Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-03-16
FURTHER FROM CALIFORNIA
BY the North Star.
Summary OF rIlE NEWS OF rnE roRrNlolir n


MAS been intense. The bribery case wherein NH
Palmer, of the Banking House OF Palmer Cook
q Coz was accused Of haying attempted 10 bride
Senator Peck 70 use his influence to bring on the
Senatorial election. was closed before the Senate
on the 3rd Mr. Palmer as aconi led Nv 3 vote |
of 26 10 8. ) -
bill introduced into the5Senate, to define the |
time OF holding the Senatorial election, was stay-
to postpone the mattertill the 9th OF March, was
atter very hard struggle, carried through the Sen.
ate bysa vote of Ito, Is The object ofthe ppst-
nonement IS that the election shall be held less
than a year before TIE time March "A, 1850 when
the Senator shall take his seat. The vote on this
resolution is pnderstoodt to be attest vote, and |
there having been one Senator IA decided friend OIL
Frederick absent tthe time, ispartizans in
has ne eiestlon carried. with
Ii a good deal Of surprise aud modification was
created by the announcement that the coupons of
the State Bonds had not been paid when due at
the Exchange Bank in New York; The State
Bankers, Palmer Cook & Cos have informed thel
Legislature that their house had more than snffi-
cient funds at the hange Ban 70 pay the lnte
rest. "A resolution was introdnced1nto thesHonsel
TO vote thanks TO. Duncan, iSheaman d Co., ford
having stepped to pay the interest butthe
resolution was laid over on the table, TIL further
Information be received There IS very dan
ger that the Stateawll failto pay the interest of
her debts orhep bonds, or the principle, either
whenit becomes due ..:t'i99 .itA 5ssslt ssstl
!, The Theatre and other buildings at Piacefyille
were burned ON the .3oth of .1anuaiy.d Totaleloss
about Sl5 900! 2ss ~ is5s tsis 3 sa ioavg
e The proceedings of the fllibusters in. Lower
Gnliorna5 have excited a. good deal Of indignar
ton about San Diego. where the citizens were
proposing to get up a company and thrash thems
and were to hold meeting on the End. ,ij.i s..3
4 I! Lieuts. Parker and SLOVENIAN started drom San
Diego on the oath of January,ion the survey ofthe
CHA route for railroad. They will probably
complete the survey in May. i HlI3oM
Tue; cele6rsted. Peral,a claim. covering about
of land Acrosssthe bay, east the
city, was decided by the u. s. Land Commission
on the 9Th. The opinions Of Coms. Fetch aud
Campbell was that The claim should be confirmed
10 portion only fixing the Temescal sriyulet as
the limit On the northi the eastern, southern and
western Boundaries being beyond dispute. giving
the ciqimalts about 10000 acies, Commissioner
Fhomnson disSenteds and thought the claiIn should
be confirmed 10 its whole extent rotate az
IT, The c.ai,f as confirmed inclulesthe lows Of Al
lamedd, tCIinlons San Antonio, and Oakand.-
There are, however, adverse claimants, who in
terpret the confirmation differently, and say thai
the northern limit rs laid dow by the Commission
rs south OF Oakland. Peraltostook possession Of
his landLwhile Mexico still under thu Idomii
lor of Spain, and the land is destined 10 be the
seat OF the future Brooklyn OF San Francise -
The news oflth confirmation caused great excite
ment in Oakland. where most of the settlers had
purchased under persons claiming adversely tothe
Peraltas. VI me ~ ~ I
At Cherokee Flats. rumor has it that a vein OF
decomposed quartz was found, about six inches in
Is unpEOkGn, anu mas proved fSN-
ceedingly ricm. From about 20O pounds ofidirt %
POUNDS OF gold were washed. Considerable ex!
cltement has been the consequence High prices,
even S2O,goo, 1t IS sadi have been offered for the
claim, ora share of 1t, and refused. The discoy
erets are French and Italians, who have their guns
loaded and keep guard. eB I'd, Ut Ft
Gas wasintroducel into The city and eighty -four
Street lamps were lighted on the evening OF the
lin. Three miles and half of pipe have been
Lard IN the city, and the price of the gas is SIS pei
1000 feet % d 60
Sonora is attracting gteat deal of attention
now number of vessels, including a steamer
are up for Guaymas. and number of persons are
going 10 examine the country, buy property, and
prepare fotthes ultimate annexation, Which cannot
be very distant. The number of persons now on
Their %ay or pTspaIng 10 go from this city witt
peaceable intent, is ab ut $50. Of these, at leas
hall are German, French, Mexicans, Spaniard.
and Italians. i'i -
On the 18Th February the Portsmouth and The
steamer Columbus sailed 10 pay their respects Il
the flibusterS. a-i'i t+ls s-sf
A bner L. Pierce, accused of having commit ed
lorgeries TO the amount of $4,000 while engaged
In The manufacture of raillohd cars in Norwich
CT, was arrested about the first of The MONTH nj
was subseqi. ntly discharged on ha beas corpus
there being no Tequisinon from the Governor o.
Connecticut 10 detain him. .2eri
WRECK OF THE cLIfPkR SHIP SAN FRANCISCO .a4-a
The splendid new clipper ship San Francisco
from New York, with large and. yaIua BILE cargo
OF merchaldise, is now in Ralto Cove, having
sunk TO the waters eige. ..1a.s ir7stl t{t7y
In coming tiiroughtIe Heads. she got caught in
lne eddy, when she, came IN contact with : poini
oil locks on the north side Of The entrance carry
ing away iib BOOM, bo%sprit, head, cutwater etc.
she then drted clear and let go her anchor in Ri.
alto Cove, where they found she had l3 II. water
in her hold. i,-i'sH "a 4au.ligf u
The steam tug Abby Holmes, Captain Welch,
came along side soon after, and commenced ope-
ratlons with her steam pumps. The "ResolIte''
also went to her assistance, but the leak gained
rapidly on them, theYzwere compelled to ship her
anchor and tow her close in shore in Riato Cove,
where she soon filed. The passengers came up
on the Re souie. FF -. ~. = = 80
Ash is smooth, aud she lays well in the cove.
anu u The weather continues fine, most the car
go VIII be saved III a damaged condition. The
vessel will probably becCme total loss, and bad
loss 1t IS. She was one of the finest ships that
ever sailed the ocean; built in New York by young
Mr. Bell, amd'as has !,e-n seen, one OF the fleet.
est oil her class. She measured about 400 tons
buTthen. -5f : : :.
She came consigned 10 Messrs. Rich &. Elan,
vino are themselves large owners in both ship and
cargo and was valued ut about SI25,0 and her
cntgo about $780, DOC, Jal of which is untiou btedly
Insured in The East. az ;-5s,a.sr-
number of wreckerS- were about the wreck of
the San francisco on the evening Of the llth
when gale came up and number of persons es.
were lost. 81 81, s. --t'IIy .5-5s5 - - 3e1-'Jl
The Chinese immigration has again commenced.
In the tiTee vessels from Hong Kong, 500 Celes-
tials have arrived. is-T s7a- s-,-5t
ENTtRE Loss OF THE SAN FRAScIsco.-We learn
that the wreck of the San Franci co has gone en-.
treyto pieces in the late gale nd thatt6e eff,is
made by Captains Wight and " aterman have nj
t'mately Resulted in saving only smallpart Of The
cargo, to the amount of about SI5, 200. They had
purchased the wreck for Sl2, 600. -
SACRAMENTO. .-,s 5s...t
HoRRlBLE TRAoEDY.-We learn from The State
Journal that two Americans and thirteen Chi
namen were murdered in Shasta county by the In
dianS. .sLtl.ii -ltESt iE7lif 5aTfF - = "
Two white men, named Guild, 1.-THE other ingalls,.
IEuft1 IE1 e
nineteen Cinnamon, were murdered ON MccIon,'s
river twenty miles east Of Pittsburg, Shasta coun-
ty by the Indians. Thsy were camped, and ff.
teen Indians calne into the camp. The Indians
chiet. they seized the guns and run with them
ingalls, seiz club and struck the hndmost In.