The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-11-24

nj Impsssans from CAnfsrnia.
u The steamship Empire City, Capt. J. D. wills.
3 srived at New York on Sunday morning frs
(? oAspss, by the way Of Kingston, Jamaica.
q Thieves are said to abound and prosper 10
great extent at San Francisco.
AN interesting law case was being tried At s
3 trsncisco, being the resistance Of charge ma,
| ~ IN. bfackenisdel, OF ten ounces of gold for I.
professional vista. His patient had also die
, and The charge was resisted by his nephew, wi
l fellow.
young man, named webster rhompson. of r,
spectacle connections, and but short lime res
Gent IN California, committed suicide on the 3
OF September, at San francisco, bv cutting III
throat with razor. He had been unsucc essfuJ
was involved In debt, and had resorted to drink.
Inc suitof the passengers of the ship Brooklyn
loI Dad treatment, producing seurvy, &C., agains
the captain and owners, was decided on the ION
OF September. by verdict in favor of the passen
gers with 81, 600 damages.
| We ind the following item in the Alta Califor
| niGH of the 9th lust:
"Rev. U. Q. Wheeler, pastor of the First Ban
| list Church in this place, will deliver dscourse
on me death OF EI.President FOLK, at the Baptist
meeting house on Sunday morning next"
Mr.. A. w. Fenno, the talented comedian. 70.
turns in the Empire City TO engage q company OF
actors, to open new theatre. building at San
Frederick Billings, Esq, has been appointed
by Gov Riley Attorney General for the territory of
California.
A Frenchman named Joseph Daniel was con.
yicted in San francisco for the murder of ons
Peter PettIt, and was sentenced TO death
Placer Intelligence.
we extract the following placer intelligence
nom the alta Californian, of the Isl Of October:
Parties have been organized within the past
month, and departed 10 explore the region of
Trinity river, where It is now rendered certain
gold exists Several hundred Preach halfbreeds
from Oregon were at last adyices employed very
successfully upon this stream
Feather river, high up, has been nearly drained
OF precious metal, and at this time affords scanty
profit for the few who prefer its solitude 10 The
crowded washings Of the north. gentleman
rom the South Fork Of Feather river Informs rs
hat without the assistance of Indians in washing
Tor gold, labor is attended with very unsatisfactory
There is probably no portion of the placer that
has proved more productive than the mountainous
country wetered by the Yubs river. Mining com.
nenced on this stream early in the spring Of AS
Ind has been conducted with general success
through winter and summer and 10 the presenttime |
During the months OF July and August, residence
n this region has been found TO impair health I'M
ess every Precauton be taken 10 prevent exposure
There are about five thousand, principally Amen.
ans, at work on Huba, among whom the past |
month witnessed no inconsiderable amount of |
ickness. BY the following extracts from the |
Placer Times Of Sept. p, We are pleased TO note |
better state of health:
"From Yuba river we have more favorable ad. /
ices. The sickly season is about over and the /
perations OF miners are not now impeded by er-
rene heat"
From the same number of the above paper We
xtract:
"On the North and Middle Forks there is a
marked change in the weather, and the waters
sving fallen, every one who does a fair days
foTk can calculate upon "bagging" about an
unce. Wehear Of bat very little sickness in any
art of the Mines
Companies organised for turning the rivers in
ais section have Jared bur indiferently; much of
his branch Of mining has sigaally failed, and the
rejects have been entirely abandoned. A few
still maintain mistaken confidence in
he plan, and the point at which the American
yer is turned near Mormon Island is believed 20
romise more favorable than Others. The company
rosecuting this work have not yet overcome the
hetscle presented, by hidden springs supplying
posed 10 dr,n. When the best is told, this
ssociatlon will have but realized paltTy amount,
ompared with the labor and capital expended:
"From the Middle Fork we learn" says the
lines. "that the 'diggings are improving, and that
n ounce day can be obtained by all who v0rk.'
md that most Of the parties operating with rock
rs were doing we'll. There was a party of four
tho took out S6,OOO apiece in eight days, from
ne opening, and are now on their way home"
These certainly DO not look like "discouIaging
for the diggers-
Ia connexon with the above, il is due the lib
raj yet truthful tone of this journal from which
We quote, 10 insert the following:
"FRoM THE PLAcER.-rhe most favorable news
We gather this week is from Dry Creek, at which
oint operators were doing surprisingly well.
he g.est influx of emigrsnts, however, has evil
emily rendered labor in the mines less profit
bic, and we hear Of many who have given up
gging and are about 10 turn their attention 10
,ther brsnches of industry.
ave learn that DR.. BOynton's company, con-
listing of sx, took from one hole, some i've miles
bove Mormon Island, in seven or eight days,
b 600. Ii is said also that no one in that vicinity
sho worked, msde much less than an ounce per /
lay, while the more fortunate were getting several
,nnces by few hours hard work."
The gold washings on the tributary stream of the /
san Joaquin continue 10 attract much attention
Foreigners" q. e. South Americans) have been |
expelled from the different diggings, and though
,very arrival in the harbor, contributes to swell
he number of Americas already employed in that |
lection of the placer indicated BY the Costume, |
Mokelumne, Tuolomne and Stanislaus |
streams, the average result oflabor Is such as 10
encourage and stimulate the mass. Sickness is |
,bating and success is more general than when we |
asst prepared our summary of intelligence. We
ne furnished, by ayoung gentleman, located IN
stockton, the following facts, which will be read
with interest:
al saw day or two ago, piece of gold taken
rom the dggings on the Calavarus, not very lar
rom stockton. II was the most singular, and at
he same time the most beautiful piece have yet
,een, shaped like the head OF a bullock with
pair OF clear solid golden horns more than an inch
ong. hear there had been a lump taken out re-
Gently, on the Mokelumne, weighing thirty pounds
ock snd gold together am prepared TO believe
my thing that Ihear about the gold in Califor-
MA"
Finally, this so-called xsiHing, this back.break-
ing. suu-browning, soul-trying labor in the gold
iiggings-whether" creUieing" with alack-knlte.
I'reyOlving an old tin pan" or rocking OF the
CRADLE" is not without its disaPPointmests and
rewards: though that gold hunter must be singular
" unfortunate who cannot, during the present and
months offavorable weather and low
water, derive speedy and fair profit either in one
part of the placer or another II in the enjoyment OF
health he will apply his energies to the work.
thirty thousand Americans tthe present prooaoie
in the gold region Of California, are IN
capable Of exhsusting the treasures OF that portion
which has been long occupied. The same CAS-
tonishing success" has marked the asslduous Ia
Dor, in little deposit not three miles distant ftom
the scene of the first discoyery ofthis gold, that at
tended labor near the same place year ago. The
conclusion then is justified, and we speak sdvi-
sedly. as well as nfertibly from the tenor OF our
reports, that the world never produced more bril-
liant scheme OF wealth, nor looked upon more
magnificent openings for immense fortunes than
are presented by the gold mines of this county.
Extract from letter dated August 9th, Big Bar,
Middle Fork:
UThe miners here have assumed the appearance
and acquired the conveniences of settled towns.
Every bar has its stores and its meat market
Here there are five, and always fresh beef ia the
market. Every thing Is sold al Mill (Columa)
prices. The miner should come to the bars with
nothing but his blankets; however, If he comes
with animals there are ranches who take to Craze
AT $40 per month. There are about 200 miners
here, two-thirds canaling and dsming the river
and about 20O0on the middle and North forks
none but Americans allowed"