Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1861-03-29
The New, frsu California. ke.

SANFRANcIsco, March l3 The steamer Golden
Gate sailed for Panama to-day, carrying 100 pas
sengers and nearly million in treasure
Gov. Downey has vetoed the bill changing the
murder trial Of Horace Smith from San Francisco
TO Placer county, but both Houses of the Legisa-
tpre passed the bin over the veto-the iobbies
shouting enthusiastically over the result
During the last four days the Legislature has
met each afternoon and gone through the routine
OF balloting for Senator, without appearing to
make any progress toward an election. Ten bal
lots In all have been had. II requires IS votes
elect, and no candidate has vet received az hi2h
as 80. Without new combinations are formed no
Senator can be elected this winter
Commandant Il. B Cunning ham, OF the Mare
Island Navy Yard. died this morning
A Mallory, late State Comptroller, died on
the LIST inst.
ult. arrived at San Francisco last evenIng The
agent at this end of the line is making arrange
ments to materially quicken the speed hereafter,
now that the route is more free of snow
The California Coal Mining Company with a
capital stock Of IS 900 600 corporated YES
terday, to develop the recently opened mines In
Mount Diablo region, which promise to be mex
haustible and OF excellent quality.
1t is proposed to build a railroad to make the
mines more accessible to the Bay Of San Francisco.
The bark Guayamas sailed to the Mexican port
Of that name on the 9th, taking cargo Of goods
for Arizona, to be transported across Sonora by
the new route opened by the authority of the
Government of that State.
Alex. Purple, one of the Vigilance Committee
exiles of 1856, returned to California the las,
steamer, and has been arrested and placed under
500 bonds for disturbing the peace.
OREGON AND BRITISH COLUMBIA.
Oregon dates 10 the 9Th inst have been received
disastrous confiagration occurred at Vancou-
vers on the 9th. Property to the value Of sci OOC
| had been destroyed, and man named John RYAN
was 30 badly burned that his life is despaired Of
Large crowds Of miners are pursuing their way
| to the Rock River mines.
| SANDWICH ISLANDS.
1 he h,gn
witch Island dates to the nth Of February
The anniversary of King Kamebameha's birth.
| day occurred on Saturday, the 9th Of February
and was observed at Honolulu with great public
| rejoicing.
The annual parade Of the fire department, In
uniform. with their engines, was held on this oc
| casion.
On the 10th the U s sloop w yoming, six guns
under command Of John X. Mitchell arrived a
| Honolulu, for Panama, via Rilo and Lahama In
search OF the sloop-of-war Levant, supposed to be
| lost
The Honolulu Advertiser Of the I4th has the
| following on the subject-There il every reason
| to believe that United States sloop-of-war Levan
has met with some serious disaster soon aftel
| leaving HilO. 1t was Captain Hunts intention
| to have aken a northerly course from the Islands
till he judged he could fetch the port of capulco
where be proposed going FIRST to forward hrs dis
1 patches to Washington. IL this plan was fol
lowed, the Levan. probably ran north to abou
| latitude 81 degrees, then tackled and headed fo
| the Mexican coast. The bark Consort was dis
| mantled In gale about October Is, according te
one account, and October 2O, according to another
In looking back over our shipping memoranda
| we find that the whaling barks Emerald, Rober
| Morrison, Florence, and Braganza, and ship
Republic, Coral and Majestic Arch, report sever,
gales in from 80 to IS north latitude, from Octo
Der Sd to October 10th (wind southwest), in which
| they all received more or less damage. Had tn,
| Levant simply been dismantled, she could hav,
reached these Islands under jury mas;s or th,
beats could have got here. The conclusion forcet
itself on us that II she met with disaster, 1t hal
| proved fatal to the ship and all on board /"