Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1849-11-22


The steamer Empire City arrived a. New
York, las, Sunday. from Chagres, whence she
sailed on The 99h ul,. She brings the CalIfot-
MIA mails with papers and letters TO Oct. l.
The steamer brings in all no! less than ONE
MILLION in Gold
The most important feature in The intelligence
brought by this arrival, is the announcement.
that California. in framing her Constitution,
preparatory 10 her being admitted as a Stalls
into The Union, has, by d unanimous vote pro-
vided therein, that, Neither Slavery nor Inuol-
untary SerUitude, except for the Punishment of
Crime, shall euer be tolerated IN thtS State Il
was also decided hat the boundaries Of the
Siale shall be those fixed by Mexico, embracing
the whole Of the interior territory known as the
Great Basin; and that the State capitol shall
be established at Pueblo San Jose.
Party politics had liltle TO do in the election
of delegates 10 the California Convention
letter 10 The Tribune says:
The Convention had been in session month,
and had adopted in committee Of uhe whole
nearly three. .Gourlhs Of a Stale Constitution. 1t
Is believed that anoiher week will conclude
their shors. vote will then be taken on the
constitution, and after its adoption, an election
will be held for the Legislature aud state off,
GERS.
Hon. Thomas Butler King, who was report.
ed dangerously i'll al San Francisco at the pre-
vous accounts slowly recovering, and
would leave for The Atlantic in the steamer of
The lst inst. Il is his desire 10 be in Wash
ng,on the opening of Congress, TO be ready
to lay before lha. body the facts be has obtained
relative 10 California. 4s r.. sfs 81 -
The barque Griffin Hals,ed, of Newark. had
arrived al San Francisco, after passage Of
lS2 days round The Cape-all hands being
we'll
Emmgrants were still pouring into the coun.
try IN great numbers, from all quarters of the
earth, including China aud the state of things
reported by our previous advces, continued,
without striking changes.
There are about one hundred thousand per-
sons In The mines; their average earnings are
about SO day each.
Intelligence had been received OF The Darcy
party, which was al The Salt Lake, near the
Mormon settlement, at The last accounts, and
il was supposed that they would be obliged 10
winter there unless relief was sen, by the gov
eminent n that direction, which had been doue
in some cases before.
One Of The members of the Boydon Compa-
ny, from Newark has returned entirely disap.
pointed (says the Daily Advertiser, with the
country. which did not realize his an,icipations.
The gold was plenty, bu. very difficult 10 pro-
cure, and the proportion Of those who made
fortunes was no greater than among business
men in the States; The business being wholly
matter of chance.
Other passengers who have returned give
melancholy reports of The stale Of things. Much
sickness prevailed in the city and at the mines.
Hundreds were seeking passage home, and
disastrous re. action was anticipated by many.
| Properly was perfectly secure al the mines,
and persons did not fear to leave 1t in the mos.
exposed positions. Every one was armed for
an emergency, though weapons were meyer
called into use. sHtsE-Rsa#
A correspondent Of the Newark Daily writes
thus: se.lssts te s5
San Francisco is miserable place 10 lire
in !: The gambling houses gel, the mos, of The
miners money. They are numerous and are
open night and day, being specially crowded
on Sundays. aud The gambling is almost uni
versal. II is not an uncommon thing TO see
Spanish woman beting 70 TO 100 ounces on q
single card. Chris. Lilly. the man who killed
Mccoy, is here keeping Monte table and a
house Of ill fame. - als ggai ga.44 Il ii
The knlcksrbocker Company. which leh
N. Y. in February, 20 in number. taking the
Santa Fe route, encountered dreadful uials 10
The mounlaius, and were broken ua,, One Of
them, Andrew Smith, announces his arrival al
the dggngs or Woods Creek with company
| OF Texans, in letter of September 2lal, and