The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-05-10

BY the teamshi, George Law, which arrived
early yesterday m rning, we have some additional
intel ence fIom California, which II be found in
another par of thi mornings Taper. It win be
seen that another sastrou explosion took place on
board stesmboa n San Francisco bay, iust pre-
vious to he salin o. the mail steamer on the 18th
ult., by which it sieported some thirty individuals
were deprivedo life, and al equal number wounded
and scalded. THIS was the result Of racing. The
mining intelligence by this arrival is attering
than any we have received from the lacers Of the
new State or nearly twevemont nd we shall
expect to be ereeted with toerably arge ship
ments of gold dust by the next two or three ariv-
ais. The IN mes are represented 10 be in a most
aourishing condition, and number of large mug
gets had been recently picked u, by some ucty
miners. A couple Californ State Senators, who
looked upon the code of honor alto etler too for
NAL and procrastnating in the settlement of diff
culties, had rough-and-tumble fight in the streets
of Sacramento, and both came out second best"
Murders seem to be getting Fashionable on board
steamers in Pacific. The decks Of the Sierra
Nevada was the scene Of horrible murder on her
passage from San Juan to San Francisco, ON the
22d of March; AM William Pratt, the second officer
Of the vessel, wa the victim; and on the 3lst, on
board the Join L. Stephens, on her trip up from
Panama, one of her firemen named George Dunn,
was bru ally murdered by another fireman. The
news will e found interesting
The advices from San Francisco TO the evening
of April Is, brought by the mail steamer George
Law carly yesterday morning, were but little over
twenty-tlree days the route. BY this steamer
we have answers to letters only forty-eght days
old, which left in the mail of March q, and reached
San Francisco in the mail steamer Golden Gate on
tn l4th ult, the twenty-third day from New York.
We publish the inside pages late news from
Australia, The South Pacific, New Granada, and ia
maica, and an interesting letter from Lieut.. Strain,
giving On account Of his perous exploring expedi-
ton across the Ist'mus Of Daricn; also commercial
and financial intelligence.
Neither the steamship Washington, due at This
port from Southampton, nor the Canada, due at
Halifax, from Liverpool, had made their appearance
when our paper went to press.
The first lot of corn, Western mixed received yes
terday by the canal from Cayuga Lake, was sold at
IS cents. This article, owing to additional supplies
was less buoyant Flour continued in light stock,
and firm; State common to good brands ranged
from IS rs to SO as per barrel. Theae was rather
more corn and cotton going forward for Liverpool
than previously, at the prevailing low rates OF
frcights The cotton market closed steady with a
fair amount of sales, including very little however
for export.
The Legislature of Pennsylvania adjourned yes
terday.
The freight depot and car house of the Bufaloand
Brantord &C. W. Railroad at the latter place, was
yesterday destroyed by fire, including two fine loco
motives and 900 bushels Of wheat. The loss is es
timated at 100000