Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-03-22
California Overland Mail,

MALLoY's STATION, March 2l.-The over
land mail coach, with San Francisco dates to
March I'd and telegraphic advices to the Sd,
arrived here at halt past six this evening.
The democratic state convention met at Sac
ramento on the 2Jth of February. On the
preliminary organization, Philip Moore was
chosen chairman, when the convention ad-
journed till evening. On reassembling, a des-
perate struggle took place over the election of
permanent president; Mr.. Kirkpatrick, a
Latham man, and Mr.. Merritt, Gwin and
Weller man, were the candidates. Neither
could be elected when both finally withdrew
their names. Then Philip Moore was unani-
mously elected, he being satisfactory to both
parties.
A committee of 40 was appointed to draft
resolutions, Senator Sharp Of San Francisco,
sympathizer with Douglas, being chairman,
when the convention adjourned to March LIST.
On re-assembling, a series of resolutions was
adopted, in substance follows The first
endorses the principles of the Cincinnati plat
form as those which can alone preserve the
Union and maintain the integrity of the DEM
ocratic party; the second approves the bred
Scott decision the Sd and 4th favor a Pacific
railroad, a telegraph, and the overland mail !;
the 9th fully endorses the administration of
Mr.. Buchanan; the 9th approves the past and
present democratic state administrations the
of New York is the first choice Of the demo-
Gratis of California for the presidency, but does
not instruct the delegates to support him.
The following delegates were then elected
to the Charleston Convention, in the order in
which their names appear. The last four are
probably elected as alternates, and not entitled
to cast any votes at Charleston John Bid
well of Butler Co, John O'Dressbes of Spar
ia Co., G. w. Patrick of Touloume Co., John
Dudley of CaIaveras Co.. Austin E. Smith of
San Francisco, John R. Ems, d. S. Gregory,
and Mayor Bradley. As the delegates are not
instructed and are selected from different
wings of the party, it is impossible to fore
shadow their votes. None of them have been
known as particularly hostile to Douglas.
After their election Mr.. Gregory, positive
Gwin and Weller man, offered a resolution
that Stephen A. Douglas be declared the last
choice OF the convention The yeas and nays
were called, and the motion laid on the table
by 284 to IS. Humphrey Griffith, positive
Douglas man, spoke against the resolution,
and Mr.. Weller, who was a member of the
committee, voted for tabling it. Both wings
of the party were indsposed to make an issue
of the Douglas question
The official survey Of Gen. Suffer, has been
returned to the U. States district court by the
survey0r-general. 1t locates the claim i'll two
tracts, one tract OF two square leagues covers
Sacramento city and environs, the other of
nine leagues is located on Frazer river, so as
to include the city OF Marysville. The lOcali-
ty will be contested by hundreds of people
outside and side the boundaries indicated.
A bill is maturing, and will be introduced in
the legislature, to provide for metropolitan
police system in San Francisco, after the plan
of the present New York law. Its evident OBJ
iect is to break up the reform government of
San Francisco and restore a democratic part-
zan rule The "bulkhead bill" which pro-
posed to give the San Francisco dock and
wharf company the right to construct a sea
wall along the water front of the city, and to
colec. bills for wharf privileges has been intro
duced in the state Senate, and there is great
danger of its passage. The project is violent
Iy opposed by property holders of San Fran
cisco as a dangerous monopoly and tax on
commerce. Such a sea wall as is proposed
will cost 100000.
Since the roads have become passable for
loaded teams from the Washoe silver mines,
about a ton and half of silver ore has arrived
in San Francisco, at cost OF $l2 per cwt for
transportation. Many people leave San Fran
cisco daily for the silver region. Stages ar
rive at Placerve daily from Sacramento,
loaded down with passengers, all eager to cross
over the mountains at the earliest moment.
The news from Carson Valley continues the
same character as heretofore. Many San
francisco capitalists have arrived there, and
the value of mining claims was rapidly in
creasing, from tue eagerness of parties to pur
Snase' In the Devils Gate and China Towr
district ia leads of what are hoped to be sill
W. ore nave been claimed and recorded, in
c.I9'ng an area Of five miles square. Til,
guy ,li'r,mg at Gold Hill was highly successful
DAN francisco, March 8, IL MI i
th o p,ety GENERALLY conceded that seven
ton are friends of Senator Iat%an o9" ,ren
elected through his influence ''' anu wei