The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1850-07-05


cation in the working parties. render
ed their services less available than
they would otherwise have been.
A reward of 100000 has been
offered by His Honor the Mayor for
the detection of the incendiares.
IL we take into consideration the
great exten: of property destroyed.
covering an area more than three
times as large as that of the December
fire, we do not think the estimated
loss of four million of dollars is exay
gerated.
The San Francisco Journal Of May
Is says:
The work of re construction goes
bravery on. Already some forty four
new houses are in progress of erec-
ton, some of equa! dimensions with
those that were destroyed by the fire.
and not Il few nearly completed. In
few days more. the wreck Of the late
conhagratlon will be cleared away.
and scarcely a vestige of devastation
will remain to mar the general aspect
of spirit and prosperity which charac,
terizes our unusually tair city. The
energy and alacritv the expedien's
and resources. which distinguish the
Anglo American population of Cali
fornia are conspcuousIy cvnced in
these rapid and cheering operations
From the Trinity River. 49, The
schooner Reyerson, arrived at San
Francisco on the night of the ll,h OF
May, brings the latest intelligence
from the new settlements in the. vi
cinitv Of Trinidad Bay. The Alta
California savs:--
We regret to hear Of another seri-
Gus accident to boats crew. From
the statement furnished us it appears
that on the evening Of the 9th Of
April, five passengers of the brig
Cameo left st. Georges Point in a
whale boat bound for Trinidad Bay
When about 10 miles out, the scf
being rough. and the boat leaking yer,
badly, they became alarmed and pu
for shore. when On landing their boa
was capsized in the surf. The fol
lowing named persons we're drowned
Mr. Fitzgerald, from Boston. Mr.
Frederic Arnold. from New Orleans
Mr.. Wistof and Gruber, Germans
Mr.. Eugene Du Bertrand was saved
by an Indian, who jumped into the
surf to his assistance. Mr.. Arnolc
has wife and children in San Fran.
cisco.
The boat which proved so disas'
trous to these gentlemen, was indeed
an i'll fated one. being the ilenrica
one belonging to the Arabian iron
which M"ssrs. Bachc. Browning an'
Peoples were lost
Fran the Go17 Regions. The Pa
cic News Of May Is. mentions tina
a mass of god and quartz, weighing
fifty pounds was found near Mariposa
and sold for sixteen hundred dollars
The Stockton Times furnishes the
following items Of intelligence from
the Southern mines:
Mr.. Peter Mahan, of Sonora, in
forms US that the placer at Columbi;
city. (about five miles from Sonora
is not less than three miles square
On Friday last Mexican found ;
lump of gold lying near the surface
weighing four pounds seven ounces
and Mr.. Mahan has also in his pos
session a lump weighing seventeen
ounces. found near the same spot. -
The placer has been discovered t.
be of extraordinary depth. One large
hole has been dug to the depth oI
sixty.iwo feet through red soil Of {
volcanic nature. and The quartz has
not vet been reached. Throughout
the whole ,pth. from six feet below
the surface. gold in great abundance,
has been taken out. |, is suppose |
that the wi ole area OF this immense
placer is of the same character
From MANY holes miners have take'
out from four to five pounds of g"!'
per day.
Several recen, and important dis
covcres have been found. and nearly
every man is making an ounce dav.
Recently. in the Mariposa country
a lump weighing several pounds wa:
found just below the surface of the
earth.
Col. Dupree was recently killed il
Kinds county, Mississippi. by his son
in.law. Mr.. J. s. Graves. The par
ties had difference for some timt
previously. On The Slh instant the.
met at church near Brownsville
Graves left the church. but was snrr