The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1852-05-05

OF news received by the Crescent City:
Nothing has been done by the Legislature, and no day
is liked for their adjournment The introduction OF bill
Io .ns a'ssm posa h o is cboa aees
has stirred up spirit OF opposition on the part oil the
people
particularly from China, is NOW quite brisk. Hundreds
have left Chill within month or two many on account
OF the late revolution in that couniya otry their for
tunes in the land Of gold Every ship from Hong Kong
The immigration to San Francisco from the 18th ult TO
this date amounted TO 1857 persons Oi these there were
2466 men, 2l6 women, and rs children. The departures
from March 10 to April amounted 10 loos--of whom
1888 were men, and as women.
There have been one or two outbreaks and public ex-
elements leading TO extremes OF passion or punishment
PERUVIAN hung by the vigilance committee at
Mokeune Hill day or two since. having been proved
guilty OF number OF acts OF grand larceny HIS name
was Carlos Esclava. The people OF Marysvie were
also neensed by the daring crimes Of thief named Tan
ner. He was taken by the people In cndeavorng 10 es-
cape but after few hours detention he was given over
to the authorities.
The King OF the Sandwich Islands has removed the
restrictions OF his custom house the native products oil
California and Oregon. reciprocal movement is ex-
The winter, which is drawing 10 close in California.
has been quite severe one Great quantities OF ram
known before. The mountain heights are buried in
snow. and the summer will be one OF full rivers and
hence OF prosperous operations 10 the miners The skies
clear and the waters are slowly falling back
into the rivers channels The freshel severely felt
in the neghborhood of Monterey, and crops along the
Salinas liver are considerably injured
been favored by Colonel Redick Mckee. OF this city,
United States commissioner, with the following IN
formation, collaed from letter dated Shasta Butte City,
March 2ist, from the temporary Indian agent at mat
place.
A war of determination has been declared by the
whites against the Indians. and many aborignes have
been killed. An Indian that was left by Colonel Mckee
with Mr.. + J. Roach shot at Happy Camp by Capt
Gwin X. Tompkins for stealing knife.
The whites learned. through Indian speaking the
jargon, that revenge would be taken for the murder and
that The chief had gone over to the Rogue river for
ros and that the squaws had all been removed to Scois
Valley. The parties whose lives were threatened went
down 10 Happy Camp raised crowd came up the kla-
maih river collecting miners their way up, and on the
morning of the 10th surrounded two lodges the Indian
ferry and shot all the men and several squaws, and de-
sroyed the rancho. The enacted al In
dian Flat, two miles above-but one escaping and he
wounded. Some thirty or forty Indians were killed, and
two whites wounded, one badly. The squaws are in
SCOTS Valley, mourning over their hard fale and begging
| for bread.
The deplorable consequences which would spring from
an Indian war in the north would be OF so affecting
character that sincerely hope the above account may
prove to be exaggerated.
Dates from Honolulu the 18th ulimo, five days later
than by previous arrivals are received at the office OF the
Alta California We favored by Capt Pierce, OF the
American whaling schooner Laura Bevins, which ar
rived yesterday, IA days from Honolulu, with the Poly
nesan OF March 18th.
Interesting reports appear in that paper Of the progress
OF the grand eruption the island oil Hawaii The latest
accounts from the OF the fiery visitation dated
March 6h The spectacle is said to be sublime beyond
anything of the kind witnessed. The eruption cx-
ceeds In grandeur any OF the volcanic commissions
Mauna Loa before by white the islands
We suboin accounts of lis action from the Poynesan
"We have received verbal information in regard the
state Of the eruption late TO the 9Th instant from the
leeward s1o of Hawaii At that date The light from the
flowing bright it had been any former
from the ground midnight which fact the
drawn that the current is still flowing towards the
1.-The current seems to have broken through old
assure, about third down the side of Mauna Los
the northwest side, and from the old the
nit, called Moknoweoweo The altitude of The present
eruption about 10000 feet above the level OF the and
from the bsy of Hilo (Byrons bsy) be fifty
sixty miles IL II succeed in reaching the the poin
supposed, after having filed up all the ravnes CLUTCHES
and inequalities of very broken country will undoub
eddy be one OF the most extensive eruptions of modern
times.
"lt would seem, from the last from Mr.. Coan tina
the stream had dividedone taking easey
towards Puma while the other took nofthery towards
Ho. This may divide the vou me OF lava that 1.-THE
branch will reach the but from the latest
porhey branch still burning Its through dense
forest and the supply holds on, long enough, will
rally fall into the course OF the Waikiki river and follow il
70 where disembogues into te bay at Hlo We anxious
| ly wait further intelligence"
An abstract from correspondents letter. in the Poly
nesaD, is OF much interest that copy entire
e OF lava playing five hundred feet in air must be indeed
magnificent and sublime sight:
by accurate measurement Of the enormous Jet O
glowing lava. where it first broke forth the side OF Man
ma Los, II was nsceriancd 10 be five hundred feet high
This was upon tue supposon that IL was thirty miles dis
tan We are Of the opinion that It greater distance
say from forty sixty miles. With glass. the play OF Thu
jet mt night was distinctly observed, and sublime
sight can scarcely be imagined column OF molten lava
glowing with the most intense heat and projecting into the
air distance of Ave hundred feet, sight rare
and al the same time nwuly grand, excite the
most lively feelings of awe and admiration, even when
viewed at distance OF forty fifty miles How much
more aweinsprng would IL have been at distance o
one or two niles whore the sounds panyna such
eruption could have been heard The fal OF such col
umn would doubtless the earth trombe, and the
Of the rushing would have been like tho mighty
waves OF the ocean beating upon roc bound coast
he diameter oil this jet Is supposed to be
hundred feet, and this easily believe, when
Rect that from IL proceeded the river Of lava that flowed
rom toward the sea- In some places this river mile
has lled up hundred two bundled md three
hundred feet IN depth, and still flowed Il entered
heavy forest and the giant growth OF centuries down
bofore II like grass before the mowers scyhe No obstacle
over ravines filed up, forests destroyed and the
hsbitatons Of men consumed like fax In u furnace
| Truly He ,oucheth the hills and they smoke.
1--WE have not yet heard OF destruction Of life from
small native village has been destroyed but Of this
have no authentic intelligence. Should reBch the
without destroying life or property, u will be matter oil
| thanksines. and almost unhoped.tor exemp tion.
large number of the residents OF Honolulu had gone
TO Hawaii 20 witness the uPheavings Of Msuna Loa"
FRoa Sourm AMERICA General Flores had succeed.
| ed in entering the Guyaquil nver with the British
steamer Chile and The brig Almrant BIanco and
another brig OF war, name unknown. On reaching The
| CITY OF GuyaQuil decided demonstration appeared in
favor oil Flores and the soldiers OF the Ecuador govern
spiked the guns prevent their being used against
Flofsss fleet, One two voleys had been fired into
the fleet, but without taking effect Little resistance
being offered by the troops, Flores succeeded in taking
the city without any difficulty.
The majority of the force belonging 10 Flores was