The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-06-16

The steamship California sailed from San Francisco
the LIST Of May and arrived at Panama on the 2lst
The steamer Panama arrived at Panama on the 5th
of May from New York. and sailed on the 7th for San
Francisco, full Of passengers
The steamer Oregon sailed from Panama on the 23d
Of May, for San Francisco, full of passengers
The California will leave on the 25th inst.
There forty-six passengers at Panama at the
last accounts, and one hundred and twenty on the
Isthmus route for the gold region.
The Crescent City it is said has six hundred thou
sand dollars in gold dust, board 1t is thought in
Wall street. that the balance of the million brought
down by the California is English account and will
be forwarded to England by of the mail steamers
We were informed, yesterday, that MIR James Sim
clair whose death has been reported left this city last
October in the John w. Cater and returning home
with $4,000 in gold dust This amount he did not of
course gather in the Mines he probably acquired it in
trade.
1t is reported that the bark Hecla Capt Topper
rived at Havana the 31st ult in nine days from
Chagres with two hundred thousand dollars in gold
dust on board This gold probably brought down
from California in the Oregon, and then shipped in the
Hecla
We have received advices to the 18th of April from
the Great Salt Lake They state that there is end
to the gold in that country; though has been
dred miles west of it abound in the shining ore.
The Frontier Guardian of the 2Sth ult. says
To prevent scattering and wasting the gold dust by
paying 1t out in small quantities. the people in the
Valley have collected up all the Kirkland bills they
have, and have put them in circulation; and when
they want any amount of gold dust they go and have
it weighed it out to them. This may cali into the Val
ley all the Kirkland money that was smugged and
stolen They had better call wolf skins much and
let them be the currency, wolves so plenty
Additionally to the above cut the following
golden items from exchanges of yesterday =
From the Boston Journal, Jan al
Through the poteness of Mr.. David Parker, whar-
finger ON City wharf this forenoon the cele-
brated watch which was brought from California by
Lieut.. Beall, as before mentioned in the Mem York
Herald 1t is very large old-fashioned watch double
cased and the rims finely chased Attached to it is
chain about eight inches in length, formed of
common small linked watch chain around which, at
equal distances welded Jumps of pure California
gold in its virgin state OF the Jumps still
tanning small particles of the dust and rock which
were attached to them when first found On the end
OF the chain instead of key, there is lump of pure
gold free from all dirt in the shape of leg of bacon
little over an inch in length, half inch in width at
the widest part and from quarter to threeeghths Of
an inch in thickness This watch are informed by
Mr.. Parker, was bought in California by his SON
now resident there, for seven hundred ana fifty
dollars, the superstition that it all pure gold
and he repeatedly offered Thousand dollars
it, by spectators. On submitting it t. the test how
it is found that the with the exception of
the back, which is the genuine article, and is very
thick and heavy merely washed thereby rendering
it of much less value than paid for it, The pure
gold upon the chain and back is estimated to be
not far from $500
From the Baltimore American, June a.
We have seen sample of the real dust" which was
received by the Lexington 1t little oar. con
tanning about $1,000 worth Of the dust which was sent
on by Messrs Adams Co.'s express to this city Some
OF the 1t were worth fully five dollars, down
she aailest grains The bag is the property of Wilson
g Kelly of this city, who purpose sending it to the
mint in few days About 800 900 Of the gold brought
by the Lexington is destined for this city, and falls
into the hands of Messrs Harrison Co., Mr. Edward
Kurtz, G. ID. DeFord Co.
From the Philadelphia Ledger, June ii
About $l6O,000 Of the gold dust from California:
brought by the U. S. ship Lexington, reached mint
yesterday to be coined The whole amount received
by this $27O and the balance of her val
liable freight will probably be conveyed hther in day
two Two three other parcels of California geld
from various sources also received at the mint
yesterday, amounting to about $40 900. OF this par
eel of about $4,000 brought to Warren, r. l., by the
whale ship Portsmouth, contained the richest and
purest specimens of the gold that have yet reached
the mint Several Jumps among it, of the purest