The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-05-15
NEWS FROM THE PACIFIC
COAST AND CENTRAL AMERICA @
CALIFORNIA ITEMS.


The Legislature will adjourn on the 26th inst The
Sunday law has been adopted by both branches OF the
Legislature and has been approved by the IL
will go into force the LIST of June 1t orbds the
keeping open Of house for business purposes sun
day, except hotels restaurants livery stables and drug
stores; and it forbids the sale Of any goods wares
merchandise, fresh meat fish, milk which shall
not be sold after TO- u. gtla
An act s before the Legislature to furnish and
coutrements to the students of college that they may
all learn something of military tactics
The legislature has adopted resolutions instruoting
senators and requesting in Congress to
use their influence to procure appropriation to build
and construct breakwaer at the port of San Louis Obs
po in this State. They have under consideration another
resolution nsructing senators and requesting
representatives In Congress to their influence to have
the federal government appoint American consuls at the
ports Of Guaymas Mazatan, Manxanio, and La Pax.
All the I" Evangelical" churches Of Sacramento and
Marysvillo have united TO have prayer meetings to
whether such revivals of religion have blessed New
York be initiated here In this city, Also
raj public prayer meetings have been held by the Young
Mems Christian Associations.
There great fire in Forest city the night of
the 10th inst The town almost entirely destroyed.
The total loss is put down at $l75, 900.
The Sierra Citizen reports the discovery, Down
ieyille of large amount Of beautiful blue black marble,
couded with white, and susceptible OF high polish
Some of 1t contains gold if the statement of the Citizen
be correct t a
The Indians in the Coast mountains west of Red
Bluffs, continue hostile to the whites party Of them
maze an hODDy on the btn lnSt-, ana
he narrowly escaped with his life Gen Clark has sent
some troops to the vicinity to watch the red skins
The people Of Hunboldt bay have established regu-
lar line of sailing vessels to run to this port
party Of squatters week before last drove United
States surveyor from his work in surveying ranch
Headsburg They destroyed his field notes, and ordered
him to leave the ranch under pain of being shot dead
They then hunted up of the of the ranch,
and compelled him to sign paper abandoning all claim
to the land.
The gold mines of Frazer river of which full accounts
have been transmitted to this city have created consider
able excitement The steamer Commodore, leaving here
the Goth April carries away about four hundred per-
for tho dggings They situated in the Hud
son 5 bay possessions.
Hon John G. Fremont arrived hore on the steamship
Golden Age on the 18th of April.
IyES'S COLORADO EXPLORING EXPEDITION A
NEW ROUTE TO UTAH FROM THE PACIFIC
SIDE. .,..t.5e g8ss .t ft
We have from San Diego that Indian runner
had reached Fort Yuma with late intelligence
Iyess exploring expedition, Lieut. Ives had assembled
the Colorado river in his iron steamer far above the high
point before attained by any exploring party
He had discovered the position and reached the mouth
Of the Rio Virgen, and passed though the big canon
which has been much descanted upon by western trap
pers and mountaineers When the Indian left, the
l4th of March, the party about to make land ex-
ploration Of the Vgen valley before entering the vast
unknown regions Haversed by the Upper Colorado and
its tributaries.
The NIohaves have been friendly, and had furnished
guides and hunters to accompany the exploring party
far the next tribe of Indians to the North Some Pal
utes visit to the river had told these guides that
the Mormons had been urging their tribe to make
tack upon the party promising them assistance should
be required. The Mormons regarded with good
deal OF suspicion by the Mohaves who fear lest their
tile and beautiful valley may be taken from them by the
Saints y. ~
The praccabilty of making the Colorado river chan
mel of communication with Utah cannot be entirely de-
ermined until the examinations by land towards the
Mormon road completed These, it was supposed,
would occupy but few days
All Of the members of the expedition we'll The
report published some weeks since, that Lieut. Ives
steamer fast aground l50 miles above Fort Yuma,
proves to have been incorrect. His boat probably
confounded with tho Jesup steamboat belonging to
Capt Johnson which, about that time, while returning
from trip to the Upper Mohave villages struck rock
and sunk about so miles above the Fort "A