Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1850-09-13
FrGm California,

The steamship Empire City, from Chagres,
wa hIngston, Jamaica, reached her wharf at
10 o'clock this morning. She has on freight
S'oo,OoO IN specie, and about $4,000 in
the hands of passengers.
The steamship Georgia, which is on her
way with the mails, has about q million and
half of dollars on board.
The Empire City brings no mails, but has
papers from San Francisco to the first of
Augustine weeks later than the last adyi-
ces.
Among her passengers is Brigadier Gene
raj Bennett Riley, Ex-Governor of California
Hon. S. Woodwork, u S. Senator from
California, is also among the passengers.
The steamship Panama had arrived at
Panama from San Francisco, with the mails
to August |. The cholera broke out on
board while she was at Acapulco, and over
forty of her passengers died of it before she
reached Panama
She brings S2.300,000 in gold dust, and
about 240 passengers. On the 18th the chol-
era broke out amongst the passengers.-
Joseph Dale, of Philadelphia, late of Lima,
was among the victims.
Other accounts are that fifty persons died
of it. Among the victims were Capt. G. ?.
Manchester, of Martha's Vineyard, and Capt.
Ashley, of Mystic, Conn.
Persons coming through from Chagres re-
port that the GOrgona road is almost impas-
sable Most people take the Cruises road.
The news from the mines is somewhat dis
couraging. The rivers are yet too high to
work advantageously, and the ravines have
not dried up, Companies of miners are at
work turning the rivers throughout the gold
region, and we may expect good reports from
them in the course Of another month.
Claims on the Yuba river thirty feet square
have been sold at $1,000.
A company of seven men have taken out
in one spot, in Murphys Dggings, in less
than seven weeks, SIS. .00o in gold dust
This is their nett proceeds, clear of expenses
Another company Of six took out, in The
same diggings, last week, forty-two pounds
of dust. This company is working 81 feet
beneath the surface.
The great points of concentration are the
Mercedes, Tuolumme, and Stanislaus En-
cOuraging accounts have reached us from the
Calaveras. There is no lack of provisions,
and the health Of the whole district is ex-
cellent.
In one portion Of the mines, party Of
Mexicans working undcr Americans, have
perched themselves on piece Of table land,
existing on the top of a mountain, and here,
/ secreted from the eyes Of the tax collector,
they are making pile.
/ The troubles at the Southern mines, par
/ ticularly in the neighborhood of Sonora, con
/ tinue. The accounts Of murders committed
/ there are frightful, and the end is not yet
come.
The Mexicans and Chilians will be driven
/ from the mines, and armed forces have been
organized to carry this determination into
effect. At the Mormon Gulch, all foreigners
have received formal notice 10 quit in one
week.
The disturbance is traced to the foreign
mining tax imposed by the last Legislature.
! The foreigners resisted the payment Of the
tax, and when they have good claims they are
given away by individuals who urged the
/ non-payment OF the tax as an excuse for their
I proceedings.
\ number Of murders and highway rob
berries have been committed by Mexican
guerrilla bands, and the chief Of one band is
now in prison.
| The prospect of large business in San
Francisco this fall is encouraging.
Workmen are engaged in grading and
planking the streets, in view Of the rainy
| season. Artesian wells and reservoirs have
been made and fire companies organized.-
Everything looks cheering.
The dates from the Sandwich Islands are
to the oath of July. Matters were in a pros.
{ peIouo Cohil'loh' -idliN ihlPoItdllI IN Prov
ments were contemplated by the government
The adyices from Oregon are to the 2lst OF
July. There was a report that some gold
had been found, but the streams were so high
that satisfactory examination could not be
made. There was a prospect, however, Of
( abundance of gold.
The L. S. Propeller Massachusetts, arrived
/ at Astoria on the Goth, with the joint com
mission Of army and navy officers appointed
to select positions for lighthouses and fortif-
cations. 1t is said they have completed their
duties as far as Paget's Sound, and they are
now examining the mouth of the Columbia
There was abundance of water in the South
Channel