New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-07-13

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Ss yor. Genera. LoNO'
Curry CoDness and Ashley are excellent mco,
and the remainder are, perhaps, better than we
ordinarily have on our State tickets OF course
many aspirants were disappointed at not getting
NOMINATIONS, and among these were Humphrey
GrfE ihs aspirsnt for the Gubernator nonnailOn,
and j. W. Cufro,h, who hoped to get the nJnlDa-
ton for Congress from the southern part oil toe
State TLese two having BEEN prominent rs lead
ere Of the AntLecompton part, aad having
"worked' as politicians worn by m7k'ug
speeches, attending meeliogs, &c, lett very
core that they should be beaten by Curry and
Booker, who lad never been active workers, the
former beng only koOwn as Abtl-Lecompt0n
from his private drca rations, and tue latter having
been gene rally supposed u be LecomPtOnlt- uuti
wlhp "a fe~ weeks. Alter the roll had been called
Oh the vote for Congressman from Inc souto, ana
before toe result was announced, many OF Inc
pembe changed their votes, aud at one Time
Cohroth had majority, but when the thlmbe-
zig gsms was done. Booker came ont ahead.
C.ffroth was Highly indignant at this, aud said 1t
was done ri Broderlcks dlctaton, and that all Tue
nominee bad to wear Broderick collars. lie used
l.Deu. pe like this in the presence OF Mckiboeo,
who Knocked him down, 10 re uru Tor which Col
firth challenged hun. The challenge was hccepte1,
and duel was arranged for toe l7th inst. at
D H., In Suffer County; but both parties were ar
r, s,.d aid bound keep the peace, aud there
hss been no meeting as yet.
Among the passengers who 20 east yard by TO-
-dsy'. stepmcr IL Peter Della Tore, limited Stafes
Attorney for the Northern Di-trict oil Cal-
Erpia Ii is said that one OF the purposes oi hls
yist IL Ia learn WHITTIER the decsl N OIL the oniled
States Supreme Court IN the fostatt case, de-
clriug the survey o. confirmed grams 10 % Juu,,
c,sl net is To- be maintained, and whether 1t VIII
n. r..n.c,ed NV the Executive ranch of the Gov
ernm,nt. and i'm that case 10 urge the importance
az reorpanizipg his Office, 81 that the uew duties
isnpos,d upon it by that decision may De per
formed AZ il is nov, the regular civil aud crinl-
nal business Of hls office IL as extensive as tnft oil
most of the similar officers of the lnporta0t dis
tr,cis on the Atlantic coast. La addition ~
the tutes connected with those branches, he has
10 manage the Mexican land claims before the
IIpit.d States District Court aud these alone fur-
nisb more work than any One mao can do; aud,
tAetefore they have necessarily beet neglected, To
the great irury of public aud private interests IN
the State, solely because the Federal G!vefnueht
hs, been too mean To permit the suits to De tired
suits Which il will be remembered, land owners
were COZ PEELED TO bring, under penalty OF loslDg
tie property gwen 10 them 10y Mexico. II, 10 I'D
dlion to all this civil, criminal and law business,
the United States DlstIict-Att0rney Ia to be bur
deued With all the surveys, be must have assistance.
and much OF it, have suggested u doubt whetaer
the Executive Department OF the Government
would respect the decision OF the Supreme Court
In the Fossait case. The fact IL, that tue Score
tary OF the Interior has dsregarded toe decision 10
several cases; he has s'ued patents since ITS dely-
cry, berg guided solely by The surveys OF the SUI
vel Oi. General, and without waiting 10 know what
the Courts might think about the proPnety
of the survey. If the Secretary OF the Interior
should continue 10 act ia the same manner IN re-
gard TO other cases, IL will be equivalent 70 setting
the Forsatt decision 8. defiance. The granting Of
land has slwsys been looked upon as al ex"cutlse
act under our sy stem of GOVERNMENT at least IN
the execution of the deed aud tue desigua ion of
the boundaries; IL certainly never was thought To
be judicial IN its character until Justice Campbell
OF the United States supreme Court exposed his
ignorance IN the Fossatt case.
A rich quicksilver mice, called the Lawreneel,
he's been discovered on the Fossatt claim mile
and a half from the New Amaden Mime. SIXTY
men are employed putting up bulldogs for dwell
ings smeltue houses, nc. The d,scoverrr says
that next 10 New. Almsden II is the richest qdicE
SILVER mine in the State. The New-Aimaden, the
Lawreneel, the Guadalupe and the New ldrln are
the only quick silver mines 10 the State nov
worked. TIE last two produce nearly enough,
believe, for our home consumption.
new Directory of this City, just published,
gives the following as the number OF the inhabitants
-oi San Francisco:
Hhite males over 81, nsne. in present issue 500
Resdruts, floating, nof obtAined.... so
Average plumber a, different oote.,
boarding aud lO:gtuE b0ists.
addition ~ the regular bosrters,
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In Hoepials............. ........ IV