The New York Herald Newspaper, April 6, 1850, Page 2

eer NNSA RAE A ANON NS BRS SLA ARP On the night of the 23d of March, a very destruc- tive fire occurred at Chagres, by which more thau one-half the whole town was burned to the ground, und large amount of property lost. I¢ was aup- posed to have been the work of an incendiary. There were no American vessels at Chugres when the Cherokee left. The Oregon arrived at San Franciveo on the morning of the 22d February, and remained in port but one week. English dates to the 28th Decem- ber were received by her in San Francisco, being but fifty-five days on the route Many of the passengers who left New York in ee, on the 17th January, were but thirty-six days in reaching San Francisco. On her passage dowa, the Oregon ran aground onasand bar near San Blas, but was got offin a short time, without the least injury. foggy at the time. Our California Correspendence, San Fe ncisoo, Feb, 28, 1850 Proceedings of the Legislature—The Land Titles— Clams—New Buildings—The Rush to the Mines, &c., $e. 1 wish this was leap year, that] might be able to postpone till to-morrow my attempt to give you and your huedreds of readers an idea of the way the worlds wegs out here in this Ei Dorado—this Eureka of the nineteenth century. But time and the steamboats wait for no man, and so [ must fain make the atterapt at once. Our new goverument is getting into rather a curious fix, the Governor being at loggerheads with the Senate and Assembly; and—worse thaa the ommpotent Town Council of The Governor has taken the responsibility of vetoing several bills passed by the egislature, upon what they have considered an™ warrantable grounds, and they, m return, have | pushed them through, despite the veto, with aa al But the most curious diffi, | culty 1s with the town council of San Francisco, who have usually been considered to be vest- ed with powers in temporal inatters concern, 0, fuily equal to those which the former Popes exercised over the church, Lauerly, there have been some remarkable pro- | ceedings in this council, and a great deal of money has been raised by the sale of vacant town lots, at Not satisfied with the con- tracted limitsin which the former town of “Yerba Buena” was confined, the council have, from ume to ume, extended them, unul they aow include the + mission of Dolores, distant three miles from the The Governor, consideri that money enough had been raised by the sale o1 these lots, for ull the neceesary town expenses for some time to come, issued a proclamation, a few days since, prohibiting any further sale of the town lands of San Francisco. afraid” council snap their fingers in the Governor's face, and advertise a sale of two hundred and fifty lace ou Monday next. be the result of all this collision, whether Governor Burnett has a right to forbid any further sales, or the town couacil to make them, 18 a clear case of quien sabe, and will atford rich pickings for jawyers iu the future. Many members of the Legisiature itis elmost impossible to business, and nothing of unportance has yet beea The fact is, that in the present uncertain state of affairs, but few men can be found in this “ fast country,” who will sacrifice their ume for the public good, upon the * promise to pay” of a State without 4 treasury, or even a diploma of ad- mission into the Bnion 1 hoped, that Congress will admit us as a sovereiga State, or declare ws a territory, and protect us a3 we deserve to be proteeted. Unless one or the other course is pursued, nothing can ensue but anarchy and confusion. Never,in the history of our country, was there a territory which more needed the shelterin, of the general government, than does California. Thousands are flocking here every week. Amon them are found wen of all classes, trade: professions, and the class the most useful of all, the agriculturists, find it almost impossible to pursue their avocation, nearly every acre of land in the whole country being claimed by men under titles in meny cases fraudalent. mission is immediately sent out here, to examine the titles of the country, Uncle Sam will tind that ip the couetry, to gain which fifteen miilons of money and the blood of thousands of hw nobiest children were expended, he does got own oae toot of soil. With the examination and the extension of the pre-emption laws should veedily foliow, und then, California become settle Gry having all Mr passengers discharged when the Cherekee arrived. ‘The Georgia, which sailed from New York on the 13h of March, had aot yet arrived when the Empire Cuy left, and it was feared that the mails om beard of her would not arnve at Panama in season for the steamer of the lst of April. ‘The Empire City left Chagres at 11 o’cloek, A. M., on the 26tb ult., and arrived off Port Royal at Sovelock, P.M.,on the 28th ult.—64 hours from @hagres. The Cherokee left Chagres the same day, at 120’clock, M., and was twelve miles astern ef the Empire City when the E. C. had to lay to The Cherokee, having obtain- ed a pilot at Chagres, wag enabled to rua by the Empire City into port, and commence coaling. The Cherokee left Kingston nineteen hours ahead of the Empire City. There is a large amount of gold dust im the hands of passengers, estimated at near a milion of for want of a pilot. the steamer Che The advices from San Franeiseo are to the Ist The newe is highly interesting. ‘The intelligence from California, was brought to Panema by the steamship Oregon, Capt She sailed from San Francisco on the even- ing of the Ist of March The followmg isa list of the Oregon’s passea- In the cablo—Judge Burrit, A. Wright, lady, friend. ava bye children, sir. ter, J. Schwerin, J. Dumas, J KL. 8. bloody, F. Clark, D. RK Patten, A. Berar Larkin, two children. Mr ‘coper and son. / bson, J A. Grimuell MoDougal, Mr. and Mra d nuree, Mra, Patty and child, Martin C. L. Lyman, J. R. | Priest Biokle, J. ¥. Williams, W, F. Geotry, y | San Francisco. ¢, W. Lovering, jr , Talmadge. Mr. Mason, Mr. | Allew, Mre (ompbell, Mrs Grinnell, F. Campbell, Mr. | Reeban and lady, R John Deviit, 8.0. | Chiles. Mr. Kai, Mr, frviu. Mr. Wescott, Mr, Wenzeil, ? J. Elis, wife, three children and ser- | K. Glover, Mr. Mabefly, Sir. Coroweil, H. K. 8 c | Moet unanimous vote. WH. Huson, A. G. Randell, H. W.T. a Buckland, Schath, Mr 8 Carkines, W. W. Dewes, G. Gre- gory, W. Gregory, J.D. Guiflin. A. P. Pinney, Hibbard, | Seokwith,J. A. Grant, A Riding R F. Perkins £. B. Wilhame K Rankin, T. B. Tyler, D C Gelson, J. d eight children, 2. H. Ma #8, J. Hitohock, . Bridge, » Schoonmaker, ‘ong, Mr. Noble, J. ing Sen Fran gee, 5 J, DIT retatas, & Gardeld, H. Prats, Bier, WM. Cheek. H.W, R, Burkleo, 0. Richards, M. Kiebards, M. two ebiidren, Took, B Johnson, J. Ca B. Pierson, CH, Lewis. J. Lomas, A. W. Lomas, A. R. bauceaume, 0. Bostwick, B. M. Mason, Dellemette, R. Bumb, Fy ff, W. Rostrass, G. . N. Johnson, Caldwell N. Mot orlond R P. Wood and servant, R. Henry Bul- Wood, A Cooke, J. Carvero, A. G. Metlelian, DV. Cromweil, . Mediter, W. Court: enormous prices. plaza of the town. loos, K Hunt, J Rider, F. Hoogeboom, K. H. W. Hi Day. C. A. Hotehkias W. Garrett, © G Glenn, C. Sargent, P. Sproat, Mr. rea. J Hi Peuner,G. Smith, E. Fuge, J.C. Wilmerding, O.H_ Bross, W Carpenter, Mr. Bross, B. Hy: top, H, Cousins, Dr Senor, WH. Padock, A. P. Dioker- sov. J Smith W 8 Horton, W. A. George, Mr. Gian, B. Bowers. J. H. Clark, G Blake. B. Nir. Milligao, J. Wheat. J. Weleb, JA. Tripp, A.J. 4. P. Van Matre, J simous- Carpenter, A A Tow feld. J 8 Woed. A. Hoverton, MC, So Lebipgton, B. C. Willis, F. A. Wood, Hi. k, W. B. Thorp, P. Donnelly, J. B. , GW. Duma, L. D. Miner, 4. F: Jeni- tes, J. Johnson. e resigned, so that ure a quorum for Gardner, J. Ring, J. W, Patickh A. Hewitt, E. Willis, S. Garfield, N. \r. Jackson Mr. Wilson, Mr Osborn, L. G. Crabi- G. fades, T hades, 8. E Rousine, L. eine, J.© Humbert, D Bollock, T, Wiliiams,8. S.B Hert. P G Gurford, J. W. Seaman, J. F Benja- min, J Teriten, 0. Caselin, MB. Bennett. © G It is sincerely to be M. D. Watkins, J. Frazer. The Oregon met the steamer California about eighty mules the other side of Acapulco. the wip, @ steerage passenger from New Jersey hed his truvk broken open and robbed of about The passengers on board im- medictely took up a subseription and rawed some $700, which was presented to him. This was generous—11 wes noble. Gen. Condé, the Mexican boundary commis- sloner, and suite, Were passengers in the Oregon Diego to San Blas, on their way to the The commissioners have conelu- ots on the Pacific side, and adjourned 1 in November, at Paso del Norte.— Miler had transferred the business of the Emory, and left for San $200 in gold dust city of Mexico. tilles, a survey and not tilt thea, will commission to May d with @ permanent popu- ‘The most singular movement, in relation to laws in California, has been made within a tew days Adams Johustop, the Indian agent jor the valleys of the Sacramento and San Joaquin. In consideration of the present disputed claims in the property of the missions, he bas published adocument, forbidding eny farther sale of any portion of the lands tormeriy belonging to them, and claims them as government property, under bis control, until such ume as they may be other- wire disposed of by the action of the government. ‘The history of the misticas ot Califoraia is a en- rious one, and its tull investigation will tend more to clear up disputed Jand des than any other course which can be pursued. the Mexican government secalarized the mission and sent edministradores to take tull them, thas confiscating them trom the church, and jmveeting these agents with the same powers which had been previousiy exercised by end the profits of them, instead of, as ing into the charch funds, entered the They were thus, to all ine tents and purpores, made government lands, and in this form came into the baads of our govern- A jad, nemed James Nixon, fell overboard trom , on her passage down, and was drowa- ed, although every possible exertion was made The parsengers per the Ooregon, both to and from Sen Francisco, were mach pleased with Capt. Patterson, the new commander, and at meeti hbeid on board, tighly comphmentary resolutions te that eflect were passed, and preseated to him One ot the passengers by the Oregon has with him «lump of gold weighiag fourteen pounds—real ue, two thovesnd seven handred and eighty- evght dollars, but four thousand dollars has been He inteads exhibiting it 1 the fortunate finder of this lamp bad toiled without success for several montha, when he was thus suddenly and amply rewarded for hie exertions The quentity of gold dust in possession of the miners is very large, and they were taking advan- tage of the improvement in the weather to bring cisco; and the succeeding will carry away large’ *mounts than have heretotore been shipped by uny In the year Isz7, goverpment treasury. el Johnson assumes the ground that these tradores Were nothing more nor less than egruts, and as they, can rule, controlied the mice has the same powe uw down to San Fr steamers, it is spp under the Mex » he, uoder the itwill prevent the roment lands by The article of tea at San Fraacisco, brought from ; green being worth only yd black trom twenty-five The quotations show a ebreaper market in San Francisco, ia many articles, vcking to the mines, now that pening, and the news trom all por- ms of them are very favorable, promising @ ing year than in any of big lumps are com- n daily, and the excitement is visibly in- Thirty to seventy cent to sixty Cents per p tyield during th than cen be tound in Panema The mails from California, received by the Ore- re brought 19 charge so brings deepatehes de Affaire at Ecuador, nod town everything 1s waggi gon, together with the gold, w A. Bayley, who « Our charter 1s ‘o out Seeretary and our munic 1 etlicient Alcalde, Passed Midehipman M. P Joues to the Secretary of the Jones, with deepate candidates, amon k Hays, who stands ‘a good from Commodore avod movements of the country, a peake arnved at Acapuleo r Mich of February, and remained some 10 She had not ar The propeller Ches Toerly Aleaide, having given five thousand parrenge ber machinery i San Franeieco on the ist of March on the 12th ult.» with mech sickcees among her passengers, three ot whom had died. Their names are, Mr. Living: of New York; Mr Saulters, New York city; Mr. Keeler, ef Connecticut ed States ship Falmouth, Capt sat Mazatlan on the 9h of March, to sail Midshipman Tabb, at- tached to the Falmouth, was murdered while on shore, afew evenings previous, in company with some officers from the etup was perpetrated could wot be ascertained party with whom he was in company were tetura- ng trom a concert, and when near the Mole, where & boatifrom the ship wes in waiting, they missed the deceased, and on retracing their steps a few » they found bim lying on the sidewalk, quite His skull was found to be badly tractured, apparently by some bluat weapon ment prevaried with regard to it, and a correspon dence was taking place between Cat. Pettigrew and the authorities of Mazatlan pledged themselves to do all that wasin their power to diecover the murderer The steamebipy Tennessee had arrived at Panama, and eailed for San Francisco sage from New York to Panama in fiftyceven iving on the 12th of March. f 6 to have left Panama for San Francisco, on the 26th oF 27th ult. On the 26th of Febraary, ‘n coming out of Valparaiso, the T met the Sarah The S &, it was supposed, weld reach Panama about the 28th olt ‘The Tennesere made the ran trom Valparaiso to ** Panama in fourteen days. | few days tor the mountains, in com- i. Adem Jobasten, the Indian Ageat, anc shall give you some rough aotes shortly, from the base of the Sierra Nevada Saw FPraxcrsco, February 28, 1450. Mai! Steamers— The Rainy Season — The Crowds em route to the Mines— Wages, & Just as the mail is to close by the Oregon, I will drop # few lines, to show you that, although in a far distant region, your excellent paper is so much eppreciated that it is considered a pleasure to moprove the opportunity of giving you a little insight into present affairs here. To-morrow, the Oregon sails for Panama hae been here a week, and made the passage in ninetern days and a half, including the landings The Unicorn, whose sailing day was appointed for the 15th of Pebruary leet, has been delayed, and will probably take her place on the 15th of March Her officers are George S Porter, of New York, ; George H. Bullion, of Troy, first officer ; A. South, Jr, of N @ ervise im a tew days By whom the murder Great exeite- . second officer. long established pitality and politeneas, and the trip of this vesee! to Beniwra, about two weeks since, is 4 proof of this statement joying rainy weather, mixed with = rain, then a clear open inde are flocking to the mines, and ihonsends more are expected. runemg wp to the di every trip, Who ever ing Op our waters, would ever be ape Horn, and run country eo vastly diferent from our own State? happen every day We The latter had beautiful weather— ‘She made the pas- folk “af bg ==44 them, it that the Senator, made ytening deys, # the waters of a Sanee pormg 10 per upon which we can | from the States. Ij ized with the greatest avidity Wages for seamen pet month; laborers, $6 a day deemen from $10 to $16. A dollar an hour is given for might work, end double wages on Sunday. RGL Golden Advices—Luteliigenee {rom the s—The Yieid of Geid and Quick- sliver, dic. (From the Pacific News, March 1) MINBS AND MINING. We do not wish, nur de we intend, to lend our- be encouragement of the excitement the United States, in relation to Cahi- fornia and ber mineral resources; but at all umes to give such authenticated facts as come tous trom the different placers. From a large aumber of miners with whom we have receaily conversed direct fom the various “ diggings,” we are well suuefied that, generuily, a profitable business has been done by those who wintered in the mines, end that there is no diminution in the yield of dust If some places are appareutly worked out, others of equa! richness are being discovered almost daily, so that it becomes more evident that the business of mining is as yet only in its infancy sm this country. 2 There will be a vast amount of mining done the coming season, with quicksilver, a8 on many of the rivers the particles of gold wre extremely fine. The Virginia, or ** Burke Rocker,” is gowg ex- tensively into use, either by purchase, or manufac- ture here—the price being about $250 each. By the use of steam or water power, @ gang of five or ten rockers may be put in motion, aud fed with Water, reducing the number of hands necessary to supply them with dirt at leust one-half, and more than doubling the quantity that can be daily washed. In “banks” that contain uo more than fifteen cents to the bucket or j;wnfull, the quicksilver rockers thus worked produce from ten to tweaty ounces per day each. Dirt that lat less than iwentyeiive cents to a pau-fuil, is rarely considered profitable to wasa with a common rocker, A friend of ours, a resident of this city, recently paid a visit to the Georgeiown diggings, situated some ten or twelve miles from Sutter's Mill, (the wint of the. first discovery ot gold,) between the uth and Middle Forks of the American River. The snow at that time was several feet deep on the hills, and comparauvely few were theu at work. ‘Those who were operating had first to re- move the snow, then the top dirt and stones fre- quently to the depth of several teet. before coming to the strata of earth on the bed rock in which gold is always found most abundant. At George- town, the richest ravine io the Northera mines, 1s located. it 1s an immense gulf, running seu volcanre hills, and about a mile and a half in length, known the name of “Oregon canon.” pe b & portion of half to three quarters of a mile, en found very rich; but in this portion, those who occupy the ground have for moaths been hte- rally shoveling out the gold in coarse grains, and pros, varying from a dollar to several pounds. us friend spent a day or two in the camp, in one of which he saw four men take out eight pounds, working but four hours; ancther party of four, a pound each. This was of daily occurrence in that locality, and the miners were averaging more thun half a pound per day, each man who worked. But it was only in this particular canon that such results were obtained. Elsewhere in the neigh- 00d one or two ounces was considered a fair day’s work. It is known that several hundred thousand dollars have been taken out of “Oregon canon” alone since the first of October last. At Mormon Island, where the ground was du over last summer “from Dan to Beersheba,” t hardly half an ounce per day could be realized, the recent great freshets have so changed the * site,” that Jminess have since been able to do bet- ter in the very same localities thanat any time last summer—often obtaining two or three ounces per day. This seems to have been the effect of the floods on all the nvers, to a greater or lesser ex- tent. People who come w California to make money. by mining, should be prepared tor the hardships of a mountain life, and not only possess good consti- tutions, but avoid the dissipations which are too fre- quently the cause of a greater portion of the sick- ness that has given the mining sections of the country their reputation for unhealthiness. We can do without that class of good-for-nothing, thriftess fellows, who wont work at home, but who think if they can only get to Cali- fornia their fortune is sure to be ein a few mouths. Men of nerve aud industry will here, as everywhere else, be successtul ; and as to health, no one witha constitution and using common prudence need fear sickness any more than in the States. We California, in every respect, as healthy as any equal extent of territory on the face of the globe. There are now about one hundred and twenty thousand inhabitants in California, mostly male adults. I. can well sustain a population of mil- lions; axd even im the mineral regions, several pr thousand men could not occupy the whole ground. ‘THE SOUTHERN MINES. Our readers have no doubt observed the fact, that our intelligence pomipase mines has heretofore been coeet Gan thie ‘has been enurely to the great difficulty of communicating with the interior daring the wet season, from the almost inpassable condition of the roads across the plains. We hope, however, to be able to present hereafter a more satiafactory summary of news from that euriferious portion of our State. What little we have gleaned is highly flattering The idea heretofore prevalent that suc- ceestul digging was out of the question during the winter, is found by actual experiment to be erro- neous. In fact, itis the only time when miu. of the richest deposits can be worked wit any advantage. Gulches at a distance from ater, and beds of creeks y during the whole of this class. It the deposites are in water is absolutely necessary to the separation of the metal ; and if there is a mix- ture of the coarse and fine, the difficulty is only ; e we pte all the —— —— are lost Iry-wash. of this, per- begimning of the ralne worked in dirt away in the dry: washing, anc were able to make from one to three ovgces « duy. Daring the prevalence of the rain: ficient water is or 3 i a labor cannot turn it from tural course, leaving the bed of the run fora theatre of operation. _ The largest number ot persons congregated in avy single section of the Southern mines is in the Mariposa couotry. At the close of the dry seasom there was a geveral rush thither from all the tributaries of the San Joaquin, end there 1s no doubt that large amounts ot gold will be mined there during the wioter. The whole region of coun tending from the Mereedes to the main ea, exhibits exter- nally better evidence of gold than any other see- ton of the Southern mines. Vast quanunes of slate crop out im every direction, and the surtace 1s literally covered wil tz pebbles and large rocks of the same seared with granite. Wherever water w jorded during the past «um- mer and fall in sufficient quantities, miners did well, aad we confidently wait only for the re- establishment of the usual communication to be assured that those who have wiatered in that see- tion have been liberally rewarded for their labore. The Mercedes river was newrly deserted dury the months of September end October, altheu: lees work has been done on this than any other of the Southern streams This wes owing, not so much to the unproductiveness of labor on its bars ead banks as to the belief that better fields of operation were afforded on either side, at short distances, to wit: the Moriposa on the south, and the Tuolumac on the north. December, however, tound numbers going there, end up to the middle of the same month, with flettering prospects. Siner that time we have no definite information. Bewween the Mercedes and the latter nver new diggings have been found, aad those operating in them are doing weil, averaging from one to two place is known as Marsell’s the diggings are not confined to ounees per day Creek, thoug! single run Upon the Tuolumne and its branches large num- bers of personeare wintering Wood's Creek and ite Immediate viewsty still maintains ite reputation asa rich spot. Upon the river iteelf not so much is doing mm the wey of actually taking out gold, as geting ip readiness to do a lucrative business the a ching season. Atthe commencement of the not less tham #14 separate and distinct com- were at work at 4s many different points, a the distance of eight miles, turning the river. ey commenced too late in the season to accomp! their undertakings before the high waters were upon them, and some of them were postpoaed until the coming eummer. Others, and such as required a large expenditure of labor, in the way of ditching and damming, are now in pro- grees, so that by the time the water subsides euffi- cently, the canals will be cut, the damming mate- nals on hand, but few days’ labor requisite to afford free access to the treasure gow buried be- Itis that most, ' operations promise rich repay: for the banks oo e:ther cide have already proved rich, and the bed of the stream itsell hae n tested sufficiently to leave no aj hension of « loss of labor. It is our opt- nion that more gold will be taken from the Tuo- lomne river the coming summer and fall than was done during the past From the Stanislaus and Mokolumne, our iafor- ma. is of much the same character as from the points already mentioned. Miners are receiving «fair compensation, and suffering as little the inclemencies: the season as San Francisco, Stock:on and Saermento City. THE SOUTHERN MINK® AND, THE ROUTES FROM STOCK pan TON To THEM. by 0 denen Oe ton appears at present to meny of the southern mines. Arriving there water from San Frenciseo, miner can either by water or by land, to the piacere. if he L ter, ascends the San Joaquin ima Seat draft, say, that of an ordinary whale g 2 Ate hah leh Rh Senator nacre hte «Oe a aR A AALS Tt PERIOD Ae DLT RS Set SR EE IM 5 Pa ct A EP ln ew aan ett tented nd indent tana et rt ant ahi the Tuolumne, or the Mer- these streams 16 na’ glihe A bhmerene di melting of the mouvtuin snows m July on them respectively, ‘emning of the rainy season to the last ing. hiseflecte at the highest point attainable with bis boat, be ean enguge a muleteer or teamsierto car- TY them to sueh pout as he may select. As near as we can learn, the cost of these routes ia about as followe:—From San Francisco by steam, pas- ye $25; freight 24 cents per Ib. From Stockton to head of bout navigation, passage $10 to $20, but in most cases, the passage is worked out, by puiling an Oar or assisting in the managing of the boat ; freight from 10 w 15 cents perlb. at present, but as £000 as the roads ase better, the freight by water will probably be materially redueed. “From head of boat navigation to the mines, about 36 cents per 1b , vprving accordmg to the distance to be tra- Velled. From, Stockton by land, the road traverses the praine in a line about parallel with the mountxins im which the placers are, and at a distance of trom tweaty to thirty miles from them. The road crosses successively the Stanislans, the Toolamse, Oo reaching the stream chosen the miner turns off towards the mountains, usvally travelling on the higher lod awey from the bank of the river, and thus with one conveyance he reaches the dizgings he has selected. The veual practice is to walk, though if he choose, the miner may have a mule to ride for about 3. For freight, the price trom Stockton 5s from 5c. to 40c. per lb., according to the distance. These are, se we understand, winter rates; but a few weeks of good weather will probably reduce prices to about 15c. per lb. Provisions and clothing are now plenty in the mines, aud the mmer should beware how he at- tempts, under present charges for freight, to take mueh of any thing with hum to the mines. Should he carry his goods and trunks 10 Stockton, he wiil tind that storage can be had at $4 per mouth for one barrel. henever he knows nis subsequent movements and necessines, he can send for them, or exercise any desirable coatrol over them. The Caleveras and Mokerumpe are two streams which empty into the San Joaquin, below Stock ton. The diggings upon these streams are also much worked, and with about the same success as the others elready named. From Stockton, road: branch out to the various mines on these streams, which are distant from forty to seventy miles. The following 1s a list of the individual digging: on the several rivers, with their estimated tances, in round numbers, from Stockten:— _ ON THE MOKELUMNE. Lower Bar, distance. Middle Bar. Upper Bar.. +60 miles. 65 ‘70 « The: ‘on bar) ene hte) aH 4 re are three diggings, at distance of about 35, 40, and 45 mii 4 ON THE STANISLAUS RIVER There are four encampments of miners, distant from 60 to 70 mules. ON RAVINES AND TRIBUTARIES OF THE STANISLAUS. Carson’ ea . . bg ‘8 Jacksonville Stevens’s Ber. 1% ON THE RAVINES AND TRIBUTARIES OF THE TUOLUMNE. Chinese Digginga... .70 miles: ‘Wood?’s, or Jamestown Curtis Creek Sullivan's. Sonoranian Cam; Savage’s New Diggings. ON THE MERCEDES AND ITS TRIBUTARIES There are three or four different diggings, from 70 to 80 miles trom Stockton. The camps are not, however, distinctly known by name, as the mines were but little worked last year, though they ua- doubtedly will be the present season. ON THE MARIPOSA There are several diggings, the best known of which are Skerlock’s, Fremont’s, and the Agua Fnio, distant from Stockton about 100 miles. The above are not all, though they const:tute the principal part of what are called the Southera Mines. Affairs in California, (From the Alta California, March1} ‘The new State has been unprecedently destitute of domestic news since the sailing of the February steamer. vents which at that date promised scedy fiuition, and which, on account of their exciting inception, bade us hope for prodigious things, have either become suddenly dissulved 0 thin air, by the same incomprehensible cun- which seems to enter into the composition of Calitorpia or have proved but inflated mon- stere, too etherial, if lasting, to deserve attention in this land of eolidicies. of At that ume, the cites of the sacramento were but partially recovered trom the effects of flood, and while, from the bulk of snow remaiming oa the mountains of the Sierra Nevada, many grew bold to predict the continued overtlow of Sa- cramento, there were others who resisted these epinions, and their arguments were not without ‘or they have been found im the right. The rivers of the Sacramento valley, trib: the noble stream which courses through have sluok back into their rocky beds, and the towns along their banks are lett ~~ accessible. The majestic etream itsel leniy within its wooded confines, and at Sacra- mento city the waters are too ** we 1. down” to oc- easion fears of another freshet this season. Although a great body of snow remains on the mountains, itis believed melting will be too gradual to cause the rivers to rise and eodanger Preperty on their banks. Since the floods bave re- ured, business has returaed, and‘ia Sacramento city, town lots, which during the fresiet main- tained unabated prices, are every day increasing in velve. The publie-spirited citizens of that mu- poner ma dl have taken measures inst disaster similar to the occurrence of late, and itis believed no difficulty will be experienced in raising the ne- cevsery eum for constructing levees along the rive:’sbenks The estimated cost of the work 19 nearly « million of dellare. The authorities have ordered the lands om the river cleared for the purpose. The * squatter disturbance,” to which allusion was made 1m our last monthly paper, has not yet subsided, although, after much organizing, meny inflemmatory meetings and a goodly amount of Cage f a on both sides, the whole Pewee | remains just about as definite and distant from ad- yustment os when it commenced. The squatters clan right to the unoccupied lands, whether in- cluded im the exty survey or otherwise. They are netted, no doubt, to party consolidation and the action With which they have received public mea- sures, more by men whose aims are selfish and whose sepirations are dishonorable, than by leaders of dispassioned feeling and calm reflecting judg- ment. The apti-equatter party is the more nume- ~ id wield a greater influence, not that itis e of headstrong and unprincipled men, but men of energy and stamina swell its ranks, in whose bends true fate of the place are safe. ‘The Sacramentoites have petitioned the Legislature for a City charter, which petitiod, al- though signed by over 2,000 of the first ciuzens, did not meet the approval of Gov. Burnett, and it was vetoed whe to him, for stated rea- sone, which do not reflect ereditably upon his mo- tives. All the other towns of the Sacramento, and tributeries, are thriving, particularly the new towns of Yubaville, Vernon, Fremont, and a sur- vey recently made on Feather River, near us mouth, celled Nicolaus, Communication has opened, during the late few weeks of delightful weather, with all parte of the Placer from the above powte, and the three regular steambouts which leave this city for the great point of disem- berkation, Sacramento eity, are, on each of their trips, crowded with passengers for dig- gings ‘ ¢ San Joaquin and its mines can only merit paering notice in this summary of news. The dix turbance between the Americans and Chilane, whieh created apprehensions for the longer safe- ty of the latter numerous class of miners, has been adjusted, and good will, if not mutual harmony, restored. During the winter mines have been Fay | access from any e district, although explorations by parties wintering in the mountains,and new dig- gings =< in various sections of the mining re} in ‘gion. Tul have been tra- Sa I Fecneus tht tee haar weather pre- cca, showers Provisions have freee eely sent into the heart of the mines from the ishing of i’ ry clase of the ave teken up their of the Sen Joaquin, with the awekening breath of spring, led by love of solitude, adventure, and the by of discovering gold in greater abuadance than ie known to exist at the present time. From San Freacisco to Stockton the rush is nearly as it as to the waters of the Sacramento. Travel is facilitated by the regular semi-weekly trips of two 18. tbe Lenielace of State itt ire of our new are toi with but indifferent success. far, not nce has been done, and the been accomplished has in most in- nated in the House. equent, at which both branches, in a stances ori have been pn fey DT ny en Cree treat uneasiness ex- {ou on aavouns of dull financial prospects of the bare ag Png refer Naerien reader to our reports ie paper. An active ” secure the removal of capitol trom Many proporitions are betore the Legislature, de- signating pois on the baye of Suisun and San Pablo, pby appropnating large tracts of land for the purpore, This has induced the lund-holders of San Joee to come down with @ promise of three or four square miles of the best laad in that city, con- ditional upon the present seat of goverament beng retaned 1t a8. probable this proposition will be accepted, and the lands thus obtained be placed in the market, to raise an immediate revenue, which, from their favoradleness ot jocation and present vaine, they are capable of prod scing. é Southern country is uniformly quiet. The past winter has been more severe throughout all Culiforma thea eny during the fifteen years preced- ing. The rains have been constant in the neighbor- hood of Los Angelos avd San Diego, accompanied by much cold weather. “As spring wow approaches, the southern towne begin to be deserted—the poous lation flocking to the mines. The roads are fast beconmumg passable in the North and South. The mines are every day more and more talked about. This isan unmistakeable indication of the mighty muster going on1n every part of the country south of the plucers. The “floating population” is greduslly drawing off, and digger implements are token up again with stera intent and high raised hopes. All, to speak comparatively, are preparing for the mines, whence great stories of marvellous luck are wafted hitherward with every breath from the gold region, Those who have remaimed in the various diggings, heve labored et intervals during the winter with astonishing fortune. From three ounces to five bundred dollars the yield per diem has ranged for individual labor. We have heard of still more. extraordinary results, It would be the height of felly to attempt an estimate of the average pro- ductiveness of the diggoge under these circum- stenees. These are the figures, and they are the plain fects. , is In San Francisco business is becommg more brisk. Money etill commands the highest rates of interest; rents are falling, and estate is ata stand ; jumber is rapidly declimng—all of which facts will be round noted in our prices current. Greuts of town property, made by Justice Colton, still continue to excite much discussion, regarding the validity thereof. A great number of our most respectable citizens are holders of the roperty thus never ods itis the prevailing opin- ion that bis acts will not be sustained by the laws governing the sale of municipal lands. This, for the weltare of the town, it is to be hoped will be confirmed. {From the Pacific News, March 1} Since our last issue for the steamer, things have been geing on in our new State with that same degree of en- da rapi are a California ie day when it became a part of the United The influx of population still contimues.— nee States ‘Weeith still transpires from our hills. San Francisco grows with es pome rapidity, and towns are springing bee A ‘tter of some difficulty to keep the run of all new settlements that dot the valleye of San Joaquin and Sacramento, Our friends in the States bave heard of Benicia, of New York of the Pecitic, of Sacramento and ef Stookton. What would Cy Ad they knew of the rapidity with which lots ere sold and houses erected atVernon and Fremont—at the junction of the Feather with the Secramento—at Et Dorado, bigher up on the left bank of the Feather— at Plumas. between £1 Doredo and that celebrated ran- ebo called Hock Farm, which is the present residence of the renowned Captain Sutter—at Nicholaus, up: the right bank of the same stream etill higher up — Yuba city, on the left bank of the Feather, opposite the mooth of the Yubs—at Marysville, on the \uba, at ite junction with the Feather? Then, again, there are the two towns en Bear Creek, which flows parallel with the \ubs, emptying into the Feather, vis: Oro and Kearny The settlements upon ub rican river and its forks are not to be forgot- oloms, Hapgtown,Weaversville. Auburn, Morris- . And then what shull we say of the host of ip the San Jcaquin valley. other indication of the rapidity and energy of movement which marks a¢ @ nguishing oheracte- ristio California, is the number of boats now ply- ing daily upon our magnificent rivers The Secramento avd the Fire Fly ply between Alvisoand San Fraccieco. Several ron up the San Josquia. The Senator, the bl Dorado, the McKim and the Hartford ruu between this city and Sacramento. The El Dorado alse runs up as high ac Yuba city. She is pot sufficient to transport from Sacremente and San Francisco the loads of mer- chandise that are daily waiting at those two placss,but fg ansisted by the Lawrence, the Linds and the Phoenix thet ply between Sacramento and Maryeville. Shorty after the departure of the last steamer for the States, the See partie. democratic and whig. arose end tock prom ective measures towards » com- plete orga ‘The movement was started by pri- mary tiepe taken in San Francisco by the Democratic party towerds effecting an organization, But as there was » division in the ranks, in thia city, brought about by certain local questions, but Little could be effected wtime thore democrats who were assembled at Ban Jore, trem all parte of the State. ae the capitol and apy ited a committee to draf: and repert a set of tions, amd @ plan of general orga- nization for the par The Hon = Henley was the Chairmen of the Committe: is Committee reported their pien and resolutions on the llth instant. We hope to have it tu our readers on the Atlantic California. charter has been drafted and was to be pre- sented by the Oe enw er or Town Council, to the wbebitents of San Francisco, for their epproval or dis- al. Owing to certain importent points, however, ia which the charter was found wanting. a these p’ were premp ly exposed by the public press, and ia other weye, \l wae deemed expedient to suppress the whoie thiog for the prevent y Meenwbile, our at. instead of being governed bya Common Council and Mayor rejoices in an Ayunta- en Alcside aod t. Measures are being Pan Jere, towards procurtpg @ charter for se- to, Los Angeles, and several other of our name- Gistriets, aud the shire towns have been selected. in #hort, the whcle machinery of cur State is fast being put into entire working order. A petition bas been presented to our State Legiala- ture. ing i. Fen Weim voy) laws may de peedily as poesi jer that a company yom ms to etart a railroad between Sacramento oloma great enterprise is not only onloulated to be of immense advantage to the two great interests of our State, the vantile and the mining, but it must tend to Increase, beyond conception, the wise of the two pleoee whieh {t will connect together ‘The road probably would not rtop at Colema, but ae. veral branches would extend from that place bi the northern southern miners. Thus th: With py yhig a rq nme ones a portion: ‘wo,® flour Fevilement eitusted near Wearerrville’ on Wearet’t creck. everything is quiet among the miners. The | pews fi pan ig from all the Pincers. Geld dust is fast flowing into Marysville, Yuba city, end other cities pear the mines, and money there is = — ‘at preeeot than it is io San francisoo. ne thir ods tilpg down gold from above, sometiay Ceporiting # considerable quantity in the holes bet be out apd oR left by miners. The meu bers of the ber of San Francisco have held severe) mer tings, to the adoption by the L. end government of ctice therein. Things In Bacramento. Bi the Alta Cadfornia, Feb 16.) One we hae just recurned from the good city of Seeramento, where we had the honor of be put through on a railroad,” and of forming m plearant acquaintances, who will live in our re- membrance “whide memory holds a seat in this distracted globe.” The fluanes from meny bright eye have done their work, and the straii ot melody from gentle throats sul ring io the ear, and will only be obliterated when Time, with bie old pow, shall “gently touch the warb- hing lyre” of age, and leave them in are t waste.” Hi ni} is a genial virtue, and was exere by all in Sacramento, in our be- half, with whom we chanced to meet. There ia Sacra- the ba hum of voices upon the levee, and in aul the huge woys aud byways; the loud crying of the auc- tioneers upon the levee; the arrival of miners on their way to the gold mines; the shrill whistling of merous steamers that are seviggting Sen busting eeene. te chaging of 5 band belt ant, wibiongh oa naturally merry disposition, an uncontrollable de- re to hear a good crier caused us to pa waited his d by the pode to make every weep for envy and cry peccavi’ His costume was perp Donde of the Irish Greens and the French Hasears. A bright grase green milita- Ty coat with epaulettes, grey pants, tucked into his boots, Pong yh fe bis attire. A peculiar lameness in Ins left leg reminded one of the crooked Richard, particularly as the barked ax he weat halting by them.— Apauctioneer was selling one pair of whitey brown rocks, stcntzavering t dispose of them; but the demond tor the article was not very active, aod they were passed. Next came one pair ot pegged a8 0 barge. Every peg was dwelton in the most glowing terms, yn the large nomber of them properly Tepresented; but they went off at a bargain, which should be good evi- dence that boots and shoes are coming down a peg Next, we encountered the ecceatne Col. Joe Grant, who was exhibiting # handsomely colored mep of the new city of “Nicolaus,” on Feather river, the advantages of which he set moet impressive terme His literature and mate started a few days, has “taken,” and already materially advanced 7 Many purchasers. Grant insists is bound vo be the town, and that are nothing vo be compared to it. heard bim avnouneing, in his peeullar squatter meeting, where he stated a mate by the senoritas of New York for the y of Calitorma would be cut up; that small beer would also be bottles and the tatier in The numerous m were there, were very curious ; tar barrels, futmi-- speeches, peace speeches, 8 holders, whig and democrat, were hes, no dictinetive features A more good-humored harangued, and it the the tar barrels did. a convinced that Sacramento 8 bound to shine. The Boundary Line Between the United: _ States and Mexteo, The commissioners tor runaio, line between the United States h meeting on the loth of Fetruary, at San Diego, when it was determined that, as it ble during the present state of thin; to advance beyond the mouth of U New Mexico, and nothing of importance to be done on that side of the should adjourn, to meet at Paso del Norte,.on the 4th of Nove mber next. > Col. Weller was a passenger in the last trip of the Oregon, to San Francisco, ai and suite were also passengers in her to Sar Blas, on her trip down _ The most amicable feeling has continued to ex- ist between the commissions, and letters €: of such had passed after the adjournment. Weller had also given a dioner to General Condé’s: suiie. Considerable surprise was caused xppomtment of Mojor Emory, in the place It wes decided by the commissioners to have monuments placed at the following monument of white marble at the inw base block to be three feet u of nme feet, with the following wscriptions;— On the Pacific front-—* Initial tween the United States and Mi joint commission, 10th 8. biy to the treaty dated at the city of Guadaloupe Hi- alge, Feb 2. A D 1848. JOHN B WELLER, U. 8. Commissioner. ray, U.S Surveyor.” | Benesth this willsame be the iseription im ib, substituting the names— A CONDE, Mex'ean Mexican Surveyor.” United States, vis, the lace was never es On the whole, wi the boundary Mexico, had a ge 1a Californis line, the commieston | nd_ General Condé of boundary be- ), established by the- Jose Satazor ¥ Vlarrigin. On the side fronting the (a “United bn ye of America.” 1 srrow cut over the inscription, “ Direotion of the ‘ime. le -hical positi mun., 59 sec., 58. tude 7 hours, 58 min., 21 see., 1 W. of Green- as determined by Wm, part of the are See and Jose yin, On the part of Mexico. : Another, of she same material end domeities laced at a point agreed upon, near th the Gila. It will bear the tions as the former, except u which will be, * North lowgitude 735, 1227 W. fi tanee from the mid On the opposite « On the remaining side, “North latitude 32 de; H. EB '. th imory, on the 1 and latitude 32 i dle of the Gila, where it unites with the Coloredo, 327 metres, as determined b: Lieut. A. W. Whi; States, end Jose in on the part of This monument will be’ erected about ten feet above the adjoinwg level. In addition, omy pty we yer» five bn yond tiron, about 400 weight, wit! same inscriptions, except w# to jatitude and longitude, and the names of the astronomers. They are to be constructed in the United and Lieut. Whipple, who was Oregon, has been ed with the superinten- - dence of the same. w {From the Alta Califoru! many weeks slace, unqualified feeling of project of an independent steamship line from received by the entizens _ It gives us great pleasure to an- nounce that this e which our energetic ‘ pe and xs rshe ks, aod the wobectipuon- two weel tizens of hes Frapeisco amount 10 about $500,000, sum before stated bi Panama had been eamships ot ructicable, these will side, to comneet with the Cres- Company on the other, and of winch J. & Son are principal "i will form an independent thi United States. The capital 4 at one million of dollars, We again bi nd speed, for it aught were necessary to attest the energy and capability of Cal: we verily believe it to be the success of the Cali- fornia Steam Packet Company. Foreign ima! (From the Alte Caiifornis, Mare 1.) igration of toreigners to the shores of Caliornia has contmued each. Se soon on the line on thi fe—of oll characters aad complexions. Wi Sydney, NS. W., we to nication, and our merchants couat wiih | dence npon edvices, every month. | the markets there the confines of shipboard a crowd Migrants, emong Whom there are tonable che tueters, portment aod honest ly. W ave now regular general rth speak favora- fear oe ve ope are over faded pposiven that it f, It has been the mix une of many te arrive rn destitute errcumetances: on our shores, end instances dail ly occur of va- are nearly over, be sought tunately situated. th America, the immigration has eea- ished, owing, probably, have gone abroed, of drsiu aad Chileens, Peruvians and other na~ eat numbers have to the reports rbance between the lower countries. | taken thew uesemne ad ith an utter i] of Americanien in the pod yond Price Fignt to Caitfornia, ) One of these brute! afisirs came of on Goat Island, on Saturday, the Mth inst, ¥ > The fight has been minutei it natee deseribed to us by am 100 @ side, twenty-tour po ol aera) The two mea en- j tered were, Woolly Kearney, of New York, and have not learned. pounds lighter than way « smaller m Kearney was about thingy wtagoniet, and every About iwo huudred per~ * the comba, whieh bust- Both men tonghe first round, but had first claret from his adversary’s the hitting close and ha earmey was repeatedly Neat Los Angeles, Jan Meesr<. Eprrons:—I veatare to cation, the result of the r baile im this vierrty, be: your readers will feel a In conformity with the of Col. J. Wil- tiem, on whore land the springs are found, I visut~ few days in giv- halt a mile distant, creded in company with Mr. Swan to the which we found to be an elevation some miles im od running a little eouth of west found smooth in exterior, and showing 80 evidence of volcanic eenon, tat and ee ont-ere} baer, at intervals of afew hand: and have spent ther # careful examination javiog fixed our ea epeu © fire braced near the spot.