Show I 1 IV western WESTEEN lil LIC ITEMS I 1 so ix exciting citing Z and interesting I 1 has hag been the news from the east for months past that but few of the events which have hive transpired on the pacific have been considered worthy of notice Our western exchanges have generally come to hand although in s everal several instances they have been quite too long teran I 1 sit owing to carelessness somewhere but who has been in fault we know not ald ard aed do not intend to institute an inq ing inquiry ully deeming it useless and ana besides we consider it fortunate that things in that respect have baye not beer been livorse worse than they have when so touch confusion and ana plunder Is f complained of in connection with postal arrangements in all parts of the country on the atlantic as well as on the pacific slope our oar latest dates from sacramento and ana san francisco are ate to ebie ifie slat uit from which we cull a few items the legislature of Cali call california forna in session at sacramento Sie had bad not elected a united states senator alor ator to succeed mr latham whose term of office will expire on the fourth of march next the professed Union its senators and representatives had been in caucus every night for some two weeks for the purpose purpose of nomina romin dominating aling ting a candidate but they were so disunited that that thai no choice had been made and the prospects that they would soon effect a nomination were not flattering fl on the fifty second ballot taken on the eighth meeting meetings gT T G phelps how representing that stae in congress received recel veel reit 37 A A sargent sar Par gent also aleo a member of congress 33 mr conness 24 21 and mr blown brown 6 votes during 0 the linh ninh meeting of 0 the caucus held on the evening of the of januar january ys some bribing revelations were vere made madd and a scene cf confusion ensued startling Stait ling disclosures concerning proffered bribes to members were made implicating them as well ivell as government officials some of whom were evidently much interested in the result of the caucus which would decide the election among A mong those accused of attempting to induce members to chala change their votes for a valuable consideration mr watrous mail areat agent was preeminent pre em eminent gjent ile he as the ba business siness agent of mr phelps was very anxious to secure his election if it could be done on business principles it was wa not expected that the caucus would be able to get disentangled from froin the ahe imbroglio imbroglio very soon business in im southern california seated sealed aa ga greatly depressed sales of several thousand hela a cattle were recently myde mide in santa Barbara darbara county alfrom at from one dollar collar and fifty Y centa cents to ahree eer beo it afis lifs Is stated that there ar are in monterey two whaling 0 companies composed of eighteen men each and that they took el whales during the past year the aggregate profits of which amoun amounted tid to sixty t thousand dollars the whales were all caught in the bay day or BO so near that they were towed to their works on the bhore shore near the town where the oil was extracted the locality of the treasure lost by th the e burning of the golden gate has been discovered coye core reI reh by the wreckers who were ivere in search of it as reported ted but the thi sea is so rough where it lies that it cannot be raised wit without h ou t constructing a back bach back water to seaward of the wreck dr rabe ex U S marshal for california who on bein lein being 91 ousted from office last summer went posthaste post haste to washington to clear up his da record w which bad been a little blotted by the friends of his bis successor has haa according to ilie ibe bulletin eure EvUe tin been appointed by president car rera consul for guatemala Guat imala for the pacific coast of the united states president lincoln has recognized 0 the appointment and the doctor is in office again |