New-York daily tribune., 1858-03-16

pHnes n,ovsne for the settlement Of the private
ma claims in California prescribed that ePPess
,.isb, be taken 70 the United S:ates District Court
snn, the United States Land Commission, provided
hat notice Of appeal were filed within 81 months
after decision by the latter tribunal. Judge Holman
OF this city has decided that the neglect 70 Me the
notice Of appeal within the six months leaves me DE-
cison Of the Land Commission 70 stand a. neal
Judgment the Courts of Appeal having no jurisdlc-
ton in such cases. There are eighty claims N the
State, covering nearly 3OO0,W0 acres, which were
rejected by the Land Commission and In which no no.
tce Of appeal was fled within the slI months. Among
there are the lurbide cain for 49, 400 acres the
Mer dociIo Limantour claim for $50 $40 acres, me
Nicasio claim Of ex-Gov. Juan Is. Alverado for ~, ~
scres the claim Of the City OF San Diego for ~"
acres Of common lands, and the claims o the ,iles
OF Sacramento and Sonora for large tracts Inc AZ
toIney in the Iturbide hiss appealed rom the
decvion of Judge Hoffman; and if the United states
Supreme Court reverse his judgmen: most OF these
cases will be restored TO the dockets OF the D!srt
Courts and be tired upon their merits
We have had five dsys of rain dunng the iorthign',
and the weather has been favorable Tor mining ana
farming. The rivers high, the Sacramento ~ pa
cramento City being thirteen feet above low'~s'sI
mark, and rising. IL is raining toasy. .,o,, b.vs
Spripg seems to be close az hand; the frogs nave
commenced croakng in the low lands near Sacramento
City
The population Of the Tulare valley and Of the
soutbe rI part of San joaquin valley ls rapidly IN
creasipg. The land there is Of an excellent quality,
and never having been covered by Mexican grants, 10
not only cheap, but titles 70 1t can be obtained
by settlers A steamer started from Stockton about
a week ago TO explore the upper San Joaquin ana -
run permanently TO the great bend Of the nver II the
water we're deep enO,g tut II found the stream 10
be 20 crooked snd the water 80 shallow and 20 mucn
obstructed by snsgs that the project was abandoned
An expedition wss sent out some weeks ago 20 eA-
plore the Colorado and find out whether It could be
used by steamboats, for conveying troops and mum,
tiops Of war on the way TO Salt Lake. small
steamer ascended about 400 miles to the mouth OF the
Vrien but found that there was only about two fee;
Of water and that much broken by rocks and rifles
az TO be very difficult and dangerous to navigate
James Garwin was convicted week before last al
Crescent City Of having made business 0f roDoihg
ChDanen, and he was sentenced TO the State fn7on
for ~ years. - , .
The eoitor Of The Crescent City Herald says that
gold has been found in the sand on the beach IN front
of the town, and one pan OF the sand which ne saw
washed yielded lS cent?. Those persons in this city
who have seen Crescent City attach little importance
to its beach diggiDgs.
The Sonora Democrat, speaking of the Masons
graveyard IN that town, says:
There are two rows OF the dead One Is composed
of those who have been removed hlther from former
resting places the other of those who have received
Masonic sepulture within the present grounds. The
last named s the fatal row. OF the Fix Masons com.
posing IT, died naturally, four were murdered, and
the last committed suicide The members OF the IA
ternity in this vicinity have to regard with ave
the strange dispensatiOn visited upon the common
resting place OF their dead"
No person 40 years of age has been buried N
the grave ard Of Weavervie, town eight years old,
and containing from 800 to 20JO inhabitants.
The agent of Col. Fremont has brought suits n
eecmebt against 1OOsquatters OIL the Marpo-a ranch
A correspondent Of Tie NartpOsa Gazette says that
single hive OF bees at San Jose has produ ,ed
tweDty five swarms during two years. -Four or five
years sgoit thought the bee could not thrive IN
Csnfoinia because Of the extreme dryness OF the
Summer and Fall, and the consequent paucIty of
flowers and blossoms, and green vegetation during
those portions of the year.
cut-worm, the first reported in the State, has
made It's appearance in Santa Clara Valley and Is
dong much injury to the wheat.
The salmon berry, wild berry, akin to the Iasp-
berry, but much larger, found ID the forest about
Humboldt Bay, has been transplanted and cultivated
in gardens. The HNn50Ld Times speaks OF the frut
as delicious in taste and likely to be extensively cui
waited.
1t is reported that company of Austrans struck
rich quartz lead al Browns Fiat, on the 18th inst;
and took out SIC, 900 in one day.
The Gtobe of this city publishes rumor that Brig
ham Young has sent an agent ~ Peru, to purchase
portion of the Amazon Valley, as Il new home lor
but the story obtains 10 credit here
The agent ls said to be Dr. Osborne, VINO lately az!
lived at Los Angeles.
The Nara Reporter tells a story about man nav
Dc killed large grizzly bear with spade. Such
hing is possible but very improbable.
The Mountain Messenger reports that about quar-
Ter of all acre of the surface of the burning mountain
which mentioned in my letter by the last mail has
allen in. The burning material La sald TO resemble
slate more than coal.
There are l22 breweres in the state, employed al
most entirely for the making of lager beer.
A lively excitement wac caused at Petaluma about
en DAYS ago. by rumor OF discovery oil an extensive
quicksilver mine on the estate OF the ate oonsa! D
on near that town. The supposed ore however turns
out TO be nothing more than some clay which has been
changed by great heat into brck'Eke substance
with strong red color. go.
Sacramento is improving rapidly more buildings
are going up than at any time within the last twelve
months San Francisco is nearly AZ a stand-stlI.
Large deposits of the shells Of saltwater clans
have been found on some of the highest peaks OF the
Coas, Range Mountains in Monterey County.
party of Indians from Walkers River, VINO crossed
over the Sierra Nevada into Tuolumne County last
Fsll, mace attack upon some mlners there OF the
10th inst and killed T. NJ Enochs and Jesse Periey.
Several parties of miners, numbering about lOO in all,
have gone ont to chastse the Indians, who number
about TO- Considerable trouble with them expect
ed, for they have many opportunities to sttsck tue
miners uhawares, and they are ;s,a wsri'Ae "'0e-
The Cottonwood tribe of Indians III Shasta Noun'y
are fast disappearing In leoo they numbered 4oV 0!
500; now they reduced ~ less than ~, and these
few are dying very rapdy-amost at the rate OF ore
day. ~
Thereare 2,7OO Indians, belorg to nineteen differ
ent tribes the FfeIno Reservation. They have 100
acres sown In grain.
With the settlement Of the San Joaquin and Ssrs-
mento valleys the game is rapidly decressog, &c the
vast herds Of antelope and elk which sbounded
there have dwindleo down to small bands, and even
those rarely seen.
The Chinese New Year came upon the 18th Of Feb
ruary, and they celebrated the occasion vito great
spirit and they kept up their johhcstion for four
i've DAYS. during that time the whole State has been
agog al the unparalleled consumption OF re-cracke.s
and the brilliant display of fashionable Chinese .ogge.
~ in the streets. On NewYesrs Day the Chiram4n
pays up his debts ii he and ii he csnrot the rich
creditor forsives his debts and embraces his unoru.
nate debtor TO show that the forgiveness is cordial
one. Visits Of ceremony are psid - al sclusn:
snces; the women being more attentive - their dues
of calling on this day than the men. The B1d.ist
house Of worship in this city was open during the