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New YoRK, April 7th }
Mondau NJ

New YoRK, April 7th.
Monday, 81 F. NJ.
The U. S. Mail steamship Georgia, Lieut.
D. d. Porter, Commander, arrived here at p.
NJ, in five days and three hours from Havana
She brings the California mails and passen-
gers.
The Falcon did not sail for Chagres until
ooh ut., owing to the non arrival of the mails
at Chagres, and left before all the passengers
had got across.
The steamer California did not sail for San
Francisco until the 9th March. which accounts
for the late arrival of The mails and specie.
The Falcon left at Chagres the Empire City,
North America, Caribbean, Mexico and Pam
pcro--all waiting for passengers.--' Fal>
con left with 200 passengers in the cabin.
The Georgia brings large amount Of gold
dust in the hands of passengers.
From the Alta California OF the 9th OF March.
Since our last OF the l5th ult., not many
events of great interest have occurred
The great race of United States Senator,
which has been the most exciting topic of a
political nature, has been held the course run
over for week, and no nag has proved the
winner, After 142 ballottings the Joint Con-
venlon adjourned TO the Isl of January next .
SO California will have but one Senator in
Congress next session, until the next Lcgisla-
ture shall have metand elected one.
On the first ballot the vote stood for Fremont
8; King Is ; Heydenfeldt, ,l6; Geary, 4 !;
Weller, 4 ; Collier 9.
On the last ballot Fremont had 9; King 20 :;
Weller IS Geary /.
The terrible increase of crime OF all des-
criptions. from petty pilierng to the wanton
taking of human life, and the pretty general
belief that our laws, as administered, have at-
torded little or no security to life and property
and no check upon viIainy; if, indeed, crime
has not been encouraged by this laXity of GRIM
inaI jurisprudence it has come well nigh upon
involving the whole public in chaos. Tie
people have borne and forb0rne, until becoming
convinced that their proper way in their own
immediate exercise o. self protection, have
arisen in various parts of the State, and sus
pended for time, the forms Of law adminstra-
ton. and constituted . new Court, from their
own members, for an immediate trial Of crm-
nal-. This has been the case in San Francis
CO, Stockton, Napa, Martinez, Sacramento, and
various points in the mines.
In Sacramento, whc'e an inoflensive man,
for endcavoring to separate two combatants,
was sho down in the midst of a crowd the
people avenged the deed, humanity and an
outraged community, By at once constituting
court of their own trying the offender, and
finding him guilty, and hanging him.
1t will be difficult for people in the Eastern
States TO fully realize our condition here. They
Will therefore, probably condemn by wholesale
this summary mode O arragning and punsh>
ing for a most henous offence, but they should
recolIoct that of late, our larger towns have
been more like penal settlement without penal
laws, than a civilized community. We have
here the scum of the lazar houses of Europe
and Australia ; regularly formed gangs OF dos-
parodoes, who would AS readily burn the city
and murder, as to eat. SO well directed are
all, that it is next to impossible to detect them
or, II arrested, to prove anything against them
Lynch law is not the best law that might be,
but it Is better than none, and 20 far as benefit
is derived from law, we have no other here,
10 mining the summary is not very exhilara-
ting. The great scarcity Of water had been
sore disappointment.
The great rush for the last two months has
been for The Trnlad, Klamath Scots and
ohe's Rivers. In Oregon, the excitement is
eGnf ly great respecting the mines in and near
t.eir rivers,
IWioas clippings fran Collornia files.
Tde steamer California leaves with large
mail and full list of passengers. There was
entered for transport by her about $3.50 600 in
II1,o. g. ~ boJ ,t.,,, .3no GOO. G.,,'.,. ''',o..
@S5ron' n,'I',, &, G' ~ 0nn N''s''!
,,'', 'I'7 w w. '7'0' '0OO'
S""t ir1" - ne 'old' aH"""l VI I'VE o'a'e
deot OF war loan Is SIO4.2Vl 10 winch may
be addel about S5O0OOJ Tor the expenses OF
the Legislature thus far.
For Gold B'@1 amt OreSon-Steamers Col
umbIa, Sea Gull, an! ONO. All sailed on Sttnr-
day +. NJ. from Humboldt and Trinidad
former Tor y egon.
There is an alarming increase OF crime in
San francisco. Every person who is suppos
ed to have any money about him, is every mo-
ment IN danger OF his lite.
Fe@hrr Ruer.-We saw gentleman, yes-
ferday' from North Fork ot Feather River some
80 miles above BidwelI's Bar. lie came d.
rect from that place to lhis city. He told us
that there is snow on the ridge of the noun
tans only in that vicinity. The mines are REP
resented as doing very well. Miners were arr
riving at that location from the Northern
mines.
The Gold Bluff excitement has nearly died
1VaV The IT IN UratiDu trDn Shnnra nd