Democratic banner., 1851-04-14
By T.lee,sgA to the s.. Losi' Press.
aTsatfI2. Nrw YoRK, April Z.


TIL. Georgia. arrived from Ch'gres, at Z
With sdvicss from San francisco 70
b,h: ,bs brings no gold;business dull. The
%;..,1 are doing we'll; "a. increased amount
If eoId 10 expected 70 be taken during the
eo,n;no season. butlittls rain has fallen, aud
~. wsn7 Of II has retarded operations.
After 100 ballots for U. s. Senator the
Convention adjourned to meet again on the
lat January. The most prominent candid
.tss were T.'B. King and Mr. Witherel,
wings, and Col. Fremont, dem. At one
time King lacked only six votes Of election
A great deal of feeling exists, and tho ques-
tion will enter the next political campaign.
Ou the Sd March two steamers, the San
ts'Clara and Hartford, lying at the central
wharf, were almost entirely destroyed by
FIRE. The Santa Clsra cost $4,000, and IS
almost a total loss, there being no insur-
lnce. The Hartford is damaged to the ex-
tent Of $4,000. all on board were asleep
when the FIRE took place. The bodies q
two men were found burned to q crisp, and
~snotl.er Is missing. The clerk of one OF
the2boats was dangerously wounded, and
the second clerk badly burned. The ORR
gin of the fire is unknown.
Lynch Law has commenced its operations
at last. The mar who had shot another in
Sacramento, Wss caught and executed
The victim was IN Englishman.
The Museum Hotel, at San Francisco,
also the New Bedford, the Shamrock House
and other buildings, we're burned on the 20
March. Loss estimated at $4,000.
Mr.. Winchester, editor of the Pacific
News, has relinquished the charge Of that
paper, owing to adverse fortune.
Dates from Oregon of 22d February,
have been received. The news is %unimpol-
tant. The Legislature had adjourned ,hav-
ing established the seat of Government al
Salem. The Governor had..refused to sigH
the act.
The bsrque Suasey, from Cincinnati d.
rect, arrived at Salem, Massachusetts,, on
Saturday, with q cargo Of produce.
MISPLACED CONFERENCE.-The may have
published the foil owing rich story before
ws may have published it twics-we are
not sure: but We are confident that any one
Who hes not read it will thank Us for giving
it again. 1t originally appeared, under the
head of "MisFiscsd Confidence" 10 the
N. Y. Evening Post:
Jones is in general a good husband and
domestic man. Occasionally, however,
his convivial tastes betray him into excess
81 which have subjected him more than
onoS 90 tbe discipline of Mrs. Jones. A
few nights since he wssAinvited to ''parti-
cipats'' with q few friends at Florence,s,
by wsyaof celebrating a piece Of good iuck
which had hefallen one Of bis ~neighbors.-
He did "~participste," and to his utter as
constituent, when he rose to take his leave.
at the ewee short hour ayOnt the twal," he
found the largest brick in his hat he evel
saw. Indeed, he was heard to remark solll-
oquently, 81 think, Mr.. Jonesi you were
never quite so tight before"
He reached his home finally, but by &
route which was anything but the shortest
distance between points, mot however, with
out having experienced very considerable
anxiety about the reception which awaited
him from Mrs. Jones. He was in luck tha'
night, was Mr.. Jones, barring always biz
primal transgression; he got into his house
found his way into his chamber without
Hswaking q crsature-not even a mouse
After closing bis door, he cautiously Paus'
ed, to give thanks for the "conscience un'
de6led" which secured to Mrs. Jones, ths
sound and refreshing slumbers which had
prevented her taking notice Of his arrival
Being satisfied that all vas right, be pro-
cseded to remove bis integuments with a.
much despatch and quiet as circumstance:
would permit, and in the course Of time
sought the vacant place beside his slumber'
ing csnsort. . of
After resting . moment, and congratuIa'
ting himself that he was in bed, and that
his wife did not know how long he hai
been there, it occurred to him that if he
did not change his position Mrs. Jones might
detect from his breath that he had been in
dulgiBg. To prevent such Q catastrophe
he resolved to turn over. He had about
half accomplished hispurpose-we are nov
obliged to use the idiomatic language of Mr.
Jones himself, from whom we receive THU
chapter Of his domestic trials-"WheD Mrs
Jones riz right up in bed, and, said she, in
tones that scraped the marrow all out Of my