The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1849-04-20
Interesting fre IN the Gold Region
Cnc .lEOH.k ENfCr.

Of The L0wiands Col Benton aud tho Gal
. fofnians--Col Stevenson wra,hy Provision
, GGsefnmsnt-- Gen. Lano al San Ftancist o.
Scarcity Of tie I.sd.,s-TIiIl sad LAee9iis
Of huidereis, &c.
BY the rav &C Vera Cruz, ard scrOs
Mexico. The New q leans Pcay Uue Of It.
sG n. has papers from Cni'o'n,s 70 ID
IS {" January. A ncg pager has Tee
started Al Sac Ffanctco. eHls,d the Az
California ,tncd b, Ej.. G,beu. Ed :
keatle aid Geo. &. Hulb.n!. IL is e,sd
,isLle 10 tie Ames,cnn press, Tic ione G
lis ARTICLES beng much above ~tat ~
might have looked cor, iaLo',ng under III
dsaiYsn,a Res the cd ,Drs d.. From a.
numbers Vi he 4h, Ili. lo;n thd !5.a g
January, seea;rsei copiOUsl,.
The winter has been very severe on
sccocnl 81 distress among the n'hers.-
The following Paragraphs sre enousb Il
relieve sny iests oH lh,s score. The ioi
low ,ng IL IRON a paper ii the III:
The MINis-B, recent arrivals frou
the mines We learn verbally thai at Stnn
issavs there IS l,om twelve 10 R',teen M
ches oi sGoa Oh tie Neckelemy aud d.,
Creek. SIX 10 ten; and at The u ) DE- gins
four TO six. Il is highly probable thai
while We have had Hucb ,sIn lle,e IA the
las, week, iheIo has been cons.G table 500 y
/ al the m.ncs. Al The last eccov1ts, how.
ever, the miners we're still digging little,
Be the stream he'd not risen sby. All re
ports cOncuf 10 representing tie eoniiish
OF the miners 6s very coE!Uitabie. They
have good log houses end plcniy al wood
and PROVISIONS. Good j,dges arc Of oqu.
ION hat there is a, leGss s,x months pfo
.isloEs M the mines.
We add another paragraph from paper
of later date
'FRoM TIE MINIS. Gentlemen recoa,-
" arrived from the North assure Us Of The
protIse,ed seventy OF the season, IN that
section Of couut,y. Probably colder
winter MAS never exPs'ienced 10 Caiiof.
pis. Communication Le,w, en- For, Sacfa.
nento and The mhuins dis,uc,, Is entirely
cut q. Snow has fallen to The depth oil
SIX and eight inches, and still remains upon
10 ground. The rivers sre risiug rapid
". The Sscrameuto, ee are Informed,
rose fifteen itel IA three days. Business al
the tori is iep'escutcd dull 10 the eAircme.
The following is from q paper Of The
% h. the latest We have:
TIE WEATHER. S zee our los, publ
Gallon. with ihe exception oi one c'eat DAY,
we have had notl..ns but q succession o.
southern gales, m2anicd with fs'u.
Tue shipping IN port have been dragging
their snchots several times, bU, fauuh ,;el!
nc damaec has been sustained. CumnUm
cs,loas f,om Sacramento ci,y ard Stockton
With the nInes Is tutIre'y Gu, on, lie "hdtc
sagons laden viii merchandise ard pfo-
visions, de.lued for the m;ucs, have beon
|.,oppej BY The heavy s'oIm, ard Viii pro-
baby Dot get thrce2h until The sp''hg.
Persons coming down from The nf'nes have
been Obliged 10 SWIM end wede hall rile
at time. In the mines the snos varies
from enc TO three feet III dcp'h'
Col. Bcniol's famous lei,ef 10 tho people
n' California. was gublishcd cu The ll'h OF
Jauuafy. The following week the sdroFs
0, tie Alta CahioEe.a remarked upor
Il us fellows:
Cor. BENToS's LIrrER --ln The mHin,
the lester Of Col. Beutuu, which NC pub
lishcd last week, Is veil mrab,cg docu
ment, tu, he has evidently mistaken the
cshbi. of The community he MAS address
,nr. II curlatn!y tpust b. esteemed Il. a
uos, particuisr iavnr by the c''izans OF Chi
,lo,nla that he has txtenGCd 10 them hh
psl,ousge; and The ps,e'nsl sol,c'lude tor
our welfare that hc exhibits doos cfedil IL
MS intelligence and humanity.
HIS personal Attacks upon Distinguished
army officers are Ia bad taste, and BY many
wl! be considered unjust.
HIS Recommendations 10 tho people o'
this country. although PaI,akue s'tonsl!
o, the tone which edsgoeue may be sup
posed to assume toward pupil, are sub
s;6ntially wha, The citizens are no~ acting
on; aud with the Sanction OF his grra
naue il is to DO hoped that The cau,e y
Provisional Govcrumeu, viii not Dc ALLOW
ed to ,ctreetaie.
Col. ]. D S,oveusnn ha. frl, himself ag
erleved b, Col B.aiou's letter, aud rcpiic,
10 i, a, length through The q Alta Ca'iIoI
ua." We have not Yet had i.me 10 rcad |,
, We have the proceedings Of several NEE,
,nas OF ciliZsns TO consider Of The uecrssit
OF forming a provisional goso'nmen'. an
, appointing delegates to convention to
> this purposr. This convention was 10 hav
\ been held on the 9Th of March. but in OF
Q der that oil plrts OF the territory nigh. b
fairly represented, aud 10 give tune TO Coz
/ gress to provide territorial goveInDsr
1.-The day for the convention TO assemble hu
been changed TO The LIST day Of May next.
!. The la,es, news which had been receive
at San Francisco on the 25,h Of Jlnuar,
o reached there tina, day by the Americs
Q schooner Sa allow, fifteen days from MI
z,tlan. Thereby the Californ,ans learns
the election Of Gen. Taylor.
: By The following paragraph, from Il