Weekly national intelligencer., 1854-04-01
CALIFORNIA AND THE PACIFIC TERRITORIES.

The steamship Northern Light, from San Juan
de Nicaragua, arrived at New York on Saturday,
bringing California papers to the 1st instant She
brings three hundred and eightytwo passengers and
about seven hundred thousand dollars in specie.
The political news from California is not Of much in
teres The excitement still continued relative to the
election of United States Senator but there had been no
action thus far Sacramento has been designated the
State capital and the Legislature to meet there ON
the 1st instant This action gave such offence the au-
thores Benica that they refused to let the steam
ordered convey the State records lie at the wharf
until charge Of five hundred dollars paid.
The Alta California of the lst instant furnishes the
| following summary Of mining intelligence:
"The weather has not any time since the discovery
Of gold been SO favorable for mining during the past
month"; and there probably comparatively 50
| large amount of gold dug.
During the fortnight there have been three or four
days Of fierce ran and the mines continue TO be plent
fully supplied with water. The Cherokee Flat Dggings
have proved to be quite rich reported ana are even
said to be the richest found in the State Ihree
thousand dollars taken out in few hours but the
shaft when about twentyeght feet Deep filed with wa
rapidly that the company cannot work without
steam pump carry of the water About hteen acres
the fat have been staked off in claims, Of which
are paying exceedingly well An excitement similar 10
that of l849 prevailed a.
"At Iowa Hill number Of tunnels have been made,
and the earth has been found unusually rich.
AT Santa Anita about eighteen miles from Los An
geles diggngs have been opened Gold has been known
for long time to exist throughout the neghborhood in
small quantities, but the diggngs lately found promise
to pay. There about seventy-fve persons en-
gagged In working and prospecting thesemines water IS
scarce at the dggngs which besides the property Of
Sehor Duarte, being on his RANCH
/ The Sacramento Union of the same date says:
In all sections Of the mining region the is good
Miners doing well, and the quantity of gold to be
taken out during the succeeding months promises to be
very heavy Is is increasing with astonishing ra-
a Under s ss Of
anticipate for our merchants pretty fair harvest"
There had been considerable excitement at San Fran
cisco the subject of alleged illegal proceeding
the part Of Associate Justice ALEXANDER WELLS of the
Supreme Court Several notorious persons engag
ed in riot the afternoon of the 18th February, and
arrested by the police, when in the act and
others under warrants That night about twelve O'clock
application made to Judge Wells, and he ordered
them to be discharged from custody until next day at
o'clock The arrested persons were many Of them in
toxcated at the tme and got out than they
threatened the police whom they had previously beaten
abused and returned the place of their and
began again their rotous conduct This of Judge
Wells caused great excitement among the police who
talked of resgning in body The next day. at the hour
appointed for the hearing of the above anomalous writ of
"habeas corpus appeared the part of the peo
pie, the marshal sending in message that he could not
appear with the parties they had not been in his
tody for twelve hours Thereupon the Judge discharged
the rioters from arrest The papers very generally con-
demn the conduct of Judge Wells resolution of in
quiry into the matter introduced in the Legislature
and rejected for the that the charges had not been
brought in proper form before it. >
Judgment for S4 900, bearing three per cent month
y interest rendered against Col J. c. FREMONT in
the District Court of San Francisco the 10TH The
count for certain bills drawn by G. W. Barbour In
dian agent in 1851 upon the Secretary of the Interior
and by the latter dshonored ~.
During the two months of 1854 6611 passengers had
arrived at San Francisco and 1879 had left thus show
ing gain of 1852, of which 1858 was in the month of
February .u. ..".. .... w.. .." Es.i..
public dinner given to Gen Wool and ex Cover
FooTE by the Tammany party, at San Francisco
the 25th of February. The Governor and Lieutenant
Governor of the State and number Of members of the
Legislature present ,.-.
GEORGE w. WILLIAMS, formerly of Virginia and Wash
ingon city, killed the 18th Of February on his
farm in San Jose valley, by the accidental discharge of
his rifle. NJ.
Mr. NATHAN PRATT, aged about fifty, formerly of Rhode
sland was murdered by three Mexicans, near Quartz
bourg Two of them had been captured and were hung
by the miners of the vicinity. The commission of the
deed confessed and the incentive to it report
that Mr. Pratt had three hundred dollars buried
under his hearth
An examination took place the Goth of February in
the of COL WATKINS and Capt DAVIDSON arrested on
charge of violating the neutrality laws Mr. Cooke was
the principal Witness and testified to the material facts
regarding the departure Of the And the landing and
ganization of the forces under Col Walker Enenada
for the conquest of Lower California and the occupation
of Sonora. Ex-Governor Foote appeared counsel for
the defendants. He relied mainly upon the want of evil
dence prove that the organization made within the
territorial limits of the United States which is required
to bring the within the provisions of the act of Con-
gress The investigation resulted in the accused being
committed to wait the action of the grand jury which was
to assemble on the 2sth Of February.
HORACE BULL native of Virginia, lawyer committed
suicide in Sonora on the 23d ...
On the 21st VIM. Garfield blacksmith cut his throat
with razor in Newcastle, Placer county. He leaves a
wife and three children in of the Atlantic States.
On the 9th L. @. Hatch, of Mud Springs, committed
suicide by stabbng himself with pocket knife.
Robert Scott, convicted of murder ut Auburn, has
been sentenced to be hung on the 31st of March.
j. B. Gates convicted of mansaughter in Sacra.
mento the 10Th.
In Calaveras county, John H. Thompson was found
guilty of murder and sentenced to be hung the
l4th of April Robert Warren at the term Of court
convicted of manslaughter, and sentenced to two
years imprisonment. -.
LOWER CALIFORNIA. .... ..,.
The advces from Ensenada are to the 18th of Februa
ry of intelligence: ...-