The New York Herald Newspaper, June 20, 1851, Page 2

ADDITIONAL DETAILS OF CALIFORNIA NEWS. CHEBRING NEWS FROM THE MINES: Severe Shock of an Earthquake. @ WITH THE INDIANS. SKIRMIS! COMMERCIAL MATTERS. SALES AT AUCTION, &e., &e., &e. We are indebted to Thompson & Hitchcock, of Gregory’s Express, for files of California papers, on the arrival of the Crescent City. Also to Capt. Wood, of the steamer New Orleans Panama; E. W. Hull, purser of the Crescent City, and to Dodge's Express, for additional files. Our Special Correspondence. San Francisco, May 15—4 P. M. 1 wrote you by the steamer Carolina, which left ‘this port onthe 12th inst., with 124 passengers. She carried no treasure. With that letter you will have received full details of the terrible conflagra- tion which oecurred here on the night of the 3d imst., and which burned the greater portion of the business part of the city. The list of losses for- warded was as complete as it was possible to make it. The mail steamer Northerner, and the steamer New Orleans, are about putting out into the bay. Both go loaded with passengers, and notwithstanding the confusion consequent upon the recent ealamity, both carry nearly the usual semi-monthly ship- ments of treagure. The two take an aggregate of | 4) ( jews, May 1 | a Although @ week only hes dagen sinee the de- | have even more cause to curse California in by adopting the co: liey. ws from By the hands of our 5 countrymen abroad, it would be more to theig may | go outat once to meet them. Major ° t rast i ft eity, still | than aad fur ee, i camel: ee Tee Oregon dates to the torn f May? the ore less than six steame: this stroyer sw over @ vast portion of our 1» 3 | ture in the : counts of t! tur! ‘as alre i b - of 5 are BO rs now at like magie do the buildings rise upon the burnt dis- | —- Considerable excitement had pe 20 at Napa | Columbia havi ore at Francisco the rt, await gers for San Francisco, vis: trict. wonderful stories of the fapled gourd | Mining Intelligence. in regard to McCauley, the murderer. Major dog prexions to the sailing of the steamer of May | the 1 public, Sarah Sands, Fremont, (just: could not have been more servcisiog: True, we | {From the San Francisco ) May 15.) Cooper had been Gputting @ paper in favor of | 15 ‘We glean the following items of news:— arrived,} General Warren, and the inion, (propele have not the substantial brick blocks that were so We conversed yesterday with Major Austin, who | his final release, when a large moeting of the citi- | | At @ me of the pei of Marion county, | Jer, )%of ¢he new and independent line. Competil zens assembled, at which a resolution was adopted, | the following candidates is, a8 a matter of course, very great, and passage to much of an ornament to our city previous to the fire ; but the energy with which our business mea are again at work, will soon restore even these mo- numents of our progress and enterprise. Through Washington street, from Montgomer: to Kearny, the space is nearly filled with new build- ings, already occupied, or in an advanced state of progress. On Montgomery street, a number have already been erected, and many more are going u; with rapidity. Clay street presents a ver detain appearance in the building way. A numberof tene- ments are already occupied, and several others will be in the course of two or Mises Gas. The sound ofthe busy hammer and saw is h through Sacramento, Commercial, Sansome, Merchant, aud several other streets that were laid waste by the destroyer. i Indeed, every portion of the burnt district is alive with mechanics, who are reaping a harvest by this visitation. mourning their losses, our business men generally have again entered the liste of competition for trade with af the energy of former times. The appear- ance of our city Was never more animated, though the life is of a somewhat differeat character from | that which marked it ten days sinse. But we are going forward, and but afew months will elapse be- fore nearly every trace of the recent disaster will have disappeared. Mab eh) The Effeet of the Conflagration. {Prom the Pacific News, May 15.) ‘The question is frequently asked, what will be the effect upon business of the conflagration which has devastated so large a portion of our city! The answer to it is a matter of serious concern. That the fire has utterly ruined many, very many, is | a lamentable fact; but there are hundreds who, | though prostrated for the present, are not entirely ruined. Much of the business property of our city, for some time to come, will depend upon the for- | bearance of those who hold the liabilities of the unfortunate sufferers by the conilagratioi } about one million and a quarter. The whole city was startled about twenty | minutes past aight o’clock this morning, by a low | rumbling sound, wccompanied by the shaking and | trembling of the buildings, caused by @ severe shock of an earthquake. Some of the houses | waved back and forth a distance of one foot. For | a@ minute, the central part of the city presented a scene of confusion. ‘Thousands run from the build- | ings into the street, hatless, and many with but lit- tle clothing. The Plaza was covered with persons from the surrounding buildings,many of them in their drawers and shirts. The boarders at Jones’ Hotel, some two or three hundred, were at breakfast, and | 80 violent was the shaking of the building, that all made a simultaneous rush for the street, upsetting chairs and tables in their flight. A similar seene was witnessed at the Oriental. Both buildings are very large and of wood. Many of the brick houses, also, were violently shaken, as were the adobes. ‘The shock was felt most sensibly at the Lagoon, a distance of nearly two miles. in some instances, so great was the vibration, that persons in attempting to run, found the same difficulty as is asually ex- perienced on shipboard at sea. Particularly was this the case with the wharves. The readers of the Herald will scarcely credit me when I say that I counted, yesterday, on the burnt district, no less than six hundred and eighty-three buildings, either up and oceupied, or in process of erection. The fire occurred ten days ago, with two Sundays intervening, and yet the number of build- ings I have named ar going up like magic. Who will say that San Francisco is prostrated, with such manifestations of energy! One reason of such prompt rebuilding is found in the fact that ground rents have fallen nearly one hundred per cent since the fire. Lots that before rented for from $300 to $500, are now in the mar- ket at from $175 to $300. Kent of buildings, im- mediately after the fire, for business purposes, weat up from fifty to one hundred per cent; but they will soon find their former level, and even go below pre- vious rates. The Colambia came in from Oregon yi bring’ng dates to the 10th inst. There is ef particular interest from the coast Klamath mines, which although supposed to be more visionary than real, are said to be yielding satis factorily Gur commercial matters will be of quite as much interest to the readers of the Herald as anything. Accurate quotations cannot be given, as prices are rtill very much unsettled. Nearly every article in market has advanced. Bleached and browa sheet- ings and calicoes, have gone up 30 per ceat. The supply is small, particularly of the twoformer. Sale- ratus advanced 4 to 2c, ¥ little in market. Immense quantities s were burned. Before the fire they 3 since they have been soldat cco wlvaneed from W a 7c. to 7 d and batter } advanced tifty per ce thousand pounds | of the former sold y Ifc.; nails are | gearce, but few wrought one e market. All | kinds of liquors have advs Monongahela ree days after r cent advance was Pp were brought from vor, prices fell off y were either burned whiskey 75 per cent the fire, two or three bu paid for liquors, but a on board ships in the bai Large quantities of j erdamaged. In one instance, 175 watches were @estroyed. Nothing remained but the cases that was of value. There ver, Sufficient suppl advance, even thoug' im the market te prev as before the fre. We were as flush with mon The Burnt District. OUR SaN FRANCISCO CORRESPONDENCE. San Franersco, May 11, 1851 The following is a list of buildings and stores erected and in progress of erection on each street in the burnt district, being one week from the morning of the fire:— Broadway 9 Sacramento «treet . 6 Pacific street... . 22 Califorala street ws! Jackson stre 2 Battery street Washington «treet San street 6 Leidesdorf street | prevention of the torcible collection of demands for | altogetber irreparably damaged. | pears, It has been suggested that an extra session of | the Legislature should be called, with a view to the passage of a “stop law,” having for its object the month. But any one who looks at such a proposition coolly, must at once come to the con- welusion that it would be quite as diststrous as the recent disaster. All that Sin Francisco requires to enable her in a short time to assume her wonte 1 business position, is confidence in the vans, tae 4 and recuperative energies of her citizens. ** stop law” could have no other effect than to weaken, in- stead of restoring confidence. It would oper the door for fraud and rascality of every kind; and while it might be of great service to many who | will eventually pay to the uttermost farthing, if | unmolested by civil prosecution, it would enable a far greater number to take advantage of such a policy to defraud their creditors, by putting their property beyond the reach of execution, ‘The only instance on record, we believe, where such an act has been resorted to, was during the French revoluzion, and its results were the most dis- astrous. Each man suspected his neighbor, well knowing that pecuniary obligations must be volun- tarily discharged, or remain uncancelled, and all business confidence was dissipated. Such, also, would be the effect here to quite as great an extent. In saying this, we do not <uppose that aay such ac- tion will be had by the Legislatare that it has been seriou:ly discussed, we know. As we before remarked, all that is required now, to put business in a comparatively full tide of sue- re na short time, is confidence and forbearance: an Fraucisco can ‘and will retrieve her present disastrous fortune; but, in order to do this, our bankers and moneyed men who hold securities, must be patient. To enforce payment now, would drive men of energy and enterprise to seek other locali- ties to oe further ruin and legal oppression. Give them but a fair opportunity,and they will pay every dol!ar and fulfil every contract. They cannot be kept down, nor will they themselves be content | to remain inactive. A momentary cessation of bu- siness will nestomrtty follow the disaster, but a short time only will be required to restore the wonted commercial activity and prosperity. No other city in the world but San Francisco could pass through the fiery ordeals which we have so many times been called upon to chronizle, and yet rise, Pheenix-like, with power renewed and ener- gies uncrippled. ‘It has done it in the past, and | will accomplish the like in the future. A glorious career is beZore her yet. A few months at most will serve to dissipate th: effects of the destructive conflagration, and her course will again be onward. Loss of the Commodore Preble. (From the San Francisco Herald, May 15.) Sunday evening the steamer Sea Gull arrived in the harbor, bringing intelligence of the total Loss of the steamer Commodore I’reble, on the north shoa of Humboldt. This disastrous occurrence took place on Tuesday last, and the Preble now lies high and dry on the sand, bilged, her back broken, and We learn that it will be impossible to get her off The vessel, it ap- ntered a false channel instead of the matn the accident was in consequence of the ‘The Sea Gull was on her way to (regon, bat im- mediately on the occurrence of the accident put into | Humboldt, and by the consent of her passengers left them temporarily at that place, while she | brought down the yposenasr ofthe Preble. The | captain has entitled himself to the warm gratitude | of the passengers of the ill-fated Preble, for his ge- nerosity. The Sea Gull will commence taking in freight to-morrow afternoon, we understand, from Parific street wharf, and will be despatched on her | way to Oregon, on Tuesday next. Army Intelligence. The U. 3. steam propeller Massachusetts arrived in the harbor yesterday from Uregon, having on board the officers and men of the regiment of ‘Mounted Rifles. The following is a list of the offi- cers of the regiment, who have arrived by the Mus- sachusetts -— | Brevet Colonel W. W. Loring | Major @.B Crittenden ; | Montgomery street in Kearny street eluding Long Wharf.. 27 Stor . Making a total of three hundred and sixty- Tallow you to draw your own inferences fr above fact. Yours truly, E.G. Haut. NOT BURNT OUT though much exposed Macondray & Uo. all «af Cook, Brothers & ( dc TH Selby, Agent of Peter Naylor, do Ebbets & Co Blackbura & Thompson Theo Kuthman & rob st, Smith & ( Bullitt, Patrick & 1 Hond & Hall Dow, Perkins & Cc Collins, Cushman & Cs Dewey & Leiser Totten & Kellogg Murray & Sanger A.D. Hatch & Co. Charies M Seaver ©. M. Bentham. one story Stark & Uo burned BE. Weodrutt long wharf Shaw & Uo Fremery & Co Marvin MeNulty Dewitt & Harricon Wm & Van Allen Bingham. Reynolds, Bart Coghill & Arriogtom lett & Co Charles Minturn, Wm. H Stowell Brenhart, Jacoby & ¢ Burritt. Yale & Musson, — Johnson Steene & Hathaway ok W y Hubbard, Kilgore & ¢ 4 Burton. Holister & Lake F | Palmer, Lieute Assistant Surgeons L. H Holden and C. I Smith; JON nt and Adjutant, Brevet Majors J. § Kull, Brevet Lieutenant Colowel A. ter, Captains L Jones and N Newton: First Lieu. tenant A.J. Lindsay. Brevet Captains T. Claiborne and | RM. Norris; First Lieutenants J. May acd F. &. K. | Tussell; Second Lieutenants G. If. Gordon, W. B. Laae. and W. E. Jones; Lieutenants G. W. Howland aud G. W Hawkins —Perific News. May 14. imoneon and ifle News, May 1s ape no intelligence which has been sent from the Pacific tothe Atiaatie side, will creste more consternation than that which leaves our shores to- ness nen who are looking for pewittances for invoices, will, in many instances, see their se- ants with California balanced by the fre. From euch, the eu will be long and de but with what justice me men have sent to our shores vast of the refuse geods of their cities + that had become a drug with them and useless. Not satisfied with the ss profits at home, there goods have been tent here in the hope of realiaing for an infe- rior article what the; Ki not poeebly do fur the first class on the side. They have dream- ed of glittering bage of the product of our mines imagination has become inflated, ead the intelli- gence of the disaster will fall upen them with a startling effect. For such we have little sympathy With the news of the disaster, let us comrini- ew practical bints to our Atlantic friends ¢ market of California hae been little under vd or appr d. The mon who have located in our new State e from the rich, luxurious regions of W. H. Raniett & Co., Daniel Toy & Son, Rigiry & Kashow Moff & Owner J. W_ Raymond. « J. W iloward & New York Jobo B Strenberzen Wm. Hart Main & Winchest S Dorr. Robt. Weils & Co French & Ruggles by & Bromley, % Holt K John G. MeKaraker ollam Perrin AM Barnet & She of Uhilede J. Heraberg & Sanders Orrego Brothers Hastley, Baines & Co Chetwood, Kdewaris, Rose Og & Hayes. & Turk, Neefus & Tichenor MeAllisters pron, Griffia & ( J &M Pheian. Co ¥ Dubesset & Compton, Gasset & Sanborn Willman & Maxson ard H Parker. Mahoury & Finley © T Huntington Washington Market Untario House Franklin House Wm Piekett & Co. United States Custom House Warehouse (of iron tween Sansome street and Pacific etreet wharf. ©. 8. Bonded Warehouse (briek ). foot bew iron U8. Appraiser « splendid hotel called the Orient * Joves’ Hotel,’ on California street Franklin House,” corner Sanse D Gilbert & Price Pine & 6 Cummings & Phil)ip James M leed, Carter & Puller George W Crome Wm. 8. Clarke & Benja Alexander H Bryant + min Poore, Wm. F Stoutenbergh Earl, Macintosh & © K. © Bidredge & Pousiand, ‘Samuel Sandford, GM. Bia * Bidorado, California Exchange * Verandah Boe iedad © Bella Union ‘These five buildings were on the Plans Thos. Butler King, the Collector of the port, was absent from the city (up at the mines) at the time of the fire. The * Custom House” building was en- tirely destroyed, with many valuable papers. The “Sub-Treasury” ie eafe, and i¢ daily guarded by an armed force of United = Marines. There 48 about four milligps pf dollars ip the yault, the older ones, and accustomed thereto all the com- forte which money procures, will have the san luxuries here, if they are im the market. But ship- pers, under the supposition that any thing will % tor California, have mistaken our habits, and in- orrectly es ed our wants i ig to the coast, instead of A Jere shoald be caceful tw send the best artic a8 none others will find sale at remunera Good articles always eom wand good prices, even though the market be well rynpiied. Such articlee can always be held where the supply ex- | oceeds the demand | The amount of goods destroyed in the recent | fire, will no donbt induce the belief ebroad that our market has become almost barren and ehip- ments will no doubt be made with corresponding despatch, aad in excessive quantities. The tem porary advance in goods since the fire, ie not a fair indication of what may be anticipated as soon as business assumes ite wonted regularity. ‘J bere are yet large supplies in the barhor, aul the feet that over one bundsed vessels are known to be ow their way hither from the (nited States alone, will revent any ~— permanent advazee. Had the ire not cecured, however, ny goode b. been destroyed, auerchan ould no doubt ° eteadily risen in value, uotil prices had atteined what might have been regarded ar ing rates. ‘The shipments of late from the Atlantic side bare been light ; at the last advices only about half a doren vessels being advertised for California. In view of these facte, therefore, in making hip ments for the Pacific, dealers in the Atlantic citiee will consult their own intererts and our wants by | sending none but the best kinds of goods, no matter of what class, instead of the decayed refuse articles that many have heretofore chipped for the purpose of relieving their stor om an incumbrance. We would not, however, advise extremely heavy ship- ments, under the impression that the stock of any jar article hae been wholly destroyed. Bya rence to our accompanying price current, deal- ay readily see what articles are in demand y & com parison with the quotations by the previous steamer. Py a judicious shipment o h articles, » Whey way coufideutly bope fox ® cemymerative re, | seventy Sonorian miners at work. Thay ae sink- Instead of gazing at the ruins aad | po! | formations. | should fail, the immense amount of money and | yield to organized and intelligent labor. | the pan by one of the miners, and | only in the foreneon, and made sixty dollars. | party of sevew miners went out | onthe South Fork ef the At | ofthe party dropped dead. reached the city on Tuesday night from the Car- son’s Creek quartz mine, bringing with him 200 Ibs. of gold. ‘The specimens we have seen are as- tonishingly rich, being almost solid lumps of gold, without more than one per cent of quarts. This mine is situated on the creat of @ mountain, 5,000 feet above the level of the Stanislaus, between that riverand Carsen’s creek. It has proved, perhaps, the richest mine in the world. lead or gold bearing vein has been traced about one hundred feet, ordinarily net thicker than a knife blade, but at intervals ex) onting to pockets, one alone of which yielded $150,000. The company have some shafts to the vein, and when Major tin left, all the indications were that they were about to come upon another pocket. la conse- quence of the magnificent yield of this mine a party of Mexican guerillas had attempted to seduce a rtion of the company's miners into an attack upon the mine to carry off the large amount of gold known tobe on hand. But the Sonerians informed the company of the intended movement, and all hands were armed and preparations made to give the bandits a warm reception. The latter disco- vered that their intended victims were on the alert, and very prudently retired. Major Austin has de- posited the gold he brought with him at Mr. Ar- enti’s. SWe have seen a friend who is just down from the mines st Placerville, which have been opened up within the past few days, who sonfirms the news we gave yesterday morning. He states that that whole section of country appears to be of voleanic He visited’one coyote hole where the miners had sunk their shaft through a stratum which almost seemed to be ashes he substance seemed to be dry and soft, crumbling readily with the pressure of the thumb’and finger. In many of the holes, the earth, seven or eight feet down, yielded from twenty-five to seventy-five cen’s to the pan. ‘I'he character of the soil here was about half stones and half earth. He informs us that four friends of his took a tom and went down to the creek, where they commenced washing a pile of earth which had been washed with a rocker twice before. At the end of the day, after they had paid seven laborers, they had an ounce apiece left. A friend from Grass Valley informs us that the quartz mining operations in that neighborhood, are becoming more extended, and their importance more generally appreciated, as new discoveries are madee ‘The crusting machines which are now ia operation are all doing. a fair business, and are aying their owners moderarely well for the money invested. ye We hear favorable reports from the mining re- gion about Ophir. The miners are now very gene- rally averaging from six to ten dollars a day, and in some instances more. In the large ravine which rises in Auburn, and passes through Ophir, there are large numbers of miners at work to ad- vantage. Coroma.—The Original Company, composed of one hundred and fifty men, have purchased of John T. Little & Co., the rights and privileges of the Sutter Mill, for the purpose of tearing down the dam, constructing a race, &c., for mining purposes. ‘They paid Mr. Little $7,500 cash in hand, and have built a di nd race atan expense of about $10,000. They now find, however, that the dam of the cele- brated Tunnel Company backs water on the work of the former company, in consequence of the tun- nel being too small to convey water. The Tannel Company have expended not less than $100,000); and both companies are now fviled, without a change in construction. A proposition is now bein, considered by the two parties: Ist, The Tunne Company to soles? their tunnel sufficiently to con- vey the water. 2d, The two companies to join and build a wooden flume from the outlet of the upper com ’s race to the tunnel, a distance of five or six pete d yards. If such a project is carried out, Coloma will be the mining town of the North; if it ing seven ae expended in the vicinity will be irredeemably ost. Quartzeville is lorated about two miles from the forks of the Cosumnes river, and contains a mining population of nearly three hundred. Wages are three to five dol a day, with board. A number of new quartz veins have been recently discovered in the immediate vicinity, which promise a rich Three crushing machines are in successful operation, be- longing to one Illinois and two Tennessee compa- nies. We learn from the Nevada Jowrnal, that New Coyote Diggings have been discovered near Sweet- land's Ranch in Missisippi Vatley. The dirt pays well for sluising from the top down. One sluice took out about #450 in one day with four men. The lead is eupposed to be quite extensive, and has been struck by every shaft that bas been sunk. ‘This makes no less than three or four diferent points where this description of diggings have been dis- covcred in as many weeks ‘Lhe lady af our esteemed United States Senator, while in the mines recently, expressed a desire to several of the miners to wash a@ little gold herself. Of course an invitation was promptly extended to take possession of one of the boles for the time be- ing. She dug a pan full of dirt, in true Califuroian style, and went through the operation of washing. Fortunately a lump of gold, weighing between ten dollars and an ounce, had been slyly dropped into i 3 a it a} red at the bottom, as the result of her digging. fone people are born lucky. Extract of a letter dated Matheney’s Creek, May 6 :—* During the past few days we have been ae pretty well in the mining line. Yesterday we too! out overa hundred dollars. Today we wereet e ir our long tongs. e dollars a day ceased work in the evening to re) We have four men hired at each.” The Alta California of the Mth tad says :— Weare in receipt of later and more reliable intelli ence from the celebrated Shasta Valley mines. rhis valley lies, it will be remembered, to the east and north of Mount Shasta, One passes up to the head of Sacramento valley, and over the ridge down into Shasta. It is on an average some forty miles broad, and is coursed by several very picturesque brooks, which finally empty into the Klamath, so on to the sea, just a ld Biuff. T! ley heads at the southeast, and | a nor:hwesterly ct The paying claims are, so far as is bout alltaken up. Miners are making for the most part from twelve dollars to an ounce aday. The most fortunate average about twenty four dollars. More are retarning from that section of the country than are going up. We were yesterday shown, says the Nevada Journal, « luinp ofpure gold, weighiny eight pounds, eight oune n owt of Poor Mau’s creek a few Tucker. It was taken from of the creek The Sactamento Thenscript, of the Ith inst, says:—Through the politeness of Bullard, Figg & Co., we were invited to their store on J street, to look at an immense specimen of quartz rock which has just been seat down from the mount It is owned by Anthony la Crrave, q-, who is now working an extensive quarta mine in Grass V ley. ‘The block came frean his mine, and is really a sight to look upon. It weighs four hundred and twenty- eight pounds, and every portion of the outside at and wherever there ia @ @ssure in the rock, particles of gold to be seen very thickly sprikkled. We understand that it isto be sent to Fagland. Mr. La trae very beautiful specimen to the Smithsonian In- stitute. Skirmishes with she Several ™M The Pacific News «f the 1th nto papers br hat two skin fans at Pincerville KA | taken j rramseript the following aceourr of the affair: —It seems st week to pr rican river. Friday evening, as they were preparing to camp where the river torke again, about ten miles from Sobnson's rancho, they were attacked by « party of | Indians to the number of twenty-five or thirty. ‘The first intimation they had of the close proximity of the Indians, wae the report of a rie, when one Hiv name was Wade, aod he was from Kacine, Wiseoosin. Two others of the party were wounded. ‘Their names were Morris Davis, and ——— Easterbrooks. Some of the Lndians were armed with rifle-, and a few with boweandarrows. The ot party were enabled through the darkness of night to make good their metrent, and at daybreak they arrived at Jobnewe’s rancho. Cn Sataeday, twenty-four men volunteered to go out and Gnd tbe dead body of Mr. Wade, but, as it was late in the day, they remained at Johnson's until Sunday morning, when they pro- ceeded for that purpose. They found the place where the dead body had been feft, but all that re- mained were some of the boner aud a heap of ashes. It is, of courae, eupposed that the hody had been buried. Wien the party had arrived at the «pot, | the indians sade another attack upon them. They were forced to re-cross the river, aud keep up a fire while they were retreating. ‘The Indians followed the retreating peety about four miles. They wore thie time, as a genoral thing, armed with rifles, and eupposed to number two hundred and fifty. In the second skirmish, Me. Clark, of Clay county, Mis- souri, wae womded, and, it is eupposed, mortally. , at least, are known to be From the Transcript we learn that a despatch had been received by Gen. Winn, from Major Rogers, dated at Coloma, communicating the out- break amongst the Indians, and ey A he bad commenced sairing 4 fuyco of 0 ty 19 monty , | fever. Heory C. Smith, aged 82 years, of Fairfield to the effect that as feathers materially assist in flight, acoat might not be out of place upon the Major. ‘The whole meeting then adjourned to the house where the Major was stopping, and he was | feroed to moumt his horse and accompany them to | the place of Public assembling. The meeting was again organized, and after passing sundry resolu- tions, he was escorted down to the ti over Napa river by the whole town. After h: ly paying six bits fare, he was placed in the boat and rowed across to the Benicia side. Almost every citizen of the town were standing upon the bask, and the boatmen sang a dolorous song as they ferried him over. ‘The Transcript says that he re-crossed the river two miles above, which becoming kuowa, twenty men started upon their horses in search of him, but without success. The next day he deemed it pru- dent to 1 the place quietly. ‘Treaties with the Indians. From the Alta California, May 10.] Two of the U.S. Indian Commissioners for Cali- fornia are now in this city, as previously announced, having quite effectivel, omplished the object of their mission. They have completed treaties with sixteen tribes of mountain Indians, besides the five tribes on the Mercedes River—twenty-one tribes in all. The names of the mountain Indian tribes are, How-ech-eis, Chuck-chau-ces, Chou-chil-lies, Po-ho- nach-es and Nook-choos, five tribes subject to the Grand Chief Nai-yak-qua, who is represented by the Commissioners as a brave warrior and wise man, The Pit-cach-es, Cas-soes, Toom-nas, Tal-lin-ches, and Pas-ke-sas, are subject to the Chief ‘Tom-quit. The Wa cha-hets, I-tech-es, Cho-e-nim-nis, Cho-ki- me-nas, No-to-no-tos and We-mal-ches, are under a Grand Chief called Pas-qual. There are parts of two or three tribes which would not come in to treat. Some of these are, it is understood, fractions of the Chow-chil-lies. The Commissioners fiading it impossible to treat with them, Major Savage, with three companies, moved against the m,came up with them, with only a river between, and had a skirmish, killing two or three of them. it was his opinion that they would then come in and treat. It they do not, he will pursue and whip them into terms. This is their destiny. The terms of the treaty are in part as follows:—They are to have a space of country about fifty miles square, from the Chowchille river to the Cowiere river, commonly called the our Creeks. This portion of country is intersected by various streams of water, and embraces good fishing grounds and ex- cellent tillage land, and is situated at the fost of the Sierra Nevada. Each chief is to have a gardener farnished him to instruct him and his people in gardening and agri- culture; is to be furnished with seeds, with breed ertain quantities of beeves and flour, and other items. They express themselves well satisfied with the conditions of the treaty. Our only fear is, that the commissioners will find them- elves unable to meet their engagements, in conse- quence of the extremely meagre appropriations made by Congress for the pupoe of quieting the tribes. If these treaties fail from such a cause, the United States government will be put to an expense of millions in carrying on a war for which there ex- isted no real necessity. ‘The commissioners have agreed upon a course of future action. Each of them is to take a certain section of the State. Col. Barbour’s embraces the southern portion, Dr. Wozencraft’: is the whole Sacramento Valley, and Col. McKee taking all that partion to the Nerth ot it. Not having re- ceived the acts of Congress in full, it is impossible to say whether any general or special appropriations have been made beyond the 000 which were furnished the commissioners w! they first entered service. It would be a cause of serious regret if the object of their mission should fail through want ofa few thousand dollars. It would cost more in a month to fight them than the cost of the treaties for a year. For they are a different set of men from the mission Indians who have become enervated aad worthless by contact and intercourse with the whites. Dr. Wozencraft esteems them as brave as any on the eastern side of the mountains, and says that all they need is experience andarms to become, if hostile, extremely troublesome. Aside, however, frem the mere cost of a war, the interest of the State and of its citizens would greatly suffer. It would be next to impossible to subdue them if once united ard in arms in the fastnesses of the moun- tains. Marriages and Deaths In California. MARRIAC On Susiday, March 1th, at Grass Valley, by Justice Roberts, Freeman W. Austin, formerly of Hancock Ce., Illinois, to Hepsey Jane Underwood, formerly of Jackson Co., Missouri. Th Sacramento, by the Rev, Mr. Benton, Charles I. Denman, Iste of the U. 8. Regimeat of mounted riflemen, to Mrs Frances Maria O'Niel. of New Orleans, On the 14th ult., by D. D. Bullock, Iisq.. W. D. Hibson, | to Miss Isabel J. Winemiller, all of Sacramento City. On Sunday evening, May 11. in Sweramento City, by Rev. Mr. Briggs, Dr. C. Morrill, of Sacramento City, to Miss Mary Aun Morrill, of Boston, Mass. On the 10th of April, at the residence of Mr_Joha Way- mire, in Polk county, by Eid. I. M. Waller, Me. Charles | W, Smith, printer, to Miss Naney Price Atthe Butes, April tus Fenno, te Miss Kebee ington county, DEATUS mheot Seen Bene sco, May S—Theodore Smith, Baltimore, aged 3 yeare yO, MeCabill, 19, . 4—Wm. Watson, Boston, 35. Benjamin Whittier, 2 S—Jucob Shattier, Germany, 33 Wilvina Gertrude Clemons, Texas. 2 David C. Swain, Nantucket, Mass, 09 6—Romer Featis, Mexico, 39. higan. 7—John Conolly, New South Wales, 38 Margaret Anna K. Williams, Baltimore, 19 James Lumbord, Maine, 30, &—Thos, MeCollon, Washington, D U., 90. Jacob Hall, 35. John MeCalla, Washington, D. C. 12—John Kean, Ireland, 25 Baw. F. Stone, Maine. 20 Win. Lowrey, Vingland, 35 Laidues, France, 25 ‘The following are the nates of the gentlemen who lost their lives in the fire of the 4th inst, :— Captain James Welch. Baltimore; Leone Greenbaum, | Germany, aged 27; Rubin Backer, Germany, 20; Mr. | Nafrump. Germany 32; 0 Kossenthrall, Germany, 22; Wim. Lindsley, N.¥., 35; and two others, names ucknown IN SACRAMENTO CItY. 21—Sacramento Conduit, Sacramento. aged 1 year 22—Hugh Evans, Boston, 26 26—P.D. Huil, Mississippi. 29. 20—Mr. Metlellan, Buxton Li—Henry Raddy, Minos, 96 May 2—James K. Morris, 22 GJohn P. Wallace, Alabama, 25 Thomas Whittlen, Michigno On board steamer Notherner, April 25, fant daughter of John 0. and Nancy M. Whe Florida, On board steamer Northerner, April 24, Eliza Keen, infant daughter of William D. end Julia Smith. of New You On board steamer Northerner, April 20. Wm. K cier, aged 25 years, formerly of New York State. In Nevada city, May ist, Ogden Woodruff, aged 22 | yeare, from Bates county, Mo | On the 0th of April, at Nevada city, of scurvy, John | Elliot, of Carrol county, Mo. aged 45 years @n the Zid ult., ip the vicinity of Nevada city, after an illness of ten days, of erysipelas, John M. Sailor. of Clark county, Mo., aged 28 years ap votes Drowned, in the harbor, « 5th inst, J.B. Spofford, by Kev. Mr. Griffin, Mr. Augus- jane Deuny, both of Wash April Lee Len la City, of peneumonia, on ay, Columbus Revtor, of Clark county, Mo., aged 25 year At Newtown, Nevada county. on the 2d inst., sane H Strider, formerly of Jefferson county, Va. in the Sud of his age. ne Hill, southern miner, T K. ork. shot by # Frenchman Suddenly. in Nevada City. on the 4th inst Unger, ot a of ty meticut In Uak Valley. on the North Yuba, Capt. James Parker aged 6 years. He was from Southampton b. I At Greenwood Valley. April 23, Wan. IL. Kevd. of Law. renceburg. Indiana, of typhoid fever, after an illness of over two months, aged about 27 years Latest San Francisco Ma t Report. ay 56] —Stuart’s crushed a ae, Kio eof- fee, V7 )cc.. sardines, half boxes, $6 f dozen; cider | vinegar, 10),¢.; mess pork, $6; butter. in kegs, mid- dling, Zie.; loaf sugar, 154 a 166.; St, Julien claret, $5; French brandy, in casks, $7 00; cherry braudy, $6; cham: pagne cider, half boxes raisins, $1.65; quarter do, $1, blankets, assorted colors, $ 1, & $450; tumblers common pressed, $2 @ $2 25; segars, German, $15 a $15; do., Mauila, $25 00; tacks, assorted, 6c. per M, azine. in rheets Ga Te. per Ib, somp, dark brown, l0e , syrup, due per gallon; mackerel, pickied, im 28 1b. kitts, $125, [a camp.) Adams & Co.'s California Express, Adams & Co. give notice, that the destruction of their store hy the late disastrous conflagration in San Fran- ciseo. hat cccasioned no interruption in their busimess operations ‘Gur new brick building (now in process of erection on the site of the former premises) will be thoroughly fire proof—having double walls, double leon doors and shutters, with vaults for the eccurity of treasure en- trusted to us for able packages re, were aaved from Joes or injury. ADAMS & UU. New Yous, Jute 19, 1861 | of the Cliosophic Society of jons of condolenee to the family Terry. late rencontre at Lynchbury, Va have the resolutions, but thiis length precludes th publication, | place, and it is more than a man’s li | him to wri | speedily extinguished, and | dune, except tearing and scattering the boards in } the shore. were nominated as repre- sentatives the Legislative ‘Assombly:--W ley Chapman, Willism Parker, and Hiram A. Johnson. A contract had been made for the bui ofa steamboat to between the Cascades and the Dalles, on the Columbia. We have at length received late and reliable information from the mines, from which it is certain that those whe are sexaged in this important business are doing well—making from A gl tier. fee day, while some few are doing mucl instances have occurred in which men have made 100. These, however, are like “angels’ visits, few and far between.” We trust the flatte: ng accounts from the geld region of the Klamat! aa not induce any more ef our agreulterel popu- lation to leave; as they are sure of full pockets, as the reward of their laber, at home. [From the Sacrameatte Transcript, May 15 } We are informed by Gen. McCarver, who has just arrived from Oregon, that at least one-half of the people of the territory have left the farms and towns, and have gone or are going to the mines. These mines are but a continuation of the Califor- nia mines. But little is known, it is true, with re- orgs tothe northern boundary line of the State; ut wherever it lies, there can be no doubt that the mines of the South Fork of the Umpqua and those of Rogues’ River are in Oregon. The streets of Oregon City and Portland are, at the present time, filled with pack animals and wa- gons, which are continually loading up and pushing off for the mines. These towns present, in their bustle and their general aspect, at the present time, very much the appearance of our Californian supply towns. The miners on their way Pog up the Willa- mette valley to the dividing ridge between that and the area over the ridge and down upon the South Fork of the Umpqua; or, keeping on, they cross the dividing ridge between the &mpqua and Rogue’s River valleys, and so down oa to Rogue’s River. t the last advices there were at least a hundred wagons and several hundred miners waiting at the canyon between the Umpqua and Rogue's River valleys, on account of the high water. So soon as the stream falls they will pass through. Such is the feeling in relation to the Oregon mines that the Oregonian comes out in a leading article, praying all Californians who have the iu- terests of the territory at heart to remain upon their furms. he argument it uses is after the ce of the proverb, “* Money is the root of all evil.” imagine, however, if money is the root of all evil, the want of it is a pretty important branch thereof. (From the Oregon City Statesman, May 2.) General Lane arrived in this city on Monday last, direct from the Klamath country, bringing grati- fying intelligence of the mining prospects. Ile says ininers who work can obtain from eight to ten dollars per day, and that those employed generally average that amount. Larger raises are sometimes made, though not often. Ie says the gold is scat- tered over a large extent of country, and cannot be exhausted by fitty years working. Provisions are plenty, and obtainable at fair rates. A tribe of Indians (known as the Kanyon In- dians) living about half way between South Ump- qua and Rogue’s rivers, are somewhat troublesome, and have murdered one white man, an Oregonian. Gov. Lane reports that a small detachment of soldiers are much needed there. MARRIAGES AND DEATIUS IN OREGON. MARRIAGES. city, April 24, by the Rev. G. 0. Atkinson, NsWwoRTH to Miss Nase Jane Warts, all of of Mr. Joha tM, Waller, Mr In Ore Capt. J.C. Oregon Cit On the | Waymire, in Polk county, by Cuanies W. Sori, printer, to M At the Bui by Rey, Mr. Griffin, Mr. Avaustus Fexxo to Miss Renveca Jase Dexxy, both of Washington county. Youn of April, at the residence DEATH. On the 9th April, at Lafayette, Oregon, of chronic bronchitis, after a tedious illness of nine weeks, Many Jax Bort, consort of Lemuel Scott, aged 23 years, Our New Granada Correspondence. Panama, N. G., May 28, 1851, Appearance of Panama—Earthywakes on the Pacific Coast—Treatment of Americans—Steamboat Com- petition, §e., &e. Here | find myself again, for the third time in this far famed city of New ‘iranada—the same dirty, noisy, and unpleasant place to siay in. ‘There is ro comfort, no pleasure—-no- thing which in the least degree tends to make the time pass lightly, but everything is dull, heavy, and monotonous. If it could only be Yan- keeized, there might be some hopes of it; but as it is, it is deplorable. Life, limb, nor property, is not safe here; frequent robberies and murders take is worth to venture out after So’clock P.M. his city has latterly become the grand centre of all the despera- does of the Stutes and elsewhere, who make it a business to rob those passing through the plaee, most especially returning Culiforr aud so well de they lay their plans, that sometimes thousands of dollars worth of dust is stolen. In cases like these, I think there is no pity for the loser. Fer the sake of shirking the petty per centage of safe transportation by some responsible company, they lose the whole. “The government of the place is perfectly imbecile, and is worse, in fact, than that of Faustian 1. The interest of the Americans is not respected in the lease; and were it not for the super- human exertions wade by our Consul, Mr. A. B. Corwine, they would suffer every indignity and in- convenience. It is time for our government at home to look into the management of the affairs of this republic, foras itis, in my opinion, it is a mere nothing very new or interesting trans- piring present, ‘The news fiom the Un Statey, in relation to Cuba South Carolina, produced some excitement. ‘The Panama Star published copious extracts from the New York 7 Nai in an extra, a large numer of copies being sold. The news from Valparaiso has also tended to | Create a commotion among the inhabitants here, as a considerable shock of an eaithquake o:curred at Gorgona, on the 5th of May. ‘Tue inhabitants are feartul that it may visit them one of these days. | understood from Mr. A. &. Miller, at Gorgona, that the shock was severely felt there, and, in fact, the house shook so, it was a le for ite; be said it sounded precisely as if a large hogshead had been rolling over the ground. On the same day, during a very severe thunder struck the flag staff on his into the dining room, killing of the waiters, named ‘Taylor, mstantly, and pro: trating, insensible, several others, one of them a lady, wil setting fire to the how The fire was no other damage was the different rooms which it passed through. i W. H. Aspinwall, on her trip down om the Zid, in turning a sharp , Where the current was passing very rapidly, ran into a canoe, containing four | meh ana a native, upsetting it, the whole party being drowned. (iregory’s messenger met the bodies floating down the stream, vetween San Pablo and Palanquiela, and the canoe diifted up against some snags. ‘Three of the bodies were dreseed like raiiroud meu, while one was entirely naked. Some of the pussengers of the Lmpire | City caught the bodies. to edit also Mr. King, of railoud station, and bad chein interred along A report got abrow! here immediately that the men bad been murdered; but without foundation, as it undoubtedly happened in the mat- her mentioned above—my inturmation coming trom the best authority. William Link, a young man from New York city, in neighborhood of Third street, acci- dentally # native, at Cruces, on Saturday, | the 2ith. it appears tha: he with others, hired a boat to go having just returned from ( just stepped into the boat, which was filled with his own comrades, with bis pistol covked ; and from some ubknown cause, it went off, the ball taking eflect in the left side ef the hombre, and lodging in his back. As soon as is became known generally tothe natives, that one of their number had been shot by an American, the whole town rose, armed and equipped, to murder every American in the place. ‘Things for a time looked threatening in the extreme, and the Americans in and around Cruces were od.iged to tuke refuge for the night in the houves of the most influential of the inhabit- ants. Link wae immedi went an examination before the Al although it whole affair te ide, where, was proved satisfactorily that the was on accident, on ide ordered ht, tied to a mule, h the exertions wee of the American Cournl, | have no doubt Will be set at liberty. Now mark the difference. Had it been anative who had shot an American, the latter would have been obliged to have contributed laigely to arrest the prisoner, as in the case of the Chagres river murde-er, and the government would not, except under fear, have assisted; but to show their agility, they keep our countryman in the stocks for thirty-six hours, and the wi him here to be im- privoned; whereas, one of their own would have been set free. Tserivusly think if our legislators would just drop the nigger question for a at any rate, apd attund Co the wellare of thyig fellgw and tely arrested, and under. | ‘San Francisco can be had for a mere song; $100 in the first cabin, $75 in the second, and. $50 in the steerage. It is a perfect farce for any one to think of urchasing through tickets from New York to: n Francisco. There will never be for the future, s time when there will be less than four steamers. nd passengers can always, with every degree: ty, wait to purchase their tickets here for- San Francisco. Many a poor man, who cannot af-- ford to $400 to California, did he know these facts, woula not hesitate # moment in leaving. for the new El Dorado of the West. A mancan travel from New York to California, under present cir- it for $100 in the steerage, and $150 or $175 in the cabin; and I hope that this will meet the eye of many who can afford to pay this amount, aed of which, I have no doubt. there are hune reds. Kan Runnels & Co., the agents of Gregory’s ex- proms, still keep up their name as the fast men of he Isthmus. Their last express, acoording to tho Star, came trong in Shicts- four, working hours. They are very faithful, anddespatch their business without stop or hindrance; with Mr. Waterman at: Chagres, Mr. Skelton at Gorgona, and Mr. Smith at Panama, everthing works in perfect order, and with Thompson & Hitchsock to pull the wires in New York, things go like clockwork, and Gregory’s express is fast becoming the very best means of communication between the sister States. CALIFORNIA. Our Jamaica Correspondence. Kingston, Jamaica, June 12, 1851. The Legislature— The Cholera—Weather, §&¢., §e. Ihave little general news to communicate since the subjoined was written, which will not prove un- interesting. The Assembly is prorogued, according to custom, and, although the Governor has the power, still, I do not think it will be called together again before October. Many persons wish that there should be an extraordinary session, to re-enact the old police bill, in lieu of the present constabulary foree, which, it is feared, will not work well. The cholera still lingers on the North side, more particularly in the parish of Hanover. ‘The victims are, lam happy to say, few, compared to the num- bers a few weeks back: ‘The weather is most delightful in the country parts; we have been almost deluged with rain throughout the country, which has gladdened the hearts of the planters. Our Venezuela Correspondence. Lacvayna, May 24, 1851. State of the Country—The New Cabinet--The Markets, §r¢. Every thing is quite still here now, and I don’t suppose that anything at present, now that Congress bas ad- adjourned, can occur to disturb the country. ‘The new administration is now composed of Mr. Aranda, as Minister cf Foreign Affairs, and Mr. Gelliveau, as Minister of the Treasury. The departments of War and Marine are filled by General Silva, for the present. The President seems to be active, and endeavoring all in his power to arrange the affairs of the country for the best, as fast as he can, and no doubt will succeed. Venezuela, I think, is better off now than she was a few years ago; and generally, trade is certainly getting up, which it always a sure sign of peace and tranquillity in acountry. Time will show that what I say is true; and all efforts to the contrary. to put this prerent govern ment down, will prove abcrtive, no matter by whac party it is attempted. There are no American vessels in port. The Thomas Dallett carries this letter. ; ‘The Crops. ‘The Alexandria (Ked River) Republican of tho Bist ult., says:---We were shown on Thursday, two cotton blooms from the plantation of K. C. Hyn- son, of Bayou Rapides. This is right early for them, considering the season we have had, but it is no indication of the state of the crop throughout the parish, or on Red River generally. The crop out of which they came was one of the earliest that was planted in the parish, and has been well at- tended to and cultivated. Few crops, if any, are as far advanced, while perhaps the much larger por- tion of the cotton in the parish is from three weeks toa month behind it. For the want of rain, it is feared the young cotton will not come to anything. The bulk of the corn crop has already been des- troyed beyond redemption, for the want of rain, Very few planters indeed will be able to make more than a third or fourth of acrop. The sugar cane is suffering almost as much, owing to the draught, The Natchez Courier, of the 3d June, says:—The crops threugh this section of the country are beginning to suffer, by reason of the loag ex- tended drought—the cotton but slightly yet, though it will soon begin to feel it, but the ers is begin- ning to wilt. Great fears are entertained in this, Jetlerson, and Franklin counties, that tae crops will be exceedingly swall, if not a complete tailare, unless it rains soon. It is now over three months ch we have had any rain more than un ordmary shower. ExieNsiveé Fire ix Trenron.—A tire occurred on Sunday last, about noon, in the cotton manulacto- ry of J. P. Kennedy, on the Assampink, and not- bse | the more than ordinary exertions of the firemen for more than an hour, the True Ameri- can states, the attic and third story, their contents of cotton, &e., were destroyed. The building and machinery were insured for $10,000 ; beping loss in stock to Mr. Kennedy was abont $2,000. [apver’ c New D y A New Discovery, ny Horace H. Day, or a Nt Insrincrion IN Cotors—Tue Liavirry or me Inprin@er CHangep by A Cnanes ov CoLon— COLOR a Frarure aS Iuvortavy as Screven Ness IN Rusner—lyoia Runner Pareyrs Ap- MITLING OF COLORABLE EVAsions, aNv Tite AN Excerrion To THs General Roe ov Patent LAW ‘The question is often asked why Ilorace H. Day has again commenced infringing on oodyear'e patents, after having, under his own hand and seal, acknowledged their validity by paying five thou- sand dollars for past infringements and for a license to work under them, and by agreeing to stamp the oo made by him, “(soodyear’s Patent;” and how e is able to carry on the defence of sv many and such expensive law suits ! We answer, first, it is Day's fondness for litiga- tion; and, secondly, he has, thus far, been enabied indulge his litigious spirit, by using against lyear the profits made by his piracies on (iood- tents. ‘The number of suits in which Day annot be far from forty—enough to | ruin any man, though successful. ‘The lawsuits by Goodyear against | ay embrace three separate and distinct pater th one of which is indispensable in the man are of vul- canized rubber. Each one of these patents must be infringed, or the business be abandoned. Day is, theretore, an infringer on each of these three pa- tents, and a verdict against him upon one patent al as a verdict upon all three. which he acknowledged the validity of, and which are indispensable in making vulean- | ized or metallic rubber, are dated, one February 2th, 1889, for the use of sulphur in con ‘ion with Indian Kubber, the other, June 15th, 144, for me- | tallie rubber, re istued Doe. 25th, IN, the validity | of which was also established in a cause between, | Goodyear and Day, in the United Stetes-( trcuit | Court at Trenton, New Jersey, in September last, | Judge Grier presiding. We have heretofore stated that a verdict wat wken, and judgment entered up, against Seaver & huowlton (Way's agents in Boston), by consent of Day, and shortly afterwards, in the New Brune wick Temes, Jan. Sih, 1847, Day offered a reward.of 30 for the punishmens and conviction of ixfringany on thece saume patents of Goodyear's, which he patd $5,000 for a lieense to work ‘under, aod which he | how eaye aro “ fraudulent,” How Day got hold of Good whilst is was yet a secret, and | tion for a patent therefor, ear's invention, | before his applica ; by hiring a man who had red the secret in Goodyear's factory, and by ing him #66 for divulging the same, we have heretofore proved under his own signature, by pub- lishing two copies of Day's letters in our possession. The third patent which Day is infringing is for fix € with sulvents in the manufacture of India Rubber, and is just as indispensable as ¢ither | of the others in the _— le manufacture of India Kubber. The public are already aware that the validity of thie patent was established by the de- cision of the Commissioner of Patents, on the ques- tion of extension; and this decision was subse- quently revised (together with the large mass of | testimony taken in the cause, Day being the ope suing party), by the Secretary for th» Interior, i the United States Attorney Ceneral, and that on was affirmed by both.” lxtrasts from that decision will be published hereafter. Does anybody believe thas Day | tation of evcape, on the trial of ¢ ie tember next, or ja has any expec~ bet he will hese causes, in c that he will ever get a rable decision on any of these patents to ® ‘There are about thirty licenses under | ioodyear’s patents. Tho simple fact that Horace I. Day i the only professed infringer in the Unit Staten, and that he is not countenanced or sup ed by single manufacturer in the business, against hia ; Day bas a livense from ( goods; but all metal speaks volun joodyear to nike shirred lie, heated, of vulcanized ef goods, not stamped “(oodyear's Patent,” by Day, are infringements: and all dealers 4: we My at of white rubber or black purchased « , b prosed * Pld a i Day, will be prosecuted wy