New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-03-16
ADDITIONAL CALIFORNIA NEWS.
Events Of the Fortnight.

The events of the past fortnight are not of a
striking or exceedingly interesting character The
weather may be said TO have fairly settled down into the
prng season. and business oevery character has been
,tesdiy improving The roads from the trading points
az the head Of the various streams 10 the mining dis
trcts In travelling condition, and large guam.
titles Of provisions and necessaes of life find their way
70 the remotest Prices of provisions have In
consequence fallen at those points from 20 to 10 per
cent
The local items for the fortnight are few, and
without much interest
The project of extending the city front 600
feet out Matched under the Peter Smith title has been
under discussion by Committee from the Senate and
Assembly for the pas, three days The testimony elicit
ed from various during the sitting Of the Board
has far shown the utter impractcablIy of consum
mating the scheme without serious injury TO property
hoders and perhaps TO the ruin OF the hsrbor ship
ping and commercial purposes The scheme is one Of
immense magnitude and to eons fde property holders
the most Ubiquitous that has ever been proposed.
The division Of the State question is still agi.
tated by s adberents who have succeeded far
induce the Senate TO indorse report providing for the
sum Of TO defray the expense of general State
Convention. The Assembly has not acted upon the
matter.
A bin ia about to be introduced providing for
tiennl session Of the Legislature.
The capital Of the State of California, by a
vote d the Legislature on the 18th inst, was removed
nom vslso % Beneoia The legality Of this movement
Questioned, and is proposed to submit, the matter
again 10 the people The Legislature assembled on the
lah, for the first time, at the temporary capital
The Anti Monopoly bill of Mr. Hubbs, which
passed the Senate, WILL in all probability, fail in the
House
A serious charge is brought agaisnt the New
York and Boston ship owners by consignees here IL
stated that in almost every instance they are subject
to overchsrge on iresht, and thu, system Of under
Measurement 10 carried on BY many houses in the At
lantc citee, out OF which there growing constant
diifcutes To meet these 1t rs proposed to appoint
all goods coming TO miscellaneous consgness his
port the expenses OF which to be ohsrgedto the ship
or owners
The bill before the Legislature abolishiug the
soard Of Commissioners of the Funded Debt OF san
Francisco. viii not be passed-cc this Session
An extensive claim TO land in the City of San
Francisco has just been made by native Californian,
named Jose lves Lcmuntcur The Farrslonos, Yerba
Buens Acairss and other Islands in and about the bsy
embraced in the claim, which is said 10 have been
granted in ls%3 should the claimant succeed in
his tle TIVE thirds Of San Francsoo viii be Tributary to
bis Golfers.
The subject Of legislating for the mines is still
before the public II Improbable that the present Legs
lsture wildetefmine upon some course OF policy.
The continued dry and pleasant weather has
encouraged building and improvements. There arc
some sfty large and substantial brick and stone cces
IN course Of erection through the city Among which
the Metropolitan Hotel structure covering as much
< cund a. the hotel bearing the same name in New.
York, and when completed viii be an ornament TO the
city. 1t 10 said that Mr.. Chas Leland Of the NewYork
Metropolitan, has secured IT, and will leave at once tor
the Atlantic TO complete his arrangements for furnishing
and opening Il next spring The Union il smother ine
establishment, IN coorse Of erection on the Plaza
mutiny occurred on board the brig Wm
Penn, Of this port the 9Th Of July while cruising
near the kinge Mil Group. The crew consisted of five
white men and ffeen natives the latter desiring 10
become masters Of the vessel. killed. Capt Hussey
mar named Geo c. Reed and Chinese, and badly in
jured Mr.. Nekon, first ofscer who however sufficiently
recovered take charge Of the brig the munsers hsv
Ing decamred IN the small boa. the day following the
nsurrection The brig arrived a this port on the III
inst
The clippers Gem Of the Ocean. from Boston,
the John Giipin. from New-York the Wild Pigeon and
81 Charles from the same port hare arrived snce our
Last resume.
The new clipper ship Flying Fish, Capt
Eekes, arrived on Monday, Alters remarkably short
passage Of ninety two days from NewYork IL has been
Just ten months and fifteen days since she le this pert
during which time che has made the voyage around the
world BY way Of China and the ES; Indies taken in her
cargo Al New.York and reached this place sgain.
The clipper ship Eureka, which sailed from
this port scme time since for China. via the Sandwich
Issnds arrived Of the port Of Hon ala in the remark
able sbor passage Of nine days taking the of the
election Of Pierce and kins in the unprecedented time