The New York Herald Newspaper, March 8, 1850, Page 1

THE NEW YORK HERALD. NO. 5752. “DOUBLE THE CALIFORNIA NEWS. THE DETAILS TWO WEEKS’ LATER INTELLIGENCE, The Re-Building of San Francisco. THE GREAT FLOOD AT S:CRAMENTO CITY, dmmense Destruction of Property, Condition of the Inhabitants, THE MOVEMENTS CF GOLD UST. Our California Correspondence. Destitute ‘News of the Atlantic and Paciffie Steamers &e., Heo, Ge. We received, yesterday morning, the details 0” the two weeks’ later news from Califoraia, brought ‘by the California to Panama, and the Alabama to New Orleans. The news came through from New Orleans, ahead of the mail, and we ure indebted to the kindness of Mr. J. M. Coughlin for the use of the latest newspapers from California, and also fora letter from one of our California correspondents Mr. C. made a wonderfully quick trp from New ‘Orleans. The steamship California, Captain Badd, arrived -at Panama ou Monday evening, the 4th ult., having jeft San Francisco on the 15th of Jan, making the Passage in about twenty days She brought one hundred and sixty passengera, and $300,000 ia gold dust; another account says $500,000. Tavre was nearly a miliion of dollars in the hands of passen- gers. Among the passengers by the California, was Mr. Eames, Commissioner from the Uaiied States to the Sandwich Islands, who had concluded a treaty with Mr. Judd, Plenipotenuary Extraordi« nary of the Hawaiian government; also R. M. Price, Esq, U. S. Navy Ageat. He brings with him some rare specimens ot gold and quick «ilver. When the Cahfornia was otf San Diegs, she passed the steamship Oregon, on her way fron Panema to Sen Francisco When they reached Acapulco, the passengers learned that (weatyslive of those who took paseage in the steamship Pa- mama, bound to San Francisco, were sick with fever. Mr. E. Nicholson, of the British Navy, died on doard of the California, of dropsy, on her second day out from Sun Francisco The passengers by the California were delayed fifteen days on the Isthmus ; aud one hundred aad ‘ifty of them preferred going in sailing vessels to waiting for the steamer. The Alabama left Chagres on the 18th of Feb= tuary ; and on the 19th, at eight o'clock im the eve- ming, she sew a steamer, bound in, which was probebly the Philadelphia. There were no steam- ers at Chopres when the Alabama lett. Money wes worth ten per erut a month in San Franciveo when the California left that port. The following items of mtelliy we gather fiom the Alta Calfornia, Pacific News, and Placer Dimes. - The legislature, in session at San Jose, had passed an act, which had received the approval of the Governor, “ authorizing a loon of money 4$200,000,) to pay immediate demend= ayou the treasury, until a permanent fuod coo be raised for the purpose.” There being no money ia the teas sury to pay the current expenses of the * tee act was deemed indispensuble to kK ep! of government in motion. The Legislature has also pasard an - ** A bill creating the office of Site fat job for somebedy. It was given Robinson, a democrat, formerly of Enyuirer. The Sacramento river (as was graph in the New York Herald 9 (had overflowed its banks. A le der date of the 9th of January “That a violent gale + northeast, occurred on the y torrents of rain, causing a co river to overflow along J street First and at 5 w’elock, outlding oa J oJ, ww Tord ert of water on roapect of a rise as running hither | suming operavoas Third. A pericet river » ®. M., on the 9h, under & we street, and another roe) «¢ otreet. The City How! had tv the dining room flo # during the nyt. ow and thither, and ¢ wiae yy with great energy An opposition ' » San Francisco ganized. Am evmmate the scription of peared to by prise. Tadeo! Francisco steamers. the Unit as cane 4 y ships, to ran between » is about being or ree eld in that erty, to con open books tor the sub- Japt James D Baker ap- paster spirits of the enter has been proposed ia San Socer commander of a new line of « Sanama; and he is em route to make his arrangemeats with- out deb + words of oar San Francisco cotemr shall be pleased to see bim afloat ‘on the i syfic fp a erack eraft.”* Ar vas held in San Francisco, on the Sth eh sory, .0 fill some vacancies in the Legis: fate Ba ject the First and Secoud Alcalde T © vetle woe iarge. The following ts the result :— F & Pee Semate— David ©, Brodertok. . .2.148 vleoted | Aeehee — Samuel J Clare ° eg ta Jonn W Geary. \ ide Preok Turk... ‘he svecessful candidates ii orton,” of this city. He isk aown to every poli- San on this city ; he isa “ hage paw” democrat. Turk was once a clerk in the Post Office, erwards read law in the office of Emerson rvchard, in Wall street. |» winter, in California, had been one of in- everity and suffering. The rain had flowed ) nts, unheard of even by the ‘ oldest inha” ' of some twenty years standing. The rivers teams throughout the country were very «wollen, and the lowlands under water ( neequence of the high waters, the bad state oads, and the seareity of provisvona in the » the digging operations have progressed but this winter. But when the spring opens, @ eke hence, a new impetus will be given to aals and companies, and we hope to hear of od and profitable operations. yuildings destroyed by the great fire in San oare nearly all rebuilt. Deaniwon’s Ex- oo) Was rebut in eleven days after its tormer > was © heap of smouldering ruins, With ba recuperative spirit, San Franciseo cannot herwiee then flourish. le propeller Hartford arrived safely at San % seo on the 7th January, 1850, having left “+ Tork on the 2ith January, 1849 She broaght rie ‘feterable number of paseengers from Sam 2 * der price vf provisions, and board, also, we ra presume, has fallen considerably in San Fran- cisco. Flour is now selling at $17 to $18 per bbl ; beef, per bbl., $13 fa $15; pork, mess, $20 a $23; hams, per lb., 40 a 50 cents; shoulders, 30 a 35 cents; butter, 75 a 80 cents; cheese, 50 a 58 cents. Those great Yankee enterprizes, the Express | companies, to Sacramento City, San Jose, and | other places, are daily and rapidly multiplying. A theatre is to be erected in San Francisco. A sale of water lots in San Francisco came off onthe 3d of January, and brought high prices. One-fourth cash, one-fourth in three months, one- fourth m six months, and the balance in nin* months. Amount of gale of $635,130. The extra Alta Calforma, of the 14th ult. states, that everything gave promise of Onlitornia being the wealthiest State in the Union. Glad to hear it. The ship Sea Queen arrived at San Francisco, from Panama, m thirty-four days—an unusually short passage. She was seized by the Collector for having an over compiement of passengers. This should serve as a warning to other vessels not to | overcrowd their cabins and decks. It 1s said that very rich diggings have been dis- covered near Maxwell’s Creek, on the north side of - Mercedes. The supply of gotd 1s very plen- | ful. Colonel Stevenson having presented the flags of his regiment to the Government of California, the Legislature gent him a complimentary letter. A fracas occurred between the Chilians and Americans on the Calaveras river—reported three Americans killed, and ten Chilians hung! Among the new places for business and rem- dence, which have, within the past few months, made much progress in settlement and facilities for carrying on commerce, South San Francisco ‘akes the precedence. This place is about two miles south of the old town, and on the direct road to Puebla San José, the capital of California. The anchorage at this place is more secure than at any other on the bay, and vessels can come within their length of the shore. It is completely the ltered from the prevailing winds, and the depth of water is sufficient to float the largest and most deeply laden vessel. Asa place for storage, and *ecurity trom fire, it 18 peculiarly desirable, on ac. count of its bemg remote from the most densely settled part of San Francisco. It has a fine stream of running water, which makes it one of the most healihy places of residence in the country. It is now the resort of shipping, for obtaining fresh water. Our California Correspondenee. San Francisco, Jan 14, 1350. The Winter Season in California—The Hopes of Strangers—The Burnt Districtt—The Flood at Sacramento City— Ming Operations—The An- ticipated Rush, §c., &c., $e Sen Francisco is a paradise of mud. The “gen- tle reine” have been failing lately with a fourfold vigor, and the streets are muddier than ever was Broadway in the palmest days of city retorm. We have not yet reached to the height of city luxury, paved streets; and the soil 1 of euch a peculiar nature, thet the slightest shower makes from four to twelve inches of mod. But between the rains we enjoy some days of beautifil, balmy tunshine, which serve in a measore to dispel the blue devils which gather over us during the tume the torrents are falling. The ras have descended, thie year, with more then usual severity; within the momory of the | “oldest inhabitant,” the rainy season never com- | meneed so early, and we hope that it may close | with the same promptitude. With the opening of the spring, the larger portion of the population which have been cooped up here daring the win- ter, unable to move out, will make an almost una. nimous push for the golden hulls of the Sierra Ne- vada, there to realize their fondest dreams, and loud their pockets with the biggest lumps; while others, born under a less lucky planet, will curse their sters for ever coming to California. People ertive bere with the strangest notions in their aeads that were ever dreamed of. Many antici- ‘pate, the momer hey sirike the beach of San Francisco, th the gold+ fortunes are to be made, that blooming El Dorado are to be ir to them, and that if there te re god echmally (© our streets, there is no diffi- » Obtaining @ by other means. Now, the feor ts. Chore eras never a place in the world where vy te more difficult fora man without money, or trode. to tive, than in San Francisco, There are »owareds of epplications for every vacancy that uge in the Post Office and Custom House, and the larger portion of those who have arrived here this winter, are ing about the streets, unable to procure employment of any description. I was very much emused, this morning, with a tall hoo- ser, who accosted me as I was standing on the corner of the street, with “I say, stranger, have you been long m these v” “ About three years,” . “Well, stranger,” said he, “‘caa gate din yon tell me whar that society is, that lends money s fay Sey oe to goto tim that benevolent societies to folk houres, en again, with their monte, faro, and roulette. To i yoke ey ha ye gamag, bosses, music is provided each one * Yankee Doodle,” the = Marseilles mn, , from « Norma,” | favorite airs, are trom morning 0 gembling is carned on in Sen Francisco is asto- gabe. pies Let a irw days since, in travelling over a larger portion ot ee towne I po i vod mg p= huadred and eighty-two voted to ing pure pease. se are all leensed by the Corporation, ata monthly tax of fifty dollars, and create a very extensive revenue. On the 8h of January, a local election was held which involved a nice , which will one of these days create no small amount of li = ss months re. erie jorace wea, — . Colton a justice of the peace. stupa was conticmed by the Governor, no sooner was he fairly in office, than he commenced disposi thee pore avery manner. to a hn eRjoss the innume: wi ‘ Tr, at ve. | tere the | the Al ide have always been at former wen ined, if the latter, and stay proceed Mr. Colton. An election ye been ordered vo fi avacancy in the Senate Aseembly, Hover Judge Geary ened 0a We SS. ace, Cockta te t ix new me re own a i} Grennles"Aooing theo ex-Governor Riley, an election for local officers sentclatig of te ronthontion of spe new eouctier antici ratification of the ne a= cy the old ‘officers held over, and no was ‘On the 6th of January, two deys before the elve- tion, Prefect Hawes issued a qreciagpeten, order. ing an entire ¢! for local offices. At the fame time were posted over the town, containing most twfamous on the old Towa Couneil ; and thus, Lk surpriee, it was ©: preted they would be ejected, and others, who annul their acts, fill their pleees They ¥ , and the resalt wer, on , that the whole of the old Connell now in were reelected by a larg application for a city charter is about being | | cessar made, and there is no doubt but we shal! have a mayor and boar? of aldermen in a few weeks The legislature have done butlitrle lately. A bill, authorizing the negotiation of « lean of $200,000, As passed, and received the signature of the Go- Wall atreet will probably soon have ity to give the new State of California , ag itis not likely we shall wish to pay 12 percent. a mouth, the iaterest charged on jouns here, Sacramento City is under water. About a week ago the river overflowed its banks, and for two miles back, there is now abeut two feet of water ena level. An immense amount of merchandise has thus been damaged. Boats are plying through the streets, picking up what is drifting, and the in- habitants wre flying to dryer parts of the world. ‘The oveifow wall probably remain for some weeks, and the town will be deserted. But very litle is doingin the mines. The se- vere rain bas so swollen the rivers that it isim- porsible to labor to any advantage, and many of the miners are leaving and coming here. The 8 ing. Suan, which will open about the first of Merch, will exhibit one of the greatest rushes ever seen in that direction. Squatters are making their claims upon gavern- tent land ull ever the country, and it is very ne- y that the government shonld send their commissioners here, and cause an immediate survey ot the pubhe lands, that they may be brought into market. There will be an endless amount of liti- gation im the settlement of ttles in this country, and the sooner the government ascertains what belongs to them, the better will 1 be for them. I suw, a few daye since, a letter from an authentic source in Lower California, statimg that gold wash- ings hed been discovered at Las Gallinas, between Sen Antonio end La Paz, and that the natives there were extracting from the soil from five dol- lars to an ouuce per day. Gold has always been found m small quant in Lower Californi id I doubt not the placers there will yet prove ich se of this country. The arrival of this news as started back many of the natives who came here upon the discovery of the mines There is ove class of these natives, however, who dare not return to their homes. They are the refugees who were obliged to fly from’ their couniry upon the ratification of the ueaty of peace, because, actiog voder the promises of the commodores and nuliary commandants who were sent there, that they and their country should be retamed as 4 part of the American confederacy, they compromised thenrelves to our cause, fou) he egainet their own brethren for us, and were then bvasely deserted. ‘Their property was confiscated, and they were foreed to fly, with the brand of traitor oa their brows Never, in the history of civilized warfare, wat a greater piece of injustice committed towar » weak and defenceless people, than by the United States governzeert to the Lower Californians. The discovery of gold to a large extent in that teruitery will inevitably cause its speedy settle- ment by American citizens, ant i H of a clare who will not live on have seen their brethren fall w a Mexican yeke; and unless our government take immediate steps toward the peaceful purchase of Lower Cali- torpin, 1 predict » second Texas affair there, in leas then six months from this date. As a country, a residence of nearly one year within us borders has fully satisfied me that, in mony pots, Lower California is far superior to Urper. The climate is one of unequalled mildness aud beeuty. In the lower portion of the peniasula, the thermometer never varies ten degrees through out the year. and an eternal summer rests over ut. The sol preduces vegetables and all the tropics! fruits, in the ‘atest Juxuriance, aad Me mounteps are ri in silver, copper gold. Fiom one to two hundred thousand dollars worh of the founer metal are annually exported from the country, aud as yet no seventific apparatus ha» been introduced for the working of the mines. Its broad gulf is ove of the most beautifal sheets of Water mth id, and its river coast contaias many snfe ar cious harbors. A naval depot wt Lu Paz, with one or two eruisers, would keep in check the whole western coast of Mexico ‘The people are very much dieatlected toward the mother covotry, and Mexico has always, aud sull dors. neglect this territory. It would be an eusy see by our government, and one of incaleula- bepe fit tot d would, beside, partually re- pair the wrong h hae been done to 18 people, who, asa general thing, are anxious io become a part of our republic The stewmer California sails at noon to morrow, londed with passengers. So, till the Ist of Frbraa Ty, I bid you adios. Gouwp The Particulars of the Great Ficod at Sacramento City, [From the Alta Califernia, Jan. 14) It is with the utmost pain that we are compelled to ennonuce the distressing fatelligence that the city of Sacramento is completely overtiowed, aud that ip the etreets of the city, where the most active busmes# operations were conducted but a " ince, the splashing waters are now # tess tury. The distress ond de toa 8 untoward event will cause, is truly de- ie to contemplate. We had hoped that the which were not materially rising whea our were dated, would abate, but their onward, onward.” tach by iach insidiensly rove, until the streets{ran rive: the whole benks of the river were cover hose who were cammag in tents hered up what they could lay bends vy nd fled to higher ground. Alarm panic spread upon every side, no me check the dire aud dread calamity could be devised. On swept the tide—merchandise of all descriptions wees borne away in the mighty roeh, and still it poured on. The terror of anunavertable flood was apparent to the minds of oll, and every exertion Was made to reach @ place of safety with what ne- cresariee of lite were obtainable. The exeitement aud Confusion is represeoted to us as almost inde- scribeble and heartrending in the extreme. We are without advices direct from our corres. pendent, but have conversed with a passenger who come down on the Senator last evening, to whom we are inde bted the particalare of this ealami- tous and unex d event. When the Senator lett, the entire © paviwating the st from the second means of geting with the ruehing flood. bout was by boats, and every imagineble croft was ep, in navigating the etrerts, The rndge of tigh land about two wiles wm the reat of the city was literally studded with tents, and burman beings were mingled with af- friwhred animals, who had aleo taken refuge upon terra frma. ‘ Sutierville wes overflowed, but the fort was still 4y wy's Hotel end the City Hotel were peopled like bee- hives, and passengers were taken from the second ttories in boats. Many of the imhabitents bad Tetuge on board the shipping, and some were st liveng in the upper stories of buildings ; bui these habitations were insecuce. The fees demanded by those having boats were very exorbitant, illustrating the proverb that What is one man’s meat is an- other man’s poison.” But the exteat of the calami- ty does not end here, according to our informast, for the rapehes back of the river are also under water The cattle, horses and males were lining the river's banks, deep in water, browsing upon the spare herbege yet visible above, presenting a moet welul picture i ot the of misery. We dread to bear Joss of many lives, and much distress ond by derstand that % above are flooded. We shudder at the con - tion of the utter disaster whieh must be caused by ths untimely eatasti . There 8 no koowing w he flood will stop, and what further ravages me cored thoee which the relentless rash of wekets Bee already ae aga weap) wp per- sens Who Were prosperous, a A are now deprived of nearly their all, and thrust forth at « moment's warning from their homes We leare that the Placer Times newspaper was not publiehed, and that the building was partially under water, We have penned this account hastily, end from the beet information we could gather in the absence of our correspondence, bat it is con- firmed by several sources. We trust by our next lerue to plece a mere minute account o| before our readers. C the Alte California, Extra, Jan. 14) The er bie catastrophe which has befallen the thriviog and Jons city of Sacramento, now completely subenes by the waters of the river of that name, can but excite our liveliest hiew, and we hasten to place the fullest fare betorw the public, in the shepe of an We have been kindly furmahed by a trend wivh » mont graphic account of the flood, conten ing the moat mtere rticalars. We any ere compelled te take my: ites with the erly porten of bee desert, in order to place he more inpottent parts the public at the cathest poseinle moment. Sackamento Orry, Jan. 10, 1850. ‘Thie will be a day uever So be forgotten by the residents of Sacramento City, as a day that awoke their fears for the safety of their city inst the dangers of a flood, long since prophesied. kened early on the following morn- th) by the ‘shonting and noise trom Turose and dressed, and went out upon the verandah of the Sutter House, (where I had taken a room,) and here I had a clear view of the dangers to be apprebended. Before me, along the entire length of the levee, [ saw with certainty the | begmnning of a flood. brieftime only elapsed before the waters be- an to mecreage on all sides; the sloughs above and the slong below bore into the city the rising flood. m the easih became soft, and tents, sheds, and paldings, vot permanently and secure! taetened, were undermined, and swept away, an borne slag with the rapid current. 2 before noon, hundreds of boats were cross- Ing every etreet, far and near, and bearing to the severel veerels that lay at the river’s bank, women. and children, the sick and the feeble; and as they alrived, the owners of the vessels were ready to offer them prompt aid, and every comfort in their power; eed when they were safely landed upon the decks, the sheut of joy went up to heaven in loud cheers from those who janded them, tor their safety, and there shouts were echoed back by the buncreds of voices that were in the surrounding boats, and within hearing of the response. Daring the enure day, and uotil night, this work of hu- manity and mercy went on. The loss of property muct be very great—it must be overa million of dollars. As night approached, and the waters continued to inerense, great fears were entertained for the buiidings that were considered sate until now, for the vast body of water that continued to rush in on the levee in front of the city, was evidence that | but a very few could expect to be above the reach of the water inthe morning Measures were now | taken to nippars several places where food and locging could be had, by raisivg new floors some two and three feet above the tormer ones ; but this conld only be done in « few houses, 80 many being | under water, and all cooking apparatus belonging to the many eating houses beiag completely sub- merged. than hard bi |. These places tor refreshment were quickly arranged, #0 that the many handreds that were driven trom their homes and could not be accommodated on board the shipping, should find food and shelter uouil they could leave the cit or find houses in some place until the waters shou! subside, This wi and wat dawoed, hopes were entertained tnat the waters had reached their “ulumatum,” veneed but litle during tie aight; this was owin; more pertacalnely to the vast buck country onan gave the rising flood outlet Previously the ob- sUUCHOD ID and around the city in a measure pre- vented its outlet; now the waiers had risen above these obstacles, and wes spreadiog far and wide over the vast plains beyoud the city. For as the eye could reach, the seene had now beeome one of wild and fearful import—floating Jumber, bules end cases of goods, boxes and bur rels, tents and emall houses, were floating 1m every direction, The poor and suffering beasts were in 4 pitiable condition, and called torth the sympathy | of all, and what could be, was done to save them Hundreds of horses, mules aud oxen were wandering about, seeking places of security and Many, very many, must have perished.— Seme gained places of satety by swimmins a mile or more to the high bluff back of the eury. It was indeed rad to he ir low aod plaintive bellow. ing, #s it told of ir approaching death by cold and starvation; some were ted by the warm tiearted ong. bumane es ‘vat came near to their dwellings, arking by their looks for toad. During all this day, (Saturday,) there came, from tme to ume, new evidence of inpendin, of the river beeame more gin h the rise of its waters seeMed Bat the curreot of rushing Zthrough the various: streets, ly those opposite the levee, viz: J K L reeta, these being the main business ald alo the Crows streets, by the waters slough above, thut F ., Firat, Seeond, fouah streets, beoame lke rapid rivers that it Was alfiont impossible for the: to stop for — 4) much #0, Dowtinen to stem the Ude,acd many neats were aymet rf trying to bavigete these streets The waters were HOw so igh throughout the entire city, that all ed on by the boats currents wi was to were considered ger. Asan evidence of the power of the curren the pew apd valueble brick building, corner of sod Thitd etre: ts, built at great cost by the Messrs. Merntt, or quite emhteea ed, aud teil wth The large iron ed from ii portion, carried into the street, and thea overfirown, vartous others shared the same fate. Some were fitted aud were seen movin on in the rapid curreat, soon to Orcome a mass Oo} ruins, Few, very few, houses, 1 18 to. be feared, will be able to stand these currents loxg—noae caa de 80, unless they are scared by permaaeat foua- dations aud securely tastened Among thove that | visited in passing throagh the civ, as the sun weut down, that had a tar ra of ewourity, were Mesere. Smith, Deusle: Co, m J. etrectthiw fine greg - was wel Many welre ubove the flood, on the lower floor, 8G gave good evidence of Waving been built with much eccurity, sirengh, and foresight Messrs, Geleton & Co., aleo. on the corner of J and Tourd streets, & fine aod large Warehouse, Was apparently very firm, theugn vot so hh above ar ay the last, the water being s vero! mehes upon the lower A very fine aod handsome beiiding, built aud owned by Meesrs. Howard & Broce, oa the comer of J and Feuth street, had two or three ter upon the lower floor, yet this wee Was built wx teet above the of the street—this will give some of the greet rise of tin this verity. he City Horel, where so y of our frends have enjoyed the exer lient fa t was always provided by the propre wre, was 80 completely sad- merged, ke to compel the boarders to enter by boate, at the second story, the first beieg com- pletely uncer water. The ouly hotel now left where the many can be attended t, i the new hotel, called the Sutter House, built by 3. Grane nan, Eeq , owned by Mewars Dewey & smith, and very recently opened by Mr. Jackson. This hotet je now only just wheve he water, the flood being level with the floors When this is flooded, there will be ne ve hotel lett in the erty, although there are stilla very few eating aod lodging rooms, struggling mantuily agains’ — porition by the sudden flood; he is now ted meer the Satter House. I would | could deserine the scenes that met my ez #8 L arcended to the mamtop of the ebe the evening twilight, oa my return ia the } it wae the sunset hour, and | remembered home. 1 went aloft that | aught look » and draw the coptrast, from our bom W comfort, of social life and ite enjoyments, end fers ot dangers that are to be encoun. tered by a life mw re The scene presented to view from the op Wi Ud in the extreme — vast leke of w . Here and there only the tope of a tree, ar the clumps of trees, were Gisible beyond the city for miles in extent, even to Sat- ter’s Fort—novght bat the rush ot waters. Two high bleffs were indeed seen above water, far to the of the fort; and \here was preceeee & moet thrilling sight ‘The highest pornt of the bla! ‘Wae crowned with tenia, and from thener, dowa to the water's edge, war seen a dense mase of men, and cattle, prommeruously mixed, all seek~ ig safety by a rapid fight from the food to these menptaing of hove. The pictures we sometimes see of the deluge, might give one an idea of what could have been Ay eo open herd» Kd they oppeared this Sernrday at sunset. News aleo come to the erty that the waters hed riven to the fort, ond that the hospital bad two aod a half teet ‘warlet on the floor. Sabbath day ovened, and the hopes that were entertained the day previnne were soon dispelled, for it wae perceived that the “waters were again on the rise,” thongh slowly. The waters were abo gro more sad more cold, giving evidence of the wen of the snows upen the vast range of mountaina, and worming 0s that the “end was not yet.” i ‘The 10, this morning, wae still more repid, avd the Boating wrecks that swept by only portended greater ruin etl, The rush of passen- £eT8 10 the noble steanrer Seaator, ae the morning opened, aleo told thet there were tnany Who were who fed these scenes of danger and sutflering. Sepator remained nearly two hours beyond _ ate those who — desronn came down the river very landed ber ndee this, the several “bakeries” | were £0 ba A that vo bread could be had other | ian (Friday) was one of great anxiety | chfulness to many; but when morning | for they had ad- | to find a home elewhere, and others, | ] TWO CENTS. teen boats j passe ngers 4 5P. M., ace a shin, her trip 0 bound upwards with ‘isions. This | eight od As we came soe we Sonia see all | boat took 4,100 pounds from Bischton to a place on | along the banks for twenty miles, clusterisy the Toulumne fifteen miles above Crescent City, roUps of cattle and deer, gathering upon the Sohect points of land, hoping to escape the almost certain death that awaited them. Here, too, were seen houses end tents, floating amid the trees and drift, The river 13 said to be full of serub oak anags and sand bars, and cannot be onceseatelin pevugeted by steamboats until cleared. A city bt- edly be established on the San Joaquin, somewhere | deserted by their occupants, and where, afew | between the Stanislaus and the Toulumne—proba- | weeks ped they 81 upon high banks that bade 4 on the high bank opposite to the latter river. | us look upward as we sailed up this wonderful e ground rises graduelly from the river for a dis niver. Altogether, the scenes witnessed are strange | tance of eighteen miles, to the mountains, where | a8 they are wonderful, and they are strange, | there are thousands of wild horses, elk and deer. no such flood having oce for nearly thirty | It will b e region for farming when the yeers. 2 3 mines austed. It is one hundred mies | As near as can be estimated, the rise of waters | from San Francisco by land, and seventy-five miles is et within the city, and the river has risen | from San Jose. | twenty-five to thirty feet. The loss of property 1s | very great, taking the all ot many, Several mer- | chants are very heavy sufferers, losing in merchan- | dise and buildings, and !ose of businesa, from ten | to thirty thousand dollars each. Added to this, is ‘the personal suffering to health, and the conse- | quent sickness and death that must ensue from the | drea exposure of the sick end feeble during the | floods. Yet amid all the dark eouds that seem to | hang over us now and over our city, “ hope whis- ! pers still.” Good, eet good, will come out of all | this evil. Better, far better, that this calamity should come new in the early settlemem of this | growing city, than afew veara hence. Now, we ave a Water gauge, (or shall have soon,) and e | ehall know when and where and how to build ; ' and it is certain, too, that what ought to have been _ done the past season by these who were ent! | with the city’s welfare, will not remain undone the coming season. Already a deep interest has ; been awekened, and liberal offers made, to secure the city from a second calamity of | this nature, and it is not too much to say, or ‘o expect of those who know and have seen American enterprize and energy, to prophecy that within three months after the waters shall have | abated, no traces of its ruinous path will be seen, but on the contrary, hundreds and thousands will say that this was a blessing in disguise, and those who have survived and have sull wroggied on, will thenk a kind Providence for their delivery, and say earnestly ond sincerely from the heart, “that it was geod for us that we have been thus effheted.” Ventras. _ A postacript to a private letter, just recetved, giv- ing « less glowing accouut of the flood, written at 12 P.M, on the 12thinst , sa “The lower floor of the Sutter Hotel is still above water—board $3 std day. Boatman charging from $10 to $15 an our. I may at # fature time give you some farther in- formation about the San Joaquin and the southera eB. Roverr Witson. , Srockton, Jan. 3, 1850. Thave just seen four delegates who have beem sent from the Calaveras to this place, for the pur- pose of laying before our citizens a correct account of the proceedings in the mines which led to the deplorable cecurrences of which I have already fi you the particulars. I: appears that the Chi- iaps, im the endeavor to have Judge Collier and other Americans on the Calaveras arrested, were aided by certain persons, who would now wish te shirk from all responsibility. A meeting of the citizens of Stockton was held yesterday, for the purpese ot hearing the Calaveras Delegates; aud those gentlemen vindicated, in a most able and satisfactory manner, the course pursued by the Americans towards the Chiliaus om the Calaveras. The lauer bad, by false swearing, procured from the Prefect of this place a writ for the arrest of Judge Collier aud other persons. If this writ had been placed in the hands of a proper officer, its in- junctions would have been promptly obeyed. In stead of which, it was given toa parcel of the lowest order of Chilians—none of whom could epeak a word of Euglish—who, .»stead of preseat- ing it in open dayli t, stole up © their uasuspect- ing Victims in the dark, and, dragging them from their beds, tied them, murdering all who offered the least resistance. Such were the tacts elicited by the meeting held in this place yesterday. The delegates from the Calaveras, to all of whom I have been introduced, are most respectable and intelligent gentlemen. The following are their names :— Robert Hart, ca , of Virginia ; Col. J.C, Gilman, of Wisconmn ; Dr. LL. Bute, ot Tea- nessee ; S. A. Booker, of Virginia. The following resolutions were adopted by the meeting — Kerolved, That the thanks of this mesting are due te Mr. Booker and others ot " the commendable dis them by their brethren in 1! Resolved, That as far as this jag is informed of the recent occurrences in the ( ras Diggings the American miners therein have seted «in #54 gard to the goed order and welfare of this disiriot, ave a lew erpect for the righce of Ubeimselvee aud The Trouble between the Chillans Americans, (Correspondence ot the Alta Califo: J] Srocwron, Dec. 31, 1549. J. E. Durivaer, Era. s Dear Sin—Perceiving that you oceupy a chair in the editorial sanctum of the Alta California — upon which, by the way, we must congratulate you--I have thought that a few remarks uyoa unite _ ters and things in this quarter might be accepta- | ble; and first of all, 1 must give you an account of a most shocking and deplorable affair, which nas just eccurred in the mines, ‘about nity miles from Stockton. It appears that a number of Americans had, at the commencement of the rainy seasoa, selected a certain place near the Calaveras River, where they erected log cabins, and made prepara- tions to winter. This was a place 1a which “dry blowing” for gold was carried on, last sunimer, by Chilhaus or othertoreimners. (Seon afterthe Ameri- cans settled, a number of Chitians arrived, und peo t im the opinion of this meeting, said ted in the preuiises asin daty bvuaud by the laws of the jand, Resolved, That the citizens of Stockton will cheern fuily upite with the miners to reader soy a-sintavce they way desire in bringing the guilty to @ just pa ment The delegates report that they met the A neri- cans with the Chilian prisovers between Siocktoa and the Calaveras. There troth in tae rumor went 10 work in the neighborhood; and short'y | that the latter were executed the road. [tas efterwar public mnonng was held by the | eard that the Chilians are re! ou the Calae Americans, and a judve and 4 military captaia | .weras, and there is reason to et thal e iven to ali who leave within fit: till remained, at piles trom the endeavoring to induce the Lud:aas tn the fore hood-to jom them. | wall drop you awuther hae ia & day or two. 4 1 must now give you some account of new dig- gings found in the south = Lhave just sera au ine ‘eater from Louisiana, (Mr. Miller, af i" who iaforms me that better diggings now worked have receutly beea disco- vered near Maxwell's Creek, this s'de of the Mer. | erdes Many persons have started for this regioe from the Tuolumne, at the risk of thet lives di told atye «and were elected. Notice was then Were bot American citizens, to teen days. A body of Chilians their old place, about enght “lowa Log Cebus,” (the American camp,) aod abused and drove off three or tour Americans, who attempted to dig im the neighborhood. At the expiration of the ume spec fied for the Chile aus to leave, they were brought before the Jucge, (Collier,) and fined ove ounce each, aud notified to feave by the 25th inst. Lutde uotice | wes taken of them down to the 25th rest, ax ut | There are no provisions ia the neyghbo: wae supposed they would leave. At this time | is found through a large extent of cou guiches, on the plains, up the mountain to their summits. " ‘The late storm has occasioard a great rise ia this Tiver, and many persous have lost machines aud other tools. One week ago there were (weaty-nve | feet of water on Morgan's Bar, six miles below but few of them remamed, and thoee were am the Oo porestly makin: preparations to move. might of the 27th instent, at about a descent was pide up 4,” by ubout eighty armed Chilrans, who went from cabin to cabin, serzung the inmates, most of whom were m bed, oud wah | Hewkin’s Bar. Neatly all the ropes, using the e language, and | bave been suspended uot theutening wo sh ft they resisted or | panies having | should be remarked, | Water ts low bed of the river made the least ne that none of the —retaining ¢ 4 Those per show any aul FODe LOW Wor e river, whieh Having b yield from ous, however, | are very high. jar per pound. “« |, ana proce ded to su nod tens ba the neighborhood one of there cabins there War a light, and some OF BX persons playing cards. | charerd upon, broke open the door, and attacked the inmates with pistols, guns and kaives, killog two Americans, ove of their owu party, aad Wouad- | ing tour others The two men who were killed | were aged, one of thea leaving a wife aod ten ctuldren in the States, and the ober a wife and five } Intelligence from the [From tke Fiacer Paves We have very little forma From the fork of the America pews, Commuuicetion being condition ef the ro Oeew down trom the Jub. d Be le that miners ms de a good Dusi- A pees When the weather will allow them to die chidrra TD have been unavle to ascertain (helt | genil mam reemetiy fromthe Mokelumé taforns ua naies iu full. Que of them iseciled Stare, orig thet he thinks operators on that stream are ave- naily from New York, but lately trom Texas The paying $10 per day, As it seems to de the opines a with ropes all the Americans cf these best qual.fied to judge that the rauy eea me who Were Wound: In this Comp, ever sen te mortly over, and that we elall have an early hurried the without blanket ting, miners domiciled in our cities will be ena coate—end joining bleo to get to the dizgiogs much evrher ia the ly token, epricg than Was generally anticnwated, aud as thi e wi lprobably find the water 1a the stre cn tro d ing they mey Teasouably expect 4 prota ted sea fon for operations. Wenmke the fellowing extracts from letier written three miles below Hawks Tuolumpe River, Dee 26, 154% — “A portion of our party lett nere some two weeks ago for the Mariposa digviogs, where, I hoa king trom @8 lo a T there dart eight miles on the road he tent of au Alcalde named Seuilion, who, they said, would accompany (her to Stockton. Alealde tet in pereing an Ameren tent, they ned 10 shout the first man who uttered « word. At about seven of eight o'clock ext arora ing, they ertived ot the ex mile tent, ten mules this ede ot the Double Springs, Here the Chilimas had breaktaet, aed the Americans got @ little cold cotlee only. They then marched twelve aulee farther towards Stockton, and at the teat, late Lenens’, bad a biseuit euch, and some cheese. Here they beard that triends were comung to tee eve them Further on the road, at about three k, an American rede by with « low Hawkine'’s bar, ov are etl! living in our t ‘There have been several damm ag preyects o der teken, but all have fallen the: river's rietog. Everythiog ix peraceabl+ here now. A few days ego a reagwutre veourred between two Texene, in which one of Crem wee kalied. Yours, &e. ee 3.” NEW DIGOINGS. Very rich diggings have ben discover d near Maxwell's Creek, on the northed of he Mere eedes. The supply of gold is very en ul ‘The Procerdings of the Legtststare. [Corterpondemoe of the sien: Puree pe San Je Nothing of mach interest hu the Legislature during + Quite a number of born houses are naveng been called to San Franeseo by we Senate was in sermon bat a few Nears of Monday last, and also a short tone oy Torre lav The House was in session of Mooday, Preday, and Saturday. A bill hus been fey re Howe, and passed a second realiog rer for a loan to defray the exprneos of the ment for the ensuimg year. A jot © A second img ta the Howe the Governor to xppoiut pilots for Sen Franeece, Monterey, eed Saa [ authonazing a tee of money to Gy Liane good mm of the casaty, hee poe i not to exceed (wo nundred tel other tlle have bene d the following have rg :—A bill concermmg the Secretary of State. uring thie . theur orme, and some of the Coilians, afterwords found, had either given out or va It was evident, however, that the greasers bad suffered more trom the march thas their prisoners, d being somewhat afraid of ao attempt at reseur, ty were willing to come to an understanding with the Americans, and egreed to loosen there arme, and proceed by the regular road to Stoekton, provided they would intercede tor them, in Case ot of on attempt at reecue by other Americans. ‘They strutk the road at 4 teot. about ame miles from Stockton, at day break — It #0 happened that thie tent was full of Amerie who were seoa up in arm, and arrested the as, The latter, whoee a tol bed bores oe veleven, were then tie rn . 4 short distence on the road towares Stocktoa, When a oumber of Americans from the Oalavera’ arrived and touk them from the former prisovers, determined on marching them back to the lowa Log Oabine. ‘The Americans who had been taken prisoners ar. anaiend in ener el tate rived m Stockton the day betore yesterday, « dul gave the msetves up to th cherione Tie lavver the duties of Treasurer; Informed them that they not knew whether duties of Comptroller A they were the persons for whose arrest they had to the public srebives, and aloo one wifying OMe iesurd rity for it appears t due of Joehere of the Supreme Court have been read @ 4d second time tp the Howse The oy hues re " « ¢ tWTRed Cerwin jomt resolations relative to the Amel Ac tonagee Laggan waed ot pg ems | State print g, with his obpeetions thereto A money from the Chilieas, the latter having lodged jew resolution, giving our Vaited Seat a Seavtors Firet Inetance and Prefect of thi Jane inet the former, veiog them of sed Congressmen inetructians relative to the pane pobeny, 6 "ih opprare vast ¢ 5 eaihorines here | ¢omain, miners! lind, ta of entry, castan endeavored to get Americana to execute the writ, homes, branch mints 1 moneys that nahtally bot failing in the radeaver, it fell into the hands of , belong to the State of Oxltoraia, was reported oa cl who, [ lied, from the mrday, and laid on the table. Denaup wes then treniass. | "Nearly all the memby re ave now confortable f wae ored in town yerterduy evening, that Toone, end the talk apeur aearvies wane die, SO j the eleven Chiben prisoners, anable, trom ex. | seeme to be all over. On Tharsd+y night 4 ball havetien, to proceed to Calaveras, were hang apon | Was given to the members of the —. 7 the road. Igive this aw a ramor. It 1 thoaght | tome of the American merehan thes we Chihnws who remem on ‘he Calaveras | come off int te charuber in the state ro wil fare bedly. and wae stended. On Sagtay oe Ra NAVIGATION OF THE San "im. seme ee eee ee ' ee benign be — pers} voy all | ~y Sax Jose, Jon, 6, 1550 eockton have been purchased toran wee i ; Sp the Gon te wt. Ponts @aeb cae month The ture have new ee work in seld for trom to $100, vi that body, site A whale boat whieh arrived a day or two since pw meray Ld wy tone tee puse—peruee- ‘ from the Toulumne, met on her tnp dowa seven-