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over its whole extent were these numerous structures reared, answer 1s, “don’t know;” he re! aged Apache, or the patriarchal Teju red and twelve years, and long since blind, but his answer is the same, “‘ don’t know.” Ask for some tradition respectin tell you, that while yet a li age chieftain the some question, and was told | fect in ite form, at, many moons ago, when their own ‘were far more numerous than now, and long ‘the Spaniard had set foot vu, sation of the prophets, of a ihe tribes vor 6 the | and shinin is assembled at Na-ha-go, a out one hundred and fifty miles to ~ and supposed to have of this extinct people fick Th great temple, induced to tell the o1 ‘what people reared ; th upon, and were about to do so, when tl Sant, who is greater than all the gods, being dis- ii cause the sacrifices were not made to im, sent his Uightning and thunders amo down from the temple, many. fnxemuch, therefore, as this, their gre: attempt, to found even a ference to them, proved pleased, beca driving them a! characters as full o! tion. Another night at the presidio of our truly | satitfie hospitable Mexican, and we were again upon the now turbid waters of the Colorado. It is not my intention here to give you the incidents or history ofa river passage of nearly one hundred and torty | descri miles, in a canoe, requirin; plish it, through the most sun ever shone uy; year ata time when it can be accom faithful delineations of Mr. Blanch Lik far we have encountered ready to face, nor difficulty that they were not able 4 to surmount, and we have reached our place ofdes- | far and wide towards the north and east, (| tination on the Colorado, and though nearly, or quite, one hundred and fifty miles from the it is here sately navigable for large vessels. Here the White Water River comes in from the east, taking its name from the clearness and pui waters. Leaving the Colorado, and proceeding up this stream—by some call i of ten miles, on the following day we reached the end of our journeyings by canoe. And, without at- ite description at this time, I must say that I cannot conceive why it 1s that travellers have so long neglected to are a description of the unsurpassed beauties, the luxuriance and fertility of the valleys of the Colorado and its tributaries. the apd above all others best fitted for the appy millions, as it has undoubtedly been. We are now ima district of country, that must, for years to come, be the great centre of at- traction to the antiquarian; and, tho unfold to my countrymen a knowl istence and location of these recerds of the lore of antediluvian centuries, I am far from being able to do justice to the subject, with the limited means at my command. I shall, therefore, only give you, in these papers, an outline hisory of our progress in unfolding the archives and tracing back the genea- logy of a line of Pharaohs or kings, not only co- temporary with the Pharaohs of ancient Ej but showing conclusively their undisputed claim to an era long priorto these, Before domg this, how- ever, I shali continue my description of the princi- pal monuments, pyramids, columns, and tablets of stone, on which are inscribed sends of characters, many entirely obliterated, but yet enough remaining, that are perfect! employ a life-time in deciphering, and fil with delmeations. It may be well, in this place, to gay something of the reasons or causes for direct- ing our attention to this particular locality, withoat even so much as the memorandum of any former traveller to guide us. Not that we were without good reasons for believing in the existence of these temptung a single de! abode of Tuins, at or near the source from whence our information came, is known to but few. Soon after the discovery of gold in such abundance in California, it was as- certained that the knowledge of itsexistence there had been known for a long time, to certain Mexi- can priests or jesuits, but owing to the unsettled state of political effairs, they had kept the secret entirely to themselves, and not till they saw a pros- ct of the cession of that part of ates, did they give to those in power the least | intimation of its existence or abundance, and when, too late, they made the discove the treaty making power, it was looked upon as an — attempt to throw an obstacle in the way of the the treaty, In addition to this, rative of the truth of thei ed the fact, that existed,in the depth of an a d,in the depth of tructures, that if brough: to the knowledge of mankind, woul world. With much difficulty and delay, we at last succeeded in ascertaining their locality, and then lost no time in repairing hither; and though neither of our guides, nor Father Castello, nor yet our hospitable host at the forks of the Colorado and Gila, had ever visited them, they were not Fs ape | ignorant of their existence, but never deemed them worthy of notice or exa- mination, having always understood cess to them was extremely difficult, if not dan- gerous. I will now endeavor to show you how | wae, near right they were im their conjectures of the | mi difficulues to be encountered, and how far wro in their estimate of the importance of these hi den ruins, inturnighing the only unbroken recor of the world’s early history. The * White Water” at thie place is about twelve rods wide, and from On the north shore isa etnp of alluvium or bottom land, extending a long distance up and down the river, and at this place more then forty rods wide,before reaching the firet ofa series of elevations, that gradually rise wi higher end higher as they recede from the river. Upon this low bottom land, covered with a rank, juxuriant grass and a few cotton woods, that seem _ be given when we shall have made @ more minute | from their uncommon size, to have stood for a cen- | tury at least, is the first of wonderful as almost to exceed belief. five rods inland from the north bank of ‘ ‘ is a wall of stones of great size, and which were betore us, so extensive, that its very magnitude is once square-edged, many of them eight feet long by three and four wide, and sixteen inches thiek. disel the ruins o1 had three to six feet deep. feet wide, the stones rise one al each layer recedin reaches the height of seven feet; and may be the north face of the wall, from the top ot which it gradually descends towards the river, until, at | with moouments of every concer the distance of forty feet, it reaches the surface of 0! them covered with hieroglyphics, some the abutment of , totally obliterated, while mam as could be desired, fill this y ication of wonders, that to a mind desirous of Lowing the whole history of ite rise, its 1 and uaparalleled magnificence, its final decline total ruin, it presents so vast a field for contemplation, as almest to induce a wish that they th | were not half ro numerous as they really are. Omitting everything like a further description, tew | without the accompanying drawings, I shall briefly in| ny a few words in relerence to the time in the ik | early history of the world when this people had an No one will dispute the existence of remide; no one will ble labors of a Champollion, | ey present bave been most eciphered, and that what was once a | link between the time of the final de- and the characters then in p~ &-.~, a4 deciphered from the ground, and is unquestiouab); an ancient bridge; and channel as possible. the stream Salt such exten: above, and whose bring us abroptly upon its bai fancy that these were once the of a religious, though, pe: i 7 . it, with nothing to interrapt ional turning aside to beauty that here and there it of these rs Chast, when tt ing from the time required ay pen 9 & point where our stream- ve been els of mascive Continuing our ascen! our progress, save the examine some new presented itself, and w’ will not permit me to a distance of four ascent.) we re Jet guide seeued from a di what appears once to ha masonry, forty feet or more apart, but now fallen ‘and crombled in ruins, that ni peered or chase, 0d ravine, or chasm, @ ot amile, in whieh the of 4 umform height above the level of completely we at levgth emer sand shade, upon Fett nl ke By fy back okling of a star, whi' dense ‘Impenetrable forest. Ascending the eleva- Ask the Mexican by whom | tion ther side of the ravi sheet of water at oui eel ever conceived of a ellipse, ig an immense basin, the north, as we have since ree miles, its longest di from east to west it is h jou to the | that an hund- | was more hem, and he will boy, he asked an one can hardl; banks were not cut and carve al line. The elevation that surreunds this vast am- n their lands, a depu- | phitheatre is but thin tmbered, and its s| inly discernible thi cut its whole circumierence, view is obstructed out of the imidst of th are seven of these conical ata point one hundred rods either to or left of the ravine, five of them covered with verdure to their summits, the other two vailed | pearing like barren rocks. And the fact the five first named lie in a direct line, and little from the true r us to conjecture that the: might be arnficial ‘structures. killing | was fully confirmed on finding that the two ‘ with the centre one Mausible tradition ia re- | line of five, were also in line, and crossing the other at right angles. As we neared the point that brought us in range, our curiosity was turned er of conical hills, 3 that having ascended the . e sacrificed innumerable victims to their gods, that thereby they might be of these temples, and by it their gods were utile, it would seem use- less to look for one among these tribes, with which to untold the mystery. Nor is it necessary, be: ing, as they do, their own imperishable history, in | ren bil eaning as are the present let- ters of the alphabet, but requiring careful examina- of a mile distant, to be a pyramid of stone, and the first ever seen in’ Ame- in every respect the outline e Egyptian pyramid. f the extent of the field now open before us, we lost no time in returning to our canoe and transfering our effects to the border of the forest ear where its outlet ente: tion of tke singular beauties and ties of this litle gem of a thousand startling incidents that have occ hither, our meeting with nu- of Apaches and Tejuas, with some reflections on their utter barrenness of all tradition in relation to these records of a forgotten nine days to accom- ightful country that u m, but will leave this to ap- | during our ied by the | merous ban lake, together with a sketches alone can convey to the mind those beauties that language, unassisted by his art, is in- |.together with numerous drawings and sk capable of doing. It 18 now just eleven days since 4 ‘we bade adieu to our patron and friend, Father Cas- | for the pages of a work, which, though it tello, and we cannot but admire his sagacity in | claim tor itself much of superior d choosing from the many that. offered themselves, 8 our two truly taithful and intelligent guides. Thus | delineations. This forest valley is her all sides by a nearly level plai justrative of events and objects, I shall reserve possess the merit of truthful deseripti no danger they were not it for miles in different directi dotted here and there, with the traces of in every conceivable shape and state of preserva- tion, from the massive front of solid stone, some of them fifteen feet high, and pierced with openings that were undoubtedly either windows or doors or both, down to the same unmeaning ridges of loose stones, that characterise the plain al dof Igaacio. Our first at- tempt to penetrate the forest, was opposite one of Descending into the valle’ with axe and saw in hand, we cut our way throug! tangled underbrush and fallen trees, and the tor- tucus trunks of massive grape vines, which hav- ing reared themselves aloft, and overtopped the trees that gave them their support, had fallen with them, only to rear themselves again eny, in this way forming a networ! verdure, that nothing but the edge of steel could penetrate ; so that for yards together, we barely made an opening sufficient to admit the ssage of a person in a stooping position—at length we reached the base of this, not Egyptian, but truly American pyramid. A : Having personally visited, and being familiar with the construction of the E, can speak positively of their uimost exact simi- larity—ecmposed of large blocks of stone, nearly base of the pyramid, and from six to ten feet in length, placed one upon another, and each successive layer receding about fifteen inches—the only marked difference be- ing the apparent great a with those on the ed the Maria—a distance the barren pyramids. It.seems to me Egyptian pyramid, I three feet thick at the of this, as com; } the Nile: many ef the crevices between the blocks of the same la or course, being more than a foot wide; and so generally are the upper edges worn away, presenting # round, rather than an an; thet it is with difficulty their ascent is made. Exemining the other barren differing im only one re dently of much later origin, for thoug! riul and construction 19 the seme, neither the f the siones, nor the crevices between them, preeent that time worn appearance as does the one first deecribed. Before attemptin; mination of the interior of these termined on penetrating te the hill, or mountain, in the centre of the forest; for the nearer we roached, the more like a mountai [wo days of incessant toil brought | of a mighty temple, called by the Ind: c exico to the | tnbe im the vieuity, ‘* Na-ka-go;” though it seems to be applied by them to the whole valley alike, | with every structure in it, the meaning » 18 best conv “mystery!” or, if more word | and applied to the whole valley, But when the Indian is called with great vehemence or engraven thou- ramid, we find it rom this; it is evi- ramids, we de- to those holding nd as if corrobo- first assertion, they also | know nothing about. | tempt a deseription, by language alon pendous monument of human labor; d as a etructure entirely the werk heuds, or as a natural Imost impenetra! mountain, terraced from | bottom to top, in either case, the grandeur of the | design, and its entire accomplishment, fill the beholder with astonishment ai for not only does it cover more remid in the known world, but r y higher, and being in the form of a cone, with piral terrace winding around it from bottom to tep, end covered as it now is, and probably always ome extent, with verdure to its very suin- jar more beautifal than any square-' pyremid of barren rock ean be. r | supposed, however, that it still stands in all its ori- iy, unscathed by the bitings of ume and jon of centuries; on the contrary, its rimeval beauties, lke its builders, are all gone, | ut its sullen grandeur and wild magnificence re- | main; end though time may often whet his seythe, to mow this strueture down, unless he changes | lis to bis aid an earthquake, he | li find something for ages yet, in the valley of mystery, that will turn its edge. description of its construction and dim tis incompara- | work with, or exemination of this most remarkable and colossal | Having visited the four other most | cts in the velley, two on the north, e south of this, we find a field open | a series of ruins, so elmost discougaging. For, in addition to the seven | immense structures that form the principal feature At the north end of the wall, which is twenty-five ot the valley, when viewed from the surrounding her, and heights or summit of the plain, there are number- about ten inches, until it less objects of starthng interest to be met with elmost apy direction we choose our way—broken columns of stone, obehsks, ble shape, many almost remain as perfect f ary further proof was with such @ com- wanting, we have it in the fact that fifteen rods to | the north of this, and jutting out of the bank, is | enother wail, the exact cow desenbed. 1t is clear, th 4 once ran between these abutments, but h: ally changed its bed from the north to the sou je of the valley, giving to these old walls present time a most unmeania f rods to the east of this, a quiet from the north, and as our course inland or bac! trom the “ White Water,” lies along its valley, we determined on freing i t of the one just miley \ 4 Pang ae ie possi ther advance. ‘An the place we desi to find, had been represented as lyi at most four miles from this place, my comrades, Messrs. Bi Jeave the canoe containing our effects undistu in care of one of our guides, while, with the other, ‘on the following day, we would make an exami- nation of the country, and discovered sufficient to warrant our stay for any Jength of time, would settle upot™ some suitable for our camp ground, and return nightfall. 4 yuided by the general direction of this little stream, as we ope | Lye ¢ every step, where acclivity on avity covered with a verdure that never di of beauty, whose profound ed but by the sweet murmurings rivulet, as it comes almost le meander! of | the hieroglyph: a fur- | accurate: Fa = use, with those has already been that it was constructed pot dred years before the Christian era, and contains the well connected history of at least one hundred than four hundred u years its erection ; and during this period ere introduced, perticularly towards its close, characters utterly unknown to the if traces of ruins were of cnly five bundred years, there wi nemerous other plece that seems to tory of their records, a chain of inciden' with, and which, in fact, becomes treced, down even to 5 Christian. era, and closing with a record the most startling and truly terrible that ever be- ligent, happy, but inoffensive But how are we to remove the stumbling esented, When from our starung- of this In icp eka ou) inks, we Lamy easily consecrated groves people fel eny nation of i eve forward, the history Chinese, date therr era lot Shall we deny the literal mea e learned? As of Na-ha go itself, 01 Or must we believe p part ni) the rest? and that part beli ime in comparison with the w! not lees than iny fect kh tied with trees, whose ee wet out the raye of the vertical sun, it ‘Ameria was Eestern continent, | pare it LW 4 who a evidences an present, and then oF “gs a the border of the and a lie, or the earlier times, wi on which may possibly News frem the Geld Mines, (From the Placer Times, Deo, 22 } The stormy weather of the last week has de- ved us of much information from the mines. rom the little mtelligence we have derived from the few miners who have found their way into this city, we ate led to conclude that the same intlu- ences have prevented operations to any extent in the diggirgs. We are told that those who ure liv- ing in tents in exposed places have suffered much from the recent southe ciled in well-built log cabins, in dry localities,have been so comfortably situated as to be enabled to laugh at the elements, v am recounting past reminiscences pects. There are many pleasing Ps mountain life, in a rude and uncouth cabin, which fleminate denizens of our large cities . d around a comfortable fire, with few aspirations out of their reach, indulge in the mirthful story and song, of whic! every one’s buoyant spirit stimulates him to furnish his quote, and pass their time as agreeably and comfortebly as they could wish. have risen to a great extent within three or four days,and ‘a few more of the seme sort,” we should think, would cut off all communication with the few of the know or think of. mines. [From the Alta California, Dec. 31.) _ A young gentleman of the ** never-say-die”’ dis- post mn, has written us, privately, a long letter, 0. ‘ork of Feather m which we has been employed on the South river for the past summer, and with his companions, has amaseed sufficient to satisfy the cravings for gold during this year. Sovrn Fork, Feather River, Dec. 3, 1849. * * * * * . As provisions are alarmingly thinnin arly exhausted, I shal pack up, and, in company with to the settlements next week. , 1 would not advise any one to come on Feather river at this time of year, for, independent of the searcity of provisions, the cold, and the winter prospects for miners none the more encouraging on account of frequent falls of snow. I have seen three and four dollars per pound paid for flour, and yesterday a lo recent rains, was eold for one M—— returned to camp yesterday, bringing with hom the hind quarters of a fine deer. that most unexpectedly he surprised a herd, which scampered up a steep canon side, and one of mounted an overhangin; turning to gaze, from w sundry rolls and — to the foot of the | id meat we have procured since our stock is ne This is the first w our arrival here. Early one morning last week, we were called out of cemp to see # grizzly bear, which had very leisurely descended trom his mountain haunts to the river’s side, for the purpose of crossing, per- haps, acd now stood surveying our camp from the opposite side of the stream. A few shots fired at im, cavsed him to counter-march. are numerous in the hills near our camp. We are located at precisely the same grounds eccupied by your company sixteen months a; ‘There is now a large settlement on this (Bidwel bar, but the success of its p ging this year has net been nature. About nine miles above this place,are the the Oregonians on a bar sumilar to this, and by all accounts there has been some tall operations by its settlers. The washin, are said to hold out well, and the gold is gener much coarser than that found at this place, pieces weighing lese than afdollar not being frequent met with, while many lumps are taken out whic! are worth one and two hundred dollars. You thought the country above Bidwell’s far too movntainous to permit of exploration. traversed by large and small flowing into the South Fork gold. The Indiens are becomip uveteble, and the same tribe ( diggings discovered by threatened you with work atthe h M —— says “there sno place like home,” and begins to talk of his wife in the Old Bay State. The boys try te encourage him to ‘at it again” in the Spring, for we are all well pleased with the good wages one never fails to get in the diggings, if he hes industry, perseverance end teny on his side. We shall next spring if alive. Most ot those now oceupied on the South Fork, are meking preparations to leave. J. turned fem the valley a few days ago, on foot. The road from Cordua’s across is terribly muddy d difficult of travel. b ree, blankets, and boots even, in order to make cenis and descents of the mountain N's Ban, Tuolumne Raver, agence here and at Jacksonville, fe over, ne’ P securely from Stockton. Although but little is seid ot the Tuol gine, lL consider them the very best in Ci ; Sullivan's, and Curtis’s creeks are all es of the Tuolumne, and form a junction t Jecksonville, seven miles this A po rains of winter be forwarded very vod’s, place. . Several ccmponies were formed in September and October full ude of ruc setin. Alibovg je here. from $7 from the mine and who are no commed ‘The weather in this regi nulder end plearenter then most of us anticipated, and the winter bere With provisions plenty, g from @ helf ounce 10 two ounces per di comfortable and contented as we n the “settlements” probably, doing nothirg at all. 1 8. 8. Gere, Buicides, &e,, &e. Dratn prom Lavpanum.—! inquest, on Sunday last, upon the body of J. G. Merriner, who died at the Verandah restaurant, It appeared in evidence that deceased had suflered for some ume from diarrhea, tein rehef, bed purchased a bottle of laudanum, ough misteke, swallowed too large a dose. et ot the jury was cts. Too much caution g leudanvm without hav: Ipentiyiep —We learn, from the Pacific News, that the body of the person who was found mur- dered on the roed to the Mission, a few days since, has been identified as that of Thomas Brown. is said to have been a seaman, end resided im the vicinity of the Mission. No cause for the murder con be given, as the unfortunate man is represented as having been of a very inoflensive character. [From the Alta California, Dee 31.) Metancnony Casvanity.—: we are informed of a melanc! occurred on Tuesday last, reeu! Edward Hitchine, a youn » 2 years of age. y with three other ‘a sail boet, for the berbe gon one of the islends, cerded in reseh sew the boat © the intention, at He bas teft a wite Ths Miperr were seme edcitional dey, relative to the # the Pella Union, which resulted sm the death Reyneles Under the instructions of Jadge Tork, Judge of ‘pquest, awa proceeded e deceaeed wos interred. The grave wae epened, the lid ot the coffin remov- ed, and the body expored to view. t, Macomber and Mr. White, were produced to identify the deceased, and were +ximined es to the cause of ceath. charac! Colton sun moned @ jw to the grave where Two w enees, , of the evidence was very similar before Judge Turk, except th e deceased took was endeavoring to quiet, and that he was his friend. i D also examined, and testi- | may we not ratker believe the whole ? Knowing, however, your partialit propensity to stand by, Moses nder all circumstances, and at , and before all men, it will be useless for me to try to make a convert of you until I have the payers for it; therefore, in my next that I send you, reach you in about sixty days, continue a description of the most remaik- able objects that everywhere meet the eye, as day y day we continue our researches in the Va jystery. Ib » to arrive, at § pLes.— The stock of candles still continues small, d is steady, and holders are firm at er quo- t ‘aminatio: of the deceased, and tg hago a ‘wound which had perforated the aorta at the arch, and which he could not have survived more than half Cninese Goovs —There is but a small stock of Chi- Bere goods in the market at eent, and the demand commencement of the advanced.the stock on hand be- demand for all Chinese goods early in the season being caused by the purchases of the foreigners who were returning home from this place, baving been driven from the mines, Domxstic Goens.—A supply of domestic to this market, are much wanted. bleached cottons, and brown aod blue drills particu- larly, axe in request, being used extensively in finish- the interior of bi isH.— There is alwa: The following is the result of the inquest :-— U.S.A. Trxrrrory or Catirornia, District or San Francisco, sct.— Before G. &. Colton, Esq. Coroner —An inquisition indented and taken at raid district on the 1th 1849, upon view of the body of Arthur C. W. nolds, then and there | oaths of J. H. Foster, Wm. A. Polk, Wm. Newell, G. Burdell, Jos. Eberbardt, Joel A. Jennmge, E. A. Upton, Jno. Jobneton, A. MeMillen and John Kedmond, good and Jawful men of said district duly sworn to in- quire upon the part ef the i ing limited. The great day of December, A. I Bleached and un- steady and active demand of all descriptions. For the last three inadequate to the demand pt ith a brisk inquiry for ex- port, both for various towns on the coast, and to the months, the supply has b le of said territory, | tor consumption in tow: teynolds came to his death, do suy that on the morning of the fourteenth December, between the hours of halt-past st four of said morning, the said eynolds came to his wound upon the neck, near the collar- Anthur C. W. Reynolds, flicted by one Reuben Foun any Meat.—The supply of flour continues fair, aud the demand ep nee: Prices ed rince our last, and arrivals a, will cause s still further decline. To Sacramento City—Heav hundred, $250; measurement reage in steamers, $30; do in rforating the aorta, in- ‘ithers, with a knite or instrument which said Withers then r eld in his hand, of which said wound the said Arthur C. W. Reynolds then and there, in the distriet aforesaid, almost instantly died, and not otherwise: and so the jurors aforesaid upon their colemn oaths respectively do si Given under our 1g vessels, $20; do. To Stockton —Heavy goods, per bun- ubic # |, $25; do. on deck, $3 dried fruits is extreme! The ier for the mines havin; ined during the month. holders are firm at our quota- Morars.— The inquiry for bar metals is very limited, and the stocks large; prices {have not ebanged during the month. Sheets continue to improve, the stock be- ing light, and the demand for building daily increasing. k rm and whale of] is fair; itted to # deoline since our continues [small apd the de- ¢. The stock of paints continues large; the ind however is increasing, and the improvement noticed in our last bas been fully sustained. ‘here is @ fair supply of provisions, of (Signed by the Jurers.) [From the Alta California, Deo. 31.) The steamer Oregon, Pierson, commander, sails for Panama to-morrow, (Tuesday) at7 A. M. She carries home about four hundred passenge: large amount of treasure. dust by this ream are not (teed as those cr the several months previous. e late fire is probabl: the cause of this. . ‘3 Free Portic Scuoo..—We perceive that Mr. J. GC, Pelton proposes to open a public school in the Baptist Chapel on Washington street, for children At present no charge for tuition is to be made, Mr. P. de the school and the pu! tions to enable him to support it. us recommended from gentlemen qualified to judge of his capacities. Portrait or THE Ex-Contxcror.—We visited the studio of Signor Leonardo Barbiere. » Who has established himeelf in San Francis- ind were much pleased with the evidence of have been declining since our r country baving ovased, added to the stock, will cause All other descriptions of provis nding upon the friends of J——, move down ie) Mr. P. comes to ns are steady at our Svcans.—The stock of sugats is very light, and the demand brik. Unless the stock is increased soon, by Jreeb arrive s. a further advance may be expected. Liquoxs—The demand for wines and liquors, at present, is light; and the stocks heavy in our last has been generally Interesting from the West Indies. By the arrival of the steamship Empire City at this port, on the night before last, we have secured full files of the Jamaica papers, but we find them extremely barren of intelligence of interest to the American reader. We also have received our Ja- maica correspondence, which 1s annexed:— Kuneston, Ja., January 19, 1850. Health of Jamaica—Arrival of the Empire City— Proceeeings sof the Legislature—Departure of Bri= tish War Vessels to Greytown, $c. ‘The American steamship Empire City, Captain Wilson, from New York, arrived at Port Royal on the 10th inst., at7 A. M., bringing us dates from England to 15th December, which was very accep- table, as our Engheh packet was not due till 16th, s0 en her arrival we had but little to get from her, It has given us great pleasure to get intelligence and correspondence from the States and Eagland, by the steamers, and they are looked for with great apxiety. It would be more beneficial to us, if we were quite certain that the steamers would call in on their way to Chagres. The Empire City did not stop longer than a quarter ef an hour, and was offagain for Chagres. We hail with delight the first arrival of the miners, and we look forward for better days, and our poor forsaken island may yet rise out of her poverty, and be as formerly, but with no thanks to her mother. We must look now to strangers—if our parents are to forsake us, we we must go to those who will take us. Relative to news, | have but little to write. glad to say that the island 1s perfectly healthy at present. The Houses of Assembly are still in ses- sion; say, expect to come to a close ina few days; but very little has been done since the 5th Septem- ber last. Too much time 1s taken up in discussin: matters that are of no earthly use to the public, a after an evening is lost in this way, it is to by re- gretted that a better feeling does not exist amon; the members. What is wanted is to be united, and to see what is to be done ; but one party will bave their own way if they can, | so will the other, and in this way the public iness is de- layed. Several bills have been passed and sent over to the Council—some were taken up and passed; others laid on the table, and others thrown out. This latter body may be considered to be a corrupt one, and requires a thorough reformation. Their career will no doubt soon come to an end. The U. S. steamer Vixen, Lieut. Ward, arrived here on the Mth, from Maracaibo; coaled, took her supplies, and started on the 15th, on a cruise. ‘he British brig Isabella Wood, of Newcastle, from Bermuda, 16 days, bound to Hopduras.— CapteimpDouglas put into this port on the Mth, seme disturbance having occurred between the it He has on hand several portraits of | mn ee ERS bo residents of this place, and some of them most ex- Among them, is one of Edward ex-collector of this port, who d States on the Ist proximo. p.—The steamer of the Ist me many who have been of San Francisco, and so identified with the business haunts of the place, that to fill the void occasicned by their absence will scarcely be found in the power of man. 7 i however, that our friends bid us no! aye,” that their intentions, almost to a man, are to return again. Success to them en their ocean voy- age, & speedy return, and pros; Ivas no easy matter for a Californian, true blue, to take leave of the soil which has for three event- ful yewrs, claimed him—first a detender, next a promoter of her wealth, acd lastly a giver of sound and wise laws. [From the Placer Times, December 29 } Cry Taxes —We are informed that the Col- lector meets with much better success im his voca- ton than was anticipsted; and althou; the rates too high, they sensi must be immediately raed to ineurred by the city, in taking care of the sic! and to meet other neceseary expend our knowledge of the gentlemen preeent City Council, and from the assura: have had, we feel very contident that the r: texation will be #0 equalized and limited as to barely meet the most eccnomical and requisite ex- penses of the city government. J epeedily, we presume all parties will be satisfied. Vernon —The story that Vernon is now under water, is enurely without foundation. Cxnistmas Weex.—We have had some indica- tions of a holiday week during the past few day Christmas dinners were given, and on Chnistm evening a ball took place which the “beauty and fashion” of Sacramento were assembled; and the “compliments of the tearon” are being exe! and good feeling which ¢ jollar per pound. i —There is considerable inquiry for ex- cellent hkenes st being rearco— | cufficient evidence against t ming in from the wii created an activity in the bill market. merely neminal, ever he can We quote, leaves for the t Howrwarp Bot proximo will convey man making the best bargain wever. rates of bert houses on London 48}¢d., thirty days right ; New York, dust at $16 the ounee, right billr at par, for gold evi Gold dust is readily pure Gold coin abundant, ledge within rifle ra: e brought him with birty and sixty | done a good deal of good. ‘The crop [From the Panama Star, THE TRANSPORTATION OF GOLD AND SILVER BULLION, ‘The public abroad are lite aware of the aston- amount of gold and silver whick pa monthly, end, we might say, daily, across the isth- mus from this point to Chagres. mules which pass out of our city gates, laden with ingets of geld end silver, and boxes of gold dust, would have made the heart of a baca- peer, in the olden time, dance with transport, and fill the mund of the dazzled adventurer with dizzy i ustible wealth. These amounts mitted by public ogents here, while the vast treasure from California quietly car- ried over by private individuals, and which can scarcely be correctly or over estimated, as no ec- count 18 to be had of it here, must greatly exceed low the amount for- the Ist of last Octo- rity all their days! Phe long trains of ulation at gold dig- the most flattering visions of mexh warded from this place, fren ber to the beginuing © present year :— parties, and a stream iscovered to contain every day more ¢ Pikies) which ee pam are our most industri- cus geld diggers. To-night we ‘expect a fre athe rugged lands occupied by the wilderneom Demeee in the result of four days ole we Vacated two weeks since. * If this is done the City Hotel, at ith all the cordiality terize the epoch in ar’s eve, a cotillon party is spnounced to take place at the St. Louis Ex- henge, on which occasion we predict a ve The Society Subseri, new hotel, corner of the some evening, where we have no egreeable hour may be passed. The many invita- tions and courtesies extended toward us are duly wreciated; and we are anxiously looking for the ** dull season,” that we may participate in some of the enjoyments which belong to civilization. Twe Rain.— We have had very little rain during the week, and the Sacrem¢ nto remains in statu quo. ‘The sloughs are nearly filled up, and fish have be- plenty in them that a net set overmght, is eure to be tolerably well filled, in the morning, with Yesterday morning, the wind changed to the northward, and we are now pe. seme of the most delightiul weather ima- bey | of uns article, | of “Spring Garden,” have been exhibited, and wre ss al * . ttributed to their great facilities ‘or transportation, long experience in the their extreme vigilan i accompanied trom the office to C! ber of the firm. We learn that mao the States from California, are now securing the sefe traneportation of their treasure by eflecting 00 | gpd valueble article of exper * eminent firm, both by sea and lund, which is, undoubtedly, the most safe ond prudent course. MISCELLANEOUS. ; | We notice among the srrivais in this city the pemes of Capt. B. R. Hardin, Secretary of Lega- | nounced eqosi to the best Sea Inland cotton, and of tion of the United States at Chili, and Oliver Ohare | lick, Eeq., a wily and successful politician of the ‘Tarmeny Hall stomp. We hardly think his free end easy democratic notions will suiler any abate- ment from his vieit to the Isthmus. } We congratulate the public that the Gorgona roed is wt length in traveling order. reven miles of river navigation, which i# nearly equal to a day's travel we cordially recommend to our friends ane cere the excellent hotel kept by Mr. Miller in that Good fare, good beds, and polite attention, are characteristics of bis house, and can be found nowhere elee, that we ate aware of, im that part “moral vineyard.” lly does seem as if the natives of this place are infatuated. Not content with the money which ie being poured in a Continuous stream tate t pockets, many of which heretofore have been as a ben of teeth, they would nthe fable who killed the tluid the golden egg. For merably old, tenements, with the grasping spirit of a us braine or bravery, the menos are asking the most exorbitant prices. ad the coolness, the other day, to esk th for the rent of a litte better then an average house in a remote and obecure street; & more advantageous sity or New York, could be hired The tax lately imposed by nber, is another re- instance of their unsophisticsted charace he inevitable conseqne: ingutanece upon it with as soon as the heavy wx@ Extraorpinary.—A horse was fished yesterday, although he was ‘The animal came out in d wall probably feel much bet- for the purpose of turning the inte, and most of them were in when the early and heavy rains dnven trom the bed of the river, the benks and adjacent ravines have paid well those who remained to dig the d an ounce per day, are the average X Provisions are tolerably high; bread, flour, and_ por! te. Deer and elk meat is ob- tained in abundance, and is sold at 25 cents per lb. l cannot but think that many who “ the commencemen San Francisco 4 nding their ha: better to retorn. thus far bas been much Theatre, alter being closed for a week, in consequence of having been semew bat damaged by the southeaster, opened on evening, 10 & good the “Beacon of Deat ‘Tueatee.—The was produced, for and, we are told, was well received. induther pieces have been performed during the week, but not to as large audiences as exertions of the manager deserve. ly needed at this hoase—as a theatre without fun is almost as bad as a circus without a clown. to $1 per lb. destitute of dimes net the part of the @ ro, but without squadron under m is in to give notice that @ rendexvour er held by usin vel the same, and it Themes Goin + Shipping building, Central wher’, San Francisco, from and after the 18th inet. Terms of enlistment and sdrance pay, (two appearance of the recruit op board the receiving ship. the same as those now enforced at New other porte im the Atlantic States. THOMAS AP. C. JONES, Com in Chief Pacific Squadron. San Francisco, Deo. 17, 1840. montbr.) op the for ¢500 per annum. pient Provinerl Ch esof ware rapid~ d French hotels Tudge Colton held an jevcriptions of mer he advent of winter Dee decline in prices, for all our lest iseue. T juent reine, hare bad the effect of closing po mates, 608 renters aerate te jot be exercised all their public afiavra, which have made the the advice of a § American republics, the laughing-stock of the wor » a caricatures ') he difficulty and ex- end have beep among the ‘of annoyance to the Lag ey in “clock, P. off ‘Charleston Kar, Dean Sin—Here we are, jul yun of fifty hours from bar to bar. jer adverse circum- 10 & heavy sea, yet we tical miles the hour. ating * of the extreme fluctua. men: * ‘bieh have been experienced atye the efeet of prever a tiene im our markets nt which ything | was ever le. We lost thirty- she does not steer ing as i trimer | jor her steering, | would have forty-six hours. She has never logged lees than twelve knots on hour, the leet eighteen hours, thirteen and a # on smoothly, and the “e ith the ship. at DAN ‘without change; rmall lots rom would appear that H | soded to the stock day by bed steering: so well as the Ohio, but is impr pore of shooti when they arniv: th found it impoesible to return, the wind blow- ing « perfect gale, They there fell m with another boat, and succeeded in getting under the lee ot the islend. Hitehme went sehore with the gu his companions pulled vp their killoch in w get into deeper water. when a thort distance out, but found that the water Was too dvep, end immediately mede pre #gain. struck the boat and cepsized her. eveceeded in regaining the lost boat drifted out seaward. pe rtock of pilot and nary lly sustained by constant ar- ‘all times limited, but little ‘The miners. as a general rule, prefer four, being much easier packs: and not liable to the being broken and pul- being ored in the mines. M. ©. Ronents, Eeq. We bat ed say hours ~ php “m4 } bie, a few deys priot to hu departure for your did not rappearance be- | place a ted to meet her, | bore up for ee the time appoite By ereat exertions, they sue- bh. Hitehins, when he plunged into the water with vpposed, of inducing the 10 to the assistance is laudable and noble endeavor, bemg drowned in the attempt. mi 8 of about two an Many of the holders and we may anticipate a still jecline, A iat umber of houses. varying im rize from 12 by ftecently arrived from the States, |y rale that war generaily ed, previous to their arrival Sines the fre in bas bern manifested im re- have heretofore beem but bricks continues fair, with Prices bave receded since our uotations. te notice in this article, dis Hmited and the stock ree umes, ond pe 1” fost Cows CS on had str rt of a wreck; Kimber floating the moment we touched. thoel has seventeen in smooth water we would have Reysouns ny Witners —There oceedings held on Satur- to r ay on Friday morn tiie wewght after. |, close into Charleston the boat to come out |, and there was nothing to ing from commu: Ronning fer Savannah, . R from Charleston Bar to Savannah four hours and thirty-five minutes; whole time New York to Savannah, fitty-four howrs and five minutes. but are firm, new, at ovr The night was We bave poo! leet, The deme of rteamerr, ond the errengeiments of many large cate Dited ments for berpirg evel bere caused @ morte se captain and lis crew The was taken belore 4 magistrate’s court, and the captain not prodaciog mate, both parties appearing to bave been actors im the row, the case was dismissed. The captain, who eeems to have been of rather a violent temper, put an end to himself at one o’clock at night, at Williams’ Navy Hotel, by hanging Lanai The bng will, no doubt, be placed under command of a new captain, and sent on her voyage. f We have had some splendid ra which have for this year is expected to be very large, owing to the splendid rains we had in October last It 1s expected to be a larger crop than we have had for several years past. A ; lier Majesty’s brig Helena arrived yesterday from Aux Ceyes—she brings no news—she leaves in a day or two for Greytown. Her Majesty's slup 1 omalie, (26) Captau Warren, arrived on the ith, from Grey Town, This 18 all the news I can pick up to end you, whi ope may be interest ing to your numerous readers. Kiyaston, Jam , January 30, 1350. Progress in Cottom Cultivation—Growing Feeling m favor of American Enterprise—Copper Min- ing—European Intelligence Antrrpated by the American Steamers— Departure of a Talented | _-Editor from Jamaica for New York —Local Im- provements—Increase of Crime, §¢., &¢- Since writing my last, | regret to state, there 5844 08 | has been no improvement in trade, or in agricul- 767.000 09 | tural pursuits. A few enterprising persons have - | endeavored to introduce the cultivation of cottom $5,362,844 08 | jn the island, and there cannot be the remotest 4,000,000 00 | dowbt but that the manufacture of this staple arti- —~—~—=— | cle would be productive of much benefit. Blessed g the rum total of. ....... ...$9,902 844 08 Mutter of some surprise that the Kt. M p Cempany have lost. but about $50 since lishment, while Meesrs. Zachrisson, Neleon & Co., agents of the Pacific steamers, | been still more fortunate, not having | collar, although we frequently bear of serious ivate individuals, both in money e somewhat periou with a genial climate anda fertile soil, if we would direct our attention to the cultivation of this va- uable article, which re no great outlay of capital, the poor, broken-hearted planter might yet save his lands from waste and rr and obtain a olereble remuneration for his industry. Samples wa by William Williams, Esq., cunced, by good judges, to be of very supenor " y; end the following extract, from the Colo mal Standard, will show the opinion in favor of | the culrivetion of this aruele:s— ‘That the cotten plant can be successfully cultivated | Im thie island and Is capable of efferding an important hich bave or m rent from different dolimate of the favorable t eto Inj extensi thetine and Vere. wht dertructive of cane cultivation, might be advante- geourly turned to aceount, and pot only gl went to the laboring population, bat ade ition to th Ww theta object ora farm in Lipuane: pubseribed thete a s8.W. Wy Be reon ae poreiby fobreriptic rom ae to render the loms. in the er trifiing import, compared with the stimalus whieh the success of the robeme would give to the whole r there 1 a strong feeling to te rpth nonget us. Our papers epeak of it in glowing 4, and it is pot uphkely that it wi utunt benefit, Aa ican mercha has opened « large enter ba be struments for com purpores, ha much success. Nod this eneonraginy recep thon might mduce a few of hee talew end prising copntrymen to come aunongst us would bail it,” to use the words of the e Jamarca Despatch, epoch in Jamaie continues that writ we may thank our Yankee friends—God bless the sters and stripes— the real go-ahead fellows, and we trast th epeedliy dispose of all they machines, and send us hundreds more.” The copper miners who lately arrived trom New York, in the Empire City, are about to commence active operations. They speak in the most favorable terms of the copper they have seen, and as they to be strong and energetic men, there is no doubt but their labors will be the souree of much benefit “ The Assembly has not 7 concladed its basi- nees, but is likely to be detamed mac! death cf the Queen Dowager was known to the House, cfheially, ow the night of the Jéth ; on the intimation of whieh, the House ime mediately adjourned. The news of thin pa event renched wa ince the 10th, by the Eunpire City, which brought pepe ” of by weeks later date ¢ pocket of the fet December bg by or which conveys this, kes Ro J. De met with Cordova, Eeq, the editor of the Conservative, at | the author of those elegant letters eigued * Unele | Duemend.” Mr. De Cordova universally respect | ed and esteemed by the whole comaunity for his politeness and integrity ; he isan elegant polstical eriter, and porseases abighly cultivated mad. A public dower, ag a de monstretion of the manner ia which be id by the commouni'y, was given to lem gled to state there has been a desire evinced ameng the inhabitants of Kingston to have some- thing lhe « local improvement in theeity, A flag- stefl hee been erected on the parade, and the Bn- ‘ith colors hosted on Saturday morning, aunidet joud ecelamations. Iti the rtention of the par tes who have the direction of this improvement, to convert this unsightly square into a garden, where the inhebitents = heave a pleasant mora i in menace. . ry ‘a coqaaet you that crime has heen on a fearful merence in the island. Some of the most disgusting and unnatural crimes have beea committed, and not @ihin the recollection of the oldest mbabitert have such quantity of revolting ‘en brought ina court as were disposed nsarzes 7 by ‘of Durham errived in the last packet, fo the island. ite will have am opperte= nity of witnessing our fallen state, and of tate thove who heve brought shout our rain, the mise. rable menner in which he fouad a once sappy end