The Arkansas banner., 1849-10-16
Late from ca,,fovwia.

The steasmhip Falcon, 5 days and IS hcan from Chagres. arrived at New Orleans on the 5,h inst. having made it is sald the quickest irp on record
 The steamship Alabama arrived the same day from the same port. We clip the following i,e,ns of interest, gathered by our exchanges
 From the Alta CAIiiOrns, published at San Fran cisco:
 Population. streets present a busy and popuIous appearance. In the business portion of town the highways are 90 thronged with drays, wagons and people that t is sometimes difficult 10 hush way through the crowd. The population has increased more than one hundred per cent. with m the last three months, and the new business establishments have increased in still greater ra;o
 THe Pnbiic HsGHa The general h"sliE of the 5000 inhabitants oi San Francisco good. Recently some deaths have occurred from daTrhgA and dys eptary, and many are now suffering lron one or the other of these diseases; but the sickness IS abaing. Some solicitude is fell in regard 10 ehoefa and ship fever but the general opinion IS lha neither oi these diseases can spread in such climate as this, sl- though 1t is highly probable that g oat ot 10 eases would prove fatal
 Hosptfals. s.--SsveraI large and well arranged hos pisls are now established iu the city, II s very gratifying 10 know that the afflicted are not likely suffer for want of proper meeiieal attendance and care.
 fgTesis Triai, and Execution "A letter from the town of Stockton, dated August lst, conIsas the following informauon:
 "This afternoon a man was hung in Stockton. His name was Mickey alias Biit Lyon. and he belonged 10 the fraternity of Hornds,' who have SO long provided about and disturbed the peace. His offence was burglary and theft, and hs trial was by nry--his sentence death by hanging. He ras szs- cttted with hs usanim0ns opprorai cf tAs people ef Stockt0R.
 "A nnmber of men. implicated in offences com mitied by the same gang, have been arrested, and their trial will take place. The prompt action nf our citizens these matters has restored law and order to inc place, and we feel more secure low than we have for a six month past"
 Later adviees confirm the above account, and adh that one or more others convicted, were punished with rigid observance ei the batharous terms oi Judge Lynch; such shaving the head, topping the ears and other dIsgrsceiul mniaons oi the person. It is to be hoped that these latter reports were not well founded.
 Advices from Stockton furnish intelligence of another execution. The notorious " Red Davis, or Old Red '' Giias Davis was captured sn Santa Clara taken to Stockton. and hung tew days since The United States ship Ohio, stIlbiing comf, arrived in our harbor on "Wednesday evening last 23 days trom Honouu. $. l.
 Suceessfai Gold Digging. g.-Dr. II. Vandyke. membet of the North Fork Dam and Mining Asso- cistion, which company has recently completed lateral canal st Bras Bar, little above tte pune ture of the North Folk with the Rio AmerscsHo, has just returned from their scene ei operations - Tine work of drainage had been completed only three days beiore he leii and though the ecnpsny sbsfed under many disadvantages, ihsy had raised in this short time over l5,OOJ This association is con posed of about thirty hard-wefking men, a0d rom
 the result o the few days labor since drainage and | the fine prospects of confirmed success. they eonh- | dentiy count upon yield of about ten ounces per l diem, each man, during the next and sseeeed'as monih
 Religious. s.--SeyeraI denominations have o'sanizfd i churches within the last iew weeks. The baptn' dedic sied their church rhs first Protestant Shufsh ever erected ia Caiofnia) on Sunday, me e'h ins' The E,siscopalsns, PresbyfefiaDs, CoReFsgaiionA' ists and Msthodisis making the necessary pre- para,ions or erecting hOases oi worship The IaSo- lies have church al which service ls sdmihisleFed every Sunday; and Rev. r b Hunt ofieiaies al lhe chaplainey. Mir. Lyman, one os " ihe '~sFe o the MosmOa Church has preached al the iasii'"'e for the last three Sabbaths
 Mir Bryant, of Lexington Ky.. with has party e 30 or 70 persons has arrived ID California b1yaht party were the first among the overland Mf"s's
 Thos. Butler Kihg, who for is" days past nH' been seriously ill., is thls place, we are gita 70 ssH ] IS slowly recovering.
 The Paei6e AsaOs This is the tile of new 1 paper established here, the hrst number Of Snen was issasd on Saturday last IL is to be published tri-weekly, by Messrs. Faulkner & Leland. AHefiORs.-Ihe principal bdsine*s oi uhe P'se" n " ] Bo~ transacted al auction sales. They ais all "s'' attended; but the grsa, influx of msfshsndiIs mas been followed by consequent reduction oi poes' [ and psohss Vsry SE0,r.-The intelligence Of ex-Pfesidss s' Polk's death reached San FfsBciseo the shha wees
 in August, and produced gene'sj sadness smoAg Ias l conmanity The city eoancii ordained W Wednesday, September 5h 10 be set apart tot the observance o' funessl obseqaaes in respect 10 ihs ssmesy si ,ee i decessed. fbe eiiizros were insilrd To Asssa be m Post.moath Sqns'r. at Q c'ses '. h cs SnehI' whrn sn eulogy vas to bs delivered sy the Rev l 0. C. WheeteE.