The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1851-04-12
TWO WEEKS LATER PROM
CALIFORNIA.
AHRryAL or Tnr aronorA VIM rurn.u.

hours from Havana She brings The On
fornia mails and passengers from the Stesme,
/ Falcon
The Falcon did not sail from Chagre, nm.
| III the goth ult, owing 10 the non-arTiyal of
I the mails az Chagres, and leit before ali liz
| passengers had got across.
The Steamer California did not sail Tor San
/ Francisco NATL the och Of Match, which az
counts for the late arrival Of the mails, add
/ specie,
The Georgia brings large amount Of god
dust in the hands Of passengers,
SUMMARY OF NEWS.
From NE 1ha Californian, lIarcI S.
Since our last synopsis, Of the y th MI. M,
many events ofgreat interest have occurred
| The weather has continued generally yeyv
| pleasant A few days only have been MINI
/ We have had but little rain, slight showers BE-:
/ ing about all that has succeeded the promise
Of lowering clouds aud changing vind,. Tbo
sea breeze has commenced blowing, not yery
strong, but enough 10 intimate that the MINI
season, which has been this year dry season.
[ is nearly or quite over.
| The great race for u. ~ senator, which,
/ has been the most exciting topic Of a politi.
cal nature, has been held, and the course mn
over for week, and no nag has proved the
winner Amer l42 ballolings, tho Joint Con-
vcntiou adjourned till The lot 81 Jsnuarv
next. 50 California ALL haze. Int uur Som.
tor IN Congress next session, until the neyt
Legislature shall have met and elected one
On the 1T ballot the vote siOO'l-for Fremont
= King, 10 lIeydcnfcldt 10; Scayy, 4;
Weller, Collier, p Necessary fora choice
rs, On the one hundrcdth ballot, Fremont
: 10. King, ~, lIcydcnicldt, IS, ScAyy 4. On
the last ballot Fremont had o, King, 20; Wei.
| Ter ~, Scayy /,
.I1,s.- f,ruru-itiun N Gen, Vallejo has been
accepted by the Legislature. So nothing re.
mains but 10 fulfill IL, 20 secure the future
seat Of government for the city, yet to BE- Of
! Vallejo.
The Indian Commissioner AT last account,
was AZ the MERGED, and Is nov probably At the
Mariposa. They have had some talk with
portion Of the hostile chiefs, but nothing deci-
sivc has TRANSFERRED.
The terrible increase of crime 81 all de.
scriptious, from petty pilfcring TO the wanion
taking of human life, and the pretty general
belief is that our laws, as administered, have
afforded little or no security 10 human lE.
and propcrty--no cheek upon vilainy. IL in
deed crime has not been encouraged bv this
/ lastly, Il has come well nigh upon Involving
the whole public in chaos. The people have
borne and forbornc until becoming conyne.
D
mediate exercise Of self protection, have Aris.
en- in various parts Of the state. superseded,
for time the forms Of law administration
and constituted new court from their own
numbers for an immediate trial OF criminals.
This has been the case in San Francisco,
stockton. Napa. Martinez, Sacramento, and
various points ia mines.
In Sacramento, where m inoAensive man,
for cndcavorng 10 separate two comhatann
was shot down in the mirlst Of a crowd. The
people avenged the deed on, humanity
and an outraged community. by at once con-
shtuting a Court OF their own. trying the
offender, and finding him guilty. hanging him.
10 will he difficult for people ia tho Eastern
States 20 fully realize orr condition here
They Will therefore probably condemn by
wholesale this summary mode Of arraigninr
and Furnishing for n most hcinous offence
But they should rccollcct that OF late our lar
ger towns have been more like penal settle
ment without penal law, than a civilized com
munity We have here the scum OF the La
znr houses Of Europe and Australia, regular
ly formed gangs OF dcsperadoes. who would
rs readily burn the city and murder as 20 eat
So well directed are all that il is next TO inn
possible 20 detect, or if arrested, 10 prove
ANYTHING against them.
Lynch law is not the best law that might
~ wv ~ " iAlleatlf Nffti AZ
bcncht Is derived from law, we have no 9th
or here.
In mining the summary Is not xery exhil-
-TrTttug. The great scarcity Of water has been
sore disappointment
The great rnsh for the Lat Lza vs.e.,tlr-- has
been Tor the Trinidad, klamath and SCOTS
River.
In Oregon the excitement is equally as
great respecting the mines in and near these
rivers.
There has been a serious Ere at Tohago.--
The Tobago Hotel and New World Hotel
were DESTROYED.
We have had Of late two destructive fires in
this city. both probably the work Of inccndi-
aries, The first. which burned the steamers
Santa Clara and Hartford, may have been
accidental; but the other, which DESTROYED
several houses on Monday night, could not
have been.
The city seems almost at the mercy of ruff
fans and robbers.
Steam communication along tho coast is on
the increase. From the Columbia River 20
San Diego the means of communication are
quito plentiful. We qro hoping for steam
communication with China soon, and are
hooking with cXpectant attention TO tho mo-
tions of Congress in this respect,
A report of the first public school in San
Francisco exhibits the whole number of pu-
pills in the school from Jan. LIST 1881, To Feb.
18th, IA. BOYS i01-girls rs. NuInber Of
American pupils, 72. Boys 40 girls 29.--
Number Of foreign pupils, io2. Boys so, girls
81 Number of families represented in tho
school, l0i. American, AZ, Foreign Ga 49,
TERRIBLE OUTRAGES; LYNCH LAW
Great excitement pervaded at San Fran
cisco when the steamer left, owing to n series
OF disgracefnl robberies and murders there
The more immediate cause of tho existing cx-
citement was the recent attempt to kill and
the robbery ofJanson, and the shooting Of the
Frenchman at the Adolphia Theatre on Mon
day evening last-both outrages OF the most
deliberate and murierous character, and
both alike without any mitigating circumstan-
ces
SATURDAY, T, M.-An examination was
held before Justice Sheppard of the two Aus
tralian men, Stewart and Mildred, in the Re-
corders Court room, on the charge Of assault
ing and robbing Mr. Janson, the room and
balcony being crowded by spectators.
At the close Of the examination something
was said about admitting thom 20 bail when