Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-05-20
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miners. This visitation OF the watery clement
! does not, however, entirely remove the gloom
/ that rests upon business prospects, and shows
that the very general dizziness of trade and com
mercial matters Is not alone chargeable to the /
absence Of our usual winter showers
The construction of a road Of some kind
across the continent, to encourage and facilitate
immigration to this State, is believed to be al
most indispensable to our prosperity, and the I
project Of building wagon road--which, it's :
thought, will be of great service TO US, and has
ten the commencement and completion of a rail /
way-has again been sincerely considered. Sew
cral meetings have been held, committees APP
pointed, to solicit the names Of nemorialists to
Congress for an appropriation to this object, and
i petition viii go forward in this steamer en-
bfacing the names of fifty thousand persons,
asking Of Congress some immediate action IN
{ this matter.
| The people of MIarysyiIIe are again moving in
the matter of constructing railroad from that
1 city to some point in the Bay of San Francisco
as near the city as possible. 1t is believed the
present efforts will be productive of something
more than talk and meaningless resolutions.
| The first blow has been struck upon the At
lantic and Pacific Railroad, at the terminus in
San francisco. A company has been organized,
stock subscribed, contract awarded, and the work
actually commenced upon road to extend from
this city to Mission Dolores, distance of about
three miles, and in the direction of San Jose,
and in the line of the contemplated route of the
future railway, by which we shall be connected
! with our brethren of the Atlantic.
/ The Legislature is still in session, but has
agreed by joint resolution to dissolve on the 2lst
inst. Nothing of special interest has been tran
sacted since the sailing of the last steamer. In
the House joint resolution was adopted to go
Iintojtint convention to elect U. S. Senator,
but it was lost in the Senate by vote of l6 to-
10, the election IS certainly defeated for this
session.
a bill to consolidate the Government Of the
city and county ofSan Francisco has been pas
Sed by both Houses, aud only awaits the appro-
val of the Executive to become law. PROPOSE
tons for funding the State indebtedness and
that of San Francisco county are before the leg
lislature, and both will undoubtedly be agreedup-
on.
a personal rencounter occurred between
Messrs Borland and Williams of Eldorado, both
members of the lower Honse, on the 18th inst,
in the Orleans Hotel, in which the former was
seriously wounded by pistol shot, which pene-
ltrated the lungs, and was at first thought to be
fatal, but the injured man is fast recovering.
The charter election of Sacramento on the 9TH
inst. resulted in the election of the entire Demo
cratic ticket, with the exception of one or two
unimpOrtant offices. The Republicans claim to
have decided the result by giving their support
organizing throughout the State and have called
a State Convention to assemble on the 50th inst
at Sacramento, to perfect their organization and
elect Delegates to the National Convention.
THE CITY.
The great feature of interest in San Francisco,
has been the serious consideration by the Com
mon Council to grant to McSsrs. Parsons and
others, the right Of wRrfagc and dockage of the
entire water front ofthe city for a term of TWEEN
ty-five years in consideration of the grantees
constructing a sca-wall or bulk head upon a
plan proposed by themselves The wharfage
l.. MN. y
at this rate land it will be far more in fltuTe)
the receipts for the twenty-five years would
amount to twelve and n half millions, while it is
thought the sea-wall can be built for three mil
lions. It is gigantic scheme, aud on its pre-
sentation looked quite plausible and met the ap-
prOva of several members of the Council; but,
upon reflection, the chances of obtaining the
grant arc not SO favorable.
The bark Emily banning, having on board a
submarine apparatus and diving-bellS, recently
arrived in our harbor from the coast of Lower
California, where she has been engaged in test
ing the machinery in the pearl fishery, Since
her arrival here, two days have been spent in
testing the apparatus, and several persons were
invited to visit the bottom of the BAY in the bells
and were highly gratified with the excursion
and the operations Of the machinery. Should
the bulk-head project succeed it is thought
there will be II demand Tor this apparatus in
laying the foundation walls
Our Chinese residents have held a grand re-
ligiUus festival upon more expensive and mag
nificent scale than ever before in this country,
during the last fortnight. Theusual ceremonies
of adoring and worshiping their wooden gods
were observed, and all the forms ofidolatary as
fully carried out as in their own land, and this,
too, within the shadow Of the temples cf Chris
tianity.
The merchants of the city have been making
some efforts to suppress the system of private
coinage which exists among us, and arc taking
steps to call into the mint that already issued
This coinage was originally encouraged and fos-
tered by the Bankers, but experience has taught
them that the stepwas an unadviscd one
Nothing of moment has been done in the af-
fairs of Adams & Co. in the Courts a. 4. Co
hen tho late Receiver and rcputed deiaulter, is
still said to be seriously indisposed in conse-
uuence of his imprisonment. His family arTiv-
ed in the last steamer.
The Fund Commissioners ofthe Bond OF 1851 ,
have filed new bonds with the city authorities, in
compliance with the order of Judge Norton Of
1.-THE 18th District Court, and they have been APP
proved by the Council.
Strenuous efforts are being made toget fund
ing bill passed by the present Legislature, to
fund the scrip or city Indebtedness rejected by
1.-THE Board of Examiners, which amounts to about
100000. The Supreme Court has recently dc
cided in the case of the Gas Co. VS. the City, in
suit for the payment of gas bills, and which
claim was rejected by the Board, that the rejec-
ton by the Board was no bar to their recovery,
and the case was sent back for are-hcarins upon
its merits Most of the rejected claims stand on
the same footing.
FROM THE ISTHMUS
[From the Panama Star and Herald, May 5th.l
The full accounts of the unfortunate and IA
tal events of the 18th of April, with which our
columns are almost wholly occupied, this mail,
will no doubt be read with painful interest by
the public at home; and we regret that we are
unable to give any information as to the names
of the killed and wounded, and which cannot
be known with much accuracy until the way
bills from New York and San Francisco are
are compared.