The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-11-30
LArrn rRom cALIronNIA.

The Crescent CITY, which arrived a. New
/ York Eoy ~, brought THREE hundred and
IGny passeugrrs.and one million five hundred
/ thousaui dolar in gold dust.
The Crescent City would not land al
Kingston, JlmariH 0n account of fhe chpIrr,
I Dyot- one thousand deaths ln three WrrE
have taken place, siN hundred iu tho Ihrr
or.
Great rcioicings had taken place AZ San
Francisco on account Of thc .duur-iou ofCaG
imruiu into the Union
The steamer California was mc one da,
out from Panama Tor san Francisco, vid
tWo hundred pasarngera' Among whom was
Ooh. Fremont aud family,
The state Of the money market a. San
Francisco h reported o. favorable A cirm
lar dated oct 10Th, says, tbs bankers IL /,
true, arc not discouuling freely but lhet.
mount on deposit increase steadily; the h,'.
anccs showing much larger amount of d..
po-its than before the run Of the last munil.
Confidence h. fully restored, and ~ loans afr
NOT No freely granted 90 bciore,i ia by nomesp.
arpls- ugLiucus iu the market, bot simply
sarcdllucs- iu capitalist, IL ID better it should
bee 30, Gold dust h quite pleniy a. elGalG -
.l2b
The news from the mibcs II not calculated
10 encourage individual advrntnrrrs bur ,rt
the Weld OF gold r. steady and abundant Tie
richness Of thc gold bearing quartz remains
matter 81 fact On the evidence Of this arrival,
Notwithstanding IL has been loudly denied hy
disappointed seekers a greater number Of
passengers are now returning from California
Than are going tlither
The public mind ia California has been
much cngrusscd by the elections held on tho
7th ult, 30 elect state officers aud members
Of the Legislature, Ihorc was no regular
organization of parties, aud political lines
we're scarcely recognized except in San
Francisco aud san Jose, IN San Fanci.o
there were three uckets-the Wing, Loco.
aud independent A portion Of each ticket
was elected, although the Wing candidates
MT tTru7 TIIIITI1
wrll known ia the Mexican war was elected
llarhor Master of san Francisco, lie ran
on the Independent tirheI md alLLuI- L..
Ing host Of cOmpctitorssuccccdcd los very
Handsome majority. The Loco candidate for
AllurueA GGnrIaI--AIE A.I1..,tt.lr,-iiii- rrri
Thorpe, Loco candidate for Clerk ~ M.
prone Court we're elected aud Prof Noony,
the Wig candidate for Superintendent Of
Public Instruction, Mr. Shairuck WIS elect,
cd Judge of ihc Superior Court. In san
Jose aud San Joan the Wing, triumphrd.-
The popular vote was decided IN favor Of Va,
lciu, Instead Of san JOSEF as the State cap.
tall
The corporation of san Francisco aud cit.
iZcus generally were maxi ing great prrpara.
tions tUrccbratc the admission OF California
into the Union ia an appropriate style. The
miners on acrount oftht ircshcts have gcncr-
ably gone 70 the dry dggings, whore they
Will spend the winter. The Northern por-
ton Of the mines are becoming infested with
bands af maaudcrs, aud murders aud robbcr.
ic, have recently been of frequent occurrence
in the valley Of the Sacramento.
In the Northern part OF the State and ON
the border. of Oregon, gold has boon found,
hut NOT 80 ahundantlyn rs was first anticipated.
The quartz mine near Los Angeles it Is said
will prove exceedingly valuable, From the
Al.2-elsEi 4ste tl''- t''.totft-- ruUtrudirrJ7
~
Painful accounts are still received from tie
dNcIlaHd- ess.i..rrtrt-, Nt0ut 10000 are yet
east ui The Sierra Nevada, aud il is feared
that many of them will have to pass the win
ter ia the mountains. ENcrtions are making
by the Caliurnans for their relief but il is
apprchcndcd, with incomplete success.
The cholera, which has been for some timo
approaching 1hc country by the trail of the
Acapulco, has at length made its appearance
ia san Francisco, but the cases are yet few
and Of quite mild character.
he whole ri Nip i1yrruT i1iSssict hhT beer
rebuilt, and improvements arc everywhere
rapidly. All the principal thor
ouVhtarcs will bc plankcd before the rainy
season. The wharvos. are being extended in.
to deep water.
The dcspcraiOcs are beginning TO flock ia
20 san Francisco FROM ihp uliura, u g4a--t4+,
winter aud crime l. rapidly increasing, rob
cries are frequently committed in opon day.
Five persons werp drowned in Chagrcs
bar IN endcayoring to reach the Pacific in
sh lndiRn cayuca. Another boat was cap
sized, the passtngcrs losing baggage and Sll,
600 in gold.
The Star has the following, which should
warming ~ utircry vino cr0Ss nc
lsthmus under similar circumstances:
"a Young man, by the namo of Robinson,
Of Buffalo, n. Y, was robbed of his trunk,
about $4,000, between Panama
and Cruces on "Wednesday night last, bv the
muletecr in charge of il. AT the time the
robbery was committed, Mr. X. was some dis
lance IN the rear, gentleman, however. hy
the name of Marsh, a personal friend OF Mr.
Robinson, was sent in advance to keep an
eye to the trunk. lie was most brutalv as
sauited by the muleteer, and so severely cut
with KNIFE that he now lies in a very crti-
cal condition. Upon representation of the
hiialr bong made Co tho Governor by the A.
meucan Consul, his Excollcncy profcrcd
n detachment of the troops from the garrison
10 90 IN quest Of the offender, but unfortunate
ly for Mr. Robinson he did not know the name
of the man..
q HE-ATELRE-IN-S pR4NtiF4 -F.-rAe
Sp1ngheld(Als) Republican of the 22d Inst,
has the following account of severe fire in
that town.
AT about o'clock this morning. fire
commenced in the fire room of the engine
md planning mill of Decrect Boyington &
o.; and in spite of all efforts to check it, the
lire spcad with great rapidly.
When we left the spot, about 3 o'clock. tho
blaming mill, engine house, the storage build
ng east of the mill and the machine shop oc-
'upied 10y Wright < Co. an the West, were