere likely to be 150.000. but from 100,000 tho State would have received ?990,000, hud it not have been for burglary iu h?r law making power. If adequate lawn are made to enforce the present rcveuuo bill, the .State receipt* during the year 1852 cannot ] ioesibly bu less than foOO.tOO. Of this sura we will want, if our whole debt <*an be converted into 10 per <m; bond*. $160,000 for interest, and $">0, 003 as a linking t'uiid, leaving $290,000 per annum, to pay t lip current expense* of tho government, which sum ia certainly more than sufficient. Wo c.mnof, c. c any possibility of our ever being unable regularly to meet thepaymont i>f the intorest on our whole dobt, ai.d inske tin adequate yearly proviso towards extin guishing the print ipal. 'J her J h*? war debt, about one haU'ot the whole sum, will, undoubtedly, eventually be paid by the federal government; it has paid similar claims in each case that has arisen in any i the State, and we may safely rely that ultimate j..- i < c will It dorio to usiit iliat rospcct. Iu reg.ird to bis incurred for wur, tho States arc like minor children obtaining absolute ueeessari< ? on oredit? tLo parent musi pay the bill, 'lho old gontlen>an iDt.y nold and swear, and threaten and flourish his cai e, I >it if he has the means, which, in this "aso our old gentleman lias, he must sot tie, very much against hie will, perhaps, but nevertheless he ma t < !. ii We i an see no trouble with our Suite debt, i; it i- 1 nt into a correct diupc. liit- Vcyiitch continues the subject of taxation, in its nv-ue of the 29di ult.. us follows: ? V.'o do not wonder at some of tho counties be < i r. stive ui der tho valuation placed upon tho lau.l- v. thin their borders. But t te southern coun ties certainly ctr.ir.ot complain on this scf.re, as tho following table, which wo have carefully calculated fiomthe ofti rial returns, will fully show; though there i> another ea.t.-e for complaint, for which thoy I...ve undoubted grounds. Lo Angeles, Monterey, > H !?> if ' Hi's po, San Dicg >. ::ni Santa Barbara re turn nearly five millions ( ) Stl.2 i'i) a res of taxa ble lands, while Butte, El Dorado, Placer, Shasta and !-< ;.?na acknowle<l.;e to but a trifle over half a mill oD, 0?20.3i0.) and the five first named counties value their l< wn lots at $1 073,331, the latter at $427,123. We can see no r? a-?.n why tho grou.id out ; which wc dig $5,000 per annum in goKl dust, should not be taxed exa-dy as high as the land out oi w hich our lit ighbor dig: $5 OOOwortli of potatoes. I he cry may be raised, it is a tax on labor; but we cannot see it in that light further than all taxation is a tn\ on labor, ns labor is tho si uive of all prop- rty. Again, it may be said that iio miner has no title to hi.- property, may not at a j on it a month, and that ata-c would bo oon trarv to our dot trine of leaving th" plaoersopon to all. We grant tho miner has no tiLlo exccpt oeau panc>. though v.e think the I nited Stat, s should protect him in that title: bu), tlds has nothing to do v ith th* value of tho hind Tax the land, and make the man on it pay. ami he will take oare. when pur chasing a claim, that tho tax is paid, or a sufli.-iont allowance made l'or it. But wo wish it distinctly nodcistood, that we are not in favor of any per centage being taken l'rom the gold; we merely ask that the gold region bo miole lo bear its proportion of the State expense#, which the annexed table show* it does not do. Possibly as good a plan ns any that could be adopt. 1 to arrive at thi3 result would be for the Board of Equalisation to assess the tax u each county, and allow tlio county authori ties '"raise it in such manner as best suited thoir constituents, li ib not lair that the agricultural portion vl' ihc State should stand the brunt of our exj i.i/ -i s. A'f. ofiJktre* !'i.! ?'/(!? . VnliM l'i bt? aj ' ' -i ''in. ,n%i hn ifi-np! .. iiar Ar ' < (,'itu I! title 7.S70 $V?.640 $ 17 4!) S7.3.W t'M?Tiir;.K . . ae return, no return, no return, n : r t. ' ' ' 'i tiitt.C 4 i'7.7'H) M ao return. I;untra Cneta. . S27.72S 1,114,?13 ,'! 40 1M.7 1 . El DtraUn to return, no return. ? - 151,032 J.ok ^tir. .'lc.- . . 1 ,77c 7-2 7:?t?..'s.Jc< 43 .'i'.u.iai K ! .-? r>) n t ' ? nor'turu. aor?turn. ? nerotm-n. ^Hrin no return. 478,009 ? uo return. M?rip<o,i uo return, no return. ? nor'turu. JicBMrej 747,777 6SU.80fi 7il 3'<I.I7-' N?J|# 21?,KW 2 iil 43,0 ii Nni'lii . .norctem. SI 'XH I ?? noroturu. l'lac?r. f.luO HMKKi 1 00 no return. San J-riMieifro.ro return, bo return. ? 10,770. 137 tacrumeutu. ..no return, no return. ? 4,42ft, WJ ' jin in. SS.274 'J"-.'J77 3 OS 7'i7."<.1 San 1,. Oli-j.o. 44.1, :;2 2;;l ,ri2 32,0:K) Virata Ilnrfcara l?"T5?.0O0 Sfi<).200 a> no return. Santa CItrt. ..do retnra. no return. ? no return, s'r.n Hiag<' ... .'jII.2.'.' 274,700 M .'ij I S'' I" no . . 1A2.H0 232. '124 i 65 7.W.180 S(inen:a WM'SB 711,009 1 in 2<;s.7Tl - ? tie i- 3,11.677 3S7.fWl I 07 92,1'lJ Sta in 2i>,fli4 H.1S0 42 lift return. Santa Cruz.. 444.163 I 1>4 nu return. Trlirt.v... in. return. B0 return ? uo return. TuolunuM 6fil 7..V1O n :u .tm V"'0 2fiR..'iS7 2M..V7 81 41,100 1'b) .; 100,603 228,4211 2 12 409,777 We think the number of acres of land returned 1 ' o\e, and the number returned by the Sar\-eyor ? ii'v" ever Ret our Slate surveyed ? will show as fcr fit it iHr crepnrif.y uj< is exhibited in the valuation put <11 tin ut b\ I h> dific relit counties. financial* -Ai.t of - an i bakcibco ?rrv stock. Tl - ( mmisMOT'erM of the Funded Debt of San f 1 v 1 : 'o otVered a eousidornbld amount 1 1' city stock ?n< etnp'ion on 27th Fobrnary.when the following l 'ds T\cre nindo The nvevege rate at which the tock was taKer wn,'.- about the same as on the former vtdi mption. The city is relieving itself of dobt at thr rate of c,M,9W? for *31,G0i). Here are the bids;? ? M t ICR or trr Commit -lOXEits opttik Pi'mhed ) Jlr.hT, s ?>? Fi:as< tsro. Feb. 27. Iv2. ) ..?./IVA.- '?*. ltd for ?it trhal 1 John I'eriv, Jr $10.(?m? IT?. L. 11. Thomat 4.f)00 17 \ P. AC. PJxley 15,000 30* Jnii!'.- t!rav IJKMl ."JO If. nrv Matthews 5.000 I7J J. & M. Phelait 5.000 -47 ', Do. 5.000 17i Do. 5.000 47 = Do. 5.000 474 I'o. 5,000 47* Do. ... 0.000 473 B. B . Kinton 5,000 4S{ 5.(lfX) 48J ?? S. SO, 000 51* XI' ulton & Co 30 ,(?00 4S AWABDL'I) AS FOl.t.OV J< & M. Pli l.m S}"mi')0 Do. 5,000 II. Matthews 5.000 ?I. & M. Pbtlar 5.00(1 Do. , . 5,000 I.. II. 'J hem as ... 1.000 J. Perry, Jr . 2,f?00 1 otaJ $31,600 $1 1, aw 00 Sltnlnpr Intelligence* There is but JitUo news from tbc mining districts; 1 in from what can gather, tho operatives scorn to be doing 0 - well n? u-nnl, at this season of the year. It appears that the Mners are adopting the method of separating thr precious metal from the i lny, 1-tiMMi as sluicing. "Such being the case, M i>- the Nm Francisco Herald, '-\ve may soou ex i eet to -eo the Just arrive hero in hfcrgo quantities. This will give an impulse to business in sau Fran ei t o. ai d partially yr:\vc otir merchants and others of the Mint--.' from which ibey have been -iiffering ' some tiioe past, and which wit-'prcducod bi want ? ?I rain " riie Dm\:.i,utk Stoi* Jc omal. published at 8a I in merit 0 l ity, says: ? A gmtl uinn has ".tiled and r;ade us acquainted with the particulars of .1 grand uiov' inent . v hieh, if it can be consummated without v.oi Ling an injustice to any, will be ofimmen ?? ad vantage to onr State, and jtirtieularly t# this eity and r unty. We r< v to the ' 'El Do rado Alining, M aiu&etn ring and Water Company." which has In n orgai izi a for tli- j. fflpoi e > f turning th :- south fork* I'the Anorit an ri"< to -apply I'laecrviUig ( ? <v Hi ). iv . Di:.mond -riing, find OoM Hill dl? g'n nitli tr/.ter, by wi..' !rthiit vast extent of rich Siii eral eonntry cti'i be work. By the workings or this con , 1 1 y, ?n ?xtcnt of country lying between he South j k :? J tin Cosonr-es, si i ? S? tnlles in ! i gth, ana ?0 in >v: Itb. will bo supplied with water ? 1 min ?? ? ? Bf*rieulturnl,ondmanufactiM ingpurtic s. It i- 1 l tlat th? mineral weilth of this soctioa oi i?try i ? iiliuoit ico*bau.-.tab!c , and that from ae t . ! exp liment it h-.s been hown that the dirt | will pay iibout iflO p<?t day tu !b< hand, it water tan be 0' turned, which i I'ie purpose of the eoia- \ pany. The project (Ws of tui? oii'crprbe, think the j *v'ii- r e.'ti. be i ?d for mining and agricultural p>ir- j \ ores to gre. t i roflt.nr.il tki". s i?r die prop > -id eot 'so -? to be found fine limbo; , i- iw mills Will br ] '?ri cti 1, bv * hieh hunbei eon he furnished a' re luct.d p?ii.( s. The distance he water .v ill l>e eon ?ev< d ' -. mated ???) Halt I y iile- 1 1 a ? of 3 <u0.(,H'0; and the frii;iii!.i ol the work tuii.U the cost ot its com i iietioti on!,; ma-Jo in ?ix uiontiii. A tempori rj oi^nniration of tlic Jor;.t Btoek Company ' '1 j ' nt e on the 17th in t., and tho following ofn 1 oh -(e l Pre- oler.t, T. liut'er King ; Vie. t'ro i ent. '. . P.l; 'id; Sc letaiy, (j'e.orge White; IV er. V\ Ilium llobiiuon ; Directors, (Jen. Fry, J. r. I' .1 .'-nburcb, Jud?' l'-arboor, S. It. Haij-i . J. I. Philips, f>r. 15. F. Kee::e. T. i'iui.b, aud Dr. to'!; 1 n. 'ih' ni'ivrs 1 Vaokeo Jim'- Dry Diggings, on )hc American river, arc doing very well. Imve is a great n rcity of water through that whole rc 1 -. 1 .) wl ;? wr a partial upplycan be obtained trc miners mi ke gfjod Wages. \ c iti] an,> ' Pltirei ville, al'ti r tunneling 1!)5 . e), 1 rij 1 1- dirt * lint pa> <>n? hundred and twenty ?? t" the ? 1. in (j ! , . ppiMr:- to I'e plenty Of Sonore iv?: ? The Coar e (.'old ' t I'-ii ( ompany have in: rle .1 rio ? around tho side Do Liif,:iiitaji;. so as to < y water to their claim ti "id ru'-i if tlii* Ronora Water Company. ' 1 m,m , . ? j { ; Mu- ki in Journal fays II *' * 1 ' -th i -*i mineiT. imdudiin.' an a ' ' ? ? ' ! ' ent nut 1 y the Nonveai 1 i end 1 Alioii g ( < -.1 . ?? ,, , or, lU.,| (n Mo. ht .ri ?|eW " l! ?' ' tlnirrr ? ? , the towu of M triposa. ' ' '? * f ' I tit ui,if of Lnglttiid. brvught with thota ft large qtantity of baggage, teols, lie They Inft nx miners at Panama, sent out by the im Fna Company.? San /?Von. Picayune. Religion In California. (From the Sad KniniifM Christian Advo??t? J The religious aspects of the country aro improv ing. Our Sabbaths are muefa better observed; not unfrequentlv. in the Ipugaage of a daily paper, "prov. kingly quiet." Sorrow is on tbc heart, of Fin at this manifest improvement. Not a little hatred in exhibited to the influence of this (taper on the proper observance of the Ixird's day, and i "superstitious twaddle, [twattloll" ig applied to tie unmi^takeable evidence furnished of a blessing j or true obedience to (Jod. There id bcarcely a muo ecsful Sabbath breaking firm composed of Ame ricans in thi* city, and what is more, never has been for any length of time. If (Jod's providence oerset tie mark of lm di?anprobntiou on trans gression, if has done it in this city. Fires and failure* mark the eou.seof crime, and the righteous, suffering, have felt it just. Tho ohurchcs are well attended. 'I ho missionaries lately arrived aro al ready in the ticld. eatting in tho seed whieh mart produce fruit. The schools are tolerably flourishing; , teachers of ability, devoted (o their profession, aro reeeiv rg encourage men t in their arduous work, i 1 he Sabbath school of tho Methodist Fpiseopal chorch in Sacramento, under tho pastoral earo of Rev. R St ration, is perhaps tho largest on tho Pa cific coast " from pole to pole." It already numbers ninety-nine scholars ana teachers, besides a largo Piblc class, and is weekly adding to its strength. Ore of the Advocates editors promised the school a week or two si nee, that a children and youth's dc 1 art went should be sustained in tho paper; so you are fairly in account:* with the juvenilis. Wary villo enlarges itsbordciustoadily andhealth fj'l'y. A Young Men's Missionary Society, aux iliary to tho California Young Men's Miseiona^y Society, was formed in Marysvillo, on Sabbath v ght, the 15'ltii.st., under promising auspices. Tho attendance of young men was veiy large, aud tho i'tti nt ion given to an address win close and earnest. U< v J W. Brie r wan called to the ch.tir, names taken, a constitution and by-laws read and adopted, and a vigorous society organized by the appoint ment ot the reijr.isito officers, whoso names ( am not (hie nt this moment to recall. This society promises to extend throughout the State, and a? <'< ni| Iihh great "ood for members and others. The ob.-tne!es which now opnoto frequent concerted action, will gradually. per haps quick ly, give place to a more vettb d condition ot society, of which tho young men who arc now foremost "in every noble work, will constitute ut e>uco the safe'y aud the strength. Rev. Messrs. D. Deal and J. Kirabcrlain, A.B., missionaries. nrri\ed in the California, on Thursday, in tolerable health. Rrother Deal is a brother of Rev. W. (Jrove Deal, M. D. , well known in Galifor >>>??. Brother Kimbcrlu'm, brother-in-law to Roy. >V illifm Taylor. will take charge el' an institution 0 1' I en rn ing . ?Ck rtft ia n Advocnu, Mcirch 2. I KACiiKKfi' Convention. ? On to-morrow ovoning, at seven o'clock, a public meeting of teachers of iitibRe and piivuto schools, and the friends of popu lar education, generally, will bo held at tho Public School Room, on Duponl street, neir Jackson, fir consultation and diseus?ion.--.V;j? Francisco lleraisL J t o. 25. Bull Fights mid Bear Bulls in California. [ 1**1 ? in tl.o Alt: California. Kol>. 21. | ? o call upon t > authoiiHc-^ to interfere and p**o vent further continuance of the exhibitions known r.s " bull f gills" or " In ar baits," in this city and v.cwity. tor the past si.x months, these disgraceful and revolting spectacles offered as Sunday sports, and characterized by every species of low depravity and brutality, have been permitted to go on, gather ing in disgusting and sickening detail whenever presented. We now call upon tho authorities for their total suppression. I These exhibitions are a disgrace to our city, to society, to our laws and to humanity. OtI';rel as ainuf emcnt;'. they nro a gro.-s deception aud iiiiii itit.n. sad by the irreverent selection of the Sabbath day lor their pros ntution, they becomo a <k sec ration. They are offensive to the tastes of a majority of our n -jeetabk cili/i ns, and with their ffauut ug banners and bands of music paraded through our streets during the hours of religious i fctrvite, they arc n nuisance, against which, in bj httif of the commuuity we tool compelled to spe >k. W hen. many months ago, it was urged by the re 1 freif* that these brutalilicv \y<tu a desecration to the Subbaih day, and that as Sunday sports, they should not be tolerated, we r uld se no good r :>on in oprc ing theui, on account of the moral depravi ty exhibited in tho appointment of holidays for this species of nmumnetits, ami recommended that if * i'jectionrble. on the ground of being prejudicial to the morals ot the place, they wer ? mainly sis from the coarse, brutal character which they maiutained. Placed on that fooling, no would have contended for their suppression, although thej formed a chief (' aiUi'C till' attriM'tioi.:- ul th?* i\t\\ bccauso thoy eic novel tiLil nut r, ed . lluudre''. were drawn to gether to witness the inhuman sp< etaole iftvo euibio la ule-. l*i' ; rat ed. and gout led on to mischief, tenrmg ec?h other; but soon humanity revolted ngaii . t the l ;irb:ii< tis eust' "i. a:.d then precisely the effect followed that wt most w idled. The sxhp bitlons lost their interest, and the propriet?? Of th? ? Mil j J tif and an na began lo los<> money. - l.i j t lieia tcaehi !? us t hn t the me-;i oQoi i no l cure tor tlo : e error- and v:re? ol sovioty in California wh'i h do not amount io i-rimcs, hi id therefore* are i ot to t e ti'i eteel by the :immary processes known to law or ju-tice, i< to be found i'n the mild inculca tion <>t di 1 1 i . of anil sentiments nibi crsive of. or at len.-t ptejudicial to, the depraved and vitiated tastes, j passion*, : t_'d C-Xcrcisce' of unrolieeting or immoral e.iis-es. W e eny cxp- riein'o teaches this, for we aro [ without a single example of tho species of vice to , tvhw-li we n-fei having tin n overcome by any other means, and we witness all around it? the improve ment v. Iiieh has taken place i'i our society through tho u lining influence oi enlight*'iied teachings, aud the exercise1 of moral suasion \inio;f. we are pcrsua<li;d that the best coursc for the Iticnds of religion and moral- to pursue in Cali j ion. ia, is to gently a -i t the dcvelopement of social i ill tics and ti.i> gradual improvements in manners ?i. d eustiuis nf ut. "outside barbarians," leaving litti.- h nu a>uie -i ixl *11 inuiary practice's as correetivcB el eiixnn nl bar* ihood, to the law, or t*? those who i' ijr.it- ter j"-t ice Mid deal with the otTendt rsagniust L'W anil < r cr. for the disgra'.-t ful exhibitions " Polcres, tir.ee last we took occasion to 1 otjco them, they have become It p .pular, and us a -]e. jc.-et ai'n.-ement the; ate certainly on the decline, l.clt to the natural eoui so of publio opinion or. suili ii'in tci jnactiei " would shame them | #"lti' or In ir pro] rioter: in a -lic i t time, ft is now, winl* j'.'.'j" i.pini.ei no longer vjg..:,?usJv sustains i them, that our authorities may interpose aud break I th< m up, and the ph mn m ekiag erowd w var feel il. i; ii basanctldnul a loss in it.? customary sources oi i mu- ni' nt. Wo think such a step should be ( taken, with the opportunity afford' d, and a stop be | pit to jbe inlmnnin and sickening buteh-.-rie. of wf 'tched bntt''S in so-vallcd " Hull fights at tho ! Vi-ioii. It should be done nrder the Tjw for pro venting "cruelty to animals," ij" law, pretext, or ' pv.. oociit b< wanting. Tlicnlrlcnls in C'allfornlu. '?if?j.'c Lodor arrived sale in San Francisco on the L't.th of FeVirnarv. niid proceeded at once to make due preparations for the eon ert1 ofSltuiaiuo l! cacciantl. who was to arrive in tho next steamer. >. ' . Masrctt. the vocalist, guie a farewell con conceit, nt San l'raneisco, on the 2>d of February. There wok a large audicace prt. eut. und the tUlair fa .^d "Cf very pleasantly. Mrs. Alexira > iahcr li.tkcr reaeiveJ. a -hort time ago, a complimentary present of a beantifhl din. moi d ring, from a number of Philadelphians re ?;dir.g u Son I riuiciseo. I he by oh is a diamond i.ng ?.! mo. : ? ??;?/ v "l.inn u- h ' o. containing no e mom s, at; i valued at threo bouitred and fifty debars On tin inside i engraved "Auld lautr syne. The Fihiopi.o, Screnadeit, nr.lfr the mati'goMcnt ?>f Mcvrs. Rniiier ar.d Donaldson, opened at the J onyl.ind Theatre on the l.-t of March. M ??ra. ' '? ><?!? mon, Jl . \V . Whitrt, '1'. Browcr, \V II. I'etiald- ?n, und K. 15. Donald.- n compo? tLo com , any. 1 here was a larg; audicnce p4\ :i at attha to . t . onccrt. 1 : Attn Calif yv i/t the 27 Feb.. nays: ?'V iiforiji'ii, vvll i !: fii'k I \ - 1 1 I v 1,1": IJ. ' 'Ir.ard Mrs. Hamilton, Mr. Clianmnn atd Mies V ' iU1V Chapman, late of Burton's I'hcatre, NVw I'M . I. are thrived, and Lave, we undw-t^nJ, b< an c! v'aKd by Mr. Maguac to appear at. tho Jenny Unit i heatre. VVe iiKi-td, in vesterday's HcraM. U.e M-M-ning ot He A i^eiicun i hem re, after aninteivalof ten ?t: .v , v. j t Li \ tonij avy cf , ev( ral gentlt men and ladios Who were omament.i to the h^irionic profe -ion in .lie Atnin ie States, and who nro oouaily so here. \ie have now in full blast two thc.it r'.M ? the \morl ian and the Actelphi? in which the le/ itiiu . odninia s nightly perfumed to good hous. ', and j; the 0. ~tho JoD,y l-ind? Rairer k Donnllson's ; . cri.naders ore mauslag their audience- with thoir J de.tm atioiibof negri chataeter, and their admirablo berlc. 'tnes and tmestn s. I? the cities of New " k "nd R?'slou r,rro minr.trclsy has become peri/i.ii tntly e.-tabhsh*d aj mi emnsemcnt, and r-n. i r suit apjiearanres, we are in lined to be ii-ve that it w,il ere long be establish d Minor," us . n audition hn been m?de to the theatrical mo le ? n hern, ,u the persons of Jin. Torrcree and Mr. i lu iiinn, from the Kiwtejn thcalte-. They nr !V ?i i 'j?* en tiate, but we have not learned ol their having yt made any engagement. What 1. ? Me thus recording ;s only ti,. eomnv neemcnt of u th< atric:;] era m CjlUoinia, which will I ?. worthy ot Mcrnng tnhorcflfler when tho.. mi of San Fiari I ?<; 'bull luw reached the . minen,:, {,, commerce, vc.nih and population which i- instwe for her Oi 'tn' 'r 't'lV hl" unp e, forit 1 ' ' . ale.'. Mill tbv^ r.bo J, ft the APaiu.ee.:, i toonj . gf In busiiu < ht.f earned ib I Ik in I ? .? i ii ? , , i/hich ihav Keooire l ?t home. t u oom iui ?.,d i aiwivi*! ot J evrr v kiud. The eonaefjnenea is that both are en eom'aged; anil we think it very likely thatbofure loag we ahull have among ns soma of the talent which, after astonishing Kurope, proeeod *o the old Htatee. It might be premature at preaent to erect abuili ing for musical purposes on a scale on large ae that ?i i ho Mctroi>olitiin Hull in New York, or of the ia-co court it rooms in Boston, Philadelphia, or otl.tr cities. It ia eviddit, however, that we must have au extensive building for musical and operatic purposes. if wo wish to keep pocs with the progress* of tho ago in auch matters. We cannot expert, | prominent members of the musieal profession, who I r.uu command almost their own nrices iu the At- ; lantic States, to undertake travelling s.o tar as Ca- j lifomia, at great ineonveiuonco and expense, on the uncertainty of getting a room largo enough to I hold a rc numerating sum. and adapted acoustically, 1 and in other respects, for vocal performances. The necessity for erecting some kind of building al ready exists. Madame Biseacoianti, the oclebrated cantatriee, is now on her way to San Francisco. She will be the pioneer of great artists, but we doubt very much whether there is a building in the city so constructed as to enable us to judgo of her quality. Whit h of our enterprising capitalists will tako the initiative in this matter! Col. Benccniry on hie Way to the Magyar Settlement In China. Colonel Bertcenzcy, the leader of tho Hungarians, who arrived here in tho U.S. steamer Mississippi la*-t fall, wan at San Francisco at the timo of our last advices from there. The Alia California, ot the 29th February, says: ? Colonel Ladialaus llors ccntey, a Hungarian gentleman, who occupied a most prominent position during the Hungarian war, afterward was a companion of Kossuth during his confinement in Asia Minor, and who was also loader uf the refugees who came to America on the steamer Mississippi. is now here, and on his way to China and ili interior of that vast empire, in search of the origin of tho Magyar nation, where it in not only supposed to bo, but by the recent accoui.ts of Dr. Gntzlaw, a Swede, and an other Amcricau missionary, aa well as through ancient traditions, it is proved almost _ to a certainty that a vn?t, pcoplo exists, living in tho interior < f Asia, and speaking the Magyar language. Will the difficult enterprise Bueceed, or not, is now the question; and if it does, is it not ot great interest to ihifi country, situated so jicar to China. A' any rate, by promoting the facilities of tho Golo Ticl's enterprise, we have the first opportunity of manifcftirg that sympathy which is felt by our bretbri n iu the Atlantic States towards the Hunga rian cause. Wo do not doubt that the enterprise ot C'ol Berr.eenzcy will find among our citizens much ardent sympathy and oncouragement. Col. ii. arh with hi in very favorable letters from Secretary Webster and others of our distinguished country men. He was attached to Kossuth's suite during the movements of ?h;*.t great man in the Kasi.cn citicF, ard there can ho no doubt of his sincerity and real in tho work which ho has engaged to perform, lie desires to proceed to Canton by tho first Teasel. We hope it may be an American clipper, aud that a passago in such may be tendered turn. Arrival nftl. (8. Troops In California. [i'rora the Mm Francisco Herald. Feb. i!7 { The eteamer California, from Panama, which ar rived yesterday morning. brought tho lollowing tioops : ? (0 men for the 3d Artillery, under com niai.d of Lieut. John S. Mason, a portion for Major Merchant's company. I'i esidio; and a portion tofHl Captain H. S. Burton's company, Montorey; I *J men under conuiiwd olfV'.p'am 11. ln.iwitr , Benicia; 2 50 recruits were landed at San l)iego, for tl: purpose of filling tho companies now i-i.-irvi e in the southern country, under command of Major Geo W. Patten, 2d Infantry. 'the following officers accompanied thorn, vi?.. Major (uo. W. Patten. 2d lul'autry; Captain 11. Day, 2d Infantry; Lieut. S. Mason, lady and child. I'd Artillery: Assistant Surgeon Crane, U. >s. A.; Assistant Surgeon Milhau. U. S. A ; Brevet Major Morris K. Miller, A>: is;:.ut Quarter Master, U. S. A.; Lieut. ,T. S. Canter and lady. Is' Dra goons. Sum ?Tou<]icfii Intelligence. Dwihablk Luuat. ? t<ue ot the editors ? J thia paper tvai present*. 1, this morning, with a lar :if, mialc-of the hair of a beautiful Indian girl of mx I Uen years old, of tho Maricopa tribe. It is a ? o!* I gai.t blink cord, consisting; of four braids or plait*, 1 and v. s brought to this ?*i'y hv a gentleman con ' nect i"d . it Ii the Boundary Coiniuinsion, who husju-t I (-i li'.'' i.'.'ioss the plains. We have ?n> intention to life it, for the U'ltol.lc purpose of lassoing wild 1 orsi s or bulls, ns' we under-, t and it has done some duty, while in its natural stare, in las-oingnot a P'w'iery wild young men. It is -.ii*l. upon reliable ?lUthority. tfcul tliny were very willing capt'ues. ? fmiinL' I'icnyunc. /VA. 21. ' Tiii", II am; t mi Af Mi itt'it y's. ? Tho San Joaquin Wr; ui.iiii.it of the l!?th of February has further purticulnrn of the. hanging of the two robbers by the populace ot Murphy s on tin II. ii ult. or. Booth, vh" arrived at Stockton, fr* in Murphy J?, in form.- the editors that the thi'\< sworn Syuuej men, and there is every r* ns-on to In lieve, 1 -mod pari < >t a gni.g of rascals who are inl'eriiiig the country. Th(ywer< two *4 tin most hardet d ru?c:ls he had ' evev seen. Tlu* t Ider one was hung first, and while his body w as yet dangling in the air before the eves o*' the youkgeroue, the Inter s:iid, with an ou'tli, "I will inake no eonl'os.-iou? but understand that I am one of the brothers? nut that, in your pite and stuoke it." On the following morning, rolled up in the legs "f the pantaloons of tin* mail wa- 1? ?vtiic1 a quantity of iiK?nt v. jv'wvlry r*n?l a I <5 1 tor. TIio fol!oKii)g iUiinfiiiri* nl.-o from tho Rr/ivMu%nn: Anmbkk Robbery-- A (.ami <??- TniKvta. ? There is rio doubt that Stockton is just now the ren dezvous of agang of deaperntcmeu, who fear neither (!?d nor the law. And it, In-Vioves every ciiizcn to bo on the watch for the scoundrels. We feel assured thai il any of the rascals do fall into tho public liai.d.-. thiy will have a trying time of it. On Mon day lust. the house of a baker in the Sp>anish part of "the eity was entered by some persons in the day time, ar.d $700 were stolen therefrom. Suspicion r<ts uncertain parties, and a firm determination has been manifested to ferret out and bring the s?onndrels to justice. Ii .inching.- -For some Mine past quite a rago lias prevailed amongst our citizens to take up r.vncluM in the adjacent country. These are principally situated (.11 the edge of the tulc land. A great portion e>l I this description of property is taken up between | Stockton and the Tuolumne river; and between ! that river nnd the Merced, houses are springing up 1 in every direction. There are af Last one hundred and fifty ranches occupied in this county. FitriT'lKKKS.? We understand that several gen tlemen in this vicinity have commenced the planting and culture of small orchards, with a view to test ing the capacity of our climate to produce these nceis.-nry adjuncts of our future comfort. The mar ket, howev< r, is not eiipplicd with plants in the manner it should be; bat by fall, or planting timo next season, we may c-ip-ect a complete uureory in this jilace. ATTEMi'TroBfUOi-ATtY.? The he 1180 of a (?ennan lad\ residing on the Peninsula was broken into on Sunday night, but the burglars iiocured nothing. A tli^'hi scare was administered to the family. 1)lc?l. I'V.b. Kith, W' Kidder, aged 20, from Alexan dria, Gcneaste county, Isew York, died on board tkc Golden Gate, of dysentery. Feb. 2':h,Tlios. J. Blossom, aged 23, from Tamer, Maine, died on board the Golden Gate, of fever. Feb. 26th. O. 1). Braisted, aged 2f>, from Kmc.-:, Kssvx county, New \ oik, died ou board the GoVUn Gate, of dvsvutery. Polltk-nl Iutclllgt-nee. Till 'ItOlOU SOI'TIII'H^ It h ; 1 1 1 s t!ox? UNTIO!*.? Th? ??:tlieru bi(tlit? CciiT' nt ion in tho State of Oi * r ..a is to r-ntiiH.' ?t SlIledgoTiUe. to-day. to clio .se d.*lcgates to the liidtlmore Convention Tn lluelii k to thi conven tion tl.? Bavonna'i li> -.ubliran >?y : ? - Will this eow en t'* n forget to < xprf r itf opinion iu regrird to tho tin dity "tthccoripr mise ? or will it rent* ut it- rifViththc In- ; rubber ri ?i.lntl(ns of ",3 and TO ? Among the na- ! tionnl m* \ of #11 parties, those riselutlon.'i are understood j to (!"t'ine il" rylatirn i between tliu Stat*: nnd general pc,virt,nn nt; neither justifying sen si nn by the cue e a ?'"nstltutloniil remedy. ?. >r consolidation ly the oth -r. lb' y sin ply prirt out. in pmril terms, the manner I u vhJrh the ((iiiilli.rium between the crutral and local 1 1. err- ? the e< ntriprtnl and eent rifu<r*d fore< a of our sya lem? may b? prut-nod. The Sontnern nights yrir, however, iu'- a veiy diiiereiit construction upon the | n -< tntl' It .leiliic ?* from them the right (fa State ; pegeeablj ts. withdraw tr"in the Union. Should the eon- i uiiHinnt JliiltJi eT'Ue. thertfom. adopt these resolutions without an expianet ,i. and pr. v il upon the Italtlmoro i i ut< nthn to do the fame, the whole democratic party, (irciriHoK to the Bouthurn Ilights eonstruetlon. would ho r'n.niittid to the birmyif ce< ion. It behoow tho St.* t'* Convention, wider these circumstances, to -iy ? vrhlch et t lie two alvt-rre eonstruetlon" it nuts upon the r" olutlous <>t '.'H anil '09, iu the event it tbould re-aClrm them."1 J Mctcorologlcal Oltaerrnlloim. bv n??.'i.'n UAOM.HC lis>, orrici: lorm r o? wallstrkkt A'-U BkOADWAT. Ti i:?o?t, March 80 1 'ir>2. V. iv\i'?. OA M.? Brrometer 20.U. Thermometer 31. TV .I d north, lininy sod cold moridng. 8 I'. M, ? Barometer 29.17. Tluriuometer *1(1. Wind northeast, it. is a rainy and unpleu ant evenii : P. ' in si i a. 9 A. M.? bark, ;uid rather cold. Wind noithea.-t. huovini lightly. Thermometer !it). 8 P. M ? It snowe tail tiie morning, and is now ralulnjf hard. Wind nortbca?t. Thermometer 'M. At ?< us. 0 A. M? It io a cloudy morning. Wiudeact. I Tbeiinometer II s t'. M. ? It i? u cold, rainy nijjbt. Wind oast. Thir- ' nn meti r oS. Kthai r'i OA. II ?It Is a cloudy morning, withthe up. 1 pearrnet of rain. Wind east. Thermometer 40. 8 P. >1.? It is ft dark, stormy and rainy cr. uinj, with a strong tastri lv wind. Thermometer 34. I 1 1< a. OA. .M ? A cloudy morning, with prospects of a storm. A strong e?st wind now blowing; thermometer h T. M - it i? a cold, tormy i rening. Wind east. IktWXHtl t'-i'i A' i.*ji v. t) A. M ?It i.- a doll and unil -e rant morning. Wind northwest. Xheroivatetir \ -? J'ni *w t<r 30 Ateieury *>V, I THE HAWAIIAN KINGDOM. Twe?ty Dajra Later from Honoluln? Arrival a ?teaaaer from Sail Krauelnco? 3Iarket Hewa^Slngolar Phenomenon? Americana Drilling Hawaiian Troops, Ate. &c. Via Ban Francisco wo have received flies of tlie Pdyntsian, publithcd at Honolulu, 8. I., to tho 7th of February, inclusive. Tho steamer Constitution had gone from San FraMiMo to Honolulu to eoa-t among the Hand wich Islands, but she returned to Sun Francisco on the 20th of February, with tho above late new*. We learn from tho Polynciian that tho Constitu tion returned beeauuc there was not sufficient in ducement for her to ply as a con?ter among tho islands. The Muses aligned in that, paper are ? the unprecedented stagnation of business generally; tho scarcity of money; tbo want of a market for Poly nesian products; the general feelitif? of depression these eauw:s have produced iu the community; arid I that the Constitution is tegarded as too largo and expensive a vessel for the present amount of patron age. iho Polynesian says : ? i A smaller boat, wo are iot'uruifd on good authority, is to be substituted. a? soon as it can be procured f'oui Ca lifornia. In about sixty days, therefore, wo may ox poet a boat to lie employed permanently iw a coaster, m fur therance of the contract between Capt. Howard and this government. We also loam from tho saina authority I that the Constitution will continue to run lietween Him elty and 8an Francisco, und should til1' pit ro'1'1 be sui 1 Client. another stuniner will be added to perfect the ar | rangement, This wiil be the tfc>t step toward* tno tsaus i Pacifie line, which thorn in little doubt will be iu Opi'ra ! tion before the expiration of the year 1*5.2. The first trip of a steamer between two norts of the islands was made by the Constitution beroro her departure for Wan Francisco. Mio left Honolulu at, 5 o'clock P.M., on the :Ust of January, 1352? reached Lahaiua on the 1st of February, and re turned to Honolulu at 9 A. M., on tho 2d. An ctFort is being made to obtain iron tns United States a modification of tho treaty entered into be tween the Hawaiian government and our own ou the 20th December, 1H4T>, so a- to admit, for a proper equivalent, the sugar and tobacco of the islands tree of duty into tho ports of California, cott'eo being alreadv free. Tho following is the substauee of a letter from Mr. Wvllie, on tins subjcot, to Mr. Ste phen Reynolds, President of the ltoyal Hawaiian Agricultural (Society: ? Fohcicw Office, January 31, 1S5-. Pin:? Tn the al..*-nee of tho Honorable Win. L. I.ee, Provident uftho ltoyal Hawaiian Agrieultun.l SocMy. I hare tho honor to submit to you. as Vice President of tho same, for Oohu. the documents underuicntiound. I aui strongly ieduocd to the opinion that tor a proper ? univalent for tho produce of California here, the United Slate* f.ovortmient might be induced to admit our ?ug.J'. c( 11".'. snd tobacco, free of duty iu the same ports. 1 he inclination' sent to uie l>y Mr. Jnrvis. oil the sub ject of his interview with the Honorable Mr. Clayton and v.itli Mr. Hunter, and tho declaration to tho Kin,; by tuc pre" nt worthy comuiis>ioner of the 1 nitcd States at :s retention on 'lie 17th of January. 18M. remove all doubt of to th? fplrlt of liberality with .vhich the government .of th Doited States will receive ail proper suggestions for (he amelioration of the Mibtbliug treaty engagements with this kingdom. The clipper ship Tvphoon, Captain Salter, went to sea on tho 5th February, bo und for Singapore and Calcutta; thcuee to England and tho United Slates. Tho Typhoon, the largest merchant ship that was ever seen in-idc tho reef at Honolulu, was vi.-:itcd hy a large number of persons bciore her de parture. hemakkvblk phknomknon. [Krim the Polynesian, January 31.) On Wednesday evening last, at six o'clock, tbo nc at Wainlun, on this is'.and, was obserrod to bo I vapidly rising, and wave after wave rolled in, cadi I higher than the preceding, until the usual boundary I ef the highest tide was parsed, and the ovdinariiy | UiV land was submerged We hit t e no authentic account from any Resident at i that place; but from what we leain \ eebaily from a Mi jive, the tide must have risen some twenty or twenty-five feet abovo its usual bound-'. Vivo hou ses were swept away, and fences. mil other property destroyed to a considerable amount. A small ves sel. at anchor, was completely submerged; hor se?ij.e of chain uot ullowing hor riso MilVicntiy to lioat clear. For about ten hours llu- high water continued, and then began to recede. >'o premonition was given cd this unusual phe nomenon; nor has such a thing ever been known Wore at that place. It was piol> iMy the e-lV-xi "t Mime submarine eruption, in _ connection with tho volcano, and its limited action at Waialua a'one. while other parts of the same island wore uraUcet < d, is a mystery not e-isily explained. Wo remem ber n similar rise of the sea at Ibis place, one at Maui sind one at Hilo, ou Hawaii, all occurring se veral years ago, and eiich isolate d and distinct from the other. This at Waialtin appears I n bo another of the same deseripl ion. und owing to the same cau*u, which hus usual! \ ben attributed as above tatod, to volcanic action. We hope to hear more of the details of this singular pb- nonicioui from muho one who witnessed it. and also to Warn its ostein, which may liot liu>< been confined to ihe limits above indicated. <;<:OD p**>?'A?;rs. The various oral';- which b it. this port f San Fvaueiseo. duringthe month of Deecmbor. mado veiy short passages in the run over to the continent. I'he brig iialtiinore. t'upt. Penhallow, hovo to oft' the <. olden (.ate, on I he thirteenth day from this jiort. The brigunlino AV'yandott, Captain Lyon", did iho Mime, but boib \ * l> were! wooi ilree days out jiJe. The seliooncr <Jo!dou Ilule, Van Naoio, sailed heneo <m the ifitli I>ecciubc-r, and arrived on the 1st of January. This latter vessel, in her last passage from San Francisco, reached here in eleven days, and brought us our New ^ ork mail iu i'urly-uitie days, the chortesf time yet made between that emporium und our little metropolis. The mails by tho three vessels named reached San Francisco iu time for tho 1st of January steamer for Panama. Advices by the Golden Rule, hence, probably reached New \ ork in !?? or lt> days. Tire wEATnnit. [ Vrcui the Polynesian. Kct. 7.) The weather throughout the islands b i- been very unsettled for the past two months. Tho winds dur | the period have been light s.nd mostly southerly or . westerly, with frequent calms? tho trade winds be i iiig wholly interrupted. The samo weather appears t< nave prevailed throughout tho Pacific, ns the \oy ' ages of most of t lie ve-.els arriving here lately hayo been very long. Vessels arriving from Snn Franeis I eo report a continual succession of westerly squalls I succeeded by calms. On Sunday and Monday, it I blew a gale about the islands, the wind commencing in the west nnd hauling round to the east. The north wet winds have been quite cook and we have reports of the thermometer as low v. s .">S degrees, and the ehstigc in tho temperature exceeding 25 degrees in twelve hours, which is quite unusual for the cli mate of these islands. AMJt'HICAS OFFICERS PMI.LTNG TUF. HAWAIIAN 80LD1EUS. [I'rom tho Tolyneoinn. Jnnuary 31.] 1 The valuable services of the marine officers of th* U. S. Vandalia continue to bo daily devoted to drilling the native troops in the fort, at Honolulu. Their greatly improved discipline is a subject of frequent observation, and evidence of tho skit 1 of those who have so generously devoted themselves to this important service. We are assured that their t Sorts in this bchaif are highly appreciated by bis Excellcney the Governor, and other olScors o! Mis ilajeKty'h govei nmcnt. Mn VI F UONObt I.F VOMMEllClAli CORBK8PON f?KXOK . Honoi uid . Ifol). 1st. 1S.VJ. The* trc?k i f tlif if-lftiulf, f*iure the of-- ncr 1 letter of !n?? month ha < not e> peri, nrtd nny litr. ficlal chaiif-o; oud in cee.t inuini; ovr aurices, it is impossible to chitngo the tono of Inst n pert. , , The Inip' vlatienH n last mr n?h oxced tlioso of the pr?e-J.ii. ne: eon-" queotly in-li-i ! ot'n dcerRaws in the ii Dienio - ni pi'. ofm<'Tthand*4S?M hle.h lw-?beeii aceutnu- | Iht'vir the p.-'-t ti,:ht months? ? which the slate of thi^ i inVct n ..'re* ? thfje an inert n-c. Adrioes have li.jt nceividfrora I he >'U I. ? ?.f l.ny- nblpmenl* in tlie w.i y to thi ; pert . TliU fa ?t. with others before iTi.-titl' iod. tend: t > eenflrm theopini 'n?iren ho t month ? that the tnarkci will not ioipiwe for a lou^; tiiuc to j come. 'I h< re lii?> 1 01 n a ver> lln ly demrnd for lumber 'lur.n? tlie month, cet.sed by lidvie. s ri porting n suud) stock tit San 1'it.ni i1 eo. etil the Hidden ris? cl price* In that iju*r Ur l.u' e sales li.ivi lx*i a made of tho slock on hand ami toM'iive. ni lemunuratinp rates. (inrlnt'.-l tidvicc-' from Sydney report the pold mlnci to be > i. liliii" \ ty freely. 1 he weekly receipt . were up whrilH of .t'.tM ? t. and tho exports, opto Hlh October, reeehed i JiO.otH). Oold h?d been di?covered in other pai si 1 1" the colonic*. ?nd ninny were leaving their l.u 1? iic-h for tin mine-. Priec.4 of all de?crlptiona of lnor chiiiel . e Mile declining rapidly. The arrivals of p >ur and vl u.t i.. iu < hili. tcpother with advices of the .juanUty on the wav . hnd eiiun d the rricc s of those articles lo ro mp to mim r rates. One vessel with n r- rgo of flour frcm Vi Ipiiinlto. found, upon air'val nt Sydney, that the niuiket. %. ? mi ? locked tin t she ii fi ami procoeth d to tf.in Fninelsen Tin tin port t-'ugar, ter a end coffee h:\d al"0 participated in the fall of pile. -'. <i.ld dm t w:?- selling or Mf. . , . In i xports there lis* not been the h n < ? "inn, 're nice our lart. and the sleek of sugar and colo o It accuamluling very fost. tin the "d ultimo, we had tho firrival f the Ar t onnro ol coolies fr< in Amoy. t hina. mmt ofwhotn were orderwd by the planter*. Tne Introduction i f ch-sp labor hn* been miteli tnlkcd of, for a longtime, and thi.i nrriMil was looked for v.lth much interest. Thecoolle hit .mttrred through the dill, rent islands, nnd thu< far have glten general ,-atisfiietir'n; and the belief i* so general that the expei im< ut, will succeed, that another cargo has been ordered and a vessel snils immediately for China, for the purpose of bringing them. Tbo native labor ha ? nlv- iy* In t n a rause of anuoyauee to the planter, and if this Im portation should prove sucemisfiil. he will bo placed !n ? position that will enable him to land hi? sugar on the coait of California nt i* low e mt lis the manufact i,n-r from nny other quarter; which, together with ilia ftie.t that the siignr made here, by th.- improved maehlnory. 1* a very superior article, will give luiu ciielt ...It ui'i^e t li.it J he will have no four of compel it< ? Voor ntteiilioit i- reqn.. ii ?! I "!ir . 1 t-i'-ment W effort# und l?>ports, I ? , for the yew ibil. ui..dc up I fcy til* Collector OtBer*]- and which li.w been furnished us by tha Direetor of (lie Government t'r?w Money continues (u exchauifo nuthing of not* bu been do**. The Hawaiian Chamber of OomnerM dissolved on 1st ultimo. iMrOkTI AT Il0>0LULU Dt'KIMa TMK Yr.AH 1851, From the United Stated $6S0.313 M " California 241,701 70 " Great Britain OS " British Celouie* 217.100 84 China 'Z21.0.'*i 01 ? Chili 03.5!A4 lo ? Hamburg 23.001 to " Tahiti 18.685 00 " Sitka 15.47H 52 ?? iiauiiu n,aa? M " Vancouver's Isl'd and C >iuin>iiu itiver 14,290 30 " Oregon 1<).<W0 7(1 " France 8.03O 01 " Calcutta. Mazatlan. mi"' ui.it- I an I Sea ?i088 04 By tthblo fhjpn. in anu.'iutis iejs thou f>'i00, free 7.233 11 By whale tliips on which they paid duties.. 0.371 lt? Total $1,751,074 #3 Of the above, imported free by Minion, &c V'J4 T.2 4* Diploma tie agents lit*'. 22 Por agricultural purposes 2A386 13 itcturu. d cargoes 17,7:W fcO Total $07,905 00 Imports ut Labaina Dj.4M 60 " llilo 3.5O0 00 " Keidakenkua 740 31 " Waimco. K 418 75 " liawaihae 2000 00 32.149 75 Total import s $1,823 821 OS l?>i port* tor the year 1HI>0 at Honolulu 1,0,36,008 0? Foreitrn exports for 18.il frotu I lonolulu .... ?76.831 47 ? u .t ?> Lahiiu i 6,671 OS Arhival ok Whalers mmiwa 18.11. Honolulu. i.uJuu rui. h'u-'ik a. ? American 74 1*7 <> 12 7 Britirh 1 * ____ Krcuch 0 2 ? ~ Bremen 7 Belgian * * _ j liauoveriau . . . . I 1 * m Tolnl 90 103 0 12 9 ????? "? ?" n?.M? ?*}? ' ?? ?'?' l.nliaiua ' -V~> Kilo -'1'iO ? 4u0,)t> r0tai #011.370 104.302 901.004 llo* oi.t i'i' Mahkki' I'.li 7. 18.i2 ? With tho e*ccpt oil of lumber. tho demand for u? 'rebandisc continue- as dull a - at any time lor the pact tint e mouths, fcaks at auction mi In small quantities and in many art . e i, ot a strictly i . toil character, and prices even in tins small ara i 'most invariably below the invoice coat food. I arc abundant and importations continue? all < r which lwv? to be stored; to be worked o(T j.h they best uuty do. Intclllfl!?iice from Front li Guiana* Our ad\icc2 1'ioiu Cayenne arc to tho 28th of Peb ruary. The accounts from Caycrno chow that tho Loui? Nnpolcou interest is pretty strong in that depen dency. The Fcv.iUc <lc In Guy ant Vrarsfiise oi tho 2?tli, contains a leng list of tho public bodies thai have sent in to the Governor "add -esses and '? ad hesions" to tho Vrt )' h Csosar, iroiu the 4 riivy Council of tho colony " down to ti o " Chict of Uh tallion, the corps of officers iyid non-coinmissione.il officers of the militia." Wo see nothing r\A of tha exiles about whom <o much is written on Mio other side of the Atlantic ; so we supp-so none have yet arrived. Indeed, by some appointments lately mud-i h> the Governor, it does nut appear that tho au thorities have even as yet fixed on the places when* the "penitentiaries" are to be erected. On tho 2?th of February tho inauguration of l.otiis Napoleon wn? to have been celebrated at. Cayenne by it public fclr. Te Ileum was to hnvt* been sung in all t he churches of tho celouy, throe royal valines of cannon to have been lircu, and to "eneral iliuuiination to have taken pl ivo at iii^ht. n (in ihe 21 the Governor i.-- uc-i the following proelrmation : ? Imubitakth or r?r>ni Gi iana? A new < on:-titutii u liii- ju- 1 bi ( n deereed by die Pr^l dent of tlie r< public, the publication < f which will Boon be Bin dn throughout the colony. After having Kiippre- -ed tho c?n?tltu. ion of isis. ano di'folvi d the Nation ill A- nobly I rine.s Lvula Napoleon Bonaparte lias mad* an appeal to tho whole of Kronce : and seven mlUi< ns and a half of votes bare j.:?t!tte?Rn<V functioned that act < f vigor and >.?! lilgh policy. Thi? unaniiiiit v almort of ;'n>;*c? ^hluT.- n" the Kyinrathy und confidence which .li? great measures Uken by the chief Of the State in- plre. ... Let. then. 1 11 men i f order n joice. tor w? now hate Uk< hope of lonj: years of peace and prosperity. A? t?tb<- uifitators who elionld seek to prop" , "ate fat-*! de.-triiKH. to lead .i-tray the |>opulution. and iunplr tlicm ?i'h mi.-trust r< ?n.rding theact-< of the government ? a,s io the vagabonds who ?. ek in id'.euewi te withdraw Ik mc? lvet from work, whieli is a duty for ail ? let them know that henceforth our power i? very at) I ??' uieans i t'ritui s?lon very powerful. 'Ihe lately emancipated need give theio-elves uo un ? ?-iu. ?.<. 1 can ?ivi tncui the mo-t. p-.-' tv . a>-*uron< ? mat. wiiatevcr ni^y the lonit <'t- ?nvrmnent in !? ranee, tliey will < vc jwe^vve? t hey > ???. th? ie chlldreu ? the liberty whirl. I;. < i>et u iruint'-u them. 1 1' they work IIP t?uy ought to do they will l?ehoii'.i-.-u. .aid will cowri I utc to tin i-i-o. peri'y < I' the c wtitr.v. liiliabiltints of i ruii-1. Guiana, tin' i;.wi 'W-iltx? which Aiiiniate- you i-> a -lire ?iUnmntee to me that, you will al ways lend your loi.il a- ii-tanee t-> antborlty. who?>; c< .pilant preoccni ?: in'" the well h- in? of t* colony. O. T>r. CIIABANNKS, Goveruor. Cayimi. 21st Fe> niury. 1852. A <ii>en !? of the i''c.*iiteiil ? I" the I.'- ?> dated,, the 2*Jd Deeiml or. i- published in the Fcuitt 'f, K carry into execution ;'ne laws of tho 30th Aprill IStii. and the II ih July. 1851, concerning the esfcaj blishmeut of colonial banks. A?lvlets from tlie West ladles. We are in i os.-esdon of Kingston (.Tania^o.i) paja-i to the 22d nit., inclusive. The Journal, of tho 19th, says : ? * The screw steamer City of New York, Capt. Baxter, arrived here yesterday afternoon, from Porto Dello, nhkh placo she left at noon on Tuesday. >he lift New York on tho 7th for San Juan, and mot with Tcvy severe wcathor in Ihe Gulf .Stream, brciaking a "cutoff"' in con tinuing with it. She went down to l'orto Bollo t? coal, has couie liithc-r to have hor machinery re paired. and will be ready to leave for New York about Monday, it if expeetcd. She had on boar J fifteen passengers, of whom Mr. nnd Mrs. Jeffrey iiiei two children, are for this island, and the rest r?r* GranadinnscH roii^to Now York. She brings nw new s, but rcpotts the Cherokee at l'orto Bello, about to leave for JNew York, via Havana. The Antigua papers announce the death o( Dr. Musgravc, the public treusurer of the island. U? was appointed tr a -imer oi the colony in I82a. The Ucmavoru llmjal Gazette imontious thata gen tlen.an in that colony had dried the banana anil pt-oduccd uu article superior toprnnes in taste, color and flavor, and expresses its conviction that if tho diicii banana should :-e<jeivo the some carc and at tention in preparing it for tho K> :dish market a\ ftreigners ncsiow on foreign dried fruits, it wouM prove a powerful, if not a sucocssful eompetitor wita its foreign rivals, such as pruuos, figs., dates, rauins, &e., in the English market. Petitions to l'arliament were preparing jn ^t. Lu cie, relative to the sugar datios. J ho small pox had prevailed with some seventy at Montego Bay and Trclawncy. i'rom Mont sera t wc learn that Mr. Edward Daero* Bt'jm s. well known to many in this ishuid, having been a. ilipendiary Magistrate in it some years, t* to be succeeded iu the Presidency of that island by _ Captain Booth. , 'li e Domini. a Colonist, contracting the present, with tlit pust, rxuinrks: "It will not re?ini e any vast nmouut of lntoin gecce to discover that on the score of prosperity the year 1852 will beer a favorable aspect when t om pored with 18-il . Tho st > j >lo produetii'ns of our country hove fallen so much in value in the homa market that it i? rot to bo wondered at that every branch of trade should feel the effects; ?it the pro rent market prices of sugars they will-- oxcc.pt on favorably situated estates? scnrce'y pay the cost o* reduction; nt.il hence the planter feels the piueli. i nd that, too, most severely. ' rORKTOW MAUKrrs, Kipu.bton, Jamaica, Mareh 12. ' flour.? We nolo s ul? of yts) hbls. of ntUtlniore. Im t nled pr< vlous to the imposition of the additional -i. duty. atUOs. S. nie other parcel* ?f .wirae, description, nil jcct to the new duty, have chun d " j.',^ ,* {'* lots of lot) bbls. The stock is amplt but lho u ry limit- d equity, and it Is diflle-dUo move any Iw^J i uiintilv ef recent nrrivnln. ovim at -Is. Meal Smrnl parcels Ire Veins plfleed at IBs. a 10, per bbl. Detnanl i- ^.ick ami stock quite sufficient. ''Ice.? 15 trts taro llna sold at 17s. per 100 it ? fo. io smaller operatlona have oeeurrcd at 18s l^iid -'mported dese^tionH ?re v. ry unsaleable, with l?n;e supplies Only 1^. and 18s. are offered for fori iim pilot and crackers. Butter.? Ani< rlciin , 11* at Vd P"r lb I. rd -.-ome parcels ot American sr.' placed at tkl. snd a ad. per lb. I he mar le t witbin the lust two or three days has been rather buoyant at tho quotation*. Tori;- ' n; pected mess Is hWd for fos a 04s. , but i : les are illCieall thereat. I!eef.? ? iiuote I'ultlmore a! 42s. and New York at 14s. per hall h\)\ 'Ihf! mnrkft rather b. *. ToiiffucH? I i i>S8 or. wanted, but their fcaieitv d^e- ??? : ^ ^ j? viTiibly aifected the nnrlu tf. rox which are almost nu. movable. lisms-We quote Amrri.an atW.a7Kd.p r lb. Oil.- Cod move very dowly a'. i!s. V"r P 1 r. . ? apply is ample. < se.? Am irlcan Is dull at . ? per li . Tobuceo.-Holh cavend' -U and le^ ?w ? cult ei .vile, and In l ut,e supply, fJ>'c ? .Hinted id l< d. a lid. p r lb., 1 [ ^ I^ vfrr leo IPs. Corn has d. elim-d in value. ow!ngi lo tne ver* tensive, were effected at de4i,)tionH doaotcom pine . iny plentdiil f ior , ,miiuog have liecii niand more thau wnm n i rjeibir ? bin V*d -i ? '7* r" ti? aud iSS hi- A f ;i,;rr;i:id -Anaric,,;. Pnr ?.. p?. ^ ^ ^ I ? If,.i roliiinblnti doubloon- are scarce at 4 per cent . ^ !"! arl've-el. taking fr-i?ht. for bondon ,? I UtViio. St 7"- mreotTee and Mr sugar. ""I1 ''V ' I, ,,,,,.'.' I, plenlif.il. and v., .1- bare be-". I r t ' s:' i--? l* 1.1 vi-rp.pl