Arkansas intelligencer., 1849-10-06
CALIFORNIA.

Shhli OIsNiA.
The steamer Empire City. from Cb,...
rived at New York on tho 18th. brino!ss'eot
from San Francisco to the ID Aupns, e"s g
A large party of armed Americans b.a
ed, on the 10th of July, several ChiIion ,.l =,
the neighborhood Of the Placers. and I'm
at them, had threw down and DESTROYED ~
off property 10 n large amount. 4 vo.
excitement ensued. Nineteen Amer;cay
arrested.
The Mormon Association has nearly co.
IFS work. Shares are now selling in tbo;s
ment at five thousand dollars. New dis
Of gold have been made.
Emigrants are daily arriving from Mica.
An individual from Baltimore has o,,h
$4,000 in one week.
The heat in Francisco ranged lately \, IN.
grees in the shade, yet the coun,rv NO.
healthy and business was brisk at San FL!
Goods are generally cheap. Properly vb;asl
three months ago at S400, brings now r,ons
$4,000. No less than 36l4 persons mr..
San Francisco since the receipt of the I,.,
! ligence from California.
American flour sells at San Francisco =,
bbl. Large arrivals have increased tho A..
for provisions and put them up.
From the N. O. Pcayune of The 18th -,
the following statement of DR.. Franklin, wiz
San Francisco, on the % August:
Every branch of industry was aoprisb;,
California. Labor continued 10 comm,na
wages. In every ono Of tho locations tho ;,.
of buildings was most extraordinary. DR..
lin states that in two months, the period of r;5
| sidence in California, the city of San Pr,nI
had become fully one-hulf larger, and s;I1;
number Of houses was increasing. A LARGE .b,z
belonging TO the Presbyterians was nearly en-
when he left. Laborers were paid al the ~
from six to eight dollars day. Woman n
scarce, they were paid much more liberoIv 4
men. A female cook, roner, and wasbe,
ceived 5000 a month. An Irish girl from
city was hired by three gentlemen to cook
wash for them at 800 a month, and had ,ba
vilege of earning money by taking in work Be-,
There was little dishonesty among the emipr,
and, although vaIuables were openly e5pd
sea rcely any of them were ever touched bv 4
derers.
The Americans were determined 10 bnuisI
Chilians and MeAicans from the diggngs.
latter now were mostly congrega.ed al the 81
ranian camp, a location about four miles Al
I Woods diggings, on branch of the Sanis
The Sonoranian camp is large location, beia
town in fact, and containing at least 1000 in,
tants. A stage runs every other day belw
Stockton and the Sonoranian camp. The seh
is n wagon, the distance traversed is sixty.
miles, and the fare two ounces OF gold for I
person.
! DR.. Franklin left San Francisco on the Cali
MIA on the ID of August. and reached Panamr
the 2Sth. The Oregon took her departure I
Panama the Same day (the 2Stn) for San Fur
co, with 300 passengers. The California lou,
at Mazatlan on her route, and there found
steamer Panama, crowded with passengers.
| Franklin arrived at New Orleans this morn
on the schooner Iona, from Chagres.
California exhibits an aspect of prosperity
increasing quietness unparalleled in the hslor
nations. The military are now undcr better
ordination than before, from judicious rule Ia
| introduced in the ranks. Soldiers are perm
10 90 on furIough for tine--a week or So
which they can enrich themselves, if they che
in digging at the mines.