The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-12-20
COMMERCIAL.

COMMERCIAL.
There is little aotusi trade doing the country demand
proving slack and city dealers indsposed bay The
news from the East exci.ss interest but little spprehen
sion vet. The orders goods or that account;
appear 10 be limited, though there may lave been
transactions made under sSch circumstances during the
last FIVE days Sales comprise !: so adamsntinr
candles 25c., and TO- 600 do, 70 arrive, private
terms 800 bbls at - So 100 tons Syoncy coal
sl1; 400 bag Ro coffee al Iasc. 14sc In traits
there have been sn. transactions al unchanged rates.
~ ois there harc been safes Of 800 bhls polar at Joc
& 500 gallons crude 81 So 900 olive 81 So
aud O00 gallons lard. 81 so. Provisions duh and much
depressed There Il scarcely anything doing in meats
Lard $ also dropping. Blcr-sthmus quiet and sales
small at SOC Foreign rice hardening and supplies
tracting Pow sugars are quiet The news from China
is anxousiy looked for sales 45 bbs. Baltimore a &c.
spirits quiet foreign and domestic dropping sales of
100 bbs whskey n decline. Otber goods without
transactions, aud generally tending against sellers.
Rcadstuas wei maintained. small orders for wheat
10 complete cargoes. ire selling al 81 S. 81 co. Re
cepts light and supplies ~ landings around The bay
Withheld, u tho belief q advanced rates ENGAGEMENTS
for carsoes are al prcaoni sns' andeh. The Ocean
Express has been ia several days without finding freight
The weather continues fine which win have tendency
20 ADVANCE Dreadstuis. Barley Is worth ~ 1875 81 Is
eats ere unchanged Money in better demand though
stil easy.
>sws ITEMS
Tho porv press. with ~ Louis ,dvceS 90 the 2st
and Fort kerney 25d ult., arrived AT San FRANCISCO
last evening.
counted The oeif returns Of tho tate election declaring
tho following rc,uls-Lncoin IS .2l. pouql.s q a6a
Breekinricge ss,o'l Rrl cii3; scattering, Il; total
lI9,07
The people voted against calling Constnit onal Con
gention By majority :. only i.3.
The vote Cor paving the state debt largely In the
ascendant. Tins debt amounts between aud three
millions OF dollars whci, should have been lcgazcd in
1857 when The entire state debt iegazed by
Of the people bur by mistake Of the state Comptroller
large enough amount not then submitted 10 the
people 10 The whole indeb,edness.
On tho night Of tie LIST the fune of the Tue
nmno Water Company was blown up with Cunpowder,
used for that purpose. by unknown enemies Of the
COMPANY ~ this vandalism the COMPANY sustains a
heavy damage. while large mining district will be de
prived Of water two months. until funie be
constructed e conduct the water across deep gulch into
their ditch.
David scanne hs bccu elected Chief Engineer Of he
>an Francisco Fire Department
The Esncrida Mining Company, with capital stock Of
s6oOooc have organized 20 open new silver mines in the
Eslneralda district which lies souherly from Carson Val
ley cast q III Sierra Nevada bu believed to be within
the border q California. Something like of spcc
Eeas from this district have been ased, yielding from
fifteen hundred - six ,hcaaand dollars per ton one spe
cmcn doubtless iron, Il pocket in the lead assayed III
The ra,e OF nearly fifteen hundred dollars of gold and s
yer per ton.
Accoun,q from tho washoc mines continue favorable
new district neer Tort Churchill his been discovered
which prolnises Wei.
oregon news thc 2sth ult. hiss been received by
steamer, with the usual mining accounts, which, how
ever possess striking interest Only that consiiera
bic portion 2, tie people are becoming cngrosscd in snc
enterprises.
The Official vote of Oregon was as folows--Iotal vote
1851 lincoln, 53os; Brecknrdge, 5057; Douglas
i1t'; Bill lee I'ncolns plurality, soi.
British Columbia dates 70 the 18th nit per steamer a
bouchcrc arrived AZ Victoria on the 10th from the North
wet coast. Shc brought large nsmisr q furs.
The Indians about Queen chariole's Island were repre-
seaed a. talking very saucy and troublesome.
quantity q orc, supposed Ia be plunbsgo was also
brought b. the Iabouchere.
Tho news from fraser river Is Il November 10
Mining intelligence Is represented encouraging
Nor 0. he miners have gone into inter quarters
The westminster gitcs Gays the total value Of the i'm
september 70, ls60, was SSl5 Us cs