The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-01-10
RnNhl Of the NORTHERN ll6HI.
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Details Of Fourteen Days Later Ad-
vices from California.
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News frsm Australia, the Sandwich
Islands, and Oregon.
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,Advioes from the Whaling Fleet.
INTERESTING INTELLIGENCE.
ANOTHER L A RIG FIR E.
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EJACULATION IN BREADSTUFFS.
Public Execution.
Observation-Disclosures and Deaths,
&C., &c., tScs
Advioes from the Whaling Flee
NTEREsTlNG INTELLIGENCE.
HERLARGE FIRE,
EJACULATION IN BREADSTUFFS.
Public Execution.

Tie steamship Northern Light, Captain Thomas
1ner, arrived yesterday morning from San Juan del
Dorse whence she sailed on the morning of January
~ She brings papers from San Francisco to the
Nh December, which were brought down by the
yoeAnship Pacific to San Juan del SUI. lie ". L.
I'D on board 247 passengers.
We are under obligations to sne express agents Oh
Dssrs. Gregory Co., Wens' Fargo oo'' ana
aa.ms q Co., and to Mr.. Henry E. Burger, the
puvser Of the Northern Light for furnishing Us with
- Of California papers.
The United States mail steamship Pacific was to
lave San Francisco on the 10th December, for
Panama, with the mails and treasure for New York.
The steamship New Orleans arrived on the l4th
December, from Panama.
4 complimentary dinner was given to the Hon. I.
DuAer King, at San Francisco, on the l4th Decem-
hsS.
The mail steamship Tennessee was to leave San
JSaneisco on the 10th December.
The clipper ship Sovereign Of the Seas was noticed
10 leave San Francisco for New York, via the Sand
Wieh Islands, on the 18th December
The steamship New Orleans arrived at San Fran
osco on the l4th December.
the steamship Northerner arrived on the morning
~ the 9Th December from Panama.
The steamship Brother Jonathan arrived on the
ID December, from San Juan.
The block Of marble which was prepared by the
Shte Of California for the Washington Monument,
having been destroyed in the late fire in Sacramento,
new block, ordered from the Ringgold quarry, has
lost been received which will be finished and sent
on 10 Washington. Ii is far more valuable speci-
xen than the former, being beautiful varegated
hlock four feet in length twenty-five inches square,
and weighing two thousand seven hundred pounds.
M quality of this marble is equal to the finest
nalan, and the deposit of the quarry inexhaustble
The first choice of seat at Catherine Hayes third
concert in San Francisco was bid off at 81 100, by
Empire Engine Company No. /, and was occupied
by the foreman OF the company. The second choice
was knocked down to California Engine Company,
1os twenty-five dollars.
Broadway theatre is the name Of the new temple
= the muses. at Columbia. That charming actress
Miss Caroline Chapman is performing on its boards.
Signora Biscacciant was announced to give another
osneert in San Francisco.
flour was selling at Sonora at s65 to $40 barrel.
The levee at Sacramento saved that city during the
late rise in the river from another inundation.
A diamond cross, valued at 81 $780, which was To
II Yaied for in San Francisco, it was designed should
- given by the winner to Miss Catherine Hayes.
The citizens Of Sonora are striving to make their
town the capital Of the State.
George H. Hossefross has been elected Chief Engi-
Hser Of the Fire Department Of San Francisco by
large majority.
The ship Empire, which it will be remembered was
aamasted and injured in other respects, some months
nee has been completely repaired at an expense of
about forty thousand dollars, and sailed for Calcutta
The Harysville Herald says that Aaron H. s. Bon
III, Of Troy N. Y, aged about twenty years, was
drowned in the Yuba river, near the Halfway House.
On the eth Of December
Nessrs. Teschmaker and Briefly, charged with be-
hg seconds in the duel between Gen. Denver and
Ne late Hon. E. Gilbert, were brought before jury
Dr. trial in Sacramento, and acquitted
The Grand Jury Of Calaveras county have just
closed their sessions. They found twelve indict
usnte yiz:-Tor assault with intent to kill, S; muir
der, 2; burglary, l.; malicious injury, l.
Sec chip news for interesting intelligence from the
whaling feet.
Our San Francisco Correspondence.
SAN Francisco, Nov 80, 1862.
Horticultural Capacity Of Calitornio-AgricuLturol
Exhibition at Sacramento.
The opinion is quite prevalent in the States that
the resources of California consist almost entirely in
her mineral wealth, and that but small portion OF
he State is adapted to cultivation There is no
ayeater error than this. So far from the soil being
n barren and sterile it has been represented to be,
nearly the whole State possesses wonderful fertility
aad adaptation 10 easy cultivation. To be sure, much
q Me country in the latter part of the dry
appears to be incapable Of producing anything yet
nhis very same SOIL if sowed with wheat or barley
sson after the rains set in yields the most wonderful
crops. However, a few facts, showing what has
been produced here already although this branch of
industry is still in its infancy, will give much better
lea of the agricultural capacity Of California than
any mere description could give.
Through the enterprising and the most indeiat
able industry Of Colonel Warren d Go. OF Sacrament
TO- an Agricultural Exhibition held last month
IN that city at which some most astonishing produc-
sons OF the soil were exhibited. The following are
he weight and dimensions Of some Of them
Squashee weighing los lbe., and six feet eight
1nches in circumference.
Pumpkins weighing ITO lbs, and seven feet in
circumference.
Watermelons weighing from SO TO "A be-, and from
n 10 81 feet in circumference.
Beets weighing from 30 TO 40 lbs. and 40 inches in
circumference and one beet u feet long.
Cabbage weighing 10 lbs, and - inches IN crcum-
ference.
Turnips weighing 10 lbs, and "a inches in circum
krence.
Potatoes weighing a. lbs, and several sacks Of
them which averaged lbs. each.
Onions weighing Al lbs, and ~ inches in circum-
krence.
Corn 30 feet high from Geld Of five acres, ave.
raging so bushels TO the acre.
Samples Of wheat averaging so bushels per acre,
and barley averaging from 70 To 100 bushels per
Incredible a. the above account may seem, 1t Is
none the less true for most Of the products mentioned
we're seen and examined by your correspondent ~
much 20 his surprise this description Of them IL TO
that Of your readers
Spec uIatiOns In Flour.
The san Francisco HeyaH of December II, in re-
lation to the speculations in -four which were being
carried on in that city, has the following remarks =
The cxtravagant prices TO which -four has been adj
yanced OF late in California, is engaging the attention
of the people all through the State and the impress
mon is universal that this rise il TO be attributed more
30 the grasping policy of certain spectators than TO
any very extraordinary scarcity in the market Ger
Aaif individuals in this city either possessing or hav
ing the control OF an immense money capital, have