Washington sentinel., 1855-03-15
Washlngtun gentinsl.
News from California, the Sandwich Isl
ands. and Australia.


News from California, the Sandwich Isl
ands, and Australia.
The United States sloop-oEwar St. Mary's
arrived at San Francisco on the 18th ultimo,
from Honolulu, in the remarkable short pas
sage of ten days from land to land. The L.
s. revenue cutter Jefferson Davis, Lieut.. Wm
c. Pease commanding, arrived at San Fran,
cisco on the 10Th ultimo, in eleven days from
Puget Sound.
A bill is before the Legislature to exclude
from the mines all persons who are not eligible
to citizenship. Should this bill become a law,
it will drive from the mines all the Chinese,
many thousands in numbers.
The workmen have broke ground on the Sa-
cramento Valley Railroad. One hundred la.
borers are now at work, and four hundred
more are 10 be put on.
The election IN Tuolumne county, for mem
Der of the assembly, resulted in the election OF
McCurdy, (whig,) by about two hundred ma.
jority.
The ship John Land, of Boston, heretofore
reported missing, has been heard from at one
Of the Marquesas Islands, leaking badly
The theatres of San Francisco are doing q
miserable business generally speaking, although
the San Francisco Hall is nightly filled, the
negro minstrels forming great attraction.
A terrible affray at Sand Hill, on the uba
river, is recorded. 1t grew out of o dispute
about mining claim. Three men were killed
Mr.. Anderson, from Paducah, KY; Mr. Rice
from Washington, Me-. and Mr.. Webster
from Concord, N. III.
The proposition to fund $l,500,000 of the
city debt of San Francisco, at 10 per cent.
per annum for 20 years, meets with strong op.
position from the Taxpayers. 1t has passed
the Board of Assistants, but will, it is believed,
be lost in the Board OF Aldermen. 1t is
thought that 8 per cent is a sufficiently high
rate of interest.
The Branch Mint in San Francisco is now
coming gold at the rate of $l,50O,OOO pei
month, and is coming little silver.
The late city treasurer of San Francisco
Hamilton Bowie, has at last delivered up the
books and papers of his Office to his successor.
The reported discovery of gold on Kerr
river continues to cause much excitement, ant
the steamers for San Pedro, the nearest port 0
Decentralization, are crowded with passengers
There can be no doubt that the Kern river dig
gings are as rich as any in the State. In othe
parts Of the State there is general complain
OF lack of water; and yet many big strikes are
recorded
A new political party, to be called the " Pa
cific American Party" is being organized il
California The avowed object OF this ney
party seems to be TO obtain larger delegation
from the Pacific States in Congress Oregon
and Washington Territories must be organizes
into States at once; California must be divides
and two States made out Of her territory; th
Sandwich Islands must be annexed, and s
must Sonora, and as much more of the terri
tory of Mexico as can be conveniently con
quered, purchased, or stolen.
A man named Isaiah Woods, murdered an
other, known as Jack o Neil, lately, at African
Valley, Colusa county. The murderer escaped
The treasury Of Alameda county has beel
robbed of $4,000. The office was entered b
means of false keys.
General Wool, on unanimous invitation
being given, visited the California Legislature
on the 18th, and was formally received anC
greeted in each branch.
correspondent OF the Marysville Express
writing from Forest City, under date Of Janu
airy l9, says:
The German Bar Quartz Mining Compan
have great success in their enterprise, thei
average pellg TrUm fhnnsaad TO .thre
thousand dollars per day--three men employed
The machinery used for crushing is a morta
and pestle such as are used by dealers in go
dust. This yield of quartz gold is unprect
dented in the history Of California.
"At City Of Six learned lump was take
ont yesterday weighing between ninety-fve an
ninety ynine pounds two.thirds supposed to b
gold. A considerable amount of smaller gol
was also taken out by the same company, (th
Grey Tunnel Company
AT Smiths Flat such companies as can oil
tain water are doing we'll | learn that on
company took out three and half pounds o
Tuesday last.
'At Forest City nugget was taken out b
the Don Sais Company weighing forty and
half ounces. Two others--weighing eight an
ten ounces respectivel y-were also taken ou
The total amount taken out by this compan
during the week was one hundred and thirty
FIVE and a quarter ounces.
"The 'None.Such Company washed ont 81
pounds last Saturday night. The Manhatta
Company is paying largely, and also the Anne
rcan Company. The Buckeye, Live Yanket
Ouch and Empire Companies are yielding in
mensely. A claim was sold recently in th
Buckeye Company for eight thousand dollars.
Forty nine ballots had been taken in Join
Convention Of the California Legislature 70
United States Senator without choice beini
effected. The last two ballots stood as FOL
lows:
The Senate and Assembly met in Joint cor
vention, Messrs. De la Guerra, McCouu, Hos
mer, and Vineyard being absent. The forty
eighth ballot resulted as follows: Gwin, 35
Roman, Is; Broderick, Il scattering, 5. Vote
cast, LOG. Mr.. Buffum moved to adjourn sin
die. Lost--yeas 4s, nays 80.
On the forty-ninth ballot Roman received
votes, Peachy 8 votes, and Fields votes
The rest as before. After several motions III
Convention adjourned till the next day at tw
o'clock.
From the Alta Californian.