New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-04-13
From, the south-A Week Later.

Advices from San Diego ana LOS AN
- have been received, bearing date Feb %
The news conveyed to US by tho papers
n d no general interest !.
I. A meeting of landhOlders took place Ia
~. Angeles on the sd ut tho object OF which was
L. ;,n,ncdiate steps TO secure session Of the Land
Commission In that city =, ..>,sod min
THE meeting was very well attended, composed pm
naly of Californans. 1t was their UNANIMOUS 80
estes The Los An4es Star of the 25th inst tnas Wv
Government of the United States required them 70 Pr
Ssed 10 San Francisco to have their claims seHleu,
you'd diminish the value OF their lands az e. 49,. h,
sird and ii would necessarily result thai many JuS
spcicnt claims would be lost, owing 20 tne hnPo;y
.nn III The Witnesses there and the impractical
Sv OF supplying the defect by taking testimony W u"
position ,.,.,-..;or. VIVA ve understand.
a. determination 10 address petition directly 70 tne
President setting forth the hardship OF requiring thein
10 travel 100 miles to appear In sur WHEREIN 'hey org
Ae6endants and TO send an agent on 10 Warrington "
MACE the memorial in the hands OF Mr. Fillmore.
MuJrARY.-A detachment OF 2oO re-
-rts arrived here from New York in the steamer Call
fprpa last Monday evening The officers accompanying
he command are Major Patten and Lieuts Bond ana
Curtis I'd Infantry and Assistant Surgeon hnnaa Ahe
recruits are assigned as follows
Company LIST Artillery 49, and the balance 60 20 the
smpancs of the I'd Infantry stationed In this dstcA
command of $50 soldiers will leave here early hex'
veek In ;oin Major Heintzeman at Camp Yuma Lieuta
sweeney Ogle and Curtis are in charge OF tne aeacn
uent ~ D.
SHOOTING AFFAIR.-Mr. Roy Bean
vss held to bail on last Tuesday for shooting man,
whose name we did not learn inc wound y IN quo
leg and he was shot while his horse and In the ACT OF
sscapinq from Bean, who had moment previous
snapped the pistol at his head. Private dhcaity was
the cause Mr. Watkins, who was wounded similarly,
md underwent anputaton OF Ills les SNORT tlins
eipOe Is slowly recovering lion
Miscellaneous.
ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES OF PAS
sxScyRs--From the 26th of February to the 10th OF
March inclusive the number of passengers arrived In
Fan Francisco by sea- was l,42i-of whom $50 were
speD-l33 women and al children The following are
the countries from which they came From the United
States, via Panama and Cape Horn, sl2 France, 10
Peru, 2 Germany 3 Chill lyI emma, W Ehgahu,
s.; Mexico 81 Italy, 81.
The departures for the month OF March, up to the 18th
inst amounted to 509of whom only ten were females
OF this number 422 left for the United States, via Pan
anna and San Juan. This shows increase Of Sl5 In
our population in thirteen days. In adduon, we are
hourly expecting of the largest steamers the Ten
aessee and North America, with full compliments OF
passengers. They will, together, probably bring up
ward Of 1000 persons.
SALE OF THE EVENING PICAYUNE.-
Tho Erenin1 Picayuns of San Francisco has been sold
under deed of assignment at Paynes auction room t
was bought by Mr. Judah agent for other parties for
els subject to the payment OF mortgages amounting 70
3S5a5
Col. Messrs. Case, Hell
er Co. agents for tho fine clipper ship Golden Gate
have kindly rendered to this distinguished Hungarian
free passage to China on their splendid vesse-a com
pliment gratifying to the Colonel and worthy Of the
reputation for hberaty and public spirit thai house en-
joys
LEGIsLATIvE.-T'here are two bills OF
great importance before the Legislature, which In all
probability will become laws. One provides for submit
ting to the people the next election whether or not
Convention shall be held for amending the Constitution
d this State. Ii is opposed by the FreeSolers
on the ground that the real object OF the movement
that ola NnFU
may be introduced into the southern part of 1t 1t wa
passed by the House on the 2d inst, and Ia now before
the Senate The other is one to enforce contracts made
beyond the State for the performance of labor within
the limits thereof this bill should pass, contracts will
be Immediately made with laborers In China, and a
fresh impetus viii be given TO the development OF our
mineral resources, and to the Improvement OF our city
The present high price of labor of every kind retrds
tlc growth OF our city San Francisco Herald