Show news new items by Western mall mali Mail r rs s J the tle mail mai from the west arrived on thurs day ilax evening last with san francisco sacramento and other california dates daies to the uit an fn in looking 0 over the files filea of 0 exchanges not much of general interest was made to appear but we have made the following brief summary of the most important occurrences thit that are reported to have transpired on that side alle of the continent contine tit of 0 late the california legisla legislature tufe tuge was still in bes ses sion slon and the lawmaking law lav lae making business was wag progressing gri cri tsing rapidly it had been supposed that an adjournment would soon be proposed after the ath ith of april as thereafter the members would receive only five dollars per day it seems however that that amount was waa considered sufficiently remunerative by a majority of the members to induce them to hold on a while longer P and there was not much probability atthe thattie th session would close while there was any money in the treasury that could be appropriated to the defraying of the expenses of the lawmaking law making department of the government the weekly report of the treasur treasurer erp however indicated that the government vaults were getting 0 exceedingly 0 low and unless some means should be devised to them an adjournment might be expect expected ea at no distant date the election electon for united states senator was held according to previous arrangement on april ad and resulted in the election of mr air mcdougall a who received fifty seven votes four more than were necessary to a choice the proceedings 0 in the joint session were as per report extremely stormy but not so uproarious as they were on the of march when he was declared elected without having received a majority of votes the heavy rains that occurred during the last week in march were extensive coextensive co with the state and the amount of danger done hy by the flood was much greater than at first reported the rains bad continued in the mountains and thereby the rivers and streams had continued to overflow their banks up to latest dates and on the the sacramento river at the city cit y was 21 feet 9 inches above low water mark and within a few fea inches of its hight bight in the flood of 1832 1852 3 great efforts hal had heen hben and were being made to save the city from inundation the prospect of the water subsiding very soon was not flattering fla tt ering as storms in the mountains continued to be of frequent occurrence the principal storm lasted about eight days and in the sierra nevada there was but little intermission in the snow ard rain fall during that time according to measurement at downieville Downie Down leville ville the rain raiff fall there amo amounted amoun ed to nearly twelve and a quarter inches the fall at forest hill placer county was about fifteen inches at deadwood between monte cristo and little grizzly sierra county the snow during the storm fell to the depth of nine feet the reported damages 0 and losses occasioned I 1 by the flood t hout the state were incalculably great in tuolumne county it was estimated that would not repair the dama damages e es done to roads and bridges in other counties the damage was proportionally great the crops on the bottoms were all ali destroyed but m here where the land was not overflowed flowed df they looked well and the prospect for a good yield was said never dever to have been better the placer fl heists crali eralI says that notwithstanding all disasters caused by the he storm the loss I 1 will gli be more than compensated for abundant crops of grain and fruit the prospects in this respect have never been more favorable the state will have a large surplus of grain for export and the orchards of the valleys and foot hills will be with froitland fruitland fruit yand land and in greater variety than has been heretofore known lady franklin aw and her niece miss aliss cray foot sailed from san francisco for the sandwich islands on the ath of april she was expected to go from thence to australia and make the tour of the he world on her way back to england at san jose santa clara county there had been ee n considerable I 1 excitement in relation lo 10 0 o the se bettler settler i difficulty on the cha ballar bailar ba llarch the sheriff I 1 summoned a posse fosse of three hundred un s men to assist him in serving a writ of ejects ejectment ants to resist the execution of which the settlers with their fri friends ends enas t to the number of from five hundred to a thousand arld arid men ulen well armed with avith r fles flea and having e four pieces pleck of artillery had assembled and i T 11 were liadi re ady for a fight orn ont mustering the posse only about two thirds of those summoned answered to their names and those on being asked by the sheriff if t they were armed and ready to po go on and assist him emphatically answered no and were thereupon dismissed |