Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1852-07-30
New Series, Vol. 7---NO ).

/ The opposition quartz companies of Finigan
g. Morgan are both at work in the disputed
vein.
| The agricultural resources of the interior
arc but lust being developed. IN MarpoSa
County the crops promise great abundancc.--
1t is estimated that there are between fifty and
scvcnty-fvc thousand acres Of ugrlc ultural land
III San joaquin County.
Capt. Plcrson, Of the steamer Panama had
been arrested for the violation Of the passenger
act
The bakers at Sacramento had combined
and advanced the price OF bread nearly 100
per cent.
Adviccs from the ella state that Major
Ilentzcman. in command Of the post at tho
mouth of the Gila, is threatened with n serious
outbreak among the raw troops, comprising a
great part of his force. They had exhibited
open evidences of insubordllation, and were
determined to desert in body, killing all who
might oppose their flight. The Major had but
60 men on whom he could rely to quell the
mutiny, but it was not doubted he would do
his duty, and if the mutincers get away, 1t will
doubtless be after hard fight. Every pre-
caution had been taken by the officers at San
Diego to cut them off from TIE upper country
and prevent them getting possession of the
stores at Valccito, which th2y had counted
upon for subsistence, i'll the event of their flight
being successful.
The steamer Columbia, from Panama. arriv,
cd at San Francisco or the 23d.
The shock Of an earthquake was felt OF Sam
Ia Clara on the night of the 2Oth.
a horse thief, named Wm. Hubbard, from
Illinois, was shot in FL Dorado county, by a
mob who took him from the officers.
The San Francisco HYnM of the 18th. SAYS
tnI hn
board the steamer California, on Il warrant is
sued under tie habeas corpus act, by Judge
Wells. The warrant was made returnable on
the 9th of July next, before full bench ofthe
Suprcmc Court that Il final decision by the
hrhcst tribunal in the State mus. be giyen up
on the cOnsttutionallty Of the late State tugl-
tive slave law, which is involved in this case.
Those are the negroes who were rcmanded,
after investigation before Judge Aldrch Of Sa-
cramcno into the custody Of tie claimants.
Seventeen buildings were destroyed at Eu-
rcka, shasta Co., on the 18th June-loss heavy.
Accounts from the tax collector state that It
is impossible to collect the foreign tax from any
class Of foreigners except the Chinese.
Seven Of the most eminent members Of the
California Bar have published an opipon that
the revenue acts is unconstitutional.
The brig Franklin Adams, at san Francisco,
from Puget's sound, reports that large numbers
of emgrants from Columbia river and across
the plains, were daily arriving at Pugets
Sound. Tho Indian guides reported that there
were 5000 persons OH their way to tha, place.
The settlers were clearing a wagon road to ac-
commodate the emigration, By letters receiv-
ed from persons on the road, it is estimated that
no less than 5000 will reach the Sound this fall.
The fisheries III this region were never known
to be better than they have been this season.
From Oregon.
Oregon dates to the 22d are received. The
election on the 9TH is claimed to have resulted
in Democratic victory in both branches 9th,
Legislative assembly.
The U. S. surveying schooner Baltimore,
arrived at Astoria on the 10th, in twelve days
from San Francisco, to resume the surrey Of
the Columbia river