Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1850-05-30

adjourn the court fnr ten or fifteen minutes.
in the midst Of case. step mp to The bar
and take something 10 drink stronger than
water, and spend The remainder of the in
termssion in betting at monte. Al one of
the last courts holden by The Judge, man
was on trial charged with arson, the pen
atty Of which was death Whi'c the ju-
~ were out, The Judge proposed To the
lawyers engaged in the case iha, they bet
whiskey punches for the whole Court on
the result Of the verdict which the Jury
would render r,-wheiher the man be hung,
or 60 free. The prisoner, to save his
Honor any uneasiness, volunteered to treat
the Cour, hmself. He was acquitted
These are facts, and it is a fair sample of
the manner il which law and justice is
administered in California or this side of
San Francisco, al all events, and how il
is there we canno, say. An e'ection was
holden here on Monday last, and n new
Judge elected, but he has not yet assumed
the duties Of his offire. This election was
ordered by the Governor-the other Judge
was appointed by Gen. Riley.
April lOM.-Since writing tn, foreso-
ing | have been very busy, and | should
not be writing now, except that the mail
which leaves San Francisco on the 18th
closes here tonight.
The rainy season is now about, if rot
quite, over, aud people begin to flock TO
the mines, although the waters arc too
high for them to do much at present. on
the large streams and tLcy Will remala
up till about the first OF July. do not
think that the average of The miners per
day, at present, is over five dollars-cer-
iainly not over eight. AT the Stansau
and Towalumus mines, (ihe section OF
country with which | am most familar.)
Flour sells at 500 a $50 per 100 lbs; pork
$35 a $40 per 100; and other articles of
provision in proportion. Lumber, which
sold here last summer at $500 $1,000
per thousand, can now be bought for
$I25 per thousand Every day diminish
eS the chances of making tonuLe in a
short time, either by speculation, trading,
or digging and some of us, | am fearful,
will have to stay in California long time
in order to get rich.
have never been able to get my eye
on ore of the Newport boys who came
out in the Audley Clarke, since they ar
rived here, though | occasionally hear
from them. Tho INST of them are, a,
present, in and abort San Francisco, work
ing at their trades, bur ain int, rmet that,
they soon intend leaving for the mines.
| received, on Saturday last, for the frs,
time since left the States, three copies OF
the Herald ofihc Times, and their pernsal
afforded ne quite treat. Are these the
or'y papers Iou have sent me during The
las. fourteen months
At a meeting Of the merchants of San
Francisco, few days since, they agreed
to take gold dust, in trade at Sl7 per
ounce, and refused to take any of the
coin pu, out by companies here. In this
city real estate has deprecia'ed in value
within few weeks, from Is To 20 9er
cent. and rents have gone down IN the
sare proportion. Two or three heavy
failures have already taken place here,
and others must follow. Several careoes
oflumber have been Offered here, to any
man who would take /, from the vessel and
pay the freights.
ANY communications for me, please d.
rec, to Stockton, and | shall get them
much sooner than if sent to San Francisco
My friends will lease bear this III m'"d
have no time to write more.
Respectfully yours,
JACKSON.
The Herald af the Times has been reg