The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-02-11

modes OF living. Some are deprived OF the ordiuNry
comforts Of life, while they make use OF their hard
| rom one to ton pounds in each Some die in this
way two died ysstsrdsy and two more to- day.
account Of the troub and veIsIion have hal With
| runaway sailors and soldiers
In gold Gust, at $40, to be shipped immediately.
According to this the latest date from San Fran
CISCO is the 9th of November. Our last letter from
Monterey was OF the 10Th of that month
The Lexington will bring 100000 or 500, 200,
and perhaps more, Of the gold dust. She has new
been over three months at sea.
1t will be seen that these accounts confirm those
published exclusively In the Herald of the 10Th
ult.
The New Orleans papers Of the LIST INST give the
following additional intelligence
The only paragraph bearing upon our posses.
slons on the West Coast or America relates to the
arrival of the United States ship Ut the line Ohio.
Co Jones, at Monterey, having on ard
$50 Mexican emigrants. Several launches had ar
rived al San Francisco from Monterey, filed with
emigrants, all bound to the GOLD mlnes
The weather has been very cold in California,
ice having formed of the thickness of quarter OF
an inch. Large quantities OF gold had been disco
vered In the nelghoOrhood of the Norta Fork, one
man having gathered 900 worth In SIX days,
and three others have obtained, in single day,
thlrty-sx pounds OF pure metal.
gives the following lntelligence:--
We have by way Of Mexico copy of the Cali
forn'dn OF October 2ls--later than any paper from
San Francisco we have seen, but containing Little
news. We clip lew items, as follows
improvements, In the shape OF building, are
rapidly going. on in our city. Among the rest,
Messrs. Dc Witt u Harrison's new building,
which was framed In the States, Is gong up on
Samson street, opposite the Government Reserve
"The y. 8. ship OF the line, Ohio, Com. T. ap
Catesby Jones, and U. S. ships Southampton and
Lexington, arrived at Monterey, on the 18th inst,
bringing $50 Mexican refugees. We understand
these vesse s may be all expected here IN the course
OF the coming week. Their presence will enliven
our community to no uncomfortable extent Lieut..
Col. Burton has arrived at Monterey in the Ohio"
Our Monterey correspondent informs us that the
U. s. storeshIp Lexington will leave this port for
New York between the LIST and 10th of November.
She will touch at Valparaiso and Rio de Janelro,
anS, should the Interests OF commerce require j.,
gold and silver bullion (placer) to either OF the
above mentioned ports, and deliver it to the agent
or consgnee at the following rates Of freight: tie
per centum to Rio and New York, on gold, one
ano half per centum-oR silver, two and a half per
centum The insurance on gold and silver, on
board man of war. is usually below one per cent.
The Lexington Is fast saller, and will undoubt.
edly make short passage.
A rumor is extant here, that merchant bark,
bound from Valparaiso to this port, has been seized
by the crew, and the captain and officers out to
dearh Also, that an armed vessel has been de-.
spatched from Csllao in her pursuit. We cannot
vcuch for the truth of this story, though it comes
10 us in very plausible shape.
From long article upon the civil organization
OF the territory OF California we extract the fol-
That we are without any established form Of
civil government Is readily admitted; but that "the
Colonel OF the LIST Dragoons.". as commanding
officer OF the U. s. forces In this territory has the
power to establish and continue temporary civil
government here, by the appointment of a COVER
nor and council, In whom shall resde the power
OF framing such laws and adopting such measures
as the present state OF the territory Imperatively
demands Now that Com. Jones has arrived
upon eur coast, Col. Mason Is OF course second in
authority; and with the commodore, as comman-
medlately establishing government here Should
neither OF these officers, however, feel inclined to
assume the responsibility requt ed, we believe it
will be not only. proper but highly necessary that
the people OF this territory should, measure of
self defence, Immediately take the necessary steps
IN the matter. after the example OF our sister at the
North, and establish--not young republic, but-a
ehall ultimately and almost insensbly. become a
portion OF that which Congress shall vouchsafe to
give US, whenever the opposing parties have wor-
RED each other down to q compromise.
rumor has reached us that Commodore Jones
and Colonel Mason have had con versation upon
this alImportant subject, from which we are eager
to (, announce that sanitary measures, will imme-
diatelv be entered into, which will ensure the
safety of life and property, In accordance VITA tho
laws OF the United States. Then shall California.
with her great resources, her fertility OF soil; the
salubrlty OF her climate, and, above all, her ezra
spot OF the world-the p ace above all others NEST
to be desired as residence, where peace and
prosperity shall spread their fostering influences
The following is letter, from Purser Buchanan.
OF the navy dated on beafd the y. s ship Dale,
NOV. ~, 1913, from which We make the following
extracts =
We will sail to- morrow for San Bias to receive
3 lOoOe tor the army: and then will sail for the
nonlu short time, and return to San Francisco
and Upper California early in February. We
leave about the 10th of February tor Valparaiso
and kio, and hope to reach the United States on
:. When we sailed from Monterey, on the Sd of
November, 1t was said there were about tour thou
sand persons washing, digging. and collecting gold
dollars per dav; board ten dollars per day. with
he privilege OF sleeping under a tree. A pair OF p
blankets is worth $50; pea jacket $50 Tea
s worth $5 per pound, and everything In like pro.
Captain Hallsck, of the engineer corps, who has
,een there, says there IS no tale In the Arabian
N'ghts bali 80 romantic and golden these mines.
hree hundred miles, by thirty to fifty broad, has
,een explored, and due west from Monterey, az
ar south as the City Of Angels, an extent of two
l J. miles, yet unexplored, contains gold
dmerous vessels from here have gone up loaded
With goods, money, and passengers, and people
rom all parts OF the world are flocking there In
'reat numbers. There have been many deaths, AZ
many are obliged to stand in the waters over their
inees, with an Intense sun on their heads, ana
many are laid up with fevers.
The storeshlP Lexington will sail for the United
states about the first of December, with about
100, 900 in gold She received at Monterey $50. OOs
n gold. We expect to receive large freight
The Ohio, line of battle ship, and Southamoton.
toreship, sailed from Monterey tor San Franci,co
n or about the 9th ut. The St Marys had not
rived when we sailed, although she sailed from
FROM oALivohNA Br THx ARKANSAS ROUTE
VIZ. Lrlom "A: W a.snMinston Union, Feb. 81
lights western mail. The envelope bears dali
Louisville Feb. l." The enclosed letter IA address.