New-York daily tribune., 1858-12-30

COL FREMONT IN Full POSSESSION or THE
JOSErHiNE QUARTZ vf1N-ANOTHER Exc
OUTION BY JUDGE LyNCH--A NEw-yORKER
EATEN Up BY THE wAyA IsLANDRRs-LO-
MATT DESTROYED BY LIEtT. CALDWELL
FIFTY NATIVES KILLED AND SIX AMtRiCAN-
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. AND CREW OF THE
WILD WAVE RESCUED.
Prom Our Own Correspondent
San FRtvcrsco, Dec 6 1853.
Yesterday was Sunday, therefore the mai steamer
aarts one cay later than uga.
The pews of the election IN New York, New-Iersey,
ALAS actusetts Illinois and Indian. arrived here On
the LIST inst ard caused pr,fouud sensation through
out the State. The friends Of freedom Of Jurse
yejoced; th'y again repeat, sc revolutions never 60
bscl wsr5.' The counny is proere sstg; We shall
come cut right some day The result in Illinois wss
celebrs.eO in this city Sacramento, Mayfve, Sock
ton and several minor towns by the firing of cannon
borfres, fireworks, aod public addresses. The Al
Duisraon papers have changed thar tore in regard
10 Douglas and his position The arrival Of the
Iews.
report was epreed few days after the earthquake
Of the 26,h that tie enth had cracked open Sac
joe and that steam coming up, sut thst Trobaby
volcano would break cut there IN short tine. L.
proved however, on examination that piece Of tdry
or uucky fIOond full OF vegetable matter had one
very dry eLd he'd tskea IRE at ustoerabls d~pth
bfDeatb the surface. SO Ne an notto have volcano
yet rhle
TIE De pests of gold at the Mint dlrng Npve nbsr,
amoun,sc TO 81 l69 J56 end the 1olD- 20 500 00)
all lie coin struck beiog double e4gles.
The CdcterWe Spectator etaies tnot a farmer broke
pece oflaId IN 10 County ID 1853 a1t s,Sei il IL
1853, aud has harvested a GRIP from !. evey year
without ploSirg sowing 1t slhcs.
The Assessor OF Santa Cruz Conoty the averag"
yield Of Woeat per acre IN bis comfy this yea j. -
hns ~ cfpl- and tlsfa hna alpiS
The Pacervills aod Humbol3t Telegraph ba, been
completed to Genoa, the chef tow" Is; Carson Valley,
t the eastern base of the Sierra INVADE end thTousn
Plsotrvie, Genoa and San Fraucisco are now united
by telegraph.
IDdisn man 81 feet high, in Hu'dboldt County, wno
weighs oily 10 pounds, being u ng skeleton of skin
and bone. The Indian is a"Caarrj.'
wit of error Fl IN the Cnied States Sopreme
Court has been preserted in the Supreme Colf. of
ths State ordering papers TO he cent up the
Federal TIibo al for CORE ction # Errors. Oar Court
has not vet acted upon the witt Some years ago.
while the najority Of the Judges of oar Supreme
Count Nullbers, ceclson wasren1'led t1Ht the
STATE Courts weIe in no respect sabor Innate 10 the
Federal Courts. reversal OF that decision Is nov
expected.
The Exports of our port to Victoria in q tober
amounted to $40 t36; in November N siou $50.
TIE whole number of children lander ~ years of
agel in San Francisco is L. Co., these J3J were
born in California, and OBJ are under years o' sge
There ale bird deaf and dumo, 325 color T. D!
The N0riposa Ga-ete reports that &. y. @ liIison,
Che barker and steamship man, has b,nsLt cne-
fourth interest in Z l. Fremouts "erant;' enf vii
take part in the mining business OF the Pathno o1sr'
The will erect the lsrgest quartz mil In tue Sate
Col. Fremont has laely been placed in complete
possession Of tie JosepOiLe quartz veD, aboo, which
tere bas been much contention lately be.Seen
himsen and the Merced Mining Company.
John Lfary, a constable in CoucnDa, was shot ami
killed one of three thieves whom he was trying to
auest, the night of the 18th ull. The ttieVes
escaped un,cogn'zed, but one Of them nd heea
WOUND ed by bullet in the ARRAY. Hi Har
r;son Morgan. He and accOmphc. named Wallace
were arrested the next dey and Wallace cotiess-d
that they two OF the party but said the fad shot
had been fired by tbiia man, Who escaped. rms
coufesson was corrob-yated in some material points
by crcnmstenal tsUos ar0 the pc ple o tn ,own,
without stopping TO mike any nice distinctions oet"eeu
tbeving and muroer Ok whie tnevlDg, took Morgan
by f,ice from the officers Of the law aot hung hn.
The hanging WAS dOuo 50 hurriedy that the clothes
nearly torn fl the victim, on1 hs hands aud feet
notttd. His last worcs were " God have Gacrcy
Oh ny soull o, dear father aud mother!'
The United Stats sbip-o NHndalia arrived here
on The 81 inst. She reports that, while at the Fesise
I.lands, Commander Sinc received rpl amt
from tie American Consul al L'vasO that the IuhaJ.
tauts Of Il matt on the island OF Waga had surprised
q email vessel and killed and eaten Herr H"n,i Of
New-Yoik, and Louis BrOstr, nateralL"f ner.-
csD BON in Prussia Thersagou Commenter Sncair
sent out GO men, uDcer LIEUT.. Cad sell, -ho weut 10
Lomati and demanded the suneIde OF the murde.ers.
This was refused Lieut.. {. destroyed llJ native
bouses the natives attacked him. and "a battle ensued
lasting an hour and quarter Fifty natives were
klsc, ard six Americans wounded one oil them Sc
yeIely
Tn. vspdela rescued the 80 passengers and seanen
kft on the island 81 Oeno afer the wreck of the
American cbpper-ship Wild Wave on the ith of
March last. The Island Of Oeno lat. 81 s., Ion.
l30o W.
We have dates from Honolulu t. the 18th ult The
L. 5. surveying. schooner Ferimore Cooper, Leut );
M Brooke inventor OF the deel-ea lea1, had arrived
at the port Of Honoulu. On his ssy he sesrched for
n number Of daDgers," reported as having b.el OBJ
served between this port aud the islands and ne as
c,rt1ined tia 10: ole of then exsts 1t or tie
positions given to them, respectively, on the charts.
Tie least dCpib Of water WAS two miles and ON 'e
spO. where Coopers I-,and' is put do~n IN the
charts there three miles of ya-r Llent. IKE
thinks there is ridge Of Submarine mon a'ans about
hallway between the islands and the American coast
The deposit brought up by the sounding tabe was OF
dark earihcolor, ard when examined by the mt
scope wbs found 10 be composed of the rsmgos o, MI
mute marine animals, similar 10 those found Oh the
1eegrapic Plateau ,i the Atlantic. Lieut.. IT, thinks
that the Santwich lslbpds risc very abruptly from
great depth, and that water two miles deep csn be
found not far from shore; but he has lot yet made
sopnding rs hear the islands.
The Lumber of whsers which have arrived at the
slards this season is 49, and they bave averaged 6
barrels of oil each.
Our latest dates from Victoria to the 3Oth ult,
and were brought BY d schoOntT which arrived IA
night. deep ship channel eacin., into Fraser River
has lately been discovered but We have src liars
about IL The Government officers havs sod about
$50 town lots IN the town laid out ~ Fur Lang.
ley. These lots, supposed by TIE AlI il this morn
ing paper TO be ~ by 40 fcst 10 sze were sold at
prices ranging from $40 10 2J and aversglog about
$2J1 each. The purchasers expect Langley t. I've
the chief port of BItish Columbia, aud to become
more important point than Victoria. These peOps
are not without confidence, but We have good rews
from the mires.'
The steamers coming down from Victoria tdl Of
passengers every tnp. gong thitler they are always
empty The last steamer down from Victoria tou, he'd