The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-01-03


mlttee said they had specific charges of crime
10 make against Mr.. Rogers and his friends, but
tnat their principles could not be tolerated in
Kentucky.
Mr. Rogers replied, denying that either he or
ms friends had violated any of the laws of the
State. The Committee then waited upon Messrs.
Boughton, Davis, Hanson, Griffin, HAYS, Smith,
and others, and informed them that they were
also required to leave the county forthwith.
meeting OF those ordered to leave the State
was subsequently held at Berea for the purpose of
consulting upon the best course for them to pur-
sue. The meeting was organized by selecting Mr.
John Smith as chairman.
After general consultation they determined to
prepare addresses to the citizens of Madison coun-
ty,of the State and of Berea. A committee was also
appointed to wait on the Governor with petition
TO this petition the Governor made a verbal an
sWer. referring to the excitement that the Harpers
ferry afalr had aroused he advised them for their
own safety and the public peace to leave the State
without delay, and TO seek relief in the courts of
justice, as 1T was not in his power to afford them anv
protection. With this advice their friends gene
raily concurred, though some of their pro-slavery
neighbOrs volunteered to defend them According
iy, on Thursday noon, they left Berea.
ADDITIONAL FROM CALIFORNIA, ETC.
Business at San Francisco was even more dull for
the week ending the 9th inst than the previous
one. The sales were confined to jobbing lots, and
1t was impossible to move goods to any greater ex-
tent. The demand from the country was exceed
ingly slack
A continuance of fine weather was needed to i'm
prove business.
For provisions and candles the tendency was in
favor of buyers. 500 frkins of old butter were
sold at auction at 9@l35s cts. June butter had
declined; 30@321l is AZ air quotation for it.
The shipments from the Isthmus were preiudicial
to the market, and if continued, the articles would
not bring over the cost figures.
Clear pork in barrels was worth SIT so; in half
parres, - Do Lardwas quiet. Bacon and hams
very dull. There was no activity looked for in the
market for the next sixty days.
report had obtained circulation in San Fran
cisco that Senator Broderick left WILL which will
be forthcoming whenever administrator on his
estate is appointed.
Judge Harvey, of Calaveras county, has decided
that the owner of piece of land to which he had
perfect title, is also owner of the mineral on the
said land. He accordingly decided in favor of
oustlng some of the miners who were digging on
the ground in question for gold. The case will be
carried to the Supreme Court, and bring before
our hlghest tribunal test question of vast import
ance to the mining interests of California.
a silver mine has been discovered in Santa Cruz
county, the ore from which yields SS2 per ton.
- A trail over the mountains from Placerville to
carson alley has been opened since the late heavy
snows and loaded teens pass over it without diff
Guilty.
suit has been commenced in the United States
District Court for the Western district of Utah.
now in session in Carson Valley, to determine the
conflicting interests of several claimants to the
original sver-mne known as the Comstock lead
The plaintiffs swear that already 100000 worth
OF ore has been taken from the mine, and that
those now working it are daily taking out $50 900
BY the arrival or the steamer Columbia dates to
the 10th ult. have been received from Southern
Oregon.
New gold-mines continually being dscov-
cred in that portion of the State.
The jacksonville Sentinel reports new gold
field in the vicinity of Galesburg, which the pros
pectors report as being very rich, causing rush
there by the miners.
The miners at Jackson, Poor Mans Creek, Apple
gate and Whiskey creeks, are all doing WELL
1t was thought that at least 500 miners were at
work in the vicinity of Willamette.
The recent assessment shows the total valuation
OF all the real estate and personal property in the
Hawaiian Kingdom as amounting to over ST.
100000. The total amount of taxes levied for gen
eral purposes is $4,000; for schools S33 ,56s; for
roads $50, 247.
Up to November 9th. II whale-ships had arrived
from the Arctic and KOdeax fleets with a catch of
4,745 barrels Of oil; there had been sc arrivals
from the Ochotsk Sea with 3003 barrels, and YES
sells from the sperm-whae grounds with ], ,l4O bar.
reiS Slxty-nine more vessels expected before
all the fleet of 1859 are in. The price of oil at
Honolulu was down to 43 cents per gallon.