New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-02-13
Later from California.


BY The arrival last night Of the steamship Empire
City have files of California papers to The aO,h
nit From the Alta California we extract the follow
ing summary Of intelligence:
The past fortnight has presented nothing of inter.
est TO our Atlantic readers Business has slowly bat
steadily improved. The weather has been mild aud
pleasant; ; many new buildings are going up and a
general manifestation Of enterprise i apparent
10 the Theatrical way there has been something Of
an Improvement over the two weeks comprised in oar
last summary. At Maguireis Opera House Miss Incs
closed an engagement on Saturday last with COM
plmeetary benefit The house was packed to its
utmost capacity upon the occasion Al the Arneriean
Senorita S0te, the celebrated dansemse as anreayd
and succeeded in drawing large houses FOR sayerai
nights. Her performances created quite a furnre
among the admirers Of the ballet. During last week
there was general combination OF theatrical talent
at this house consisting Of Sen0Fita oto Senior Car
resse, the French Dramatic Company, and Miss Emma
Stanley. This rare combination drew crowded hoases
for several nights Monday evening, the Opera House
was literally jammed with human beings, who assem-
bled TO welcome Mr.. and Mrs. John Wood Upon oar
boards. They have met with cordial reception and
probably have prosperous career before them in this
State. Miss Ince sails for Australia this week.
A bill providing for the funding Of the equitable
Indebtedness Of this city, that rejected by the
former Board OF Examiners, has been introduced in
the Assembly, and will probably pass 1t provides
for the creation OF commission to examine and pass
upon the floating debt not yet funded, and will pro-
baby have the effect OF throwing out the scrp known
as the Meiggs forgeries, some portion or ali OF the
street warrants and such others as have been issued
| for no legitimate equivalent.
Capt Jared Lockwood. of this city, ia building a
new steamer at San Antonio for a company who de-
sign running her between this city and Contra Costa
She will be launched in a few DAYS.
On the 10th inst, an association was formed In ts
city, called the San Francisco Corn Exchznge.'s
Its object IS to establish and maintain the asages Of
trade; 70 appoint an Inspector Of Flour to tx the
standard grade OF hsur, and the weight per barrel
to act Court OF Arbitration and to take action Ia
such cases where the general interest Of the members
| are concerned.
The new State Administration went into mower
on the Sth inst. On that day. Governor johnson de-
livered his last annual message, and Governor John
B. Weller his inaugural.
Jchnsoais message was very long one. He re-
ports the total amount Of taxable property in the
State to be Sl3i ,s06 26S an increase Of SIS 267
during the previous year. The total indebtedness OF
the State is 80 1893 294 the annual revenue sII52
234, and the annual expenditure $699 SOB. On the
first day Of 1858, there 1851 222 in cash in the
state Treasury. Gov. johnson says the Constitu-
tonal Convention scheme was defeated by the popu-
lar vote.
He recommends the construction Of State Capt.
tol and State House Of Refugee the passage of laws
defining the qualifications Of physicians and drug
giss and amending the laws relating to insovencies
divorces, attachments, sole traders, homeseads the
evidence of Cinnamon, and the Congressional cleo
ton. He recommends also that an act shall be
passed for the protection of settlers.
Governor Weller delivered brief inaugural. He
commences by saying that he viii use the whole
power Of the State to put down any Organization
hostile to the dominion Of the state courts he says
law should be passed to protect improvements
made in good faith by settlers other peoples lands
hints that mining claims should be taxed condemns
paper money calls for Pacific Railroad and remon
srates against the discussion and agitation of the
slavery question.
Both messages have been favoraby received by The
press and public at large.
I The Legislature has taken no important action a
yet, though number Of bills have been introduced
Mr. Lee, of FL Dorado, has offered in the Assembl,
bill to provide for the suppression of mobs and u
lawful organizations, and resolutions have been oI
fered praying Congress to guarantee the neutrality
of the Nlcaraguan Transit Route. Resolutions pray
ing Congress not TO renew the mail contract with th
Pacific Mail Company have been adopted unanimous
q by the Assembly.
. A slave ease came up in Sacramento about ten day
1 ago. gentleman from Mississippi came to thi
State last summer, bringing slave named Arch,
with him, and was preparing to return by the seame
which leaves to-day, but the negro who bad sta
with him up to that time, then left him. The maste
had Arehy arrested, and applied TO Geo. Pen John
ston for legal authority to take Archy as a slave
Mississippi. The Commissioner dismissed the appl
i, cation, saying he has jurisdiction, because Arch
did not come as fugitive to the State. The friend
of the slave have sued out a hobeas corpus, bu
Judge Robinson, County Judge of Sacramento coui
ty has postponed his decision of the case till the %
N instant
is r. H. Stanley lawyer and searcher Of records,
IL Sacramento, has been discovered in a number
!, frauds, by which eight or ten persons have bee
y cheated out Of $4,000 or $30,000
On the 4th inst. Sheriff VIM. G. Getman, of L,
Angeles was shot through the heart by a crazy ma
s. who then commenced to shoot at other persons WI
o. came with the Sheriff These persons returned Il
shots and killed the murderer.
Mr.. Gray of San Francisco. has introduced in Il
D. Assembly series of resolutions approving of Il
g Kansas bill of U. s. Senator Douglas. They haV
G. excited angry discussion, but no final actic
has been taken in regard to them.
Mr. Moulder State Superintendent of Public I
I, struction has made his annual report. He recor
mends that the State University, for which an appr
priation of land has been made by the Federal Go
Ia ernment, should be organized on the military plan
that all the students shall be trained soldiers. Th
is the main idea Of his report, but it receives lit
1t favor.
Gov. Weller has appointed Ferris Forman Of Sacr
< mento Secretary of State, and W. 7. Broeklebank
brother Of Mrs. Weller, his private Secretary.
Oregon and Hawaii.
We have dates from Portland to the I'd instaT
&c There is news of interest a report that Il
Snake Indians intend to join the Mormons in d
a. coming war.
h. We have dates from the Hawaiian Islands to q
: oath ult., but no news worthy of note.
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