The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-10-30
ADDITIONAL FROM CALIFORNIA
We give below the details of news by the St.
Iouis.

Louis:
The st. Louis reports the presence at AspinwaIl
OF the United States steam frigate Roanoke and
storcship Relief and the British steamship Devas-
taion-all well.
IFron he Alta caJjfognia. october 81
- ne news OF the successful laying of the Atlantic
Telegraph Cable has been the occasion of great
rejoicing throughout the State. On the 9th ult.
regularly organized celebrations of the great event
were held at San Francisco, Sacramento, Marys-
vile, Stockton Placcrville and many of the smaller
towns. The ceremonies were nearly the same in all
ihe towns, consisting of gala professions, the hear
ing OF orations and odes, and the firing of cannon,
IN IN the day time, and torchlight professions bon
HrGS' and illuminatons at night.
-, Inc uay was clear and beautiful throughout, and
'i'e cV'cpfaton IN San Franc co Infinitely sur
PASSED any ever before held on the Pacific side of
t,ae continent. The procession, which embraced al
:" Ie military and civic bodies of the city, the va
iluuS mercantile and mechanical interests and a
large body of the citizens of San Francisco and thn
aolacent towns, was most imposing An Grafton
and poem, by Col f. d. Baker and VIM. II. Rhodes.
were delivered in front Of the Oriental IIat6i LC
an immense cOncOurse of people In Tho croninr
| there was grand torch light procession and the
festivities of the day wound up with a splendid cv
hlbitiOn of fireworks on the Plaza.
The Humboldt Telegraph has been completed
from Placerville to the first summit of the Sierra
Nevada
The official vote of the State, at the last election
has been counted, and shows A 597 votes for Jus
tice of the Supreme Court, and SO 200 for Currv
anti-Administration-B Baldwin having majority of
S,397. The total number of votes cast for Supreme
Judge was S0,797 against 93,3G3 for Governor in
81, and ll0223 for President in SO.
vein of valuable red chalk has been found in
mining tunnel in Gold Canon, Sierra county.
The Los Angeles Vineyard reports that gold, and
ores of silver and copper, have been found in the
mountains of Los Angeles One sample of carbon
ate OF silver is supposed to come from a valuable
mine.
Large numbers of Indians have recently made
their appearance on the Mohave. causing great
alarm at San Bernardino. They have conducted
themselves in n hostile manner generally have at
tackled and wounded several Americans, and have
stolen a number of cattle.
There are between eight and ten thousand head
Of cattle on tbe road from Texas to Los Angeles
mostly of good quality, and all doing WELL
The San Diego Herald reports that there is an
abundance Of water on the desert now, between
that place and Fort Yuma, new wells having been
dug at the Indian and Cooks, which will never fail
hereafter.
The college of California;" at Oakland. ceIe-
brated its fourth anniversary at Oakland on the lst
instant. The principal Grafton was delivered by
John b. Felton, Esq.
SAN FRANCISCO CITY.
During the last week lG. l03 ounces of gold were
deposited in the United States mint
The BenSly Water Company, since our last issue,
have completed their aqueduct, and are now supply
ing large portion of the city with pure and cool
water from Lobos Creek, stream emptving into
the ocean short distance below the entrance of
the harbor. The capital Of the Company is 81 5OO-
already pynpn6p1
100000.
The water is raised by means of two steam en-
gneS OF $50 horsepower, into a distributing reser-
voir, situated on Telegraph liil near North Point
at an elevation OF sixty feet above tde-watcr From
this reservoir, the main pipes are already laid
through Battery, Washington and Montgomery, to
Market streets; also, from Battery through Vallejo
Pacific jackson and CLAY down to the wharves and
along the city front from Vallejo, through East to
Market y large number of hands are now en-
poyed i'll laying pipes through other thnroughfares
along the city front, and putting in scrvce-pipes
from the main to stores and dwellings. The com
pany have large quantity of pipe on hand which,
with the cargo now unloading from the clipper ship
Mary il. Sutton, will form line in extent of nearly
night miles. Ina few days the main pipe will be
laid through Battery and First streets, as far
Folsom, and thence to the Marine Hospital, with
lateral branches running at right angles with the
main, through each street.
The aqucduct is capable of supplying an abup-
dance of water to city four times the present pop
ulation of San Francisco. The Inauguration of the
introduction Of fresh water into this city is worthy
Of being attended by as marked demonstrations
were exhibited nj the cable celebration for its i'm
portancc can scarcely be over estimated.
On the 10Th and Goth ult the weather was in
tcnsely hot in this city, the mercury rising to s.
deg. in the shade.
A brilliant comet has been seen during the last
fortnight in the northwest, which is generally be-
eved to be Donati's comet 1t was first discovered
in June last. 1t is visible for about an hour after
dusk and again in the northeast Just before dawn.
Upwards of six hundred returning Adventures
from the Fraser river country ave landed here
during the fortnight.
About l O'Clock ON the morning of the lst. fire
was discovered in the ircproof brick warehouse Of
Moore " Folger, on Davis street. near California.
The adjoining editicCs were saved. The total loss
by this disastrous cOnilagratOn is estimated at
Sl50,000 Most of the goods, however, were stored
by numerous parties, so that the individual losses
are comparatively light
During the month of September the gold coinage
at the Mint amounted to s $50 600 and the silver
coinage to $4,000
The mercantile house of G. II. q w. S. Shook
have fled applications for the benefit ot the insov
"nt lay i2T j., Debts Deb $55900 assets $l3QO0
vaiiing among the children of the city, otherwise
the general health of the town is excellent.
OREGON AND WASHINGTON.
We have dates from Portland to the 22d ultimo
Capt. Jordan had returned to Fort Dallas from
Simcoe, and brought an Indian rumor believed to
be reliable, that party OF dragoons who had been
sent out scouting by Col. Wright had captured the
two noted hostile chiefs, Quechicn and Ouni. Both
were shot by Col. Wrght's order. 1t is reported
that kamiakin was melting the Indians to a vigor-
Gus prosecution of the war;
Col. Wright had battle with four hundred hos
tile Indians-Spokans, Pelouse aud Cu,ur d. Alenes
ON the stut., at place known as the Four Lakes.
The indians defeated with Il loss of eighteen
killed, not one of the United States troops being
wounded.
The officers attributed this victory to the Mimic
rifles, which surprised the Indians. They did not
know what to think when they were shot down at a
distance Of four or five hundred yards 1t was
new to them, and they were badly scared at the
result.
SANDWICH ISLANDS.
We have Honolulu dates to the 10th ult.
A new treaty has been made with France The
AdCcrtiser says the main points yielded to France
are: That the French language is to be placed on
a level with the English the duty on liquors to be
reduced from s. to So per gallon. French vessels
in the Hawaiian kingdom are to be placed on the
same footing as IIawan: the French Consul is al
lowed to exercise judicial functions belonging of
right to the Hawan courts
SOUTH PACIFIC.
We learn from Tahiti, via Honolulu that the
ship Wild Wave, of Boston, $50 tons bound from
this portto Valparaiso was wrecked the low island
of Oeno in lat. 297 L south, 1902 81 west, on the
night of March 4th. She total loss. All the
persons on board 3S men, were saved, or rather 81
were on the island at the latest accounts, with pro-
visions sufficient to last them four five months,
and about three months after the wreck the United
States Soop-oEwar Saratoga, at Papeete, went to
rescue them.
FRASER RIVER.
We find in our California mails but little news
from Fraser river. The Hudson river trail may
be said to be completed, the greatest difficulties
having been surmomtcd. The Iludson's Bay
Company appears to be making the most cf its
brief authority. The ten per cent. od Ualorem
duty is rgdy exacted. Governor Douglass, it is
said, is to to be knghted. He has not yet re-
turned from his long visit to the mines The Cali
tide Of emigration into their own territory, which
has begun to arrive from the East on its way to
Fraser river. The government evidently anticipate
Il great future for Victoria and have laid out the
town Con raper) over space enough for city of a
hundred thousand. Appropriations, on rather
liberal scale, are also being made for improvements
streets.
The water was falling rapidly in the Fraser river
every dav. Meteorological observations confirm
| the reports of the remarkably cquablc and mild
| temperature of NncouveT's Island, fact which
seems to astonish the correspondents of the Caior-
MIA papers who are here. The temperature oi
! Steilacoom bears great resemblance to that OF
! London.
/ The Northcrner took down $4,000 from Fraser
/ ntvCr OHIuUrHit uu HvT Inst "trip.
| News is believed to have officially reached Vic
! tOuia of the substitution of Sir Allan McNab in
! place of Gov. Douglass.
FROM THE WHALING GEOUNDS-AN AMERICAN SHIP
BOARDED THE RUSSIANS.
The Honolulu paper brings us a large amount of
news from the whaling grounds.
Since the arrival of the first whalcr of the season.
the 21th of July, eighteen ships have arrived at
the different ports of these islands from the Kodiack
and Arctic Seas, bringing an aggregate OF II S95
barrels OIL averaging about 595 barrels to each ship
At the corresponding date in 1857, six whalers only
had arrived at the islands, reporting an aggreate
catch of 4,j9O barrels, average of G75 barrels
to each vessel.
The reports from the Arctic are unusually dis
Harmony, OF Honolulu, reported as having 700 bar
rcls the Goth Of August while the majority OF the
ships had one whale. and number were 'clean."
In Bristol bay but whale had been seen during
the whole season, and he of course, was well chased
and became Il ''marked individual" But il is con-