New-York daily tribune., 1858-11-29
~ se.y County seys Of the Temperance organization

b. j. Id hut.
WIN est v exception they sNis, uo- 81 heir h. /.
uaiy .is.d a. cted Of moral iupa.,
The pc, PIE Of the northern courties-yhiob contain
more 'an twotblris Of oar popula'ion-.re not n All
pleased to think at The Federal Government shouI
/ show 20 much more favor TO the Southern overland
MAJ route than to the central one ard re.....,. a.
oeI c1culated, praying Cor gre m e.,si,;.s a..
weekly ns " 'i- i.f -. md et.iJsSh retnca tbc it
( scneoule time between S.. Joseph, Mo-, and sacra.
menio, CAL to twenty-five days.
! Dnrng storm winch visited the southern part OF
the Si'e the n ut the camels at Fort Teton be.
came di'gnieted and ran away, taking the road to
Texas. Men sent after them caught nne and brought
item back, but the other six have not get been heard
from.
TIE Soioao Heroid -sys that there are many Cali
forn'a lcns cougar scshing about in that county.
One of them, six feet long, was killed shor. time
since, urder home, II Vallejo, the capital Of the
State.
TT. Aa5urn Press says:
"Careuters ploy~d OF tie Fol.o1 Railroad Lise receive
only 80 mouth aud abosfs 20 ana boar4-lds their
Tfomas o. Larkin, prominent citizen of Clfo,-
ns died in this city on the 9TH alt. IL was born in
Chariestowr, Mass. came TO California pHor in 1872
YVES appointed United States Consul at Monterey, in
lS4i wrote the first oica reports Of the discovery Of
The California gold mines in 1875 aud osring large
amount oi laLd became very wealthy man as the
country settled up. He was a successful specua'or,
and was well hked by American and Mexican Califor-
nsrs. He was buried with pOmp by the Pioneer So
ciety.
TIE annual report of the Superintendent 6 Schools
in this city made few days ago.
year snos aili i % G o 'af i SO g se. eod to
at of School Faud p Op salaries for the year s5l3lj
ss s. uae S1 and .upe aa SaH' lat ,-u I ifS' a.
nsier ~ i1c.eebts - = u-. Of Board Of Ia e,to9 80
Piil ting AID stationery. $50 total, Vi,J2
The at annual rspoTi aow, the enrolment 70 be 30
b aversre after sue increased 20 ESQ In the private school,
Of The city the attendance 10 about 600.
res fTt Assistant IN Grammar Sc ool nov tlc to bo
Irt,rleoises now 4lio 70 io0 First A,s,au,.
main at 80 Second As,au nov +75 to Be - rhaePa
Several ugeIicus inventions have been announced
during the fortnight. One is new quartz crusher,
invented by +. l. Steen Of this city. The prpcp!e,
of biz invention i 10 have every stau per fastened
directly to the piston of a steam boiler, instead OF
hayirg steam engine, the piston OF wnch turns
wheel which in IL turn, directly or indirectly, raises
TIE stamps. BY fastening the stanpoTs directly 10
pstOus BE- exp, cts TO drive the weights down az wen
a. Iase them mp 10y steam. The invention has not
been tried fairly, buy it is thought to bo good one
The Ie1t invention - a fie engine, the model OF
which IL Of the most Ingenious things have ever
seen. II il two-wha,led cant, with shafts running
forward rs though Lor-e 70 be t,.ched TO- On the
aAle il placed reel for lose IS on an ordinary hose
carrage. Above the reel rises isht frame, little
higher than tbs top OF the he, and at each side be-
tive en- the hosc.reCl aud the whe' i, pump the two
being Connected ~ pipe. Near one the pumpsis
an air chamber When any squirting is to BE- done the
and rest on the ground; The bats which double,
are exterded behind the carriage well ~ before,
and are used brakes the wheels are locked TO the
ses, ard handles fastened 10 them opeued out at
right angles that power can be applied by them to
tie pumps well as by the brakes. The inyeniOo
looks to though il might be valuable one, but
The Only proof in practice, which II Will have in the
course of a few weeks An engine is now max ing here
on the model. The inventor is Irish sailor
red Devar, who has lately been mining near Sonc-
ra, TuolumDe County.
very old luddD, reported to be l3I years OF age,
died at the Mission of San BueDaveptura on the 10Th
ult. Ii il said Lc worked a, blacksmith in making
the iron work for the Mission Church when i was
built at that place in 7i, and then more than oO
years Of age. ,
Tie WORK or The United States Foundry in tue
NAVY Yard at Mare Island has been com nonced. II
is said that il is to be the largest of all the Govern
ment foundorics.
John 1revertbek of Nevada went into rum-shop
kept in that place the evening of the 3t ut drunk,
sno demanded liquor. Frank Carter owner OF the
shop refused H. and they got into quarrel Carer
struck TroveItiick the neck with uis fist and the
blow proved fatal, causing u conclusion OF the
brain '-so Nevada ne vspaper save
On the III inst. three higtway robbers stopped The
stage from katesuake Bar on the way TO Sacramento
ard they took - 800 in dust from it.
An association Of MeXcans has been formed IN Log
Angeles To encourage the emigration OF Spanish
An ercans from California to Mexico
Vance daguerrean gallery was burned ou' on inc
Let inst., at a loss of about $50 OUe.
The brig J. Is. Brown, Capt. Miller went ashore at
tle Noyo River soph of Cape Mcndocino, on The ist
inst. 81 Q il total lOss.
There is prospect Of trouble ahou the ttle 10 the
land On which Stockton is buit. The original grant
b. Mexico was made 20 q Mr. Gulnac; who u Il sai1
sold 10 Mr. Weber under whom all the landhoiers III
Stockton have purchased. Gulnac ded, ana MS hefs
have sold To Archibao Woods, fathef-ln-lay oi Gen
Fsi whoee name is familiar to al Caliiornans. II =
now ALE eed on the part OF Woods that Gulnac sold
only oretwelith interest in the ranch to Weber; ana
that the latter changed the deed and has lot had the
IL. I'D. 4 f.v hat
Alexander Macdonald, native Of Saxonvile, Mas,
H. years of age, was killed in San Mateo County on
the 2qth Ut., by falling tree.
Highway robbeIies are bccoc ing iearinly trequenl.
Nelt before last =. T. Storms was waylad an1
robbed uear Meals Ranch in Iuba. Tue saue even:
two men with masks entered a hotel III Msrysylie,
where there a gambling table 10 back room, iau
up 10 monte dealer, Who was alone 10 thc IOom pre-
stred pistols al his head seized all his money on the
table and in 4 minute were gone. Immediate search
was made for them but tIsce Of the robbers was
found save tie masks, which they threw OIL near the
T6c wife Of Dr. Gatrf Of Yreka was burned 10
death on the it inst, 10y her clothes catching fire
from the cooking stove.
Gov. Weller has issued his Thanksgiving proclama-
ton fixing the 18th inst. as the day.
A shipinert Of "mcss beef lately arrived mere
from An,tiaie, ha. proved on examination ~ be
pick ed ker CARGO. ,
The last Legislature provided for the rel'lndng Of
the Indebtedness OF the >tate-sone oi Il e3h,stne
Of equitable claims which, as well "a Il legal c.Aais
principally held by persons IN The Eastern states
These claims der tie law, were sent ont here 10 DC
in ded; but it seems that about s-o,V cannot DC
fn ded On account OF a Limitation IN the Funding Act
Their equitable character l. admitted, ana provision
will no doubt be made FOR them by the next Le5i7IH-
ture.
our dates from Portland are to the Goth ult. Gen.
Hsrney had arrived at Fort Vancouver, but bad not
vet issued any orders Commandant Of the Northern
Military Division of tie Pacific, when the mail leiI
The troops engaged in the late war have been cqncen-
rated at Vancouver, and are awaiting the order. OF
Cen Uarpey The OTegOaiag oi the jutn October