The New York Herald Newspaper, January 14, 1850, Page 1

NO. 5699. MORNING EDITION. “MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 1850. THE NEWS FROM CALIFORNIA. wee ARRIVAL STEAMSHIP CHEROKEE, ‘WITH THE BAILS FROM CALIFORNIA, TO THE FIRST OF DECEMBER, AND Over Half a Million of Dollars in Gold Dust. The Result of the Election, NAMES OF THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES. MARRIAGES AND DEATHS. Important Discoveries Relative to the Quartz of California, &c. &e. &e. The fine steamer Cherokee, Capt. C. Forbes, from ‘Chagres, via Kingston, arrived yesterday morning. The Cherokee made the passage out in eight daysand four hours, in ample time to meet the steamer Panama on the Pacific. On ber return, she left Chagres at half-past 3, Thurs- day, Jan. 34, with 244 passengers and $320,000 in specie on freight, and about the same amount in the hands of ‘the passengers. She arrived in Kingston on the 6th, at 3 P. M.; left Kingston on Monday, the 7th, at 9A. M., and arrived in New York early yesterday morning, making nine days from Chagres, and five days and 16 ‘hours from Kingston. Our thanks are due Mr. L. C. Paine, the gentlemanly Purser of the Cherokee, Mr. G. H. Leland of Sullivan & -€o.’s California Express, and Adams & Co., the expres forwarders, for the immediate delivery of our letters and parcels. ‘The schooner Scrah A. Brown arrived at Chagres on the evening of Dec 29th, with 30 passengers and thre, officers of the steamer Crescent City, and would sail in a few days for the States. The brig J. Cohen had just arrived from New Orleans, with coal and passengers. ‘The C. left at Kingston the British steamer Medway, ‘to rail on the 6th inst for Southampton, ‘Clyde, jast going into the barbor as the C. out. Numerous other British vessels are lying in port at Kingston. The steamer Falcon sailed from Chagres on th ing of the let of January, for New Orleans direct.— While the Falcon was lying off Chagreson Sunday Deo 30, Mr. Brooks, fireman, jumped everboard, and before assistance could be rendered, was drowned. The Cherokee brings the Paciéc mails that arrived in the Unicorn at Panama, on Friday, Dec. 28, they no® arriving in Chagres in time for the Falcon to connect with the Obioat Havana. They comeunder the charge of Mr. McLean, the recently appointed mail agent for the Isthmus. We learn that the Cherokee left $400,000im gold dust St Chagres. It had been brought down by the Pacide steamer, and marked for the Crescent City. Owing to the unfortuvate accident to that steamer, it will have to remain there till the arrival of the Empire City. The following is the amount of gold dust brought by the C. on freigh Breet List or Steam N.L. & G. Griswold. . Edwin Bartiett..... Peter Edes..... Cuenonea. + $8,620 + 16074 42,052 G.8. Rebbins + 23,456 8 + 7,000 17.600 34.850 4.500 100,656 6000 | 10,759 +» 16,000 : 1000 | + 6275 | : 6000 } + 8000 | « 3000 | W.C Pickersgii & Co. + 7,650 | George A. Ward. + 1354 s. Tracey & ( w+ 5,000 Barrtow & Pope. . » 5,000 And 13 bundles Panama hats to Peter Harmony’s Ne- | pbews Annexed are the names of the passengers in the 1. © Kastor ‘ORNIA NEWS. The steamship Unicorn, George 8. Porter, ar- rived at Panama on the 28 ult., from Sen Francieco, whence she sailed on the Ist, with fourteen days later intelligence, ‘The following were her passengers: — sre oe Leagraig BY THE UNICORN. : er, FC 3H Dae Woods Ra Wisk 3° ramen W Valentine, A Weis, B oywaad ard, e l, “Woods Jeet. silie, FC Hum eman, H Tayl ‘Genting, C opin i C'tune. J Maid er, J Briggs, M ‘at San Diego, nck AG B & D Sawtell, AC J D_ Lawrence, EG Woodworth, BD Mixon, Dr Bo A Fink, P Nagle. J Spencer, E Winblen, J Dale, W D_ Billi M Buchanan, F FO. Nowell, B Coe! and B T Fitch. bene From San Diego to Acapulco--Wm Cary Jones, bearer of patches to Mexico, * Died, from a fall on deck, Deg, 26; lat. 8 N, low. 86 W. Annexed is the amount of specie she brought, which» as all of it did not come by the Cherokee, is important to the owners thereof:— Amount or Srxcix in tae Srgamen Unicoas. Gold Dust, No. & Fi Cases. Shippers. Consigness. é p. 3 AL Robivsun, 1 4 a: Feabedg’ , misused Shapbute, Baia, it 1 MePonald Reynolds, P Lue, 1 Buck & Cole, R. B. Buck, 4,500 t ‘ 8. Mint Wow vores, 7 8 Cook, Baber& Co’ Order. Pree 1 J.B.'Bidleman, David 17,500 2 Bimons,Butch’a&Co, G, 8. Robins 23.455 1 Tamer Fish & Co,, Br dation & Ce, Sons urper, Fi on, BB. Sa % 1 HD. 8G.P. Bosch, MosesS. Beach. oe, Fao ‘ 42.052 1 “15,00 1 ‘5.000 1 6.298 H Ex) _ Bri sy 6,400 2 C. Minture, ‘£. Mintar 000 1 Dati & austin, Order. 10,257 1 DeGraipB. Fowler, F. & D, 9000 1 t er, Fox & Living: 3,333 s W. P. Furniss. 16.000 3 Adams & © Maes SASS 1 Creu bieteos & Co., Rei Be are 1 Do do Order, 2,100 1 § B-Worb Willetts & Go: 14,009 Bluxens, Veurisoe . rey ¥. Bonitt.... 0, Hann, Livingston Livingston, Wells & Co, a W. 2oit, Finly,Jvhseon&Co., E. Mickle & Co.. Aikin & Bask PC . Crean, David Gibb, cell, Starkic & Co., Stark @ C ‘Total... Our California Correspondence, San Francisco, Cacivonnia, Nov. 30, 1849, The California Graveyard— The Resuit of the Election— The Batent of the Vote— The State Legislature— Sudden Fortunes—How they are and Clergymen— Speculation in Land —Squatters--The News from the Mines— Prices of Provisions--Steamship Oregon, Fe. Fe. He. Ta taking an afternoon stroll, a few days since, I for myreli on the ground, now used for inter lying upon the beach, towards the entrance of the har- dor. Aman was busily employed in digging a gray and, Hamlet-like, | stopped to telk with him. I ask: him whose grave he was digging, and was astonished by bis reply, that "twas for nobsdy in particular; but | be suppored some poor fellow would require it in the course of the day ; and that, as he got ten dollars | apleee for his graves, he thought he'd get one the start’ This is a fair exemplification, on a small scale, of the eoulating propensities of people in San Francisco. — | Merchants, men of leisure, loafers, miners, pe are ready to buy anythii it a low pri hold it in anticipation ofa high eo that every- Potlip Hawley Heary Ww TO Thowss JL Wilson das Gibbs by, do wn Jas Ht Smicn — ef. ooa Creek s>terr ‘ } A Meo } The re 4 Miller | FS J Fitasimmons 3 Richard Wallace 3 & Marry | « s | o c gaze ings * ay wringer Geo U Nitehor mn Wright » B Mather ad ; Thoodots Ryndere »> Oran Dickinson 4 Dauiel Malle R hieary Barlow J 8 Grier Franylin Boies Geo JH Davis 4 pr s 8 . a w 4 2 ¥ CC West Geo w Geo W Garrison it hr Danl Wineland x i H Asa 8 Stewart os " tr on qw ire Wa Fan ick : 1 Pe] a x C B Walter Dav a u r E fe i F) 5 ¥ 1 L y * “ 4 t a 4 8a da ® Ran! ¥ WG Nichols Pi 4 4 , v BBrows dae Morgen x Jae Cen Dexter of Retlend Lebidigy, the onevls On Saturdey, Jan 6th, Mr J. county, Vermont, died of gener violent diarrhoea, contracted of 9)» | ramohver The shipping inteliipe mer from i parte of ne Pactfie Drought by the Cherokee, “a he fow: | im ite proper place, under thy obtp ond #05, ie * ue West Caioas passage, ering S., supposed to be On Tuerdey, |» ‘ ©. ™* # great number of passengers whhod wee ehlirel: anexpected by the officers of the scope yet all attention was paid them, and all seem Ge eted, whieh , om tp .com California. egmaly officers and stewards on board, who wer, a¥ and willing to oblige, made the trip both agreeable 1 ‘t with strong N. ©. winds, and had heat wens wattl in iat 24, whieh was rather unfavorable ; end of Hatteras, in the Golf Stream she had « heary but she weathered it, and rode it out most beauti- | im torrente. | ed, they certainty, with the thing, from buying lots to grave digging, has become @ etter of speculation. There are men here who, if the whole world, with all its appurtenances, were put up | st auction, would be ready to bid on It, and wait for a | rire in th het of the graveyard, the lonely rpot, then un- tenanted, to which, some t are ago, & few of us fol- lowed the body of poor Anderson, has now become peopled with many a heart that, six months ago, beat high im anticipation of happiness and riches in the iand which bas proved to be his Gnal resting place. The town bas new grown up aro the graveyard. Pro- erty, there, is becoming very valuable; and as some of the gtaves are on private property, | fear that the rothiess band of speculation will not spare even the eed relics of the dvad. The election ie over, bas resulted og? as I pre- viously predicted, Burnett is Governor by a ma- jority; MeDougal Lieutenant Governor, and Wight and Gilbert Representatives to Congress. Im to there latter, some little dificulty may reasonably be +4. The election returos, which are of course | pon which an Idea of population can be | : having been t ly exbibit » vote of about 15,000 in at lenst Copgress will permit It two ousand could bave been pol off just as the rainy ee If Congress e the United States by the Isthmus a1 Horn,” avd the thirty thousand actors the | easily imagine California to be entitied to at least two | reprerentatiyes , end in and Fremont will without doubt go to the Serate. The other rarious candidates are Colonel Stevenson, Brevet Captain li. W. Halleck, | JW. Geary and Robert Semple. The State egislature is to meet on the 16th of De- comberand al and valley, so many men for the is now aw bere im April leet, and before been here a week, offered torsell his pletole to enal him to pay bie pasesge by ie promtable ip ee of grow upon | Re rents it, and It ie fair three to six months rent will pay the wbole cost of the buatiding A boure is now being erected on Portemouth square, whieh probalty cost pfieen or twenty thousand dol'ars, for which the owners refure to take four thousand del- lars amonth, payable tn advacce The ek in the cireus receives # ealary of twelve thourand dollars @ year. 4 the parson of the first i roh hes just been voted by bis congregation en thourend dollars s year. payal ‘aliforoia ts, ipso Although Is! from five fellow who lands here wit friend joard thirty dot jollare & doten, avd gin cook. ty Ore Gente ® piece, wonld Foon make his pile “email by degrees and beautifully teu.” ‘The land rpeowations of Sam freucico are going on an command day, God help the poor rofeesion. ° | the strength of this vote to the fact, that in as briskly as ever, The continual cry that “ propert: must come ‘dewn,” has as yet failed to be Fealtzed, Am the other “ speos,”’ municipal authorities have just beem making one, in the sale of about four hundred lots, located about a mile from the centre of = town, and preducing about two hundred thousand A phase has also commenced in land business. Many have leit the mines and “squatted” guteeetanged land, on the Secramento, and its vicinity. ho; aaa within the last month, two hundred claims hav located, and some of them in the vicinity of this town. One man located-some three months since, upon within three or four miles of Sacra- to city; and a few days since, he ment jand es @ since, he was offered and refused to take ten thourand dollars for his claim ‘he news from the mines 1s rather unfevorable, The recent rains have swollen the rivers, so as to fectually prevent labor in some parts of the mines, and most of the roads from the settlements are rendered cid impassable. The rainy season having com- meneed unusually early, the merchants of the towns failed to sendin sufficient amount of provisioas of most kinds, of which there is now a great scarcity. Flour is relling at Culloma (Sutter's mill), at $1 per \b., which is twenty-five cents higher than it ever sold before. Most of the labor in the mines is now per- formed by damming the rivers, in which some parties have been exceedingly successful. One party of five, om Yuba river, dammed off a small bend in the river, and took out fifteen thousand dollars, in three days, after their dam was completed. A business has been done by the use of quicksilver, in washing earth ber i ho Previously bor os machines, ap amalgam wi! @ qicksliver, thereb: procuring iy the finer particles of gold that wash pe 4 of a common rocker, There are some very large stories told of the richness of the jz in the mountains, some of which, it is rm out half ite weight of gold, although can be seen in it with the maked ¢; The speci- the last steamer, was fair one, made I still consider correct. The working ef this rock will introduce gold mi opera- tions into California, and I doubt not but the mines will furnish as rich « harvest as the “ placers” have al- ready done. Hon. T. B. King and John C. Fremont arée jn town, and are well. and has been quite sick, Gov. Burnett is at San José, but bas now recovered. ‘The weather at San Francisco hss improved since I Jast wrote, and we have had a long succession of clear, supshiny days, The mud bas dried up, and the streets tt bg len vn ——- a ni Krag’ the S joo and desola' an air of beautiful greenness, Se ae ‘e have pow six steamers running oa the Sacramen- to, trom this four to Sacramento City, and to Stockton, and one to San José—bdesides several run- Benicia the other towns up the river, lour, as you will eee by the price current, has gone #. Itisselling now at $29 oarg cued dally to. arrive freak . expec ry re Chili, Lumber bas experienced a rise, American pine being worth $350. The best speculation, just now, is bg out here ready framed houses. plendid hotel is about being opened, on the pian of the Astor House, built by Col. Grebe, and called the Grabam House. The American Hotel has, also, passed into the bands of W. K. Lount, Esq, and d agreeable home for strangers. dam Jobnson, the Indian Agent appointed by Gen. Taylor, arrived here safely, on the 'd of this month, by way of the Rocky Wountains. Lunderstand that a work called “ Three Years in Ca lifornia, and Six Months in the Gold Mines,” is im course of preparation, and will soow be pubii y Mr Edward G. Boffum, formerly of Cel. Stevenson's regiment. From his long residence im the country, and his well known talents as a writer, it promises to be # va uable and interesting book. We have been waiting, with t anxiety, for the stesmer Oregon, which was due bere ten days ago; but she bas not yet made her appearance. ¢ are ban usually anxious for her arrival, as the last er did not bring with ber the September mail is the miserabie mail arrangement to be remedied’ The Vote of ‘Alta California, Dec. 1.] Enovch 1s known to determine conclusively the re- ult of ui te eleotion io this country, so far as the State Constitution, the choice of Gover- robably of Representa- ; we bave next to learn fraught with interest—what is the te cast. which our returns up to the present form sn opinion, it is establ be- joubt that a minority only of the in the districts heard from is re- the official and omoffcial returns. For District of Sacramento (taking the vote presented instance, on the corstitution as an aggregate.) polled Ave thoa- rand tix bumdred and five votes, which may be pat down «6 @ amounting to one-fourth the nuaber of 6k which the district contsins ‘The San Jom ‘Vote will fall as far snort of an en- tire representation, amd the distriets of Sonoma aud San Jose show we merical strength of adequate deficiency in the nu- rerpective yotes. Monterey district cast ay 0 three huudred and sixty, mostly for the evustitutio it will appear by # note ap- | pended to the return# fm another [column that this far from a fair pr of the votes ac- tnelly belong'ng to the dirtrict. ing therefore tue retorne of t wo great district Sacramento aod San join, Dumbering, a@ the figures thus tar seem three-eights electing population the polled in the State will be found hardly to é t for this unexpecte which will leave & somoubet clnte, remote from the great routes of tr the northern country, the constitution #as not dis- tributed. that it failed to reach these places, and that the action of the State convention was not kuown | uptil within « day or two of the time appointed for holding the election. To ‘bie teilure is leo, in a measure attributable the tie great deficiency in (he popular vote of the State. patural to presume that the residents of situated, feeling aggrieved, have rei ened vote of the St the frst, apd we fear in many parts unforewarned, general election, The Ele Returns. We ate enabled to give to cur readers the following | edditionel retarns frcm the ¢ietrict« mentioned in our Up to the hour of going to p nothing been beard from the four jower disteieta—San Luis . Len Angeles and Sam Diego. It | , however, that the reterns yet to | 'y the result which the Sgures now ty preeinet yet beard from, the mengreness | for by the fect that the rain tis aleo made that th ication Were not pro; to be one reason a tae Sacramento District. SACRAMENTO DISTRICT. The returne given below are copied from the Placer Timer of Nov. 24, and are tek from the official | records. They de not comprise the whole district, bat the few preeinets yet to heer from cannot vary the reeult » | MeDougel Teen, Kebineom SAN JOAQUIN DISTRICT. m this district comprise twenty-nine gh the kindness of a friend they have offciel returns, There are several but it is probable they The returns f preciects, Th: been copied fr * | ma of the Golden Farmer “ for the reason Vortencheten , BOOTS eee sees Beard, trew ert Bovehens Baldwin CHOORAB Ls ic cceee eevee SAN JOSE DISTRICT.—(COMPLETE.) od thine ts he Kindness of a friend wo hove been farniah- turn of this districts a He YOR GOVERNOR. 7 Wm. M. Steuart, Seati John MeDouat®® LiESTERANE covERN eDousal : A ra. Francis J. Lippitt... 22. 128 Jonm iB. Frisbio FOR STATE sexar: Basham... 6... ll Bellomy’ MONTEREY DISTRICT—(COMPLETE). A correspondent at Monterey forwards us the follow- ing cory of the complete official returns of that dis- lot: — - For the constitttion.... 357 Against the constitution, Fon covEnno On account of rain that fell on th: the election, vi of the rancheros or ot the lam- | Dermen in the Woods,” came into the places of | bolding the polls to vote. The number of votes cast in u trict is, therefore, very small, as compared with tire population. SONOMA DISTRICT. Weare indebted to the kind attention of a friend for the following returns irom this district. They com- price bat one poll, There are several yet to hear from: SONOMA. For the constitution.... 14 Against the constitution, FOR GoVERNOR, Burnett..., » 125 Subter,. | Sherwood ... . » St tistieck . FOR LIRUT. GOVERNO! Frisbie... .. seeee $5 Geo, MeDovgal... . Jobn MeDougal. + 1 Beatsering FOR CONGRESS. Dent + % Kewen, « 28 Beatteting. .. FOR STATE SENATE. 7 Cooper. 42 Scatcering BB we oeG wa ne . jhe + £0 Soatcering.. 176 SAN FRANCISCO DISTRICT.—(OFFICIAL.) | Constivution... 2,05 Blapks.. 4... Lu3 | * LJ Peter H. Burnett... 1.08 W. Me Btouset, ra John A. Sutter... . 1a Soattering... 13 | | YOR Lixor, GOVERNOR. | 1,754 Francis J. Lippitt. - a nu Seattering........... FOR conc Rodman M. Prices L766 W George W. Wai; O18 4 ‘so Wim. b. Bhi ST Scattering... FOR STATE SENATE. G. B. Post, (elected)... 1,006 D. Beanett. oe | Hk. Bowis Vet Baletea, Ata we 0 we 5,169 i = | or e § $ oe ee: GOVER™OR, + s * 5 P, U. Burnett. 87 1,925 BL 8.008 W. 8. Sherwood "69 ISL 2429 16 1,086 3 2.183 Tv —- =— 1 ey ear 26 «17S MIT 6.e7L — "be 1S 2.208 2 Lit Lot 1s "Gl OT 7 — — $3 wo - = Ww 6 1509 17 4,715 ee eS ee 145 1,755 LO asd @ roi % by 10s 2 gn no" = L736 6 7% — Los 4 s = 1 9 TF = 128 43 2,051 — 9,933 ‘ 6 — Th japks - - - Wb = 180 NAMES OF CANDIDATES ELECTED. Governor.. seeeeee Peter H. Burnett, Lieut, Gov seseeeeeee od, MeDougal, Member to Congress te | The Latest News from the Gold Mines, [From the Alte California, Dec. 1.) Unless the weather © grants a respite, we shall venture to “ ring Pom 4 curtain” on the dra- November, The winter pains aud the worn roads have together impeded travel to such an extent as will en- pan By com n e count ¥i ensuing six weekscit oy son” epding in April, Thence! of our diseontent '’ shall bare May,’ there will be a ereater amount of proti- table labor accomplished, than the it year bas witnessed; a covciusion weich is amply justified by it indicationa Upon the opeuing of ops. will ‘alifornia more efficient and ratis- through a regular corres- por » where gold washing is conti favorable, The setting in of the for the abendon parte, and the miners bare employ plearant hours between the rains in preparing winter quarters, These consist of @ rude log howse, or oenvase tent, protected by embankment about t y sheltered from the fury of the storme by boughs of trees. ‘The heights of the Sierra Nevada are covered with fnow. and this bas been the ypweloome form of the ‘winter visitant in the more elevated ‘diggings’ accom~ by cold weather, The mountain streams are toeptibly ewollem as yet, although the dacra- risen ming Dt art river, since the comme’ er river the golde on ed during the late The ebaracter of = around ie of the most Yubs Bear creek Yielded well during the low stage of water anteceden to the rainy ‘The Georgetown diggings are perhaps the most fa resemt time in the Sacramento Fieger, ‘uated about twelve mules distant, ina votton from Columa, ou the South foam river, Pieces of gold weighing Tom one penny weglt to ten and t pounds bave discovers Vn thie vicinity. The average for day laborers is raid to be not lew than three ounces, while sof bagging elght and (em ounces per diem are are © earlier advent of the winter rains and was anticipated, provisions strict the wretched ng supper from rece | ernaition of t ing the monnta from the waebin @ propertion: (From the Placer Times of November 24.) WINTRRING IS THE MENA, Now that our paper ia eniarged we thal, in this and subse went pumberr, devote Inore Fpaee Lo the subject end mines than our ctroumserioed Mavite tofore allowed vs to indulge in We shail best of our information, at conelre. yet fa count of whaterrt wey be of interest to those of o he | nd tleebeie, eho look with an eager ound work © b aed od aiter ® fOOrreHION ef in inquirer after | deduce woted teet couclur | and in euch | time, to return to the setth | end South Forks of the Al erroneous impression which pervades the minds of who have never visited the mines, that the dry dij ped are accessible during the rainy . Such i th Many old mivers cling to the streams with much fact. fortable a location he fogads they piteh thet a es can tents or erect their jether their provi. ae Nae ir provi- sions and firewood for the winter, ‘eS Opportunities Papen ey Agee thelr shelter and collect together 2 eae Wet Se Suveueensce will low of. In arrapgeme! 0 rainy sea- son, generally six oe eight club er for ths pur. ose of building and messing. In digging, from one to ree act in concert There are reasons why oe of those in the mines prefer the streams to @ dry diggings, rst is, there aro notso many people there; the second is, the winer is surer of bring remunerated according to the labor performed; for in the dry field of operation, while the great majority may not be sble to make their expenses, now and then one will strike @ Jead which will put money in bis pocket; thus rendering the dry diggings more in the nature of a lottery than the efforts on the streams The third reason is, miner fs on the stream early in the spring, and he follows the . poe the epproach of the dry season. this way for three or four months. There are miners at the present in this city who are anxiously wang for pportunity to get ws high up on the Yuba d Feather river: at the same time we learn from gentlemen direct from those streams, that it re- quires man’s greatest +ffort to le him to get along without spy incumbrance, so swollen are the strea onditions are the roads. Amo% q is but one opinion, and that is, that there 4) te ly the people Pectred 0 SUPP great body of the mil con. tinue to entertain the opinion that rtm will with provision, be offer for them to supply themsely here murt be an unparalleled emount of suffering be- fore the rainy searon ia over, because, after a time it will be impossible for them to retreat. Many are now | inthe mines, with a supply of provision for two or three weeks, who intend, at the expiration of that ents, and remain during From the branches of the American the winter. | river, and the diy diggings in the vicinity of the same, we learn that there are many who have recently ed from over the Pining; and the rainy weather commercivg +o early is partionlarly bard on thi tien of our immigren easy of acoess and p> a the fall many of these peo t be shleto cupply themselves for the w large jon of them have recently arrived, and some of 1¢ much debilitsted by their toilsoine tracted journey. In the neighborhood of tt rican river there mense congregations of miners So rapidly hi Nected together that quice populous t pg up in the course of threw or four week: sudden visitation of the liquid element has checked operstions and taken miners all aac there being so few of the recessaries of life within their reseb. itis theught there will be general rach for this place apd San Francisco very soon, as iu fact there is pow ‘We learn from those direct from the dry diggings of the North Fork, that the roads are altogether impass- able for tesins ; and for packing. It requires all the vi- | gilance of the driver to keep the animals on their feet. To get up avd down the high bills, which are al | waye found in clore proximity to the streams, it is alto- | gether impossible for four-legged anizials to propel” stall in the Southern mines the same unfortunate state of things exists The deduction to be drawn from ail the information we have at present is that few mi- bers are meking More than their ee! bread. and that as & matter ef couree. new begiuners will form unfavorable optnions of mining before they bare fairly spade tothe earth. The first, tl for thew to drive a quill, t mer on the count hat will pour forth the “ gold humbug,” in letters States. We hope and trust that be @ bard trial for many,) eon in the miner, will then have state of things we have netatiy onto to above will have ag ge mea pork—the most MEETING OF CAPR ®E A large and respectable meetit { the earpenters and joiners of this city, was held at the City Hotel, on Sat last. for th f fixing th 6 for a da: as the standard, which, we for ag is little enough, considering the present prices of all articles consumption. MORE THIEYING. The store of R. J. Watson, on J street, was entered afew cights since, sud the tafe taken as far as the joor bore the burglars were discovered. Se corms, immediately fed. shot could be at them, were out of ‘* itis now s “ fixed t,” that we villians among us who intend to make robbery th: business’ apd we advise one to have his revolver under his pillow, and to mite We are pleaved to learn that about being organized in this city. Already. | five coats, well suited to the purpose, have been pur- chased, and we trust our young men will second the efforts of the gentlemen soonrs in the enterpria Many a& dubious evening can be dixposed of this winter, | in the manly exercise of drilling, to say nothing of the sooiability of the arrangement. THe WeaTHE 7 ‘The firet part of the week has been very moist. radiatin, ‘usual dreadfal, the win have hads bracing stwosphere for the two days. fine weather continue but for » day or two, on one’s feet handlos has b nm T orming, bi her evening between two dy, in consequence of some misvuderstanding in regard to @ fiseal operation per- During the first part of the red two shots at Cheeks, one taking effect in the hand aud the other inthe foot. Although there were thirty or forty persons in the room, no one elee was injured by the shots discharged. Notwith- the weunds bad received, Cheeks chal- andy to fight bim on the spot, when a» ring 4 the two gentlemen “ went fn" on sclen- lenged war made, ba pean na We understand ithat Luady w vere! s0- ly puniehed; #0 much eo, that he has mot been able to get about much rince. about town for if to whatever opriating & ds caught hia iaborate and luxu- ite our office The the circumstance poop afterwards, and eve ries bath in a mud-hele thief will undoubtedly r some days, ifnot longer w rong composed by Ste We have received C bl C. Maerett, and ed by Charies Holt, Jr, B N k r ) Tho title is da of this balled are ite pl andthe , the populat ¢ ye of bie“ When the Soon on thr jeamilD, FAOUn THEATRE. This house has been well attended throoghout the 4 imsrovement ia the perform. mn’) was playedon Monday and th a good onet, dienee The played with (From the Placet Times, Nov. 17.) day evenings wi satistnetion of tI Side by side. cal movement tated this community the dawning of a new era in our rir opening ef datiy communteation b fam Fiancieco It i#, at the present time, the m rendy topic of conversation between bustowss men jo m covatant theme of rem old washer teturning from the pla ejaree hence whieh awaits b & welenme mt vpen bis ten day trip from the bay afforded the mercanuie unity by the tactiitated method of travel aud trenemiesion, are linmeararable, We have now two fue ln: ge ete nmers plying between this etty au either of which i# enpable cf baodeomely ace handred engers, and yilght, so that one may break: mento city. with the travelling pe ‘To the the con ADVANCE IN PR All the necetseries of life bx pert, and tbere ie littie pr ing apnin before next ru the bartel end peed within » f their teil w 60 dotlars bread, whic te New Vor are reliing B cents; beef, bh was rolling last week for 12s, +. ts now 60, murten is bei@ at @ dotiar a pound work we were romemhas hu eculd be bonght fe tor conte riuetty of tovting romething over a h- Aeuin whieh probably was never bet ston journeyman printer im this or any other country fora 1oRNT al akttle Inoitest t, in thy niform company is | tye | rived at. ali cireetions (ate terrible specimen of @ mountain man leaned against the bar studying the various tickets. At le = he b ut, “Now, here’s # heap of candidates for yor dasmart chance for Representatives; & considerable sprinkling for, State senate,’ for the Assembly’ But who. stranger,” ap- & to the barkeeper, “who is running for the con- peal ttitution 2” The repl: old Ci aaa” ‘eply was, “old Californy herself, I vT Gol id-bearing Quaviz of California. MR. KING'S REPORT ON THE SUNJeCT TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT—MK. WKIGHT'S SPECIMENS AND IN- VESTIGATIONS. (From the Pacific News, Nov 0) In ovr last publication, we alluded briefly to the im- it which had been excited here by the erhibition of fine specimens of gold bearing quartz, said to be foued in inexhaustible masses or quarries, through the whole mountainous region, which forms the western slope of the Sierra Nevada, We have since had an op- portunity of examining these specimes, and of learning, more minutely, the character of the roek, the tests to which it bas been subjected, and the results which it bas given. We desire to avoid ull exaggerated state- bjeet in regard to which the attention already sufliciently deem it not too much to ray that th cated in regard to the character and structure of this % tein appear to us ogether to sur; in importance, any previous diseoveries ia the glo, which ha: ¢ been made public. We are g! subject will very soon be ittention of the © report partment of State at Washington. by the Hon, T. Butler King. As early as June last, Mr. King devoted two entire months to @ laborious exploration of the ole region and fully matured his couclusions in re dto it. His labore were interrupted by a suvere and protracted illness, but his report will now svou be completed, aod will doubtless, we trust, reach Wash- Mgten before the discusrions upon the Califoruia question shall have come up in Congress We hazard pothing in saying that the facts and the views to be ret forth in this report will command the public at- ieption and interest, to am extent, almost, if not alto- erber, unexempled by any similar document As Cnil- fornians, we await ite abtioation with impatience. — Mr. King. we leara, will take to Washington with hia, a full coilection of specimens of the gold formuti | both are acd in union with the quarts, which fully illustrate and demonstrat Ath almost mathe an clearness, hia theory of the goid region of Uall- ‘Lhe particular epecimens whieh we hare seen, these quartz mountain quarries, are ia the possession of Mr. Wright, one of the members of Cougress eleet from California, who will take them oa to Washing- ton in the steamer of the Ist of December. They com- ist for the most part, of small pleoes of quarts rock, rally of ® brownish tinge. and, im som nting the appearance of a slight {i or deco porition. of thi Fpecimen f the gold points, or particles, are 1. visible to the waked ¢; euls the gold more cl whick Mr Wright bas 8 the fairest ce of enormous the eame rock, weighing. we should suppose, some ten or twelve povods, from all parts of which the gold protrades plainly, in astate almost pure. This single fragmeat of quartz, which Mr Wright by no means rr an an average sample of the quarries, but which he pro ounces to be the richest roek specimen he has seen, i# found. by the most careful epecitic gravity teat, as applied to it by Mir. Wright, to contain pure gold to the amount of about six bucdred dollars. This piece ot rock, we understand from Mr. Wright, is destiued to be Jaid (as @ memorial from the California mountalas, we suppoer.) upom the table of the Spoaker of the Houre of Representatives. its appeal, we think, will be heeded But theinterest or importance attaching to this or tosny other single and isviated fragment specimen, however peculiar and curtous apd rich in itself, ts be § juconsiderabie, in comparison to 4 whieh belongs to the more numerous fragmeats of quarts, iv which very little or mene, ean be die cerped by the naked eye, and which save been cau- tously selected by Mr Wright on the spot, as the fair- ecimens of whole veins and quarries, said, broken te throug westerm elope of Sierra Nevads, and to form vast masses of meuntaia rock, large enough and Bbumerous euough to freight times over all the aod commercial marine the world. Mr. has pent, be iaforms us. mach of the past sea untaivs collecting his eamples of the t lowalities, and subjecting the yield em, in very many instances, to the most Mr. Wright has beem end judgment of Mr. Augustus with mining bave been mad: The astonishing result brought out by these i a tigations is that in « particuloraud very exte tour pounds of this rock yielded upon th eleven dollars worch of pare gold, valued ixtoom | Gvliars to the ounce That is to say, the yield of goid from these average eamples of the rock fn this partieu- | lar vein, is nearly three dollars for each pound of quarts Mr Wright exbibited to us two small masses of gold, qch about the size and shape of @ large mus- ket bali, Yad beth presenting (he granulated appear- ance of gold extracted and coilected by the aid of | quicksilver. Oue of thers contains about twelve dol- lare of pure gold, and is the largest yield which hae been Obtelped from four pounds of the rock from the in question. The other contains about tea dol | and is the smallest yield #bich bas been obtained | from any of the experiments upon the rock of this | vein We understand thi ometipes the operation the test of the comparative rpecitic gi determined by the samples, ye d.llar-and « ball to two dollars, to the p rund th conversed with ao intelligent geatiewan, now La thi country, who has been long conversant, in the capa of an Overseer, with mining Operstions, as carried om in the juarts veins of Georgia row this source. Mr. Wright learns thet a fifteen hore steam power, work- ing twelr opt #1 stamp shout a thousand bashela of quartz reek io a day—esoh bushel of quartz ing about eighty pound, If twenty-five cents worth of old is yielded from each bushel of eighty pounds, the Gactness to conshtenct good one in Georgia If the piel be fifty cents to the bushel, the prot is large. Now the yirid of the rock which Mr. Wright has eot- lected and tested, Inetead of being @ quarter-cfes dole lar, or balf # doliar to the seventw. five pounds, is, im one great vein, nearly three dollars to one pound. Abate this, in view of possible or probable mistal or in view of the superior yield of @ fia- gle richer vein, to an erage of two dollars, or of one doller. ad aod view, ‘The lar, to the pow ju every point pied ead mo.neatous, 8 gold- bearing quarts, y such yield, extst io or of 1 of the region with whom thata large number of veins of qu whibly the western slope of the Sierra Ne mainly from North to Suuth and throwing oat brea from the wain lives, at intervals ta every form. and right we learn, ls so well aesuted ality of the results at which he bas arrived, that, in convection with his partners, he has airesdy, 0 expense, placed a nuinber of men at work of ene of the localtites which he bas obdverved, and whiom he states to be, apparently. rcarcely moro promising ‘tbe amy Cthere—par rent fora mule load of jusrta take with bim to Weemingee , acroes the isthe ready forwarded to the Atiantio ride, suitable for theminiog opera- pat forth we of Our re- * ibility to the publi. We own knowledge, for to us thi And af surprising as we are pereuaded that tt wilt be to mort of ovr readers, both bere ond In the Atiamtio States, We would say nothing Inconsiderately to ag- ed. in the gold 4 | router to it, oe ror Cirenre mod dreth~ | Fpirtt may well quail. and from whieh the hardiest frame may weil shriek away. But our informetion comos te uf, at firet band, trom sources of unquestion- | able integrity aod Intelligence, aad appears to be the | result ct very Chorough aed Geiiverate investigation. | In tte generai cutiioes 16 beat bad the fall sanction of | the most emioent minds among wa. It epprises us of | w ptate of tects of the Highest Limportanos to Califormia, ning interert everywhere aod, in @ word, to cial and floscoiat world. accurately stated. it seems to the dey diggtm ations of this State vo g m thove pri on the coutrary whieh the gota and tntrepid miner rearerig touebed Svel information, so derived, and eo vouched for, ## have deemed It our duty to lay before the publie witbout delay The Golden Emigration. [From the Alte Caltforsia, Deo 1.) Ip an article publisted te tire 4 fornia om the 20 of July inet, weatated the probable population of the country ot that tt t thirty thousand souls § Asthe tection bas faiied to bring out more than one- tere io the country. sud ae the it proper and necessary to give the frils wade up. othe Inatances, from setuai te