The Placer herald., 1857-11-07
Florida, has reached Kansas. Four COM

panleS more were expected Iuo neAt uay
By the I'd inst, the despatch says, upwards
Of thousand troops would be in the Terri
tory, to be distributed in various election
precincts, as Governor Walker might deem
proper
A private letter, received here by last
steamer from Mr.. Dallas, indicates that he
expects to return to the United States next
spring.
The Government is taking steps to prevent
the destruction of live oak in Florida.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 5, 1857.
The Navy Department received to-day an
official communication from Commodore
Paulding, relative to his reconnaissance of
the Isthmus between Aspinwal and Panama.
to ascertain the practicability of conztruct-
ing the inter-oceanic canal. He and his
scientific party took the route by which the
railroad passes, as in every respect most de-
srable for this purpose He reports that
the Isthmus itself seems to present no serious
obstacle for the construction of a canal, but
that there would be great difficulty in pro-
curing laborers for the successful accomplish
ment of the work. The distance from ocean
to ocean, according to Engineer Totten's
estimate along the proposed line of route
for the canal, is forty-fve and three-fourths
of mile
1t is estimated that the cost of the canal,
including harbor Improvements on both ends,
will not exceed eighty millions of dollars
Attorney General Black, in a recent deci-
sion, says that person who claims land in
California, under grant from Mexico, is
entitled to have patent for it issued out of
the General Land Office whenever he shows
that his claim has been finally confirmed by
the Commissioners of the District Court, or
by the Supreme Court, if he at the same
time accompanies that proof with a survey
certified and approved by the Surveyor Gene
raj. The Attorney General has certain su-
pervisory control over the investigation of
the California claims, while the contest upon
them is between the United States and the
Mexican grantees; but beyond this, persons
claiming titles adverse to the grantees must
resort to the proper courts of the State.
Very little additional intelligence has been
obtained in regard to the survivors of the
lost Central America Three more of her
unfortunate passengers have been fortunately
rescued. After enduring the most terrible
suferings on the open sea for nine days with
out food or water, drenched with the waves,
exhausted by exposure, and reduced by star
walton, they were mercifuIIy snatched from
death in the darkest hour of despair. They
arrived in New York on Monday, October
5th in the Bremen bark Laura, from Bremen,
the Captain of which reported that on the
20;h Of September, in lat. 40 deg. so min,
lon. so deg, at 2, P. NJ, he fell in with the
British brig Mary Capt. Shearer of Greenock
from Cardenas for Queenstown, and took
from her John Ties, second engineer; Alex
Grant, fireman; and G. w. Dawson, passen-
ger; whom the Mary had rescued from the
Central America. mr. Tice was seventy.two
hours adritt on a plank. On the 4th NOR
ming he dr:ted by boat and succeeded in
getting into her. AMI on the 9TH he picked
up Alex. Grant, fireman, who was five
DAYS on a part of the hurricane deck, Grant
having swan to the boat
The two then pulled for the hurricane deck
and took off G.. w. Dawson, a passenger.
There bad been twelve men on that part Of
the wreck, the names Of some Of whom are
! George Buddin9tOn, second engineer, died:
John Bank coal passer died; Patrick Carr,
coal passer, died; Patrick Evers, fireman; and
six coal-passers, names unknown, all pc ished
Messrs. Tice, Dawson and Grant were eight
days without water or provisions of any sort,
the sea making a breach over them the most
of the time. The second day after the
steamer went down, they saw number of
passengers on pieces of the wreck, but could
not assist them.
Foreign Intelligence.