Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1849-09-20

l,here exists n,wcl fea.ea 10 blieve It equally fcb in inih
erals and pnesinus metals.
u Is a fsri"n tepi.ie nih Interest, and The recent DIS
enyefy af @ Id viii undaubiediv tend 10 develope It's mia
eral resources. The Kelsey brothers. we'll known a en
eroetie and experienced explorers and uiinefs. conducted
th, expedition. aud as regards the productiveness ct ihi
new PARTON nf The plaerr ,ihe accounts sfe hlghiy eneour
aging We trust sharily 10 learn still further IT Tins dis
cov.ry fgald on .'tiniiy river
. Dedication. The new Baptist Ghufeh on Washing
ton street y i'll be dedicated 10 the seTv'ee OF God on sun
day next.
The average passage + vessels which have reache'
his pnu from the various Atlantic ports. Is l6S days.
Placer Ltenfgenee.-We have a few days later in
t.ll,genca frum the American River gold washings, tmn
Ynba and fro Feather flvrrs. Tic news IL unimpOt
tant. Many of the dep sites Of the RIO Americana have
brcame nearly exhausted; hui new discoveries every DAY
IccuI aud since lie floods haYe abaied the researches hav'
in many inslauces proved falterngly successful.
Constant accessions tn The mltlng community arc Ia
king place, aud many of he I'D w~ashings are entirely &C
cupiej by new ctmers The miners Of The last year iori
nearly n distinct division al the lahntIng class. add inva
riably rrcede 10 the newer and mofe distant dep1sltes be
fore the advance II Strangers. The best OF feeling pre-
walls excerpt IN the matinr Of foreign eneToachtren NJ, TO
our people IRE united in the Termination Ia sxpel the
fagmns ii other natians from the mines. aud the move
nent is a very general ON" We are informed. The roads
through the connify are I'll ed with Chtlen1s and New
NevIcans returning from the Placer. No violence has
been yet rmpl ,yed TO expel these people, and al the date
of eur ms, advices, (22d July.) all was quiet throughout
tn gall region.
Very rel, depnsiies have been found on The North Fork
II The American river. At a Place known IS Smiths
Bar. dirging has been attended with great good fortune.
Thore i a story of a Baltinorcan. who but recently ar
rived 10 this country having taken IN one week upwards
of $4,000 in gold from one spot, and his unaided aud
with common m,nlng I'M Iemenls. The report Is gener
ally accredited in The North. The daily average per
man. from The hest authenticated accounts 10 our plsses-
sion, can he safely set at about one onnce. There are
many who do far better than this, while there are oth0rs
who scarcely procure this sun.
Tbs Mormon Island Mining Association has nearly
completed tine dam at that point. lis pre- uled In iiiree
weeks they will turn The river from its he'd. Shares in
this work are now selling for $1,000. Atthe jnncllnn OF
the Forks above Ibis point is another association for a
similar purpose, and great numbers are al work.
On he Ynba river about 80 Jules from its mouth new
wsshings have been recently discovered, where it is rep
resented the miners are highly successful. On Feather
fiver. also, discoveries are reported To have been made
Although the excessively warm weather has sci in. II
Is not accompanied by the amount OF sickness apprehepd
ed. Bot very few cises are believed 10 exist in the Sa-
cramenlo valley. II may be that the sconfge ffev,I
Will he spared liz cijizens lhs season, AS the " .inbr IN
unditlous "ere moi 20 severe as those of the preceding
year. The heat Is Intense. Notwithstanding; At Sacra.
lneiio city Tho mercury ranges about mud day al The
swellsting h. ight Of ll5 degrees in the shade
Provisions are plenty in the mines, and our Informant
state, without doubt correctly, that goods may be Oh
tanned IN Sacramen city al san Francisco prices. Blu
sincss IN the former place is brisk aud improvement rap
IDLY going IN. Town property. which three months aga
was sold fr four hundred, now readily commands from
ten 10 fifteen thousand dollars.
BY he arrival Of gentlemen from the Slanislan wash
lngs. we are furnished with the gratifying intelligence,
that work continues bIisk Oh the San joaquin tributaries
and Is attended with more satisfactory lesulls than wa
the spfng mining. The general health Of those IN Tia
niles remains go1d,
From The MIA Californian. Jiy %.
Sur HUMBOLDT Considerable alarm Is felt asio tn,
fate Of The passengers on This IMP. We learn she wa
spoken 10y HE sleam"l. aud had The Ss,ip fever on hoard
The accounts from Panama said that she bad four hun
dred passengers when she lift hat part. The tcpor
that she had arrived, and had the cholera ON board, is il
correct.