New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-03-01
SUMMARY or CALIFORNIA NEWS

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Sse FRAscisoo, Feb. 5, ISs
The wes,ber during the last four or five dark..
bee, SebehtfoI. The sky il perfectly clear ssd a.
ann 50 warm that Summer clothes would no. \. ~,
coufs,sbe during the middle Of the days. The axs.
L.v. nsr,sk.n somewhat Of the warmth Of the a..
and ,toroh cool enough to be- invigors,hg and ev~s
80. bl,rke,. On the beds, they have yet bee, :.
ws,,n a. ,ny nights during the past twelve mos.s.
E,c.nt in The extreme clearness OF the strnospAs,
the weather here lust no~ bears great resomblaas
20 the Iudisn Summer in the Mississippi valley. II
warm sun following upon abundant fsns, Ma gva
am unusual impulse TO vegetation. Inc bills ~
nlaps are green with vigorous growth OF grass ~
many bushes and shrubs are putting on The gsH
Spripg The ruses volets. melons ana WHO csrfssh
arr, Incoming in the gardens, and numerous w
flowers NAV be found on the mn SIDES and "a u
nsnons Tic gsrdepers are busy at work pteaaus,
the ground for the seeds and young piants' auS
~, of which more probably are eaten herefAn
snv other city in the Union. are grown IN aouetsas
in The open air and are to be seen IN every salnt
.rIe,If New POTATOES rather small, but big ecsss,
to eat are coming in, and are Sod al eS"' oea@ Pr
pound. ,....,,.. .,;,o ,h.
fortnight. A heavy rain commenced on the 20 VI
and Continued for tb rec days, making the totA anon.
nj rain which has fallen during the season up 10 s
date considerably greater thsn 10 any winner sscs
1850 The storm which brought ram 90 thee px
and in the valleys brought snow and nan on the m,s
taips. In Iuolumne County there was a severe bal
storm, the stones being, many Of them, threequs
of an inch in diameter. Thunder and lightning, vass
sYe very rare in this State, aud violent gusts OF wa
came with the hail, and unusual cold followed Sev
eral high fumes aqueducts were blown doFn, nt
number shanties had their roofs blown away. TIE
dams and bitches suffered much injury, and the toai
damage done by the storm IN that county u supposed
10 amount to not less til an $JUVV, exclusive tf tie
hipdrance 10 mining. The cold has been 90 gressthA
the ground has been frozen, AID in that condition. the
miners cannot wssh the gold out, Besides the break.
inc of dams bitches and fumes has cut off the supply
az wafer from many of the claims, and sno days per.
bsn, weeks will be required to repair damages
4 CORRESPONDENT Of The Alta, writing IRON Columbia
on the o5tb ultimo sad he thought that not hundrt
ounces of gold had been dug in that district within s
TWO weeks previous: Little ia nass Sas done hos.
ever in other counties, and the ram did much good
everywhere The reports from most OF the mining
towns are very favorable. The snow was not ses
along the lower foot hills of the Sierra Nevada o.
thawed az soon as il struck the ground.
The farmers in the northern part OF the State have
had "a much rain as they WISH and the miners IN
districts complain of having too much. Inc raia hs
been of great benefit TO the counties south OF taeb
of San Francisco by drowning out the gopher' wnft
favored by four five very dry nter had iacreasi
greatly in numbers and had become one OF the ges,x
troubles of the farmers in Santa Clara and the adS
ing counties. In the valley Of Tusre Lake, tasreM
NOT been 80 much rain a. necessary to secure sls
crop of grass during the dIoutb OF summer. Az hsn
bolat Bay more rain fell during December than I'll
here during November, December and January.
A water.worn quartz bowlder, weighing AZ pounds
and containing gold to the value OF about s2yW va
found last week in a tunnel IN Placer C0unty JWse
under the surface of the ground. 49,
A suspension aqueduct to be half mile oag. I'D
feet high and to cost $4,000 is to be built at Jsoay
Lind Calveras County.
The miners at Geld Hill, II Dorado County, are %
a strike against the high price charged for water b.
the Ditch Company OF that place. The miners have
held a meeting, and adopted resolutions declany
that they will not pay more than p cents per nchk
water, and that nobody else sh .ll.
There has been an etfoIt making of late to orgsnk
a company to tuin the head waters Of the ksman
River into the Sacramento, mainly tor the purpoS
draining the former stream so that us BED can
washed for gold in the Summer and partly Tor The P
nose of increasing the amount OF water IN the Sacft
wmepto. The scheme is feasible, but will probably&
be carried into execution this year
The Legislature has done nothing of much noe
during the fortnight q,
for funding the floating debt of the city, which hs
been repudated for several years but such bk as
usually referred to the local delegations, ands u
taxpayers of San Francisco are not very anxicun
pay for the past extravaganza of the city oficslshs
late of the bll-if equitsbly drawn-is not knowts
at the present moment.
Gov. Weller appointed 8. III. Brooks OF Stocktosh
the position of State Controller, but the senate ks
tated to confirm the appointment because BROOKS ~
been, until lately, KnOw-Nothing and had yotsaM
Fillmore The Governor withdrew the name OF Buou
and sent in that of Aaron X. Melony, present Sessa
from Contra Costa. The Senate confirmed this nom
nation at once.
The Governor has appointed as his Private Sser
tsry his brother-in.law, Mr. NJ 4. Brocklebalia
New York, who is not a citizen of the State; anf1
Senate has confirmed the appointment.
man who was sentenced to the Stste Prison, iN
had served out his time several years ago, has Na
pardOned by Gov. Weller, who says the Governor ha
the power, under our laws, to restore convict Sea-
fenced to the State Prison to the privileges Of ctIen
ship after the expiration Of the term Of lnprsonmsc
A aartea Of inta oh al
Congress praying for the REIMBURSEMENT 10 this Sue
of the Federal title TO the mining lands, has bend
fered in the Assembly, but has been laid on the tabe
and will probably remain there. The reso utops we
offered by the Assembymen from Los Angeles, sN
the representatives of the mining counties suppose w
purpose TO be TO get the mining lands in such position
that mining claims can be- ta1ed therefore theirh@
tility to the resolutions.
j. w. Bagey, exiled from this city by the Viglssa
Committee, has been appointed Clerk Of the JudcUI
Committee of the Legislature.
a Committee of the Legislature has been ia ~
city for several days examining persons and psps
IN regard TO the mail contract with the Pacific M
Steamship Company. IL is said that some " stsnhg
developments will be made in the report, but this
mere rumor, and attach no credit to it.
An actor known here az s. p. Everett, but who's
true name is said to be II. p. Cosand Of PbilsiaPhs
has been arrested for arson in Creka, under cream
stances which, according TO Newspaper report, show
that he intended to burn down the town if possible
and commit extensive robberies.
The Supreme Court Of the State has renders
another and probably final decision in the msttsra
Adams & Company, ordering the property to be pax
over 10 the attaching creditors.
The fortnight has been char acterized by wOnde
full number Of suicides and deadly ARRAYS. On "
Goth ult., Adolph +. Brsnda, young employs
"a doorkeeper in the wealthy mercantile house
Macondray c., committed suicide by taking styts
nine, because he had been detected 10 purloiais
81 800 belonging to his employers. He had bii
held very respectable position, and had the IA
confidence Of Mscondray & Co., who for q long tin.
paid him annual salary of 5000. He cogdDa
live in the slow style, and his honest earnings vsr.
not enough for man who had fast horses fast wonea
and fast friends. 1t was supposed that his defsesies
would amount to more than 9 900, but Mscondnya