The weekly Columbian., 1857-01-17
Miscellaneous News.

Miscellaneous News.
INvAlID.-The Supreme Court has decided
that the State capitation tax of $50 on Chinese
| is invalid.
! General Allen has retired from the Sacra-
mentO American having sold out his interest
to L. W. Ferris, Esq.
The Temperance Mirror calculates that S72S.-
600 per annum is expended in Sacramento for
whisky and other stimulating bibulants.
The length of the telegraph lines in the world
is about 10000 miles of this 35 900 miles are
in the United States, 5000 in England, 5000
In Germany and Prussia, $500 in France. $500
In Austria, 1900 in Italy, and 1900 in Turkey.
There are in London. 400, 900 who never at
tend public worship, $50, 900 habitual drunkards,
100000 open prohgates, 10000 professed beg
gars, 10000 gamblers, $4,000 destitute chill
dren, and 10000 receivers of stolen goods
More than 10000 young men under Is years of
age, are annually committed for theft in Great
Britain.
The PRESIDENTIAL ELECrTON.-From the re-
turns actually received, and with the deficien-
cies yet to come in, the aggregate popular vote
of the Union in the hate Presidential election
will not be less than 3,S00,0OO.
The Supreme Courts of Ohio and Sonth Caro-
lima have recently decided that the losing par
ty in a wager may recover from the stake-hold-
er the money he may have deposited with him.
although the latter, after the determination of
the wager, had, by the order of the depositor,
paid the money over to the winner.
| APPo4NTMENr-O. C. Hall. late candidate for
Elector. has been appointed Brigaaier General
for the Nevada District, by Governor johnson.
The three brothers Washburn, members of
the present Congress. are all reelected: Israeli
in Maine, Cadwallader c. in Wisconsin, and
Elihu B. in Illinois.
SIsKIYoU CoUNTY.-Gooa land, about 100000
acres; no Mexican grants in this county three
Touring and ten saw mills by water, one steam
saw mill $50 miles of ditches with capital
invested of 5000 600; 1900 horses, 3.4OO cat
tie, 1000 hogs. $500 mules. 1000 sheep, 800
goats, 5000 hens; number of acres under fence
| 33, ,000.-Hms5oldt Times.
PAY OF OFFIcERs.-The per diem of officers
of the Legislature, as established by the act of
last year. is-Secretary of the Senate, Chief
Clerk of the Assembly. and Sergeant-at-Arms
of both Houses, each $l2. Assistant Secretary
/
bly,, each IL. Engrossing and Enrolling Clerk
and DOorkeepers of both Houses. each Sl0.-
All other Clerks, 50 each. Chaplains of both
Houses, each So. Porters, Sc. Pages, SIS.
A LUCKY SrArE-Texas is now out of debt,
with surplus of over S 100000 in the treasu-
ry; permanent five per cent. school fund of
$4,000; an unappropriated domain estimated
at 00.000,O00 acres !: lighter tax than is i'm
posed by any other State. and the aggregate
amount of taxable property is 250,O00,O00.
The AMENDED CoxsrIrUTIoN.-On the 9th inst.
at II NJ. both Houses met in the Assembly
chamber to count the votes cast at the last
general election for and against the proposed
amendments to the Constitution. The result is
as follows:
For the amendments. ts............. .32, ,656.
| Against the amendments 2.95l.
THE LATE EARTHQUAKE. In every portion of
the State from which we have heard. up to the
present, the earthquake of the 9th inst. was ve-
ry seriously felt. 1t is by no means imprOba-
BILE that it extended to the extreme North. So
far the earthquake is represented to have been
felt in Stockton, Marysville, Mokelumne Hill,
Sacramento. San Francisco. Monterey, San Pc
dro Los Angeles, Santa Barbara and San Die
go, and all about the same tines. +. Herald.
JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME CoURT-
Peter H. Burnett, the first Civil Cover
nor of California, having received from
Governor johnson the appointment OF
Judge of the Supreme Court. rice S.
Heydenfeldt, resigned, appeared and was
sworn in yesterday, and assumed his po-
sition on the Bench. The action of the
Executive in this respect is regarded
with hfavor-iS0cr0mentO Union.
Snow SHoEs.-These articles are now
absolutely Indispensable in the north
1t is by means of them alone that COM
munication can be had with Yreka from
the South. The passage of the noun
tains is extremely perilous.-B.
Ice ON THE TntNlTY-It is represent
ed that the ice on the Trinity river has
formed to such a thickness person may
ride mule across without danger.
TUNNELING UNDER THE ESNow.--During
the past week some half dozen tunnels
have been driven across Main street, at
various points, under the snow. As it
was great Inconvenience to cross the
street over the snow, these tunnels are
decidly great relief to pedestrians
Sierra Democrat.
ADyERrIsNG.-A late number of the Ameri
can Railroad Times contains the following very
judicious remarks:
"No greater mistake has eyer been made by
railway officials than was committed when they
withdrew their advertisements from newspa-
pers."
No greater mistake can be made by any class