The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-03-13 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL .STANDARD.

rewired from her husband, Mr. Geo. T. Lozier, dated
tin-ship Ohio, at sea,"having sailed from San Francisco
27th of Dec. last. It being currently reported that Mrs.
L. has received a large amount (S 15,000) in gold from
her husband, and also, that he had deserted, and gone to
the " diggings," Mrs. L. requests us to say, for the in-
formation of her numerous friends, that said reports are
untrue ; she having received no such amount, and Mr.
Lozier being engaged in the performance of his duty on
board the Ohio, as late as January Bth, as will be seen by
his postscript of that date, at Mazatlan. But to the ex-
tract—he says :

" I have brought to bear all the means that I could
muster, walked into the gold market, and have of
the precious metal, for which I paid about 8— the oz.,
it goes by apothecaries weight, 12 oz. to the pound. At
Mazatlan, their gold weight is 14 oz. to a pound, and it
is said that we will get Sl4 per oz., which makes it equi-
valent to Sl6 per oz.: as we buy at twelve and sell at
fourteen, so perhaps I will make a trifle, and perhaps a
little on return trade, &c., &c. * * * An overcoat, which
cost only S 7 50c. brings £25 readily. No officer has
been exempt from trafficking ; none let the golden oppor.
tunity slip.
" There are many sickly and cardaveroes looking per-
sons in San Francisco ; some have irretrievably ruined
their health. They have to work so much in the water,
that all suffer more or less with fever and ague. That
which is called the " dry diggings," is an upland marsh.
The " wet diggings," is standing in the river up to your
waist, and every time you stoop to get a pan or spade-full
of earth from the bottom, you dip your face in the water.
" A new spot has just been discovered which is said to
yield 700 or 800 dollars worth of ore, at $l6 the oz.—one
person's labour for a day. Ido not doubt it—we doubt
nothing of this great mine. Nearly every man in San
Francisco, who, otherwise, would be very poor, and many
loafers, now talk of their thousands, and carry a bag of
gold ' • and eight dollars a day will not tempt them to
work. Doubt not a word, for every word I tell you is as
true as the gospel. Every day it will be getting better
for those who are willing to work at their trade or calling.
When we sailed, flour had fallen from £35 to £lO per
barrel, and other articles in proportion._
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'` Not a Mexican face is to lie seen in San Francisco,
and nothing but English is spoken. All Yankees, and
one-third New Yorkers. There is a Broadway, a Fulton,
and a Washington market ; a New York store and all
that. Grog shops, a few,—drinking and gambling are the
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Tiio graator part of tho gUld ha; fallen into. un-
worthy bands, but it will soon be gathered into the coffers
of the industrious, provident, and wise. Nothing short
of a millionaire can be a rich man in California after next
year ;—a man will be poor with only 10,000 dollars.
Crime is rife, murders are frequent, the perpetrators of
some have been taken and hung. A man living near
Pueblo, named Reed, and all his family to the number of
ten persons, were killed, and their bodies thrown into
a heap, preparatory to firing the house. The clatter of
the postman's horse alarmed the murderers and they fled.
There is no Government. The people are calling and
have had several meetings, with a view of establishing a
Provisional Government, until our Congress take some
steps in the matter. I predict that Colonel Freemont will
be the first civil governor in California. Monterey is a
beautiful place, but San Francisco is hilly, and in some
places, low and muddy, but it has a beautiful and capa-
cious bay, whilst. Monterey is quite an open roadsted.
" MAATLAN, Jan. Bth, 1849.—We arrived here yes-
terday, a fine passage of twelve days and a few hours.
We remain but a short time;—from this port going to
San Blas. from there we will go immediately to San
Francisco."

The Protestant Episcopal Church of America, has a
missionary bishop (Dr. W. J. Boone) in China, who, I
fancy, is styled " Bishop of Amoy." _ _

The Provisional Governments of Tuscany and Rome
have entered into negotiations by which there shall be an
entire fusion between the two states, upon the basis of
equal tariffs, equal postage, a common currency, &c.
A large and enthusiastic meeting of the friends of eman-
cipation was held at the Court-house in Louisville, Ken-
tucky, on the 13th ult. The committee appointed at a
former meeting reported a series of resolutions which were
unanimously adopted.
It was reported at Vienna on the 3d inst. that Cracow
had revolted, but that the troops of the garrison had re-
stored order, the city having been first bombarded.
Several executions had taken place, by order of a council
of war.

The Austrians have had another engagement with the
Hungarians, at Esseg, which took place on the 27th of
February, when the former were victorious. The rebels
lost between 200 and 300 in killed, and about 1000 were
taken prisoners. The loss sustained by the Austrians was
considerably less.

RUSSIA AND THE POPE.—The Augsburgh Gazette
of the 2nd states, that the Emperor of Russia has written
a letter to the Pops, in which he expresses his devotedness
to his cause, and offers his assistance. The Emperor also
pronounces himself in favour of legality, and offers his
Holiness money and troops. The Pope has accepted the
former to the amount of 6,000,000 scudi.
Letters from Genoa confirm the statement already pub-
lished, that the Austrians had entered Tuscany. Other
accounts only go so far as to say, that 5000 Austrian
troops were on their way to Tuscany. Some of the Italian
journals assert that, at the solicitation of the latter repub-
lic, Ch.. King of Sardinia had nrdprPri a nortion of his
troops to enter that Duchy, which they accomplished on
the 28th ult., at a place called Sarzana.
RUSSIA.—The Russian Government lately demanded
from the Sultan of Turkey permission to send the Rus-
sian fleet through the Dardanelles down to the Mediter-
ranean, but this demand was rejected. The Russian
agent then intimated that the required passage would be
effected by force. Previously to sending its troops into
Transylvania the government of Russia also apprised all
the courts of Europe of its intention, and obtained, it is
said, their unanimous sanction to that measure. Russia
is admirably working out the policy of Peter the Great.
AWFUL WORK IN CALIFORNIA.—The accounts from
California speak of the continued increase of adventurers
in search of gold ; and daily discoveries are made of fresh
deposits of this precious metal. Murders and robberies
are of frequent occurrence, no less than 15 of the former
crime having been committed within three weeks. In
one family, which consisted of ten pel sons, viz., man and
wife, two children, and six servants, all fell victims to an
armed band. The head of the family had accumulated a
vast amount of gold, and it was to obtain this valuable
treasure that these ruffians perpetrated the horrid deed.
It is worthy of notice that the California gold fever has
rendered an immediate and important service to Mexico
in a manner that was probably little expected. All the
vagabonds left by the American army, as well as the na-
tive robbers that have always infested the roads during
the unsettled state of the country, have marched off for
the gold regions, which will save the government a great
deal of expense for supporting a police.
SLEIGHING WITH A TIGER.—A novel exhibition was
presented in Washington-street, and on the Neck, yes-
terday, which drew off attention for a time from the racers.
Herr Driesback made his appearance in an elegant sleigh
with his pet tiger by his side ; not the tiger of English
comedies, but a bona fide four-legged tiger. He seemed
to enjoy the sleighing highly, and leaped upon his master,
licking his face and showing other kinds of excitement.
Driesbach had to slap him several times to keep him off.
After astonishing.the city, Driesbach alighted with his
tiger at the Tremont House, and, taking him into one of
the apartments, invited gentlemen to walk in and be in-
troduced ; but there were few who seemed anxious to
avail themselves of the opportunity.—N.York Harbinger.