Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1852-04-05
Latest Fr0n, t.alifernia.
NEw Yosk, March 80.


The steamer Cresee. City arrived al this
portal leo'ciock. bringing 25e passengers
and |. 500, ,o0G as freight.
5 She reports The total less of the stsamer
| Noi th 5America, fru,n San Jun dol Sud an
her passage 10 San Francisco. I heid,sas-
ter happened on the evening Of The 2oth oil
February, seventy miles soulho Aeapu.-
leo. The passengersand'crew we're saved
The Crescent CITY lei, Navy Bay Oh the
3lst.e Her passengers made lhe frsl trip
| over the Panama Railroad from Eayon
Soliade 10 Navy Bay, Distance Of t@en-
,y.,wo miles, thus saving thirty.iye Of river
conyeyance. Amongst the passengers are
y. II. Clay and Jndge DAVIS, delegates to
| lhe Wing Convention, and Capt. Kane
All the passengers at Panama will go
through on the steamers NorIherner aud
Oregon. S2E s s.ef
F. The most importan. item from Califor.
MIA is the Occurrences Of a Obstructive fire
at Downieville, which broke ou, on tue
2lsi of February IN the bakery Of Monta-
que q CO., which spread in all directions,
land left every part OF the townin complete
ruins, except the suburbs, in which, fortu-
nateIy, most Of the warehouses were To-
Gated.
The principle sufferers are-Craycreft,
$50, coo; Langdon, $l9 900; Morris,
$4,000; McNulty & Co., $4,000;
Wood. $4,000; and numerous others oil
small amounts.
The Wing Convention assembled at
Sacramento on the 9Th, and after strong
session of three days elected w. F. Sle>
wart, ]. O Goodwin, J. H. Clay, Mudd
and r. W. Heath, delegates TO The Nation.
sal Convention
The Democratic Convention met on the
22d, and also had q stormy session of four
days. They elected delegates 10 Baltimore,
viz. Richardson, Coyarbias, and Holden Of
Touiumne, and Judge Lyons, OF San Fran.
cisco.
Neither of the Conventions Instructed
the delegates 10 vote for President or Vice
President.
An attempt to coll Convention TO revise
the Constitution is still oeing energelically
prosecuted, aud bill for that purpose is
being introduced into the House. Tho
principal alteration desired, is supposed to
be that provision which prohibits Slavery
in lhe State.
Considerable defalcations have lately
come 10 light amongst public officers. The
treasurer OF Calvnras county is said to have
absconded with $4,000 OF the public mon.
ey. The treasurer cfsfecolunme has also
absconded with very large sums aud the
treasurer Of Sacramento 10 accused Of a
smilar offence. Their securities are said
10 be mere men Of straw.
The party Of Mr.. Bartlett Of the Boun-
Diary Commission, had arrived overland in
San Diego. having lost nearly all their
animals by death.
The yield of goio from the mines Is
somewhat diminished. Very little rain has
fallen during the last fortnight. 8;.
Cline is rathsr on the increase; parties
ularly iE the city
The weather continues fine; the spring
crops are springing up !uxurianlly.
We have Oregon dates to the 22d uf.
The news is unimportont. We have also
intelligence from The Sandwich lsIands 10
l7lh. frade is dull. At The Islands the
sea had risen, on one occasion, twenty
feet above the usual bounds. Five houses
were swept away and much property des-
trowed. s.srs 49,
The health Of San Francisco was good
The sloop of war St. Masy's arrived al
San Francisco from Caalas. The stores
ship Lexington arrived there on the 29th
| Of February.
Business rather dull. owing to the pre-
valance Of the dry weather o, the mines.
In respect .o.the general appearance Of the
markets, prices are belier. Brsadstuffs
were dull and declining. Ctolhing
in market. There 10 an enormous stock
Of liquors in market. Provisions general
/ ly are better.