The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-05-17

Total loss, $5S, 100.
Miscellaneous.
COINAGE AT THE UNITED STATES BRANCH MINT-The past
week has been noted for the most extensive at
the United States Mint in this place that has been
performed since Its establishment About 500 deposits
have been received making an aggregate of ounces
dred thousand dollars and numbering six hundred thou
sand pieces went through all the various opera
week. This amount and great number of pieces
were all adjusted and passed through the hands Of thr
on sy
ladies. On Thursday the amount of one mil
lion dollars passed between the meiter rensr and couer
hundred each of which had to pass through dozen ops-
ratons. The whole amount melted and refined during
the week Ii and half million of dollars which un.
dergoes some fourteen different operations. The Mint
now prepared to do very large amount of business
quite sufficient for al the wants Of this state The exam
OF performing vast amount of labor and reflects great
crsdh upon its present management In addition to the
work already alluded to- the of $2l 600 in silver
gots has been made.-San Fdnsisco Ala, april q.
THE CONSOLIDATION ACr.-The Consolidation BILL says
the San Francisco Herald has been engineered through
both branches of the Legislature and only awaits
the signature of the Governor to become law It has
been wisely provided that it shall go operation
an OPPORTUNITY to its bsuss and oose
the accounts Of the present fiscal year. The bill, in
BRIEF reduces the limits Of the county line running
across the peninsula from Mission Bay to the ocean,
little beyond the Mission Dolores and Incorporates the
portion cut off into county to be called San Mateo
cotermnou and set OF officers hereafter to
for both. Duplcste and unnecessary. offices have
been abolished. "t % There Mil BE- % no longer CITY
Attorney City Assessors Aldermen and Assistant Alder
men, Their functions viii be discharged BY correspond
rst election under the bill viii take pisos in November
until which time the present Mayor will hold
Police Judgs-the present Marshal a. Chief OF Police and
the present Board of Educaon with the functions
as now All the other city officials dispensed with.
OuY1 In CufaO OH fhOun sand drAf
that have long been exhaustng ths treasury No allow
ance Is made for contingencies OF any kind The officers
for their own clerks their own stationery aad ue
are positively forbidden to contrast debt or Abiit
concerned, the bill ts all that could be desired.
heavy FAILURE IN San FRANcIsCo.-rhe firm Of Kalk-
man Co., large importing and josbing house estab
city, filed their petition in ohancery on yesterday morn
ing for dissolution Of partnership, and distribution
OF their effects among their creditors Their liabilities
about one hundred and sixty thousand dollars
half OF which is perhaps owing to merchants In this city
and the balance to European houses. Their assets may
firm Of Falkner, Bell & Co.. was appointed receiver.
Numerous attachments taken out immediately the
news was erued around and BY A. NJ over tnirty,six
Their the attachments will have precedence is yet in
aoub these proceedings the part of Kalkman Co.
resemble those Of Adams Co., In whch the supreme
Court overrued the attachments and dscreed that the
assets should be divided pro rata among all the dors
San francisco Herald, April To-
Msjor General John E. Wool, With Lieutenant Colenel
Ripley and Lieutenant Colonel Norman, and attended by
his ad Lieutenant Arnold left San Francisco on the 7th
April for the field OF operations against the Indians in the
North.
TRIALS KiLING.-Tn the courts, the of R. NJ.
Backus indicted for maHsaughter for killing Frederick
Oldham, is being tried before the Fourth District
Court The originally tried tor murder, and
conviction of mausaughter was obtained, which ap
pealed to the Supreme Court and new trial ordered
In consequences OF the orey Of the Il has been
Inn possible to get jury hear it second time
venire Of four hundred and twenty persons was ex-
hausted before the twelve could obtained. The
OF Charles Cora the murderer OF Gen. Richardson set
for hearing at the close Of the Backus trial. and will
probably be taken up next week.-San Francisco Alta.
April FL
THE FIRST RAILROAD ACCIDENT I CARiroRyIA-ONE MAN
killed. SACRAMENTO April 10, l856.-As the six O'Clock
named Frank French while detaching freight car,
thrown under the wheels and instantly killed BE fell
low the shoulder French vas about rs years Of age
and has mother residing at Folsom.
GREAT RACE BETWEEN wAKE-UP JAKE AND BosroN COIL
SACRAMENTO April IT. 1856The following is the result
OF the that off oday Wake up Jake
and Boston Colt:-Frst heat bv Boston Colt first
mile 163 whole time 344k second heat Wake-Up Jake
third heat made BY Wake Up Jake in 347 The betting
lively and the Last heat Eve to offered
on WakeUp Jake, but no takers.
miscellaneous Indian War News.
ANOTHER TRAIN, WITH THEIR CARaOEs, CAP
TURED-sIx PACKERS KILLED.
We were Informed, day before yesterday, BY Mr..
Crooks, the Yrka Union OF the 18th i,st, that
early the Sd instant train of thirty six mules were
their way from Crescent City to he klamath river
companied with six packers and were Att attacked BY
equipped for The psokers were instantly killed.
and the mules, osrgoes &c, taken possession Of and
the cargo but II was presumed to contain more or less
ammunition The attack made At Gates Raach,
between Sailor DggDgs and Crescent City. The excite
ment ct Sailor Dggrgs very great and most persons