New-York daily tribune., 1859-02-12

FIRE occurred 10 the toNn OF ECU DOe, I,e.ar
con,sv ON tbe 18th inst Fred. Kempher, Germsn
b,ybey was buried 10 de tb The pecuniary loss was
II I. now known beyond doubt that the death OF
M Rose and the burning OF his store IreK On .1e
Cd inst, were caused by murder and arson; l; snp-
yosed the criminals obtained $50 900 in cash. Mr. Rose
Was very wealthy, ard too msery to employ clerk
co. after buying stock OF goods, ne woni1 remain 10
Lis money tu he was ready 10 come with II to San
Francisco 10 buy new stock, and during hs absence
his store would be locked up lie was lust preparing
~ come 10 San Francisco when he was murdered.
There IL no clue TO lead to the identlhcaton OF the
The annual election Of ovr Mercantile Library w.s
beli on the 7th inst. d. c. AcRaer was elected
President.
The rumored poisoning of all the convic;s 10 the
State Prisop, Of which i wrote you by tie over
land msil Of the 10Th inst, has proved 20 have
been an unimptrtant affair. number ot ihe prison
ers were taken sick soon alter eating dinner on the
stb but they ell were well the next day. The cause
Of the illness s supposed to have been 10 the -four,
thOush deleeOus subitsDce could be founo 10 o'hef
-four Of the same lot, when analSzed By chemist.
San francisco bsd its Mortsrs meeting on the even
ing Of the lJth Musical Hsu Fhicb can mae r.2n
FOX 2 GOO persors, cIanmed with Jew aud Gente.
Solomon UeydeI feldt, ex.Judge OF our Supreme
Court, and descendant Of Christanlzed Jew; pre-
sided; ard most Of the speecaes were maze Oy rfo.
egtant cergymen and PrJtestsnt la1yers. Ine meet
ing fred Of it, resOlu ions IN the usual style Ihe
Jews form large proportion OF our mere 1ntue com
mupity and they are treated with more espect ara
attention by the Press and the public generally IN San
Francsco than iD any other city il Christendom, or
out Of it. ,.,r
Your German readers viii be interested 10 hear o.
the prosperity Of the German Benevolent Society OF
this city, the pricpal German acsoela'9n od ID te >se
n has fine brick Hospital worth S2i, 600 and clean
capital Of $4,000 over all debts and membranes.
s arnusl rev, nue. is s. 000 of which seven-eighths
s spent for charity the remaoder goes to increase the
stock.
Charles A. Washburn, brother Of the Congressional
Washburns al old Californian and an editor in thus
city from % to 81 has Just arrived from New-fork,
and is making preparation to establish Rspoohcan
daily newspaper. :,
Tic clipper.ship Queen Of the Pacific is Low taking
10 cargo here for your port and among ether articles
vii carry an invoice Of pnlu, a vegetable substance
very much bike cotton, but shorter and Weaker IN
fiber more elastic aud yellow in color. 1t IS used tor
bedding very extensively in California and the Sand
wich Islands, from which latter place 1t all comes
The Sandwich islanders say it canses rheumstlsm,
while California doctors say II cures rheumatism. Ii
vegetable in rs nature and grows upon tree from
fifteen TO twentyIfeet high. II makes comfortable
mattrass.
On the 3lst ult. 4J Indians were nassacred by white
men ia Eden Vslloy, MepdociDo County and the next
day 10 others were slain in Round Valley, few miles
distant The Indians had killed cattle belonging 10
the whites for food. 1t is said that 10 lndans were
killed 10 Round Valley and vicinity from Dec TO Jan.
10.
Our dates from Portland are to the 9Th inst, from
Olympia to the lst from Victoria 70 the 6th and from
Honolulu to the 9th ult Olympia and Portland send
in news. From Victoria We learn that the brlgs
Cyrus ard Willmantic have been wrecked in the Gulf
Of Georgia no lives lott From the Sandwich Islands,
we hear of the loss Of the whaling brig Emma, which
was wrecked at the mouth Of the HaTbor OF Honoluu
Whaling in the North Pacific has been very unproht-
able the last season. and there is little hope of re-
yiva in go far Honolulu IS concerned; and conse-
quently great depression in bus ness Ieigns there
Many Of the whacrs are going from the North Paclhc
TO the Southern Ocean, and others remaining on our
gid of the line n
Japan in preference TO those of the Sandwich Islands
The correspondent of Tile Aha, writing on Dec. p,
says: .,,. e.. .uA.,..
this have hd It all tse ports Of these sagd, up 70
bs Of the feet the ps.t season to 49,
795 barrels of oil and Pounc, bone sssnst M $50 bar
however SO ts than the last and the
each Of the ships arrived only go barrel. oil and So
pounds 5J barrels oil and lO1 pounds bone last
year This result, showiugu does Considerable falling on
M npon the mSTtc. in the East and T,e may be sspa,ed IN
prices At the time, larger amount OF oil and bone has
been GT S % nsn ea SS5s nded SG
the three ports Honolulu Lahns and Ho Beside this 50
catching fosr that while the
q ne NAY AZ @ % P P' sS S o S % 5G qs Of % es
wol having done Newzesand By the large fleet now
The Honolulu pspers inform us that French officer
under ord, from Louis Napoleon has seized low aud
smsll island covered with gqano, lying 2.Oo miles
from Acapulco, Mexico. The said French officer has
published the following proclamation:
EMPIRE FRANCE
In the Of the Emperor and In conformity with bis
orders transmitted 10 by his EKceency the Minister OF the
Navy, we, the upderssntd Victor lie Coat De kegyeguen,
Lieutenant Commoner of the Government of the Emperor
o the French 90 hereby proclaim and declare that om this
day full sovereignty OF ChppeTou Island situated by 100 10
latitude NJ and lo 80 longitude W. meTidisn OF PsTh belongs
to his Majesty the Emperor Napoleon ILL., his heirs and success
toTs IN IeIpeiuty g., g., -,
18th day Of November, 1885.
The Lieuteuan,, Commissioner Of the Goyernmcut
(Sgned) V. LIE COAg DE kERVESuEN
Married.
In San Francisco Jan by the Rev r. z. Cutler M VII
liam r. Leayt of Msrtipez 10 Miss Susan A. Parker.