Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1849-10-11
Thursdlb Oct II.
LATER FROM CALIFORNIA
LAEEW FROM MCKLIEOKNIA
By THE
Arrival ofihe EMPIRE CITY m ". York.
ARRIVAL of the Al DLEY CLARKE
AT SAN FRANCISCO

cisco, Sept.i, with rs passengers all well.
The steamer Panama, Capt Bailey, ar.
rived at Panama on Saturday the 22d of Sep
tembsr, with l32 passengers and abou, $780,
900 in treasure.
OF this the Empire City brings $4,000
and n passengers
The steamship Alabama, bound from Cha
gress to New Orleans, had about so passen-
gers for that port.
The steaa er Unicorn at Panama was to
leave for San Francisco on the lO,h Of Octo-
Der. The U. 8. steamer Panama was to
leave on the 10th Of October for San Francisco.
The British steamer Grenada was to leave
San Francisco on the 2slh of September, to
proceed down the coast
General p. +. Smith and Col Fremon
were both at San Francisco on the 3lst of
August.
Al the date of the latest adv'ccs from the
mines there was much sickness. The sickly
season comprises the months Of August and
September.
There are now two small steamers plying
in the Sacramento.
The ship Memnon, Gordon, arrived at San
francisco, after remarkable short passage Of
100 days from New York.
From The Alta California, dug. 81.
The convention for itaming state cons,i-
tuition for California assemblies at Monterey
this day.
In one day, "wednesday, Goth inst,) there
arrived IN San Francisco, by merchant vessels,
65i male and 81 female passeng' re.
PLACER INTELLIGENCE.
The month of August has multiplied the
number Of gold washers on the principal
streams Of the Sierra Nevada ut the pros.
poets of the mass crowding on are but inper-
cepiiby lessenng. The waters are nearly at
the lowest stage, and quite in proportion to
the Increase of laborers the chances arc rem
dered more favorable by this c rcumstance. -
New washings have been discovered, and old
ones abandoned
The most sou,herly stream occupied 5y tho
miners, is Mariposa River, abou, 30 miles
southeast Of the Merced.
The Sacramento river probably forms the
most nor,herly boundary s,r,am Of tho Placer,
but it is erroneous 10 suppose the region
watercd by it aur'erous. Gold has never been
found in quantities suflici' n, TO justify coriin.
ued labor.
At Mormon Island company are engaged
IL scientific mining. They employ quicksilver
in extracting tho metal from ground previous
ly subjected to the cradi. or pan process, and
with machine invented for the purpose, av.
ersse about 5000 per day
SUCCESSFUL Com DIGGING.-Dr. II.
Van Dyke, member of the North Fork
Dam and Mining Association, which
company has recently completed lateral
canal at Beal's Bar, a little above the
juncture of the North Fork with the Rio
Americana, has Just returned from their
scene of operations. The work of drain
age had been completed only three days
before he left. and though the company
labored under many disadvantages, they
had raised in this short time over $l5,-
900.
This association is composed Of about
thirty hard working men, and from the
result of the few days labor since drain
age. and the fine prospects of continued
success, they confidently count upon a
yield Of about ten ounces per diem, each
man, during the next and succeeding
month.
The PLAcER.-We suppose we must
say something about the mines, nolens
volens. The peruvians and Chilians
have been pretty thoroughly routed in
every section Of the Middle and North
Forks, and the disposition TO expel them
seems to be extending throughout the
whole mining community. Our advices
from the Middle and North Forks are
very favorable. One party Of twenty on
the North Fork, within some twenty
miles of the snow were averaging S45
per day each, and a gentleman direct
from the Middle Fork informs us that
many of the old mines are doing better
; this year than last. Yet many are re-
turning, who either have no luck or no
energy-we think it want Of the latter
commodity.
l A party of seven arrived at the dry
diggings on the l4th, having left Missouri
ON the 9Th Of May. Among them are
DR.. J. ii. Dickson, ofPa., and E. Green,
Michigan-Piacer Times. Juiy 25.
TIE MINEs.-We have seen several
who have returned from the placer with
in the past few days, but they bring no
news of Interest. They represent things
, favorably, as all do who have been sue
cessful, but agree in the opinion that a
man has to "suiier some" i'll this branch
Of productive industry. We learn that a
party are operating on the Middle Fork
with submarine a-mor, by which ar
rangement they take out many thousands
daily Of the dust. They think, when
they get their apparatus fairly at work
, they will average $4,000 per day. We
make a few extracts from letter Of a
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