Washington telegraph., 1850-07-10
FROM CALIFORNIA

She brought ninety-two passengers. The
following are the principal items Of IN,
terest by this arrival:
A great hre occurred at San Francisco
Oh the 11lh ut, destroying three hnr'
dred buildings. Loss estimated at nearI,,
S4,OOO.OO0. 1t is stated that this fire W.,
the work of incendiaries.
$4,000 had been expended at San
Francisco during nine months in supnor,
of the sick and destitute, and for tho
burial of those who have died vi,bon,
sufficient means to defray the expenses Of
their internent.
The Sacramento Transcript saws,
The miners in the village of Amin,
near the North Fork. are doing remarr
ably well. The ravme running throurh
the town is being dug sp, even 70 ,Io
doors OF the stores. Six men. worki,o.
lead in front of Mr. Houses store ,oor
out, one morning, last week, S60o !,
coarse gold, and have averaged sim
each, daily, for the last week Tbo
ground under this store is undoubtedIv
very rich, as the largest days work wa.
interrupted only from the fact that The
proprietor of the store claimed a right 70
the ground on which his building is Sirp,,.
ed. He can be said 10 have safe IS
gold under his store. and can emplov his
leisure moments in digging, ,ntil enc
toner calls him OFT. One party in The
ravine, near the village, took out SlOOo
on Wednesday last. A person is taking
da aguerreotype likenesses, and also views
of the ravines. with miners at work. aud
j. making his fortune with great rapiditv
The Placer Times Of the 4th of Nav
has intelligence from the Trinity, for.
nlshed by gentleman who had Just re.
turned from that region. lie was one of
a party who had started from Benecia
about six weeks previous. The Times SAYS:
The water was still SO high that adj.
vamtageous operations woul,! have to be
delayed two or three months; there was
considerable snow encountered on the
way, aud during The last four days they
were there, it fell continually.
The party were not Impressed with the
peculiar advantage OF these diggingS, aud
most of them returned. They estimated
the number there at eight hundred, aud
met sometimes as many as one hundred
| per day OH the road. A third canon had
been discovered about twelve miles, be.
! low the second, aud was very favorably
| represented. The water OF the Trinity
was found To disagree with many OF the
miners. DIarrhea prevailed and the I'M
preston was very uniavorahle To- the
! health of the place Iii the more advanced
| season. A large number had died there
| during the winter, ten ont OF one party of
nineteen. Few had realised any extra
vagaui success.
The following items, i'll relation 10 the
! Southern mines are CLEANED from the
Stockton Times:
Several recent and important discover
| les have been made on the MOkeiume.-
| Oui of one hole, three men iu two days
took out The sum OF $4,000. Some large
Jumps Rave been found, aud nearly every
miu Is making an ounce day.
A large emigration is setting towards
| the Calaverns mines, among whom are
| many from 'he northern mines. Near
San Antonia, a 1ec placer has been
| found. and here miners are making Two
ounces per day.
Muphy's new digging on the STAINS
laus are yielding well. All persons VINO
work are making iair average wages.
Seven or eight miles above the town
Of Sonoma, another fresh discovery i re-
corded. Hundreds are hOcklng 10 the
spot; indeed the whole country lying be-
tween the Stan>laus aud IuOiume rivers,
Is rich i'll golden treasure. This was
abundantly proved last season.
Recently, in the Mariposa country, a
lump weighing seven pounds was found
just below he surface OF The ground.
The Pacific News, OF llth May, gives
the following extract from letIer Just
received from Stockton:
learn but this momeut from gentle
man just from the Sonorauian Camp
that an American dug another twenty
three pound piece of gold there TWO days
since. 1t contained between three and
four pounds of quartz | have seen to-
day several very large pieces of quartz
aud gold, one weighing upwards OF forty
pounds. The gold appears III i: in VEINS
| the most bea uIIful have ever seen.
The Stockton Times says that three
men, III the space of two weeks, took
out $4,000 from one hole at the new
diggiugs, four miles above Sonora besides
One lump weighing FEE Po""dS lhe
Times OF the llth May announces the
discovery OF another batch OF Jumps near
Sonora-one weighing ten pounds ana
eleven ounces, another .our pounds and
seven ounces. The placer at Columbia
city, five miles from Sonora Is SAID to De
not les than three miles square Ii Is o'
| extraordinary depth; one large hole mas
been dug TO the depth of sixty two iee'
through red soil o; volcanic nature, Win
out reaching the quartz, aud gold n"S
been found in more or less quantities 'i'e
entire distance tr0.n four feet below the