Arkansas intelligencer., 1849-12-15
upoRTANT FROA CALIFORNIA.
BY NEiNER iHPIRE CITY,

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thieves are said to 5bound and prospe to
.,fe exten, al San Fraicisco.
An Interesting law case was being tried If San
E-oesco. being the resistance of charg: made
N, BrackenisdeI, OF ten ounces of old for
y uroressionaI visits. His patient had aso died
.gtbe charge was resisted by his nephw, who
.me in for a fortune If 100000. UgratefuI
sIos
4 soung man. naned Webster Thompson. Of
..,s:table connections, and but short tine resi-
,n California, committed suicide, on the 81
( sepembcr. at San Francisco, by cutting his
t.o,t with Il razor. He had been unsuccessful.
=, nsOlyed in debt. and had resorted te drink.
rse sui, of the Passengers of the ship Brooklyn
!, lad treatment. producing scurvy. &c, against
| : sptain and owners, was decided on the 18th
4 fssoiember. by verdict in favor of tho pas
..grs with $4,000 damages.
ge end the following in The AHa Cali tfornia
yse 9Th inst.
Rev. O. c. Wheeler. pastor of the First Bap-
Church m this place. will deliver discourse
sbe death of Ex-President Polk, at the Baptist
sins housemorniEg next"
ar. 4. w. Fcnao, the talented comedian, re-
,H in The FrnYirc City to engage company of
,srs. 10 open nc" theatre, 4uilding at San
Tsncisco.g L
| EretericE Dhiiu9s t-S'i., mas Oeen appointed by
IT. Riley Attorney General for The territory of
ffornia.
u Frenchnlan named Joseph Daniel was con-
bed in San Fraheisco for the murder of one
er Petit, aud was sentenced to death.
PLNER INTELLIGENCE.
We extract The following placer intelligence
N the Ala CaIi lornia, of the Ist of October
Parties have been organized within the past
nth, and dep9tiei 10 explore the region of Tri-
v river, where Il is now rendered certain gold
SIS. Several hundred French hal:- breeds have
en successful uPn this stream.
Feather riger. hgh up has been nearly drained
| precious metal, nd at this time affords scanty
|uhi fox the few Tho perfer its solitude TO the
+wdei Eashiigs Of the north A gentleman
n tie South FORK of Feather river informs Us
st wiihoU. iheassistance of Indians in washing
gold, labor blended with very unsatisfactory
jmpensation.
: There IS probaDly no portion of the placer that
: proved moreproductive than the mountainous
! Entry wateredby the Iuba river. Mining com
euced on lhis cream early in the spring of q,
I'D has 66en Conducted with general success
ErOVgh winter and summer and to the preselt
fnc During the months of July and Augmt.
residence IN This region has been found to impiir
ath uniess every precauiion be taken 10 pre-
b exposure, There are about FIVE thousand,
treTaly Americans, at work on Yuba. among
bm Tie past moniE Witnessed no incousiderabe /
punt Of sickness. By the following extracts /
fla he Flacer Times Of Seps.22, we are pleas |
] 10 no.e Gbeller STATE of health:
HFrom TUBA river we have more favorable ad- |
Ices. The scky season is about over and the |
|eraioas OF miners are not now impeded by cx- |
! me heat"
From the same rnmber Of the aho-e paper we
khact:
On the. North ana Ssfdcfc- -l5sfkks there is |
rsgq.ss1 q n the weather. and the waters
| ing fallen. every sene WHO does a fair days
! X can caIculsIe upon bagglng about an /
Iep. We hear Of butssery little sickness in /
artof ice minss-'
I,omoanies organized for turning the rivers in /
| section have Jared but ndifferently much of /
branch of mining has signaly failed, and The /
iects az been entirely abandoned. a few
SocialionsEil maintain mistaken confidence in /
! pan. and the point at which tho American 4
tef is turned near Mofmon Island is believed to /
mise more favorable. than others The com.
n7 prosecuting this work have nOt yet over
he The ottacle presented by hidden springs /
Ikplving that portion Of the bed of the river
Eel it is proposed 10 diain. WIpn the best is
D. ms ASSOCIATION will lave but rallied paltry /
aunt, compared with tie labor md capital ex-
aded:
From the Middle fork zwe larn." says the I
es,'' that the diggings areimprovlng, and /
b an ounce a day can bo.obtaned by all who
r. And that most of the ariies operating /
p rockers were doina|sef. There was
by of four who took ouAs60,00G specie in |
days, from one opening. lad are now on their |
By hOme."
iiase certainly DO not Iooklike discouraging |
9Pects" for the diggers.
heonnexion with the abop, it is cue the liberal
autnfu tone of this jou nal from which we
osto insert the following.
from tie PLacer.-The most favorable news
giher this week is from Dry Creek, at which
q operators were doing surprisingly we'll
great influx of emIgrants. has evidently rem
q la6of IN the mines lessprohtable. and we
oi many who have given up digging ana arc
= 10 turn their attention to other branches oil
Fay
ne learn that DIR. Boynton's company con-
IS OF SIX, took from one hole, some five miles
Mormon Island, in seven or eight days,
~. IL IS said also lha. no one in that vicinity
fsorked, made much less than an ounce per
rl@hlle the moro fortunate were getting several
sPs by few hours hard work. p
he god washngs on the tributary stream OF
pan Joaquin continue 10 attract much atten-
T. "FOreigners" G. e. South Americans( have
expelled from the different Qigsipss, and
iseevery arrival in tho harbor, coStsibutes to
eatie humber of Ayoe..-ans already employed