New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-02-14
From the south.

By the arrival of thesteamer Sea Bird, Capt.
IST6 four days fem Los ANGELES, We have ne W. up
10 tie u; Of January. From Tie Los AaSecs Sdr We
NeNfracsibe following;
Vecresdsy having been zen days on tie road, ncai-
ing detention Of seven days ~ the Santa Anns-Ast
riyer being impossible for inst length OF time. lie
csme Up wi;h empty mailbag, tue steamer ron
Parsr-a ard the steamer from Ssn Francisco hsy'
inz passed Saa DeSo without landing the ufSs
for this section OF the State TIE annoyance very
crest ard &c nearly uEbearahle a. car b.. There
q 10 rnredy for the evil ALREADY committed And W. eau
civ here tsi when the facts properly representa-
10 the PostOGce Department the r1sl contractors VII
he held 10 strict accountability. We DO not near ths,
tie STEAMERS ever passed II Francisco and are .heg
under spy more obligation TO touch there than A. ~
Decoi Let n look 80 the effects Of ire repesed TAI.
ure Of the raiis The boat from Panama has mailbag
CONTAINING letters for San Diego, Les Angeles, santa
Barbara etc Instead Of touching ~ san Diego and
Ienvirs TIE mails The bost proceeds 20 San Francsco,
and delivers the.mail bags THa Post Master TIM
bag fCr San Diego places on bosrd the ist steamer
bound down tie COST which $50 passes san D.eyo,
and takes the mail 20 Pau.s. And so II soe' back
ard forth Not unfscquenty We receive letters oeaa
New-Yosk and Eastern postrnarks seven sud eight
months old, while ordinarily the mail should come
through IN thirty Gays.
tibet tie mail facilities promised 70 this section Of
the Strfe are mearer en0ugh-ts1ceS month ostVe'n
10. Angeles and san Francisco and twice month Be
tween Les Angeles and San Diego: but when these
promises ere only half kept We have rigat % com.
plain. Were this section OF California colony OF
Mexico !. could not be more neglected than L : a.
present BY the Governments both state and General
L. <. SURyEf-ls rapidly progressing, the
base line being already completed seventy miles IL
viii probably touch the cosrt some four miles nortn
of Loo Angeles. Mr.. Gray Is following Col Washing
ton ard IL surveying range OF townships
The LATE SToRN-The gale which has been
felt so severely through this part OF the country oaased
considerable damage Of San Pedro The brick ware
house At thst place, owned by b D. wilson, Esq, was
demolished, the sea beating against Il having under
mined the ioundsiion considerable quantity OF bar
ley stored IN the warehouse sn belonging % the mi
ted Slsies damaged The loss TO Mr. Wilson was
81 500 At Aqua Mana one Of the walls OF the Caurch
tumbed down, az the usual hour for msss Proyiden-
italy the Priest omitted macs thst day and the build
ing wee uDoccuged At the time OF the accident
Two MEN DRowSED.-1he Star, of Jan. l.,
ssvs Messrs Joseph smart sud Joseph Ragweli lost;
their ives near san Pedro on Sunday lst by drowning
They had started from Caialna ON saturday evening,
Tor san Pedro and caught out IN the gale on inc
follow ing morning. when, finding they could not reach
port they stcered thr boat toward the shore about -
miles above Ssb Pedro hoping 10 beach her aud escape
from their perious stunion. The sun, however Which
RI that place breaks al n distance of $50 yards from the
shore ctpszed the boat, and the two persons above
named were drowned third man. named Charles
- wsssaved Mr.. Smart a native OF New Hump
shire sbou; 81 years Of age and months since
engaged IN business In this city. Ragwell yas naive
OF London England. The bodies Of the deceased have
not been recovered. An Indian was also drowaed IN
the san Gabriel river, during the reshet near Work
mans rancho
SHEEP.-The arrival of $500 sheep from
New Mexico, il noticed in The SGr. They are owned
by party OF French and VIII be driven towards San
Franc CO. Thirty three hundred sheep sold by order
Of the Admni OF Damss Lopez brought All aver.
age Of Is rs a head.
MlsIoyARIEs.-AbOut fifty Mormon Mission
cries bad embarked at San Pedro for San Francisco.
They will take their departure hence, some for the
Sandwich Islands, and Others for the Eas Indies and
Australia This Is a new phase in Mormonism. aud
shows that these people gradually extending pow
erful influence on the shores OF the Pacific.
In Santa Barbara, Jan. 10 at 3 L. NJ, astrect
Fight occurred between L. Dun and Francis FOntain
Marcy which the latter received three balls from
revolver and immediately expired. The difficulty or.
mated by Dun wanting 10 buy come ornaments worn
on Marcys hat The hitter told him they not for
sale Tut Dun still insisted upon having them, when
Marcy told him he could unless he the beat man
whercupon TIE frocas ensued.