The New York Herald Newspaper, January 10, 1853, Page 2

PRAIVAL OF THE NORTHERN LIGHT. anne Details of Fourteen Days Later Ad- vices from California. nen nnn ews frem Australia, the Sandwich | Islands, and Oregon. Ae Mavices from the Whaling Flect. QNTERESTING INTELLIGENCE. ANOTHER LARGE FIRE. @PRCULATION IN BREADSTUFFS. Public Execution. Darkets----Marriages and Deaths, | ier, der, See ‘Wee steamship Northern Light, Captain Thomas ‘Miner, arrived yesterday morning from San Juan del ‘Borte, whence she sailed on the morning of January | 5 * 4st She brings papers from San Francisco to the | We December, which were brought down by the | weamship Pacific to San Juan del Sur. The N. L. Bad on board 247 passengers. Wo are under obligations to the express agents of | Mecers. Gregory & Co., Wells, Fargo & Co., and | ‘dams & Co. and to Mr. Henry E. Barger, the | of the Northern Light, for furnishing us with Bes of California papers. Whe United States mail steamship Pacific was to | ‘Wave fan Francisco on the 16th December, for | Panama, with the mails and treasure for New York. ‘The steamship New Orleans arrived on the 14th December, from Panama. 4 complimentary dinner was given to the Hon. T. Butler King, at San Francisco, on the lith Decem- her. ‘The mail steamship Tennessee was to leave San Drancisco on the 16th December. "Phe clipper ship Sovereign of the Seas was noticed ‘to eave San Francisco for New York, via the Sand- “wich Islands, on the 16th December. Phe steamship New Orleans arrived at San Fran- @inco on the 14th December. ‘he steamship Northerner arrived on the morning | @ the 6th December, from Panama, The steamship Brother Jonathan arrived on the | 3a December, from San Juan. The block of marble which was prepared by the Beate of California, for the Washington Monument, Daring been destroyed in the late fire in Sacramento, | anew block, ordered from the Ringgold quarfy, bas | jest been received, which will be finished, aud sent vom to Washington. It isa far more valuable speci- wen than the former, being a beautiful variegated Phock, four feet in length, twenty-two inches square, | and weighing two thousand seven hundred pounds. | ‘Whe quality of this marble is equal to the finest | Malian, and the deposit of the quarry inexhaustible. ‘The first choice of a seat at Catherine Hayes’ third | @oncert in San Francisco was bid off at $1,100, by | Bempire Engine Company No.1, and was occupied dey the foreman of the company. The second choice | was knocked down to California Engine Company, Jor twenty-five dollars. Broadway theatre is the name of the new temple %e the muses at Columbia. That charming actress Miss Caroline Chapman is performing on its boards. | Signora Biscaccianti was announced to give another @encert in San Francisco. Vhour was selling at Sonora at $65 to $70 a barrel. ‘The levee at Sacramento saved that city during the ‘Yate rise in the river from another inundation. A diamond cross, valued at $1,300, which was to ‘be raffied for in San Francisco, it was designed should be given by the wmner to Miss Catherine Hayes. The citizens of Sonora are striving to make their town the capital of the State. George H. Hossefross has been elected Chief Engi- Beer of the Fire Department of San Francisco by a Jarge majority. The ship Empire, which it will be remembered was @iemasted, and injured in other respects, some months since, has been completely repaired, at an expense of about forty thousand dollars, and sailed for Calcutta. ‘The Marysville Herald says that Aaron H. 3. Bon- gel, of Troy, N.Y., aged about twenty years, was @rewned in the Yuba river, near the Half-way House, em the 7th of December Mesers. Teschmaker and Brierly, charged with be- wg seconds in the duel between Gen. Denver and | ‘the late Hon. E. Gilbert, were brought before a jury | Der trial, in Sacramento, and acquitted. The Grand Jury of Calaveras county have just | @losed their sessions. They found twelve indict- | mente, viz:—Vor assault with intent to kill, 8; mur- @er, 2; burglary, 1; malicious injury, 1. | See ship news for interesting intelligence from the whaling fieet. Our San Francisco Correspondence. San Francisco, Noy. 30, 1852. Agricultural Capacity of California—Agricultural Exhibition at Sacramento. "Me opinion is quite prevalent in the States that the resources of California consist almost entirely in ber mineral wealth, and that but a smal! portien of | ‘be State is adapted to cultivation. There is no | greater error than this. So far from the soil being ‘aa barren and sterile as it has been represented to be, masarly the whole State possesses a wonderful fertility and adaptation to easy cultivation. To be sure, much | wf the country in the latter part of the dry season | ‘sppeare to be incapable of producing anything, yet | ‘thie very same soil, if sowed with wheat or barley | geon after the rains set in, yields the most wonderful ‘erops. However, a few facts, showing what has | oduced here already, although this branch of is still in its infancy, will give a much better dea of the agricultural capacity of California than | mere description could give. h the enterprising and the most indefati- industry of Colonel Warren & Co. of Sacramen- 4 Agricultaral Exhibition was held last month | in that city, at which some most astonishing produc- tions of the soil were exhibited. The following are the weight and dimensions of some of them. Squashes weighing 108 lbe., and six feet eight | Inches in circumference. mpkins weighing 110 Ibs., and seven feet in etreumference. | Watermelons weighing from 36 to 44 !be., and from | ing had | and Redwood Cr | the guilty one. 2% to 34 fect in circumference. i : Beets weighing from 30 to 40 Ibe., and 40 inches in | @ireumference, and one beet 74 feet long. Cabbage weighing 45 Ibs., and 45 inches in circum- Turnipe weighing 19 Ibe., and 24 inches in circum. | Seren | ce. Potatoes weighing 44 \bs., and scveral sacks of them which averaged 3 lbs. each Onions weighing 44 Ibs., and 22 inches in circum- | ference. Corn 30 feet high, from a field of live acres, ave ing 50 bushels to the acre | tice of wheat averaging 50 bushels per acre, | and barley averaging from 75 to 100 bushels per acre. Incredible as the above account inay seem, it is | none the jess true, for most of the products mentioned | were seen and examined by your correspondent, as moch to his surprise as this description of them is to | that of your redders. Speculations in Fiour. ‘The San Frangiseo Herald, of December 15, in re- | Jation to the speculations in flour which were being | earried on in that city, has the following remarks ‘The extravagant pi to which flour has been ad vanced of late in California, is engaging the attention | ‘of the people all through the State, and the impres- | sion is universal that this rise is to be attributed more | to the grasping policy of certain speculators than to ra yery extraordinary scarcity in the market. Cer in individuals in this city, cither possessing or hav ing the control of an immense money capital, have handed themselves together to ran up breadstuffs to | a famine pric le starve. most ruthles nd enrich themselyes though the y have the power and the means, y do they employ them. They have Row succeeded in establishing a most heartless mono- poly, with every prospect of continuing it, unless Measures be taken to foil them. Their tactics are bold, but very easily seen through. They hold a Targe amount of flour, and endeavor to buy up at ‘their own price every cargo that comes into market. ¥ the owners refuse to sell, the speculators throw par eels of their stock into market, depress the price for a | few days far below what they were charging, and at Jast frighten the outside holders into selling at a.com paratively low figure. The instant they thus obtain | a@ontro] of the whole etogk in the market, they pat op | | enemy | from you wh the price to any figure they please, and ‘orably adbere 00 it until the next cargo comes 6 ees the game played last week, and the uninitiated were surprised to see the article fall from $40 on Monday to $33 on Friday, and again ran up to $40 on Satur- day, and that, too, in the face of several arrivals, Large Fire at Shasta. A large and destractive fire occurred at Shasta on the 28th Nov., consuming some fifteen houses. It originated at 3 A. M., in the Arcade Saloon. When first discovered it was rushing up the stairway. It spread rapidly, defying the best efforts of the citizens to get it under until it was arrested by the razing of one or two It is generally ‘supposed that this fire was the work of anincendiary. The follow- ing is the list of the buildings burned, together with the losses sustained:— WEST SIDE. Arcade, Chancey & Co... Arcade furniture, Waring. Mansion House, 8. Arnold. . California Exchange, Lee & Diana Saloon, Toner.......... California Exchange, Good & Co Three buildings, D. D. Harold. Two buildings, Dr. Baulding. One building, Junkins. .. . ‘i S Messrs. Ingahan & Cox, stable and corral John Moll, French Restaurant. . . Two buildings, Curtis & Ward EAST SIDE. One building, W. N. Baily. . . Shasta re building, materia iner. Jerry & Brown, building ute agate: ea Some of the above were among the best in the town. The amount of goods destroyed is small, the fire having swept over that part of the place oc- cupied as residences, with the exceptions enumerat- ed. The recent heavy rains prevented to some ex- tent a more destructive conflagration. News from Humboldt Bay. The bark General Wool, Captain J. A. Ridgway, from Humboldt, arrived at San Francisco on the 12th December, brings news to the 10th. The weather had been stormy for a fortnight previous, and no trains had arrived or lett for the mines. Provisions were scarce at the bay, and it was feared that suffer- g had already commenced both on the Salmon and Trinity. Snow fell on the mountains as early as the 20th ult., at which time there was not over a fort- night’s provisions on the Klamath and Salmon, and even less on the Trinity, since when little has gone forward. No vessels had entered for some three weeks prior to the sailing of the Gen. Wool. The Indians on the Klamath have been quiet since their chastisement in June last; but several murders had been committed by those on the South Fork of the Trinity, and the other mountain tribes between that and Eel river. Two young men, named Casper, living on Eel river, on their way to meet a sick brother, were waylaid and killed’on Yager creek early in November. The murder was known by the Indians on the Klamath before it came to the know- ledge of their friends. Suspicion was first excited among the latter by one of their hats being found, and a party went out from Eel river and discovered the bodies, much mutilate They killed two In- dians, who had in their possession articles of cloth- ing belonging to the murdered men, and took another prisoner, who died of fright. Another murder was reported to the whites, at the Forks of the Klamath, by an Indian from the Lower ‘Trinity, as having occurred between the South Fork about the 12th or 13th of No- The man, whose name had not been ascer- tained, was on foot, in advance of a party of six or eight, going from Union to the Trinity. He was shot with a rifle and his body drawn out of the trail and covered with leaves, and the train passed with- out knowing it. The Indian who communicated this intelligence at the ferry, offered to take the whites to the spot and point out the murderers, and had there been a small military station there the deed might at once have been punished. As it is, it is probable that the miners on Trinity, and the settlers on the bay and Eel river, will be compelled to take up the matter this winter, in which case a general war must be expected. The Hon. Thomas J. Roach, County Judge elect of Klamath County, was unfortunately drowned, on the 11th November, on his way from the Upper Klamath to Trinidad. The accident took place at a creek, one mile and a half below Young's Ferry. Judge Roach was from the State of New York, and came to California as a lieutenant in Stevenson's Regi- ment; he was appointed in 1851 to the office of County Judge, to fill a vacancy, and, at the late elec- tion, was chosen by a numerous majority to the same office. He was much respected, and his death is looked upon as a misfortune to the county. vembe Intelligence from Los Angels. A late arrival at San Francisco from San Diego furnishes the following items, which are copied from the Los Angels Star of Dec. 4th:—On the night of Tuesday, the 25th ult., the entire stock of horses be- longing to Mesers. White & Courtney, consisting of about one hundred head, together with some few owned by emigrants who have recently arrived in the county, where stolen from San Gabriel. At first the robbery was supposed to have been committed by Indians; but from present indications, it seems more robable that the same band of outlaws who have so jong infested this county, and a part of whom, there is every reason to believe, are now in the hands of the people, are the guilty ones in this instance. Four or five men have started on their track, pre- pared to follow them even to the mines, if they have gone in that direction. The Star pays the following handsome compliment to Hon. Hiland Hall, of the Land Commission, and | the Secretary and Law Agent :—Hon. Hiland Hall, of the United States Land Commission, Mr. Green- how, Deputy Law Agent, Mr. Fisher, Secretary, and the other gentlemen connected with them, took their departure on the Sea Bird. The visit of these gen- tlemen to our place will always be agreeably remem- bered by our citizens. Not only have they been as- | siduous in the discharge of their official duties, attend- ing at their rooms early and late, but their course has been marked by that courtesy which secures the | esteem of all. Some further testimony has been adduced in re- | gard to the murder of Gen. Bean. The Star pub- lishes the statement of a woman called Anna Boui- tes, which, if true, proves beyond doubt that Cipri ani Sandoval, the man charged with the crime, is ‘The following is the portion of her testimony fastening the crime upon Sandoval :— There wasa performance of the maromas the night eneral Bean was killed, I was present with Joaquin Mu- eta. 1 left the maromas with him, returned to my house, and went immediately to bed. All the people of the house | went to sleep. Rico, his wife and family, and a certain is wornan, were at the house. Myself, Joa- . Juanito Rieo, and a young lad, slept in the After I laid down, and before I went to sleep, heard no unusual noise. At @ lair part of the night I heard some shots, an] some voices, but could not distinguish whether they were Amerieans or Mexicans, and immediately afterwards | heard some more shots, ani the voiee of General Bean, who arrived, crying “Rico ! Rico! Rico |’ I then sat up and saw Bean, who came dregging a cloak. Senora Juanito Rico was alread: shots were fired in the Rico and Pena. First, three were fired, then a single rbot, holding him in hisarms. The which was fired when the General came crying out to- | wards the house. The next day Murieta and myself came to Los Angels, and after having passed the little ditehes, close to the Mission, Cipriano overtook us, and spoke to | Murieta. He said, “Hombre, I confide or charge yeu with the secret of what! have done; there is no danger here, and request and charge your woman to act the same a4 yourself, in order that, among the Americans, they may hot get anything out of her against us.’” Cipriano came very much exeited, with a serape on his shoulder and a six shooter in his waistband. Then J asked Joaquin, “Is that the one that killed Bean?” “Yes,"’ he raid. And why ¥” “Because the General was very much intoxi cated, dragging the Indien woman, and whe is with a sis ter of Christoval; and so earnestly charge you with the | Secret. If by chance they should call on you aa a witness, say that youdo notknow—they shall not get anything out abot neither shall they harm you. Moreover, if T Jearn that you ray the least thing, f shall be your worst If yon should even put yourself into the gat of the Yankee. J shall take you out. They ehall not take hat I shat! do to you was also snepected of being engaged assassination of General Bean; but nothin definite was proved against him, as being connected with that affair. He, however, confessed to the com- mission of one murder and several robberies. After this confession had been made known to the people, a public meeting was held at the court-house, and the accused was condemned to death by unanimous consent. This was on Monday. He was carefully | guarded that night by a party of citizens, during which time he was visited by Rev. Padre Anacleto, who administered to him the rij of the Catholic Church. At 12 o'clock on Tuesday, he was conduct ed to the gallows, on Prospect Hill, followed by a large concourse of people. Here he was waited upon by the priest, who left him not until the moment ar- rived for his exeention. Just before he was launched into hast the prisoner a ase a few words to the assembly to the effect that his punishment was | justly merited, &c., and advising his compa never to put faith in woman. He persisted to tly last in declaring his innocence of the murder of Ge- neral Bean, or of knowing anything in relation to it. A few minutes past 12 the cap was 4 over his eyes, the drop detached, and Reyes Feliz atoned for his crimes by an ignominious death. A man, named Benite Loper, was also convicted hy a jury of the people as being engaged in the murder, and was taken out and executed. The Mines. A correspondent, writing from Moquelamne Hill, , says provisions are very igh, and t tocks in the stores of the traders here are not sufficient to sapply the wants of the town a fortnight. We consequently expect high prices during the winter; especially | should the roads continue in anything like their pre- sent condition. He also states that, owing to the _ rains, the yield of gold in Calaveras county will be immense this winter. The mining interest in and around Jamestown, at Kincaid Flats, French Gulch, Sullivan's Creek, and generally around Colombia, is in a prosperous con- | dition. jesus opened the door, and | irection between the houses of | The Soltivan’s Creek Water Company, after re- Pairing their race and flumesavhere have ow got a full stream of water as far as Flat, the immediate consequence of is the constant en] nt of all miners in that 4 The roads between the mines and the re towns, where supplies are generally procured, are now in a wretched condition, and transit is necessarily slow. The consequence is that freight has raised, and with it the prices of provisions, in the mines. Common articles of subsistence are nearly as high as in the winter of '49, though the chances of rich returns to the miner are not so general as then. At Yankee Jim's, 4 claim fifty feet square on King’s Hill, three miles from Yankee Jim’s, was sold for ten thousand dollars. This is the same hill from which, some time ago, a claim was sold for fif- teen Saevmand cash. The miners, generally, are do- ing well. ihe miners about Nevada begin to complain of too much water; the streams and ditches are sur- feited, and all they now desire is fair weather, when they expect a rich gold harvest. In Tuolumne county the miners are all doing well. The late rains have, in fact, given an impetus to the workmen in dry diggings all over the country. Rich diggings have been struck in the rear of Downieville. We learn, says the Movatain Echo, that a couple of fine specimens were taken out in a ravine opposite Bryfogle’s Flat, on the South Fork. One of them weighs fifteen ounces, pare gold, and the other ten and a half ounces, studded with crystalized quartz. The Grizzly Water Company has completed a ca- nal from Grizzly Canon and Bloody Run along the ridge between the south and middle Yuba, a distance of about twenty miles. This canal will afford facili- ties for miners in the extensive and rich anise country between Little Grass Valley and Frenc! Corral. The work is more important as the mines, which will be furnished by it, are not only among the most extensive in the State, but from their prospect will afford a sure return for well directed labor, of $6 to $25 per day. Cherokee is about twenty miles trom Downieyille, and ten miles from French Corral, and in a region which has produced as large an amount of the precious metals as any in the State. This will furnish an excellent opening for miners who are de- sirous of making permanent locations, as the dig- gings will doubtless continue for a great number of years. The Execution of Jose Forner. Yesterday, says the San Francisco Herald, of Dec. 11, will be remembered as the day on which took pas the first capital execution, under sentence of a awful tribunal, in the county of San Francisco. The unfortunate victim of this death sentence of the law was Jose Forner. His crime was murder, committed on the person of a Mexican, in Pleasant Valley, on the 13th September last. The testimony against him was that of several witnesses, who first saw him, in the afternoon of that day, with a knife in his hand, in hot pursuit of his victim. Both fell; Forner arose first and, falling upon the latter, inflicted a dozen stabs upon his body, at least half of which were mor- tal. Upon his person was afterwards found a belt containing about $325 in coin, a portion of which was identified by the employer of the deceased as money paid out to him, and it was therefore inferred that Forner had first robbed and then murdered him. The trial took place on the 10th day of No- vember last, when the jury returned a verdict of guilty of murder, and the Court subse- uently sentenced him to be hung on the 10th of ecember. Forner then protested, as he has given done since, that he acted in self-defence, the de- ceased having attempted to rob him, and having first assaulted him, inflicting the wonnd upon the calf of his leg, which he bore at the time of his ar- rest. During the first few days of his confinement, under this sentence, he made several attempts to kill himself, in consequence of which, he was chained to the floor of his cell, and was so kept until the day of his death. The following is his confession and a sketch of his life, as related to the keepers of the county jail, published under their direction :— CONFESSION OF JOSE FORNER Y¥ BRUGADA. On the day that the killing was done, about the hour of four o'clock in the afternoon, I was in company with two young friends, talking of going to dine; they did not wish togo early. I said, “well 1 will take a walk, and see the Steam Paddy work.” I then parted from my friends, and walked towards the Happy Valley ; and while I was look- ing at the machines at work, one Jose Rodriguez (the de- ceased) came up to me, and slapping me familiarly on the shoulder, said, “Hallo, Jose, what are you doing here?” I returned for answer that I hadeome out for a walk. at the same time noticed that the deceased looked strangely at me. After a few moments he asked me to come and drink with him. I said, ‘‘ No, thank you; I must away and obey a call of nature.” I then left him and went on a sand hill, took off of my body my money belt, which contained some four hundred dollars. 1 laid the belt on the ground. At the same time I took off my knife. That also, Ilaid onthe ground. ile I was in the act of dressing myself, deceased came running up to me and saw my knife laying on the ground, which he in- stantly seized, and said, “I want your money.’ I said, “T have but two or three dollars, which you can have if you wish it.” He answered, “No; you have more, and I will baye it.” At that moment he jumped towards me, and J stepped back to avoid, when he struck me a blow with the knife, which took effect in the calf of my leg. Texclaimed, ‘You are a d—d scoundrel !—what do you mean!’ He ran down the hill ; I after him ; he dropped the knife; I picked it up, while running after him; he made an effort to get the knife away from me. What I done afterwards, God only knows; I was fra with ‘hat I did intend to kil him, be rage. I confess at the time that it was his intention to rob me, and perhaps to kill me, if necessary, in its accomplishment. ‘The mo- ney I had when arrested was my own; I had worked hard for a portion of it ; the other portion I won at cards. I received $125. I also worked at the Nueva Mondo and at the Laguna. From these two places I received between $50 and $60. The balance of the money I won at cards at the Eldorado, Polka, and Arcade; in all about $400, SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF JOSE FORNER. I was born in Valencia, Spain, in the month of May, 1820, of highly respectable parents. My uncle is Alcalde of Valencia; and all my family, with but few exceptions, hold office under the Spanish government. Iam worth, in Valencia, from $4,000 to $5,000, in real estate. At the age of sixteen years I went to learn the trade of confec: tioner with my unele; served with him five years. From there I went to Barcelona; was three years in the ser- vice of Don Jina Costa. of introduetion to the brother of my last employer, Don Juan Costa, at Havana, Cuba; worked there two years; Madrid; from thenee to Barcelona; then again to Havana; } was there three or four months, in the house of Domini- cas; thence to Vera Cruz, Mexico; thence to Puebla; thence to the city of Mexico; thence to Acapulco; from working five or six months. I bad about seventy-five | dollars when I arrived here. I worked for the roprle of the Jackson House, the hotel Nueva Moi Laguna. This is the first time I ever was in prison, and never wronged any — one dime, The money found on me was my ows. b en u ¢ erie FORNER y BRUGADA. The spot finally selected for the execution was on the re Ruseian Hill, out of the view of an: houses in the city, and about three-quarters of a mil from the county jail. At a very early hour in the morning those anxious to witness the sad exhibition | commenced to aseemble at this point, and, notwith- | standing a drizzling rain which prevailed during most of the forenoon, patiently awaited its tragic | conclusion, at which time there could have been no Jess than ten thousand spectators on the ground. Of eit proportion of females, some on horseback, and some on | this number there was a some in carriages, Marion Rifles arrived upon the ground and cleared away a epace about two hundred yards square around the gallows, which they kept open until after the last act of the mournful ceremony was performed. A | proper decorum and order were observed by the im- mense crowd, owing in a great measure to the aasist- | ance of the military, whose services were proved to | be necessary in preventing disorder and confusion | that would have greatly interrupted the officers in the discharge of their duties. Around the county jail, also, a large crowd was | assembled. Ata quarter to one o'clock, the prisoner was brought out and placed in a wagon, accom- panied by Sheriff Hays, Major Caperton, Deputy Sheriff, the priest, and other officials. The I'irst California Guard were placed in front, a large police force guarded each side of the wagon, and in this manner the procession moved slowly on towards the place of execution. Doring its progress the prisoner evinced an imperturbable calmness, smoking 0 segar the whole length of the way, remarking that the | people seemed to be enjoying a gala day, and ex- pressing his be that those of his company whose acquaintance he bad made during his confinement, should be subjected to this exposure to the rain on his account. with the priest. The procession having reached the ground, the | prisoner was assisted from the wagon, and ascended ; the scaffold with a firm ster mpanied by the priest and the Sheriff, with his deputi The death warrant, issued from the Fourth District Court, was yead to him in English and in Spanish, by Major Caperton, Deputy Sheriff. Upon being asked what be had to say, he stepped to the front of the platform, and in lond and dintinet | tones, sufficiently so to be tude, be addressed them f peating the substance of his‘ ing that he was innocent of the ‘a hy the whole multi- voub five minntes, fesston, rime of murder, and ces. He referred to his family was Forner y Brugada, and « Dility, and in conclusion procla lie and with resiguation—as he did. He then shook hands with and bid farewell to thove on the stand alter requesting that care should be taken to have his execution accomplished as speedily and surely as saab Sheriff Hays then adjusted the rope around his neck, drew the black cap over his head, and cut | the rope which upheld the “drop.” The unfortunate victim fell a distance of about three and a half feet, | and four minutes ofterwards his body evinced no signs | of vitality. was examined by Dr. Van Zandt, City Physician, who prenounced life extinct, when it was cut down and delivered over to Coroner Gray, who held an imme- | diate inquest over it. A report was in circulation in San Francisco, that the body of the criminal, after it wad been taken from was cook and confectioner at the Jackson House, where I ; From thence I went with letters | then went tomy native place, Valencia; from there to | there to the city of San Franeisco, where I have been | tors | , and the | | foot. At about a quarter past twelve o'clock the | He also repeated over a few passages | ind as such determined to inecet his fate bravely | After hanging twenty-five minutes, it | the gallows weyed to the Mission, and there ay hh eer » a 1, fall was too short to break his 'neck.” He, was ou pended itpclght minutes, and died by strangula- tion alone. re are cases on record where persons have been hung even a longer time, and eu! ntly brought to life; but in the present instance, we have no reason to believe the report. Miscellaneous. CAPITAL INVESTED IN BRICK BUILDINGS IN SAN Francisco.—The Pacific contains a very interesting article, giving a list of all the fire-proof buildings now standing on those streets of our city running north and south, or contracted for, with their cost. It pro- mises to give a list of those on streets running east and west in its next issue. From its list we the following facts :— Street. Buildings. Cost. Powell... oe $14,500 Stockton. 141,000 Dupont 100,000 Pike.. 10,000 Kearny. 390,000 Montgomery 1,398,000 Sansome. 436,000 Battery... ; 0,000 The Pacific adds that the whole amount of capital t invested in class fire-proof buildings, in San Fran- cisco, including the custom-house and other public buildings, now under contract, will exceed the sum of six and a half millions of dollars. This, be it re- membered, is exclusive of the lands, simply the cost of construction. MELANCHOLY AccrpeNT.—At Drake's Bar, on the pilot ane a pan ane Ore Ge Lance ae accidentally shot, the c! e entering his rij ide, below the “ibe, He lived: but fifteen minutes after receiving the shot. Deceased was a young man, much respected by a large circle of friends. He has left a wife and one child at Sag Harbor, Rhode Island, Marriages, Births, and Deaths. BIRT. AtSan Leandro, Contra Costa, on the 29th ult., Mrs. John B. Ward, of a daughter. MARRIED. - On the 11th Dec, by H. 0. Beatty Fsq., at the residence of Mr. George Hughes, A. G. Tomich, of New Orleans, to Miss C. Henrietta Schneider, of San Francisco. In Placerville, 5th Dec., by Rev. Mr. Ingleby, Mr. Fred- erick MeKee to Miss Margaret E. Cunningham, both of Placerville. On the 2d Dee., by the Rev. C. Gridley, at the residence of the bride's father, Dr. Wm. J. Barfield, of Quartzburg, to Miss Margaret Ruddle, youngest daughier of J. B. Rud- dle, Esq., of Merced River, late of New Madrid county, Missouri. At Santa Clara, on the 2d Dec., by Rey. L. O. Grenell, Mr. Elliott Reed to Miss Rebecca Grenell, In the Court House in San Jose, on the 5th Dec., by the Hon. Thomas White, Mayor of San Jose, Mons. Jean Ebos to Senora Dona Annetta Gonzales, daughter of Senor Don Rafael Gonzales, all of San Jose. In Grass Valley, Nov. 20th, by Rev. J. A. Warren, Mr. ‘Thomas Ireland, of Marysville, to Miss Martha Knox, re- cently from Conway, New Hampshire. In Sacramento, at the residence of Mr. Bininger, on the 9th Dec., by the Rey. Mr. Benton, Mr. E. M. Smith to Miss Zuba Hawes, both of that city. On the 6th Dec., by Rey. S. H. Willey, Mr. Artemas Da- Mie Miss Mary Davidson, formerly of Prince Edward sland. On Dee. 3a, by the Rey. Thomas McCoy, W. B. Agard, of San Francisco, to Miss Marion F. Anderson, of Santa Clara Valley. In Stockton, Noy. 30th, by the Rev. J. W. Kelley, Mr. J. M. Hogan, of New Orleans, to Miss Eliza M. Grey, of Stockton, In Stockton, Dee. 1st, by the Rev. Henry Kroh, Mr. Carsten Grupe to Miss Margarets Belinken, all of Cala- yeras county. i In Stockton, Dec. 1st, by the Rev. Henry Kroh, at his residence, corner of Centre and Market streets, Mr. Henry Meyer to Miss Rebecca Biekmann, all of Stockto1 n Francisco, on the 2d Dec., by the Rev. Father Labria, Mr. Joel F. Lightner, to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Captain Thomas Grey, late of St. Louis, Missouri. In San Francisco, Nov. 25, by the Right Rev. Bishop Alemany, Captain Joseph Homer Doane to Miss Charlotte E. Moore. In San Francisco, Dec. 3, by Rev. T. Dwight Hunt, Mr. William B. Reeve to Miss Mary Ann McDonald. ‘At Yankee Jim’s, on the 24 Dec., by H. W. Niles, Fsq., Mr. A. W. Danwiddie to Mrs, Lagston, all of Placer county. At MeCourtney's nan of Bear River, on Nov. 21, by E. W. Roberts, County Judge, John P. Pritchett, of Sutter county, to Miss Rebecca Alexander, late of Macon county, Missouri. DIED. On board ship W. H. Harbeck, at sea, Nov. 19th, F. Ww. Cullen, of county Tyrone, Ireland. Nov. 16th, John Mor- rison, a seaman of Gottenberg ; has a mother living in xas. ‘At Marysville, 20th Nov. of disease of the liver, Edward F. Chadborne, aged 31 years, of Standish, Me. In Stockton, on the 27th Nov., very suddenly, John Heyland, of Cork, Ireland. He was a member of company A (Captain Steele) New York Regiment California Volun- teers. | . In Sacramento, Thursday, Dec. 2d, at the residence of her ron-in-law, John Drummond, of disease of the brain, | Mrs. Priscilla Fay, late of New York city, and relict of the late Edward Fay, aged ¢4 years. In Nevada, Dec. ist, Mr. John H. Todd, of the firm of Todd & Joner, Shasta city, recently of Dodgeville, Wis., aged 40, of typhoid fever. ; ete? In Marysville, Dee. Ist, Mra. Catherine Smith, wife of John G. Smith,’ aged 29 years. In Marysville, Nov. 80th, the infant danghter of Mr. and Mrs. Smith. : In Marysville, of typhoid fever, Charles R. Pierson, of 0. H. Pierson of San Francisco, from Madison, cous X. J., im the 24th year of his age. = At Springfield, of small pox, on the 19th of November, Peter McDeamid,formerly of Bloomfield, Maine, aged | about 26 years. On board bark Wilhelmina, on the passage from Hong Kong to San Franeiseo, Hezekiah Nile, of Boston. Drowned at Sonora during the freshet, Mr. George Whiddon, aged about 27 years, of Halifax, N. S., son of the late John Whiddon, Esq. Master of the Rolls. In San Francisco, Dee. 10, Mary Bell Bernice Cobb, daughter of Henry A. and Pauline E. Cobb, aged 3 years, 2 months and 21 days. In San Franciseo, December 10, of scurvy, Captain Tho- | mas Sargent, master of the British ship Gleniffer. At Green Valley Hotel, Dec. 8, Virginia, wife of Jere- miah Benedict, aged 21 years. ; At Placerville, Dee. 10, Joseph C. Willis, late of John- son county, Arkaneas. In Jamestown, Tuolumne county, after a long and se- | vere illness, Ezra Cooper, aged 34 years. At Los Angelos, Nov. 20, Mortimer, son of Collina and Mary Wadham, aged 10 months. , ‘At Benicia Barracks, Cal., Dec. 7, Major Albert S Miller, of the 2d U. 8. tart In San Jose, Dec. 6, Mr. Frank McHenry. At Washington, Yolo county, Dee. 12, Andrew Gray, of Newark N. J. v. 30, on board the steamship New Orleans. M. 0. enjamin, aged about 30. Dee. 12, on board seep New Orleans, R. W. Fisher, of Lisbon, Wisconsin, aged 50. Dec. 12, on board steamship New Orleans, Francisco Segui, of Barcelona, Spain, aged 35. Markets. San Francisco, Dec. 14, 1652. MONEY AND STOCKS. Very little doing to-day, and no demand for any State | or city bonds, for steamer, of moment. Money rye State’3 per cent Temporary Loan, 2@ 3 per cent ees par and interest. State 7 per ct. Bonds, (according to Jan. coupon) 68 War Loan Bonds, recording to date,) 12 per cts.723 War Ian Bonds, 7 per centr. 9 War Loan Warrants... State Civil Fund Warrai School Land Warrants City Bonds, (November City 3 per et. Scrip, 4 a5 per ct. dis. pe City Comptroller's Warrants, per cent discount. County Serip, (not fynded,). | County Serip, (new issue.) San Francisco County Bonds, Sacramento City Bonds, (according to date, ) fan Joaquin County Bonds, 10 per cent: Central Wharf shares, (div. off Pacific Wharf share: Broadway Wharf shares, Tank Read Stock | | | | } 3eereste PESIIN NEA Ssasesa Peeerestee ry az TRADE REPORT. Fiotr.—There has been but a moderate demand for this article; ehipments to the interior, in consequence of the rain, have been very light. Sales of 450 half sacks, per Johannes and Helena, at $38. AI. —Sales of barley include 300 sacks domestic, at 50 tons do. at 34¢.—showing a decline from yes- terday’s rates; 5,000 Ibs. Chile gold from eecond handa, at 37ge. We note a wale of 12,000 bushels oats, on private terms: the article is jobbing at 434 a 6c. ‘The importa. tion of corn per Jobannes and Helena (416 sacks) eold at 6 cents. Boots axp ear agt/ materially below recent ru BrANs.—200 sacks sold at 4c We notice a sale of 30,000 iba, first quality American boiler plates, at 834¢. 150 boxes adamantine candles sold at 31}e. DOMESTIU MARKETS. Sacramento, December 13.—The ¢ity to-day exhibited a most bustling and active appearance. Large quantities | of goods changed hands and have been despatched to the interior. Buyers evidently purchased more frcel, er quantities than they have done for some ‘The morkot «hows no alteration of moment, the exception of flour, which has slightly advanced ; we quote ex les of Chile, at $19 75 a $20 per 100 Ibs. The de. mand for Chile beans fs mod » effected v a better Adem: Pie fruits have tions at $7 a $8 per sviLiR, December ated business y invoice sales have been made ing rates. t week was the most ad for # long time. The and, notwith m Manilla Revicrovs Conemn.— the establishment of our paper, to publish a column of religious news every Saturday. We do not feel that it is necessary at this time to apologize for such a | course, The New York Heravp and all the leading Eastern dailies have for years published a large amount of “Religious Intelligence.’ Man is a religious being, and any effort to ignore this fact is as unphilosophical | a8 it is wicked. — Chicago Press, Jan. 1. | gold from Bingara intended af | mission np to the 27th, and, indeed, travelling had ded, since VERY LATE FROM AUSTRALIA, Two Weeks Later News—More Gold Mines Diseovered—Value of the Silver Mincs— Wages of Females, dic., dic., die. Advices have been received from Sydney, N.S. W., by the way of San Francisco, to the 20th of Sep- tember—fifteen days later than the last intelligence by the way of England. The latest dates from Port Philip are to the Sth, Launceston to the Sth, and Adelaide to the Sth of September. Advices were, on the 17th September, received in Sydney, of the discovery of a promising gold field, on a mountain run about nine miles from Bath- urst. Messrs. Watkins & Dean received a nugget from their correspondent, which weighs 3 oz. 17 dwts. One of the largest gold dust brokers of Sydney, under date of September 18, says :— As will be observed by the long list appendid, my sale of gold dust this week has been extensive, comprising, in fact, the largest quantity I have ever sold under the ham- mer. The price, however, which has ruled through the week was not sustained at the public sale. Important transactions have been entered into within the last few days, at 71s. for Mount Alexander, and 69s, for Turon, but the price has declined to-day fully 1s. per ounce. The recipts of gold from our own diggings have been very considerable, indeed much larger than those at Melbourne, for the number of diggers that are employed. The escorts have brought in from Goulborn 356 ounces, 18 pennyweights, 18 grains; from Bathurst, 8,789 ounces, 16 pennyweights, 22 grains; from Tamworth, 1,368 ounces, 15 ights, 14 grains; and the mails have brought in thus making, exclusive of the parcels by pri- is, which are known to be considerable, 10,990 ounces, 11 pennyweights, 6 grains. The dust raised on our own fields which has come into Sydney during the week atthe most moderate calculation for private receipts cannot be less than 12,000 ounces; and as the summer ad- vances we may look for wore important deliveries. The Qustrolinn RM. steamer, the Anns Mary, and the Pho- nician, will take to London about 100,000 ounces I have dates from Melbourne to the 10th; the news fs not very important: the last quotation for gold was 663. ‘3d. to 67s., with little inclination to do business. Information from the western district shows that the companies at work there are making very satisfactory progress, One of those carrying on operations on the Lower Turon is understood to be extracting silver as well as gold in considerable quantities, from the quartz, and the shareholders are confident of very important results. The Bank of New South Wales has recommenced ad- vancing on gold at 40s., at an exchange of 10 per cent. As an evidence of the comparative freedom of cer- tain districts from crime, it is stated that at the Maitland assizes but nine persons were brought up for trial, and all of them for minor offences. Seven of them had been convicts. The assize district ex- tends hundreds of miles, and the period from assize to assize is six months. The papers cite this as a roof of the absence of crime, and the security of life and property. Such paragraphs as the following occur frequently | in the Sydney papers :— His Excellency the Governor General has directed it to be notified that her Majesty has been graciously pleased to authorize the issue of a pardon to Dennis Reardon, per Norfolk 5, on the condition that, during the remainder of his term of sentence, he does not return to the Uuited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. A subscription, for the erection of a second Roman Catholic church in Hobart Town, has been com- menccd. Mr. Johnston, one of the members for Melbourne, has given notice of a motion suggesting that Mel- bourne should be the seat of the central government of Australia, and not Sydney. About fifty acres of land nearthe Melbourne Bene- volent Asylum were sold by the government for 693; the land was put up in quarter-acre allot- Paying £75 each, and some of them sold as high as £600. The average wages of seamen in Sydney are from | £10 to £12.a month. As most of those arriving in English ships receive only £2 or £3, they desert as soon as the opportunity offers. Scores of seamen were skulking about the outskirs of the town, and hanging about the dens of the crimps. A very fine little nugget of ed to the ay, Museum, with a singular story at- taching to it. A Mr. Stiff, sitting at breakfast with a party of other gentlemen, and Speen of the gold mining operas in New South Wales, was express- ing his belief that the precious metal was by no means so abnndant as had been supposed, when his teeth came in contact with something considerably harder than the bread of which he was partaking, and this something turned ont, upon examination, to be the nugget in question. It came as a sort of quiet reproach against the expressions of unbelief that had been uttered, and, as an atonement for these expres- sions, was handed over to the Museum by its finder. | An extra force of British troops has been ordered | by the Home Government, to preserve order in Aus- tralia, but on the express condition that the Colonies support the expense. i 5 i Considerable attention is being paid to the cultiva- tion of tobacco, although the great deficiency of labor operates as a serious drawback upon agri 0 provements. The quantity grown in the country is equal to three-fourths of its consumption, but in qual- ity it is very inferior to the imported. This is attri- butable, not to any deficiences in the soil or climate, but to the ignorance prevailing among the planters of the proper method of cultivation. One space states that he raised a crop of upwards of forty tons, which was sold in Sydney at public auction at an advance of twenty per cent more than the imported leaf, A great portion of the crop, he says, had Jeaves measuring two feet nine inches in length, and eighteen inches wide, being larger than any known | to have been grown in America. The average weight per acre 26 cwt.; whereas, by the public returns, the average of what is grown in Australia is onl, 17 1-7th cwt. _The duty upon imported tobacco is | hence an improvement in | the quality of the native grown is strongly urged. | about to be reduced, an The Sydney Morning Herald sa Instead of being importers of tobacco, we should, if it | P were grown here to perfection, be exporters of it to all | our sister colonies; and, in its raw state, also to the Euro- pean toarkets. At present, for home consumption, there is a greater profit to be made by {ta cultivation, if skil- fully managed, than in any part of the world; for the duty upon imported is a positive bonus to the grower, NEWS FROM BATHURST. ‘rom the Bathurst Free Press, September way A letter recently received from Mr. Morris Levy, storekeeper and master, Ophir, to Mr. Pike, tailor and draper, Bathurst, states that new dry dig- gings have been discovered on the top of a mountain bordering on the Summerhill creek, and situated be- tween Lewis’ Ponds creek and Eue de Cologne gul- ly, and that the few parties at work on it are getting “plenty of gold.” Beyond this broad fact no details are Pee The diggings of the Turon have recently been visited by a Mr. Sawkins, who has spent a consider- able portion of his lifetime at the gold mines of Mex- ico and Brazil, and after a careful examination ofthe neighboring country, he expresses himself very favor- ably of its yet undeveloped resources. Never in our recollection, or that of any person whom we have conversed, has the colony been visited with such a season as the present, and, we hope, expiring winter. For nearly four months past, with an occasional interval of a few days fine weather, there has been nothing but rain, and during that period the ground has never been sufficiently dry to receive the seed. Some few, in the vain hope that a change to more genial weather must soon take place, have thrown their grain into the ground only to rot. In numberless cases paddocks have been ploughed and ready for sowing for three months and upwards. One person assured us,a few days ago, that he had been btn hat fourteen weeks for fine weather, in order that he might sow ; but that, despairing of its advent, he had resolved to trample the seed into the ground with sheep, the hoggy condition of the soil precluding the use of either horses or bullocks. The chances of anything more than half a crop in the country immediately surrounding Bathurst are, we are sorry to say, ex- tremely precarious, even should a favorable change take place at once, of which, if not as hitherto de- lusive, there certainly are promising symptoms; but in the colder grain growing localities excellent crops are frequently reaped from September and Octeber rowing. The only circumstance which will tera to mitigate the evil of late cropping is the thoroughl: saturated condition of the ground, from which, with ial weather, the progress of vegetation will be exceedingly rapid. With an occasional shower, and the absence of hot winds, which would prove highly destructive to the plant of rapid growth, the harvest may yet prove more abundant than is generally anti- | cipated. THE NORTHERN GOLD FIELDS. [From the itland reury, September 4} We have some further information from these dig- gings, obligingly communicated by parties who came cown to attend the circuit court. There is a special coach provided by contract hy Mr. Nowlan, of Mus- wellhrook, to convey the gold under escort; this coach has however had to leave Tamworth on this asion old, the flooded state of the rivers ren- ilous to attempt to send it down ; the day for it to have left Tamworth was the 26th Au- gust, when the Peel was above its banks, and it is presoined that the gold escort will now be detained until the next specified day for starting, the 10th Sep- tember. A considerable quantity of gold had been ‘ed at Tamworth by different buyers, ready for ort, estimated at not less than 1,600 ounces, this about 500 ounces has been brought down by private hands during the present week, mn 500 to 1,000 ounces, it is estimated, still remained in the hands of the dliggers at the Hanging Rock. No ad reached ‘Tamworth for trans- been put a stop to by the floods, About 150 ge had left the Hanging Rock for Bingara, in all, and of these three persons had return- ed, dissatisfied, at the latest dates. On the Hanging Rock diggings many diggers still kept at work on the dry diggings in spite of the weather, and were well rewarded. Murray's party of three on Friday, (the 20th) ¢ wenty ounces, and on Saturday, iwenty-three ounces, “There were about 200 diggers ‘old had been present- | ltural im- | Rock, scattered about. At the Bald Ridge, men were to cross the river amused nee wit waa ‘the surface earth, maki mm one ounce ounces per LY day. im) me O the pansing Hock i hae the Bingera diggings, where water is comparatively searce, will be @ winter digging ground, and that the Hanging Rock, where water is more plentiful, will be the summer diggings; a migratory stream ber ing kept up between the two diggings (eyes ae Parties acquainted with the Hanging. Rock dig- fings, recommend diggers bound for Bingera (or orses or on foot) to judge for themselves as to whicle diggings they prefer, by diverging a little from the direct course, and taking a view of the Hanging ' Rock diggings in the way. The distance thus lost will not be it, while in the event of rich discove eries at the Hanging Rock, as the weather clears up, they would be able to take immediate advantage of it. “The best route for this purpose would be to take the usual horse road to the Hanging Rock, striking off from the Great Northern at Aberdeen, and proceeding via Segenhoe, Gundy, and Orany, to the: Hanging Rock. At the Henging Rock, we are well pleased to hear’, a general disposition appears to exist among the dig- gers to avail themselves of the facilities offered to de- posit in the savings bank, (Sydney,) through the agency of Dr. Jenkins. There is, perhaps, no other means hy which so much real and permanent good could be done to the individuals and the colony front the gold diggings, as a general adoption of this ex- cellent plan promises. ‘Two inns are about to be opened on these diggings; and in about two or three weeks more, it is expected, if the weather holds fine, the diggings will once more begin to be fully worked, THE SOUTHERN GOLD FIELDS. [From the Goulburn Herald Correspondent, Sept. 6. Some little excitement has been caused durin; past week, by the discovery of two new localities iz which gold is found. It Cg questionable, howe ever, whether that on Bell's Creek will be perma nently remunerative. One is on Admiral Hawkes? property, and some forty or fifty licenses have already issued. I have heard the rumor, and men- tion it only as a rumor, that it is in contemplation to let off this valuable property in small patches, sa that the whole might be occupied. A sufficient quantity might then be taken up by one party ta’ wake it remuneratiye to the principals, and workimg men might realise good wages and have a certaiz return, instead of trusting to the precarious shares of digging on their own account. Perhaps, however, L am premature, at any rate, I confess, I certainly in- cline to the opinion that this is the best way for dee veloping our resources. The other spot is between the two creeks of land of Mr. Badgery’s, generally known by the name of ‘Honey Suckle Beddin: Ground.” These discoveries have a little unge. le the minds of some; what the results may be, i ‘s difficult at present exactly to tell. At Major’s Creek some two hundred licenses have issued this month ; at Bell’s creek (including Araluen) about eighteen, and on the Mongarlow river not more than forty. A question has arisen lately, which I think is likely to come before the government. A party at: Bell,s creek have, at considerable expense, cut a drain from the neighboring ranges, forming @ natural sluice, into which they have thrown all their “ washing stuff,” and cleared out once a week. The experiment has answered well. But this drain passing through other claims, the question is, are these par- ties entitled to the use of the water? Of course those who have been at the trouble of digging this drair say not. I presume not to express an opinion. At least, if the plan I have mentioned above were | adopted, the difficulty would not have occurred, az | the party would have been enabled to occupy the whole extent through which the drain ran. I aur | still justified in Spent very highly of the succesa | enjoyed at Major's creek. ‘This will no doubt be « | favorite resort, and a productive spot for many months, perhaps years, to come. ‘The last weck has a little revived the hearts of our | diggers. Spring seems to have burst suddenly upor us, ready to make up for the miserable weather we have before suffered. To-day has been unsettled, with occasional showers, but I do not anticipate an continuance of rain. If report speaks true, there ig something rotten in the road to Goulbatn. Fronr Boro creek to Arnprior is described as one huge bog, and is spoken of as undoubtedly the worst part of the road between here and Sydney. And when will | it be better ? GOLD NEWS OF THE WEEK. pes the Sydney Esopias, Sept. 14.) The gold intelligence of the week cons siderable interest. A larger amount than usual has been received pec and mails, and there is an escort overdue from the Western Diggings; but the gold, it must be remembered, is the accumulation of three or four weeks, during which no escort from the Western Diggings arrived. The total quantity of gold received during the week ending on pet last, was 6,490 ozs. 4 dwts. 2 grs., of which upwai of 1.133 ozs. came by the Southern Escort, upwards Ks ey by the western, ano the remaining 300 oz. yy mail. If the weather were to become propitious for awhile, there can be no doubt that the yield at our gold fields would be surprising. At present the most, Pouenes locality is Tambaroura, where a large num- per of miners are doing extremely well, and | Many are ‘keting extraordina! gains. In fact, the whole of the table land from whicl the Tambaroura, the Dirt Hole, and other creeks in that portion of the country take their rise, is very rich in auriferous deposits, and during the late rey rainy season has been almost the sole place whe on the diggings could be opened or carried on with | rensaable prospect of success. At Golden Gully, | and at the Bald Hill also, many parties are d uncommonly well. These diggings are situated in | the vicinity of the Lower Turon, where it may be | remembered that many months ago we ventured to predict large quantities of gold would be found. The Turon itself has been too flooded to allow of diggings being opened on the river at this part of it, but we are satisfied, from a personal knowledge of the locality, that whenever the weather will permit this to be done, gold de- osits will be found here little, if at all, inferior in richness to those of the Upper Turon. It only re quires favorable weather and a large population. A company has been formed for the purpose of work- ing an auriferous os vein on this part of the river, and, judging from the richness of several speci- mens that have been tested, with every prospect of success. At the Upper Turon the river is still too high to allow of the bed claims being worked. At Golden Point some of the dry diggings are still productive. The most interesting fact connected with these dig- gings is the discovery of new and rich ground in the vicinity of Sofala, which bids fair amp! 5 ey remune- rate the miner.” The locality is known by the name of Church Hill, where the Eplecopalies Churcle stands. When the foundations of this building were being laid, some wag dropped several small nuggeta of gold into the excavation, and their discovery created such an excitement, that the whole ground was speedily marked out, and the incipient building was threatened with destruction by its foundation being undermined. The joke soon spread, however,. and the ground was left untouched, but the proverb: is now exemplified that many a true word is said ia jest, and the ground has been found really to possess rich auriferous deposits. One claim hag turned out 10 founces a day, and many furnish 2 and 3 ounces daily. A nugget weighing 6 ounces has been found, and the whole ome is now marked out with every prospect of its being generally productive. ‘The Southern Diggings have had somewhat of a revival, judging from the increased amount of gold Hace de from t oe bie, peat a there are very few persons at work at the wi yield of gold shows a high average, Digging, the New ground has been discovered at the Mountain Run Creek, five miles west of M k, and near the Abercrombie. Some three or four months ago, diggings were opened on the Mountain Run and tolerably good yields obtained. At the new rad there are from thirty to forty people at work, on the average from £1 to £1 10s. per day. ‘The gol has been found ina watercourse creck itself, which is too much flooded to admit of diggings being opened onit. Some have been found here, and in particular one four ounc Respecting the Bin, fields, contradictary accounts have been wanedin town. In one or two: instances letters have been received, stating that the diggings are anything but as rich and luctive ag they are represented to be, but on the other hand the great weight of testimony confirms previous reports, It is certain that surprising results have heen ob- tained by several pee and if any fact has been es- | tablished concerning gold deposits, it is that theyare never isolated—where one spot is rich, many more { Tich spots will be found. Of conrse, at the richest goldfields there are acres of extent where no gold can be found, except in very amall quantities, and of course come parties are certain to be unfortunate enough to light gp these places. _ (From Sydney Herald, Sept. 18. Man for man, the yield of New South Wales hag heen decidedly more’ prolific than that of Victoria, although the great majorit y of the miners are at the | latter place. We are in the very centre of the vast | Australien ose of gold, which spreads around us to the south west, and the north. The quantity of | gold which es town this week proclaims more | forcibly than any mere reports the satisfactory pro- of our miners. A gentleman has returned trom rtz ridge on the Lower Turon, and reports vorably on ita value, Some miners were doing 2 ly well, many of them getting an ounce pet | day. The great drawback is the want of water, which is expected to be very deficient as sumer sets in. Information from the western district shows that the companies there are making very satisfactory | progress. One of those on the Lower Turon is un- | derstood to be extracting silver as well as gold in | considerable quantities from the quartz, ond the shareholders are confident of very important results.4 Ont Gth, 17th, and 1sth of September, there was shipped from Sydney for Liverpool, by three yea | sels, 65,710 ounces of gold dust, the value of which was £ 569 16a. 1OAd., oF $1,035,765 23, | On the Vith of Septe r, the amount of gold | brought down to Sydney n the mines in various directions, wok T1741 ounces, The whole amotah