The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-01-14
California.

The emgaton California continues great, if not
greater than The ship Tarolnta left New York on
Thursday for California. She took so-odd passengers
Among them was Mr.. Winchester, late of the New
World Caleb Lyon, of Lonsdale the poet; James B.
Devoe, well known printer; Daniel Norcross, of this
city; and Frederick Jerome, the sailor Mr. Holden, OF
Holden's Magazine, goes out also.
The brig John Petty has sailed from Norfolk for San
Francisco with the following passengers From Nor
folk-Wm L. Higgins, James w. Barry, John Rogers,
C. Hall, jr., John Lappin From R,ehmond-J w.
Paine, II b Read, o. B. Taylor, S p Taylor, E. Baker
From Wuhmasbwg-W +. Gait From Northamp-
toni Upshur From North Carolina-Jos. Gordon,
DR.. c. w. Norcom, surgeon
Two of Robert Emmett, esq, OF New York, were
among the California emigants in the ship Christopher
Colon, on Saturday.
The Brooklyn Advertiser says, that among those about
to leave the city for the destination, Joshua
Rogers formerly street commissioner of that city, and
his son Daniel Roberts and John Bakeloo attorneys at
law. and several others, members of the first families
Among the passengers per schooner Anthem, Captain
Eldrdge, which left New York on Thursday morn
ing for Suffers Fort, California, is the Winfield Mining
Company, composed of Johnson j. Durant, president
r. M Felger, secretary; William E. Greene. treasurer
Henry A. Greene, engineer; T. c. Oakley, G. W. Nichols
j. b Drayton, S. B. Freeland F. w Turner B Bradford
(coored) steward This company take letters of intro
duc,on from official dignitares those in command
in California. They provided with years pro-
chnery for mining, and General Winfield Scott has pre-
scented them the which he used through the Mexican
campaign
There are ory-eght vessels up at New York for San
Francisco. all to sail by the LIST of February.
The brig Oniota sailed from Philadelphia on Thursday
and among her passengers Joseph W. Phillips, AL
fred M. Phips, DIR. S NJ Burton, R. J. Lukens, C. w.
Bswley, Isaac R. Morgan Nathan Bunker George R.
Burton, John F Thompson.
The brig Osceoa will leave the port day, with
large number of passengers. among whom DR.. Geo.
Guer, DIR. Cassidy, w. H. Graham, Col Banks, R. M.
Paterson John Quincy Adams, Col Boyer Major Good
and Major Gen. Kephedt, Of the Russian army
The New York Sun states that several merchants in
this city have received letters from California via Cha
gres and the British West Indies, probably by the
conveyance which brought the recent dispatches for
government The tenor of these advices is that large
deposi,es of gold discovered in the hills, and that
people from Oregon, Santa Fe and Mexico pouring
the country by thousands. Such the scarcity of
coin that gold dust had fallen the mines to six dollars
ounce being less than onehd its real value at the
United States mint The whole amount gathered about
three millions. Provisions and food of every kind were
very scarce, and daily growing deare Pork 5000
per barrel flour 300 per barrel bread 80 per pound
beans $40 per bushe brandy $50 per gallon, and other
things in proportion There much suffering at the
mnes and apprehension of famine, conseq
Of the muudes arriving from all quarters. The Indians
being able to endure fatigue and poorer fare than
the whites, gathering most of the gold. Some par
ties had commenced killing horses and mules for food
The people were in hopes Of getting speedy supply of
food from Mexico Vessels San Francisco which had
been abandoned neg eced more in request,
to proceed along the for food the latter having
come more valuable than gold Whale ships We're sell
ing off their outfits at Monterey at enormous profits"
The New York Sun also states that sup to December
ls the latest dates from Mazatlan, the west coast Of
Mexico 100000 in gold dust haf arrived from Cafor-
MIA at Panama and Valparaiso, British government
steamers"
Some of the papers have most gratuitousy undertaken
10 assert that Is keeping back important
information from the country. This is false. We are
authorized to say that every item OF information, official
or private which has been received at the War Depart
men (and we understand true of the ohers in
laon to the gold REGION the collection of gold or
any way relating to the subject, has been published.
An idle report has appeared in the New York Sun that
Gov Marcy's son, an officer of the army now in Cali
forna, turning everything in the shape of supplies
gold, and had collected fifteen barrels of gold dust
which he had concealed in the earth until vessel of
should take it off This is the dIest story which
ever invented By the last letters which have been
received from him, appears that he kept Mon
teey working night and day in discharge of his official
duties and in consequence of the gold mania, he was
without clerk or servant of any description; and that
he had personally to keep his book do all the writing and
all the mental services, such making his own bed
and sweeping his room depending for his cooking
upon the naval storekeeper at Monterey.
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| There has been remarkable fatality among the United
States senators from Arkansas within short space of time
No less than three have died, namely the Hon. Chester
Ashley, the Hon. William s. Fulton, and now the Hon.
| Ambrose II. Sevier.-ph,La Inquirer.