After retiring from that post, the remainder
of his life was spent in literary pursuits.

Professor MOSES STUART, for many years connected with Andover Theological
Seminary, and widely known for Biblical learning, died January 4th, aged
71. He was born at Wilton, Connecticut, March 26, 1780, and, after
graduating at Yale College in 1799, acted as tutor in that institution for
two or three years. In 1806, he was settled as a pastor in New Haven, and
was elected Professor of Sacred Literature in Andover Theological Seminary
in 1810--a post which he filled ably and acceptably until his death. He has
left voluminous and valuable works.

From CALIFORNIA we have intelligence to Dec. 15th. New and extensive
deposits of gold have been found near Auburn, in the northern, and at
Mariposa, in the southern mines; the lack of rain had caused the yield of
gold from them to be small. The aggregate product of all the mines during
November was estimated at twenty per cent. less than during the previous
month. Several projects of railroads through different sections of the
State were under discussion, and the route between San Francisco and San
Jose was being surveyed. The agricultural resources of the State continued
to be developed with steady progress. Farming operations had already
commenced. Several murders had been perpetrated in various sections. As an
evidence of the prosperity of San Francisco, it is stated that seven large
steamers were to leave that port, within a week, for different ports on
the Pacific and Australia. The Indians have again been committing
frightful ravages among the American settlements on the Colorado. The
various tribes upon the southeastern border, known to be disaffected, have
given unmistakable signs of revolt. Juan Antonio, who had been prominent
as an Indian leader, had been forming a league of several tribes, with
intent to attack the towns of San Diego, Los Angeles, and Santa Barbara.
Three skirmishes had also taken place with the Yumas, on the Colorado, in
which several Americans were killed. Great uneasiness prevailed among the
inhabitants of the menaced districts. The latest advices represent the
danger as less menacing than was feared. Gen. Conde, with 80 troops of the
Mexican Boundary Commission, was at Tuson on the 20th Oct., and would
leave next day for the Gila.

From OREGON, our news is to Dec. 6, and is encouraging. The difficulties
with the Coquille Indians, which had caused the loss of