Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-10-12
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New ORLEANS, Oct 7.
FURTHER CALIFORNIA NEWS
The steamship Alabama, arrived a, New Or
leans, from Chagres, whence she sailed on hit
2Slh ulI. brought twenty-five thousand dollars
worth Of gold Gust.
proceed 10 give you details OF her news.
The Companies that turned The current IT TIT
North Folk, have succeeded in Obtaining gold Il
The amount oil from to 1000 dollars per day.
Al The last advices Hon. +. B. King o! Geor
eia, though not much better, WIS considered GU
OF danger. His disease was an aggravated al
lack OF DSsenlery, which was prevailing at Sar
Francisco.
On the e OF August, Is sailors escaped from
the U. S. ship Ohio, in one of her boa.s. They
were fired upon by several vessels Of the squad
ron, ard The boat ridditd with Shots, and yet bu
9 men were wounded. They col their cars Gut
got off and away to the dissings.
Ills said besides the hall million of dollars The
Panama had on board on consignment, that the
passengers probably had an equal sum.
A Theatre is 10 be built al San Francisco.
Tue MeIicans, Peruvans, and Chilians, are
leaving The country in great numbers. There
are several places OF worship and four Sabbath
Schools in San Francisco. One stone Pier erect
ed and one in progress, giving needed facilities
for landing cargnes. Intelligence of President
Folks death reached San Francisco in Augus',
producing painful sensation Funeral obse-
quies were 10 be observed on the 5h Sept.
Accounts slate that some 1900 persons are on
the plains, among whom are 500 families on their
way lc California, many OF whom would proba-
bly, perish from heat and want of water They
had exper enced much suffering and when Gen
SMITH was apprised Of it, he ordered that lOO,-
600 dollars OF transportation and provisions pro-
ceed Immediately 10 The relief II he cmisranls.
IL is reported that efforts will be made in the
Safe Convention, by some political aspirants, to
adopt an entire new Constitution. The majority
OF lie Delegates are thought to be favorable TO
taking The Constitution OF one of The Western
States, and adopt il with slight alterations OF a
local character. Slavery. il is supposed will
either be excluded or resolutions embracing The
question in full be submitted 10 The people Tor
their approval.
Order and peace reign throughout The country.
Business is going on as regularly as in any ct
the old States. The people are determined 10
have law and order, and tie progress OF improve
ments is beyond dsscri ion. Within three
months San Francisco has more than quadrupled
in size. Commerce and lade keep pace with
the increased population. Real estate, within
two months, has risen more than hundred per
CENT Nothing is SO much wanted as houses and
lands. General Smith, Colonel Hooker and Mai
Vinton were in San Francisco on The Bis! An.
gust, 10 proceed next day on a tour of observa.
lion 10 Oregon. General Riley was sick iur
eight or len Gays al Monterey. Al last adyices
he was improving. Lieutenant Btale carried
advices 10 Col. FIemonl of his appointment, as
Chief Surveyor Of The Mexican boundary, in place
oil Mr.. Weller, removed. Colonel Fremont, il
Was expected, would accept
the general health Of San francisco is good
Several large Hospitals have been establishes
there. Business generally transacted by auction
sales Day and night police loudly called lor.-
Association OF pilots suggested.
The steam ship Oregon was injured on The 4,h
of July in Point Conception, and was hauled up
Oh the Island of Toboya, near Panama.
A letter from San Francisco saws, there is no
doubt that Dr.. Gofins tGwiDD and Mr.. King, OF
Georgia, vii! g 10 the u. S Senate. and that
before the middle OF September, Constitution
will be framed, and Legislature elected before
the Isl OF November
$4,000 men are working in Sacramento, and il
is estimated that within The year ending next
January, they will have obtained lille less than
twenty millions oil dollars. The San J aquin di.
ydes with Sacramento The gold seekers. The
quantity OF gold there is apparently as large as
ever, though the soil is Wrought and re-w;ought.
In SlanislaIs he largest Jumps vary from hall an
ounce TO fifteen pounds. Thousands are waiting
the low water 10 work on The bars Of This wealthy
river. The dry digging creeks yield thousands
of ounces. Jh.se digyings are nearly deserted
Tor lack Of wafer 10 wash gold. The Sacramen.
10 sill yields len TO fifteen ounces per day 10 in
dus'raus laboTefs. The bar near where the
gold was first discovered, which was overlooked.
has been wrought with great success, three men
having averaged about Two hundred dollars
daily.
For about two weeks before the Panama left,
The weather On the river where the fines; gold was
fount was still favorable.
Ayabeck River is said 10 be the finest place
for making money by steady Workers. The
Indians trade 5riskiy there. The American Ri
yer north, has miners with machinery, aud with
the use OF quicksilver in the mines, continues 10
produce extraordinary results, giving moi less
than four to five ounces per day 10 hand. Tue
lune ard Mefcedas rivers are only SKINNED
over, but with militant success. Many dgscrs
have turned towards the rayin,s OF The SQtavcfs,
where fortunate miners earn 5000 dollars in
Two weeks. Some 10000 men ale On San Joa.
quin and its tributaries, VINO estimate that they
will earn by January, some S 5000, 900. Il is
reported Ihlt new and valuable gold mines have
been discovered on Turkey river, IN the other
side OF The Sierra Nevada. Parties from The
Northern Forks are on lncr way hi her. From
five hundred 10 thousand dollars are said to be
obtained there per day.