The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-03-18
LATER FROM CALIFORNIA BY PONY Ex-
PRESS.
S6S9,00O en- route for New York.

FoRr KEARNEY, March l5.-The California pony
express passed this point at Ais this afternoon,
bringing the following summary of news
The steamer Cortez sailed for Panama the 1st
instant, carrying sc passengers and S729,000 in
treasure, S6S9,OO0 of which is consigned to, New
York.
The ship Dashing Wave has cleared for New
York with miscellaneous cargo, comprising 200
sacks of barley, l 200 sacks of copper ore 1900
hides, 300 TASKS of quicksilver, 140 barrels of tai
low, 81 bales of wool, l,500 bags of guano, etc.
The steamer Uncle Sam, with the New York
mails of February lst, is now overdue some six
days, causing much anxiety.
The pony express, with dates from the Atlantic
States to the 18th ult, is teegraphed from Carson
Valley to-day.
The Harrassethy case, for alleged defalcation in
the San Francisco Mint in 1856, is on trial in the
U. S. Circuit Court.
A. Austin & Co., retail dry goods merchants, re-
Gently reported as having failed, have resumed
business
Horace Smith, who killed the printer, Newell, in
San francisco on the lst of January, having been
| refused change of venue by the Court petitioned
the Legislature for that purpose, alleging that he
could not have fair trial in San Francisco, and
asking tue passage of special act removing his
trial TO Placer county, his place of residence thus
virtually asking the privilege of sell scting his own
| judge and jury.
Both Houses of the Legisaturegranted the pray
| er OF the petitioner by more than two-thirds
majority in each branch. There is some prospect
that the Governor will veto the act and throw the
| responsibility on the Legislature of again passing
| it by two-thirds vote.
The Chairman of the Breckenridge State Central
| Committee has called a meeting of that body at
| Sacramento on the 26th to consider the periious
crisis in national affairs urges the follow
ing declaration for the consideration of the meeting:
"Let US have the Union if we can, peaceable dsso-
luton ii we must, but conflict never. If peaceable
dissolution comes, why should not California re-
main with the free States? If bloody separation
| why should she not establish Pacific nationality?
Is she willing to be dragged into war against a
Southern Confederation of her sisters? If such a
| confederation be irrevocably established, ought
not she to demand of the other free States to con-
sent to peaceabe separation, if any must come,
as the unyielding condition of her remaining with
| them Does not Lincoln's foreshadowed policy of
| executing the laws in the seeded States imply
force, coercion and war? Are our people really to
plunge into anarchy and suffer the ravages of such
a war2 These are the momentous questions to be
considered, and which, it is feared, will too soor
| require action. Therefore full meeting of tbs
committee is requested.
(Signed) CHAs. L1NDLEY Chairman
There are no new features in the Senatorial eec
tion question before the Legislature.
The Senate yesterday amended the Union resolu
ton previously passed in the Assembly, and adopted
1t In the following form by vote of 20 yeas to
nays-the negative vote being cast by the Republic
can members
Resolved, That we heartily endorse the plan of settle
ment for the existing difficulties in the Atlantic State
proposed by the Hon. j. j. Critenden in the Senat
of the United States January Sh 1861 aud that we
denim the of military force coerce the peope
commencing concation and concession rather than war
and compromises rather than dsunon.
From the different parts of the State the ninip.
news is about usual at this season.
The recently discovered siver mines in Nevad
county, near Grass Valley, prospecting we'll
and experienced miners from the Washoe distrc
have great confidence in them.