New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-05-29

OVERLAND FuiGRArIo> TO CALlFoRNA.-Every
boat that arrives M the wharf j. crowded with emf
grants tor the gold regions. Within the last T." DAYS
several hundred wagons have come through oy land
from Iowa Illinois. Indiana Michigan and Wisconsin
To 20 twelve o'clock yesterday there had been eight
thousand three hundred and eighteen per-ons Who
had made TIL. point % departure Tor iae Plains ana
from what can learn. We should not 1c surprised l
fre Thousand more Landed hero in twenty days We
also learn that large number have crossed The upper
part ID the state intending 20 cross tue ifcF ar t'
B.ut--say four thousand persons. We Go not iiluN
10 an exravaeant assertion 90 say hat a. least eighteen
thousand persons Will leave the frontier between ihs
place and the B.ur- and many persons estimate zoe
number far above this We have no means oi kno"
ing what number viii leave Independence hut should
suppose that siX or eight thousand VII depart nom
thar point This VIII make some twenty thousand
on the Plains IN a few weeks number OF these are
destined 10 perish upon the way ami we tear lar &c
number who have undertaken the TIP have not thought
properly upon H. some VINO have beon accustomed lo
hsrdshps may get along without much difficulty while
others who have never undergone any prvHilons must
81 Joseph NO. Gaz It'll
Murr>EFRs The q :. ship Independence has
brought home the following persons, charged with mt
tiny ON board The American whaling bark Ienedos Of
M. I ondon Frederick g. jenkins VIM : Wilcox
Charles r. Brayton. William Hewin and Geo Boston.
of the same bark charged with having attempted %
take the Ae OF Henry Comstock Also, Jeremiah Pott'
and James Lewis witnesses IN 0oth case nesc per
sons were sent home by James Iurrlll Esq |. = Con
-ul for the Hawaiian Islands and now ~ tn custo
49, of yVu-on e -orev ESQ Deputy Marshal OF ton,
ID .t-ic, Norfolk Herald. 18th.
THg PORTL,ND FeRGFRlEs 1t - stated that
the person who recently committed some heavy orger
les IN Portland is Charles q. Downes. a merchant
tailor The OF the torgeres is said 90 be -"vp
the principal name used being +. c. stevens, his for
mer partner The paper ls mostly IN TIE hands oil
brokers and the manufacturer has escaped lie nas
heretofore sustained an excellent character.
BoRN TO Coop LUcK.-A young man by the
name Of Roherm. n German who has been carrier
tor this paper received Geographic dispatch ycsier
DAY from NewNo informing him OF the death oi a
relative who has lett hi fortune and directing nm
~ embark forthwith tor Germany Detroit ADV
TAl>Gs - CANADA-A correspondent oi the
Toronto C0'oHisf says that an armed force uightj
patrols the streets OF Caharnes, 70 prevent the
burning OF eGises by the Tories.
or Three y, rsons were killed and four ser
ou.y injured hy the careless blasting Of rock on the
pennsylvania Central RGroad near Trenton On Friday
last
~ The Lake Champlain and 81. Lawrence
Canal bin has passed the upper house Of the Canadian
Parliament
re- Rev. Thomas " Stockton 81 Cinc'unaiI
declines accepting the Presidency 81 Miami University
rY- There we're thirty intermeuts from Cholera
boz 20 Louis on the 18th inst