The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1859-11-28
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Arrival of the Overland Mail.


ST. LOUIS, November 26.-The Overland
Mail, with San Francisco advices TO the 4th
inst, arrived here last night. 3
Three thousand passengers had arrived at
San Francisco during the three days previous
to the departure of the mail, by two steamers
from Panama, and three from Oregon and
British Columbia. ~.
The latter steamers brought over 1000 tuns
of apples from Oregon, worthfrom 10 six
dollars per one hundred pounds. The new tele-
graph line was in operation one hundred and
sixty-fve miles east from San Francisco, by
the Butterfield route, and would probably
reach Vislia, two hundred and fifty miles
from San Francisco by the first Of january.
More improvements were going on In San
Francisco than at any time since 1854, and ii
is claimed that the city is in more prosper
GUS condition generally, than at any period
since the revulsion of 1855.
Since the discontinuance of the Tehaunte.
pee route, the Overland Mail has invariably
conveyed later news from New York than
the ocean steamers. ~ q
Dates from st. Louis to October reached
San Francisco by the overland mail, two days
earlier than the ocean mail, having dates to
the 5th only. rtEf.fU trEWn
During October $l,34s,9OO worth OF gold
was deposited in the San Francisco Mint Cor
coinage, among which was consid, 10
Frazer River dust. The total shipment Of
gold from San Francisco in October was
So, $4,000.
Judge Terry has been indicted by the Grand
Jury of San Francisco County, and placed
under $4,000 bonds, for killing Broderiok.
proposition to construct horse railroad
In the streets Of San Francisco was before the
Board Of Supervisors, which will probably be
favorably acted upon.
1t was understood in San Francisco that
Captain Garrison had sold to Vanderbilt his
entire interest in tho line Of steamships carry
ing the mails between that city and New York,
which was regarded as an indication that the
competition between the rival lines would con-
tinue long time.
The Public Administrator was pressing suit
in the Probate Court, at San Francisco, to got
control of the estate of the late Senator Brod-
erick, on the gronnd that he had no living rs-
lativs at the time of his death. The appli-
cation was resisted by Mrs. Lucy Brown, who
claims that Broderick was her second cousin,
and she was entitled to the estate as the next
of kin.
The amount Of money in the State Treas
ury on the 1st Of November exceeded $500 900.
There were over $500, 200 in the, Treasury Of
San Francisco.
The case Of the Meroed Mining Company
and j. O. Fremont was under argument before
the Supreme Court. The points at issue are Of
the highest Importance as legal questions, ,inde-
pendent Of the immense pecuniary interests
involved. They will doubtless 60 to the su-
preme Court of the United States. a.s-
The correspondence in the Trinity Journal
IocA - ali s,vo~ UclI
tions several fights between the Indians and a
company Of volunteers, in which upward OF
twenty Indians were killed and about tho
same number captured. 4i..... .........., 80 eLti
Accounts from the Washoe Valley gold and
silver mines continue favorable, and new dis
coveries were being constantly made.
San Francisco, which asssyed from two to six
thousand dollars to the tun. 'i.l'" t.s
The Comstock vein had been traced one
thousand feet, and indications warranted the
belief that it extended ten miles, and was
probably the richest silver mine in the world.
Gold discoveries were also represented as
important, and notwithstanding the lateness
of the season, large emigration over the noun
tains continued, rendering it probable that
by spripg several thousand people will have
reached the ground ready to commence ex-
plorations and labor as soon as the weather
permits.
The Grand Jury of Carson Valley lately
submitted q report to Judge Cradlebaugh
Among the subjects treated are the outrsgel
upon emigrants by the Mormons, and the
impossibiliiy of the latter living in harmony
with American citizens.
The report says that in view Of the dissim.
liar tastes and interests, and Of the discord.
ant sentiments, religious and political, of the
people, we submit that the best interests ol
the government of this Territory impera-
lively require some remedial legislation on
the part Of Congress. ....