Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-09-10
From California.

From California.
By the late steamer we have the following po-
ltical intelligence:
| AMERICAN STATE TIcKEr.-The first State Con-
vention met at Sacramento on the 7th of August.
and nominated the following State Ticket:
For GOVERNOR. Nicely johnson, of Sacra-
| mento.
For Lieutenant Governor-R. NJ. Anderson, Of
| Eldorado.
Justices ofthe Supreme Court-Hugh G. Murray,
Of Solano, (ful term,) D. s. Terry, of San Joaquin,
for the unexpired term of Alex. Wells.
State Comptroller-G. w. Whitman, of Tuo-
| lumne.
State Treasurer-Henry Bates, of Shasta
Attorney General-Wm. t. Wallace, of Santa
| Clara.
Surveyor General--John A. Brewster, of Sono-
ma.
| State Printer-James Allen, Of Yuba.
State Prison Inspectors--F. S. Mckenzie, of
Trinity Ezekiel Wilson, of San Francisco; Alex
ander Bell, of Los Angeles.
The DEMocRATs.-The Democratic nominations
are as follows;
| For Governor-John Bigler of Sacramento.
| Lieutenant Goyernor--Samuel Purdy, Of San
Joaquin.
Justices of the Supreme Court-Myron Norton,
full term; Chas H. Bryan, unexpired term
Comptroler-Thomas G. Flournoy, of Mariposa
| Treasurer-B. +. Keene, of Ell Dorado
Attorney General-B. O. Whiting, Of Santa
| Clara.
Surveyor Generals. NJ. Marlett, of Caayeras.
State Prnter-George II. Crosette, of Butte
| State Prison Directors-Wm H. Bell, of San
Francisco: Samuel Q. Astin, of Placerville; C. F..
Powell, of San Francisco.
GENERAL MATTERS AT Los ANGELES
| Crops of grain and fruit are rapidly maturing,
and will soon be in market. The produce of our
vineyards will be ready for shipment very soon /;
in fact our friends at Santa Ana have already sent
off, per last steamer, small lot.
In the manufacture of wines we are destined 10
find a rich reward. Attention is now turned to
this branch Of industry and but a short time will
elapse ere the vintages Of Los Angeles will become
as celebrated the sparkling wines of France and
| Spain.-Southern Collaboration.
SALT MINES IN LOWER CALIFORNIA.
From Point San Quentin, Lower California, a
cargo Of rock salt, taken from the be- Is in Lower
California, situated about FIVE miles in the interior,
west from Point San Quentin, has been received.
| The bed, or lake, as IL is termed from which the
| cargo of salt was procured extends over an area
of about one mile in length by tbree-quarters of a
mile in width. Its depth averages about four
inches, solid crystal salt Adjacent to this bed Is
another Of much greater dimensions and il is esti-
mated by our informant that at the centre Of this
On the evening Of the 9th instant band OF
Mexicans entered the village Of Rancheria, in ANA
! dor county and murdered five American men, one
American woman and an Indian. The Americans
turned out that night and gave chase to the per.
petrators. Three Mexicans were hung, and all the
others in the neighborhood were ordered to leave
the country; number Of Americans were muir.
dered one by one; four Frenchmcn we're murdered
| in heap by Mexcans and great excitement
| nrn lah thn Thp Iudia
to revenge the death of their brother in blood,
murdered three Mexicans.
MINING NEWS.
Mining news is rather scarce, and during the
fortnight the papers in the northern mines have
| complained of n want Of water. The hill sides are
now resorted TO, aud quartz mining Is again 'look
| inr upr Canal companies now convey water to
nearly every section Of the mining region and yet
there Ia CRY for water. The investments in water.
ditch companies have always paid handsomely.
The southern mines continue to pay we'll
The San joaquin Republican mentions that 7.
Robinson Bours & Co., of Stockton have received
fine specimen Of virgin silver from the Mexican
| department Of Sonora. The region in which il wns
| found Is called Plancas de Plata, situated some
thirty miles south of the new boundary line of So
nora formed by the Gadsden treaty. The speci-
men at Stockton weighed five ounces. 1t was
found ON the surface Of the groudd. Another lump,
found at the same place, ana weighing 23I ounces,
was sent TO the city Of Mexico.
Letters have been addressed to the firm named,
offering them power TO sell immense tracts of land,
some Of them lying within the newly-acquired ter.
ritory.
COMMERCIAL.
The wholesale trade in San Francisco for the
fortnight of advice has been very active, but the
distributing trade dull, and an extreme demand for
| money had arisen in consequence, which advanced
rates, and created comparative scarcity. The
San Francisco Herald, August Is, says:
"The trade Of the day has been totally checked
by the prepondeance of financial operations, re.
quiring all tie time and attention Of our mer-
chants and although very steady but slight job
bling has been done, other transactions have been
quite limited. Nor does the stagnation alluded
to only characterize the market for provisions,