Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1850-05-16
California Items.
THE LEGISLATURE.

SAID Is about 10 TAKE acllve measures 10
prevent it.
A law has passed the Legislature impo-
sing tax of 25 dollars month on every
foreigner who works in the mines.
A BIZ has been int oduced in tho AS
sembIy to provide for the inspection OF
steamboats, ct San Francisco. Also,
bill to suppress gambling.
A resolution was adopted, ins,ructing
the judiciary committee to prepare and re-
Tort at an early day as possible, bill to
prevent The immPra ion OF all persons no,
citizens of the United States from any of
the penal settlements of Europe. A bill
of that description was reported on the
29th Of March.
An act TO incorporate the city Of San
Francisco has passed the Senate
ELECT. ON OF JUDGES.
The following gentlemen have been
elected judges of the several judicial dis
trlcts -
DIsTRIcTs. DIsTRIcTs.
l. o. 5. Wetherby, 6 James :. Thomas,
3. John Watson, 8 w. X. Turner,
4, Levi Parsons, 8 VS.. Sherwood,
5. c. NJ. Creamer,
The salary of the Office has been fixed
by the Legislature at $500 per annum.
FROM THE GOLD REGIONS.
The Pacific News of the Goth of March
has the following information relative to
alleged discoveries. .of gold on the Eastern
slope of the Sierra Nevada /:
The existence of gold on the Eastern
slope Of the Sierra Nevada, although not
seriously questioned since its discovery on
the numerous streams heading on The wes-
terra side Of the chain, has never been au-
hentica,ed in form as to leave The matter
free from doabt. A gentleman whc has
JUS. arrived in this city from the East by
the way of the Great ) Slt Lake and Los
Angeles, informs us that the question is
settled
In what quantities the gold exists he is
unable to say, as n want of provisions pre-
cluded his party from hatine long enough
to test the richness Of the disc very. The
metal was found on the surface of rotten
granite, and to certain depth intermn-
eled with it, forming the bel of stream
,hen dry. Its locality is about two hun
dred miles from Los Angeles, on the old
/ Spanish trail between that place and Santa
Fe, IN the ncighborhood Of the Little Salt
Lake. A party has lett Los Angc,os for
the spot, prepared to test the availability
of this new placer.
The Pacific News of Mlrch 80 says that
! the travel towar Is the Southern mines Is
increasing every day, and the prospects IN
that region, the coming season, are more
natterng than las, year, New pacers
are discovered and explorations are made.
and new towns laid out as the popu alton
increases. Stock is said TO be growing
rapidly, and nus ness becoming brisk as
the roads to the MINIS become pas.able
MISCELLANEOUS.
The San Francisco Journal Of Com
merce notices the arrival there OF the
schooner California, from an exploring ex.
pedllion to Trinity Bay. The bay was
found in latitude Al 4. and Trinity river
emp,ying into 1t. I he party landed among
the Indians, and surveying the country
around the mouth of the river There
was no entrance for any vessel of size;
boa, could only enter at high water. The
following incident ofthe voyage is record
ed -
The California was boarded on tho 26th
Of March by nine men, who left the brig
Cameo on the 10Th, fifteen miles from land,
for the purpose of finding The river, the
captain of the brig promising TO come the
next day and take hem oG They were
| almost in a state Of starvation, having
/; iu., bought jackass, with their blankets
! and everylhln; else they could dispose OF
and had but slaughtered him when the Cal
. if,m,a hove IN ght Before seeing the
schooner they cruised the coas, for sixty
miles, hut cou'd not find even a boa. har-
/ tor. The Cameo's bat j. now or board
The election for county officers of San
h Francisco, was taking plac, when the Cal
iiornia left on the first of April. One o
the candidaus for the office of county treas
uter WIS Jonas Winchester, the iorme'
well known publisher Of this city. George
EoIico,t was the Wing candidate for thu
same office.
Henri Herr, the pianist, was in Sa
Francisco, and advertised one OF his con
cert. at the National Theatre On the Cd
April. Tickets SIX dollars for the boxe
and teo dol ars for tho pit.
The William and Elizabeth, Capt. Bur
well. which sailed from New Orleans o,
the 7,h Of February lsl9 had not arfl'e
Al san Frsnol.oo ou the isl of April last