Baltimore commercial journal, and Lyford's price-current. [volume] (Baltimore, Md) 1840-1849, 1849-10-13
LATE FROM CALIFORNIA.

City at New York from Chagres whence they left
2Sth ult., bring dates from California to Sept. l.
"a month lateD with 100000 i'll gold and about 100
passengers; and the steamer Alabama took 50 pas
sengers from Chagres for New Orleans. The steam
er Panama arrived at Panama from San Francisco
22d Sept. with 1872 passengers. The steamer Cali
fornia was to have left Panama for San Francisco
the 9th ult, the Senator on the lst inst, the
Union on the Sth, and the Panama on the 18th. The
health of the Isthmus good, and the roads were
easy for travelling, they having been greatly
improved.
Gen. Persifer F. Smith had gone from San Fran
cisco an expedition to the mountains. Col. FIRE.
mont at Monterey.
A San Francisco letter says that constitution
will be formed and members elected to the Legsla-
ture by the LIST of November.
The General Health of Sa, Francisco remains
good, notwithstanding the arrival every day of I'M
acclimated strangers. A vruent form of darrhoea
has occasioned much suffering within the past month
but its severity is now slowly diminishing. The
same complaint made its appearance in Stockton,
Sacramento City and different parts of the mines.
The accounts from the Placers very good
The California says, we have no prodigious gold
stories to relate, but combining ourselves to the Sim
pie assurance of good luck to those who labor, we
trust not to defeat the expectations of the most
visionary. In fact ali accounts agree that it re-
quires the severest toll hardship and deprivation in
the mines to realize any considerable amount of the
golden treasure.
The month of August has multiplied the number
of gold washers on the principal streams of the
Sierra Nevada; but the prospects for the mass crowd
ing ON are but imperceptbly lessening The waters
nearly at the lowest stage, and quite in proper
ton to the increase of laborers the chances
dered more favorable by this circumstance. New
washings have been discovered, and old ones aban-
doned
"A Trinity Ricer Ezpedtion.-Major p. B. Read
ing, whose name is identified with the earliest Angl
Saxon explorations of California, has recently
turned from trip into the interesting region Of
Trinity River. He started from the Sacramento
about the middle OF June, travelled up Clear Creek,
and crossed the ridge dividing the waters Of the Sac
ramento from the streams flowing into the ocean by
the only practicable route. His camp this ridge
was one night above the snow line. Trinity River
found to possess aurierous sands, and the
party followed up the stream, the ore was found in
greater abundance. They averaged for the few days
remaining there about $40 each, per diem We
shall publish detailed account of this expedi-
ton in few days.
Successful Gold Digging.-Dr. H. Van Dyke,
member of the North Fork Dam and Mining Asso-
citation, which company has recently completed
lateral canal at Bea's Bar little above the juno
ture of the North Fork with the Rio Americana, has
Just returned from their scene of operations. The
work of drainage had been completed only three days
before he left and though the company labored nm
der many disadvantages they had raised in this short
time over $4,000.
This association is composed of about thirty hard
working men, and from the results of the few days
labor since drainage and the fine prospects OF con-
tinued success, they confidently count upon yield
of about ten per diem, each man, during the
next and succeeding month.
The .Hines.-We have seen several who have
turned from the Placer within the past few days,
but they bring no news of interest. They represent
things iavorably, all do who have been success
full, but aglee in the opinion that man has to suf-
fer somc' in this branch of productive industry
We learn that party operating in the Middle
Fork with a submarine armor, by which arrange
ment they take out many thousands daily OF the dust
They think, when they get their apparatus fairly at
work. they will average 10000 per day. We make
die Fork:
"The extreme heat heard much
about has been much exaggerated. We have suf-
fercd nothing by it as yet. As regards the
healthiness of this locality, see nothing to prevent
it from being of the most healthy places in the
world, much more so than Sacramento City. There
is constant stream of pure water, both for bathing
and drinking, running past our encampmcnt.
We are told by people who mined it here last sea-
son that it will be better month hence than it is
now. The water is falling, and when it gets down
so that we can work the bed of the river the dust
will be found pentifully and in larger pieces.
Mining is hard work, but there is nothing unpleasant
about it; it gives you good appetite aud sound
sleep at night. The miners here average
about ounce per day"
We have advices from the North Fork of very
hatteriug nature. Companies that have turned the
current of the river taking out from three
to five thousand dollars per day.-Pidcer Times,
Aug. is.
CALIFORNIA MARKETS.
Remarks. -Breadstuls ruled low at the opening
of the month but there has been within few days
decided inclination the part of purchasers to in
vest Flour, therefore, of good and sweet quality
has advanced from $3.50 ~ sack of 200 lbs
Bread Rice, and other articles of this class are still
languid from over-stocked market The upriver
trade has increased within the last two weeks and
greater amount of goods have gone up both the Sac
ramento and San Joaquin rivers than at our last.
Freights upriver still continue at 2.5OG $500 100
lbs
Provisions-very little has been done in Beef and
Pork, but better feeling prevails for the latter ari
Gle, particularly i'll small packages-we look for