The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-12-09
Our California Correspondence.

write ct nine O'Clock M just the mail Is about
closing to say that the steamship Panama In to-
day from Panama, about hour ago, and brings, of
course. two three mails The California calls for
Panama at noop tomorrow, and the mail that arrived
tonight will not be opened until the other Ia closed
and Of the way Yeu will be surprised hear that
since April last persons seeking letters from tho
Post Once stand In taking their they do
in your Custom House, and sometimes at your Post
Oies and this continues all day and every day This
ONCE receives and delivers almost every letter mailed
for the entire population all over the territory. IL
has been attempted to get up some excitement about
.hiu but IL has come to nothing so%s
| body called . meeting about the mails for yes
tsrdsy. to be held in the open square passed along
People here too busy-time Is too vauabie-to act
without real motive. There must DO real for
gence. Mr. c. looks very well He 10 Interested in .
com mon ii.sd wooden building that rents for ever
Being e. IN:
houfc and lot operations that promise something He
N.o they have Brought her to III.
made doors In her sides. roofs tho deck, aud
wharf all round the ship, on all sides, convenient to
receive goods storage from vessels and boats. lt
has cost upwards Of ffy thousand dollars and the
oern looks well, and win do well
| MIR Edward Lafan, formerly Of Charleston and more
recently Of your city, has iortuue. out Of
thing to begin with Mr. L. has been . successful ops-
rstor in lots, in this place and at Sacramento
But Baron Stssnbsrger (New York city aud the West
| know him) 10 our chief lion. The Baron came here
ana .nsy say ms S
great deal over that sum He pays ten per cent per
month for money and gives dinner parties almost daily
He has william Hobson's furnished house, at dfteen
thousand dollars per annum and calm and
posed srsgulsr Napoleon When the Baron landed he
shabby, but came out in different garb His
fret move upon Ward Il Co, or Ward Smith -
He rode up to their door, superbly dressed mounted
perfectly, in Spanish style and oil in such keeping
II be bad never resided in his life except ut
Lima Probably, he ala nothing BY that spsoulatto.
with them got the contracts TO supply the naval ships
and began to lease lots Of sLd The tide u emf
grafton sweed more and more large stocks Of msr-
Infatuated requiring to be sheltered and
thing seemed work In of the Bsrons ope-
rstions Es got up thing after another and at last
began TO hear Of purchases of houses and io's in
sums Of thirty and forty thousand dollars At time
and this every. day business. | wish to speak
we'll Of the Baron in all respects He goes strong
Wehsves circus box seat three dollars; Ethiopesns
The aggregate Of the gold gathered from the earth
and brought In is greater than ever; but indivi
dual results are, probably In most less sxtrsor
ground hat has been worked aud sbsudonsd, aud
mining will follow washing have not doubt, nov,
regions and ages must eapsa before the industry
| Il man diminish the yield
At this time water 10 scarce wells can BE- made but
In most places they must be sunk very deep We shall
have TO resort to cisterns tanks and that sort OF
rsDgeneDt Some Of our streets are too steep for car
riages ana In places IN the city OF Rome seps
be laid In the streets by OF wrought stone
You will perceive that We 60 into the Union as free
State. There 10 difference Of opinion this point
Indeed, the Southern strenuous against
slavery the men from the North You will that
all the candidates Offices under the constitu-
ton are men from Southern they all OPP
possd To slavery Ia California; but appears from sos
csute or other they propose TO take sl the Offices
tsmsp to tep forward TO do all the public basnsss
fortunate 1t lie for because observe that since
they have got constitution male to suit them selves
the North.rp men have stepped aside and gone TO
work In their regular business again, entirely wiling
to let their southern br.thern carry the govern
meat think this Is sill right. Our Southern falks
brought up with better education for public affairs
perhaps, than any Of our counIrym You know that
nifsttsd willingness 20 ind all the Presidents aud
nut VI The other holders Of office, and they did very
vel. for the country Perhaps ought al leave
! the government In the hands II the southern meu
they would like II better and would bs likely to
adinftrr sfairs t. suit the North rather than give
! up the se,ernmsnt doubt whether you will be able
10 this; hut have doubt that IL would not be
written irom any other place than california.
Sour Bns-The decision rendered by Judge
stIs~bridge Of the Fourth Dstro, court in the
a Nimick Is. Martin Co will be found Interesting
TO merchants. The action was on . bill OF exchange
for $40 drawn a. sigtt by Martin Co Of this city,
fused on pIesptstios, the bill rpte,ted for
| payment, snd suit Instituted Thee sas no protest
given by the Judge for sustaining the action Of the
Tfe question mainly debated in this case IT, whether
Till OF exchange at eight payable on presentation
on the abstract question o. part Of The commos law
have not nov, nor have tor thirty years had the
l,at doubt Chtty In his Treatise on Bls page 900,
spsks q difference In decisions and treal,s on ths
,uh.ot hut concludes that 10 Ia nov settled thai the
Gays Of grace are allowed Judge Kent Ia bis Com.
m.Bsrss, vol page 100 uses similar expressions but
qualities this ss the better opinion Neither ofthem
refer TO any decision, has the research Of any
ergsgsd this found one which sustsins the po
stiep 81 the defendant The treates referred TO are
thCss Of Cfity and Bailey who admit the days ofrsss
and Kid and Besurs who deny them, without citing
any authority aud the foreign writer's Pother aud
Jouse OF these latter IL may be remarked that )t
wbs,apdinR the very great weight due the opinion
Of lOibiet, the reason given by him via the incon-
vsnienoe n traveller might sustain oy waiting -h'lst
tie days OF grace running IL sufficient TO shor
that such l. Law The inc venence might easily
BE- avoided by taxing draft at tight without grace,
(which, by the wsy. though we'll known amongst
chants would be very u,eless and incoDgruous act,
n ell draft, ct sight were payable On presentaonl or
drsn on demand, or the more common device almost
universal In this country Of q bank check. Be the
opinUD O hete civil Las writer's correct or not
1T uch 10 be the Law merchsnt In the city
New YORK II We were at liberty examine into the
q the thing. 10 would ssem much stronger In
favor 81 tight draft than q one a. sixty days OF six
months, when sill reason fails
III. plaintiff however, rees on the usage OF New
York and under ccmmssion issued from this Court,
some opposing te,timopy has also been taken. IT, as
has been sssited such could have been produced
a. H. tho a tire DEFENDANT not 10 have done
Ii. Court csnnot hesitate under the srea, preponder
snte Of testimony la shich MERCHANTS lawyers bro
k'rs sEd potsriss almost unanimously concur IL has
hsvtvr not been odnced without opposition aud
very high sUthorty pro and has been laid before
tn. TO establish impeaeh the rule that ~bere
the law clear proof q custom cannot be received to
vary it, COZ in the opinion 81 Judge story, In
"a summers Report s77. that ussses amongst msr.
chants are TO be sTsrpsly sdopted. - being often
Joupotd In msre mistake" aud IL m.y be aided, on
cru6e opinions Of the laws from the ksOsi,dgs
snd 'srsrieuee OF numerous eases aud facts but he
asserted that they we're to be dsregstdtd. Per-
hsps thee conflicting opinions nay b. rrconcisd by
cls's examination perhaps ~ thee we're cases OF pcs
tive ksnlston aud txsd rule which Gel tsDly csans'
be ,siisd by ussge whilst others we're Of com
m.rcisl laws almost .hoy dependant on the usage Of
merchants In which " would be oiieUt to sssigr
any psod reason Why tystem bssed custom should
net be changed In the fans manner Indeed, In csss
r.i.I,d to ty tbitty, Judge Butler mentioned CAS-
before Justios wil.s IN London -bers ~ WAS left 20
july 81 n.rclsDts Who decided (of uuder tbs
tIttn inst osys % asos -tre SLOWED on sight bills
No u,ud think 81 Offering IIOci that by the cue
TEN df the city 81 New Aoih. the rigbt Of prim ,ksoi
tuir e,istsu there. Nor would any one. think
c,fy the iight TO 'hOw By proof that 10 th'
there e. rsy notes In bsbk before three o'clock
| srtisy would be tutj'et 90 protest 49,
| IL. trtstit.s on infursice pr.s.Dt numerous 10
stst vhse ths ccDsuctIon ~ policy here Il dif
f.itLt fr,r that sooptso 10 England ana lse differ
.Lt ststts, all aritftg out of usage
II H. rot towever recsftsfy In this Gaze, to recon
ellie tlete otnettrtee The case Of Renner Th'
Isuk OF Cuh ntia 9Th Wbestop, bs app, srs 60 tn,