New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-04-30
v.,..e, adjacent 10 Sonora, aDd perhsps into that

Of the State. |
private letter has been received in this city dated
Gan Bias Mexico representing that the 4th OF thn'
month the town had been attacked by band OF roo-
bss who killed twelve Of the inhabitants sad PUN
dered ii Of all the money, jewelry, &c, they c"u''
ind. cha
In the latter part of March hot wind blew from .is
Colorado Desert which in few hours witheIeu na
grass and tender vegetation Tor con''oe'
about San Diego. the Mor,n,ls
Serious discussions have arisen ainouS -'' ~
both az San Benardino and sal; Lake; , ,,rss.,,
The latest accounts from Corson Fsiey rep SIM
The snow a, still being deep on the S~in~r' r.,
sute luxuriant in the valley the ostIg ~o'. a, -
esural prospects good, the miners nahii9 i ""eo''
and affairs generally III a prosperous cona.'.on'
The inhabitants Of the southern oo"n. , .p a.. .h
m the matter Of building wagon I1,u elo.sn .n
Carson Canon. -, f,; a.,
mountains 10 the northeast oi santa baroaTa nave
not turned out either rich OF extensive.
A party Of men recently returned from !" aver
River report finding iu a valley at the head Oh tne
Ea,t Fork gold in sufficient quantities to pay ~,
vuknc were il not for the Indians. Ihey 'eaIheu
that four white men bad been killed. by the savrgcs
be year before, while attempting 10 ds eo'u u" VIC
iver. -, ,h
vepue in the case of Ned McGowan and the trIal Is
Get for May in Nspa County ne run M oaol a' l
10, where has molested num- anu ni"Ao' "o 'u
ther attempts at cOnceaiinent nI..c,
nsrtv were expecting to ~. out from Rabbit Creek
Sierra County in a few days to settle IN Honey Lake
Valley the terminus Of the new W agon Koad route
m. wife of Joseph Lester having fallen into habits
NJ inemr.rapce il worked upon his mind, that III
III of desperation he loaded dOublebarreled shotgun
and with one charge shot her dead and with the othe
bl,w his own brains out. The an had previousli
seep divorced from another husband, and left mn
little girl behind her.
bIck building fell on the Goth nit, in Sacramento,
eousing the death Of a married woman named oaIal
AcCabe Dr. Burril and his family barely escaped
similar fate. Property was destroyed ~ the amount OF
81, GOO.
Light draught steamers now running regulsrl
10 OroviDe.
MI p s. Julien YVES murdered in hi house, al
Asiysville, on the 30th March in prese2ce OF his
wife to whom be recently married lhe prem
ses were then robbed of consd rable sum OF money
Henry Lewis shot himself at San Juar, Monterey
County the l4tb ut discharging the gun with his
toe
VIM Witt, a German, formerly from Wisconsin,
drowned himself the river, opp site Sacramento on
the 10th March, owing TO troubles caused by lawsuit
in which he involved.
Edward McCanley and man named DAVIS have
been sentenced to death in Sonora for the crime OF
murder. .o
iumbia committed suicide by hanging, while under
temporary fit of insanity.
James Wilson, formerly of Boston Mass,
drowned at Midtown, Shasta, in February last
fire broke out in Sacramento on the LIST inst de-
sfroyng 600 worth of property, mostly belonging
10 the California Stage Company.
Francisco, Mexican Indian, has been convicted OF
murder in San JOSE
CITY.
There is bill now before the Legislature, granting
tn an association STYLED the San Francisco Dock and
Wharf Company the exclusive night oil building
bulkbesd and evyng tolls around the entire front OF
the city. On the 24th ut. petition sigaed by sew
eral hundreds of our weahiest merc hants aud most
respectable citizens forwarded to the Legislature
demonstrating against the passage OF sad bii, aa9
asking that action shall be taken In the bulkhead
matter by the present Legislature, except to pass
bill providing for the election, by the people OF this
CITY, at the general election of SIX commissioners,
whose duty it shall be thoroughly to examine the
whole subject and report, with Recommendations 10
the ext session of the Legislature.
Mr.. Theodore Perry, Junior othcer OF the United
States sleop-of-war Warren, was knocked down with
a slung. shot and severely injured by villain named
sEsak s. H tsI s9 the nTh' "' tho '''N wv" hNie
'Smnt cd ,,nPst,' ~nIcn commenced six
minutes and ortyeight seconds before so clock p m
and ended at fory-ix inmates and twenty-seven sec
Onds after o'clock p. IN.
The Coroners jury in the case OF the Chinawoma
who was found dead in her bed III q brothel, on tn
alley between jackson and Pacific street, returneds
verdict the Goth utmo, that deceased came TO her
death from the effects Of morphine, administered 10
her by some person or persons unknown.
The body OF man named William WycoG, native
of Nova Scotia aged 80 years, was picked up IN tn
bay the 25th uitimo the foot of Clay street
He said To have aauy residing 10 Purchase street
Boston.
The notorious Jack Powers was arrested in this city
ON the 9th ultimo, as fugitive from Justice he L"
charged with having committed burglary IN Los
Angles County some months ago. On the 18th, writ
of Eabeas corpus was granted in the and argued
before Judge Freelon, of the County Court. On Mon
day, the 3Oth his Honor ordered the prisoner to be
admitted TO bail in the Of 3 O0 for his appearance
to undergo further examination on the 18th proxmo
A French shoemaker named Louis Rousseau, aged
50 years, native of Montes, in the Province of Brit
tany, committed suicide Monday night, tue 3Oth
ult, i'll his house Bartlett alley, between jackson
and Pacific streets by seveng the cephac artery of
his left arm. He is supposed to have been lsbonng
under attack of dersngement, from the excessive
Of spirituOus liquors.
The Board of Supervisors met on Wednesday even
ing, April i. communication was received from the
Sisters of Mercy, giving the Board notice that the
contract for the and maintenance of the indgcnt
Eck at end in consequence Of their not having
received the compensation agreed upon. The Com
mittee on Hospitals instructed to advertise for
proposals for the and maintenance of the INDECENT
sick; the Union School-house TO be used as hos
pnal.
Mrs. Julia Dean Hayne, assisted by excellent
stock company, have been playing to crowded houses
at haguires Opera House since Monday, 23d inst.
the corner Of Suffer and Montgomery streets. The
company consists Of Hernandez, Butler, Franklin
DEvani, Mr.. and Mrs. Austin and u number Of other
excellent performers.
Mrs. Emily L. Lesdernier, the celebrated authorizes
and elocutOuist mace successful debut in the char
crowded house, at the Metropolitan Theater, on the
SQth ult Her engagement still continues aud she is
rapidly growing III public favor.
OREGON.
Our intelligence from Oregon is to March 26.
terrible accident occurred at Oregon CITY, on the
18th ultimo, the steamer Portland having been earned
over the Falls at that place causing the death Of Capt
Jameson and OF the hands and the entire desruc
ton OF the boat.
The weather of late had been cold and wet, We.
crops looked well and fruit promises to be abundant
There had been heavy falls Of snow in the interior
OF the Territory durinp the At Wntar