The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-05-08

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Several solumnatf the San Francisco p4psys
are aevotA3 to the subject Of the dispute BE-
twesn Il. Butleln Hing. the u. s. collector, end
the post-ofice IN critics, Of which mention
was made in telegraphc despatch from New
t Orleans In our opinion, II is making yery
great ado about \ very small matter II sp-
pears the collector bad obtained information
that Havana segars had been struggled through
the mail bags on previous occasions, and he
wished to put a stop to such proceedings in
future. HIS action is sufficiently indicated ia the
following letter:
Custom HOUSE,
San Francisco, March %, 1851.
Sir: In reply to your note of last evening, |
have TO state that received information yester-
day which led me to suppose that there would
be an attempt made to smuggle small, valuable
packages Of merchandise in the mail bags For
the purpose Of ascertaining whether or not the
suspicion was web founded, dire ted M Fell
ows--the surveyor Of this port--to proceed to
the wharf where the mail was to be landed, and
to ascertain, if possible, whether the bags con-
tanned packages which were not maiabIe mat
ter After looking carefully at them, as they
that some Of them evidently contained boxes or
packages of suspicious appearance.
| then directed him to proceed TO the post
Office, and present my compliments to you-to
state his office and business, and request that
the bags containing those packages might be
opened in his presence. He soon returned, and
represented to me that he had not been per-
mltted to enter the post Office that he had been
treated rudely by the person who received the
mail bags, and had not been permitted an inter-
view with yourself He also stated that several
packages had been handed out Of the office which
did not appear to be maable matter. then
proceeded to the post fiice with Mr. Fellows,
with the intention of seeing you on the subject
| knocked at the door several minutes without
gaining admittance, or being noticed by any one
then directed Mr.. Fellows to proceed to the
mail steamer, and examine the bags on board
shall deem it my duty to make this state
mcnt to the Postmaster General.
Respectfully. your ob't. servant
L. BUTLER KING, Collector
Mr.. CHARLES c. MOORE, acting postmaster, San
Francisco.
Two men were shot at Sacramento city on
the night Of March 80, while attempting to com
init burglary on the premises of Capt ]. H.
Ward. One Of them was killed The other,
who gave his name as George Morton, of Val
ley Fall, Rhode Island, was sO badly wounded
in the leg that it would probably have to be am
putated
The contract about to be entered into by the
city OF San Francisco for supply Of water, is
with Mr.. Mortified. The water is to be OBJ
tanned from lake within four miles of San
Francisco, which discharges twenty-five millions
gallons per day. The water is to be forced up
ward into reservoir, several hundred feet above
the city level; by machinery. The contract is to
supply the corporation with water for hydrants,
fountains, &c, for $4,000 per annum; and
citizens at rates to be fixed by the council, not
less than one cent per gallon. 1t is stated that
Mr.. Merri6eld is associated with English capt.
talists, who will furnish 100000 toward the
work, and that the aqueduct will be completed
in eighteen months.
FROM OREGON.
Our Oregon papers have not come to hand.
The San Francisco journals notice the recep-
ton of adviees to the 18th of March, but they
are of little interest. The preparation for the
election of delegate to Congress bore evidence
Of spirited contest. Mr. Thrrst0n's course
in Congress was severely criticised by some of
the citizens, and presses of the territory, but as
we have already seen, he is beyond the reach Of
either praise or censure, having died on his home
ward passage.
Gen. Lanes name had been added to the list
of candidates for delegate to Congress-
The Oregon Spectator says that the popula-
ton of Washington county is 1880, of whom
$50 are resident of Portland Linn co. contains
993 inhsbtants
Samuel Gay, native of Ireland aged "a, was
killed near Oregon city by tree, which he VAS
engaged in cutting down, falling upon him.
FROM THE SANDWICH ISLANDS.
We have Honolulu papers to the 22th of Feb
The American sloop-of-war Vandalia arrived
at Hilo on the Sd and Honolulu on the 18th of
February. She was thirty days in making the
passage from Guayaqui
The British brig Eugenia, and American brig
Baltimore of New Bedford, have been purch-
ased by Hawaiian subjects, and are to be en-
ployed as coasters under the Hawaiian flag
Alexander j Cartwright has been appointed
chief engineer of the fire department Of tie city
of Honolulu.
The Polynesian publishes a letter from Pa
peete (Society Isands) dated JAM 8, giving an
account Of the re-hoisting of the flag of the
British consulate after an interval of eight years
Mr. Prtchard the counsel at that time, regard
ing his functions as having ceased With the sub
stitution of the French flag for that of Tahiti,
when the French naval officers deposed Queen
Poinare.
The flag was raised on the 18th of January,
and was greeted with salute of twenty-one
guns A dinner followed, and ball in the eve
ming.
The U. s. ship Falmouth was at Tahiti on
the 9th of January.
CELLAR LIFE IN BosToN-The following
paragraph we clip from the Boston Traveller of
Saturday:
Death In a CeLlar-CoroDor Smith held an
inquest this morning the details Of which case
are succinctly given in the following verdict of
jury:
"That Cornelious Sullivan came to his death
at about Ia o'clock, p. NJ, I'D inst, in fit at the