New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-11-24
: 1TER PRoM CALIFORNIA;.

From Var o~S Saw FRAScIsco, Of. ~, 1853.
Gov wsu.,ts appointed Hcnry P Ham 70 We
nos, Of Uss,a a,s. Senator made vacant ey The
death Of D. C. s,y~erick. Mr.. Ham. or iinan'y
called "Ju.sx. !. n tive OF Suit Coanty. ksa-
,uek,. about IS wears of 81 and sawysr BY proes-
.;oc. He live. or a s,~m n ar Msrysvilie. where be
| has hsd be home snc. 1885, He is real Us Dess-
ocr of the ASmi-sssa,ios schos. but hss not takee
ssy active pa in pslics at -~s. has nos ss'a any
ofirc since lS52, st wbkh tEne he County sadss
Of Yats County. He il mas OF nrsdefA'a sssias AMI
intelligence and IL repaie 70 ie asery upcsnt gsaas-
| nsn. Il Terisps woasd have leen @he's TOR sss
Governor TO fnd in his pssty nan 70 wsoS ~ ~
objection can be made OF moral Ind pohncai gssanss
! A. Mr.. Mann. The new Senator viii probably be
Quiet and respectable cirher ID 'he Upper House q
Washington.
more ard more favorable and there isnow fair prcs
Feet that there viii be great exesrent sooei sse
silver mines the eastern sbpe or the Serfs sevsoe
next Srrirs and no little migration heaee tecc soon
followed by a return hitler, Tor the country y umn-
wing, and the rich spots few, compared WITH me
great of mining land II tbs western sops 81
tie Sierra The reports are Nat near Virgins C:ty.
where the r;ehest leads are rsaRy men are mssins
fiom slO0 TO sac day, and poeoSs ma ws'sing
predict that tract 90 miles sqdTe, north y Csrscn
Wiley, will, in few years, produce ,snw" an
nuslly of silver snd gold, three fourhs OF IN INC
Mr. A. s Taylor Of Monterey rHgerted 10 the See.
retsy of War that rowder could b. raads here shopper
,han il could be imported nitrous earth, from whca
saliI eter could he made being abU sns neH Sfroyv
and sulphur existing in large beds n ssta Baears.
Scroma, ard Nspa Counties. The Secretary OF War
Instructed Capt. Calender, U. s: A., al BensolA 70
nal e inquiries the subject; and IN reply 10 ohio
INQUIRY Dr. J. A. yeaseh, q chemia-s as, geoloiJA,
has stated that great be5s of phar, nssr pure, No
beet in IL State, feand in the Vicinity Of Char
Ia ke Nara County, but that they lie amid mountains
~ .unI hat ~
nitrous earth has been found in the STATE, ihe salins
e'orescence Ciilroy being carhenats Of scds.
mixed with little borate of the same sasc- so thssi
TOW der project has been exploded for thopreeent.
Ii is said that botanical descriptions and eolorcd
drawings IF hundred plants, lately, discovered
by DIR. yeatch on Cedos Island near the coast OF
Lower California in latitude % N, viii e bished
in the Hespeiiar Magazins Of this city.
The Sas andres TadepeSeHf states thai there is IN
that lace cabbage tree five years old aud nse fccs
high. II bore 50 heads Of cabbage this yost--~ze Of
heads or value for tie table not mentioned The stalk,
which grew from q comnoa cabbage hsg Abeeomc
woody. /, ia still growing IN Dr. Hepburns garden
Atout two years ago reported 10 you rSwspsPer
story about tobacco tree tha had become perennial
fro m the common tobacco plAnt which is ordinarily
cultivated rs an annual WnD writing about thiswcD-
der eX pre- ssed doubts of the truth of the story bot
have sEee been assured that Il ia true, but oosfees
have not the tree, though s said 70 be growing
in this city.
In this city there are ls breweries which ,mpsey
l0O men aud brew 100000 gallons OF beer, mostly
la er. Fer am unl ..
There are eight billiard table factories and 90 nsn
are employed in them. Billiard playing Is extremely
mmon here, probably more :, than in any otharpass
of the world
San francisco has II oundoiiss and machine shop.
v hich fun ish occupation TO so men, aud take N
e., see Gee er annuui.
II ere il one cordage factory, which employs 40 men,
ar u ca ! 81 900 pounds of hemp yearly.
TieIe il a sugar refinery, with capacity TO refns
400 iuns sugar and make 20 600 gallons of sruppr
month
We have two gold refneriesS eight private sssy
hices; three chemical works seven camphene dis-
tilleres two macarooni factoriesi one rice-mi ous
barrel factory with capacity - make 2oO oarreiJper
day. ard one wooden factory untiuarhed.
There are scorpions in california, but we very rasey
hear of them singing men. The Red Bigt Hedeoas
however states that Lieut. Van Shell was lately Stang
bv OF ard the poison strong that was feared,
for a while that he would die but he Is now nearly
| we'll again.
There are 703 children under rs, and l, 1873 voters
in The city of Stockton H5 Of the children were born
| in this State.
The Sacramento Union says that 20 hives Of bees
owned by Hale & 20. OF that city produced 10
SWANS between TIE 9th April and the ist September
of this year. that their stock increased within ts
year from 70 to l0l Six of the original swarins
| in dsorder, and produced nothing.
couple of Italians arrived hero a few DAYS sinNs,
| from China. with silk-wor eggs, to obtain
stock of insecls in Italy, greas number Of the I'D
stock having been recently cut off by an epidemic
which has ragged through all the silk DISTRICTS Of
EuroTe. companion who went out with them from
Italy went home from China Wis Suez, taking loo u
eggs with him that way.