The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-04-02

The California gold put on board the CALYPSO
was brought down by the Mary Frances from San
Francisco.
VIII Mr.. 8. was at Mszatlan. Csllfvn,a gold
sold at SIS per ounce. and the proceeds put on
board any veesel free OF charge.
After gelpg into careful calculation with Mr.
g.. were assured that about o., 900 900 Ia gold
had been obtained from the Mines Of this, 81, 800.
600 had passed through the custom house At Saa
Francisco. valued at 80 to SIS per ounce. $780,
COO had gone off IN drblets in trunks. boxes, and
the persons Of Its owner to Oregon, Valparaiso
Sydney, N. S. w., Sandwich Islands. the United
States, England, &C., &C., to save frei hit. Seve-
raj lots Of $4,000 each, had gone of this way.
81, OCO, 900 was IN the hands OF the merchants of
San Francisco, about 81 600 600 was scattered over
California, In largo and email parcels IN tho pos
session OF partes, miners, &c, that had not been
sent down 10 San Francisco. This, Mr.. Suwerkrop
assured US, was a very moderate calculation. Il
was made with the greatest care, in order not
to deceive the public.
We have more interesting facts, bat have not
time 10 give them to-day.
Additional intelligence,
Decides the abeve, we received by yesterdays
mail from the South, the New Orleans Pieaysme,
OF the Path ult., containing the following:-
We have, by the way of Vera Cruz, aud across
Mexico, papers from California to the 25th OF Jan.
A new paper has been started ut San Francisco,
bert, Edw. q. Kemtle, ind Geo. c. Hubbard. It
10 cre dlable to the American PRESS the tone of IT.
articles being much above what we might have
looked for. laboring under the dsad vantages the
editors do. From Its numbers Of the 4th, 18th,
18th. and 18th OF January, we extract copously.
The wEter has been very severe one though
out the country, but we have account of distress
among the miners miners The following paragraph: are
following Is frem paper Of the llLh:-
MINES.
By recent arrivals from the mines learn verbally.
that At the Stanisus there from twelve to eshtosn
inches Of snow ON the MOoksemy and Dry Greek.
to TEN and at the Dry Dt.ginss, four to six. It IL
highly probable that while W have had much rain
hero In the last week, there has been oonsdsrAbie
SHOW in the mines At the last accounts, however.
tho miner: were stu dgg,ns little - tho streams
he condition Of The miners a. very comfortable They
have good log houses, and plenty Of wooa and prOv
Ies.t Elk months provisions in the mines.
We add another paragraih from paper of
Oeplrmen recently arrived from the north assure rs
Of the protracsed severity Of tho in that section
Of country Probably colder winter exps
Ssoramen and tho mining district 10 entirely Of
Snow has fallen to the depth Of six and eight inches
Ing rapidly The Sacramento, We arc informed. ros.
tiee feet In three days Business ct the fort l. re-
presen ted Is dull in the extreme.
The following is from paper OF the 25th-the
latest we have:
Since our last publication, with the exception Of ono
clear day, We have had nothing but . sue session Of
sou'heI gales accompanied with rain The shipping
in pert have been dra gDg their anchors times
but, fortunately NO damage has been sustained Com
nubicatinn from Sscrs city and Stoc kton with
the mines IL entirely out OF the whole OF the lowiands
being under water Many wagons laden with msrohan-
ohe spd PROVISIONS destined Tor the mines have been
stoppt BY the heavy storm aid will probably not got
through until the spring. Persons coming down from
the mines have been obliged to swim and wade half
mile at time. In the mines, the snow varied from
one to three feet In depth.
The California papers scarcely allude to the
gold.
TIE PRoNUNCIAMRNIo OF col. BENTON
Col Bentcns famoua letter to the people Of Cslfor
mia publi,bed on the 18th Of January The fol-
lowing week tie eoitorr Of the Alta California remark
In The main, the letter of Col Benton. which ".
published last week 10 vel meaning document, bat
he has evidently mi taken the cslibrs Of comma.
nifty he addressing certainly must bs esteemed
that he has e1ts.dad to than his patronsae and tue
psisrnsl sooituos tor welfare he exhS doss ere
DIT to HE ntslligspos and humanity. His personal
sndiby many will be considered unjust. HIS recon.
meDdstioDs 10 ihepaope of this country although par
taking strcrgly Of the which pedagosus may be
supposd to assume toward . pop are substa ntisliy
what the citizens are now acting asd with the
sanction of hi. great name it to b. hoped that the
retroeIade.
Col: J. D. Stevenson has felt himself aggr,eved
by Col: Benion's letter and replied TO it at length
tn 0peh The alta California. We have not yet
had time to read II.
PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT
we have the proct edlngs OF several meetings of
citizens to consider OF the necessity If forming a
provisional government, and appointing delegates
To convention tor this purpose. This convention
was TO have been held on the 9th day of March;
but IN order that all parts OF the territory might
be fairly represented, and to give time to Congress
TO provide territorial government, the day tor the
cObvtn tlon to assemble has been changed 10 the
1st day OF May next
NEWS FROM THE UNITED sTATEs-rHK GOVERNOR
OF OREGON, NC
The latest ne ws which had been received at San
Francisco Oh the 25ih January, reached there that
day by the American schooner swallow, fifteen
days from Mazatlan. Thereby the CallfOrnians
LEANED the election OF Gen. Taylor.
BY The following paragraph, from the paper Of
the 18th, 1t appears that Gen. Lane was In San
Francisco, on his way to Oregon. He took the
Sou'ht m rouIeifrom Santa Fe TO Los Angeles
The United states store ship Southampton arrived
che biIs, Capt smiths company Of Dragons, to bs
stationed at the Presidio OF Francisco Gen. Lane
the newly appointed GoyrrnO. Of Orrson h passenger
steamer.
meeting OF seamstresses IN New York, complain
ing OF their hard work and poor pay, and COM
meDts thereon as follows -
We would sdviee . colony Of these same working
girls to come te CALIFORNIA; soon possible. They
from SIS to $50 per day in the manufacture Of
clothing; and they be anxious to do still better than
thst they will fnd hundreds Of young coed Ioohiug
and enterpriiDg men ready to embrace opportu.
nifty which promises good vile.
Girls, do you hear that7
A drinking establishment known as "The
Shades" has been burned down III San Francis
co, with loss OF $4,000. II belonged to Mont
gomeIy 81 Co.
INDIAN TROUBLES.
BY paper OF the 18th perceive that there
have been some slight d ,ficultles with the .dans.
They are not worth reporting here, but the COM
ments OF the Aua California seem candid. We
copy them:-
In her column will be found . letter from
spond ent at City detailing the par
lars Of III. Indian 6ght" which recently took place
in that rsaion We regret to hear that such events
have trs nspired and sory tn believe that the
dfcul les grow The rashnees of the whites