Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1850-08-29

The steamer Philadelphia arrived at New
York on the morsing of the 21st, from Cha
gres Ang. s, and Kingston 14th. On her pas
sage ont frem New York she was considerably
damaged by the weather, and James Kief,
seaman, had his leg broken; Arthur Hawkins,
brennan; Died Of congestion of the brain. and
'ose nan, seaman, was lost overheard She
reached ohagres July &c, in thirteen DAYS pas
sage.
lhe Philadelphia has not brought the mails
from California, though they had arrived at
Panama.
Steamer 1sthmus was TO sail from San Fran
cisco on the l1th for Panama, with passengers
| and specie.
Financial affairs are somewhat embarrassed
| at San Francisco, the outlays for the next year
being large. An efficient fire department,
hospitals, &c, are to be established. A police
department has been organized, and placed un-
der the control of M. Fallon, well known ia
the city of New York.
The manufacture of bricks had commenced
at Stockton. They have begun the extension
of the long wharf at San Francisco. Yankee
Sullivan is not dead.
Another account says" Business at San
Francisco was improving; merchandise is more
in demand and acquiring Increased value, as
the surplus stock with which the market was
glutted has diminished. In Saeramente and
Marysville considerable amount of business
has been done during the last month In
Stockton and Sonora business operations have
been depressed.
The news from the various diggings is the
most encouraging we have had for some length
of time. The discovery of rich plaeers, and
the frequent exhibition of large and immense
| ly valuable specimens have impaired a degree
of activity and life to all branches Of business
throughout the upriver towns, such as has not
been known since last fall.
New diggings have been discovered lately on
the upper water of 1uba and Feather rivers
which promise to yield a .ic, harvest. The
water Is yet too high for working t!e bars Of
streams, but there is every confidence that the
yield will be equal to any part of last season
as soon as the water fails, which may be short
ly expected.
Difficulties are apprehended about the set
Ting on vacant lanes. The squatter excite
ment in Sacramento and other places has died
| away.
! The gold discoveries that have been made in
Carson Talley. and other places on the eastern
slopes of the Sierra Nevada, have given a new
impulse to mining operations Newly arrived
overland emigrants represent that in crossing
these slopes thay found gold in abundance, but
in consequence, of their provisions falling
them, they were obliged to come on for sup
plies
l. The Sacramento Transcript of July 10th
says" Small parties of emigrants continue
to arrive in this city daily. We have eenvers-
ed with quite number of them. Their ae-
counts agree that there must be great deal Of
suffering before the immense trains can all
get through" The same paper notices the
discovery of 4 rich ravne, about five miles
from Auburn. Three miles of it had been
taken possession of by diggers. Some OF the
claims were held at from three to five thous-
and dollars each, though it will be impossible
to take out the gold before another winter, as
, there IS no water near.
The diggings on the Gold Run. tributary
Of Deer Creek, 40 miles from Auburn, are
supposed to be the richest in Califonia.-
Claims of sixty feet square had been sold at
from $4,000 to SlI ,0e0. Some of the mines
were raising from one 10 six ounces each day
The dggings, however, were limited, and
claims could only be obtained by purchase
The Stockton Times says reports are in cir
, culation of fresh Indian troubles en the Tuol-
umne. 1t appears that an American seized the
squaw of chief The affair terminated in i
sangunary affray, in which three Americans
We're shot.
s The murders, Sc, at the southern mines
J were occasioncd by the law imposing mining
# tax on foreigners. Rather than pay this tax
many Of them prefer TO leave the diggings al
together.
, In portion of the southern mines, life ant
property have been somewhat insecure of late
from the attacks of marauding parties of Mex
leans, Chilians and other foreigners. Severa
: suits have been brought before the courts, fol
| the purpose of testing the validity and consti
tutionality of the state laws affecting the gov
ernment of the mines and the administration Of
; this court. The laws have heen upheld in
every ease.
5 The Indians getting troublesome at
, Humboldt and Trinidad city, and number Of
collisions have taken place, which, it is to be
, feared, is but the beginning of general hostil-
!, ity. On the Sd of July fight took place al
Humboldt between a considerable body of In
dians and the settlers, in which several of the
former were killed, and one of the later
wounded.