Show from california the western mail arrived on thursday evening the instant bringing 0 sacramento dates to nov 6 5 gov weller on the of october appointed hon H P haun hatin of yuba county as U S senator to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of D C broderick frederick the clipper ship mastiff capt wm C johnson which sailed from san francisco on the loth of sept for china via ing on board one hundred and seventy five chinese and several other passengers 0 ers with a crew of eighteen mencas burned at sea on the five days out the passengers were all saved but one chinaman who lost his life in trying to save his gold by the timely assist the english 0 ship adelaide capt hart which was near at hand capt johnson in in his account of the barnin burning of the ship says thatis tha tini tiri one hour and a quarter from the time the smoke was discovered two hundred and eight t lives specie the greater part of the cabin passengers lum luggage age chronometers chrono meters animals and some live live stock were saved in two hours the ship was in flames fore and aft and all three masts masta were over the side at a quarter to rpm I 1 left the burning turning wreck havin having a saved bothin nothing 0 but a few of my papers at a great risk the mastiff is said to have been a fine ship of 2000 tons burthen was built in east boston in 1846 and was owned in new york the newspapers are filled with the usual notices of crime from murder down to petty pilfering so characteristic of the age and for which the fast state of california is so noted excepting 0 those announcements there is nothing thin a of consequence to be gleaned from our e exchanges mchawes 0 by the last mail the steamer northerner on which gen scott left san francisco Francisc 6 oct arrived at fort vancouver at 2 a in andy ands portland ore oregon g on at a 11 2 pm of the left portland at 5 p m and arrived at fort townsend at 8 a m oct 26 A correspondent of the dita says that on the he arrival of the northerner at port townsend that colonel lay was ordered to victoria by the revenue cutter jeff davis capt mason which sailed at dusk the steamer julia capt bushnell Bush nel nei arrived at half past 1 10 with colors flying havin having C heard of gen scotts presence via portland Port tind lind and steilacoom col norman left for san J iuan juan on his inspection of artillery and the julia sped aped for victoria to inform them that the great pacificator had bad dispatched his answer to gov douglas gen scott scott remained on board and went up to olympia and will return to this post tomorrow to morrow when he excepts the massa chu capt fauntleroy to be ready to receive him his arrival was unexpected and his welcome was hearty cheers but bue tomor to mor ro row vv he will receive a salute gen harney was at fort vancouver and accompanied gen scott to portland but abruptly left the northerner some two hours before she started on her return down the river and taking a small ste steamer amer amei returned to fort vancouver the correspondent of the aita alta speaking 0 of the conduct of gen harney says much surprise has fias been created by gen harneys hanneys Har abrupt departure from portland he left the steamer northerner about 3 pm on saturday remarking that he would shortly return but took the river steamer to vancouver when we anchored at vancouver on sunday nothing was seen or heard of him by gen scott and the inference is that he is in high dudgeon on saturday previous to hla hia departure 1 he indulged 0 in one of his characteristic outbursts but he was s swearing at himself and little notice was paid thereto the general ia is not popular and although the officers under him do the best they can to hide their own impressions and feelings 0 I 1 fear he is not even respected the next mail mall from froin the west will p probably bring 0 an account of the amica amicable ble bla adjustment of the difficulties between the two governments occasioned by the hotheaded hot headed course pursued by their respective representatives relative to the occupation of sanjuan san juan |