The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-02-21
FROM CALIFORNIA.
by THE OVERLAND MAIL,

FURTHER BY THE OVERLAND MAIL
MALLoY's STATION, Feb. l8.-The clipper ship
Don Quixote to SAIL the 28th ult., for China
taking $50 passengers, and $4,000 in Mexican dol
lars.
The barks What Cheer and Page sailed from
San Francisco for Japan, on the 24th ult., to OBJ
tain cargOes of fancy goods, and other productions
of that country, which have been recently sold at
enormous profits. Some skfu designers accompa-
MED the Page, with the purpose Of furnishing the
Japanese mechanics and artists with models after
which to manufacture articles better designed for
the American market High hopes are entertained
that such employment of Japanese labor will
prove vastly profitable, and result in introducing
into common use in this country many useful fix
lures, and household furniture of equste taste and
beauty, at a moderate cost The Rev. Mr.. Gable
and lady wished to go to Japan missionaries by
one of the above vessels, but the charter parties
refused to permit it the plea that their presence
in that country teachers of new religion might
lead to trouble, and hinder the commercial opera
tOns.
The new woolen' factory at San Francisco is il
successful operation, employing eighty operatives,
and turning out $50 blankets daily.
Mr.. Crandell, the extensive stage-coach mana
GER was about purchasing one hundred and TWEEN
ty horses for the Placerville and Salt Lake mail
route
large meeting was held at Santa Clara on the
25th, to give expression to the feeling created BY
the continued closing of the New Amaden quick
silver mines. Resolutions passed declaring
that the injunction, if long continued, would de-
stroy the business energies of the country, and
impair the mining interests throughout the entire
State.
Resolutions have passed both branches of the
State Legislature asking Congress to establish
daily overland mail and also urging the Testora-
ton of the mail service to the state of eci
ency which prevailed when the mails were carried
by the Pacific Mail company.
Resolutions had been introduced into the Assem-
blv declaring that the miners in quicksilver held
the same relation to the government the gold
miners, and asking Congress to procure the reno
al nj he inin Vbi uaTtE
tions in the New Almaden quicksilver mines.
The question of the division of the State has been
made the especial order of the Assembly for the I'd
of February.
A bill has been introduced for the enactment of
a law compelling the closing of bazaars, saloons,
and other places of traffic, on the Sabbath day
Strong petitions, urging the passage of this law,
are extensively circulated.
A concurrent resolution passed both Houses
the 9th ult, appointing Joint committee to re-
eeive proposals for the permanent removal of the
State capital from Sacramento to San Francisco
Oakland.
OREGON AND BRITISH COLUMBIA
The steamer Pacific arrived at San Francisco on
the 2Sth ut., with Oregon dates of the 10Th, and
British Columbia to the 24th ult
A party had been dispatched by the citizens Of
Portland, Oregon, to examine and report the facts
relative to the Simkamen GOLD mines The reports
continue to be of an exciting character.
The British ship Sea Nymph arrived at Naucou-
yer on the oath ult., with large number of pas
sengers after voyage of three hundred and thirty
|
The British Columbia Steam Navigation Com
! pany have proposed to make the necessary improve
ments on Harrison river.
SAN FRANCISCO MARKETS..
The market continues rather inactive though not quiet
! Movements watched with interest, and a disposition
evinced few parties speculate but this feel
ing deprecated any lfounded imitation would work
mischief If the market he left itself it will in
the spring, but shipments from New York be kept
moderate to attain such result. The changes in the
market follows; Candles weaker coal dropping;
coffee lower, Rio selling axe Provisions fimer
slG50 and So so. Bacon lld12Kc Butter and lard
! and hams unchanged French bandies active
and domestic spirits firm Raw sugars inactive, but
higher prices asked by holders crushed has dropped
back to 1850. and refnes to l2Ac Quite competition
among holders Of coffee sprung the 17th and sound
Rio advanced TO 1Sc and 500 bags Of extra Java sold at
| SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE
Arrived January 25th ship Black Hawk, from New
York; Esd ship BOnde from Liverpool Goth, steamer
Sailed January oath, bark What Cheer and schooner
Page for JAPAN 25th snip Grace Gordon for Caao 2Gh
British steamer F. E Ward, for LverpooIi 9th, ships
! Reuben, for Hong Kong, acd Tasman, for Callao.
| The SLAVE TRADE-The correspondent Of the
New York Herald, writing from Havana, Feb. IA,
says:
No less than four vessels, that were notoriouslv
bound for the coast Of Africa to return with car
goes of Bozales, have left this harb0r within the
| last ten days. One Of them is steamer. She
brought here twelve fifteen months ago, perhaps
! longer, from Montreal, sold to certain Spanish
! houses, and until recently has been employed
! coasting steamer. She called the Colon, but I
think it probable she has been rebaptized and has
| now another name. day or two before she eft
this harbOr she repainted entirely black. so as
| suppose to deceive the cruisers the coast of
Africa (who, of course. are in possession of des-
! criptiOn OF herr as to her character She did not
clear at all at the Custom House here and went ia
sea in the night or, at least, she observed in
! this harbor in the evening, and next morning was
! non est tnrentUs.
1t is utterly impossible that the authorities of
! this island were not that this steamer was
fitting out in this harbor for voyage to the coast
| of Africa, and it was in their power to have de.
! tanned her.
SAD OCcURRENcE.-A young man in Cincinnati,
| few evenings ago, about attending masque-
! rade and dressed himself accordingly. After he
| had assumed his costume he thought he would
! frighten boy Of the house, who then chop
ping wood in the cellar. He accordingly descend
| ed. AS the boy him he gave scream
! and threw the hatchet which he using at what
! he supposed to be in fact the devil. The hatchet
! fell, sharp end foremost, on the head of the mas
! querader, and Tor the moment hoored him. 1t Gre
| ated quite severe wound, which put end to his
| fun for that night.
Az UNwELcoME VIslToR.-Last Wednesday, in
! the absence of Mr. A. C. Morrison, who lives on
Washington street, in the village of Bradford Pa,
! a large wolf came into his yard, and commenced
picking at some bones which We're about fifty feet
from the house. His little daughter playing
near by, and within a rod where h,pus passed, but
he only turned his head, without offering to disturb
! her. She ran into the house and informed her
mother who drove the beast off by throwing sticks
! at him.
In the town library of Ghent there have been
discovered some ancient MSS proving that the art
| of oil painting known in Belgium as early as
1928, and that, consequently the brothers Van Eyk,
(l440) generally believed to be the inventors can
! not claim that honor.
The principal freight business on the Concord
and Portsmouth Railroad is the transportation Of
| crates of fish, and over 100 600 pounds per week
! Skinned from Portsmouth q tradprs in 9TH
places.
The Liverpool Mercury has placed in its columns,
in addition the customary notices of births mar
Tiages, and deaths, heading under which
are chronicled the divorces that are daily granted
by the courts.
The Dublin F,eeaaa of the I'd publishes letter
from the Roman Catholic Archbishop Of Dublin,
calling for tribute for the Pope. The letter fills
two columns and a half.
A slave of John H. Monroe, who had secreted
himself on the New York steamer Mount Vernon at
Alexandria, Va taken out at Norfolk and i'm
prisoned.
There are seventy members of the British House
of Commons who claim exemption from serving on
election committees, on account of being than
sixty years Id.
The bill for the expulsion Of the free negroes
from the State Of Mississippi which passed the
House of Representatives, defeated in the
Senate.
Peter B. Stark, Esq, has been appointed as
Commissioner to Virginia by the Governor Of
Mississippi.
The square at the intersection of Canal, ST
Charles and Roy al streets, in New Orleans, has
been selected as the site for the Clay statue.
A Washington letter says that Tom liver is in
Washington, and purposes giving sparring lessons
for the special benefit Of Congressman.
The number of enrolled militia in the State of
Massachusetts,, in 1859, l52,ll2; the active
force 5,738
The Prince of Orange, who is now in London, is
the ''lOveyer' who has come to win the hand of the
next wedable daughter of Victoria
Edward Sanford an actor well known in New
York city, died of consumption at Providence, r.
l., last Wednesday.
Rudio, the accompce of Orsiui, has lately died
in the Brazils, whittier he had retreated after his
escape from Cayenne.
J. W. Sampson OF New London Oneida county,
n. Y, was garroted in the railroad depot at Al
bany, Friday night, and robbed of S775.
Last Sunday afternoon, attrav occurred a few
miles from Louisville, in which Dan Brown shot
Eab Rutledge through the heart
A South Carolina paper notices the death of a
mule, whose age was known to be 81 years at the
time Of his death.
The Governor General has summoned the Cana
dian Parliament to meet for the despatch of bust
ness on the 2Sth February.