Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1850-01-21
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The steamer Cherokee. whrh arrived Al New York
oa Sasday as ennonnced by telegraph. sailed ltn Cha.
gfts On the s,ernoon Of The Sd instant and from Kin
son. JAMAICA an the mufninr af the 7th
1he Cherokee hrlngs the Pacific mails thai arrired in
"s hea'h. I" fdhdma, on Tuesday Jan. 2 Those
mails did nai arrive lat thapres tine Tor The Falcon To
eahneel VIII the Ohm. nj Havana. They came under
eharse 1t Nt Mel,'on, The recently appointed mail a
gent far The 18th mn
The Goid Mines The setting in uf the rainy season
has been he signal iuf the abandonment nf DIGGING in
most parts The faIlowmg ihr aies, intelligence from
the gold mines, Which We find in the Alta Cahfnruan
II necemherl
Tie heights # the Sierra n, vada are covered with
snow ard tbs has been HE UNIV elrouN form nf the win
ter NS ant IN the moie elevated 'aiuuitrs arrappa
ned by cold weather. Tno mountain streams are In,
lmPetcepuhly swollen Ms VT. although The Sacramento
haS fseh mahy let NJ is Junclun with The American
aver, slnce the commencement ef the lsns From Fea
lhet u'er the golden news Is highly Encouraging bar
al he South Fox situated about uine miles ah,ye BiJ
Wells lar. che trglnal discovery Of gold ON tits frk
MAS here) has been worked during The lap mnnih with
hetse suefess. Tie character OF the nuld ruatser
'han lha Of HE lower waShinrs aud up To the lime II
The rains WIS abundant The country atuund is OF the
most mountainous description. The iuha and Bearc,eek
"aNh1gs ate said 10 have ,iellcd well during the low
Stage al wafer nnteeedeoi to The rains
lie ''"igr'own cgglngs ate perhaps The most famous
al ue present TINE IN The Sacramento Placer. These
A
id'eliah from trluna. the Suuth Fork Of the Amer
lean riyer. Pieces 81 gold wephrn, from one pcnny.
weight To ten aud twelve puuns have been dl,eovrred
IN THIS VICINITY The ayeraue Tor day abrrrs Is srid In
be not ss Than three ounces. While lns ances of bag
glug eight md ten ounces PER diem are by M mans
Owing To the earlier advcnt af the inter rains and in-
element weather than cjpated provisions have
become scarce in The mining district the wrrlched con-
u'''o "' Tie roads preventing supplies from reaching the
III 'uhi'ns sfhsnnahly Many persons returning IN
consequence oi this fact Flour selling the Feather
nvef al 81 - per pound; 'lhe Mil" (Couma) Tor
u - All bndstqls are prop ttllonahly high.
'hScetdaeoUs. Tho present population II Cailurna,
lncludleg the Nv'rlad emigration Inns summed up
by the Alla tahemani Amefcaus $4,000; Cahornlans
Is p0o FaeIgnefs. $500. Total 81 600
From April - II Nov % i67 females arrived nj San
Francisco, and 81 S33 males
large sptce1s devoted IN the California papers To the
report about 10 be submitted tptbe State Department al
Washington, 10y The lion. T. Bue- KIM IN relation 10
the gid bearing quartz. which is found IN the greatest
quantities Ia that county The samples Of HE rock
which Mr. Wughl Ca gentleman sud t, he every way
qualified If HE Esk, has tested have been taken lrnn
many different veins In ~ sample tested has The Yield
been less han one dotor 10 The pound Of q,,ari. The
aceage weld OF The different veins has heen deter
mined by the slmp s. from dollar and hall to Nv,
dollars 10 the pannd Of rex
The Pacific News thus speaks of The improvement,
going up in san Francisco.
We are glad 10 see that all The new buildings beng
erected Portsmouth square large and substantial
aud that the iro0ls 10 be finished in an ornamcnla
manner Tie new building. now nearly finished be
tween The st Charles aud Bella Uuun IS tor THIS com
Try a noble Strucluts; al,o is the new Miners BAN.
Nothing d. hn was known in regsrd 10 the polilea
complexion Of the ) ate Legislature
NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
Pacific Squadron.
/ L $. soreshp Sontlampton Commander Handy
I WIN Ummander Lung and Lieutenant Einn,ns n