The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-04-29
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Since the last steer sailed with the malls for the
East this Stas has beea visited by sccesson Of heavy
rains which will bc u cAlcuiHble benefit 10 both
mers and miners This opportunc fall OF water
secures U.S. unless iusahc event of unusual dis
aster good grain cnnus, the ensuing harvest It will
also enable the miners to pulong their industrious c
forts ia many localities where scarcity Of water IN gen
orally tho great ontSel BE- coutsacd within searching
for gold, On the 17th March there was considerable
Of ha Storm followed hy sharp ''cold snap, which
extended wide surface of country and did much In
Jury to the fruit trees Just beginning to bud and bios
SON. In San Jose and Santa Clara Valleys the damage
is thought to have been very severe.
bill has been introduced in the State legislature pro-
hbiting the immigration of negroes and mulatocs to
this State and requiring those already here to register
their names and obtain license The bill has many
friends in and out Of the legislature hut IL will hardly
tho races prohibited but it not agreed to In the
sernby A bill has since been introduced to prohibit
Chinese immigration.t rs pgReaasa ~ $50 M 81
The supreme courtof the State having recently decided
that the patent from the United States to John c. Frc
mont of the Maviposa lands does not vest in him the
ownership of the precious metals found therein great
joicng has been made by the miners of Maripos, This
decision is not final however The federal Supreme
Court NAV make a different ruling e 6fat
The news brought by the steamer John L. Stephcns
that the opposition line Of steamers had been stopped
created no little excitement in town There were about
fifteen hundred miners here awaiting a ra,sare who ON
hearing the news held an indignation meeting ON Ports
mouth Square and voted to proceed to San Pedro whence
they intended to start overland 10 Texas The steamer
Senator sailed on the I'd instant with number of the
adyentures on board all of whom refused to go ON the
mail line at the raised prices 81 ~
An effort ia making to have the capital of the State re-
moved 70 Oakland The people Of that place held a
meeting on the evening OF the 18th ult and resolve
that IN case the capital of the State should be removed
to Oakland they would give to the State sufficient land
for all the State buildings would provide all the building
stone wnntcd FREQ Of cost and would also nroyide q
building before the lat OF january next suitable for the
| Legislature to meet in
The great religious revival going ON in the Atlantic
States beginning to be felt in California The religious
Ia Increasing and reyiyals are expcctod in
several Of the churches The attendance at churches has
very much increased Of late 1
The fugyc-slave case wherein O. A. Stoval, of Mis-
sisspp seeks to get possession Of negro boy named
Achy has continued to oc.upy public attention here IL
will be rccocctc that after protracted legal proceedings
in the State courts the negro WAS given mn t, his
decree of the supreme court Stoya ATTEMPTED then to
carry off his slave by the steamer Of March s. hut WAS
vented by writ of Aabeas corpus issued by Judge Fyeeon
of the court of sessions of San Francisco The
under tho writ were prolonged several days and term
mated by tho negro being sct At liberty Before he could
leave <iie courtroo however hS was remrrcstcd by au
thority of process from United States commissioner
issued under the fugitive slave act Since this time the
/ commissioner George Pen Johnston bas been busy
nearly every day. hearing evidence and argument in the
case .
c. A. Stoval himself left for Mississippi on the steamer
of the 10th March. He has a brother here however
and regular agents who represent him. It is now al
legged that Archy is fugitive from Justice he having
stabbed white man in Mississippi and fed ana that his
MASTER in crossing the plains on his way to California
for his health came up with his runaway saye and re-
took possesson Of him and his bringing him to Calfor
mia was necessary In order to get him back home Il is
supposed that Stovall will procure from the authorities
of Mississippi rcquisition for Archy and that he will
be taken back rather as escaped criminal than fugitive
| slave Is f aftH n 2f $50 81 6g
the head waters of New river stream which lies to the
south OF walker river and hows into the Great Basin
ing gov uiseosely ".le IMoe py MI nianKhs' VINO
.,ossou wy io''i ~ on soon "s. i"ii, ms gen
uea says 'n'e IN many paccs 'nc su.mce 9rS prospect
as hs' ~ nse Mn,s W .nc pun incie rs 40 aoun-
aoc ~ Whei ~ .". eelol'' anu i,ankls mas already
io'ieu party =, VI. ~ aeeonpy MN 70 .ne now d'S