The Placer herald., 1859-03-19
Later News from the East-by the Over
land Mail.

Later News from the East-by the Over.
land Mail.
The Southern Overland Mail reached San
Francisco on Saturday, the 10Th inst, with
81. Louis dates to the 17th of February,
being four days later than the previous ad-
vices.
Miscellaneous News.
The Secretary of the Interior has asked
Congress for an appropriation OF $4,000 for
taking the census Of Kansas, with view of
its admission into the Union in accordance
with the recommendation of the President
in his annual message
The news is generally favorable from Pixies
Peak. The number of miners there is esti
mated at from twelve to eighteen hundred,
and increased by daily accessons. Two or
three towns have been founded, mining reg
ulations adopted, and preparations made for
active work in the spring. A company has
been formed with capital of 100000 to
establish daily line of stage coaches be-
tween the frontier of Missouri and the mines.
1t is rumored that new Democratic daily
newspaper, with editors from the South, is
to te established in New York, with a sink
ing fund of 100000 to be provided.
The Treasury Department has notified the
Executors of the late Col. BENTON of a judg
ment against the deceased rendered in 1926
in favor of the United States for ~ 900. The
Executors will appeal to Congress for relief
on the ground of the insolvency of the es-
tate, the assets being hardly sufficient to pay
bills owing for necessaries furnished to the
family of the deceased.
LEAvENwoRrr, February l4.-The Ter
ritoria Legislature adjourned on Friday
Among its last acts was the passage of a
general amnesty bill, granting pardon to all
persons in custody, and immunity from pros
ecuion on account of past disturbances in
Southern Kansas. The bill received the ap-
proval of the Governor.
The Senators and Representatives from
the State of Oregon had been admitted to
their seats in Congress.
Charles N Pine, editor of the Chicago
Herald and Marshal Of Northern Illinois, has
largely overdrawn his salary, and rendered
himself amenabe in other respects to the
penalty of the Sub-Treasury law
The President, in his recognition of the
satisfactory manner in which John Nugent
discharged the duties of his special mission
to British Columbia and Vancouver Islands,
rendered him the appointment of Minister
to Bogota, which he declined, intending to
take an active part in the politics of Califor
MIA during the summer-his friends having
induced him to become candidate for Gov
ernor of that State.
Congressional.
The Ocean Mail Steamer bill reported on
l4th February, from the Committee on
Ways and Means proposes the appropriation
of $62, SEQ for carrying the mail from New
Orleans to San Francisco, by way of Tehsun
tepec. This is the only new route Specifcal-
Nv provided for. The Postmaster General
has discretion to procure their conveyance
to foreign ports. The large amount Of obi
CATION incurred on account of the Ocean
Mail service is to be betrayed from the post
age receipts.
The Senate by vote of 80 ayes to IL
nays have decided in favor of Messrs Bright
and Fitch, of Indiana, retaining their seats.
The Cuba thirty million bill had been de-
bated in the Senate, but no definite action
was taken.
The House Committee on Territories had
reported in favor of the organization of Ar
iona Territory