The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-09-28

| The water on the South Pork Is falling
rapidly. bat The miners arc not working on
/ ihr har
From thb Northern Placera,the Marysyills
/ Herald gives the following account
W. learn from Alr Aichpls who b ia toWn
/ from Feather river, that ~ Ear a. worked
the different bars aru paying remarkably
we'll.
O-raloosa lar tii the Middle Fork, about
/ ffy miles from here, and about sixty miles
] from htring1Wu, u the claim where the first
work has been done in that direction. MN.
lcli there week ago Yesterday they had
been ~ work q lille aver a week, The la
bar nf seven men with n quicksilver machine
yielding ~ls ,OOD for the hrst five days. There
Il ever, prospect that the bar will continue
"a pay in ~ large ratio ihrw ara ten
shares in the dam, four ~ which hive recent
ly boon sold the dnt for $1,000 the second
for $4,000, and the other two at 10000
each,
These shares were purchased by men who
have been on the spot and have seen the eyi-
dHnce ~ the immense richness a. the har,--
~ Nifi0iF himself one day pamen NUT
ounces Ia short time
The Iowa City claim, about two miles from
the hhoye bar h realizing al the eNpoota-
tons NJ thpFF who Foirrtei the ioraii0u, --
There are about eightor ivn men a. work on
a.
There arc nIuW 0r fVf claims Ht short inter
vale above these, where the dams are not
finished but which promise equally we'll az
the others.
On the South Fork Of Feather, the min
err are also doing we'll the average yield Is
about one dollar 10 the pan,
On the North Fork there u a claim which
had gwen twenty pounds ofdust a. the rock
cr per day with the labor Of four men. They
aH..F laIa
now introducing the Long Tom,
AZ Carson's new diggnRa, chunk of gold
almost free from quartz was taken outweigh
ing forty pounds
An oktcHsiyc aud rich placer has been dis
covered between the head waters ~ the STAN
islaus and MERGED, a. the base Of the snowy
ridge. II b. said there b. room in these new
digging Tor twenty thousand miners. We
announce Tie Intelligence with pleasure, aud
hope that ai least many Americans will reap
pile from ihr sitr of the now discovery,
= SMALL expedition started fr1m here last
week ior ihr purpu-c ut crossing the Sierra
NcyUd1, 90 Urwiy discovered III Dorado ou
iho Eastern slope 4 gentleman who lately
returned from the scene of this late discoyo-
ry, reports HAT lhr gold pn this side l. hut
drop in the bucket compared "a what will
hr gathered huyuud the ridge,
Nt Stockton, two MrNirans, who resisted
t1ilr~i0r wrr' rlrut uud tirrrr u'hrrs wound-
cd be- lhr a1ry that followed None Of the
Americans were injured.
THE Nlu Francisco Herald states that Tom
Hyrr thc celebrated pugil,siw WIS arrested for
,eis -li4r having fi.l.l-si ag.4l iiHlas intn
houses Ia the plaza Surprise ~ this I, cA-
pr,'--r'l H- Ice htl -l,o~u himself quiet ard
moNlrns.Nc Vcrrn previously
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS
The in"iii" News ui the 9th of August
puhliahcs the following iryicw of the fort,
night Intervening between that date aud tho
1T uf August.
Bu.iucs, generally ON the pacifc Coast il
slowly improving. Our own city has In
grcnl nict.ur recovered from the disastrous
ronil1grtiion With which We have been visit
= d-iad aar AtEelia prea1ut their Mauted bus
de- aud activity.
The miner, will ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS oul more
lrnld tlinn ever hriurr in the same lrngth OF
umc, aud oi,0Ur-o AT klnds OF bunncss viii
hr "orrr suoudiu"'v rdi.rtnd
With thcrNccptiun uf 49," t,iiur,' somcwat
extensive NJ Sacramento. nothing has occur
red IN shake the confidence Of the Public in
our leading business mon.
Great fatality Is still Anticipated among tho
rear trains at the overland cmigrunts, aud
movements have been in progrcss to give
them sucoor
The water courses In the Great Basin
have been higher this summer than for years
past which has caused mitch suffering,
I. .NEw NqQg,7Thc coalition Is dcfunct-
.Glo dc sc. Tho lIunkcrs and Barnburncrs
united in state Convention at Syracuse
John Van Buren, figuring in his natural posi-
: i.'.'' A. = laGniaea-- IlHakaE flIaraiia sa,-.-
mour) was nominated for Governor and tho
Hahimorc(ao ne BVaio) Platforms Of 1910,
''s4t AND is4s we're nll rv.-uiFirrrirtl. ~ ayes
30. noes 20. Lo1oiocoisn doublcd.dstiIc,l,
aud nothing csc l. hn what the Wing
free soilcrs harEaincd Tor p IIdtcLmdn.