The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-08-02
ADDIrIoNAL oALIFoRNIA NEWS.

ADDIIlONAL CAhArONANAA Nh0Ss
We have the following additional in.
telligence by the Crescent City:
A party of forty overland emigrants,
by way of the plains, had arrived on
packed mules, in very fine condition.
During the three days preceding the
departure of the Columbus, ,563 psssen.
gers arrived at San Francisco.
The S1SO,0oO in gold dust brought on
freight by the Columbus was detained at
Chagres, to await the arrival ofIhe Cher
okee.
The Crescent City brings Sl,Sll,OOOI
in gold dust, in the hands of passengers
Panama continues to be very healthy
There are but few cases of any kind "t
disease among the emigrants. aud as the
weather continues cool aud pleasant the
least care on the pait OF strangers VIII
generally protect them from the dangers
of illness.
The number of Americans at Panama,
at the time tho Crescent City left, was
less than at any time within the last six
months This is attributed to the supe
rior facilities afford ed to passengers for
San Francisco.
The 4th of July was celebrated in Pan
ANA, by the American residents, with
enthusiasm
There are steamers leaving every
week, so that those arriving without
through tickets can get off without any
difficulty in few days
The particulars of the late fire we gave
on yesterday. The San Francisco Her.
aid says:
1--WE have scarcely courage or spiIll
to attempt calmly to record this last and
most terrible disaster to our apparently
doomed city. We know not how to suf'
ficientIy collect our thoughts or our ener.
gies under this stunning blow. la lit
tie more than two hours two.thirds of the
waalthiest portion OF the city have beer
consumed. The property of the heav
est houses in town-the hard earnings o.
years of successful industry have beer
swept away. Gloom and desolaton have
settled on many a stout heart. Many &
man in easy circumstances has beer
brought to the verge Of ruin. The com
mercial greatness of this fair city has re
ceived a shock from which it will not re
, cover for many month to come. 1t /
the will Of God we bow with humility
to the awful dispensation Of an alI-wis
Providence"
The loss by that paper is estimated a
from three to four millions of dollars. a
mong the sufferers wo notice the name c
J. B. Hart for SO 900,
The losses of some of the principal su
d ferers are summed up as follows:
> Finley, Johnson Il Co., $5000O(
e Messrs. Howard & Co, 100000; j. /
is Folsom, 100 1000; Rumbach & Co, 100
J. 600; Sanches, Brothers Il Co. $4,000;
i Brannan, 80 900; Orsbon u Brannan, so
J 900; j. j. Chaureteau, 10000; S. /
y Couleows & Co, so 900; Cooko, Bake
f. & Co, 10000; Merandray IL Co, 80 600.
There have been more Indian fight
t We notice nothing new from the minln
/ districts. except what has been montione
~ in our telegraph dispatches.
Agriculture in California appears
. be improving, and as ii is equally as pro
;e table as anything else, it is attracting II
Or creased attention. Boxes of garden see,
a which had cost nine dollars, aud scyth,
which cost three dollars were dispose
!" of at forty five dollars The seeds whi'
70 were sent around Cape Horn were a
or most useless, while those which we
nv over the Isthmus, Theoretically scale
n. came up first. One man near San Jo
had made fifty thousand dollars by raj
ing potatoes.
Tue MARKETS. The late fire h
10 raised the price Of bricks and lumbC
In other articles, we notice no particuI
2f change.