| Show WESTERN NEWS BY MAIL matl the california mail arrived on thursday evening bringing dates to the of january the news comparatively speak speaking ingy is not very important nor very interesting the legislature of that state convened at sacramento on the ath of january the hon holt pablo dela guerra a native of california was elected electea president of the senate on the first ballot but the house had not succeeded in electing a speaker eighty six ballo tings havi bavi having 1 ng been taken up to the time of or adjournment on monday the without any prospect of an election more than there was when the result of the first one was announced the house of representatives is a quadrangular institution with the following political composition 1 bell and everett member 19 republicans public ans 22 breckenridge and 38 douglas democrats the contest was between the republicans and the two democratic factions each of which were striving to dragoon t one of the tha other parties into the support of their candidate and all apparently as stubborn as mules there had bad been a great snow storm in the upper part of 0 the state doing much damage especially in the mountainous district demolishing barns mail stations and ather erections the we weight 1 ight C of snow on tha trees divested the them of their limbs which came a crash carrying the telegraph wires to the ground in many places at the junction house sixteen miles off placerville erville the snow was about six bix feet deep many deaths occurred from freezing and exposure and some from snow slides it was reported that between scott bar and yreka areka the snow was eight feet deep the grand jury of san francisco had found true bills of indictment ag against persons for murder one of which was against michael michaei corgain Hor gain for killi killing hig fig t his wife one for grand larceny two for robbery and four for assault with deadly weapons crime is reported as being on the decrease but murders seem to be very frequent A young gentleman of the episcopal church had recently been ordained in trinity church san francisco francis 0 by the right reverend bishop kip the rites were prefaced with a discourse by the bishop relating I 1 to duties and responsibilities attached to the messenger L from christ and charged the ordained togo to go into all the earth and preach the gospel to eiery every creature that was certainly a big task to impose upon one man it if intended that he should accomplish the work assigned A great footrace footracer foo trace was run at san jose december for between selaya and ferbes and won on by the former distance one hundred yards governor downey has offered a reward of one thousand dollars for the arr arrest estand and add conviction of A J hurt and thomas loftin for the murder of T J warden and of five hundred dollars forthe arrest and conviction of either soon after the arrival of the pony with the news that south carolina had haa declared herself i a free and independent nation the following 0 notice Is reported to have been posted up in the twelfth district court room san francisco citizens of south carolina wil will hereafter be required to be naturalized as a prerequisite pre requisite to practicing in this court HAGER judge apprize A prize fight C came affat off at storms ranch I 1 nevada county Jan ad between wm win black wood and mathew tracy for 1000 thir thirty ty on one rounds were fought in forty three minutes tracy was the winner OREGON AND washington the legislature 91 of washington 0 territory had passed bilis tills providing that vancouver shall be the capital of the territory instead ef of olymphia A land office and a penitentiary are to be located at fort townsend and a university at seattle numerous settlers from the dalles walla walla and colville have recently located in bitter mitter root valley vailey and hellgate Hell gate ronde and several trading posts have been established the salmon river snakes or bannock ii had attacked the white settlers at beaver head killing many of their cattle and forced them I 1 to fly to deer creek for tor protection it is said these indians indiana have about six hundred A warriors the flatheads Flat heads and pen dOre illes were dissatisfied about the reservation and many whites in the valleys refused to respect the authority of the government agent and were inciting the indians to acts of aggression A strong military force was urged the pen dOre illes at buffalo had a fight with avith the and had bad ten men killed and twenty wounded the chief alexanders son was killed they also lost three hundred horses |
