New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-04-04
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

NEWS Of HE WIEN.
The events Of the past week Dtitoer numerous
nor startling. Toe bauk excitement has in a grea,
measure subsidized. The suspended banks have not
resuued ana il is assether improbable that any OF
them with the exCeI OD, perhaps, OF Page, Bacon q
Co. cen resume At sonora Sundsy last, mob
gathered and broke open the bank Of Adams & Co.,
which had b. en- oloseo since tue $50 ult. Commit.
appointed, and 6eQoeit'rs paid off 70 the fail
extent Of Their certfcates. Some $40 600 above The
eyde Lees OF deposit were fOuSd IN the vault. loe
creditors Of DIR. Wright and Robinson haze had
eral mt e'iIes; with DO result, however, other than
ssts body that the assets Of these Savings
"bsnks have been placed beyond the re aca OF at
tscbneIt
Among the failures Of mercantile houses, during
the week may he mentioned those of Chaplin, Sawyer
g. Co., and ) Il CObrey.
The newly discovered diggiDgs-the Kern River
uDss-rtceive their full share of public attention.
People are ing thlther by land aud water. The
nOst wonder full stories are reported, many OF them,
undo ubteo ly, very much exaggerated.
Tie rain has f.len abundaDtly Of late and all the
stYe0us are swollen. AT Sacramento, tire river has
b.en rising rapidly for several days past, aud on
Wednesday was ODly two or three feet below the
maximum hight attained since the foundation Of
the city.
The Supreme Court adjourned on Tuesday, having
rendered a lumber Of very important decisions O0e
decision 10 the effect that persons VINO inclOse
lanes in the mining region cannot hold them against
miners.
In the L4ei,Isture the next important su1ject If
discussion hes been the Fee bIl-reduciDg materially
the fees Of SHERIFF. Clerks Of Courts, sc. II has
passed the Astemby and will very probably pass the
Home.
"ooIAict Of Courts" is becoming quite interest
hg. The Supreme Court Of this State decided, a
month or two ago, that appeal could not be taken
from the State Couts tue Uoted St,tes; out Judge
Shsttuck, of the Superior Court of San Francisco,
disIegaoed this decI-ion ard Transferred cause to
the u. 5. District COu.t. Down came tho Supreme
Cowt with peremptory mandsmus, con handing
him &C.; bot 1t OF 10 avail, for Judge Shsttuck
recognizes higher Law, and says he shall not toush
The charter elections in Marysville and Oakland
have resulted in the triumph Of the Know Nothing
candidates..
Of Adams * Co Express.
Gov. Bleler has granted an unconditional pardon
to John Tabor, OF Stockton, who tad been convicte
ard tertenced to execution for the killing of Mr.
Mansfield.
ADAMS 4 Co At Sonora, on Sunday, the depos
iors TIL house of Adams & Co., after consults alton
deciced TO make forcible entry into the vault con
tanning the treasure, having been for several days
in charge of the Sheriff. the moo proceeded 10 put
their resolution into effect obtained possession OF the
treasure ard appointed payiRg teIlers, who have
betn paying II out as fast as the checks were pre-
sened. IL IL said that there is 10 this house some
thing like s. 600 more than enough TO pay all de-
poeitors there. Good.
A telegraph dsps'ch from Grass Valley TO The
Uxion, lated March 4, says:
"Tke town bss been in state Of crest excitement
all day and loud threats made TO attack the building
of adams & Co., with a view 10 get at the deposits
About four O'Clock, an attempt vas made by num-
Der Of Irish and CorDishmen, which was resisted BY
officers Gosd aud Harris, and the disavcted retired
to hold further counsel. 1t is understood that they
have since armed themselves aud will IN AXE Al attack
tonight The building has been closed and is gar.
fisoped by determined men, who will resist 70 the
death any atte npt the part OF the few to take poe
session and wrong the many as III notorious that the
eecitous parties have little nothing in the coocern
1t 10 proposed to call q meeting of the creditors and
present their grievances in petition to the Court
and AK for some immediate action s the premises, Is
longer delay viii surely cause bloodshed'
We learn that Sc 200 on it's way from the Office of
Adams Il Co, at Ysnkee JIm's TO Mr.. Cohen, Re
ceiver at San Frsncsco, attached in the office of
Wells, Fargo & Co, at Aaourn.
The SACRAMENTO RIVER "A Sacramento paper
says; The Sacramento River at til point at
O'Clock yesterday afternoon had risen one sad hslf
feet sinee O'Clock on Thurs ay afternoon, being
hf'eth and bali feet above the lowest stage of water
IN August last. The rise incidental to the recent
rams was Twelve and q half feet at the hour
noptd Unless We are favored With m re rain OF a
general ihaw In the mountain We presune (he above
will be very near the maximum hight tos season"
RArs-Ike Sonora Herald says: "Tne ONLY real
winters rain which has ct fallen this season. was the
one which we had il tue trst part of this wsek 4,
CONNIE need on Monday morning aud contiuped xi,h
little cess alton, up 20 late hour Wednesday ais ht
1t fell ia dancing torrents sometime during wednes-
dsy Sonora Creek was swollen much and it vas
sefously feared that the wall supporting the bridge
near he City Hotel ~ould be sweet away by the st
torrent which was sweeping past.
MURDER IN PLACER CoUSTY.-Mr. j. +. Beatty
Wa killed by DR. Charles f lockwood, at Rector
Bar Placer Couuty on Saturday, the cath ult. Both
parties were drunk and the &c ceased nsulted Lock
wood The MURDER accomplished With knife,
ard the perpenstor has been arrested.
FREsHrr IN TRINITY RWER-BRIpeEs SWEPT
AwAY-From The Yrtnny Times we learn that the
recent rains had Swollen all the streams in tns, neigh
borbood to on unprec. depted extent. Do Wednes-
Ssy nisht last week thu river at Wesvervile rose
four ret higher than it rsd ever been known to be
Ths bridge Known ss Le yis's Bridge was svep,
svay on that night Carrying with it the fume of
Ge.b,y e. Co. when has just been completed a.
eest Of g. 500. one Of the piers Of Losnen Co