CALIFORNIAN EXTRACTS.

New Zealander, Volume 5, Issue 425, 11 May 1850, Page 3

CALIFORNIAN EXTRACTS.

Indian Outrages.— We find the following account of the murder of a party from Santa Fe, and the captare of a lady and her daughter, in the SU Lo iis Republican of the 12th of December s— '• Letters hate been received in this city from Santa Fe to the 30th of October. They confirm in every particular, the intelligence of the murder of Mr. J. M. White, Mr. Callaway, and others, on the Santa Fe road, and the capture of Mrs. White and her daughter by the Ind am. • If Mrs. White had been killed/ lays one of tliese letters, ' it would have been a misfortune only, but as it is— a captive, at the mercy and liable to any indignity which the Indians may see proper to commit— it is horrible. She can only be obtained from her epos by negotiation. Fighting will never get her away irom them. After she is secure, however, then will be tbe moment to destroy all of them. The tioops at Ve^ns

have five prisoner! of that tribe, (the Apaches) and the Indians would cheerfully give Mrs. White and her little girlrin exchange* fur these prisoners, but the conataanding officer, Colonel Washington, ha« refused to make the exchange. Teh news reached Santa Pc the night of the 29th October, and next morning Mr. Aubry wrote to Vegai, Morn river, Taos and other places, directing his friends to send out Puebla Indians, or Mexicans, to negotiate for the return of the unfortunate lady and daughter and authorized them to draw on. him fur one thousand dollars ; and if the expenses were over that ammount the citizens of Santa Fe were expected to pay them cheerfully. But it was feared that the Indians wonlu ask a still greater amount for their libera tion. The father of Mrs. White resided in Virginia, and is said to be wealthy. The Indians are said to hare killed thirty- six men belonging J to a California party, between the Itio del Norte and the Copper Mines. Some troops from El Paso and Donana went out against, and bad a light with them* but the result is not known. The Indians killed three Mexicans within three miles of El Poso, on the 10th October.— Alia California, Feb. 23.

Forging California Passage Tickets. — A young man by the name of George W. Divine, alias James Day, was arrested in New York recently, on a charge of forging, or attempting to, forge, the passage tickets issued by Howlandd & Aspiiiwall/forSan Francisco. On the officer searching the person of the pi isoner, he found twenty of the spurious tickets, and in a purse, #100 in gold. It appears that the accused had purchased two tickets, one a steerage passage in the Cherokee steamship for CUagres for which he paid Howland & Aspinwall <865 ; and the other on the Pacific Mail Steam Company, from Panama to San Francisco, he p»id 'S'ISO. Having the possession of these tickets, the accused on Monday last, called upon Mr. W. L. Burroughs, printer, No. 113 Fulton street, and employed Mr. Burroughs to print twenty tickets or certificates, making & fac simile. Mr. Burroughn undertook the job, and agreed to finish him that number for *B*4', and to have them ready on Wednesday. Mr. Burroughs, however, not feeling satisfied with the job, believing that some fraud was about to be perpertrated, gave information to Howland & Aspirn wall ; and yesterday, when the young mau came for the twenty certificates, made to his order from the originals, provided as above stated, Mr. Smith was waitiug in the itreet to arrest him when he came from Mr. Burroughs' office, which resulted as above described. Justice Mountford committed the accused to prison, to await a further hearing.— lbid.

Fremont and California Embkalds. — The New York Sun t of the 22ud November, says .' •— We alluded, gome month ago, to a lot of valuable emeralds gent to this city, and placed in the hands of a lapidary for the purpose of being cat, they were said to come I from Fremont, and it is now hinted that 9, large number of similar emerald*, doming from the same source, are undergoing the same process. Colonel Fremont has possibly found the deposit whence the Montezumaa derived their magnificent emeralds. Possibly, he has, j but probably he hasn't. We are afraid the Sun is I rather credulous, and partakes of the nature of the emerald— that is to lay, is a little green* — Alia California.

Admission op California.— Our brethern in the east are profuse in their praises of the State Constitution, adopted by the people of California, and they are rejoiced to welcome to a political nnion our youthful State ; but especially pleased are our northern people with the provision mada by the State Convention against slavery. The wildest enthusiasm greeted the tidings of this action, and the newspapers of the northern States went into ecstacies in announcement of the fact. This is indeed very gratifying to the framers of the instrument, which has fur ever annihilated the question of slavery on the soil of California ; but we have our fears that this step so irreconcilable with the doctrines anil view* of a powerful party, will prove disastrous to our hopes of early admission into the Union. Indeed, we have already enough to assure vi that our fears are well grounded, in the various opinions put forth by the press of the north aud south, —Alia California.

The Editor's Comport in California.— For the cigar which we are now puffinig, as well as for the entire box which is upon our table, fragarnt and closely packed with little cylindrical bundles of solace and consolation, are our acknowledgements due to Wai, J. Sherwood, Esq. Will that enterprising auctioneer please accept our thanka for bis attention, and our sincere hopes that he may himielf be blessed with as innuy little solid comforts as he hat placed in our hands. And then there is the fire close by us at our right, wliioh throws its genial heat around us as we sit puffing— for that we present our acknowledgements to Messrs. J. C. Beideman & Co., who t'eposited in our office a sack of Califonm live oak charcoal as clean as the circumstances would permit. — Ibid.

Religion in San Franctsco. — The fifth house of public worship in this city was opened for divine service last Sunday. The building is situated on the corner of Jacksons and Virgiua streets, plain and unpretending in its structure, though exceedingly neat. It is capable of comfotrable seating 300 person?, la the consenting service! the Ministers of the various denominations in the city participated. The sermon was bv the pastor, Rev. T. Dwijjht Hunt; —his subject— '• The glorious gospel of the blessed God " And warmly hud eloquently did ha advocates its claims, not mera'y as the ouly way of salvation, but as the great moral lever of oivilization by which, only the nations of the earth are 10 be It i ted from their deep degradation. Mr. Hunt is an interesting speaker, and an elegant writer, and we anticipute for thi First Congiegatiotial Church under his chdige> the fulleit measure of success.— lkul. The brig Belfast has been quite successful in nscending the Peublo creek, it the head of this bay. This is the first vessel. < f considerable tonnage, that has yec attempted to thread the crooks of this crooked creek, and to the deceptive windings, twisu'ngs, and turnings of which the upper Rio Graude will bear no comna» rison. We are informed that the Belfast is to lay up as a store ship. — Ibid. ~

Oregon.— A. memorial has been placed on QiVr table, signed by the U. S. Army officers, stationed in Oregon territory, representing to Congrets the inadequacy of soldiers' pay, at present rates, to fum'sh the coats of •übsistence and ths necessaries of life in that country, and asking that no imreiue of salary aid allowance be made. A statement of Governor Lun^ is appended in which the memorial is fully justified. T»e oueinoridluts also set forth a list of prices current of many of the articles in the O«egou market, which we publish ill oar commeicial news column. Out dat.-s from Oregon are no later.

Speed.— The President'! Message was transmitted from Washington to Boston, a distance of 460 miles, in thirteen liour* and thirty»eight minutes, averaging aboil a'mile in one and three quarters of a minute.— - Between New York ami New Haren, iixty-three miles we c run in sixty seven minutes, which ia probably the greatest «peed ev.r attained by a locomotive in the Un'ted Stt\< ea.