California Pony Express.
Fort Kearney,Feb. 12.--The following is additional news per the Pony Express, which arrived here at half-past 6 o'clock this evening:
San Francisco,Jan. 26.--The firm of
Messrs. Abernethey,
Clark & Co., extensive lumber dealers, of this city, have failed for a large amount.
They have been engaged for many years in the business, and received their supplies principally from
Oregon.
All the candidates for
U. S. Senator are invited to address a meeting of the Legislature and the public at
San Francisco this evening, on the state of the
Union.
It is believed that some of them will respond to the invitation.
An effort is making among the Douglas members of the Legislature to hold a caucus on Tuesday or Thursday of next week to nominate a Senatorial candidate.
An incendiary fire occurred at
Sacramento on the 24th, destroying a large boarding- house, known as the ‘"Palace."’ The inmates barely escaped with their lives.
Loss about $150,000.
Two tons of average copper ore, from
Calaveras county, have been assayed in this city, proving to contain
gold,
silver and copper at $112 per ton, the proportion of
gold and
silver being about $14 to the ton.