New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-02-11
John Powers, cabin water aged 81, Hew.YOTE-
8. Siege, waiter, aged %, NeW-York.

Mr.. French, First Mate, was the hero OF the al AT.
His conduct s described in the long ne%sPSPeJ, al
counts accompanying this letter. Caps. Dan uiu a. "a
that man in his POsnon ought 70 hiue 70 keep no
preserved excellent order, did everything 70 AToP NJ
The spirits Of those board gave his coLIaus The
IDENTIFY and eOolly and did not leave ms snip ul''D
last. ..u ,,iIss below the
month of Humboldt Bay the village % ~, nsxt
vile where the wrecked were cared Io onertv of
dav when the steamer COlumbis also inc E ay 10
the Pacific Mail Steamship SonPdH Symboldt Bay that
the Umpoua having heard at hulOy5'V tho D-sv;oas
minnie INNS Of distress had been heeIu ln 49,
dav went down 10 the scene OF tne u9 49, 9TH her
oa' most of the survivors, ana eaTIsu ,bs North
Oh IOss M Sc hays Of mail matter on tne Nosth,
noItn"a 1E W rscoyered The Government had
sl4 600 in specie, which was lost to, boot tbat IA
The Northerner was an OPen-oVve11In ooa'i NaS 80
,bs cTosstimbers upon which the panklng was naied,
lne . close and cauked and therefore when one
" ~ nIanks was torn fairly OIL, she had TO sink. III
he Columbia osebottOmed boat had struck In the
came manner on this rock she would not have been In
danoer The NOrtherper was built IN NeW-1Ork IN
IS45 came round Cape Horn in 1850, and has been in
act;ve service almost continuously. She measured
$50 tuns and was valued at $780, 600. She was partly
insured. ~, m
Gov Downey was inaugurated on the l4th. The
following lie a copy Of his inaugural address;
GKSrIENES OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY; In sPtetinq
upon the discharge Of the responsible duties o. Ihs Once u T
provision the Constitution in consequence Of the resgnson
Of the Governor painfully conscious OF the want Of thss OK
psenee which 40 necessary proper administration Of the
Affairs Of the executive department Of the Government shoa
indeed hesitate take upon myseihe discharge Of those duties
dcueI my position and rindugent Judgment upon my
people the State assurance that the affairs Of Government
hs b administered With rigid and 9s' ,s 70 Hs
the State The general policy which propose 70 pursue
md bo that sha be able TO 50 discharge the trusts which
this day assumed to merit and receive your apPoo
Mr. l. n Quinn, late President pro TEN. OF the Sen
ate has been elected permanent President and by vr
tue IF that Office he is Lieutenant Governor: y. d.
Lansing has been elected his successor as president
pro tem-thatis he lie TO oficate whenever Quinn may
be absent.
II IL proposed by come Of the friends of Denver TO
repeal the statute fixing the time for holding the Sen
tofial election and then elect him at this session 70
succeed Gwin whose term expires on the Attn OF March,
1861 This proposal has excited great discussion
among the Administration men, and not little mdlg,
nation among those opposed TO Denver Inc general
opinion is that the project will fail
The National newspaper of this city, devoted to the
interests of Washington and Gwin, is thrown into
spasms by the scheme. The editor expresses himself
next January therefore the legal time FOR eecng OWNS
successor the law to be ignored Oh no. u 70 Pe re-
Peasi Can this be done Convince US sns inc
plant tool Ia the hands Of unprncpled schesr ana we VII
forced to rSgsd this rumor as the diseased offspring Of
corrupt and mag heart which In the wi'kedness Of Its ma
table and 1nprnciped as itself"
The Alta California contains the following leader
reported remark Of Senator Gwin that In the event Of
DsHniou California viii 90 with the South i entirely nnCM
fois Calf mia win be the leave the Unon untrsm
eed BY sectional interest or geographical position .nG W." %
the rive her adhesion 10 section CALIFORNIA Nhen
that alternative presents itself viii pause long and give the inst
ter consideration No representative OF hers IN me ma
ons councils pledge commit her to any Interest short Of
En- position and resource entirely independent Of al
the States with productive capacity second 70 none OSS1S
stand alone Or make w terms S S SL M n seems nSo %
forget all commerce with the North the friends Of
OUT @ ons nu s Sues tSrOaIhous the state are fom
the North and yet orsooh the gentleman states
whenever the put before her bu. 4 vii be with more
hd out % e $ ss Vs ao bob sss sCss
California good and does her real HARM She wants all her
however " much Mr. GWh nay desire 70 make personal
Southern capital In The present crisis We can NEITHER
votes long the woou politicians q ether state. are
sy the ysry dness Of party issues work.
nE ts own cure California win be the hr feel the effect
and soutS patriotic feeling-stsie NatonA be heard
and Made up California IL with people from all parts
pre1snng gross sefhnss Of extreme party spirit and dem
resees nom other States win ay before Il into darkness beat'
tin their evil natures and younge Puer and more
California be heard then win her rights be made manifest and
her wants be unoer,iOOd then We nay hope A1a E
uona councils Until then shall be msrePIessnted and m'
understood, position be secondary and our claims Si'Fe
EsIded."
An Indian war which bss been raging during the
last four mouths in Eel River Valley (which lies 10
Mendocino and Humboldt Counties, between the main
divide Of the Coast Range and the ocean, and between
latitude 39o and 40 3O has been brought 10 close,
by an order iseued for the dsbanding Of the white
soldiers who carried On the This company, COM
posed Of twenty men under the command OF Capt Vim.
s. JaTbDe was mustered into service as volunteers on
The 10th Of September last under order from Gov
Weller who directed Capt Jarboe 70 make war only
on the Indians which had been stealing cattle. The
Governor bad no legal authority 10 levy war in this
manner and his directions 10 JarbOe placed the whole
matter 81 the discretion of the latter. 30 far as we
are informed Jaiboe made war on all the tribes living
within bis reach. II must be admitted that he has
done much execution. All his were residents OF
the country, good woodmen, good horsemen, good
shots familiar with the haunts Of the saYages, and
| their mode of life.
Every man provided bis own horse rife, revolver.
knife and blanket. They took the field on the 18th of
September, and kept it until the 18th OF December,
when JaIboe left them to 20 TO Sacramento and zee the
Governor. In 20 days they had fifteen battles, in
which they killed four hundred and odd red men, and
took six hundred prisoners-had none Of their com:
pany killed, and but three wounded. In thirteen OF
the fifteen encounters they the assaiants attack
ing the Indians either in their rancherias at daybreak
or in camp when preparing TO eat OF the stock
which they had Just stolen On two occasions, the
Indians attacked the rangers in open day OF the coo
prisoners q were in Jarboe's camp on the 18th De-
cember; the remainder had been sent in detaehments,
under small escorts to the Mendocino Indian Reserva-
/ ton, which lies at the mouth Of Noyo River, on the
Ocean Shore ia latitude 39o. While these detachments
were on the way TO the Reservation they had 10 pass
through dense forests and more than half Of the prs-
/ oners escaped
It ls said that before Jarboe took the field the In
! dams had killed stock worth 5000, and nearly "a
! much more while he was fighting them.
1t is said that there are now 900 Indiana on the
Heudocino Reservation and that there are 400 more
than can be kept there Only about 100 Of these In
dams work in the fields and fed from the Govern
ment stores the others live on muscles fsh, aeorns,