Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1849-05-05
ouR CORRESPONDENTS.

We annex one of our letters:
ouR coRREspoNDENcE.
VERA RRUz, April IA, ls49.
have seen here a number of the Alta
California, on the o2d of February, brought
overland TO this place. 1t publishes list of
arrivals of vessels at the port of Francisco,
about fifty in number from various ports in
the Pacific, within the week preceding
These vessels are freighted with assorted
cargoes for the California market.
These arrivals, joined 10 those that had
reached there short time previously, have
overstocked the market. All articles of mer-
chandize have become drug-no sales, no
purchases, and prices down TO the New York
figure. The paper is full Of advertisements
of stores, Of goods, of ships, &C., for sale, &c.
The market is full Of everything in goods,
groceries, and all other articles
The newspaper has nothing of importance
gates to form provisional constitution had
taken place, and meetings had been held to
express public opinion on the subject of sla-
very, and unanimous sentiment against
slave labor.
have also seen letter to merchant in
this place, which contains still later news
from San Francisco, down TO the 2sth Of Feb
ruary. II states that the first steamer Of
Rowland s. Aspinwalrs line had arrived al,
San Francisco, and Immediately all hands
had left the vessel for the mines. Great ap-
prehensions were entertained that the steamer
would not be able TO go TO sea, for want of
men 10 work her.
The same letter stated that the gold still
holds on, in the usual abundance, and that
new placers were almost daily discovered,
| could not obtain the paper 10 send to you, as
there is only one copy here. MIR. Skinner, OF
Connecticut, has succeeded in making a con.
tract with The Mexican government for the
establishment of telegraph between this
place and the city OF Mexico.
Our file Of Mexican papers give the follow
ing intelligence from California, Of the ship,
men,s of gold, &c. g.
According TO Ell Monitor Republican, and
Sglo XIX, published, in the city of Mexico,
which we have received up TO the l2th inst. D.,
accounts 10 the 22d Of March from Mazatlau
have reached U.S.
The Trovada arrived at Maza,lan OIL the
| l4th from San Francisco, with advices to the
81 Of March. The steamship Oregon, with
her three hundred passengers, arrived at Ma
za,lan on that date-she merely touched
there, and proceeded on her voyage TO San
Francisco on the same day.
By private letters received in Mexico. i,
was learned, that during the week ending
the 10Th March, a schooner arrived at NJ a
zatlan, from San Francisco, with fifteen thou
sand ounces (S24o .Ooo) Of gold on board from
the Placers, This gold had been purchase,
al San Francisco, at from Sill to SIS pc
ounce.
On the 18th of March, a brig and schoone
left Maza'lan for San Francisco they eacl
carried seventy passengers. The news which
arrived every day was so good and so positiv,
that every one in Mazatlan was wild 10 70 I,
the gold regions. News also had been re
ceivcd that another Placer had been discoy
cred, in Lower California, which bid fair tc
rival in richness those on the Sacramento
river.
HARRISBURG GAMBLERs-The Ledger
correspondent al Harrisburg states, that tru
bill having been found against he gambler
Green, Stehley and Foltz, these genilemel