The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1851-12-17
Additional California News.

The steamship Tennessee, with obout two
and half millions of dollars in gold dust on
freight, and FIVE hundred passengers, sailed
from San Francisco on the 1st of November
and arrived at Panama on the 10th, making the
passage inside of Is days, which is the quickest
on record. A Jorge number Of her passengers
took passage at Chagrcs for New Orleans. The
balance sailed in the Cherokee, which left Cha
eres at2 O'Clock, P. NJ. on the Doth, and arrived
here shortly after O'Clock last evening, in a
passage of little over days. m
The only movement of marked public interest
which had :ranspircd in California up to the
d. cpar'ure Of the mail, was the Santa Barbara
Convention for promoting plan for dividing
the State-a measure which few of the south
ern conn'ics seem disposed to insist upon as a
matter of Justice and extreme public necessity
They urge that the large geographical area and
the great extent of 600 miles of sea. a.coast to-
cether with great disparity of circumstances
, Of the northern and southern sections Of the
State, growing out of wide difference in re-
sources, pursuits; etc, places it beyond the
power of the Legislature ever to harmonlZe the
different interests by any system OF laws that
could be made to operate equally and impartial
" on all sections-and the great weight Of poll
,ical power being in the North, the interests Of
the South must continue to anguish and retro
The 1lh resolution declares that the movement
is one of loyalty and made in good faith, npar,
from any party strife and free from any agitation
public question The resolution concludes
thus; ssWe will exhaust all legal means tc
effect our ends, and without any anticipating ol
h;nting at contingencies which may hereafter
occur in case Of a disregard and neglect of ou
| last and reasonable wishes, we confidently be-
| licvc that division of the S ate and the estab
lishment of Territorial government will bl
accorded to us.
/ The Convention however, was but slimly at
tended, there being but thilty- delegates re
presenting in all only four counties. The pro
ceetinrs of the Convention were not marked
| by that degree of unan;mity and harmony wIiicl
! was anticipated ard which would seem neccssa
ry to secure success to the measure proposed
! The chief subject OF disagreement was about th,
| line Of DIVISION to he adopted and proposed tt
the Legislature and Congress. The ma jort,
of the committee upon this subject recommend
cd line ofdivision VIII ch would give about two
| flths Of the entire area of the State to tht
South A minority report was nird", dissent
] ing wholly from the Recommendations of th,
majority, and the two reports were subsequent,
| the occasion Of extreme bitterness If debate il
the Convention. The Convention appointed
committee to prepare an address TO the people
of the State, based upon reliable statsttcal IN
| formation, and setting forth The reasons u2o'
which division of the State Is ur4cd lh'
/ address Will soon be published, and the snhlcc
viii be formally brought b. fore the Legls!a ure
Anexpcdi;ion, consisting of tw" or three o
more vessels has recently been fitted out, and
! large number of passengers have sailed for Sa,
i Francisco for the Sandwich Islands, with tht
4 protrssed intention Of spending The winte
! there The expedition given rise to goo'
deal Of spc cculation in the newspapers, but l,tt
4 appears to be known about the ojects, charac
ter or numbers of which it is composed. Rev
"lutionary purposes, how "ver, have been trecl
attributed to them
1 There have been no indications of the nea
7 approach of the rainy season, and the miner
along the various streams are rrapng re