New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-04-03
s,;ilIater from California.

Mr. Edward A Suw erkrOp. formerly Danish
the andwich Islands arrived in this city
Sunday afternoon having left san Francisco on the 3Dh
OF January hve days later than tho sdvices received
by the ~ o Ptcay,ns While at san Bias, he received
letters from San Francisco to Feb. = making the
news he brings 10 dsys later. He left san Bias On II
at nit reached Vera Cruz the 10th, sailed thence IN
the Graz HesfuA the 18th and reached Mobile on
the 2i,h While in Mexico ne met about OVO persons
on their war to California sll OF whom except the par
ties of armed Americans, were laid under contributor
by the Mexican banditt Just before reaching san
Blss Mr. ! passed tho ai,frna then about two hours
on, from Mszs,sn. She had taken no Goals on board
At tbs, place and consequently would have to wait at
san Francisco until her supplies should arrive While
nm hi, WAY from San Francisco, Mr. 5 touched at San
IA barbara and san Jose and found that Lower Cstor-
MA had been nearly deserted by the men, who bad
cone norhwsrd to the diggings At the time he LETT,
.ho, ,evon hundred persons had arrived at San Fran
cis.of from Valparaiso aud about tour hundred from the
Sandwich Islands There were about thousand in
California ready to operations in the mines
the moment the weather would permit The letters he
received At Bias that fine weather had At last
set in. aud the snow had begun to melt Many dggers
had .tarted and the eve of starting for the
mines. to re.commence operations. and the sales of
price of provisions had decreased. When Mr.. 5. LETT
-four wa. selling at $40 per barrel in parcels, and s6
per single barrel pork ESQ per barrel and salt beet
wiihou, demand at eli A large amount of goods was
expected from Chins New South Wales Valparaiso
and Mexico.
Mr : report. tina, the u S ship Lexington did
not sail from San Francisco till Jan 23 She carried
100000 The British ship OF war Calypso was at Ma
.,a IA , OO0 of snecie hoard 5000 OF
of which were In California gold; 1000 of this be
loaged 10 Mr. = Gold was selling at as per OF in Ma.
xstlan; a quantity had been sold in San Frsnclsco at
go 80 but owing to the large arrivals OF specie from
San Fla. VALPARAISO &c which has been placed In the
hands Of the merchants at San Francisco Tor invest
ment the price had risen. None of tho Oregon gold
had been brought California though there were still
reports Of its discovery II IA estiinsted that about
$4,000 ia. been tshen from the mines $1,000 900 OF
which passed the Custom House at san Francis
Co valued At SO to Ella per s7OOOOO has been car
ried away by individuals g. 100000 is in the hands of
merchants san Francisco and the remainder scattered
over the country, in the hands Of the miners &C
The largest lump Of gold Mr.. suwerkrop saw weighed
"A o. He had heard OF one weighing 90 on with
the dirt and containing about 80 or of pure gold The
waste Of gold 10 the dry dggnss about per cent
in the wet, from to 3; per cent
The :. sloop ofwN 81. Mary WAS the only national
vessel q, san Francisco Toe bark Uadae had gone to
Oregon bu, expected bach shortly and would then
proceed to Chna Many persons in san Francisco
were waiting for the California and would take pas
,ssc in her TO Panama The murderer of Mr. Won
Faster had not been taken II WAS supposed tina, he
had fed to the mountains Affairs IN California were
taking everything into consideration quite peaceaoe