The Express.
London, England, 1850-09-05 00:00:00

CALIFORNIA.

Oar New York corree,wr drat writes:
By the arrival or the stoomere. Philadelphia aad
Cre-rent Ci.y, we have iatehigettea area Baal Fran-
gar', ?0 the 1 7th of July. ir.rea tko, hotimos 4 ter
12th of Au6ust, sod from Lapis's, Jimmie% to Lbw
13:h in,tent.

The amount of gold treasure brought to this 'ayes
erisltances is about one million of dinars, and this is
only the half monthly altipunint from California.. This
'eve by these steamers is very impirtant in owe peiat
et e;ew. It confirms the accounts of the auriferous
esith of that country, to an
.'steal beyond the
-.lrian' of avarice." Tce tendency of public upiebea
hie lately been, that the Rol 1 bad been nearly all ex-
trst ted, and that wh of remained was to be had only at
an outlay of capital and labour gage equal to the re-
curt to b obtained in 'told. But this is not so. New
MI: to have been dims...end, seen is pinion which have
b tit passed Ter wi- hoot notion ley thessands of mai
grants, and the largest lam?" or geld yet found, have
be. n dog net of h•-iles, that were enpmeseil long ago to
Lase .'sided all their treessno. Tribetary streams to
0. Yuba and Feather Rivers, haws leen ex-
p:ored with great messes, and the gorges
v...t nevi up to and penetrate the timers
Nevada, are sseertained to be the mere 'ewers of rich
eurs, found to be meanness as they are peed-able.
in It to the mountain top. Tee present conviction cf
public mind is, that es yet we have only bad the
&brie of the gold region, and that as the ground is
turned set' a greaser depth, the law of gravity pre.
g, where the mines ate subjected to the frequent
arta:on of the floods the rimiest deposits are yet to
I.itr.d. And I see nu onjetti.n to this theory.
l'rrt dilly where the alluvial or the sand has for eon-
: bsen acu-d upon by floods. I can well believe
.n. the heavier pieces of gold have been earned
! rivet below the surface. while the mere spangles
hen. remained there. This is the ooh y way in which
I can acemnt for the suennoesly large specimens
eicidi are now found in Calif init. It is thought
:t a: the amount taken this year from the wises will
le greater titan ever, and tar beyond the calculations
the public. Private letters fes gentlemen in
tablersia, whose jedgment is to be relied upon, in-
form es that the yield this year will astonish the
wor:d. The general news is of the nasal tenor. It
appro. th•t gm to sonata that Oregon contains the
amount of gold which rumour by the last steamer
gale her. We s• all probably know by the
next ari leal. And here, lest I forget it, let me say
that at a nit/wine coseention now sitting at New
Haves, one of our wat teemed geologists moored
that there was reenire through tee whole territory
of the United MMUS to the err of Mexico, ma SUTi•
(«roue rain of high lands from which gold was to
k obtained. When the learned professor points out
the um, we shall all probably s b soden our present
p.rents fa life, for the wathing cradle or the tin pan.
file story of the gold lake is proved to be ram, arid
:tom who west there to pick up SOO dollars a day,
Lye re* anted weary, penniless, and crest fallen.
Tee ei.y of Ban Froseiseo is rapidly recovering
hum the r gents of the late fire, but It is said that the
ft reheats of the pleas bare sacred so mach by
keno et iricies loads, that they as. mostly insolvent.
It is very certain that exchange has taken a sudden
tants west. Formerly it was customary at San
Francine, to yell drafts on New York floe 1 or 2 per
ash premium, over and ab see the freight and insu-
re re. And this was readily paid. Bet now, drafts
are sold at a heavy discount, and the
etret of this is, that money is very
Party in California, and the interest paid fur
n my 100 p r cent, per ar num, {adages drawers to
*Jive on drafts even at an unusual neeridee. It is
this state of things one be sound. I have
la d .übt that many persons who sell drafts want the
ensy !Ohmmeters, and I anticipate nothicg lees than
as ,teral smash smone the bill drawers and lender, of
sec 7. I know of haute. that, in the pursuit of their
It .1. tate bee inns., made fortunes, and have now lost
rimy litany by inersausetits in real estate or by_loan-
-4 moo,/ at 10 and lb per cast per mouth. Never-
ter—, ih/ gs need prosperity of California is un-
It is opening a large trade with the
F.,••• fII trot 'd, and 1,0 portion of it thrives better by
MAP emersion than Australia. It is very curious
tea. Amami's furnishing the largest supplies of
eaten and eersistbles. Of the former a very large
utes.r has lone d, and all the good-looking and
itt..-b twined hod hoshaeds at once. However we
hay teratinise the the:toter of these emigrants, of
"thing we are sore, that the Asgleeflaxon race
M lik.ty to retain its fall mamma* in
Co retie. Tee MOWS by these steamers will
totte:eas had to eery increased emigration from the
ram The number of pirates returning le, how.
"it, quite large, and consists of two elutes, those
'to tme tine well and than who have not. A great
211,, persons hare ',tensed without a penny after
suer a:I their capital in vain experiments. Many
home to invest their earitoz,. to provide for
bur and to purchase s
Ain 414 the posengers by the Crescent City was
nineter from New Grenada to England, Don
jab tie Fracture Martin, with his family and suite.
I h,d nearly for gotten to state that a large failure
tans place at San Francisco, supported to kt that
oat &shell house of great respectability.