Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-09-26

The steamship Northern Light, Capt.
Thomas Miner, from San Juan del Nortc,
arrived at New York about o'clock YES
terday morning, with 655 passengers and
81 ,345 1913 in specie, and dates from San
Francisco to the LIST of September.
Summary Of Fortnighl's News.
From the San Francisco Alta Californian. Sept IL
Since the date of our last semi monthly no.
tlce OF the market, every department of trade
has exhibited an extraordinary degree Of lam
guor and inactivity. This has been owing to
the same cause to which we then had occasion
| to advert, viz: the absence of any demand of
| consequence from the interior, which would
enable our jObbers to rid themselves of their
stocks, and to re-enter the market as pur-
chasers. While, however, commercial affairs
are suffering temporary depression. conse-
| quent upon over trading the other great in
| terests of our State arc in the main prosperous
! and hourishing. The dry season does not now
| oppose that barrier to the miners success
which it has done heretofore; by numerous
| individual and combined enterprises. many
| parts of the auriferous region have a constant
| supply of water, and the production of gold
| goes on in those localities without cessation.
! Every county in the State is scene of po-
| litical discussion and excitement The cleo
| ton will take place on the 18th prox and until
that event shall have transpired, the public
mind will be to great extent occupied by
| political matters.
! The Indian outbreaks in the Rogue river
| valley in the North, are becoming serious and
| threatening. 1t is not improbable that gen
| eral hostilities will be the consequence in
| that part of the State and the southern part
| of Oregon. The existing troubles, like those
that have arisen from time to time j., other
! sections OF the State, most probably had their
| origin in the Outrages which some of the more
reckless and unprincipieI of the white popu-
lation take so much pleasure in inflicting upon
| the weak and defenceless, whether civilized
| or savage. The peaceful and industrious citi-
zens have now to bear the vindictive hostility
of the savages, who recognise No distinction
between friend or foe among the &c pale faces"
We fear that a bloody ami protracted war
| will ensue, the frontier citizens defending
| their lives and their homes, while the unprin-
| cipled wretches who kindled the flame arc in
| safety, in the less exposed districts
The murdercrs and thieves who have so long
| infested the State have been farng somewhat
| badly of late. A number of them have been
brought to summary account and forfeited
| their lives for their crimes. Among them
| Ncrgara. who murdered Mr. Porter. near Los
Angeles, some weeks since, lately killed
at the military camp on the Colorado.
! A rendezvous of villains. of all grades and
! chara ;ters, was recently discovered in the sink
| of the Humboldt River, East of the Sierra Ne
vada. a murderer was traced by party from
| Calaveras county, to the rendezvous. where
| about hundred and fifty of the outlaws
| were discovered A volunteer force will pro-
badly 60 out to dslodge the villains
| From various circumstances, it is more than
| probable that the - JOexeio Rangers whose
| supposed capture of the renowned bandit Joa-
| quin Muratia created SO much talk lately
were mistaken in their man and dccapitated
| an unlucky person who went out with party
| from Los Angeles to catch wild horses.
! A large meeting was held on the 2lst of Au-
| gust, to take into consideration the best plan
| of action to hasten the construction of raci-
| fc railroad. A committee was appointed, but
have not yet reported. Mr.. Brler gave a de-
| scription of the country between Walker $
| Pass and the Little Salt Lake--a country
| through which it was proposed that the rail-
| road should pass, but that has never been ex-
plored by any whito man except himself and
| party who attempted to make cut off
| through it in 1S49. He thought the country
very favorable for road. He said that the
| idea that the Great Basin has Il southern rim
| is incorrect; the Basin has an outlet to Colo
RADIO.
| A considerable degree of interest has been
| manifested in this city in the result of suit
pending in the Supreme Court against Capt
|
! passenger in Il barrel, as punishment. The
suit was for vindictive damages of s.. OO0.--
| The jury failed to find a verdict and were dis
| charged on Saturday.
The Wings closed their convention for NOM
mating county and city officers on the Goth
| DR.. II. M Gray is nominated f. Mayor. 1t
is generally understood that no person in
favor of extension could get nomination be-
fore the convention. The candidates for the
1 Lori S1a fnrn oil ,1a,l,
The Democrats closed their convention on
the seth. As there is little hope for the sue
cess of their party in this city, not much i'm
| pOrtance is attached to their proceedings
They have been very disorderly. They nomi-
mated Captain C. X. Garrison, agent of the
Nicaragua Steamship Company, for Mayor
No pledges were required on the subject of
| extension. 1t is understood that many of the
| nominees are extensioners.
| A comet was discovered in the west about
10 degrees above the horizon, on the Goth
about p. n. The nucleus was about the size
of a star of the third magnitude The sky
has been obscured by fogs or clouds every
| evening since it was discovered. 1t is sup
posed to be the comet that appeared in 1866
and 1864
small steamer for the river trade-the
| second made entirely in this city-was
launched on the 18th. This is the fourth
built here this summer, and another is on the
! stocks.
The journeymen bricklayers have struck for
an increase Of wages from $40 to So per day,
and have obtained it. The hod-carriers have
struck successfully for S..
A vast number of buildings, mostly brick
and fre-proof, are going up in the city. Of
these buildings two will cost more than $780,
600 each, and nine will cost more than SIS 900
each The total capital invested in buildings
now going up is not less than S2,5o0,000.
BY the exhibit Of the City Assessors. the
total value of taxable property is S2S ,sO2Coo
| $40 900, 0G0 of increase over last years val
| uation.
The Council has passed an ordinance to
permit a magnetic telegraph to be erected
from the Merchants Exchange to Larkin
street, for the purpose Of reporting vessels.
An ordinance to authorize the construction