anaheim-gazette 1875-12-11

ANAHEIM VOL. VI. Anheim Gazette SATURDAY...DEC. 11, 1875. A correspondent of the Santa Barbara News informs an ignorant community how to raise alfalfa. He says: "The best method of planting this pro-life clover is as follows: The ground should be plowed deep—the deeper the better, and thoroughly pulverized with the harrow. It is then ready for the seed. The purple top is the best, and in selecting the seed care should be taken to get it good and clean. Sow broadcast, from twenty to thirty pounds to the acre, as early in the season as possible, and brush it in—never power it with the harrow—as the seed requires very alight covering. If these instructions are followed, from three to five crops of excellent hay can be harvested within twelve months from the time the seed is put in the ground. There is no danger from frost, and alfalfa does not depend upon dew or moisture from above. The more seed that is put upon the ground the finer and thicker will be the crop, and more moisture will be retained—all of which will guarantee more crop, and corre- Santa Ana News. On account of the rapid march of improvement in Santa Ana, Mr. A. W. Birch has decided to make an addition to it, so that we will have plenty of building room. He evidently believes that "Westward the star of Empire should take its way," so far as Santa Ana is concerned. He proposes to sell at a moderate price, and will give away certain lots to any one desiring to build for any kind of manufacturing purpose. Here is a splendid chance which man of capital should not throw away. Mr. J. H. Fruit also proposes to furnish lots to any one desiring to build substantial structures. No "shanty" builders need apply. GENERAL BANNING. Informs us that he has perfected ar-rangements to complete a survey of his rancho, between here and Newport Harbor. He proposes to divide it up into lots, in size to suit purchasers. He holds it at $30 per acre, requires one-fourth cash down, and one-fourth each succeeding year until paid, with interest at eight per cent. per annum. Mr. G. Allen, who joins him on the east, has already divided his land into small lots, and sells at the same figure. Mr. H. C. Berry, recent- For the information of parties proposing to invest in the Havana lottery, with the expectation of drawing ordinary bags full of Spanish doubloons, a Cuban correspondent of the New Orleans Picayune writes as follows: "I have observed in the columns of the Picayune an advertisement of the Havana lottery, holding out for the inducement of ticket-buyers an attractive list of prizes, to be drawn on the 23d of December proximo, amounting ostensibly in all to $1,200,000, the capital prize being $500,000. When, however, a prize has been drawn, the win: er will find that he is to be paid, not in gold, but in the depreciated currency of the country, which is worth, as I have said, only 18 cents on the dollar. You will then perceive that the whole Havana lottery scheme is a contrivance to convert the comparatively worthless shinplasters of the Spanish Bank into the really valuable currency of the United States." The Sacramento Evening Herald recommends a legislative enactment by which unnecessary books shall be rigidly discarded from the public schools, and all books necessary for them shall be printed in the State printing office. These are its arguments: "The bookmaking rings, whose intrigues and machinations have done so much to demoralize and injure our public schools, would be driven out of existence so far as this State is concerned, and large pums of money now sent out of this State for schoolbooks would be kept at home, types, paper, and ink being all made in California." It further says the State printing office can furnish the books at a much less price than is paid to the book-rings. —The Napa Register says: Interviews with wine-makers reveal the fact that less wine has been made this season than was made last year in this county; but the general verdict is that the wine is of a better quality. One informs us that he has perfected arrangements to complete a survey of his rancho, between here and Newport Harbor. He proposes to divide it up into lots, in size to suit purchasers. He holds it at $80 per acre, requires one-fourth cash down, and one-fourth cash succeeding year until paid, with interest at eight per cent. per annum. Mr. G. Allen, who joins him on the east, has already divided his land into small lots, and sells at the same figure. Mr. H. C. Berry, recently from the East, has bought 1,000 acres from Mr. Allen, which includes the FAXOUS ARTESIAN WELL, Reputed to be the largest in the county. He proposes to put his purchase under a high state of cultivation, as fast as time and circumstances will admit. These large bodies of land being thrown upqq the market at this time, will cause an unprecedented influx of actual settlers, and cause the country to be settled up rapidly. The San Joaquin rancho being divided up into small farms also, will help to swell the tide of emigration to this part of the county, and if the owners of these lands will sell at a reasonable figure, it will knock the pins from under that class of our citizens who are ardent admirers of Douglass' "SQUATTER SOVERMIGNTY" Principle. The successful contest the squatters have made with the owners of the Stearns' Ranchos, has emboldened many of our citizens to affirm their belief in it by squatting upon the rancho Lomas de Santiago. SCHOOL MATTERS. A meeting was held at the school house on last Tuesday evening, by the Sunday School scholars and friends, to devise ways and means to decorate a large Christmas Tree for Christmas Eve. We were shown a short time ago, a draft or plan for a new school house for Santa Ana, the dimensions of which would be commensurate with the wants of the district. The estimated cost of it and the furniture is $5,000. The proposition is to move the present building to the southern end of the district, and erect the new building in town. This arrangement will remove the cause the people of the "South End" had for voting down the former proposed tax, and ought to gallist them warmly in favor of the present plan, as none deny the insufficiency of our present school buildings. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. Mr. Lowe, formerly of Anselm, has bought the blacksmith's shop. Demonstrated by Mr. Allen, which includes the The steamer Seven possible to land in Buenaventura year heavy swall while lay as quietly as at A party started on survey's road across San Fernando valley tention to make the Southern California acres of that valley it is proposed to shift by way of Santa Mia. Mr. Henry R. Muñoz accompanied arrived at this place Murray was for seattle the Santa Monica. He now returns in Company, and will give on the 16th day Villa Farm" traced Springa. This land be sold in quantitie ers, from five to eight Downey Cliff The Downey Court following: The Southern Pa reduction in their branch, of seven on merchandise and on grain. The following is all for the present weak weighing 241,872 pounds Russian barley, weigh 200 sacks barley, weigh 51 sacks rye, weigh 700 railroad company package; merchandise Total, 325,906 pounds. Our exports for this member have been: C meal, 12,900 lbs; spu beans, 1,052 lbs; or merchandise, 3,521 lbs; 31,796 lbs. Total; 882,500 feet of lumber. The irrigation facilities geles county are destined materially increasediation of San Fernando tunnel is releasing air from its rocky fastness volume of a river; and artesian well still spouted water estimated at hundred thousand gallons is pretty fair for one year of itself go far toward whole San Fernando whale flow remembered that ter was strick while b its flow is accompanied dous amount of gas used to run the furnitures newspapers that o fthe Messrs Graff, H Pittaburg is run by get $60,000 on fuel account rolling mills are also ing conveyed to the distance of eighteen known but that this Fernandez will all The Napa Register says: Interviews with wine-makers reveal the fact that less wine has been made this season than was made last year in this county; but the general verdict is that the wine is of a better quality. One, we may say the principal reason given for the decrease in the production is the large amount of old stock on hand and the lowness of the market. Van Bever & Thompson report their manufacture at 50,000 gallons, and their entire amount in store at 140,000 gallons. Bachelder has made 35,000 gallons. Mausfield, at Brown's valley, has made 40,000, and Migliavacca 55,000. The figures reported from the wine-makers of the upper end of the valley, and which we have already published, show the aggregate yield in that location of the county to be 322,000. The total wine product of the county this year will probably come but little short of a million gallons. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 4. Yesterday the Board of Directors of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company passed resolutions that they would build the Southern Overland Railroad from the Pacific Coast to a connecting point East for the land subsidy voted by Congress to the Texas Pacific Road. Couples of these resolutions have been forwarded to Congress and of course the proposition will be accepted. This secures the early completion of the Southern Overland Road and at once and finally kills the Tann Scott subsidiary bill. Twenty-two miles more of steel rails for the Southern Pacific Road are affect between this city and San Pedro. A lamp chimney may be made almost indestructible by putting it in a vessel of cold water over the flame, and letting it remain until the water builds. It will be found that boiling toughens in this case. Mr. Lowe, formerly of Anabeim, has bought the blacksmith's shop, formerly owned by Mr. Baldwin, and is doing a fair business. Mr. Pearson recently from Missouri, has formed a partnership with Mr. Hubbard in the same business, so that we are well supplied with first-class blacksmiths. A gentleman from San Bernardino has built a boot and shoe shop, and proposes to carry on a regular business of custom work. Mr. Campbell (not Cameron as we stated by mistake last week) after mature consideration, has concluded to locate his carriage and wagon factory in Santa Ana. He proposes to build immediately a building 50,000 feet two stories in height. Mr. W. H. Dibble has combined with his general business of conducting a tin shop, the tobacco and cigar business. Mr. Relusfein, late of Bakersfield, has entered into partnership with H. Sommerfeld in the dry-goods business. Mr. Spurgeon's wind mill is about finished. The tank will confain 22,000 gallons of water. The streets are being ditched to lay wafer pipe to connect with the tank. Mr. Thomas Tedford has sold ten acres of land near here to the Rev. R. A. Latimer for $1,200. Santa Ana, Dec. 4th, 1875. At a meeting of the stockholders of the Commercial Bank of Los Angeles, the following officers were elected: President, M. S. Patrick; Cashier, E. F. Spence, who will be assisted by Wm. Lacy. The bank will soon be formally opened. We hope that the managers of this institution have not abandoned the idea of opening a branch in this city. It would be well supported by our business men and the community generally. A bank in one of Anabeim's greatest mansions. A number of hotel cage who have been swapped now require traveller vance. They may pay for his accommodation object to the arrangement, not appreciating affairs, was questioned said: "You will not go before you go to you." Well," says the strange charge for about ten miles European plan. By time I think I shall where the clerks wear monds and have more human nature." The model debtor has in Minneapolis if the perial W. D. Washburn ago the General made for the benefit of his according to the catalog his agents should have from ten to forty cents By some utterly unaware city somewhere, however have back paid in full siggest have restored amounting to three hundred dollars. The General difficulty in getting such may want harmless. A rustic hanging hammock from the arch of a hay pretty sight. The rush danced by praises of wood bark. The basket shook just high enough to sway head of the person riding One push basket, with family named on will deliver a knowledge of a family than all the United States—Henderson— ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA, DEC. 11. 1875. Santa Monica News. The Santa Monica Outlook has the following: The light-house board has under consideration the application for a light-house and fog-whistle on Point Dumna. The mercury is six degrees below zero in New England. This is bad. The boys are sea-bathing at Santa Monica to-day. A number of parties are now plowing their lots, preparatory to planting trees, making gardens and otherwise improving their property. Immediately after the opening of Congress, an application will be made for an appropriation of $200,000 for a breakwater at Santa Monica. It is now reported that the railroad between Los Angeles and San Francisco will be completed in about eight months. The steamer Senator found it impossible to land her freight at San Buenaventura yesterday, owing to heavy swell, while at our wharf she lay as quietly as at San Francisco. A party started out this morning to survey a road across the mountains to San Fernando valley. It is the intention to make the very best road in Southern California. Over 10,000 acres of that valley are in wheat, and it is proposed to ship the entire crop by way of Santa Monica. Mr. Henry B. Murray, of San Francisco, accompanied by his family. Where to Draw the Line. It is right to put the dish of beans and the pan of brown bread into the oven Saturday night, and to let them finish their baking on Sunday. If then, or is it not, equally right for one man, a baker, to undertake to do all that same Sunday morning, cooking for fifty as a hundred families in his neighborhood, they to send to the shop in due season for their brown bread and baked beans? And would it, or would it not, be right for a family residing in a city to close up the domestic kitchen on the Sabbath and stop out to the restaurant around the corner for their meals that day? Again, no one questions the propriety of a Sabbath conversation on Sabbath themes. Is it then, or is it not proper to write on that day on such themes to a relative or friend who may be far away? And if it be right to write such a letter, but wrong to post it, how does it become less wrong to post any letter on Saturday night when its destination and route are such that it must help to swell a Sunday mail? Pew of the many people who would never read a Sunday morning newspaper do not hesitate to read a Monday morning paper. Yet If Sabbath labor be the influencing consideration why should the latter be allowed and the former forbidden? Many people use the horse cars on the Sabbath without a scraple, who would feel it very wrong. BY TELEGRAPH. Market Report. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 3. BAKLEY—Sales embrace 1,200 sacks good coast fired $1 12; do 500 do cholins do, $1 25; Bay brewing is quiet. OAT—Salz of 200 mails choice English feed at $2@02; 200 do do, $2; 200 do, fair feed, $1 85; 600 do do, $1-80 per cent. POTATOES—Sales of Petaluma and Tomatoes at $1 25@1 60; Sweet, $2@2 50. ONIONS—$1@1 25. Corn—Sale of 200 sacks large yellow at $1 27%. Rye—Quotable at $1 50@1 55. REANS—Pen, $1 90; small white, $1 85@1 90; small butter, $1 80@2 25; Lima, $3; Rayo, $2 62@2 65; large butter, $3; pink and red, $1 90@2. BUTTER—Fresh roll 30@57e; pickled roll, $25c; Eastern 20@30d; Irkin, 40@45e. CHERSE—California, 15@17e; Eastern, 15@20e. HORM—For a very choice lot of 450 bales 150 is asked, and 144 bid. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 3. Our merchandise exports during the past week amounted to $560,875, making the total for November, $-809,939. The total shipments of treasure this year have been $41,580,000, or about $135,900,000 more than The steamer Senator found it impossible to land her freight at San Buenaventura yesterday, owing to heavy swell, while at our wharf she lay as quietly as at San Francisco. A party started out this morning to survey a road across the mountains to San Fernando valley. It is the intention to make the very best road in Southern California. Over 10,000 acres of that valley are in wheat, and it is proposed to ship the entire crop by way of Santa Monica. Mr. Henry B. Murray, of San Francisco, accompanied by his family, arrived at this place last Monday. Mr. Murray was for some time Agent of the Santa Monica Land Company. He now returns in the interest of the Company, and will arrange for a grand sale on the 15th of January, of the Villa Farm track, near the Vicente Springs. This land, as advertised, will be sold in quantities to suit purchasers, from five to eighty acres. Downey City Items. The Downey Courler furnishes the following: The Southern Pacific have made a reduction in their carrying rates, on this branch, of seven cents per pound on merchandise and one cent per pound on grain. The following is a list of our exports for the present week: 1,900 sacks corn, weighing 211,872 pounds; 250 sacks of Russian barley, weighing 30,000 lbs.; 200 sacks barley, weighing 19,780 lbs.; 51 sacks rye, weighing 6,466 lbs.; 29 sacks spuds, weighing 2,728 lbs.; 23,700 railroad company's freight; 17 package merchandise; 1,330 pounds. Total, 325,906 pounds. Our exports for the month of November have been: Grain, 742,589 lbs; meal, 12,900 lbs; spuds, 9,510; castor beans, 1,052 lbs; onions, 5,010 lbs; merchandise, 3,521 lbs; R. R. weight, 31,796 lbs. Total, 801,357 lbs. Also, 2,500 feet of lumber. The irrigation facilities of Los Angeles county are destined to be very materially increased from the direction of San Fernando. Work on the tunnel is releasing a body of water from its rocky fastness of almost the volume of a river, and the grapevine artesian well still spouts up a volume of water estimated at from four to six hundred thousand gallons a day. That is pretty fair for one well, and would of itself go far towards irrigating the whole San Fernando valley. It will be remembered that this artesian water was struck while boring for oil, and its flow is accompanied by a tremendous amount of gas. The latter is used to run the furnace. We see by the newspapers that the rolling mill of the Messrs. Graff, Bennett & Co., of Pittsburg, is run by gas, saving nearly $60,000 on fuel amount. Several other rolling mills are also run; the gas being conveyed to the mills in pipes a distance of eighteen miles. Who knows but that this gas of the San Fernando valley is impossible to land her freight at San Buenaventura yesterday, owing to heavy swell, while at our wharf she lay as quietly as at San Francisco. A party started out this morning to survey a road across the mountains to San Fernando valley. It is the intention to make the very best road in Southern California. Over 10,000 acres of that valley are in wheat, and it is proposed to ship the entire crop by way of Santa Monica. Mr. Henry B. Murray, of San Francisco, accompanied by his family, arrived at this place last Monday. Mr. Murray was for some time Agent of the Santa Monica Land Company. He now returns in the interest of the Company, and will arrange for a grand sale on the 15th of January, of the Villa Farm track, near the Vicente Springs. This land, as advertised, will be sold in quantities to suit purchasers, from five to eighty acres. Downey City Items. The Downey Courler furnishes the following: The Southern Pacific have made a reduction in their carrying rates, on this branch, of seven cents per pound on merchandise and one cent per pound on grain. The following is a list of our exports for the present week: 1,900 sacks corn, weighing 211,872 pounds; 250 sacks of Russian barley, weighing 30,000 lbs.; 200 sacks barley, weighing 19,780 lbs.; 51 sacks rye, weighing 6,466 lbs.; 29 sacks spuds, weighing 2,728 lbs.; 23,700 railroad company's freight; 17 package merchandise; 1,330 pounds. Total, 325,906 pounds. Our exports for the month of November have been: Grain, 742,589 lbs; meal, 12,900 lbs; spuds, 9,510; castor beans, 1,052 lbs; onions, 5,010 lbs; merchandise, 3,521 lbs; R. R. weight, 31796 lbs. Total, 801,357 lbs. Also, 2,500 feet of lumber. The irrigation facilities of Los Angeles county are destined to be very materially increased from the direction of San Fernando. Work on the tunnel is releasing a body of water from its rocky fastness of almost the volume of a river, and the grapevine artesian well still spouts up a volume of water estimated at from four to six hundred thousand gallons a day. That is pretty fair for one well, and would of itself go far towards irrigating the whole San Fernando valley. It will be remembered that this artesian water was struck while boring for oil,and its flow is accompanied by a tremendous amount of gas.The latter is used to run the furnace.We see by the newspapers that the rolling mill of the Messrs. Graff,Bennett & Co.,of Pittsburg.is run by gas,saving nearly $60,000 on fuel amount.Nevertheless other rolling mills are also run,the gas being conveyed to the mills in pipes a distance of eighteen miles.No knows but that this gas of the San Fernando valley is impossible to land her freight at San Buenaventura yesterday，owing to heavy swell，while at our wharf she lay as quietly as at San Francisco. Mr. Henry B. Murray，of San Francisco，accompanied by his family，arrived at this place last Monday.Mr. Murray was for some time Agent of the Santa Monica Land Company.Here now returns in the interest of the Company,and will arrange for a grand sale on the 15th of January，of the Villa Farm track，near the Vicente Springs."This land，as advertised，will be sold in quantities to suit purchasers，from five to eighty acres." Downey City Items. The Downey Courler furnishes the following: The Southern Pacific have made a reduction in their carrying rates，on this branch，of seven cents per pound on merchandise and one cent per pound on grain. The following is a list of our exports for the present week: 1,900 sacks corn， weighing 211，872 pounds；250 sacks of Russian barley， weighing 30，000 lbs；200 sacks barley， weighing 19，780 lbs；51 sacks rye， weighing 6，466 lbs；29 sacks spuda， weighing 2，728 lbs；23，700 railroad company's freight；17 package merchandise；1，330 pounds.Total，325，906 pounds. Our exports for the month of November have been: Grain，742，589 lbs；meal，12，900 lbs；spuds，9，510；castor beans，1，052 lbs；onions，5，010 lbs；merchandise，3，521 lbs；R. R. weight，31796 lbs.Total，801，357 lbs.Also，2，500 feet of lumber. The irrigation facilities of Los Angeles county are destined to be very materially increased from the direction of San Fernando. Work on the tunnel is releasing a body of water from its rocky fastness of almost the volume of a river，and the grapevine artesian well still spouts up a volume of water estimated at from four to six hundred thousand gallons a day.That is pretty fair for one well,and would of itself go far towards irrigating the whole San Fernando valley.Ilt will be remembered that this artesian water was struck while boring for oil,and its flow is accompanied by a tremendous amount of gas.The latter is used to run the furnace.We see by the newspapers that the rolling mill of the Messrs.Graff,Bennett & Co.,of Pittsburg.is run by gas,saving nearly $60，000 on fuel amount.Nevertheless other rolling mills are also run,the gas being conveyed to the mills in pipes a distance of eighteen miles.No knows but that this gas of the San Fernando valley is impossible to land her freight at San Buenaventura yesterday，owing to heavy swell，while at our wharf she lay as quietly as at San Francisco. Mr. Henry B. Murray，of San Francisco，accompanied by his family，arrived at this place last Monday.Mr. Murray was for some time Agent of the Santa Monica Land Company.Here now returns in the interest of the Company,and will arrange for a grand sale on the 15th of January，of the Villa Farm track,near the Vicente Springs."This land，as advertised，will be sold in quantities to suit purchasers，从五到八年。There has gone overland this year,$33，500.OO.OO.In accordance with the order of the Secretary of the Treasury,a large number of employees have been discharged from the Custom House，包括 ten clerks in the Collectors Department，以 salaries averaging $1,600 each per annum; five inspectors，at $4 each per diem; one weigher，at $2,OOO per annum,and two assistants at $1,2OO; ten temporary night inspectors，at $3 per diem,and six laborers at $75 per month were discharged in the appraiser's Department.The gross saving of $13ОООper annum has been thus effected.The hours of business are increased,and instead of closing at 3 o'clock,the Custom House will remain open until4in.the afternoon. In accordance with a previous decision,the Directors ofthe BankofCalifornia will file new articles.of incorporation this afternoon,the thereby coming underthe provisionsofthe Codegoverningcorporations.An assessmentof1OpercentontheSyndicateGuaranteeFundamountto$788.OOOhasbeenlevied,payableDecember1Othursdayforthepurposeofmeetingthethreemonthsnotesgiveninthesettlementofclaimsoflargecreditorsatthetimeofthere-openingofthebank.Afterthere-Incorporationhasbeenaffected,theassessmentoftenpercentonthecapitalstockofthebankwillbeleviedforthepurposeofmakinggoodthecapitalasrequiredbytheprovisionsoftheCode.Theimpairmentofthecapitalisintheneighborhoodofseventypercent.,torepairwhicha tenpercentassessmentwillbeleviedfromtimetowitthecapitalismadegood. WASHINGTON.Dec.2 The friends of Mr.Kerr are very sanguineofsuccess They professtohavemadea carefulcanvasofthemembersnowinthecity,andclaim9OvotesforKerronthefirstballot.Mr.Randallsaysheisperfectsatifiedwiththeoutlook.AmeetingofthePennsylvaniamemberswillbeheldthiseveningItisclaimedtheyareunanimousforRandall.Allthecitizensofthisdistrictare is pretty fair for one well, and would of itself go far towards irrigating the whole San Fernando valley. It will be remembered that this artesian water was strick while boring for oil, and its flow is accompanied by a tremendous amount of gas. The latter is used to run the furnace. We sed by the newspapers that the rolling mill of the Mesa, Graff, Bennett & Co., of Pittsburg, is run by gas, saving nearly $60,000 on fuel account. Several other rolling mills are also run, the gas being conveyed to the mills in pipes a distance of eightteen miles. Who knows but that this gas of the San Fernando oil wells will ultimately solve the question of fuel for manufacturing purposes in Los Angeles?—Express. A number of hotel keepers in Chicago who have been swindled frequently now require travellers to pay in advance. They say a man who intends to pay for his accommodations cannot object to the arrangements. One traveller, not appreciating the change in affairs, was questioned by a clerk, who said: "You will not object to paying before you go to your room, altright." "Well," says the stranger, "you may charge for about ten minutes, on the European plan. By the end of that time I think I shall be at a hotel where the clerks wear smaller diamonds and have more confidence in human nature." The model debtor has just turned up in Minneapolis, in the person of General W. D. Washburn. About a year ago the General made an assignment for the benefit of his creditors, and according to the established custom his assets should have paid somewhere from ten to forty cents on the dollar. By some utterly unaccountable honesty somewhere, however, his debts have been paid in full and his obligations have restored him amounts to three hundred thousand dollars. The General will have no difficulty in getting such credit as he may want hereafter. A rustic hanging basket suspended from the arch of a hay window is a pretty sight. The rustic effect is produced by plunges of wood called in a hook. The basket should be hung just high enough to usually catch the head of the person rising beneath it. One cash basket, with the presumably nailed up will do more to raise a knowledge of architecture in a family than all the last books in Christendom—Davis Newspaper. The newspapers are publishing the docket of Taulumane County Justice of the Peace who held office in 1850. An extract from his minutes of a case is thus given: N. B.—Barker, the lawyer for George Work, incidentally told me there were no law for me to read on. I told him I didn't care a d—for his booklaw, that I was the last myself. He continued to joy both; I told him to shout up but he wouldn't I fixed him $30 and committed him to goal for five days for contempt of court he bringing my rallings and dislunen into disregaltions and as a warning to many persons and be cautious this event. The friends of Mr. Kerr are very sanguine of success. They profess to have made a careful canvass of the members now in the city, and claim 90 votes for Kerr on the first ballot. Mr. Randall says he is perfectly satisfied with the outlook. A meeting of the Pennsylvania members will be held this evening. It is claimed they are unanimous for Randall. All the citizens of this district are preparing to give the members of the 44th Congress a grandquet. The message of the President will not be ready for transmission to Congress until Tuesday at noon. It will be much longer than any previous message of President Grant's, and will contain probably 18,000 words. The greater portion of the message has already been written. From its great length, it is surmised that it will be by far the most interesting and important document that President Grant has ever laid before Congress. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 4. Suit was brought in the Fifteenth District Court to-day by Frank Cunningham, against Wm. M. Oundle, to recover $22,200, commissions for services as agent in the purchase of a tract of land known as the Mission of the Santa Catalina, in Lower California. Cunningham averts that in August, 1874, he purchased the property for the defendant for $180,000, which entitles him to $16,000 commission, and an interest in the land as per agreement of the total valge of the amount sued for. Capt. Waddell, of the Pacific Mail steamer City of San Francisco, formerly commander of the Confederate brigade Shenandoah, Manles the charge of burning and sinking whalers in the Arctic Ocean, after being appressed that hostilities were ended between the North and South. He also claims that he was recommended to his present command without adjudication on his part; by Vice-Admiral Raven, Commandant Parral, Porter, Chief of Signals and Capt. D. A. Salo-Chair on the Bureau of Marine Affairs at Washington. Neighborhood of seventy per cent., to repair which a ten per cent assessment will be levied from time to time until the capital is made good. WASHINGTON, Dec. 2. The friends of Mr. Kerr are very sanguine of success. They profess to have made a careful canvass of the members now in the city, and claim 90 votes for Kerr on the first ballot. Mr. Randall says he is perfectly satisfied with the outlook. A meeting of the Pennsylvania members will be held this evening. It is claimed they are unanimous for Randall. All the citizens of this district are preparing to give the members of the 44th Congress a grandquet. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 4. Suit was brought in the Fifteenth District Court to-day by Frank Cunningham, against Wm. M. Oundle, to recover $22,200, commissions for services as agent in the purchase of a tract of land known as the Mission of the Santa Catalina, in Lower California. Cunningham averts that in August, 1874, he purchased the property for the defendant for $180,000, which entitles him to $16,000 commission, and an interest in the land as per agreement of the total valge of the amount sued for. Capt. Waddell, of the Pacific Mail steamer City of San Francisco, formerly commander of the Confederate brigade Shenandoah, Manles the charge of burning and sinking whalers in the Arctic Ocean, after being appressed that hostilities were ended between the North and South. He also claims that he was recommended to his present command without adjudication on his part; by Vice-Admiral Raven, Commandant Parral, Porter, Chief of Signals and Capt. D. A. Salo-Chair on the Bureau of Marine Affairs at Washington. This move this place Mexicana band six in high street under Cap Rogers promises an arrival Fri tines Jan and two place The dinance intend to grow GAZETTE NO. 8 EGRAPH. MARIOFA, A. T., Dec. 5. Yesterday, while Mr. Girand was passing near the Pima reservation with his large herd of sheep some Indians came out and depended five sheep as toll for his sheep passing along the road. Mr. Girand informed when the Indians stamped the enclave drove of $,000, killing about 20. They then came up and offered to get them together for five sheep, which under the circumstances he was obliged to agree to. TIME: YURA, Dec. 3. The inquest on the body of Chaves closed to-day. The first jury disagreed. A number of Mexicans petitioned deceased to be Joaquín Españos; had known him for eighteen months past in Sonora. But they have given up, and now acknowledge that Españos and Chaves to be one and the same person, but that he had been known all over the country as Españos. His captors have his head preserved in spirits. COLUMA, Dec. 3. The storm has been very severe in the mountains west of Coluña. The river at this point is an inch above high water mark, and is running gun. As they could not run out of the store without being shot, they jumped over the counter on Mr. Girand kill. One pressed his revolver close to him and fired, shooting him through just ahead the left hung; the ball coming out at his back. The bullet the shot was fired every thing was in confusion. The blood spurred out of Gaskill's mouth, and the Mexicans thinking Mr. Gaskill must cannibals and all expressed showing of everybody and everything. Mr. Gaskill outside with his gun and shot one of the gang twice in the line with buckshot. Another of the three rushed into the blacksmith shop with the intention of killing Mr. S. R. Gaskill, and did fire on him which passed through the flashy part of the shoulder; but Gaskill was the last shot he ever fired, for Gaskill shot him dead in his tracks. Help was immediately arranged from different settlements, and a parry, well armed, started in pursuit. We are positive that only three out of the six got away, but only one body can be found. Mr. Gaskill is doing as well as could be expected, and some happen are entertained of his recovery. The storm has been very severe in the mountains west of Colusa. The river at this point is an inch above high water mark, and is running through the break at Ball's Slough, below Princeton; at Hagarsfield above Colusa, and on both sides of the river below Colusa, but doing no serious damage to the levees or other property. The Parks' dam is filling rapidly, but will not be full before the water begins to fall. The sudden rise in the river is caused by the heavy rains. GRASS VALLEY, Dec. 3. At 2:45 this afternoon a heavy shock of earthquake was felt in this place. Buildings were shaken and crackery rattled at a fearful rate, but no serious damage was done. The duration of the shock was about ten seconds. The motion was from north to south. The shock occurred during a heavy rain. The weather is very stormy here. The rainfall for the season, up to six o'clock this afternoon, is 21½ inches. MARYSVILLE, Dec. 8. Rain has been falling copiously during the day. Advices from the levee districts on the west side, in Sutter County, report the water in the Sacramento River as up to the high water mark of 1861-62. The Parks levees are successfully resisting the waters. There is no water in the upper part of the district. A full force of men is on hand for the protection of the levees. Three thousand sacks of sand have been laid to keep the levees from washing. The prospect for a very large crop of grain in these districts was never so flattering. Market Report. SAN FRANCISCO Dec. 6. EXTRA—Extra is jobbing at 6@8 25. WHAT—The market closed quiet at $1 85@2, as a general range. BARLEY—Sales of 7,500 sacks choice brewing $1 72; feed has been offered during the week at $1 20@1 25 for coast. Should the weather continue fair the market will doubtless gather strength, as during the storm consignments had to be disposed of immediately to avoid damage. OATS—The general range for feed is $1 80@1 90. POTATOES—Sales of 500 sacks Patiluma, $1 25@1 40, and a small lot $150; 200 do $1 35; 300 do Sacramento River, $1@1 25; some San Pablo sold as high as $1 62], and Utah are jobbers known him for eighteen months past in Sonora. But they have given up, and now acknowledge that Española and Chavez to be one and the same person, but that he had been known all over the country as Española. His captors have his head preserved in spirits. COLUSA, Dec. 3. The storm has been very severe in the mountains west of Colusa. The river at this point is an inch above high water mark, and is running through the break at Ball's Slough, below Princeton; at Hagarsfield above Colusa, and on both sides of the river below Colusa, but doing no serious damage to the levees or other property. The Parks' dam is filling rapidly, but will not be full before the water begins to fall. The sudden rise in the river is caused by the heavy rains. GRASS VALLEY, Dec. 3. At 2:45 this afternoon a heavy shock of earthquake was felt in this place. Buildings were shaken and crackery rattled at a fearful rate, but no serious damage was done. The duration of the shock was about ten seconds. The motion was from north to south. The shock occurred during a heavy rain. The weather is very stormy here. The rainfall for the season, up to six o'clock this afternoon, is 21½ inches. MARYSVILLE, Dec. 8. Rain has been falling copiously during the day. Advices from the levee districts on the west side, in Sutter County, report the water in the Sacramento River as up to the high water mark of 1861-62. The Parks levees are successfully resisting the waters. There is no water in the upper part of the district. A full force of men is on hand for the protection of the levees. Three thousand sacks of sand have been laid to keep the levees from washing. The prospect for a very large crop of grain in these districts was never so flattering. Market Report. SAN FRANCISCO Dec. 6. EXTRA—Extra is jobbing at 6@8 25. WHAT—The market closed quiet at $1 85@2, as a general range. BARLEY—Sales of 7,500 sacks choice brewing $1 72; feed has been offered during the week at $1 20@1 25 for coast. Should the weather continue fair the market will doubtless gather strength, as during the storm consignments had to be disposed of immediately to avoid damage. OATS—The general range for feed is $1 80@1 90. POTATOES—Sales of 500 sacks Patiluma, $1 25@1 40, and a small lot $150; 200 do $1 35; 300 do Sacramento River, $1@1 25; some San Pablo sold as high as $1 62], and Utah are jobbers known him for eighteen months past in Sonora. But they have given up, and now acknowledge that Española and Chavez to be one and the same person, but that he had been known all over the country as Española. His captors have his head preserved in spirits. COLUSA, Dec. 3. The storm has been very severe in the mountains west of Colusa. The river at this point is an inch above high water mark, and is running through the break at Ball's Slough, below Princeton; at Hagarsfield above Colusa, and on both sides of the river below Colusa, but doing no serious damage to the levees or other property. The Parks' dam is filling rapidly, but will not be full before the water begins to fall. The sudden rise in the river is caused by the heavy rains. GRASS VALLEY, Dec. 3. At 2:45 this afternoon a heavy shock of earthquake was felt in this place. Buildings were shaken and crackery rattled at a fearful rate, but no serious damage was done. The duration of the shock was about ten seconds. The motion was from north to south. The shock occurred during a heavy rain. The weather is very stormy here. The rainfall for the season, up to six o'clock this afternoon, is 21½ inches. MARYSVILLE, Dec. 8. Rain has been falling copiously during the day. Advices from the levee districts on the west side, in Sutter County, report the water in the Sacramento River as up to the high water mark of 1861-62. The Parks levees are successfully resisting the waters. There is no water in the upper part of the district. A full force of men is on hand for the protection of the levees. Three thousand sacks of sand have been laid to keep the levees from washing. The prospect for a very large crop of grain in these districts was never so flattering. Market Report. SAN FRANCISCO Dec. 6. EXTRA—Extra is jobbing at 6@8 25. WHAT—The market closed quiet at $1 85@2, as a general range. BARLEY—Sales of 7,500 sacks choice brewing $1 72; feed has been offered during the week at $1 20@1 25 for coast. Should the weather continue fair the market will doubtless gather strength, as during the storm consignments had to be disposed of immediately to avoid damage. OATS—The general range for feed is $1 80@1 90. POTATOES—Sales of 500 sacks Patiluma, $1 25@1 40, and a small lot $150; 200 do $1 35; 300 do Sacramento River, $1@1 25; some San Pablo sold as high as $1 62], and Utah are jobbers known him for eighteen months past in Sonora. But they have given up, and now acknowledge that Española and Chavez to be one and the same person, but that he had been known all over the country as Espánola. His captors have his head preserved in spirits. NEW YORK Dec. 4. Win M. Tweed has escaped from Lindlow jail. A dispatch was received at the Police Headquarters this morning, stating that Win M. Tweed had just escaped from the custody of Warden Dunham, of the Lindlow jail. Word was immediately chirped to every police station in this city, notifying the police to be on the lookout. Warden Dunham subsequently called on Inspector Dilka, at at the Police Central Office, and stated that he had accompanied the prisoner to the residence of Mr. Tweed, corner Madison Avenue and Fifty-ninth streets, and while there Tweed asked permission to see his wife privately. Dunham granted the request, and Tweed went up stairs to his wife's rooms, leaving one of his sons to entertain Dunham and deputy. After waiting about ten minutes, Dunham became unaware and sent young Tweed up stairs to tell his father to come down immediately, as they desired it return to the jail. In a short time he young man returned and informed Dunham at once searched the house but no trace of the Ross could be found. Leaving the deputy in charge of the house he hurried to the residence of Sheriff Conner and informed him of Tweed's escape. The police authorities were promptly notified and detained at once went out, searching in all directions. In an interview with Wheeler H.Peckham counsel for the People in the Tweed suite that gentleman stated that notwithstanding Tweed's omission he intended to prosecute Tweed's culpitation just as though Tweed was still in custody. The criminal suit will however have to be suspended. Mr Peckham said he was not surprised at Tweed's escape, his only wonder being that it had not happened earlier. Tweed had been allowed all sorts of liberties. He was also not surprised at any exhibition of corruption on the part of our officials. All the papers editorially to-day are BARLEY—Sales of 7,500 sacks choice brewing $1.72; feed has been offered during the week at $1.20@1.25 for coast. Should the weather continue fair the market will doubtless gather strength, as during the storm consignments had to be disposed of immediately to avoid damage. OATN—The general range for feed is $1.80@1.90. POTATOES—Sales of 500 sacks Petaluma, $1.25@1.40, and a small lot $1.50; 200 do $1.35; 300 do Shannon River, $1@1.25; some San Pablo sold as high as $1.62; and Utah are jobbing at the same rate; Humboldt, $1.12@1.50. ONIONS—Sales of San Joaquin at 75 @80c; Union City, $1@1.25. RYE—Quotable at $1.45@1.50. CORN—Large yellow southern, $1.25. BEANS—Peas, $1.90; small white, $1.85@1.90; small butter, $1.90@2.25; Limna, $3; Byeo, $2.50@2.62; large butter, $3; pink and red $1.62@1.78. HONEY—Extra white mountain comb, in frames, 22c; Southern white, 16@20; dark, 12@15; extra white strained, 9@10; medium, 7@8. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 4. The first raid, under the new ordinance against white persons who frequent opium dens, was made at 2 o'clock this morning by a police under Captain Douglas and Detective Rogers. They made a descent on the premises at No. 800 Dupont street and arrested Fannie Whitmore, Cora Martinus, Jae Dennison, Chas Anderson and the two Chinamen who kept the place. The lowest fine under the ordinance is fifty dollars. The police intend to continue their raids until the growing evil is suppressed. CAMPO, Cal., Dec. 4. This morning between 10 and 10:30 this place was attacked by a party of Mexicans supposed to be the Chaves band, six in number. They rode up to the store, left their horses standing, and came inside the store. Nothing was engaged, although we have been under arms for some time. Three of the Mexican stayed in the state and three enlisted. Those in the store drew their revolvers and presented them at L.M.Cardiff, it is thought to frighten him, but he fled behind the same and instead double-handed words that nowwithstanding Tweed's escape, he intended to prosecute the civil suits just as though Tweed was still in custody. The criminal suit will, however, have to be suspended. Mr. Peckham said he was not surprised at Tweed's escape, his only provender being that it had not happened earlier. Tweed had been allowed all sorts of liberties. He who, he said, not surprised at any exhibition of corruption on the part of our officials. All the papers, editorially, to-day are loud In their denunciation of Sheriff Conner for his gross and vulgable negligence. The sheriff is impassible to the State for the full amount of pecuniary damages which may be sustained In the suits against Tweed, but his official bonds are only for $20,900. The Herald says the案s of Tweed is the crowning shame of a long series of disgruntful transactions. Nothing new could excels this infamy but by the failure of the police to re-take him. Tweed must be re-taken or American justice will be the laughing stock of the world. His escape was probably similar to Harry Gensoff's who was driven to his house by the Deputy Sheriff asked permission to kill his wife, left the deputy cooling his hands in the parlor, and waited off for him in run. The World intends the belief that the custodian of Tweed survived at high speed and might be possible that they have been truly appendedaries or the policeman for months granting him for a certain amount these favors which are always for sale at a debtor's prison. Whether he repaid or not, his property will serve in society judgments against him; also the suits to recover the grinder taken from the city. The World says that Sheriff Conner and Warden Damiano and Maude Toa dine of $1,000 and one year's imprisonment must find funds audited; and if Conner is not of those charges they will be unable get the full benefit of this law. The Times note that whilings pennantly can be entered from this district but in the courtroom.