Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-12-31
CALIFORNIA.


cisco correspondence of the New York Tri
bune:
THE EARTHQUAKE in this city proved tn
most severe shock remembered by the Oldes
iuhabitant-more severe than that Of Febru
arv. 1858. Several persons were thrown on
ofbed. water, in basins half full, was splice
ont on both sides, households were rung, am
people generally were frightened. All tn
compositors in The Alta Office ran out INTO IN
street, and the dodgers in the large brick hotei
ran into the passage ways just as they sprall
out Of bed The fright was over IN a few MN
utes and all was well again. Nobody was llur
and no serious damage was done. In tins cit.
it caused no pecuniary loss. The shock wa
felt slightly in Sacramento, Sonoma ana Napii
more severely in Stockton and Alameda ah'
Santa Clara Counties; not at all in the minlnl
districts. The only serious damage OF whlcl
we have heard was in San Jose.
Shortly after the earthquake-about two
hours latcr-came slight rain, another fact Il
confirmation of the theory that earthquakes arr
owing to electrical causes. Ordinarily, GU
earthquakes are preceded by such weather as
is considered premonitOry Of a thunder storm
in vour part Of the world. Here we have NJ
thunder-storms but we equalize our electrical
condition by earthquakes. The last quake
was preceded by several days Of very dry ant
for San Francisco-Cold weather, the at
mosphere being in a highly non-conductlng
condition.
A report was spread few days after the
earthquake Of the 26th, that the earth had
cracked open near San Jose, and that steam
was coming up, and that probably yoc9ho
would break out there in Il short time & III
proved, however, on examination, that piece
Of turfy or mucky ground, full Of vegetable
matter, had become very dry and had taken
fire at a considerable depth beneath tle sur
face So we are not to have votano yet
awhile.
John Leary, constable in Coambia, was
shot and killed by one Of three tlTeS whom
he was trying to arrest, on thengnt OF the
10Th ult. The thieves escaped arecognlzed
but one of them had been woun6i by a bullet
in the ARRAY His name was iarrlson Nor
gan lie and an accompIice med Wallace,
were arrested the next day, VI wallace CON
fcssed that they were two Ctle party, but
said the fatal shot had beer ired by third
man who escaped. This ccesslon was cor
rohorated in some material Jllts by corrobo-
rative evidence; and the pple OF the town,
without stopping to make@ nice distinctions
between thieying and mrerihg "hlle they
ing, took Morgan by fore rom the officers OF
the law and hung him me hanging was |
done so hurridly, that til lotbes were nearly !
torn off the victim, aJ has hands and feet
were not tied. His E words were, Good
have mercy on my sO@ " dear father and
mother"
The United States dp-of-war Vandalia ar
rived here on the 81 nst She reports that,
tardc Cpt,,p,np,15.r
clair received n con lint from the American
Consul at Leyalo at the inhabitants of Lo-
matt ON thc islani5 Waya, had surprised
small vessel and ed and eaten Henry Ho-
mpr of New Yortnd Louis Brewer, a natu-
rallied AmoricaJorn in Prussia. Thereup-
on. Commandernel sent out sixty men,
under Lieut Cwell, who went to Lomati
and demandeds Surrender Of the murderers.
This was rcd Lieut.. c. destroyed one
hundred and cen native houses the natives
attacked hinlda battle ensued, lasting an
hour and Iter. Fifty natives were killed,
and six ANlcaiS wounded, one OF them
severely.
4 ,,r;t oror from the United States Su-
preme al has been presented in the Su-
preme 1t ot this State, ordering certain
nanprs III sent up to the Federal Tribunal
for Corron of Errors. Our Court has not
vet upon the writ Some years ago.
while majority of the Judges of our Su-
preme urt were Nullitiers, decision was
-. chat the State Courts were in no res
e subordinate to the Federal Courts. A
'erSai OF that decision is now expected.
Inc steamers coming from Vicoria are
OF passengers every trip; going thither
y are always empty. The last steamer
Yn from Victoria touched at Portland. 0.
on her way and brought twice as much
ASSURE from the latter and only half rs many
SehSers as from the former place. Inefe
large amount Of merchandise at Victoria
lIun1g for shipment to this port, ten tons
iyed last evening.
The whole number of children (under IS
RS OF age) in San Francisco, is 1862; of
Sc 1889 were born in California, and 6OOO
under four years Of age. There are 3
I'd, deatand dumb, 235 colored. 81 Chinese
II boys and COPS girls.
jol' Fremont has lately been placed in com
-e possession Of the Josephine quartz vein.
ut which there has been so much contention r
ny between himself and the MERGED Mining i
npany. 9
The deposits of gold at the Mint during a
- "iii"ullteu 10 Pl, lO9,00b, and the | I
lage to S79OO00-all the coin struck being i
lble eagles. i
ne Cacheville Spectator states that farm =
broke piece Of land in Yolo County in =
and sowed in 1858, and has harvested
P from 1t every year without blowing or
ing it since
he Assessor of Santa Cruz County saws
average yield of wheat per acre in tits l.
nty this year is 26 bushels, Of barley 80
hels, and Of oats 40 bushels. -