Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1850-11-28
Later frsRl California.
ARRIVAL OF THE CRESCENT OTTy,

1'i'A1 az VT iHE CRESCENT OTTY.
Steamer Crescent City arrived at,New York
on Thursday afternoon with $50 nasssnrars
and 81 500, 900 in gold dust. Steamer o..
lumbus had arrived at Panama. She mo,
steamer California for California, one dav ort
with 200 passengers. The Crescent Civ Al
not stop at Kingston on account of the cbo,er.
there. One thousand deaths had occurred in
three weeks, and six hundred in the interior.
The Crescent City left Chagres on the 10th.
Left Havana on the 10th at p. M.
Steamer Caroline left San Francisco Octo-
Der Is, and arrived at Panama on the I'd inst,
with 81 100000 in gold. The Columbus left
San Francisco on the 10Th October, and arrived
at Panama on the Sth inst, with $500, 900.
Inc new Captain General of Cuba, Gen.
ION Jose DE La Concha, arrived at Havana
IN me Spanish steamship Caledonia on the
Eth inst, and took CHARGE of the Government
OF the island. On Saturday he reviewed 1000
regular troops on the Paseo de Tacon.
The news of the admission of California into
the Union was received at San Francisco. Oct.
18th, at III O'Clock A. NJ, by the mail steamer
Oregon, Lieut.. Patterson, u S and
caused universal outbreak of enthusiastic low
which continued with roars of cannon. huzzas
bonfres, and Examinations throughout the
night, and had scarcely slackened when the
Columbus left, at 4 p. NJ, of the 10Th The
corporation of San Francisco and citizens gen.
orally were already making preparations 10
celebrate the great event with becoming hon
orS.
Extract of letter from Kingston, jam,
dated Nov. Sth, received at Havana per British
steamer of the 10Th Il regret to state that our
island, especially city, has been and still is
suffering from the cholera. We have had
over 1900 deaths from Oct l6 to the 9TH inst.
Within the city alone and other parts of the is
land, business is quite suspended, and all par
ties are at work relieving the wants of the poor
and sick
The Yubd Mines.-A gentleman Just down
from Dowmngville, on the Fork of the North
Yuba, reports that the miners in that quarter
have been very successful. Tbs Hawkins Bar
Co., have changed the entire course of the
Toulumne River, and have been amply re-
warded so far
The steamer Pacific, Laws line, left Cha
gres on Monday, the l It'll, with over five hun
dred passengers principally for New Orleans,
and arrived at Havana on Saturday morning.
Her passengers were packed in bulk for want
of room. Five persons were drowned on Cha
gres bar IN endeayorlng to reach the Pacific IN
an Indian cayuga. Another boat capsized,
passengers losing baggage and eleven thousand
and eight dollars in dust.
The cholera, in a very mild form, had ap-
peared in California. The last burnt district
in San Francisco was entirely rebuilt, and
business was more active; all staples were
steadily rising. The papers have the usual
number of big lump stories, and of Murders
At Mormon Gulch, two Italians, who had
$4,000, were killed. At Murderers Bar, W.
H. Walker, of Evansville, Ia, killed q. w
Beck, of Ky, in quarrel about lead. =
Companies at that place We're finding lots of
gold. In the northern parts of the state and
on the borders of Oregon, gold had been found,
but not SO abundantly as was first anticipated.
The quartz mine near Los. Angeles, it is said,
will prove exceedingly valuable.
The public mind in California has been
much engrossed by the elections held on the
9TH ult., to elect state officers and members Of
, the legislature. Political lines were scarcely
recognized. In San Francisco there were three
uckets-the whig, democrat, and independent.
A portion of each elected. Capt. George
| symptom, well known in the Mexican war. was
elected harbor mastor of San Francisco The
democratic candidate for attorney general Mr.
McDougell, nd Mr.. Troupe, democratic can
: dldato for clerk of supreme court, were elect
!, ed; and Prof. Mooney, the whig candidate for
: superintendent of public instruction. Mr..
9 Shattuck was elected Judge of the supreme
court. In St Jose and San Juan the wings
: triumphed. The popular vote has been decid-
e ed in favor of Vallejo, as the state capital.
( The Sacramento Transcript says two men
, named Fisher, from Nantucket, had obtained
SlIO0 from bushel of rotten quartz near Co
luna. Their process is likely TO be success
: full.
, ALTA CALIFORNIA, Oct 15.-Since our last
a large business has been done in -four Sales
have been made of sweet Western at Is 10 $50
in bbs. and of Haxall and Calico at 20 10 So.
The latter article has been sold at SIS. and the
market is now pretty well cleared Of all flour
in bbls. We consider the flour operation en-
tlrely speculative, and no calculation can be
made for the future
LuMBER.-|esselsa arriving with large lots
OF lumber, and being under charter for Calcut-
, Ia and China, and the consgners abandoninr
for freight, the bills of lading are protested
, and the lumber pressed on an overburdened
market; sales are made at about three quarters
of the amount due for freight We think il
: will take year TO relieve the market
5 PRovIsIoNs-A good demand-market rath
er sitter for all kinds; $4,000 lbs prime hams
closed in one lot at 27c; prime butter scarce
and would command over our extreme rates
1t IS no use to send puor butter.
since our last very decided improvement,
has taken place in trade The sales have been
heavy, and the price for goods of such articles.
as the market is not overstocked with, improy-
ing.
, Money is not scarce; for the usual CONNER
/ clal transactions it can be had at about per
cent. a month. Real Estate moves rather
slowly. The news from Murder Bar mines is
Of an encouraging nature. One company on
Oct. 18th, dug out 1872 ounces. For the last
ten days had been averaging from 20 to lis