Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-11-29
SAN FRANCISCO ITEMS.

Imports OF treasure from MEXICO on the
18th were Sl50,000.
The total plumber of certificates issued
to departing Chinese has been 4. 406 to date.
From July lat TO date 1872 vessels have
been cleared from California with -four and
grain.
fornia wheat fleet, fifty. five vessels having
been cleared in the first twenty seven days.
The new steam whaler Orca will soon be
ready for trial trip. According to recent
Custo N house measurement her length is
III feet, beam 50 $40 feet, hold Is 8. 10
feet, and registers 462. 80 tons net
Several property on the tract
known as the :" U University Mound Survey"
have filed with the Board of Supervisors q
protest against closing any streets within
said tract for the purpose of permitting the
Spring Valley Company to erecta reservoir.
The lost anchors and chains of the
British ships Cia,issa B. Carver and Greta
have been recovered by Whitelaw's wreck.
ing steamer. Toe anchors of the ships
Chrysomene, Isle Of Anglesea and Commo-
dore are still lying in the mud al the bot
tom OF the bay.
The Safe Deposit Company, organized in
this city some yesrs ago, has reincorpora
ted as the California Safe Deposit aud
Truss Company, and will receive deposits
SD eject to check. and issue certificates OF
deposit bearing = per cent per anpum for
money deposited for sixty Gays or longer.
The trial of James Smith, seaman on the
ship Glory of the Seas on her recent voysge
a. y.So
OF stabbing the colored cook Of the vessel,
George Williams, in the breast, was con.
Guided in the United STATES District Court
Monday. The jury returned verdict Of
guilty, and recommended the man to the
mercy of the Court.
Under the direction Of Colonel Mendell,
of the United States Engineer Corps, the
lighthcuse-tender Mapzsni;a, Captain Da-
vid Davies commanding, has taken sound
ings on the bar. 1t has been discovered
that at the place where the wreck of the
Escambia lies the water has increased 10
depth from five and half fathoms to eight.
An explanation for this is anxiously looked
for by nsvigators and pilots.
District Board No. 5, the governing
board in regard to trotting matters for the
Pacific coast, met Monday afternoon and
reviewed toe decisions IN the embry o
stakes trotted at Oakland on the 18th in
slant. Two OF the cases were adjuGicated,
viz: The protest In the case Of Antevolo
in the yesrling race, aud the award of the
third heat TO Bonnie in the three-yea -olds.
The protest was rot sustained, and the de.
cision OF the judges in the case of Bonnie
reversed. The latter ruling was that Bon.
k,,- 10 Ercl ard he, 70
and Fred Arnold the third, and that the
race be taken up from that point and fin
ished on Saturday, the Oh Of December,
on the Oakland Tro@ting Park.
Louis Levy has brought suit in the JUS
tees Court against Mrs. Percy to recover
Sl69, said TO be due on 5000 contract
Levy alleges that ne was engaged by Mrs.
Percy to get certain evidence for her in
the recent contest in the Probate Court fer
the guardianship Of the child Viola Percy
Mrs. Percy agreeing TO Pay him 5000
therefor, CT which amount he has received
S3l. The defendant states that she prom
ised Levy SlO0 for certain testimony. which
he failed to furnish, and that the S3l was
paid to him because he said be was poor.
NJ G. Cobb, Mrs. Piercy's attorney, moved
for a nonsuit on the ground that the agree
ment with Levy was against good morals
and public policy, as having tendency to
produce the suborpation OF witnesses, the
presumption being that the sum might be
to purchase testimony, ard not to hunt up
Legitimate witnesses. Justice Peraie took
the motion under Adjustment
The case of Sumner w. Bogbee VS.. y.
FL. Bancroft, A L. Bancroft aud VIM. Il.
knight, is on trial before JUG &c Wilson, OF
the Superior Court. This action is based
on complaint which sets forth that dur.
iag tie year 1877 A. D. Hatch organized
an association FOR The purpose Of holding a
State Musical Convention in Metropolitan
Temple the following September. The
association appointed Board of Directors
to manage the Convention. Among other
acts OF the managers they secured the SER
vices OF M.Ion W. Whitney, basso
singer Of Boston, Mss, agreeing to pay
him 81 600 and MS travelling expenses.
He refused to make the trip across the
continent unless he had guarantee thai he
would receive the remuneration agreed
upon. Tee defendants guaranteed in
writing that the singer would receive all
the money duo him. He sang at the Con.
v,n,ion four days, but the Directors as
managers of the affair refused to pay him,
therefore the action.