Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1849-10-20

Aoe9'0Phe0 TO the Charleston Courier.
NEw-ORLEANs, Oct. 7-10.30a. a. m.
FURTHER CALIFORNIA NEWS.
proceed to give you more details of
the news from California.
The Companies that turned the current
sof the North Fork, have succeeded in OBJ
tanning gold to the amount of from 3 to
1000 dollars per day.
AT the last advices, Hon. II. b. King.
'Sf&Ieorgia, though not much better, was
considered cut Of danger. His disease
was an aggravated attack of Dysantery,
wlridE was prevailing at San Francisco.
OH the '2Sth of August, Is sailors cs-
capped from the U. S. ship Ohio, in one of
her boats. They were fred upon by sew
'ernl vessels of the squadron, and the boat
1fddled with shots, and yet but men
were wounded. They got their oars out,
got off, and away to the diggings.
1T is said besides the half million of dol
lars the Panama had on board on con.
signment, that the passengers probably
had an equal sum.
A Theatre is to be built at San Francis
co.
The McXicans, Pcruvians. and Chilians,
are leaving the country in great numbers.
There are several places of worship and
four sabbath schools in San francisco.
One stone Pier erected and one in pro-
gress, giving needed facilities for landing
eargocs. Intelligence of President Polk's
death reached San Francisco in August,
producing painful sensation. Funerql
.obscquies were to be observed on the 5th
Sept.
Accounts state that some 1900 persons
are on the plains, among whom are 500
families OH their way to California, many
of whom would probably perish from
heat and want of water They had cx-
pcricnced much suffering, and when Gen.
Smith was apprised of it, he ordered that
100000 dollars of transportation and pro-
visions proceed Immediately to the relief
OF the cmigrants.
1t Is reported that efforts will be made
in the State Convention, by some politi-
'cal aspirants. to adopt an entire new Con-
stltution. The majority of the Delegates
are thought to be favorable to taking the
Constitution of one of the Western States,
and adopt it with slight alterations ef,a
local character. Slavery, it is supposed,
will either be excluded, or resolutions en-
bracing the question in full be Submitted
ito the PEOPLE for their approval
Order and peace reign throughout the
country. business is going on as rcgu-
larly as in any of the old States. The
people are determined to have law and
order, and the progress of improvements
IS beyond description. Within three
months San Francisco has more than
quadrupled in size. Commerce and trade
Keep pace with the increased population.
Real estate, within two months, has risen
more than hundred per cent. Nothing
IS so much wanted MS houses and lands.
General Smith, Col. Hooker and Major
'yinton were in San Francisco on 3ist
August, to proceed next day on a tour of
observation to Oregon. Gen. Riley was
sick for eight or ten days at Monterv. At
tho last adviccs he wasimpr6ving. Lieut..
Beale carried adviccs TO Col. Fremont of
his appointment as Chief Surveyor of the
Mexican boundary, iaplacesef Mr.. G,Yel-
Ter, removed. Col. Fremont, it was ex-
,pcctcd, would accept.
The general health of;San Francisco is
good; Sevcrallarge Hospitals have been
established there. Business generally
transacted by auction salcs. Day and
night police loudly called for. Associa-
tion Of pilots suggested.
The steam ship Oregon was injured o.,
the Fourth Of July in Point Conception,
and was hauled up on ti,p Island Of 70.
boya, near Panama.
a letter from San francisco says, there
Is no doubt that Dir. Goling and Mr., King,
of Georgia, will go to The Y. S. Senate,
and that before The middle of September,
Constitution will bc framed, and Leg