New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-11-28
Summary OF TIE FoRrNIGHrs NEWS

and memoranda.
SUMMARY OF THE FORTNIGHTs NEWS
FsOm Our Own Correspondent.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 5, 1859.
I. has been raining freely during the last three days
naming all through the northern part Of the State, and
.robLly in the southern part too though have not
ret heard fromthere. The miners will have an abund-
suce Of water for few days. There had been great
wan, Of water in the diggings for a long time.
Henry p. Haun, the new United States Senator,
koes East by this steamer.
Ex-Jndee Terry has been indicted for killing
Broderiek in a duel.
Gov. Weller has selected the Oath inst. Thanks
giving day.
The school census of Sacramento City shows 2,675
children under Is, 432 Of them born in California.
Tfe,e are eleven par of twins in the city, of which
.evsn were born in this State. More than onetrd of
the children in the city under four years Of age
The Supervisors Of San Francisco have fixed upon
- day the price OF labor ON the streets ana rOdas
10 the city and county.
rest interest was excited in this city the day before
Yesterday by a yacht in the Bay, between the
George Steers, the last boat modelled ey .he shpoa de
OF Tue came name, and the Pride OF the Bay, boat
bnt here BY John Daley after tie model OF The Pnde
Of the Sea- one Of GtOrge SteeTss vessels Inc Cal-
forpia boat won the race, but the partsans OF the
Steers ay she not well managed, so the race rs to
-
Foriy.six INDECENT Mexicans left here few days
sinee on the brig Cartoa for Guayamss and Mazaan,
their passages being paid by the States OF Sonora and
sinaloa.
Thomas Elder, aged 80, a native Of Scotland and
John jenkins, aged 81, native of Tennessee, were
hanged at Quincy, Plumas County, on the 18th ult.,
up6er legal sentence Of death for murder.
Frenehman has commenced to catch maekerel and
eod6sh at Monterey, and salt them.
The Wasboe excitement continues. The papers are
full Of descriptions OF the country silver veins, and
ore. About forty tuns Of the ore have reached thls
CIV; is worth on an average, 81, 500 per tun. A
number of fortunes have been made by the first claim
ants. We expect that hereafter silver will form con-
siderable part Of our coinage and treasure shipment
Last month 81, coo ounces-about a tun-of silver, a
considerable portion of il from Washoe, purchased
At she Mint. The following is the Mint report for Oc
tober:
ssosssins 70 Tse2S 90 Dances sro.s, containing =.
n.s2l Cso ounces standard gold worth SSs oeS O.
Aso $3.50 50 standard silver, Vaue... SSoS "a
s,S Sss ' q If S'B Bsoa Amounting !: 10 %
oSptss ross, SlzS %
Gol5-Dou6e 900 90
Silverhah Dollars leoYS ~
Refined Silver S9SS |"
Total 100 $40 80
The wages OF the teachers in the public schools of
sacramento City have lately been reduced The fol-
lowing table shows the prices paid in San Francisco
Marysyie Stockton and Sacramento before and since
the reductions
TssssfIs School. i .so WIS ss s sTS $40 sisS sisO
49, s e PIN r. Ssn s.Soo none ii 100 10 100
Female i, ss.tin erAul school. lSs none ,SS lSe
nsls Pris IN Intermediate Sch. .noue l2s
FsHsIs FIin ~ nssr schools. Ss Done none 100 81 50
Esmsls rIiD in PM Try sslo ls los 80 100 100 80
1Ke Saa Iadres IndepeRdent utters the following
ieremiad over business in Calaveras County:
"fbs year ps, passd has been gloomy for Caaverss
& ;n. have hem shrr ids or Unprohtsby EMPLOYED uo
Esech haus'ed compensate labor ~iih existing
a.. T Is Ss ssS p o & l1 pTe1 %
shole who year ago entered into horticulture and
sS1 sss s, T.s suddenly Ss of they
sesd not sec where the 5sA' %s1s fo their surplus We.
snsy sad @ male everything as gloomy - possible about
away by sss 20 that what with the By the de-
precon Of the properly which Il Ian the oss Of oar
last yeaFs ssse-saneusss
The Sacramento people are complaining Of the mud
dnefs OF the pumped up them by their water
works from the Sacramento River and are proposing
70 bring clear water from the North Fork Of the Amer
lean RIVER near Auburn. The water of this stream Is
now brought by canal for mining purposes, TO within
nineteen miles Of the city.
The ear~se Of an Elk weighing 495 pounds was
lately brought to this city from the san Joaquin VAL
lev. where be was killed. The horns were six feet
long and weighed, with the skull, IS pounds. Elks
are sometimes found in the State weigh 500 pounds
acres of ground on his farm in Smith River Valley,
Del Norte County, as bushels Of good wheat That
is an average Of over IS bushels to the acre.
Tie SacTaneafo STANDARD, speaking Of the condi-
ZION OF Affairs in the mines q week ago, said
The pacsr dEgngs almost abandosed IN consequence
f there heing no wsier to work with AZ time the
discovers ~ Fod California he wser ecn low hea
cen MA ano drshod the CoasuEmes snd doksUfune
Ryers and the Stsrsaus River. Robrsons Ferry be
Easily wnded has been soeUoscn Of not less than
Zee, uni the StSriaus veT a the above iey within
the past mining the upper waters OF too
rivera fhe nulobef engaged placer mining a The
present time onefourtk many former "A The
month The rosdS through the country IN bad cood
ton eens cat into geys aud r and with das knee deep
npen them
The business portion Of the town Of Volcano, ANA
dor County, was burned down on the 9th ult. Total
lose foo,Vo The principal losers were b. 4. George
5000; Goldberg s. Co, 81 900: MAndlebaum g. Co.,
So COO; Jim Goldswofthy, e. 900. The telegram an
nouneng the ire 70 the San francisco papers saws:
"enfy minutes sAeF the broke a. sosae Of The suaer
had ea the wsy 10 ddesos 70 ezgaSo laaoer
for rebuding"
The San Js1A Press says; 50 Another Iadian arrow
nod has been found in the claims OF Lewis and His
coy or Buckeye Hin. lis feet below the surface, in
o3 dir over which had grown tree six feet thick
m Genoa (Cazson Valley EHterPTtse speaks thus
Of the driving up of Honey Lake;
ons sle an expAnse Of wster tscaiy mules across 4
tyeo pSl has within he last few weeks sed say Up and