Washington telegraph., 1850-07-24
From the ". 0. Ptcayu'lf; 4th,
LATE FROM CALIFORNIA.


ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMER ALABAMA.
The steamship Ala bama, Capt. Foster,
from Chagres the Goth ult., arrived here
this morning, with 1870 passengers and
news from California fifteen days later
Than previously received.
The Pacific mail steamer Oregon ar
rived at Panama on the 2lst ult.. having
left San Francisco June 1st. She brought
down $50 passengers and about 81 600
600, in gold dust,
Among the passengers by the Oregon
were the American Council at the Sand
wich Islands, Hon. J. Turrel and family;
and Judge Schoolcraft and lady The
Judge has in his charge block of Califor-
MIA gold bearing quartz for the Washing-
ton Monument. 1t is said to contain So
900 worth of gold.
At Panama it was very sickly.
Bv the arrival of the Alabama we
have San Francisco papers of June 1st
They contain many accounts OF Indian
bosiIities The murder of the eleven
Americans at the junction of the ella
and California had caused great excite
ment. The Journal of Commerce, how
ever, gives q version of the story which
is rather more favorable to the Indians.
On the 18th of May, Capt. Lyons met
the Yoniayes on Russian river and killed
100 of them, dispensing the remainder
At kentucky Bar and Deer Creek, and
in the vicinity, the Indians were very
troublesome. 1t is suspected that some
of the whites have urged the savages Oh.
A man named Iioyt was murdered on
Bear River; Hoyt was murdered at a mill
in Grass Valley. aud his brother received
sixteen wounds The presence of the
United States Indian commissioner ap-
pears TO he much desired.
The prospects of the gold hunters, par
!cuarly III the Southern mines, appears
TO be very encouraging. The Journal Of
Commerce says:
On ueariy all the tributary rivers of the
Sai, Joaquin new pIacers have been dis
covered, which ale represented TO be anna
zIngly rich Ill the precioss metal. The
miners at al! points are doing well, the wa
ters having fallen considerably, and the
campaign OF the season has fairly COM
menced.
Our friend Mr. M Kinney. a gentlemen
Of great responsibility and worth, Informs
Us that several discoveries OF vast lmpor
lance have just been made on the river
Moqueleme, and already number OF
Jumps of gold have been dug out. Out
of one hole, in three days, two men took
ont no less than $4,000; and there is
scarcely a man who is making less than
an ounce per diem. Provisions are plen
tifui, and may be obtained at moderate
prices.
vast emigration is setting in to the
pacers on the Calevares, amongst whom
are some hundreds from the northern
mines. A remarkable sign Of the ln
creasing confidence of the public is the
now gradually awakening belief that the
southern mines are not only the heathiest
but also the wealthlest in California. Our
agent, who is established at San Antonio,
another recently discovered placer. says
that numbers there are making each
their two OUNCES daily.
We have received news from Muir
phys new dlggings on the Stanislaus.-
A friend states that "having slight ten
deucy to obesity" he cannot do much i'll
The way of digging, and works but two
days i'll the week, yet somehow or 9TH
er, he continues to put into his belt
about $50 per week. Every man is
successful; and we mention that have
not heard conflicting reports relative To
the matter.
The country between the Stanisaus
and the Toulumne, comprising Sonora,
Woods, Sullvan's &C., whence SO much
geld has already been obtained, has re-
Gently excited much remark. A new
placer has been struck, seven or eight
miles above Sonora, whittier many hun
dred persons are vending their way. We
are told, and we believe l he report to be
true. that all this part of the country is "a
rich placerI push the spade in whereso-
ever you may, and the laborer will be
repaid with abundance.
From the Tuoumne and all its tribu-
tary streams the news is of the same
character. Vast undertakings are i'll pro-
gress for draining the river. On the
Marposa the miner is equally successful.
One lump of gold weighing seven pounds
was found near the surface.
A letter from Sonora says that four
miles from that place there is new en-
campment occupied by about three thou
sand dl9gers and the average amount
OF gold found is over an ounce tor eacn
man. Nearer the town there are two
of three thousand diggers. -Four Amer