california CALIF calir ORSIA brothers jefferson hunh hunt marshall hunt henry E gibson levi fifield and son james brooks john W berry and john macky have recently arrived from california Cali call tornia lomia they tiley left sacramento the of november stockton the and williams ranche tha the th of december they were 1 27 2 days travelling velling tra from tile the last list named place laying bye several days waiting for more of the brethren and other causes they report a good road to rim of basin not much grass from rim rim to the cahoon pass water tolerable plenty they also state stale thai thal bro isaac brown started before them but they lost ills his track near the tile muddy and it is supposed he was killed by the indians the company that left utah last fall by the south elouth route with spanish sheep ac went through site safe with most of their nocks hocks so that we now understand large flocks may be driven from santa fo to california with tri fling loss the gold diggins were not quite as prosperous as in former years most of our brethren who wiro are now in california would be glad plad if they were at home the cholbi has commenced its itz ravages in hi sacramento and when and where it will I 1 ii stop is known only to god there is no place on earth where this dist case will have such a scope to play on as a i the gold mines g and many thousand widows will be acx E bously waiting for years to hear or see the husban husband d who had left his home to raise id means in in the hie mines to enable him to make himself and family comfortable but will wait in in vain vain we give below an extract of a letter fr orom from am elder george Q cannon to lir clr mrs S john taylor 0 s elder cannon was on his way to tile the sandwich islands together with the rest of the brethren appointed on that mission when he C wrote sacramento city california oct 24 1850 the weather has been exceedingly pleasant since ince I 1 last wrote you the report is that IS 18 died yesterday in this city of the asiatic cholera making in all 49 deaths by this dim dis di ease case in this place we received by the brethren from california the new york tribune of oct lith together with the boston journal of sept lith which brings us news of the appointment of officers for the territory of utah their names areas are as follows brigham young I 1 of utah to be governor broughton davis harris ns of vermont to be secretary joseph buffington of pennsylvania to be chief justice of the supreme court of tile the united states perry E Broccli brocchus us of alabama to be associate judge Zerub babel snow of ohio to be asso clate elate judge adge joseph L heywood neywood of utah to be mar marshall marshll shII shil of tile the united states for the territory of utah seth blair of utah to be attorney of the united states in and ner for the tiie territory of utah we give an extract from the tribune tribune showing the feelings of the press on the appointment of prest B young youna as governor it shows that the editor is sufficiently acquainted I 1 quain ted with mormonism to know we ara are governed by our head and that we we believe in one faith ac hoping lie he will continue in creasie cre creasing adim asim in knowledge 1 the choice of liam ITAM YOUNG for governor of utah is the best that could be made mid j brigham would have llave been the real 1 governor any how but his designation as official governor I 1 also aiso is an exceedingly happy one t the tile law for the capture of fugitive slaves passed pissed at the last session of congress h his produced an alarming excitement amon amongst gait grit I 1 the northern states slates and the threatening aspect P ct of affairs are darker than before the bill had passed the northern states wince under the tiie law la especially when they see the going I 1 into their northern districts detroit nw now t york boston doston ac and take the runaway na groes from under their nose and they can cannot nut aut 0 h e I 1 71 s mass meetings 9 were being held intensively derisively in the northern norn nort liem ilem states broks against the tins fugitive slave act and dvM iak ink n kie kle nie diate repeal yf