The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1849-09-22
NEWS FROM CALIFORNIA.

The steamship Empire Cily from CIsgrs,
the III, and Jamaica he 5ll Of Sept, brr,,l
ut New York on Thursday afternoon. n.
Lar-a rrlgAl naMa from San Emurizra -
ceiyed 10 lhe "a Of August, The Enp,.
brought SGO3, 1880 Ia gold.
Among lhs passengers IN lhe Empre On,
ure many emiprhpTs vino return m hHd hr5tt
with constitutions much impaired
IN tho month Of Jolly there nrriyrdbts,a
Funrisro 36li persons, ofwlom about 3g5
were Americans only 80 we're ieuaIei.
pnflisH of llig- overland EN- gl4il.-y ,.,.
coming iH NJ Sacramento and Other NUr.sp.
ouiposls A letter from SurrnmrninrpL.
ted July ~, contains the following nI.u
Feure,
"Emeranrs fom Missouri, oeer u-u,rr.
ininF, Hrr nov arriving daily, Tho fsI ,5r.
Is Of packers huH bern here i've rsn d,y.
and reports fouT wagons ~ Pheasant prHa..
about 100 miles above, aud five urhy lhug..
aud wagons on tie way, mud not iur behind
Tie average passage Of HE vessels whf
hive reached San francisco from lIts ,sr--,
Atlantic ports, II los days,
A new Baptist Church on Wa,hrgu
street was being dedicated TO the seWlsd
God.
American parties have been 6ruIcdasu
Francisco aud AT the mincs. mud cluuz o..
made TO expel Foreigners Several Of lls
Wrmhcrs ufu company nj sH'' ff+He,sceitrd
been arrested f,r assaults upon lurcpf,.
tried aud sentenced 10 pay heavy nUsS l0d
to hard labor In tie poutcnlpry,
The following urc the accounts from fs
various gold wnshingr' We hive lrWd7p
later intelligence from the American River.
gold Wnsiugs fum Nuha, mud from l,nfu
: rivers. Tho news h uulnpounnL May
of tho deposits ofiho Rio Americana lm,y
become ucnry exhausted, but new drcu,tr
les every day occur, and eiucc he floods have
uhuird, lho rrseurcics have in many lus'sr.
ces proved flntieriugy successful. CDmHrl
nrrrrrious to tic miu'r community noe
lnking place, aud rr.u,uf llic old wa.lHra
nrc entirely uccup new cQWftr- Tie
miners OF tle lhst ;, = turu ucarly ad't.rr,
division Of the lnhoriug cluss, and ll'anlb'.
rccedr To iho newer AID more dttnl l0iH,,
ties before the advance ~ Stranger. Tie
best Of feeling prevails, except ia The m,u
Of foreign cucrnnchmrui, for our people -r
united in Tie determination io'cNpl thew,
/ grants of other nations iiom tie mines or J.
. llc movement h "a very general one, ~ y
informed. Tho roads through llc cop'l
Hre fillrd with ChilrHe- e'd Nsw MeAie-ai
/ returning liom the placer. No ,'olr'cr'r'
/ Get irrn employed to cNvcl these rrppfhrA
I az the date Of our lnst Hdvicr. i22l July' 90
Mas anci ihfnuehoui HE ro'd r,Pou, Nrp
rich deposits hive been bound 0H iGo N7rU
Forltor the American river, AZ lace
l,unHu ~ Smiths Bar. digging lgs hccu NJ.
tended with grcni good fortune. There b. n
story Of n linltiuorcnn, WHO lot trcru''
ly arrived la this country, huylrg whcn 900
one week upward of $1,000 in gold lluu rfr
spot. md this uundcd Md viii cuu''i'
mining implements. The report t. rcn'..
w nccrcilitcd IN the North. The DOL, ry,l'
uge per mnu, FROM tho hcsi uutM utcuri
ACCOUNTS ia our possession, cnu H.
safely set about orr ounce. llttc arc
nnuy Who DO mr. better Than lh,-, while
tlicfc ar6 others Who st.rccly procure iHs
sum. The Mormon lviuir,t Mining -A.s,,'7.
ton has ucarly completed tie dam ut i'm
point Il is prcsuplcd in lhrfc weeks hey
IN turn the rivrr'liom it, he'd Srw' no
this work ltc NO., selling ior $4,000. Alc
junction uf the Forks uhovc 'lis ld,Nl ,hr.
0llCf NsSOciHUUU ~ n Firurtur t''frt'''-'' -'--
grcnt plumbers are nj work. Ga the >ra
river, about 80 miles from ia mouth, reN
wnshiurs have been recently d,co'crr'
where " iS toprCscUtct the uiiucrS are i-.'
IL successful. o. Feather river, also, dc.
covcrics hrc reported To- have been made
Although the excessively warm weather lt'
set IN II j. not accompanied 10y the nnori
Of sickness upprehcudrd. But very few CO.
scs arc believed to exist in the Sucramcro
valley. II may Ice TIM, the srourrc ct fever
viii be spared It's citizens this season, MS ih-
winter foundations were not SO severe o.
those ofthc preceding year. Tie heat Is ne
tense, Notwithstanding. Al Sacramru'ocF
the mercury ranges Hhou midday Of 'e
swctcring height Of ll5 degrees in Tie
shnde Provisions nrc plenty IN the MINES
aud Our informant states, without doubt ro''
rcclly that goods may be ohtRiuod IN S.r'a
mcnto city at San Francisco prizes. Bust
ness in the former place is hrisk and m
provement rapidly going on. Town prop
erty which three months ago was sold ''.
flour hundred, now READILY commands from
ten to fifteen thousand dollars. By The ot'
rival orgrnllemcn from thr Sinuislnus WASH
ingS. WE uru frf-it+-l.a.l-lNiiL- tho gratifying
intelligence that work continues brisk on mo
SIM joaquin tributaries, aud IN attended WIN
more satisfactory results than WINS The spring
mining. The general henllh of those in the
uiincs remains good.--Sdn Francisco papa,
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There is n moral to be drawn from The e