The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1851-04-10
TWO EEkS LATER FROM
AlIlORNIA.
". Y. MONDAY.


Lieut.. -. ID. Porter, Commander, arriv-
ed here at six p. NJ. in four days and
three hours from Havana. She brings
the California mails and passengers
from the steamer Falcon.
The Falcon III not sail from Cha
ercs until the 29th uli., owing TO the
non arrival of the mails ut Chagrcs.
and left before oil the passengers had
got across.
\ large number Of American NOR
chant ships were at llavanna loading |
with sugar. Every thing was quiet
rumors were ahont about another Lo- /,
peg expedition, bu, 10 attention was
paid to them.
DicG OH board the steamer Falcon.
April ed, Charles Hathaway.
The Georgia brings a large amount
Of gold dust in tie hands Of passengers.
From the Pacific News.
The great race for l.. 5. Senator,
which has been the most excilin. topic
Of political nature, has been held. and
t lie course run over for week, and no
nag has proved the winner. After i42
halotings the joint Con, enlion adjourn
ed ill the first Of Jan. nest. so Cali
forna will have but one Senator in Com
gress next session, until the next legis-
laiure shall have met and elected one.
On the first ballot the vote stood-for
Fremont. s; King, -, lleydenfeld', lG;
Seavv 4 Weller. 4; Collier 2--nrccs-
sary for choice, %. On the one l.un-
dred,h ballot, Frcmcnt l3i King IS;
lleydenfeldt 10; Seayy 1. On the last
ballot, Fremont had .; King 90; Wei
Ter, Is; Seavy !.
The terrible increase Of crime Of all
descriptions, pilfering to :he wan'on
taking of human life, and ito Pretty
general belief is that our laws rs ad
mnls,ercd, have afforded little or 10 Sc
curity to human life and propcrty--no
check upon vilainy. If indeed crime
has not been encouraged by this laxity.
it has come we'll nigh upon involving the
whole public in chaos. The people
have borne and folborne until becom-
ing convinced that their only hope was
in their own immediate exercise Of self
protection, have arisen in various parts
of the State, superseded for time the
forms Of law administration and consti-
J tu,cl a new court from their own num-
, hers for an immediate trial of criminals.
, This has been the case in San Francis
co, Stockton, Napa, Martinez, Sncra-
mento, and various points in mines;
In Sacramento, where an inoiiensiyc
man, for endeavoring to separate two
combatants was shot down in the midst
of crowd, the people avenged the
deed, on humanity and an outraged COM
D munily, Ivy at once constituting Court
t Of their own, trying the offender, and
; finding him guilty, hanging him. 1t
e will be difficult for people in the East
Y crn States to fully realize our condition
r here. They will therefore probably
). condemn by wholesale this summary
mode of arragning and Furnishing for a
:, most heinous offence. But they should
r recollect that of late our larger towns
,. have been more like penal settlement
i without penal law, than civilized com.
= munity. We have here the scum Of
v the Lazar houses Of Europe and Aus
n tralia. regularly formed gangs sof DIES
e peralocs, who would as readily burr
/. the city and murder, as to cat. So wei
O directed are all that it i, next TO I'M
:. possible to detect, or if arrested, t(
/ prove anything against them.
! In mining, the summary is not very
y exhiliaraiing, The great scarcity o
water has been sore disappointment
i Steam communication along on
c coast is on the increase. From the
Columbia river to San Diego thu
c means of communication are quite
= plentiful. We are hoping for steam
e communication with China soon, ant
# are looking with cxpectant attention
:, to the motions Of Congress i'll this re
spect.
1t \ report of the first public schoo
il San Francisco exhibits the whole
1t number ofpupils in the school from
o Jan. LIST, 1851, to Feb 18th, ia
C Boys 1O1-girls 70. Number of A
!. merican pupils, =. Boys 40; girl
%. Number Of Foreign pupils, 1902
J, Boys so ; girls 81. Number Of fam
81 lilies represented in the school, 10i
i American 40 ; Foreign IS.
, ---~--..----~------- -~--------.-~-----
' TUNNEL OF THE HoosIC MoUN
TAIS.-rhe Joint Standing Commit,e
: - L,n Nf,--,l,-,I,, I ,.x,,l,t,,n ~,