The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1849-10-20
VERY LATE FROM CALIFoR-

,ARRvAL 90 ruE EMrlNE CRY wIrn $780,
900 Is SrEcIE--The steamship Empire Guy
arrived al New York about II o'clock on
Tuesday morning from Chngr,s 2rrhu ut
Tho steamship Panama arrived ~ Panama
Oh Saturday, 2ld Sept, WITH l32 passengers,
,nud about SJOOOOO ~ treasure,
ollhls, the Empire Guy brings $4,000,
and ~ passengers,
The accounts from tho Pucers nre very
good. The Californian says, $50 have 40
prodiglous gold slorioh Ia relate, but coufn-
ing ourselves 10 lo simple assurance OF good
itirk to tttet'', VI be- l4hnE, ,Ye lruAl not 10 de-
feat the expectations Of tho most visionary,
la fact all accounts agree lhat Il requires
TIC ssvHrrEt tui hardship, utr deprivation iH
iho mines 10 fr1liIc any considerable amount
Of lho golden treasure.
Tho cho!era hIH been very severe al pgna-
ma, though ~ lHst accounts IL was nearly oil
gone, Great complaints we're nndc NJ the
cAorbitnnI rices Demanded ior cuillns, The
star OF the 2J,h suyr;
7 Sowrhl Americans who have died tbs
week, hnye from netossily 'brrn buried aNer
. the custom Of the country, without collins.
/ When coffin can DO procured IL costs $50,
lnhd is but mere rough box At lhnI-iu fact
90 multiplied are lho number Of deaths a.
mons lhc Americans, aud lnuery among the
T nHIiyeE, that II " extremely difficult to ottun
ohe al al.
The Star or the lsh says
nas iaw persons perhaps nro aware OF the
rhSngcs Of tho destroyer ~ this cilyi scarcely
a family eau he found who hngb not been
called To mourn the loss of some friend OF
relative within the last two months, and AZ
The present moment lte mortality among A
mcrlcans aud natives IL alarming. The for
mer, especially since the departure ofihe
Panama. have been decimatcd at a rapid
raIo.
} We learn that the Panama lad S5O000O
Ia gold dust, aud probably NJ much
more 10y the passengers, making in all about
/ Sl,0OO,OQO.-Pandma Star.
The general hehld of San Funcisco re-.
I mains good Notwithstanding the arrival every
day Of uuacclinulcd strangers. yirulent
I tOrin of diairhua las occ6si6nrd inucE sIT-
icring within the past month, hut ils severity
- now slowly diminishing. Tie same con-.
/ plant lns nInde It's appearance IN Stockton,
Sacramento City aud different paris Of the
mines. 1T has 10y many been believed to bo
the precursor Of that terrible scoutgc, the
cholera, mud 10y others n moderated lorm OF
/ this disease ITSELF
j. u. Taylor, who came out about two
years since rs agent for "A company IN New
York, Is nbout returning to tie States for hp-
/ pnfhius to work the quicksilver mines. Com.
~loek'op ~ euo of tho COMPANY for whom
Mr. Taylor IL acting.
LArER PLACER INrrLLiGENcE.-The month
OF August has iuuliiplied the number of gold
/ wasl,rs on the principal streams of the Sirr-
"a N"vHdn; but the prospects for the mass
crowdlng on are but impericctly lesseniug
| The waters are nearly AT the lowest Stage.
aud quite M proportion TO the Increase Of la
/ bufcrs, The ciihiiccs are rendered more favor
able hy this circumstance. New washinss
have been discovered, aud old ones ubandoL-
[ ed.
rRSi1 RIVER ExrkDirioN.- L.
II, Reading whuse nntue ~ Identified wnh
the earliest Anglo Saxon eNpl ornlions Of
California, Inns recently returned from trip
into the Interesting region of Trinity River.
lie started from the Sacramento hhOut the
middle of June, travelled up Clear Crcek, and
/ crossed the ridge dividing the waters of the
Sacramento from the streams flowing into
tho ncenn by the only practicable route
Ills camp on this ridge was ono night above
lie snow biue. Trinity River was found to
possess aurlerons sauds, aud rs the party
followed up The stream, the orc was found
in great abundance. They averaged for tho
few days remaining there about, forty dol
lars each, per diem. We shall publish a
more detailed account of has expedition IN
n few days.
SUCCESSFUL. Com DIGGiNG.-Dr. u. Van
Dy he, n member of IhU North Fork Dam aud
Mining Association, which company has re-
Gently completed lateral canal ut Beal's
Bar, a liItlo above tie juncturr Off North
Fork VIII The ITO imeTICaIu, has tust-re--
turned fiom their scene of operations. The
work OF drainage had been completed only
three days before lac lel, aud though the
company lahurcd under many disadvantages,
tirrJ t-ti s,t=eti ttIs.s.
600.
This association is composed of about
thirty hard working men, and from the re-
suits Of tho fey days labor since drainage,
aud the tino.prospecis of continued success,
they confidently count upon yield pfHbuut
tep ounces per diem, during the next aud
succeeding month.
Mr. J. C. Fremont Inns received the nn-
poinlmcnt of u. = Commissioner to survey
the boundary of Mexican territory Hcquircd-
during the late war,
The SACRAMENTO river probably forms the
most norlhernly boundary stream of the Plu.
GER but it is erroneous to suppose The region
wutored by 1t Uuriicrous, Gold has never
been found upon the stream ia quantities
sufficient TO justify continued labor.
AZ Mormon Island, a company are engng-
en- lh sclch'lc hllhlllHs IHe! eUlpipy uulck-
silver IN extracting the metal from ground
previously subjected to tho cradle or pan pro-
russ, aud with n machine invented for the
purpose, averaging about $500 per day
THE PLAcER.---Vu suppose We must shy
something about the mines, nolens volons.-
THE PeruvIaus and Chilans have been pref |
" thoroughly routed in every section OF the |
Middle and North Forks aud the disposition
10 UxUet them seeuts- is--eNlapd- tArSIIRl.7+
out the whole mining community. Our nd |