New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-10-17

y,,I,5;e, logan Of ths Methodist Church South
,he Par;fc F1posi.or Is monthly m.gaz'De cdr
hv n, ccnt,l and The Mentor (Ca!hohc) J, OF tois
city The Herald, Of Sonora, Ihe Demoerdt' OF M.-
rysvile, The Press of North Ban juan, aud me
VotoBoL Of Grass Valley, have ali declared toen-
.sIys, ,oainst the use Of the Bible in the public
schools uoIe,s 10 accordance With toe UNANIMOUS
desire Of the parents Of the pdp..s; while upon
The other sjSe are only The PGo,fc lPresby terian
organ and The Christian Ad5ooate (Methodis.).
7 h. question is not looked upon here from the
same .tsDd. point as In the Eastern States.
Wtes. il selling 1T 81 30 per 100 pounds, and
large quantities are being shipped for Australia.
Judge Cradebsugh is now IN san FRANCISCO.
Divorces have been granted n this city IN tue
following cases: Wm. Byrne VS. sirAh BJrne;
Anna +. Davis sc. Richard b. DAVIS.
The Sacramen,O Union ssys a weiPpoOr"lp
bird heretofore never seen ID tue St1te-a' re ,st
not wlld-has been heard ia the bushes near tnat
city.
AnelectioD wss held on the 7th met, in - Carson
Territory 10 te!ermi ne whether the people shoutd
approve the Constitution lately adop:ed 10 conven.
ton and 10 determine at the same time who sh)uld
be their Territorial officers under it. The Const-
tuition received large majority Of the votes cast
and the following officers were elected:
Governor, Major Isaac ROop OF Honey LAsei
Secretary, A Dorsey; Auditor, JOHN ID; ",gters ;
Treasurer, Il J.. Kmgi COurc1nen, c. &. N1'nlr
Scare, W. W. Smith. and Samuel Tyler.
This il Squatter Sovereignty IN fGn vgor
few people, numbering about ,4O0 voters with
very few families, resolve that they will cut loose
from the Territorial Government placed over them
by Congress adopt State Constitution OF their
own elect their rulers, aud send their representa-
tive 10 Congress Can the advocates OF Popular
Sovereignty consistently deny them place IN the
councils of the nation
We have dates from Victoria to the 18th met.
The news from the mines is bad. The digglngs
about Fort Alexander have turned ont TO be poor.
The only Trustworthy mines IN British COLUMBIA
are now on Frazer River near and below the mouth
of Thompson River The miners have commenced
another exodus lor California. Everything in Vic
tOria 10 very blue.
We have dates from Portland TO the 9Th inst
The report of an eruption Of Mt Hood is untrue.
A p.rfy of gentlemen from Portland lately ascend
ed the peak and found it in state OF quies ;ence
There had, however, been some IRE IN the timber
on the mountain SIDE
Lieut.. Mullsns military road has been finished
from Walla Walla to the CGur d Alere Mission, a
distance of 1919 miles, leaving about 400 miles 70
Fort Benton as yet unfinished.
The DateS journal speaking Of Capt. Wallen's
expedition to find a road from the Daes to Salt
Lake, says:
"What may be termed the valley Of the Malheur
offers difficulties in the way of good wagon road,
though there is a scarcity OF wood. On the head
waters Of that stream the Indications OF gold judged
by the California standard, are ssrJrg Slate strata
traverse the guches, and some quartz wss visble,
with other appear ances which characterize the gold
fields Of the Pacific; explorations made,
though a single cupiul Of earth, taken from the sur
face se in dry gulch in one instance and washed,
proved TO contain twelve particles of fine gold. 1t IL
deeply to be regretted prospecting party did MOI ac-
company the expedition
The news that the steamer Chippewa had as
a -, 10 t.A ntfnna and
congratulsiion in the newspapers of Oregon and
Washington.
We have dates from Honolulu to the Sd met A
couple of nightiDgsles have arrived there from Eu
rope. The coffee plantations and orange groves
have been stricken by Ious blghts.
The King, having been Offended by the conduct
of the volunteer military company of whites in
Honolulu, resigned his position as Colonel of
said military. They managed to cOnciliate him.
however; so he took back his resignation and he
still holds the dignity of Colonel" He is KING
of the Hawaiian Kingdom, and Colonel OF the white
volunteer military of Honolulu.