The North-Carolina standard., 1849-01-24
LATE FROM cALIFoRNIA.

. A.
The accounts from California rather increase than
diminish in exciting details. A Correspondent al
New York says 8E - -
:" Letters have been received by one of our most
fornia had shipped in gold TO England, and
that there were upwards of hgiiaOns Of dotdTs
ready to be shipped forths city New as soon
as vessels could be found to bring it. This amount
is Independent Of the stock held and consigned to
other Places
A letter dated San Francisco, Oct. 18th says:
81 cannot get for Is dollars per day, to put up
the buildings want at this rate they will not work
over six or seven hours. This is not so surprising,
whenI assure You that several persons of my ac-
quaintance who have returned averaged thousand
dollars per diem in the gold diggings. Gold is now
so much more gbundGnt than money, that it is only
worth eight dollars per ounce, payable In coin.''
The following is from the Boston Courier:
't.VALPARAIso, Oct. 10, 1e4a.5 Several expedi-
tons have been sent lately CALIFORNIA; attracted by
the exravagant account of gold discovered there.
quarter three months since $4,000 the second ar
rived few days ago, of 100000; and third-of
$100 900 is said to be close hand. 1t is of very
pure quality The same paper says:
"Persons who left San Francisco but for few
days, reported to have returned with gold to the
amount of one thousand dollars per day. Z
But still richer is the following, which we copy
from the New York Sun of yesterday:
Several merchants in this city have received letters
from California, UiG Chagres and the British West
Indies, probably by the same conveyance which
brought the recent dispatches for government. " ~
The of these advices is that large deposits of
gold were discovered in the hills, and that people
from Oregon, Sante Fe and Mexico were pouring into
the country by thousands.
Such was the scarcity of coin, that gold dust had
fallen at the mines to six dollars ounce being less
than one third its real value at the United States
Mint. The whole amount gathered was about three
millions.
Capt. William G.. Marcy, son of the United
States Secretary of War, dsposing of everything
in the shape of supplies at his camp, in exchange for
gold dust. He had collected fifteen barrels Of god ore
and having means of protecting the treasure, he
had buried it, until vessel of war should arrive
the coast which was daily expected.
Provisions and food ofevery kind very scarce,
and daily growing dearer. Pork was 5000 per bar
rel; -four 800 per barrel bread 60 cents per pound,
beans $40 per busheI, brandy $50 per gallon, and
other things in proportion.
There was much suffering at the Mines, and even
apprehensions of famine, consequence of the null
tudes arriving from all quarters. The Indians be-
ing able to endure fatigue and poorer fare than
the whites. were gathering most of the gold. Some
parties have commenced killing horses and mules for
food. atass-f.-
The people were in hopes of getting speedy sup
ply of food from Mexico. Vessels at San Francisco,
which had been abandoned neglected, were once
more in request, to proceed along the coast for foods
the latter having become more valuable than gold.
Whale ships selling off their outfits at Monterey,
at enormous profits.