New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-12-15

~, ard Its citizens he mo-. lnkHlge1s u mo Sfc
CONAN population, have grvea " vote sepaf'e
from the remainder Of the county.
Eyery precinct heard irJm hX given n,joriy
| sesins, Slavery.
Report says that Lsnlil hss given IS majority,
and Marion 800 majority" against Slavery. Toe
total vote of the Territory 10 sbou. II, 800.
/. probable that the vote on the three questions
viii bear about the sOme proportion 10 me disti'co
70 be beard from 81 in those ron which We pave
the returns Il. 10 q weIlkDown fact that sfse
proportion il not majority, Of the citizens OF ore
gon emHrsted from Slave Ststee-Pariculariy Mn
souri and ArkaDsas-or .be southern border OF .se
Free States; and the proportion PROBABLY larger
in The counties bordering on the Columbia and the
lower Willamette than in the southern pait Of tns
Territory. That the people about Portland have
BOT tme frem any district much ah,csed WIN ADO
tionsm is plsnly to b. recognized by The large Soe
sga net the admission Of free negroes The miners
Of the south will certainly not be more frieofy 20
Slavery than tie farmers Of the north. There Is
report that some Of the southern counties hsve gwen
msjorities for Slavery, but doubt It.
Tie news has been received here very quietly.
None Of the newspapers, save the out-and out Re
publican orsaDs express any hearty reigeiDg over
the REJECTION Of Slavery, or the exclusion Of Tree
men Of color.
As to our California news we have q variety Of
little items, and several of considerable moment.
The new from New-York Of the protest Of the
drafts Of Ssther 4 Church created some excite
ment here, AID caused the suspension OF the house
in this city and the branch house in Sacramento
but bone Of the other banks appear 70 be seriously
affected. The news Of the suspension OF the New
York banks does not appear to affect business here
st all, and think it likely that We shall feel but
very 1le here Of the severe and lasting depression
Of business which threatens the Eastern States.
Messrs. Satber & Church have employed Msssrs.
T II. SeDby. j. b. Roberts and DR.. Samuel Mer.
rift to settle up their affairs; and these gentlemen
are buiily engaged IN paying up the Claims agins.
the house. / was informed day before yesterday By
one Of tho,e gentlemen, that they had paid every
good claim preselted to the n AMI hoped to pay al
eebts of In a ,hort time and have surplus left sui
6cient for handsome competency 70 each partner
The house Of Sather d Church will probsbiy-
even if the expectations Of their most sanguine
friends be realized-nO. be reetsblished. but IL is
,aid .hat Mr.. Fiske leading partner in the Sacra-
mepto house of Fiske, Ssthsr & Church. vii sOoR
reopen a house. imsgi that there is not much
money lying on deposit now in the California bank.
ing houses, but there have been no runs mentioned
in he newspapers during the last two weeks, save
one on the house of W. o. Sleeper & Co., OF Co
lunh..::, Tuonmne County, and ttey met the charge
successfully. II appears the house was connected
in business transactions with sa,her & Church.
There has been considerable DISCUSSION in the
newspapers during the last week or two about the
seaWorthness Of our steamships. The ASSOCIATION
of caulkers and journeymen sbip'csrpensers have
declared that most of our Panama steamships are
70 sadly in need Of repairs such as ship carpenters
ard caulkers can d. as 10 be entirely unseaworthy;
while, in q number Of cases, the SCENTS of the New
York and Epgli.h underwriters, the wsrdens Of the
port and the United States Inspector have declared
several Of the same vessels 10 be sound and sea
worthy. In the case OF the steamship Oregon,
however, the off :isl Inspectors refused 70 give
certificate of seawori ioess and the vessel has been
withdrawn She was advertised for Port Town
send, Washington Territory and had not been EN-
ployed at all for more than eighteen months. She
was approved as a sound and strong boat by Com.
missGners OF the United States Navy when she was
built I'D l64S.
The John L. Stevens, the steamer advertised to
sail this morning at o'clock with the mails, WA
Inspector Of Huls, and G. w. Coffee, United States
Inspector Of Boilers They testify that she is
seawortby weasel. The Port Warden, as State
officer, was present at the inspection, and be says
che is not seawortby. The Collector of the Port
must refuse a clearance 10 vessels declared to be
unseawortby by the United States officials; but he
does not recognize the opinion of State officer
having any authority. The people may think the
Port Warden is right; they don't care whether it
be so or not. The passengers don't care whether
the vessel is seaworthy. They with cOmmodious
and elegant vessel, good table, attentive and gen.
tlemaLly officers. Csfornisns are willing 70 risk
their lives, but they don't ike 10 be deprived Of
comforts, which, a. they well know, might be
easily provided by proper management
The rain, which commenced on the Sd inst. and
continued about three days. filed all The streams in
the mining districts to flood hight, carried of great
number OF mining dams and aunes, and put an end
10 all river mining for the season. At Sacramento
City the American River carried away long strip
of Its bank, about twenty feet wide, Destroying .
considerable amount Of garden land. The same
stream brought down vast amount Of sand and
gravel from the mining districts, and deposited
them Immediately below its mouth, ia the Sacra.
msnto River, whose stream was less rapid. This
deposit was 20 great that large bar, covering an
extent Of six or eight acres, has risen j1st
opposite Sacramento City, in the middle OF
The river, and it threatens 70 seriously interfere
with the navigation Of the river and the com Aerce
OF the city. The bar is exposed at low tide, and
appears to be composed Of gravel and clay IN such
proportions as to make very tough MIXTURE not
likely 10 be removed by other floods A. the bar 10
now, boats can pass both aides Of T. and can land
at Sacramento on the east and Washington o. the
west but there are DO. the same facilities FOX turn
ipe and sailing through the middle Of the river -
before. The bar is about 500 feet long
The Feather, Yubs, Bear, American, COsumues,
CaaveraA MokelunDe, MommDe MERGED snd Stan
issus, all rose from 10 70 % feet within II hours
After the rise began, and most Of them swept away
nearly everything in the shape of dam and aame
upon their banks. In come places the miners hsd
not even tine to save their tools.
Tie rain las come earlier than usual, and mces
Of the river miners were uDprepared for It. Many
companies engaged in AumiDg had ju't got fairly at
the gold, after prepa ing during the whole Summer,
and were in hopes Of making immense fortunes IN a
few weeks The North American Company a. Mur-
derers Bar, on the American River, furnishes al
| -. hay bad