Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1849-10-18
Very Late from California.

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the mines, from the Alta California Or n.
3OIh August.
The month Of Augns, has multiplied N.
number of gold washers on the princ;n,l
streams Of the Sierra Nevada, but M
mass crowding on are imperceptibly le,s.
enng. The waters are nearly al the low.
est stage, and quite in proportion 10 IN.
increase of laAorers the chances are zen.
dered more favorable by this cireum.
stance. New was hing> have been di.eov.
cred, and old ones abandoned. We h,v.
no prodigious gold stories 10 relate. bm
combining ourselves 10 the simple assurasc.
of good luck for those who labor we tru,s
not TO defeat the expectations of the mo.s
visionary.
The most sou,herly stream occupied Lv
miners, is Mar|posa river, about tweniy
miles south east Of The MERGED.
The Sacramento river probably form,
the most northerly boundary stream Of IL.
placer, but il is ERRONEOUS 10 suppose n.
the region watered by il anriferiou,.-
Gold has never been found upon ih,.
stream in quantities sufficient 10 iustifv
continued labor. lis golden sands" have
never been silied except in poetic strains.
At Mormon Island company are en-.
gagged in scientific mining. They employ
quicksilver in extracting the metal from
ground previously subjected 10 the cradle
| and pan process, and with a machine in.
vented for the purpose, average about
5000 per day.
STATE CONFERENCE.-The Conyention
for formingra State constitution for Cali.
fornia was TO assemble al Monterey, Sen
TENDER l. The original number Or dele.
gates as fixed by the proclamation Of Gen.
Riley, was thirty-seven. But the Cen
eral recommended each district TO add such
a number of snpernumeraries as might Be
deemed Just by reason Of tlxir increased
population. Ii all these lie admitted Ia
seats in the Convention the number will
be 56. So says the Alta California.
Gen. Persifor F. Smith, and Lieut.. Col.
Fremont ere in San Francisco On The
3lst of August.
Two small steamers are plying on The
waters Of the Sacramento.
There was much sickness al the mines
al last accounts. The sickly season CON-
pri>es the months Of July, August and
September.
General health at San Francisco was
good al the latest dates: The Ala Cali
fornia of the Goth August says:
A vir,llent form OF diarrhGa has coca
stoned much suffering within the past
month. but il severity is now slowly al
minishing. The same complaint las made
lis appearance in Stockton, Sacramento
City, and different psrts Of the mines. II
has, by many, been believed TO be tile pre-
cursor of that terrible Scourge, The cholera,
and bv others moderate form Of the dis
ease itself.
The Pacific .Neus, Of the 1t Sept says:
We are sorry 10 .tate that tie Hon. j.
Butler King is no better, and fears are en-.
tertained of his recovery. His disease il
an aggravated attack ofthe prevailing dys-
EMERY.
(The Alta California Of the preceding
day stated That he was slowly recovering.)
shppsd f. lfl af ms7R ,ii Il ps e1 psp ef
one hundred tons of il would command
good price, and would advise some Of the
enterprising to make a shipment Of the
same; The size should vary from Is BY
"a ,o24 by 36.
An invoice of thirty dozen of shifts was
received a, this port from the Sandwich
Islands, having Teen sent TO Honolulu,
where labor is cheap, TO be washed
the prices vary here from five 10 nine dol.
lars per dozen.
Brig. Gen. Persirer r. Smith, at pre-.
sent is on an expedition 10 the mountains
of the Sierra Nevada. The Alta Cali
fornia says he was on the 31st ult. al San
Francisco.
Gov. Shannon, of Ohio, rx-minister 10
Mexico, is now working in the mines Of
the Rio de los Americanos.
Com. Jones is stationed here.
Com. Voorhees, has lately arrived in port.
Maj. Garnet is at the present time at
Santa Barbara.
Col. Fremont is at Monterey.
Hon. T. Butler King is lying danger
ously i'll.
On last Monday (2s'h August) eigh-
teen sailors and the coxswain, in the morn
ing watch, escaped from the U. S. ship
Ohio, in boat along side and when some
forty yards off were fired upon by the
marines. In their way TO the shore they
were obliged TO pass by the sloop-of- war
Warren, and the s,hreships Southampton
and Fredonia, which each fired upon them
but without succ. The boat was riddled
yet none were wounded. They fled on
reaching the shore, and are doubtless now
on the "diggines."
Jacob r. Moore, our new Postmaster,
arrived on the Panama and has entered
upon the duties of his office. Nearly TO-
600 letters were received BY the late mail.
The brig Acadian Cunningham, Of and
from Boston, bound 10 San Francisco, on
the afternoon of August %. being about 10
start from Callao, her boat with an officer
and two Of the crew on leaving the mole,
was followed and attacked by the Peru
Wan man-of-war steamer Rimal's boats
crew, with midshipman in charge. The
Americans were cruelty beaten, thrown
into the water, dragged ashore. aided BY
boatmen from the land, their arms tied be-
hind them, and thus put into the stocks
There they were kept until noon next day.
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