Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1849-10-18

beans" Of the business with much bet
ter grace.
A party of seven arrived at the dry
diggings on The l4,h, having left Mis-
souri, on the Shot May. Among them
are DR.. J. II. Dickson, of Pennsylvania,
AID E. Green, Of Michigan.
The Placer Times, of the 18th Au.
gust, contains the annexed:
THE MINEs.--We have seen several
who have returned from the placer
within the past few days, but they bring
no news of interest. They represent
things favorably, as all do who have
been successful, but agree in the opinion
that man has 10 "suffer some" in this
branch of productive industry. We
learn. that party is operating on the
Middle Fork, with submarine armor,
by which arrangement they take gu,
many thousands daily Of the dust. They
think, when they get their apparatus
fairly at work, they will average $40,
600 per day. We make few extracts
from a letter of friend on the middle
Fork:
"The extreme heat we heard
so much abou, has been exaggerated
We have suffered Lothing by i, as yet.
AS regards the healthiness. Of
this locality, l see nothing to prevent it
from being one of the most healthy pla-
ces in the world, much more so than
Sacramento City. There is constant
stream of pure water, both for bathing
and drinking, running past our encamp.
ment. We are told by the PEG.
pie who mined i, here last season, that
it will be better a month hence than j,
is now. The water is falling, and when
il gets down so that we can work on
the bed of the river. the dust will be
found more plenlifully and in larger
pieces. Mining is hard work, but there
is nothing unpleasant about ii; it gives
you a good appetite and sound sleep at
night The miners here aver.
age about an ounce per day."
We have advices from North Fork
Of very f1attering nature. Compan-
les that have turned the curren, of the
river are now taking out from three to
five thousand dollars per day.
SUCCESSFUL GOLD DIGcING.--Mr. A
Van Dyke, member of the North Fork
Dam and Mining Association. which
Company has recently completed lat
eral canal at Bears 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 drainage had been completed
only three days before he left, and though
the companies abored under many dis
advantages, they had raised in this shor
time over $4,000.
The association is composed of abou
thirty hardy working men, and from
the result of the few days labor sine,
drainage, and the fine prospects of con
tinued success, they confidently coun
upon a yield of ten ounces per diem t.
each man, during the next and succeed
ding month.
STATE Commemorative Conven
ton for forming a State constitution
for California was 10 assemble at Mon
lerey, September /. The original mum
Der of delegates, as fixed by the proca
nation of Gen. Riley, was thirty seven
But the General recommended eacl
district TO add such number of super
numeraries as might be deemed just b,
reason of their increased population
If all these be admitted to seats in the
Convention, The number will be &c.
80 says the Alta CALIFORNIAN.
Gen. Persifer F. Smith and Lieut.
Col. Fremont were in San Francisco OF
3lst of August.
Two small steamers are plying oil
the waters of the Sacramento.
There was much Sickness at the mi
mes at last accounts. The sickly sea
son comprises the months Of July, Au
gust and September.
General health at San Francisco wa
good at the latest dates. The Alta Cal
ifornia Of the 3oth August says:
A virulent form of diarrhGa has &C
casioned much suffering in the pas
month, but its severity is now slowl,