The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-05-29
The Pony Rxpre~~.

fo't Kedney, May N.-Tho Pony Express
PsScd at twelve O'Clock on Friday (2ith), but
by some mistake cur bud got Of news was taken
out between hers and Fort Laramie, reaching
Us by coach yesterday.
The market Is unusually excited this week.
Thee is good country demand, and both city
und country trade are supplying themselves
lib.raily. Candles arc very 6rm wi h an up.
ward tendency. Manila sDrdage advanced to
Ike Raw and Refined Sugars improved.
Manufactured tobacco Is selling very freely,
and tho market IL buoyant. Provisions and
hqu'Is dull and unchanged. There 10 some
t.ndency to speculation, bat tho principal bus-
nsss is for the legitimate trade.
Ths rates OF insurance on treasure east ward
have besn increased 10 ten per cont.
There has bean but little incident in CAlifor-
nis this week, except the Union msstingA
~h continue 10 % held a,most nightly IN
ths principal towns and cities. The spsec 1ss
an, resolutions invariaol favor vigorous w.r
pol - o, ,hs Iart OF The A iministration undl
sviy foot of;he Union 'ckaowlsdgcs the Stars
AND Stripes.
4, doub. diy large portion Of cur people
~b came hero from the southern states, sy m
paihize more or less with secession, but the
rie L. lon pressure Il so strong that any oppo-
Nt,ob 70 II seems hopeless, and this fact makes
Il pr bab'e IN It we shall haso no dis .urhance
of ,le peace vi hin tho borders of the state.
The -rec CT war 10 Santa Clara county, In
which 'be only gu's'ion involvef was the title
TO six leagues Of land, has disappeared through
q compromise In which the settlers agree 70
submit thar cause to the Supreme Court and
sbite the result. Several lawyers have agreed
10 lead their cause without charge.
An sffost Is making In San Francisco TO Or
gAnize . company Of volunteers, to tender their
services to the g,ne.al government, on The
supposition that the P4cid; Mail Steamship Co.
will give them free pAsssge East. A similar
orgsniz alton has been commenced In Sacrament
70, The members holding the olives In readiness
" obty the first III Of the President.
This arrangements for a grand par otic do
mons,r,tion on the coming Auniverary Of Am
erican Independence was initiated bV "A meet
inr { citiz sss OF Sacramento on tho 18Th.
The Republican State Central C,m nittee
have issued AL for a Convention composed
Of delegates Of Union men, ire psctivs o.
party, to mat 10 Sacramento on the 18Th Of
June. The Republican, do not design giving
NJ their organization, but adopt the Union test
simply and purely, without reference to other
issasr.
A reso ution has been offered in the Assem-
bly, instructlng our Senators in Congress and
requesting our REPRESENTATIVES there TO OF.
for California as 4 mediator in toe present
diflicult,es and ia favor Of Convention TO ro-
vi,o the Constitution OF tire United States.
An exciting canvass for local off ,ors In 3 m
Francisco Is progressing. T'e municipal cleo
lion takes plaos on the 22d inst. Ths only two
tickets IN the field are known ss the Peoples
Union ticket and the Republics an Uoion ticket,
The latter comprises partisan Repu olicsns, and
the former irrespsctivs Of Ns.ional politics and
4nbracing men OF all political parties who are
sound on the Union question.
Ths Peoples ticket will probably triumph.