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

SIXTEEN DAYS LATER, ARRIVAL OF THE DANIEL WEBSTER INTERESTING FROM THE MINING DIGTRICT. Nearly a Million of Gold Dust---Fwo Millions on the Way. DREADFUL MURDERS. STATH OF THE MAREETS, &o. ke. &e. The steamship Daniel Webster, of the Vandor- Dit line, arrived at this port, yesterday forenoon, ym San Juan de Nicaragua, bringing us sixteen ays later news from California. The Daniel Webster arrived in San Juan, on tho 2a of December, and found in port the English steamer Trent, which sailed December 8th, for Chagres and Jamaica. Steamer Gold Hunter 3eft San Francisco November 16th, at 12 o’clock, P.M., forty-two hours after the mail steamer North- erner. The Northerner had 600 passengers; $1,700,000 on freight. ‘Tho passengers croszed the isthmus from Virgin Bay in thirty hours, the transit road and the route Deing throughout in capital order. The Daniel Webster sailed from San Juan Deo. 9th, fer New York via Havana, with 120 passen- gere for Charleston and New Orleans, and 302 for New York. Shearrived in Havana at 11 o’cleck, P.M, Dec. 13th, and sailed on the lith, at 12 o'clock, M. Left in port steamers Philadelphia and Isabell, also U.S. ship Decatur. Dee. lith, at 10} e’clock, P. M., in lat 24 50, lon. 79 35, saw a steamer steering southeast. Jeremiah Dickens, of Philadelphia, one of the passengers by the Daniel Webster, died on the mrning of the 15th inst., of congestion of the brain. The following is the . Allen. $23,000 mm & Hitchcock 50,000 Cotheal & Co. ~» 1,500 Palmer & Co... which this resolution was cosines, to vide for. Weshall yet have the Sandwich Tslandsin our pos- session, and thus influence to a reat degree the immense whaling interests of the Pacific. Who will undertake now to describe the boundaries of a area of freedom, as they shall exist ten yoars ence ! California still re most successfally, and will continue to ry all coming time. The Haben of her et aera, and ravines, sy searcely exceed, by and by, the agricultural weal! of her calloes. As Eastern farmers, with their fa- milies, become ry ae the rich, pro- duotive lands be taken up, the wilderness ‘pad and blossom like the rose.”’ California has been looked ts in the only for her n trea- sures; but no richer field presents for the labor of the husbi . As an evidence of the truth of this statement, let me join the product, this rear, of a single farm of sores, ia the Santa lara Valley. The industrious farmer is a Mr. Hemer, whe has worked his land for the fifth year, and this season he will forward to market the fol- lowing amounts of the uct, as stated b; 1d ane # horticultural exhibition just closed city :— Foatoes, bushels. 120,000 Solid headed cab- 0. 108,00 4,000 Chickens 600 1,000 Food di 1,200 1,200 01 seed, '300 6,000 Beet seed, do..... 200 do. 100 was worked with an ave- rage of sixty laborers, Eon, Mexicans and In- dians, directed by Yankee hi and hands, at an expense of perhaps $50,000—a sum which woald fauly frighten a farmer of the Atlantic side out of ee jety; but his return will be, in glitt gold dust, at p a at least two hun thousand dollars. 0 would not be a tarmer in California ? That you may form some idea yourself of the bountiful product of the broad acres of our golden State, I forward fi asample of barley raised on Bear Creek, which yielded 76 bushels to the acre, and weighed sixty-seven pounds to the bushel. This was accomplished by ordinary cultivation alone, without any extra exertion whatever. aggregate wine of a single acre of this barley would be 5, Ibs., which, at the lowest market , (five cents,) weuld yield an income of $251 25 The farming portion of your readers will be asto nished at these statements ; but they are facts sus | ceptible of the most conclusive proof. Who will coincide, with such truths before them, with the | philosopher of the Tyibwme, in the exclamation that at fornia “‘is a bleak, barren country, with s soil C Fountaine, J Siebel, i Corigan, & ate 0 oltman, G E Norton, A Jobnson, 8 Bri JH Now A Ranieli, 3 Richa: J Dickens, H Crocker, JGoldeworthy, T Martch, th, ¥ Van Voorhees, J Andonmeyer, JN Wells, J Bennett, J Hurley, 4 Loventry, T Whal Cnemnn JLo PES © C Colter, 3 Redfora, RRC B Ryder, JD Cook, R Fuller, J WN Robbins, JF Whiting, JAR Ch DBasore, N W Hoexes, J Warte! E Cargill, F Christ; E Bat A FC Creighton, We Up ? R No C Praag, x JM Hoag, @ Durlan, D WC Hoag, J Hal, J J Smit DB Henicn, 4 F Ho Lipederer wife and Fpan rer wife ani ae G Baker KB Y: lure! ZO Rangoon J Medohn Mr Lineoln lsdy D Main R Loop and 3 children GN Brown Mead Zz DCCarpenter = C Morrie a Whitney WR Sligby D Banndel Pore: Cops Berry ves try < D Dilion at ES Thomas WwW Spencers Lsehiin x paneer < JM Dermes J Bickel 8H Vinwn ‘A Ashton it € Schermer J Ferrell J Adams $ Catton y 25 weet BH GBoule | Keflinee y We Fallow & ina De Blake o JBeanets R Durtee 2G Bponscr ry W Kelly, Smith Ball H Hamilton Py EJ Muadend T Halliday B Irvin J Dal W 8 Kinfels mente 8 Duin Rory" mbaugl ia ray Ly ~ E Dale 2 Hofman E Fy ei W Ditemsdent 8 5 vi ‘i 8 Henman WW Jory oH L A Canch, W Ritchie, 2 G McKenney, D J Wilder, B Walker, G Seboenteit. ¥ Kerr, F Staffany, JH Rove, Seymour, J Chester, J W Hubbard, Smith, L P Curtiss, J A Turnbull, J Reed, a 3 Wyeth, ry > J Rowe, A Joy, ‘J Meriden, CW Mathers, P Germain, RB Jervis JM Magan J Buliock ‘Thomee Gill B Burbaak w JC Seymour J Metoait a 7 ID Camptelt T B Gilbert B Beran, @ winner won mer oes a Pu a. < ie 'o' Allen x DCh Sales 3 JB Gibdboury. ey L L fiaseheler H. B. Ward Eu DJ Storms Berford & Co w. CA James Adame & Co Gregory W if Croaker AK. Reynolds No Belase WH oe Duench ©. D Gage DJ Osborn . Ward WE Cop) J Hobbs ‘ard we mer G Grifia Ward W RMcKeane © Baxter ¥ Sweet AJ Smith HA Thasen zi Comme B Fowler 6B due T Wortman N © Stafford K Armatron Jae rallace B McKilsee aA Hi Clayborn W H Coffee J J¥ end 12) passengersto Havana. The steamship Northerner, which sailed from San Francisco on the 1ith of November for Pa- nama, bad on board gold dust, shipped a: an- ‘Tellant & Wilde.. $17,008 E Delesrert, Lige- ron & Co.... 11,000 Drexel, Sather & Church .... 9.990 $200,316 To Panama .» $10,000 12.282 Balance to New York To London New Orleans Our California Correspondence. San Francisco, Nov. 15, 191 The Sandwich Islands Expedition.—Farming in California—Continwed Vield of Gold, &e ‘The expedition to the Sandwich Islands, to which I referred in my last letter to the Henao, has een abandoned by a portion of those engaged it, for the time being, at least. The Gamecock took the advance guard of the expedition, and vas to have been followed by the brig Fremont, with the rank and file, among whom, unforta nately, were numbere:| several known rowdies and * fastmen ;” but instead of sailing forthe Jestina- tion for which she wae bought, th hasere have soid at a lot t she i# now up for the lower coast, in search of a cargo of vegeta an! fraive, instead of the treasures of King | amohemeba ‘This cannot be regarded, however, as @ failure of the designs of the projectors The leaders, who gc generally with the view to purcl ist or, rather, the crown of the king, are there, and the fact that the notorious bai racters that were to follow remained behind, gard as a fortunate circumsta Americace ani foreigners in the class with whom to trust the formation of@ new government, shoul! the ultimate result de mand a reorganization of the existing state of things in the island Those who have gone already are generally men of intelligence, and 00: citizens, and several of them possessors of fortunes that should satisfy the most rapacious To such, political position ia of far more conse quence than pecutary benefits The latest intelligence from the Islands gives strong hopes that the government will be peace- ably revolutionized, a soon asa suficient’gu is given for the tanded b hameba ‘The last ar that a resolution har signed by the hing, d moet ur just d ber course incomp existence © ular independent.gove s js; and authorizing the ing, as 2 de- olaring it bie duty, in order to shicld himself and bie government from insult and oppression. if rance subbivns boi age yl Liyaanior, 1 Piao laud Magog | te The dissolute at midst are hardly unproductive, acquired by the sacrifice of millions of treasure and oceans of blood?” His was fancy; | in reply, we present le facts. The amount of treasure going forward today | shows that the miners are not idle, nor the placors barren. Over $2,000,000 is being shipped our express and trans; ion companies, amd the re- turxing miners carry with them a large aggrogate in addition. As the sailisg day of theeteamers ap- proaches, _ dust slowly advances, and becomes in demand by our shippers, who are drawing on their Atlantic correspon: . couple of months ago, large amounts of dust were purchased at $16 25, and $16 50 was the outside margin. Now, $i7 per ounce for dust of passable quality is the lowes! and to-day very large amounts have comman: $17 25, and one lot Er soldat $1750. This advance is not caused by the increasing scarcity of the article, but bythe fact that consigners have instructed consignees to ship the dust directly to them, that they may make the profit at the mint, instead of the express campanies. They wil! Gnd, repay that she profits on small amounts will not t she trouble. fornia land titles, so long a grievous bone of contention, are at length likely to be settled, or at least put in of adjustment. The commis- sioners have given notice that they will hold their first ion in San Francisco on the Sth of December. The title to millions of doliars in value depends upon their decision. The difficul- ties and expense of preventing an appeal to a higher authority will ceter many from undertaking it, except in instances where the stake is worth the effort. entangled titles of our city alone will occupy the attention of the commissioners for montbs, and then be settled satisfactoril; to any. ‘“‘Squatter titles,” “Colton grants,” “Leavenworth grants,” ‘Government reserves,” ard numerous other titles by which the rar luable Jands are held, will be familiar as house- in @ month ortwo ‘The daties and labors of the commission will be anything but reeable or light. *eThe tide of emigration to Australia, caused by the gold discoveries in the colonies, is steadily in- creasing. Within the past fifteen days nearly taree hundred persons from that ‘fiand of promise,” have set out on their return, carrying with them the “God-epeed’’ of all Califo: besides. We ean spare more yet, without detriment to the morals of the State or the interest of our popula- tion. The stories of gold discoveries in the British colonies are no fiction. Time has determinedthem glittering realities. Steam communication will s00n connect us intimately with that region, and the United States will then become more directly interested in the trade of the islands of the Pacific. With a railroad across the Isthmus for freight transportation, and a steamer leaving weekly for the Sandwich Islands, Australia, and Chinas wat a “half way heuse” for the commerce of East will San Francisco be! Ali this will be realized in 8 shorter spaee of time than can be range gy by those who have no personal knowledge of the pro- 83 of events on this side, and the energy which characterizes ow > The steamer Unicorn arrived yesterday from Panama, having been twenty-eight days in making the trip. She is one of the pioneer steam vessels on this coast, and has been worn out inthe service. For a year past she has been laying up a} Panama. During the last two weeks, there have been sixteen arrivals of foreign vessels from foreign ports, and seven American vessels from ditto. During the same time there have been thirty-eight clearances for foreign ports, and one for the Atlantic side—the bark Fanny, for Mobile. The steamer Independ- ence was advertised to sail to-day for San Juan, but bas not yet arrived from that port, and the (old Hunter takes her place. The mail steamer North- erner sailed this morning, at six o’clock, crowded to her utmost capacity with passengers. ‘The weather ia beautiful. A single day’s rain is all we b mal! and then it did rain. A dry season is generally anticipated. Yours, Fran. Summary of Intelligence, From the Alta California, November 15 } ‘The two steamers that leave to day for San Juan end Panama fe laden with passengers; and the amount of gold dust which leaves us by this convey- ill doubthees acsist, to a considerable extent, towarde relieving the rn cities from their ua- fortunate embarrassment. Our summary of gone- ral intelli does not go this time freighted with the usual amount of startling new: it gives us leasure to say that we have ne lar, or revo- jutionary upturnings to record. Nor do we notice any remarkable speculative movements that have occurred during the past fortnight. Tke demand for goods, and the sales at San Francisco, have been steady since the Ist, with jon of a few Jays about the ainth of the en more brisknese was noticeable. This general steadiness has been owing to the fact thet the rains have held off until receatly, and the mi- ners consequently have been indifferent about lay- ing in apy more supplice than they need for im- mediate use. The fact that the roads ey open during last winter bas rendered the most of them carlersin thie respect. Meanwhile, other miners tioned themeeives on the — aad small whose banks are now literally lined with heaps of auriferous dirt, where they have been awaiting the rains. These have, a¢ a general thing, made their purchases from up-country merchants, oa credit We, are, howev to ennounee to our happy re Tate, that frea all seo- we are receiving accounts of the | opening of the rainy eeason, and a renewed brisk- | ness in the dry diggings. This has sent the teams down to Stockton, and for the last two or three | days trade bas been brighter in that city. Favor- able accounts, touching increased demand, have | also been received by we from the Sacramento merchantr, although the sapply has been so great | that prices in Stockton and Sacramento heve raised but little as yet. This state of things must, however, soon change. As goods loave the two in terior cities for the mines, tho must adranee there, the demand wil! be felt here, and prices rise almost ee This opening o! the fall trade, together wit few vesse's gly, leads as to hope that business ia our city for The next two weeks will be brisk. The credit of San Francisco still remaing good. Comptroller's warrants are commanding from 85 to ® cente, and the May coupons are selling at 95 cents The excitement against Capt. Waterman, of the clipper Challenge, has died away. He has not, ho t, given himeelf up, asyet, to the United States Marshal Lane after the departure of the last steamer, the mate of the ship, Mr. Douglass, was arrested by the authorities. He was found on his readers in the tions of the min way to Monterey, where he intended to take the | steamer for Panama. Coggell, the second mate, bas aiso been arrested and brought up before the Vnited States Commissioner on three warrante— one for the murder of a seaman named Stevens, an- | ViWOT for UMP, ONG the Laisd ios asenuls and bat, the anticipated arrival of a | jut st Eee to i public engaged the rave or a tester, with sineo, which amine Potock, some months has been on trial before the Distriot Court. Last after ha: been out twonty- evening, the Jury, Sith a verdict cfmansioughter. The punishment has not as yet heemiaxod: Rt, On Wednesday last we e: vere shook of fan carthqualtey hale '» Severo to damage. "The ‘Sandwich Islands movement hag somowhat died away since the departure of the last steamer. A company that had decided to leave inthe brig Fremont, voted last Saturday to ne their de- ure after the session next Legisla- We announced a fortnight ago that a. detach- ment of United States Leto sent to Port Orford to keep the Indians in that in check. Fy gg the port for the » to chas- Indians fer the m of several of T’Vault’s party, fall ' of which have already, been an te the East. Ea looking anxious tr he “ergs of the. Land Unmesiones A a ss Thoratom and aa te 4 already been given that they staeosion in Sant Francisoo on the 8th of noxt month, and the e termination of our disputes Pe ane cheering intel- ligence for ev we who has the permanent good at At the September ion, the demecrats having made their nominations for municipal officers, cast their votes for them algo, as well aa the county and State officers, notwithstanding there was no munici- pal election ordered. The gentlemen, therefore, who received the ous vote of the lemocratic oes St the afi, Broughtan actiex before the Di offices of the ci ap ry ia trict Court for their seats. Judge Lake decided that the present incumbents should hold their seats until the 4th of April next, when the democratic officers wore ip cee to —— An appeal has been made oe Supreme Court. A co i , styling themselves the Mountain Lake Wi ‘Company, whose purpose is to supply the city with fresh water, have opened their boo for sale of shares. emante of 2,000 shares aa A been hon — total number is om, and the oa; $500,000. 'e regret to seg in closing, that acsounts still coming in to us, from different sections of the State, of outrages and murders. So far as the city is concerned, with the exception of the re- eent stabbing coats have favorable accounts to a We published yesterday intelligence from ‘arysville, of seventeen murders which had been committed in that vicinity, within the past four or five days, and of the uprising of the Marysville Vigilance Committee. ‘he other up river and mountain contain accounts also of various murders, which we have copied in full from ey to day. Nor are the southern coast counties enti ely bao ot in this respect. Among other outrages, a re- will be found in our columns of a bloody affray tes runni the city of Los Angeles, which resulted in the death of some ten or twelve Indians. The agitation relative to a division of the State has not yet completely died away, though it has lost some force since the dissolution of the Southern Convention at Santa Barbara. The subject will, however, doubtless be called un Safin is the Le- ahi for political reasons at » if for no other. The overland immigration into Oregon is all in, with the exception of about 40 wagons, which, at last accounts, were daily expected. A party have left the Willamette fer Queen Charlotte's Island, ia search for gold. Flouring mills are going up in the territory, and a general state of prosperity seems to prevail there. e markets of our city are flooded with fruits, andwe learn that, in the lower country, the vin- - has commenced, and that the quantity of = hich will be manufactured this year will be 6. Suock or an Eartaquakk aT San FRancisco.— A severe shock of an earthquake was felt at San Francieco, Nov. 12, at about five minutes before seven o'clock. The shock continued about five ee and was the most severe one ever knowa ere. Werkry Matt between SacRaMENTO City AND Suasta Butte Ciry.—Efforts are ing to estab- lish a weekly mail between Sacramento City and Shasta Butte City. At the latter place there are at least 2,000 inhabitants, and the population is constantly increasing. It is thought that a move ment will be made before long to divide Shasta county, which is = large, and that Shasta Butte City will become the county seat of «ne of the newly erected counties. Quartz Mirts.—At Greenwood, on tho Ameri- can river, they have asmail quartz mill in opera tion there, and two or three more will soon be put up. Business is brisk. Daiven into WinTER QUARTERS BY THE KaIn.— A large number of miners have beeen driven by the rains to seek winter quarters in the neighbor- hood of Ophir, Placer county. Mysterious Disarrearance or a New Yorxgr. —Mr. Robert Merritt, an old citizen of California, and formerly » member of Col. Stevenson's regi- ment, has Cj area the following statement :—On the 28th of lastmonth, Mr. Merritt and a Mr. Phi- lander White, also of the New York regiment, left San Francisco together, on the steamer Jen- ny Lind, bound for Stockton. About the time the steamer touched at Benicia, they both turned into bunks, Mr. White occupying the bunk below Mr. Merritt. Mr. M. got twelve or one o'clock, and found Mr. W.’s bi empty, and his hat ‘ying sear it. He went aft and sat down, and then wen! round the boat to find White, but could see nothing ofhim. He inquired of the captain and clerk how many passengers had left at — and was told that aman and his wife were the iy passengers who landed. Mr. Merritt has seen not! of his companion since, and he fears that, in his walked overboard and was drowned. from Utica, N. Y. The Mines. [Prom the Ban Francisco Picayune, Nov. 14.) The accounts from the various mining districts continue fully as encouraging as at our last, and there is no reason te su; that the quantity of dust extracted from the hills and ravines will not prove, for # month to come, fully equal, if not gat, than thet of any former period. |: is true jabors of many are not, and cannot, prove leep, he White ‘was im jiately ctive—that a great many bands are employed either in ig wp cabins, in which the laborer can spend the winter more comfortably, or in throwing up earth for washing inthe rainy feason; but, at the came time, facilities for washing, upon which months of labor have been ex; are being rapidly completed, and hard wor! men are now at work in many a guich and many ara vine, which has heretofore remained untouched for want of water. Ditches, fumes, and races are be- ing completed on every side, and no sooner is one pony A eae men step in to use the water for purpose of mining, and thatin spots which, without these conveniences, wou'd never re- pay the miner for his toil. hould the rain in the coming season prove even moderately abundant—should enough water fall to enable the miners in the gulches and dry diggings to wash their dirt without great labor in transpor- tation, there ie no calculating the amount of gold which wilt be produced during the next five months. The quantity of earth—mostly i —which bas been thrown up in the | of the mining region, ig immense. Not only hae the laber of many eturdy hands been tur ned to this for months, during the present year, aurifercus earth thrown up in tho eu of 1850, are yet standing unwashed. ficiency of water fall to enable the miners to run long toms during the coming season, there can be no doubt that a greater amount of gold, per month, will be eent to San Francisco, than at any former — hot even excepting those which have been eretofore looked upon by the miners as most re- markable for productiveness Our readers must not, however, suppose that be- cause the product of the mines, and theamount of dast shipped to the Atlantic States are very large, that every manin the mines is making a fortune. Such is far from being the case; hardly a gulch or a bar can be visited inthe Sierra, not even except- ing thoee which have proved the richest, in which mi men cannot be found who are doing but poorly, and who are thoroughly dissatisfied with poe Bye ofevery kind. Such men will be met with in every occupation, and every station in life. Some of thei are unfortunate, though industrious. Most ef them are incapable of conti- nued exertion, or are {00 rif to bend yo | to the work before them. All that can said is, | that at no time since the discovery of the gold has | labor, as a general thing, met with a eurer reward; | and although the richest diggings appear to the superficial observer to be worked out, the increased | facilities for washing enable the miner, even thoagh ‘ork in poorer earth, to realize a# good wi hore who first broke earth at the old Coloma dry | ings he opinion which we have heretofore expressed, and which, ro far from being changed, is #trength- | ened every day, is that mining in California is onl, begianiog, the coyote diggi we will loo oars for the most ample returns of | old, while tere aa be but little dvult that wt | ai of i - wom gl <he samber of sOD8 0} ext recious mol tet amid as compared vith that in either at ee [a San Rec dis- the we not, ag @ gene- bg ey paid nearly as well, and the ‘indians are far more troublesome, being far more athlotic, more determined, and more warlike. The latest accounts from section of the country, however, received within the past week, have been much more favorable than for many months past, and miners are repronnsed os mnoking from $6 t0 $8 per on an av ¢, while some few are clearing 16 to $50. these accounts are reliable— and we see no reason to doubt their correctness— the miners in that section are doing as well as th: average throughout the State. It must be remem- bered, too, that in the Trinity and Klamath mines, the old system of was! by the rocker and pan is still adhered to; and there can be no doubt that when the modern improvements are intro- duced, the upper coast dis will prove a source of great wi tothe State. Before mining can be properly carried on there, however, it will be ab- solu necessary to make some permanent ar- a a by which Indian hostilities will be avo. . In the Shasta and y miners are doing well. ‘e know, in fact, of no section of the State in which ey wees $0 ie more erally or steadily rewarded. ) jive lo sofar been merely skimmed over, and there is plenty of reom for thousands of other workmen, and that for years and years to come. Butte districts, the | ands stook im the market not large. Bales of inferior are mostly a = ocx fined to the auction houses. vi the right side, near back passing y market remains stagnant. Btook front within an ineh of the navel. Fourishots were | ° bend immense; sales rc fired, but one of which took effect. He called out | go. hue arriv ve considerable quantity of blasting pow. that be was shot, and constable Bowen, who had Sporting is more in demand, but sales aze oon: d but a fow steps, immediately returned to d to small lots. 00. which passing about the same time, was at This dissesal, ‘, which he was ameet town, where surgical aid was promptly rendered. . The Sheriff’s wound is considered dangerous, but ‘tertained epee are ent for his recovery. e bodies of the three men who were murdered near the Honout Kanch, were decently interred at Natchez, Nov. 12th, after which, the people assom- bled at the Empire, when the following preamble a resolutions were read and unanimously adopted, vis. : Whereas, The recent tragedy in our vicinity admo- nishes us that immediate'efforts should be made to ferret out and punish the vile perpetrators of such crimes, who are lurking among us, or who may come into our midst : Therefere, Resolved, That the miners and citizens of Natchez and vicinity make a united effort to arrest the m ofour lamented friends, Jinkerson, Gardner and Mather, and to Lega ourselves and the traveling community from a fe be Resolved, That to effect this object, an organization be made inting # President, Vice-President, Secre- tary ‘reasurer, and @ “ Committee of Vigilance,” whose duty it shall ‘be to act in concert with the Sherlif of the county. and with like committees who may be ap- pointed in other towns. Bena the following appointments were made, viz. : Dr. Daniel Dastin, President; J. P. Felker, Vice Presi- dent; Daniel B. James, Secretary; A. Pauly, Treasurer, Committee of Vigilance of twenty. The meeting also resolved to offer a suitable re- ward for the apprehension of the murderers, and the sum of eight Bundred dollars was raised for that Pir. C. M. Ames, of Sacramento, died on Thurs- day, after an illness of four days. Disease typhoid New discoveries of gold, in locations before deemed | fever. barren, are being recorded every day, and there is wins! 9 reason to believe that when the eee from the lower counties drives a greater body of the miners into these districts, they will be found fully as rich as those in the vicinity of the Yuba and Fefhroughout the Nevada, Colusl, Yubs, and El ry fe uba, an Dorado districts, = large portion of the miners are engaged in erecting their winter tenomente, or in throwing up dirt in the gulches and ravines, which will be ed out when the rain comes on. The accounts from all of these districts are, not- eens numbers thus engaged, the result of whose labors is, of course, not yet apparent, highly enccureging. Laborers command from six to eight dollars per day, and are maeorer BAeNy at that, while many of those hol are realizing as much ag an ounce per , steadily, and many much more. It isin this section of t) country that mining is carried on in the most scien- tific manner; and the ingenuity which characterizes | the outskirts of the American, is apparent the various centri- vances for saving labor, and enabling the miner to wash out greater and | groster quantities of carth. The Maysville Herald of the 15th November con- tinues the narrative as follows:—Finding the Mexi- cans the Sheriff had been in pursuit of had fled{rom thecamp, the party commenced a vigorous search on the west bank of the Yuba, while alarge detach- ment forded the river and surrouuded a large cha- arral on the opposite side, by # mounted guard. Those not angi edin this way commenced beat- ing the cha , but it is so extensive, and the party was comparatively so small, that they were obliged to scatter too much, and very little was ef- fected. Two men wen: noar the Mexicans, one of whom fired, when the Americans retreated, giving the alarm, and the Mexicans retired under cover of the bushes before a sufficient force to capture them had collected. It was then deemed futile to enter the chaparral with so few men, as the Mexicans had a decided advantage from its extent and thickness. It was determined, therefore, to xeee a strict guard on the wood, and wait for morning, and areinforcement from the city sufficient to scour the whole chaparral. Matters continued in this state until sometime after sunrise, when an express This is undoubtedly the most prodnctive section of | came into town for more men. the State. Our citizens did not by any means turn out in the Calavaras county still maintains the reputation | strength they should have done, though it was which it acquired early in the history of gold bear- ing Calitornia, as a very productive neig! shborhood of Mekelume Hill, the just as well as it happened, for when the reinforce- ion. The | ment of about twenty-five men arrived at the cha- reat contre | parral, they found that those left to guard i: had for coyote diggings in this part ef the State, seems | come away. to be as rich as ever; and it is said that no less than three thousand miners are congregated within a | arre: circle of afew miles around its base. From the ber of the Vigilance Committee, however, @ man at a house on this side of the river, ¢ Sonorian Camp, who is supposed to have abov. Stockton slope, it is calculated that over $3,000,000 | intelligence of the murderers, and he is now in the have and it shows no symptoms of giving out. yote diggings are here carried on very extensively, and as usual psy remarkably well. The diggings in Tuolumne and Mariposa coun- ties, have not proved so encouraging as at our last. New rich diggings have been discoyered at Agua Frio, but the g taken since the gound was first opened, | custedy of the Committee. Another Mexican and ‘he co- | an American were arrested yesterday at the Sono- rian Camp, who, it is thought, can throw some light upon these recent outrages. They also are in — of the Vigilance Committee for exami- nation. Suerir Bucnanan.—We heard from the Sheriff eral accounts are not flattering. | lastevenipg at about half-past 7 o’clock. He was ‘is may probably arise, in some degree, from the | then asleep, and had been easy, and, under the cir- number engaged in dry diggings, in building houses, and in quartz prospec! gs but the mines in these counties have never yielde those in the north. The gold in the northern re- ion runs more steadily, although it is probable that a greater number of sudden fortunes have been madein the south. Avery large portion of the “big lumps,” which are row scattered over the world, andare so much sought after as curiosities, have been found on the Stanislaus and Tuolamae cumstances, comfortable. It is possible that ho may recover, and we sincerely hope that such may d £0 steadily as | be the case. (sa nrening Piecgies Nov. 15} ‘rom Ev une, Nov. Bince the sailing of the last steamer, there has been no material changein the market. Gold dust is not quite £0 plenty, and the shipment by the Northerner will not probably reach over $1,500,000. ‘The advices from the Atlantic States, by the last rivers, andon the Maripoea; but the northern | steamer inward, show about the same state of affairs. mines have always been more steadily productive. In regard to quartz mining, we have but little to add to the remarks in our last steamer edition. But few, if any, of the an ae in process of erection, have been hang saeey, and the result of the quartz experiment is yet to be teen. Throughout nga ie and breadth of the mining region, however, veins are being and claims registered ; bat most of the holders are unwilling to invest the large amount of mon necessary for the purchage and erection of machi- nery, until the success which may attend the com- panies about going into operation ona large scae, can be seen. Many of those who are most confi- dent of the richness of their claims, prefer working them at present on a small scale, by meansof a few arastras, driven by mule power, by which means they make good wages, and are enabled to accu- mulate afund with which to buy machinery, when the question of the best method of working the quartz bas been satisfactorily determined. There can be but little dc-abt that parties who display so laudable a prudence as this, will, in the coed as well as they themeelves could desire. The great,difficulty which the quartz miners have heretofore had to encounter, has been the imperfect amalgamation of the quicksilver with the gold, af- ter the rock has beer-pulverized. Complaints of the eseape of the gold have been uni’ , and no re- medy for it has as yet been found. It is probable that asufficient amount of care has not been used, = that experience will, in time, remedy the de- fect. A gentleman connected with a quartz mill onthe Amador creek, has introduce: system of sepa- rating the gold from the pulverized rock, which it is said bas been eminently succesefal. The rock is seattered over long table covered with stout baise ream of water is passed. The gold is rey @ cloth, and by the riftles which are on the table, while the rock is washed away. jis method of washing, it is said, is practised to a considerable extent in Georg’ nd found to suc- ceed well. The quarts exper will be fully tested, in all probability, in the course of a couple of months, and its results wo will carefully attend to and report to our readers. The health of the miners has been generally | nad The prevalence of erysipelas in some sec- jons of the northern mines, which we meutioned | in our last, is not so great—in fact, the dissase seems to have entirely subsided. Crime, considering the peculiarity of the country, and the chances for con- cealment, on the part of criminals, is very rare, much more £0, indeed, than’ in the cities either of this State, or of the Atlantic coast. Some few mur- dershave been committed by the Indians in the Borth,j and reports of robberies ovcasionally reach us; but as @ general thing, life and property are as | safe in the gold regions as in any part of the world. From Marysvilk “Le Muxpers—Tuk Suemivr or Yura Snot be Marysville Herald, of November 13th, says that three men, Mather, Jinkerson and Gardner, were found murdered near Miller's house, between the Honcut Rancho and Natchez, on Honeut creek, horribly stabbed and cut. Tho bodies had been dragged some distance from the road by a lariat around their necks. The details are horrible. A pers ing by had seen four Mexicans ging ody front the road, and be- ion unarmed, did not interfere. He told the fact to Mr. Parfit, who went out and found the body, and others comin; two further search wae made, and other bodi ere feund, evidently killed by the same perty, sameee having interfered. The four ‘icans ha taken — at Miller's, description, the same wi day or two previous near Bidwell’s Bar. seript in the Herald states that were since found near the An armed party from Bi A suit of the murderers, but they bad not been found ‘The four Mexicans, as stated qejerday traced to within four miles o| were su) Camp, W! M aryeville. Te & Mexican (who eonfessod he belonged in the jail at Marysville. We clove the horrible oe with the second posteript in the Herald, ted one o'clock yesterday morning. A mee‘in; of th lance Committee had been called, an st exoitement prevailed The Sheriff, Mr. It. ofthe men suspected of the recent murders were there, and while he was getting through the oars of a fence he was shot in the baek, near the spine, the ing for the camp A postscript esye— “ The purruit by the Sheriff Was made in consequence of the confessions of a Mexican, who bad been a-rerted and examined be- fore Justice Cushing. On reaching the camp a man was discovered on the from the read, and on approaching bi made their appearance, all wito and peremptorily ordered the off Being taken unawares, they had 1 the Sherif ordered « go for aemstance to retire neither of ibe off conclusion is jrresi known, ele they uid net bave been thue au cere- monicuely ordered of ; As thy Slupridl wae pari g uuups the lenge be Was | then mentioned as | ™int, will be about five per cent. nd, euc- | sed altho and are, by | net © committed the murders @ | lath te | for ; ix other bodies | b pursuit, and a party from Natchez also went in pur- | had, boon | ey | 6f cb sed to be concealed about the Sonorian qusntitie of to the party, and would have been with t if he | of pew mills have had not been unwell,) was arrested; ho is ‘confined | large quantities of | arriv | mand is not great. but steady. reat excitement in the city, and partics are leav- | = | de Orders have come tomany parties here to ship dust at apy rate. This will not last long, for the actual cost to the consignee, over and above the net returns from the reaking of the machinery, at the Assay Office, bas chase of the dust speculators at premium over $17. ‘bie dust is not of the best quality, would shippers from the Atlantic States look calmly at the matcer, ed would see at once that s bill, drawn against aa a:- u shipment, is as good @ remittance as they could have; they have to take the risk of the insurance com- panies in either instau and in the case of the bill, they bave the responsibility of the drawer besides. The bankers are stiff at two percent for bills, and no doubt come will probably bave to decline drawing «ore the cloring of the mail, as usual. ‘Money is moderately plentiful, and is worth, on first class personal, and good real estate, from three to five er cent. y Mexican dollars and doubloons are at a premium, the former of four and the latter of three per cent. Frupay, Nov. 14.—Within the last two weeks, business bas been fluctuating. A decided improvement was no- ticeable immediately after the sailing of the last steamer, but, after lastin; days, the markets began te droo; h once or twice since an improvement see: about to tal Ta the fortnight hes cioeed duller than it opened e importations have been heavier than usual, and although the California fleet is not nearly so pumerous as it was in former days, the amount of goods being sbipped to this port is more than sufficient to keep the market glutted. Shippers in the East seem to be upable to realize that the population of California is but little, if any, over ome hundred and fifty thousand per- sons, while they are sending forward stocks of goods sufficient to feed, clothe, aud supply s halt a million of human beings. Ontil these over. ae from the East cease, the market here will never me settled, aud will never present anything more than a field for specu- Jators, at the expense of those epgegsd in legitimate business. Baicx.—The market is lively, and in consequence of the iarge demand for present building purposes, prices have aavenced. The shipments from the East must, however, stop, as we are fully able to manufacture in the country apy amount wanted, and California brick, on account of the obiain & preference, 1Good face brick are ecarc much wanted, California brick, by the cargo, command $26 0 §28 Lime ano Cxment.—Theee articles are in goed re- quert; the latter is very scarce. No lime sells, how. ever, except that manufactured in this country, and we have a sufficient number of kilns t ly the demand. 1g to quality. Prices —— $5 (0 @ $6 60, Cost.—Improvea prices m mort kinds, healthier state of the market, and a better fesling get rally ismenifested. The importations since the lst have amounted to about 1400 tons, mostly English, while the cepecmption bes been fuily 1500. Cumberiand ts very searce. and is in tteady demand, a! [$22; English ecom- 19; Welsh, $22; anthracite, $21; Bydney, $12 Daves axp Mrvicinns —A ot ly business has been doing in drugs and medicines, although the arrivals have been large, aud the market is better supplied in many articles in which 1t was before bare. Tartaric acid has declined; @ large lot bas been sold at auction for S60. A ict of borax bas been sold at $1 10a $115. Iodineis scarce, and im great demand at $6. (Quinine is also rcarce, and commands $5 25. There is much adultera- tion practised in this article, much of it being re packed; particles of silicine, and in some cases flour, have been detected. The ‘ket is Man bare of seidlitz powders; a Jot has recently been cffered, but in a damaged condi- tion, it having been packed im paper boxes. Patent me- dicines rule lower. Lumpen.—A lively business has been doing in lumber, end prices have, in many articles, improved. It seems likely that, henceforth, rtrictly first quality of Americ clear lumber, will pay eastern exporters, Inch boa have materially advanced gia brings, by the © $75 t freight ; earhes and doom 1d ehingles are wery rcerce, aud much inquired | 1 RA considerable am end since our leet The stock on hand is very larg? s had come on in | but it is generally eupposed that « portion of that longest on bands hassoured. There canjbe no doubt that the arrivels from the Atlantic side of the continent will be hereafter very large, as the prices ruling here and in the east large mergin for shi i in ord: jallego, content if they reaii freight, which they can easily do at prerent A number | me iato operation in Oregon. | our may be expected from that ter. | | ritory. ‘Trade here is exceedingly dul’, sales being con. | fined to actu | Fiver. It i run vp consumption, and but little going up nifestly impossible that prices can be oxs.—The market still remains dormont ve been large and sales «mall | The | Several small . Buchanan, and his posse, | loteot new clear pork bave been old in bbis, at $15, in| Went out to the Sonorian Camp, hearing that three | balves $8 riers $4123¢ 8 $450. Hams are welling at ording to quality and quantity, The de Butter. a priine artiele, articie in briae relle re 18 2ie pti ip good demand. A gi ly at 7s 9420, The market ie overets th « ball passing out in front, near the hip, and very se | asy cuallties, and pelos ere mately nominal ne | verely, itis feared mortally wounded. hore is Scans Market greatly overstocked, and demand Kecent arrivals have caused a etill further D saxp Liquons —The stocks on handare extremely | large, and prices ere drooping. The arrivals atilicontiaue, | una ere very heavy, | Dany Goons temaiy about the same as our lest; the | src unt of business done ie not large, but prices remain | trin at our last quotations. Heavy drillings bave ed- Yaveed ecnsiderabiy. The market is overstocked with mh gord demand dcmertic ecttons. Tick ck © the dewand ‘Trae — Several large lots have arrived since cur last Baler are limited to the abd pricer cule ecinewhat lower at our q Block tin in demand, and scarce. | Quecn Charlotte Island. | and farme are extended, and the log cabin is givi eee . . in earnest—the river is quite full and stili rising BecansmGood biands well readily, at high prices; Whe | tere Lae Deh @ 2186 «1 SuIme Iuur huet—MaVigawy Mera.* —The arrivals of English bar iron have been which bas caused to rule lower, The market I better supplied with beller 5 former quotations. Marriages and Deathson the Pacific. At Union City, Nov. 5, ; . 5, by F. Bucknell, Eeq., Mr. - > ry, z > Red vA ones’ Hotel, on the Sd tik, by Rey. Wi on : . Wm. Bawin Owen to Elvira Wait, both of Sectamente Gig” At San Francisco, on Thi C. Wheeler, Mr. Lewellyn Thi! Aimita T. Porter, of Boston, Also, on the same 1 Mr. Miss Sophia A. of N. In the church at Santa Clara. N October 30, by Rev. 0. of Virginia, to Mise bi “i | . 2, by Rev. Charles Maclay, Mr. T. F. Hamline, to Miss Jane, eldest daughter of Rev, J. Grewell. by Rev. Mr. of the ‘On Thursday, Sept. 25th, at the Bethel, Taylor, Mr. John Edward Chute, chief officer bark Rhone, to Mary Anne M , of Honolulu. ¢& In Btockton, Ncv 6th, by J. K. Shafer, Esq , Mr. Joseph: P. Lane to Mirs Mary Ann Barnett, all of Stockton, At ls’ Camp, Nov. 34, by Judge J. C. Scribner, Mr. Wi BE. Bean, of the Cherokee Nation, to Mrs. bar | Ann Henry. of Arkansas. At rento Cit , on, the 11th ode 5 the Rey. Mr. lorrison, counrellor at law, to Virgi- . T.J. White. Wilbur Mr. 9.42 Meaiiten, of Fustetin Plaina, £0 Sas ur, Mr. J, H. Mc’ in Tizrah Barton, of Portland,’ At Cathlamet, O , om the 31st October, by the Rev. 5t. , M. Fackler, Rey. Wm. Richmond, to Sarah Adelaide, daughter of the late Thomas Adame, fen ry George B. a Price. F (nas. At the Cowerlitz Settlement, O., b Roberts, Esq , Mr. Frank Layton to Miss Isabel In Marion county, on the 30th October, by the Rev. D. R. Williams, Mr. Charles P. Cook to Miss Busan E. Brewster, all of Marion county, 0. ‘At Amity, Bouth Yam Hill, 0., on the 5th October, by the Rev. J. W. (ioodell, Mr. Thomas B. Jackson to Mise Mary Walling. In Washington county, 0 , on the 9th October, by the Rey. Mr. Fisher, J. L. Barlow to Miss wary S Miller. At Portland, 0., Oct.29, by the Rev. J. H. Wilbur, Mr. John F, Thomas to Miss Elvira, daughter of Mrs. Ap- erson. as the came, on 26th October, Dr. E. H. Griffin to Miss Emily Roberts. Also, Mr, John W. Patrick to Nancy A. Morton. DIED On Thursday at the house of Hawley, Sterling & Co., Mr. Corne! ling, aged 23 years. At Honolulu, Oct. 1, His Excellency, James Young Canehoa, Governor of Maui, aged 54 bese At Honolulu, sept. 80, at the U.8 Hospital, BE. M. To- bey, son of N. Tobey, of West Jefferson. Me. in Stockton, on the 24th ult, Mr. George Skey, @ na- tive of England, aged 55 years. In Stockton, on the 28th ult, Mr. Alford Alonzc ‘Thompeon, of Ryefield, Mass., aged See. In Sonora, ¢m the 27th ult., Geo. Hichards, aged 56, born in Comava, Wales. Oct. 1, on board whalesbip Samuel Robertson, of con- sumption, Ololo, a native of the Hervey Islands. Oct. 26, Michael Leary, of Ireland, uged 32. “John Rafferty, of 8an Francisco, aged 22 mos. 27, George J. Oakes, of Boston, aged 27. “" John Smith, of New York, aged 23. 29, Geo, Endicott, of Salem, Mass., aged 26. 7 00, John Wade, of Bridgeport, Comm. aged 18 30, ‘ade, ge] , Conn , ag . “James Large, of Ireland, aged 33. “ Jobn Cherry, of Ireland, aged 45. 31, Joseph Donaldson, of Ireland, aged 40. “ P, Abodil, of France, ae 47. “ Charles Wilson, of Sam Francisco, agea 8 days. 83 Chinamen, 1 Kanaka. On the Sth Nov., Mr. Alexander McFerson, from Man- eheeter, New Hampehire. The following deaths occurred on board the steamer Panama, on the passege Be from Panama. Oct, 26, at 5'; o'clock, Phineas Conkey, aged 58, died of fever—wi d children living at Warrensville, Cuyahoza county, Obio. Oct. 27, at 10 o'clock, A. M., John Sargent, cabin meee; aged 16 years, from Saco, Maine, of dy- sentery. Oct-17, at lo’clock, A. M., Jesse Sawyer, a steerage enger, aged <8 years—jumped overboard—insane-~ ken ~~ ~ five children ee Maine. roe t. 27, George , steerage passenger, aged 3° years, from Troy, New York, ‘died at ‘3b. 45in., of tyhoid fever—left wife and four childrenat Troy, New York Oct. 50, Daniel Lathrop, cabin passenger, of fever, aged 2 years. from Bedford, Cuyahoga county, Onio. Nov. 1, at half past 8, Wiliam Jackson, aged 13 years, of ee and fever, from Wiscensin. His tather m bear jov. 2,at quarter past, A. M., Mason Seymour, of fever, aged 34 years, trom the State of New York. Nov. 8, at haif-past 6, Daniel McCarty, of fever. In San Joaquin county, on the 2d inst., John C. Stepbenson, aged 27 yeurs, son of Dr. W. W. ofthis county, and late of the State of Arkansas. At Sacramento, Nov. 2, of typhoid fever, Jas. R. Bly the, of Bostow, aged 27 years. At Parks’ Bar, Oct 80, James Nash, in the 56th year of his sge. He died suddenly, of a disease affecting the ubroat and lungs At sea, on board ship George Thatcher, Oct. 1st, Elias George, eeaman. of Baltimore, aged 23 years In this city, Nov. 6, Mrs. A. R. Hinckley, aged years, of Bangor, Maine. At the “Pavilion,” on the 11th ult, at 7 o'clock P, M. of erysipelas, Robert T Ridley, in the 32d year of bis age —one ef the oldest and most widely known and respected of the California pioneers At ces, newer the Asiand of Bt. Helena, on the 5th of June last, of consumption, Rev. Wm Kichards, Mission- ary cf the A. B.C. F. M. to Fuh Chew, China, aged 27 years. At Mekawao, East Maui, at 12 o'clock, noon, Oct. 6, ears. At the U. 8. Hospital, Tignelulu, Oct. 7, Charles H., son of Isao Ruseell, Keq , of Pittston, Maine. — 24, Maiarua, e native of Maui, wife of John Wil- m8. At the J, 8. Hospital, Honolulu, Sept, 27, Elijah M., son of N. Tobey, . Of West Jefferson. Im Honolulu, Sept. 23d, of consumption, Richa Southard, aged 23. In the U. 8, Hospital, Honolulu, Sept. 21, Dennis Spel ling, ¢f consum In Jamestown, Nov. 6th, John Powers, aged about ears, * On the Mokelumne River, Nev. 6th, Willerd Mit formerly of Springfield, Illinois. ‘At French Camp. Nov. 6th, Henry Ernst, infant eon Henry and Lauretta Eoyt, aged two months and tw: days. Tn Los An; county, Francisco BR. Lopez, in ‘28th year of bis age. x Later from Oregon. — : The mail steamship Columbia arrived at S . en Francisco, v. 12th, seventy-four hours from A’ toria, bri 4 oie, ht h the best time yet. reba ie ats ppd tat te pc rn from the Oregon rs of horse thieves, headed by Chante mith, whos depredations about Shasta City were noted in o correspondence a short time since, being pursi had made their way into Oregon, where some hav meta sudden end, and some have ted. Three of them, Winslow, Thompson, upknown, were ested in the soul Oregon, and deni a pe vat around the latter’s neck for hanging him. whe: confessed, implicating the other two, and Charlie, Smith, the owner of the rancho. He also stat tbat they had four hundred stolen horses on t ranches in the vicinity of Klamath Lake. Ti party took the doctor as a guide, and went to KI math lake, but found that Sunith had left with horees for Salt Lake or the Grand Round. Information was received from the Dalles tl Smith, Reron, Hargnes, and Terwilieger, and twi Indians had arrived near Barlow's gate, with abo four bundred horse: en the Indians took it int their heads to take the horses, and for this killed the white ves. Their bodies were foun: and recognized by the pursuing party. Oae of *! Indians was taken and i in irons, and the othe was pursued by a file of ten soldiers from the garri ton. It ie believed that 25 of the gang are Grand Round, with about 300 head of horses, stol sbout the sta mines, anda party had gone it ) ureuit of them. The affair of this banditti had created much @ citement in Oregon, on account of the number the band and the extent of their depredations, a if the remainder are taken they will fare badly. is feared that a difficulty with the Cayuse Indi will gro out of it. The young man, Turner, has been tried an convicted ot the murder of Edward ts Bradbur: at Sauvie’s Island, and sentenced to be hung the 4th December. i The schooner Exact, Capt. Folger, sailed fro Portland on the tb, with about tairty miners, fc A fight coourred between Judge Pratt, hol court at Hillsboro’, and a member of the bar. A ladies’ fair has been held at Portland, $500 raised for the use of the |’resbyterian charo! The farmers of Oregon, having now good mil ing facilities, are sowing a very large crop of whe: Great improvements are going on in tue interios wey to comfortable frame and stove houses. orty wagons, the rear of the immigration, not reached the Dalles E-ght veesels were loading and discharging Portiand on the 6h The barks J 8. Lunt, from New York, an Francis end Louisa, and the schooner Virgini from San l’rancircu, bad arrived withia a few day: The bark Vesuvius, from New York, is now du and the steamer (‘nciunati, built at tne city of Ci cinnati, Ohio, wil bedueina few days. Thus will be seen, verse's are freighted trom the Stat direct for Oregou.— Oregon Oregonian, Sth. Captain Williams, pf the bark Louisiana, j arrived from the Sandwich lelands, quiet there, and markets rather dull Agent bad just received information that a wi steamer anda sloop of war had been ordered fj (Queen Charlotie’s island to prot ling trespaseed upon by Ameri ‘They will findgtheir bands full to preven’ kecs from fina'ng out whether there is aa there er not —/ if. Winter is down upon us—the rains have set j