The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1849-12-06
ARRIVAL FROM CALIFORNIA.


Among tho passengers IN the Alton, yes.
,erday, from Nav Orlenns, was Capt, u. j.
Hal. lor,nerly master Of the stcamboa. l.,
" Linn. Capt. Hall is just from San Fran
cisco. having left tina, port in the steamer
Oregon for Panama, crossing the ls.hnns,
and taking the steamer Alabama for Ne"
Orleans.
Capt. HAIL has been absent from this
State ncarly five months. lie left ST. j.
semi on the 10Th ofJuno, aud overlook the
frs, emigranis at Fort L1rlmie.
Capi. Hall reached the first gold Dig
a;oos in sixty three days from ST. Joseph.
lie stopped seven da,s among the diggers.
Who we're averaging from half TO one
ounce per day. Proceeding onward, be
coached San Francisco in ssventy-two days
from the time ofleasins ST. Joseph. Their
h. found number oi ST. Louis men en-
u,ged 10 various callings.
I've have mol seen Capt, Hall, aud cannoi
,e,l what he says abou, California Like
many others, however, we guess he did.i
ind i what il has been crooked up 10 Dc; md
came home, as innny will do, 10 make Il
Itorftine here QutS NH2tt} 80 II Sou 0O 0puO
in tho country Of gold.
Among the passengers in the Alabama,
II New Orleans, was Mr.. JoliS s. Rom,
lie correspondent Of the Rerciltc, at San
francisco. Ilo comes l,,Anc to &c, press
and ,ypes 10 est ablish a newspaper ut the
new seat Of government Of California.
(PhcLla San Jose.
TnoM CAMFoRNlA.-'rhe steamer Alton
crriyed Yesterday morning from New Or
beans. She left on The 18th inst, and was
detained ncprly c,r,y-eighi hours on the
p,ssaec up by fog. She broueh, up a hea-
Nv carpo md large number ofpnssengers,
ononr whom wo noticed twenty nine
French families, Including aLou. ono hun
dred souls, destined for Nauvoo, and forty
|eiphl German families, numbering over
lone hundred aud City, fos no particular
destiuation. Twenty-scvcn persons also
hrrved in The Alton, direct from San Fran
cisco, California, these we're passengers in
he steamship Oregon which left SIM Fran
risco on the LIST Of October. and nlsu in the
alabama viii b reached New Orleans on
he l2ih inst. IN the list of passengers on
board the Alton, we notice ,he names q!
Eapt. II. J. Hall, formerly Of The steamer
lewis r. Linn, and resident Of this city,
uiso those ofMr. I'Iros. yAEEs, lady, dangh
er and sou, of Ibhersillc, H.; A. SToRTEs,
lndy, daughter and son, q iowa; Mr.. A.
NnrrMoRE and brother, &c Michigan, and
|:,lso tie follawipg names, destination no,
Known: G.. ~. Alexander. l.. Mn, a, d
|s,uielI, T. Lee, G. J. Medley, J. w. Birch.
De. II. R,v. AM. Greenenf, ID. Hil"ry. J
ZEALAND. II. Booth, VIM. IIin'ey. Jas. Ne
|Mceha,,, n. H. Wilkinson. G. Fficlle.
slcssrs. Ringing, Beckett, Linsey aud
Wcs!e, thirty in NIL. OF these bat few
have been in either Oregon or California
/ long. Cap,. llALL lef, this cit, on The ID
! Il June last. Messrs. iArEs and S1oRTEs,
Nth their families. wrM the overland
ro.tc, aud have resided in Oregon and Cal.
iiurnia together, mere ,hnn two ,ears. Ii
lis said that ,hev return With n fair compe-
,ency. sl2,0c0 or $4,000 each. Tho
others lave sums VARYING from $1,000 t"
| Sl5.O00, and some have nothing. From
the mos, teli.hc information, the whole
number on The Alton have from $s0,000 10
100000, principally in the metal. aud the
| S,n Francisco and Sacramento coin.