The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-08-15

Later intelligence from California. The is not
Important but is unusually Interesting. The diff
Gully between sac Americans aud foreigners Is far
fom beng settled, and the former seemed deter
mred 20 dIive sll foreigners, without distinction
feom he n,in,s GurdeIs, executions, and roboenes
form prominent feature Of the news and picture a
state of oc,ety in the dggings ruthless, If not bar
bar Gus The Indians make up their share in
the catalogue of savage cruelty, with the usual
amount Of ROBBERY aud theft. The passages of the
geamers S S Lewis ana Tennessee, aad also of the
Datch bark Cornelia, were attended with a bill of
mortality frightful to look upon and the passen
gers of the former vessel, their arrival at San
F,apcsco, displayed considerable indguity at the
mode Of transporting passengers the Nicaragua
mute Some deaths of distinguished individuals
bsve Occurred in California, which will be found
recorded IN our columns San Francisco is reported
unusualy healthy. IL also all the cities in that
sectiop and nothing has occurred to arrest, in the
I,as, the ,nwe I'd mar b of the State.
The proceedings in Congress yesterday, particu-
Lsrly in the Senate, unusually interesting, and
will the attention Of all parties throughout
the country The speech Of Senator Seward, on
the fishery question, and in defence of the admins
trstiop. is a somewhat novel, and, at the same
that i, is seemingly an attempt to plaster up aod
smooth over, he party difficulty between himself
and the President-ani important from the fact
that be bad previously been in consultation with
Secretary Webster, aud Minister Crampton, and
soubtless spike under full kno Wedge Of all the
circumstances of the casa Mr.. S showed that Eng
lard, instead of Increasing her naval force in the
vicinity of her North American provinces. "a had
r,al 1a,l las tI,p
h was year ago, by thirty three guns Judging
kom This speech, and Mr.. S certainly appears to be
well posted up in the facts. there is danger
Of n war with Great Britain now than there has
been for several years. England does not want war
any more than we do. II is not her that is cre-
asing the ill-feelipg-i is the provinces. She can
no, afford war, for by it she would lose all her
Canadian possessions, and that, in reality, is pro-
badly what they are aiming at, in endeavorng TO
drive her into a contest with
Quite a spirited bate took place, in the Senate,
vest. rdsy on the resolution, introduced some days
ago by Mr. Merriwesther, the Kentucky democrat
who fills the seat Of the lamented Clay, asking the
President to furnish account of the different
amounts of money paid from the public treasury to
Generals Scott and Pierce Mr.. Jones, Of Tennes-
see ell deavered to add an amendment, asking for a
obiH
money had been paid. This was rejected by vote
of eighteen yeas to ninetee nays, and the original
resolution finally passed by twenty six to eleven.
This is decidedly Ct the most contemplate de-
vices ever resorred to by body of honorable men
to make political capital for their parties. 1t
commenced by the whig majority in the House in
ls4s, when they PASSED similar resolution con-
sernipg Gen. Cass. They have now had the tables
L.. a.. MI
both the dsting usbed generals in question have
meritoriously earned every cent they have
seived from the government, or otherwise, one
will pretend to question: and our only surprise is,
that the Senate should have wased time upon such
. resolution.
The refractory ex treasury clerk, who had previ
eusly refused to be sworn, yesterday made his ap-
pearsnce before the Senate's Select Committee on
Galphpism, and took the necessary oath. Some as
founding Developments anti ,pated when this
committee make their report.
In the House of Representatives., yesterday, an-
other debate took place between the representatives
Of Virginia and Pennsylvania relative to the law
fnlness Of the Wheeling and Bridgeport bridges.
The subject promises to be the source Of as much
controversy among our Congressman as it has been
amor the lawyers in the United States Court After
emitting off The amendment appropriating twenty
thousand dollars to test the practicability of using
oamels instead Of horses the Western plains, the
Army Appropriation bill was passed. The consid-
GRAFTON Of the private calendar and one or two mat
sers Of minor Importance, occupied the remainder OF
the session.
Some rather interesting Information from the FISH
ing regions is contained in despatch from Boston
il appears that another American vessel has been
seized and taken in. However, one of the vessels
previously captured has been set at liberty-so one
act just offsets the other The United States steam
sbp Mississippi sail from St John for Halifax
on Friday. At the ball given to her officers on the
previous evening, the band of the I'D regiment per-
sormsd, and throughout the Mississippi stay at that
place every courtesy rendered 10 those board
of her The Colonial papers are chuckling over the
result Of the Parliamentary tions in Eng and and
now, that Lord Derbys ministry has been sustained.
they have doubt that he, in his torn will stand
by the Provinces n their dispute with this country,
relative to the fisheries Unfortunately for majority
Of the Provincial newspapers, the British govern
ment has not hitherto thought it worth while to pay
any attention TO what they say aud it not proba
be that it ever will.
We publish elsewhere letter from Gen. Pierce,
In which he AYERS that the report Of his Boston
speech is not only grossly, but absurdedly, false
With regard to his position on the slavery question:
he states that bis former course In Congress, and
his acceptance and approval Of the principles
laid down in the democratic platform, are guaran-
te@ that he win not hereafter desert the welfare
asd happisess Of the majority Of the people Of this
Union.
The mass meeting Of the New Hampshire demo-
ssss,, 70 be held the 18th inst, 1t Hillsboro',
~ blEth place VI Gen Pierce, bids Aiy 70 N one II