Weekly national intelligencer., 1850-10-26
FROM CALIFORNIA.


teen days later than our previous advices
There appears to have been complete panic in
the money market of San Francisco early in Sep
tember, which resulted in the failure of number
of commercial houses Among them were Henry
M. Naglee, Simmons Hutchinson a. Co., Henry
Howison, and Farley, Johnson & Co.
The excitement appears 10 have nearly or quite |
subsidized previous to the departure of the steamer
reliance is to be placed in the articles in the San
Francisco papers. In the language of one of them,
+" confidence was evidently universally restored"
Yet the same paper in another column says:
We cannot but regard financial matters at the present
time as In very unsettled state and confidence has been inn
paired to very considerable We attribute the
present pressure in the money Market and the unsettled
Of business generally the losses arising from the three great
fires with which have been visited and in the unconquer
able spirit OF speculation which has been carried vast
extent in community within the past year. Real estate
operations have produced very general and
IN the present unsettled state of California affairs cannot
all wonder that such has been the But have every
hope that this will not last and that merchants will
om the present depression and rise again triumphant They
must however, exercise caution in their operations Of
all sorts than heretofore and will doubtless the necessity Of
doing business less loosely than has been the custom Of the
last year" a.sa.a8 . ss NJ
THE OVERLAND IMMIGRANTs.
letter from Colonel j. A. RALsros to the committee Of
relief dated Sacramento City, September g. furnishes some
information relative the overland immigration. After de-
failing the measures which he had taken for the relief Of
those whom be had met at Carson river, he says
"Fo several days before leaving the station, sought from
every available source information about the numbers and
condition Of the immigration s behind the result Of which
satisfied me that there about 600 the way this
side Of Salt Lake and Bear river who had not crossed the
Great Desert least oneha of whom would be destitute of
and subsistence before reaching Carson river About
half Of these immigrants deuded BY false reports
and led to take wrong road from Salt Lake, leading around
the south Of the lake and uniting with the old road on
Humboldt river, about hundred miles above the sink
The distance BY this road gres increased and desert
about ninety miles long has to be crossed. Hs
Most of the animals this route pershed on the desert
and not unequenty men, women, and children sunk un
der the hashps the road and peshed for want of water
and food Those who are fortunate get the desert
will still have travel three hundred miles before they
reach Carson river and but few of them will reach this point
with any purchase subsistence. credbly in
formed that several thousand persons among them many ia
miles, took this road but up to the time Of my leaving
Johnsons station only few Of these persons no famies)
had passed their way in, thus leaving for the fear
that much suffering behind among this body Of the immi-
grafton.
AT the time Of my departure from Johnsons station pro-
visions exceedingly among both immigrants and
traders but met the road large supplies in the hands Of
enterpsng traders think, therefore, the amount of pro-
visions en- route the desert in the hands Of rades and the
amount lately forward by the active benevolence Of
the citizens Of California, may be sufficient TO supply the
immigrants. 3.g
The Carson river road seems be the only road travelled
by immigrants in great numbers, the Truckee route having
been abandoned account Of high water and other
INDIAN DIFFICULTIES.
letter in the Alta California, dated American bar, Fea
ther river, says:
m have recently learned Of desperate battle that took
place between the miners and Indians several miles above
The Indians having been guilty of many unprovoked ouirages
and MURDERS the whites formed corps Of femen for their
common defence. While seven or eight of the company
hy n
of fifty sixty of the natives ofwhom were armed with
pistols which had been mPudenty sold them by the whites
The stood their ground and reinforced by the
commander (Capt Sanger) and others who heard the
firing and rushed to their aid This little band stood their
ground for three hours under terribly hot and in most
dsadvanageous position, till at last the Indians hishearened
by their slain, TeTeated.
Captain Snger was mortay wounded and three others
severely the former from Massachusetts, and the latter
from Maine. It. Johnson started the next day with the
tire force and completely broke up all the enemys villages
or camps and entirely routed the scound 90 that no Gov
eminent aid will be needed present He quite that
perhaps disgaced miner. The Maine and Massachu
sets dreaduly exapaed by the attack their
friends and took fearful vengeance and the deadly rifles Of
the Kentuckians and Mssourans told with terrible effect
THE GOLD REGIONS
The Alta Calforna notices the arrival at San Francisco
of Of the shareholders Of company the Yuba They
had completed their dam, and the first day and halls
work. with the Of quicksilver machine produced eighty
pounds of gold Yet close by these rich washngs other
panies have failed to realize their expenses.
In company with this gentlemen four others, who
returning homewad with aggregate fortune Of nearly
two hundred thousand dollars the result Of their labor the
Yuba.
Some beautiful specimens from the North Fork Of the
Feather river had been received at San Francisco They
were brought by three men, who took nine thousand dol
lars in thirteen days. when the vein gave out.
The Pacific News says "We yesterday received ineli-
gence from the operations going forward at the Maposa
mine ny which ascertain that most encouraging prospects
exist The dggers struck lead few days SINCE which
promises to be exceedingly nch Ooepeoe Of quartz had
been taken out which weighed about fifty pounds from which
about six eight pounds pure gold extracted The
first bushe one hundred pounds Of quartz taken ont yield
ed about 500 Of the genuine The entire machinery
for crushing the quartz had arrived and will be put in opera
ton Monday next when may anticipate the fat
tering results"
The Marysvle Herald says that the miners on Butte
Creek at the dry dggngs averaging each per
day.
letter from the Mokalumne river dated August 49, says
The miners doing very well, and are well satisfied
with the products Of their labor Some ne specimens have
been taken from the bed Of the river lstely party Of
Kanaas from the sands have taken out sI pieces gross
weight seventeen and half pounds pure gold Yesterday
three coored took from space less than yard square,
eight hundred dollars Of fine gold and Of several hundred
that at work upon this bur and vicinity know Of
none that not realizing six dollars per day. and many
their sixteen dollars.
% Several companies are now at work with quicksilver
washers and yielding eighty hundred dollars per day
Tie water in the river still quite high several feet higher
than last year at this seasion m however, falling rapidly