New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-01-02

inpossiblet to move goods TO auy a,oa, extent. The
demand from the co1utry was exceedingly slaok.
cont ruauce OF the fine weather which Wa pre-
vallirg v ~ ccCet 20 improve business. All he mar
Leis were cr0cprc. For Provisions and Candles tie
ter dercy favored BUYERS Eight hundred irkins Of
old Butter were sold at auction III l3sc. n. June
butter was lower ard 3uQEjc. may be called tie
fair quotation FOR H. The shomen;s from the Ishmus
preIudiood tie market, and If continued the article
would not bnLS over ecs' hsuIes' GIeM foik'
in barrels, worth 81 o, and in half barrels,
90 81. Lard was quiet. Bacon and Hams very
du and no activity was looked Tor inihe market for
the rest SIXTY dsys.
Ontle morning Of the jh Of December, Just before
taking his departure Tor the Atlantic States, Jnige
Hoffman, Of lie United SStes District COlr', ned an
opinion confirming what II known "a he SherrebacS
cam TO 2f,too square feet % land on Rncon Hi and
cor,s.euCus dereio beng of the most valuable
IroJeity in tie City &C San Francisco The claim i
bssed On vhaI IurpoTts 10 be Mexican grant u Que
Sheuetsck IN lSr5. IL was rejected IN 100 by the
United States Board OF Land Commissioners, who we're
AL Cnied - settle private land claims IN Cauornla
From h- decision appeal was taken 10 the District
Court. Tie people had lost sglt OF the sn supposng
the claim 10 be fraudulent and worthless, AMI 80 the
matter welt by default. The unexpected confirmation
q the claim by jude Holman produced the most M
tense eXcitemeut but after Day or two the parties
nert stcd took the principal part of the blame upcn
themselves and have since gone TO work IN earnest 20
get the ease geopeued. when new tetlmony will be
n,rcduced which it believed will defeat the claim.
Tie IroreIty covered 10y the grant Is now worth heeu
hunored thousand CO lars and lie prospective value ia
immense. Already the m0s elegant private residences
IN n e CITY are erected upor It.
TIE Coroner inquest or the body OF Elbrdge Gerry
PaLe Dow, Ir.l resu ted II a verdict ot death from
iut,mperance. l. was previously supposed thar he
bad con mitted suicide.
Senator BroG rick LETT vii, which Will be forth,om-
ing whenever the administrator on bis estate Is ap
POINTED.
Judge Harvey, Of CalayeTas county, has dec,' led
= . Lid -. NH ha had a
rerect title is also the owner of the mineral on SAID
iaLd lie accordingly decided in favor OF ousting some
of the " no wee Qsglpg Oh the ground m ques-
ton for gold. The Will be Appealed 10 the SUI
prt me CouIt aud bring before highest tribunal
iest question Of vast Importance to the mining intereSt
of California.
A silver mine has been discovered in Santa Cruz
COUNTY tie ore yielding eighty Two dO rs To the ton
A tial over the mountains from Placeryille to Car
son Valley, has been opened since the late heavy
ard loatoG teams pass over without dmeutty
4 su lad been commenced IN the United states De-
trct Cont for the Western District of Utah, in
session at Carson Valley. to determine the conflicting
interests Of several claimants TO n original silver mine
Known "a the Cors'ock lead The pliiut1s swear
that already 500 COO worth of ore has been taken
from the mine, and thOee now working n are daily
taking $4,000 worth.
By the steamer Columbia dates to the 2Sth nit. had
beer received nom Southern Oregon. New gold mnes
were continually being discovered IN that Port'oa OF
the STATE.
The Jacksonville Sentinel reports new god-ield
in the vicinity of Galeeburg, which prospects quite
richly causing n rush there By miners.
Tie miners at jackson Poor Mans Creek, Appegae,
and Whisky Creek We're doing well, and was thought
that at least five bundled mnes were ut work IN the
vicinity of Willamette 49,,
The dates from the Sandwich Islands are to the 10Th
of November, by the ship Milwaukee.
TIE ship Josiah Bradley arrived at Honolulu, Now
> from Boston and had been chartered to load with
euano Bal ers Island and tLen proceed to Hampton
Rcads.
Tie Danish bark Maria had been chartered to take
oil and bone for Bremen.
The bark josephine had arrived ut Honolulu from
cruise and Bakers and Jarviss Islands.
wharf Ct four hundred feet, with rail track. bad
been erected at Bakers Island 10 faciat" tho loading
| OF guano.
when the Josephine left.
The ship Ewing Dragon sailed from Honolulu Nov.
: for Bakers leland, and TO be followed by the
Josiah Bradley.
The Kine's private Secretary. Mr.. Nelson who was
recently dangerously wounded by his Majesty while IN
fit of jealousy was in very precarious condition,
ard tie King had gone to Lahaina to watch the
symptoms OF victim being very solctous Tor his re-
! COyery.
rec nj assessment shows that the total valuation
OF all the real estate aud personal property IN the Ha-
wGiian Kingdom Is over - CtoO VO The toal amount
of the taxes levied for general purposes was SlJOl9i
for the schools s53, sos and for the roads, so 30
Up to Nov 9, ~ whaleshps had arrived from the
Arctic and Kodak fleets with total catch OF 2l ID
bbls of OIL averaging 4o to each vessel 90 from the
I
vessel and four vessels from the sperm whale grounds,
with l. lao bbs Sixty nine more vessels were eS-
uected before all the feet of 1859 in. Oil at Hon
| olulu was down. f3c. gallon
The steamer Pacific arrived at San Francisco from
British Columbia on the morning Of the 9Th inst, with
! ljl passengers. ~
! Date from Victoria to the 9Th inst, from Wash
rgton Territory to the Sd inst, and from Oregon to
| the Seth ult.
TIE news from Washington Territory and Oregon il
| unimportant.
| Mining operations throughout British Columbia had
| closed Tor the Winter season, on account OF cold
weather, The miners leaving for Victoria and
California to spend the Winter with the expressed de-
termination OF returning again n the Spring. a. laery
| thew have been very successful
Mrs. Cameron wife Of the Chef-Iustice, Of the coli
ony and sister of Gov. Douglass, died on the 26th Of
| November at Esquimalt.
| The mail brings 5000 letters, three times the num-
| Der ever brought before at one time.
| HDppE SDDtUE NEE