Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1849-06-14
From the Mo. Repub,;...
Arrival Of Lieut.. Bealc ~ New YORK f,.Sn.
hOrnia. -

l "h oSSo""e vi VIC iHoTmatlOn deriv
ed from him by the Register. Since th.a
Lieut.. Beale has reached New YorL
his way to Washington and some add;,o.
al items Of news have been gathered fro.r
him. Lieutenant Beale was pa,,enss'
in the Oregon, and left San Franci.css'
the 18th Of April. The California ,.a
five days afterwards, and was cominc ~; nv
port as Lieut.. Beale left Panama. : T S
running time Of the Oregon was fourt..s
days, three Of which were with sail, tn
Oregon brought $4,000 in gold: II.
California would increase that amon,s =
$4OO, 600; and it is said that cre,,.s
amount would have been forwarded Inn, g.
the fact that bills of ladine were NOT H..
ed farther than Panama, and there /. ~
in carrying the gold across 10 Cha,r,.>
The United States transport ships low,
General Taylor and Rome, have arrived
at Monterey, with troops. Gen. Ril.v
who went out in charge OF them was al tb,,
place when. Lieut.. B. left. Therewere ,bou,
75vessels lying in the Bay Of San Fran.
cisco, and others were arriving eyery 1av
With very few exceptions their crews d.
serted Immediately upon their arrival, and
they are unable to leave. The town |.
crowded with people, and abou: two third.
Of the inhabitants are living in camp. tn.
houses are all filled 10 overflowinp. apd
the smallest rooms rent for SO day good
board at the hotels is $40 day.
The snow was melting very fast, and
the placers were almost entirely clear
Companies were leaving San FRANCHISES
daily for the diggings and miners constant.
ly arriving with the products Of their i.
bors the fare TO Suffers Fort varied from
$25 TO $50, according TO the style Of con-
veyance. There was a great deal of
drinking and gambling going on in San
Francisco. Many Of the gamblers who
followed the American army through
Mexico have gone OH to California, and6v
means OF monte, roulette and faro tables.
fleece the natives very extensively.
Lieut.. Beale speaks in high terms Of the
order maintained by the population on the
placers as well as in the more settled mart,
There are few disturbances of any kind.
and owing TO the strict administration Or,
kind Of extempore justice crimes have be.
come less frequent. The only punish
ment is hanging. When person com.
mits any theft or outrage, he is brought
before jury Of twelve men, selected Tor
the purpose, who go through the regular
forms oftrial, and if convicted he is al once
executed. Three men have lately been
hung at the diggings, one of them for steal
ing horse.
He brings with him a lump Of pure
gold, weighing eighty ounces, and conse-
quently worth nearly 81, 500. II was
found at the dry diggiEgs by a man named
Weaver. TWAS exhibited for short time
on Change, and produced quite sensa-
ton. Lieut.. B. went on 10 Washington
by the southern train yesterday afternoon.
When he left Panama, The Oregon and
California were TO leave San Francisco in
about 10 days. There were several sail
f"s v-ssris afsu rf-rr, rtrrng UP nur pas-
sengers. The mails brought BY the Ore
gon and California, were at the Isthmu.
waiting the arrival of a steamer at Cha
gres. The Tribune, from which the,.
particulars are collected, also announce,
the presence Of Mr. PARROT, u. s. consul
at Mazatlan, at the Astor House in New
York. MIR PARROT left Mazatlan on ,be
10th April, after his return from an q.
ploration of the gold vegions of the Sacrs.
mento reached Mexico on the Iltb n
May, Vera Cruz on the lns. and Mob;ls
on the 2lst. He reports havins met W i,h
companies continually during his over.
land journey. The road TO the PaG6e
is lined with them, and they are all, 50 "a.
as he saw doing well. Capt. Hutton's com.
pany sailed from San Bias in the Cayues,
April 10; Capt Earle's was al Guadalsisrs
on the 18th. There were four or five
vessels at Mazatlan, and two or three 1t
San Bias, for California. The price Of
passage varied from $50 TO $3.50, accord
ing to the accommodations. Mr. P. tells
story of cabin boy who deserted one
of Hargous' ships at Vera Cruz and walk
ed the whole way TO San Bias, where he
arrived safe and sound on his way to Cal
ifornia.
The Tribune is indebted to the courie-
sy Of MIR Parrot for much new and in
teresting information concerning the min
eral wealth of California. His visit to The
placers was undertaken for the purpose
of informing himself on these points, and
his revelations are even more astonishing
than any which have previously reached
us. In all that concerns the digging Of
gold, he fully confirms all former state
ments. The limits of The places toward
the south are constantly being extended by
new discoveries the northern districts
owing TO their remoteness from ciyiliza-
lion, have not yet been fully explored.
The earth in some places has been dug TO
the depth Of nine feet, and the proportion
Of gold found TO be quite as great as on
the surface. The richness of the dry dig
gings is in some places almost incredible.
Mr. PARROT estimates the amount Of gold
which will be obtained the present year,
at thirty millions Of dollars.
But the routes to California do moi con-
sist of gold alone. All the precious metals
are there found, in greater or less Profa-
sion, as well as the rarcst and most vslu-
able jewels. Two mines Of silver have
been lately discovered, one of which IS
known 10 but few persons, who jealousy
keep the secret. Platinum is also known
to exist in considerable quantities. "A rough
diamond nearly the xiza IF , hens cgO has