New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-12-15
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S,ssr. acknowledgements. res
rota OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. -.'.sNsI~ y
Il .1Sii@n 70 X. .S.'. e ,s Hv.as L. . ,as cp9al,
s,sy TOr vsrrIciIs. cal .; The CD Of 4 H.r Ihe
g ?, ,..'' "lls be paid al he Oh rauLksEs
The success. Of this company has led TO .ae i'rua'
tion Of Sd immense company 70 attempt the turning
| OF the river for a much greater distance, inmedi'
| stsIy below the Cape Claim. The new company
VIII not be able TO dc any thing until DeIt Summer,
when the 6ry sessOn viii allow The sire Ans 70 AL
| and he river mining 20 begin sgsln. >,
The owrer. Of the mining disches in tie State held
a Conyeption in Sacramento week before last, and
.Sott.a 4 bin which il 10 be offered to Congress
With PRAYER for 10 passage The bill provides that
the lsud over which any ditch for mining purposes
passes ssa7 be granted 20 tee owners OF the dltco
and that tae said owners shall be emitted 20 use
AZ timber and stone needful for the construction or
repsir Of the work.
m. ditch Of the Tuo!umne River Water Company
which was made 10 1853 at cOs. of 81 ,o53, vas
,oN few weeks ago for S20, 600, and this IN one
Of the richest and mcst populous mining counes II
the State.
.om Rsilroad-calkd the Sacramento Valley Rail
rosd-bas published hir report for the year ending
Sept. 80. TIE tota receipts for the year were
Sl77, e42; the expenditures 1925 AIS.
A Company has been organized TO construct
likely that the work vii comrence soo1.
A Company has been formed at BoIDas Bay
small bay about 40 miles north west OF San Fran
cisco Bsy-to take whales with " bOmblance.
The v hales are 70 be shot with patent bomb
lance. which e1plodes II the fsh and causes hun TO
Goat on the surface"
Judge NcA hster of the United States Circuit
Court in this city has decided the settler acts oil
this State 70 be contrary 20 the Consultation, treaties
and laws Of the United States. These settler
sets or SOU ,txr acs provided that all lands In
California should be considered 80 pubic land aud
that IN case apy land claimed under a MEXICAN or
spsn,h grsnt should be improved by squatter, and
sfterwa,d sdjudged in court to be the property OF
the Mexican or Spanish grantee, the latter should
pay the value Of oil IN, rrrovemens.
The taxpayers OF Sacram.St.o lave held seEera
ducing the expenses of their City GOVERNMENT
They propose to consolidate the city and county, SO
that one Treasurer one Auditor, one Legislative
Boa I'd and one Sheriff or Marshal shall perform the
duties now divided between two.
A ere occurred at Sonora On the llth inst, aud
burned fifteen bOuses on Washington street be-
tween Hospital and Luoberg streets. Tie follow
ing 10 8 corrected LIST OF the Losses:
l. Smith .srbe. oor, si5o NJ lssi'rT.S S Ss.sr o.
barber $50 H. M.cu.e tailor sso ROdsabers restaurant.
Two SSa. s.. .. ..osp co.'s o5 Bl sn.nh $50
cb.IiIi., ssto; White Brras, 100 Sisadin = To-
Bhsosdiho $3.50: J.ulems.ein 500 All Psch. 5000
a. Tx x f s' ESQ aR CIV E. L t Al aS1
Cooper Mccarthy, $40.
In 1855 the Legislature adopted an act TO prohibit
and punish gambling which, as public snd notorl-
Gus occupation ard practice, immediately came 70
an ED throughout the STATE. OF late, however, II
has zen supposed hat there ia haw IN Inc law
and that the gambling game OF ROndo is not pun
shable uD6 Ter il cannot describe RondO par
ticularly and explain wherein il differs from other
games Of chance clearly forbidden by the gambling
act but perhaps the better has no en- nee at all as
against the dealer, and in that lily BIT the game is not
one of chance" One Of the State District Courts
has held that ropdO is not punishable, and the conse
quence has been that large number Of rOndo tables
are surrounded every hight by gamblers 10 public
saloons in the mining towns. The Town
Council of Sacramento-probsblyd DESTROYS Of pro-
bibitiDg the game-haye imposed very heavy
license upon it, ard few licenses have been taken
GU. under the ordinance. The Grand Jury, how
ever, has indicted the persons who have been play
ing and has indicted alec The city official who issued
the Licences under the authority of the Council
There has been trial un der the indictments.
RopdO has made ts appearance in some obscure To-
cal,ies in this city, but it can never rise 10 the
place held by the old gambling games, which from
lS49 to 1854 occupied many Of the largest and
mott costly buildings in The city, and were rendered
dLIdCuNt ny OtuCiOUe mUelC, tpltu1iu PaluSuNs
and beautiful women.
On the 9th inst the guard in charge Of the can.
non at the State Prison fred at party Of cOnvicts
who were unloading . boat Of wood at the prison
wharf. Three cOnvicts were killed, and FIVE
wounded By the sh i, the gan having been loaded
with grape. The convicts killed were, an Ameri-
car, Known 90 Thirty. years Smith; Mexican,
called Jusn; snd a eolored man, whose name 10 not
piyen. Two Of the wounded have since died; one
was PANIED Browney"; the name of the other hiss
not been reported II is 8 matter Of dispute
whether there any movement en- the part of the
eonyics to justify the firing and The general opinion
IL againit the guard. Nevertheless, 8 cOroner's
Jury Of persons living near the prison hss declared
the fri 10 be jush6sble. /. seems that the con-
yiets were moving the boat out toward the end Of
the wharf at the time, for the purpose Of getting
more convenient place 10 unload.
A sacchsrne sub,taLce, resembling sugar 70 the
touch taste and sine H. has been found cover ng the
in the upper par. Of Nspa Valley, aud is supposed
to be the same as the mamma OF Scripture. A similar
substance has been observed in other parts Of this
State ard in Utah. The Aornone, when they find
il in their vicinity speak of it as MAMMA and as al
evidence that Jehovah has chosen them as his favor
ties, and viii provide for them U be did for the
children of Israel aloretme. This mama or ns.u-
rsl tugar falls" or Is deoOsited in large quaint
tee within short space Of time. Some naturallsts
of this city have been examining il lately and the
circumstances accom- paDying its appearance, and
they say it is composed Of the eIerements of q
small insect, which, with its nature and habits, is
to be described before long u paper intended As
3 contribution to the records Of some scientific az.
ISOLATION.
Cur dates from Los Angeles are 10 the 9th inst
On that day, ju,t previous to the departure of the
steamer Lieut. E. F. Beale arrived q. LOe Angeles
with his camel train. Our report says, IAN well"
but We have 70 particulars about the number Of the