The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-01-04
LATER FROM CALIFORNIA.

By the arrival of the steamer Star Of the West at New
York. from San Juan have dates from San Francisco to
the 9th ultmo the as brought by the Daniel Web
ster at New Orleans She connected with the Sierra Neva
da which left San Francisco the evening of the 9th
She brings $625ss5 in gold in freight
Among the passengers Senator Gwin Hon G. r. Gar
rison Ross Browne, and Major A. j. Smith, of the Uni
! ted States army.
The British gate vestal in leaving Greytown for Ja-
maoa, got aground, but towed off by the steamer
Daniel Webster
Notwithstanding the continued absence of rain, which
was being severely felt the mining is cheering.
The proposed railroad from Los Angeles to the Colorado
river is favorably thought or
The inhabitants of San Diego also projecting rail-
| road to the Colorado river.
The magnetic telegraph in of construction be-
tween Columbia and Stockton be put in operation
by the LIST Of January
The adaptation Of the soil of the Sacramento valley to
has been by the exhibition of
samples grown therein.
We find the following items in the Alta Californian
A Russian vessel from Sitka the kamtschaka arrived
in this harbor the lst Not knowing where the allied
fleet WERE she kept in shore all the way down, and was
discovered by the pilot till she was nearly up TO the
North Head Such occurrence as the arrival OF Rus
merchantmen not thought of by the allies, and
hence watch was kept vessels coming into port
During the month of November the enormous sum OF
S5276562 shipped from this port by the steamers for
the Atlantic States to which add Slss4,46s, the amount
carried by the Sonora and have grand total from
November December lst inclusive, of ST. 03o.
On the of December the resolution of the bankers
not take franc pieces for than twenty cents went
into effect The is generally acquiesced IN by
eur citizens.
In the superior court application was made by China
man for naturalization papers The court referred the mat
ter several prominent members of the BAR who Of
the opinion that the Chinese white persons within
the meaning of naturalization laws and could not be
admitted a citizen and so the court decided.
The election for chief engineer of the fire department
aud three assistant engineers took place Monday last
Charles p Duane reelected chief and VIM Free Frank
Wheeler and Jos. Caprice assistant engineers.
The grand jury have indicted ftynine Cinnamon for
nuisances.
Russian accounts Of the attack of the allies Pctropo-
low ski had published in the Poynesian, and repre-
sent the affair quite different from the account of the
English commander Two attacks made on the
place both Of which failed and the allied force much
superior TO the Russian.
THE SANDWICH IsLASps.---Dates from Honolulu 70 the
l6h of November have been received The San Francisco
Transcript says
We have private advees by the Lady Jane which
indicative of the early contamination of the project Of
nexaton The has been retarded by fbusterng
movements which the British and French representa-
tves ready give their support In all probabil
y however the whole matter viii be arranged in week
The of the treaty have been misrepresenied
by papers in this city, in relation 10 the amount OF
the life annuites to be apportoned which viii not exceed
100000 and their present value could not be fairly es-
mated over 81, 100000 or S2,50o,oo0.'