Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1848-1850, 1848-12-06

FEos CAIIF. RNIA- We have been po-
litcly iurushcd By \. II N>c, Esq with the
following extract Of letter received by
him from a. Ten Eyck. E,q, dated st
Francisco, September The schooner
IIouolula arrived here from Columbia River
Aug. 25tb. and reports the loss Of the ship
Maine, Netchcr. Of Eairhaycn. In attempt.
ing 20 enter the river on the afternoon Of
thh 23d or 9th Aug she stuck on what IS
called the Middle Sand, Of the Bar, where
the English harque Vancouver was wrcckck
in 1!oy CT june last. She diagpod Ter
anchors all might, tic sea making a Breach
over her. IL the morning the officers aud
crew left hr in their boats and reached the
shore in safety. The ship soon after went
to pieces, aud nothing was saved She had
400 bbls Of OIL There was no pilot on
board tho pilot Of the port was engaged
in taking in an English brig, which the
Maine attempted to follow
A day or two ago the Flora Capt Potter,
Of New London anchored in Whalcmaus
IIarhor, on the opposite side Of the Bay
Yesterday the Captain fearing ho would
lose all Us men, weighed anchor, Intending
to g to sea. After Z, ting under weigh,
the crew finding tho ship was headed ont,
refused duty AID the Captain was forced to
rctlrn aud anchor hero Last night nine Of
the crew gagged the watch, lowered one Of
the boats AID row,d off. They have not
been card Of since aUd arc now probably
bal. way to the goldro..o The Flora Is
&c months out, with o"ly $50 Ibis, Of oil
Ever, vessel that come, in here now is sure
to SC her cr,w and this state Of things
must continue until the squadron arrives,
when il the men war men d. not run n
too merchantmen may retain their crews
The whale ship Epphrates, Of New Bed.
ford. left here q few weeks since, for the
United States, to touch on the coast Of Chill
to recruit The Minerva, Capt. Perry, OF
New Bed ord has abandoned the whaling
business and is on her way hence to VAL
paraiso FOR 8 cargo OF merchandise. Al
/ though two large ships, four barqucs and
eight or ten bligs and scholuers havr arrived
here since my eturn from the mineral coun
try about four wCcks since. with large car
goes o. merchandise, their cutire invoices
have been sod Vessels are daily arriving
from the Islands and ports upon the coast,
laden with goods and passengers. the alter
destined for he z ld-ws'hog.
The volunteer regimen, Of L. S soldier.
have been mustered out Of service, md have
mostly gone gold hunting Much sickness
prc,us among the gold.dlgscrs; many have
LET, the ground sick. aud many more have
discontinued their ahors for the present
and gone iato the more heaiihy portions Of
tho country, intending TO return after the
sick season mas passed From the best
Information can obtain there are from tgc
n three thousand persons at work a. the
Cold,wasiinCs. with the same success as
heretofore The rainy season will commence
by tho first OF December aud those engaged
in digging gold will have to remain where
that month finds en- I,l along IN March
as 1t viii be impossible iJr them to get down
into the settlements on account Of tic Ie-
cularitr. Of the soil and country ! he
whole country am eT,dibly informed IA
the valley and On the plsius west o.. the
California mountains aud west II the gold
region is almost entirely oyetl,wcd VIII
water during the winter months 80 that u
j. with the creates, difficulty that access car
b. Lad to aud from the settlements The
gold digyers and those intending . bocom'
such ar making their preparations accor
dinghy by providing ,hcmselve- with foul
or hvc months outfit By .He 6rs, ot Oc
tober the number Of persons at the gold
rashing' viii M, i.l .hori u four thou
sand -,NcN Bedford Mercury, s)th