Show from fr oin oln california the western mail arrived early on wednes Wed nes nea day morning april some two days soon eoon er than usual making the quickest trip yet W we received the mia ato of the ath and one or two other papers but the balance of our exchanges and other mail matter that should have been teen received was missing on the opening of the mail in this city that was not of course the fault of the contractor nor of the he carriers but most moat likely some of the post masters assistants or clerks either on this side of the sierra nevada or beyond could tell if they would something about them and other papers papera and packages that bad been directed to us by friends and correspondents ih california within thelast the last few months that tha t were either not forwarded from the mailing office or taken out by bythe the 7 way ay as they never came to hand band from the few papers received we extract a few items which abic h may be of some interest to oui our reade readers I 1 r J J the legislature othe golden state continues continue t 3 a grinding sinding away A B bill III ili ilass passed the assembly a on 16 tha of march and was bent sent the senate fo for fod concurrence I 1 rqn ce p providing ro viding for a division of the state if the bill should pass the senate and become a law by the approval of the governor at the next general I 1 election the people of f the southern counties are to vote on rm the questions and if two thirds are in favor of the measure in the I 1 language of the bill bili the consent hereby given shall be d 11 the next step in the pro b gramme will be to provide a territorial nihl rihl government for the detached portion some office ce seekers ee kerb kers can then be accommodated accommodate d with places for political operations however the scheme will proba bly fail 1 i 4 i 1 1 |