The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-09-07

which penetrated the lungs of Mccarthy Mr..
Ffcaner's wound was not at all dange rolis, and
he will be about in few days. Mccarthy il
slowly recovering.
La the same connection. we may state that
sTaatilng upon private and public property has
been carried on in the ciiy 10 an unparalleled
ex'ent. Wherever vacant lot could be found
it hns been seized upon without regard to title,
and in some cases fences have been pulled
down, and others, together with houses erected
and Its within lots fenced off. The courts
having jnrisd ction are overrun with cases grow
ing onl Of these difficulties, and several con-
victons have been had.
| Al Conf'a Costa, across the bay, wners Of
land have not only been desp 'iled Of their pro-
pery By Squa,ters, but have been resisted in the
! attempt TO drive off their own cattle.
| Important gold discoveries are said 10 have
been made at Santa Cruz, but days journey
from San Francisco, in the adjoining county
Much excitement prevails in the peighborhood
| IN consequence Of the discoveries. Additional
rich pac rs have also been found in the vicinity
| OF Fort Oxford in the southern part o. Oregon.
Joaquin, The bandit, whose during and ro-
| mantle csree- has been the subject Of numerous
remarks, and who has for Sc, eral months been
the terror Of the southern portion Of our State,
has according to late accounts been captured by
u company Of volunteers, and beheaded Sew
three escaped. None Of the volunteers were
seriously injured
oonel J. c Hays, the newly appointed
Surveyor General, entered upon the discharge
Of his duties on the 10Th July
correspondence has taken place between
Mr.. Waldo, the Whig candidate for Governor,
and John Bigler, the Democratic candidate.
Mr.. Bigler challenged his competitor to dis
cuss'on Of national politics, but Captain Waldo
declared his determination to adhere entirely to
an examination Of the State Government The
candidates have mol yet met.
Throughout the State, the nominations Of
the different political parties are being made, and
| the political battle wakes warm in the party
newspapers. Great dissatisfaction with the
nomination Of Gov. Biger exists throughout
| the Democratic party. The candidates are ac-
| lively canvassine the State.
| The corner stone of st. Marys (Ca,holic)
Church-designed TO be very large aud beau
| tiful edifce-was laid with proper ceremonies,
by the Bishop of Monterey, on Sunday, the
| 18th of Juy.
The Rev. Mr. Spear. Missionary among
the Chinese, has concluded a course of highly
interesting lectures on China and Chinese AT
the conclusion, upwards OF $4,000 was raised
for the erection Of a suitable building for the
Chinese Mission, to which 900 were subse-
quently added $4,000 more is required for the
purchase of lot and the erection of the build.
ing.
The permanent brick improvements in San
Francisco have increased in an Unprecedented
manner. The U. s. Marine Hospital is rapidly
progressing A great many artesian wells are
being sunk in San Francisco, and in many Of
! the interior towns water works are IN the course
of erec ion to supply those places with fresh wa
ter The journeymen carpenters ofSanFrancisco
In ava off fnrh rh.r,x Tk1,, IL
per day. The caulkers, Jumpers, firemen, coal
passers, and others, have followed their ex-
ample.
There has been an advance in the price of
Flour, and it has once more become an article
OF speculation Accounts from the mining re
gions are somewhat varied In some par's of
the north, miners are doing very well-The
work of raising the streets Of Sacramento, and
fare has been reduced as low as fifty cents.
A specimen oil California oats, nine feet FIVE
inches high, is to be seat to the Worlds Fair
at New York. Mrs Catherine N. Sncair's
appearance at the "American' before crowded
aud brilliant assemblages, has been one of the
most prominent features in the theatrical world
The subject of mail, by the way of Nicara-
qua, Is beginning to excite the attention Of bu-
siness men The U S Court has decided that
an injunction may lie to prevent waste on land
under Mexican grant during the pendsncy Of
an action to recover possession.
The emigrants by the Plains are beginning to
arrive. On the 23d ult, company consisting
of five persons, who left st Joseph on the 22d
Of April, arrived at Sacramento. A train of
one hundred and fifty, bringing fifteen hundred
head Of cattle, arrived on the same day, having
left Salt Lake on the Gath of April Other ar
rivals are also announced
Great attention is being paid to agricultural
affairs. An Agricultural Convention is about
to be called for the purpose of forming State
Agricultural Society, with view to the assem-
bling of an Agricultural Fair. Extraordinary
specimens of productions of the soil are noticed
in various parts of the State.
The steamship Goliah, which arrived with
dates from Los Angeles, to the 23d Of July,
brings accounts Of quite catalogue Of crime
in that country The outlaws had become SO
numerous and desperat', as to require compa
nies Of citizens to organize, for their suppress
sion. Robberies and murders had been COM
mitted in various places Of the country, and
large sums of money had been taken from vari-
Gus persons, and in various manners. In one
instance, two gamblers charged with robbing
a store of $4,000, were tried, but sufficient
evidence not being produced to warrant their
conviction, they were discharged. The crowd
then determined upon hanging the supposed
culprits, and it was with the greatest difficulty
they were dissnaded from doing So Mr.. David
Porter, lawyer from Virginia, was murdered
near the town of Los Angeles These ofcncea
have created feeling Of intense excitement.
Dates from Oregon to the 25th July. The
immigrants across the plains were arriving.
The farmers were in the midst Of their harvest,
with good prospects. The weather has been
very warm, and heavy rains have fallen Pre-
paraiians are being made to work the coal
mines A good many difficulties have occurred
with the Indians. man was lynched for
stealing. He tied to tree and fogged.
The number of cattle coming across the plains
to Oregon and California is estimated at 300,-
900
The new grade Of the streets of San Francis
co is the occasion Of grest trouble and loss.
Some property holders will be damaged by
The change to the extent of $4,000 1t is con
tended by some that the. city will be responsible
for this damage. The French residents propose
to raise $4,000 for the purpose of erecting an
Asylum for their destitute fellow citizens. Al
ready the Benevolent Society in existence has
done much good, having relieved and cured
hundreds of destitute and sick F. enchmen, who
were at one time hanging around the wharves
and streets cf the city. The clothing stores are
hereafter to be closed on Sundays The Union
Rifles have given grand ball in the new Con-
cert Hall, which was attended by the beauty
and fashion of the city. ltwas the most splen
did affair Of ue kind which came off in Calitor-
MIA. -
The towns and cities of the north, in the in
terrier, now being principally built of brick
instead of wood. sixteen pound lump Of
gold was recently taken out of the river near
Moquelumnc Hill, i'll Calaveras county A
man was hung near Jackson, in Caleveras CO q,
by the people for horsesteung, short time
since. The Indians above Marysville, have rsr
Gently had battle, in which three were killed
and seventeen wounded. Some three or four
hundred were in the engagement. Murder and
casualties have been of frequent occurrence in
Caaveras county within the past fortnight,
THE ROYAL FAMILY OF RUSSIA fol- .
lowing amable family picture may be intcres
ting at this time, when Russia is ti,rusting her !.
ursne nose into the politics OF Europe:
Peter 1.-The founder, as he may be called,
Of the present i.nperial familJ was the murder
er of the daughters and the son of his brother
ivan, and the murderer lit i asserted, accord
ing to more than one of the annali IS of his
reign by his own hand, of his Fon Alexis