Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-12-27

W VI uI>h Va IL SiliSu tuS lIHNduy iaC-
ton who are Roderick's S principal oppo-
nentS. Another purpose is to induce
the President to remove Hammond. The
political excitement is now running high.
The Democratic organ in this city op-
poses Roderlck, and they are now open
and fierce enemies. One consequence is
likely to be that the ''stamp act," got up
to compel advertisements to be published
! in the Bigler organs, will be repealed
From report of the Legislative Com
mittee it appears that the State debt is
3,197 ,6S8, and the yearly interest is
S231, 1,9l2
There has been some excitement at
Jamestown, between the miners and cit
liens, the former asserting their right to
! dig up the streets for goid-the latter de-
nyinS 1t.
The wire bridge over the StaniSlaus
broke down on the 10th ult.
There have been number of important
decisions by the Land Commission. When
claims are rejected they are invariably
covered with flights of settlers
A slight earthquake was felt at San
Jose on the 18th ult: another was per-
ceived in this city on the 2lst.
The newly discovered pass, called the
Caion Twas, leading from Tulare Valley
to the Great Basin, and about ninety
miles north Of Los Angeles, is said 10 be
exceedingly favorable for railroad.
{ The Mormons are discussing the policy
Of constructing railroad from Salt Lake
to San Bernadino.
The past fortnight has been a very i'm
portant one for the miners. The rail has
filled the gulches and raised the rivers.
and the works ofthe dry season are closed.
The digging in the river beds have been
abandoned, and in many cases valuable
dams, fumes, &c, have been swept away,
although the rise has not been great
The miners now look back upon and CO..
their profits and losses for the last SIX
months. Tie shipments show that un-
diminished amounts Of gold have been
produced yet many of the diggers com
plain that they have spent much money
In canallmg, machinery, &c, and have
made little.
The fumes which have been carried off
are being taken down, to be used next
year.
The miners are pretty we'll prepared
for the winter. and if it be favorable, the
golden harvest will be richer than ever.
Some miners, who have no good pros
pect for the winter, are preparing for
next summer. Canals, to be finished bv
June, have been commenced on the North
luba, Middle Yuba. and North Fork of
the American River. Many similar en-
terprises have been planned, and they
Will have very important effect on the !
prosperity and produce of the mines.
New diggings have been found in a
number Of points, but nothing extensive.
Several valuable quartz veins have been
opened in Fl Dorado, and some discov-
cries have been made in CaiaveraS, which, !
it is thought, VIII raise the latter to a !
high position among the quartz counties. .
The rain has filled the streets with
mud, though most of them are substan-
TALLY planked. The change of the grades
has made the present inconvenience much
greater In some important streets the /
grades arc two feet above the first tloors, F.,
AID in others they are much below.
y bill before the Council to sell the !
Commercial wharf slips, estimated at
$1,000, 600, has been laid upon the table. /
The Board of State Commissioners /
have ordered the State Reserve, between
jackson, Washington, Front and Drum
streets, to be sold on the 2Sth of Decem. /
ber.
The grand jury have indicted three of
the city officers for defalcation.
PoLITICAL.-The democracy of Cali
tornla were engaged in a civil war some
what similar in its character to that
waged by the same party in New York.
The bone OF contention was the election
of Senator, which one of the factions was
urging Oh TO conSummation at the ap-
preaching session of the Legislature,
year in advance of the regular time This
haste is opposed by the other faction, on
the ground that it is a violation of long
established custom, and is intended to
secure the election of particular candi-
date without an expression of the popular
will. This opposition has drawn from
the Democratic Central Committee an
address, couched in violent language,
denunciatory of certain prominent mem
hers of the party, who are charged with |
having bolted the regular Democratic
ticket at the late election and are conse-
quently read out of the party, SO far as
1t is IN the power of those constituting
the Committee to accomplish that work |
These proceedings produceda fierce paper
warfare.
,u, n,,,s - lNoNMrNrcArED.