The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-07-27
THREE WEEKS LATER FROM
California!
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/ornfH GRrAr'Fmr A. sAN FRAsors-
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90
NV iuHk, JuLY p.
The Crescent CITY arrived AZ twn o'clock,
with three weeks lntrr news from California,
and i5' passengers, Also, $4,000 IN gold
duft.
Steamer Columbus arrived At Panama, on
The tflt having ion san iTunrsrO on tho 18th
VI June. She brought 700 passpngprs. and
100000 10 gold dust on trrightaud the mails.
The gold brought hy the Columbus via de-
tanned ~ Ihnpres for the Cherokee.
Another destructive fire occurred a. San
Francisco on the iith, destroying centre
blocks 10 all 500 hutsrs, aud iutplyiuga lnss
ui nb,ooh,uOu' IL originated u the Kitchen
Of the Sacramento House, and spread rapidly
IN rycry direction,
Everything between Kcauey street and
the bay, bounded by California street on the
south and Clay street on the Mouth, b. n asli-
90, with the exception oi the Custom House,
l'Ui NJ The old burnt district H. again burn
81, .Ll'r 'wharyrs mud shipping were sawed
The Mayor did efficient service,
The Journal OF Commerce office h again
burned, aud this time the loss l. Tar more dis
astruus than boturt, All they saved were the
lorms OF ole day'r Hsue, some e,roa OF type,
aud q PARTON ut The job lcttrr
Among the buildings destroyed werr those
of tee san Francisco Journal, the Blpkiup
/ House otJamos kiup,thc house Of William
| was pulled down IA arrest the flames, Al
/ his specie, &C., WIS saved, Adams q Cor
J Express Office WAS saved hy u force punp.
The foreign mining tax has caused tenn
porr} surpcurlou Of labor. The hipl stale ~
'v''i't- '4''''''''.- rt,'l rtvrt- has also had
/ ~ effect ly preventing the miners working
the beds and bars,
/ The facilities Tor business are fist mcrras-
ing The loss hy the late irc falls heaviest
on our largest merchants, and will Tor a i'm,
have bad effect on the market,
The money market r. cnsy Short hutncs,
paper discounted a( halU per cent. per month
Guld dust comes Ia sparinply, and coin Il th,
principal medium ia circulation,
Dust II quoted ~ slG a 1928 per ounce
The state assay har- are not very rurrrut
The markets were heavy, Bruldns In de-
mapd aud IN good supply, Cunpo soauro.-
Flour IN good supply Chill, Ia bags, II pre-
ttrrrd Lumber improved rroVision--A
better feeling GNi,ts la Mess Beef aud Fork
caused lbs purchases for ships bound out. Su
gar will decline 1o,g,oM 10 HosioH Pa
pors,
The following extracts are from the PaciG,
News Of the 7th or June, which /, the latcs
paper yet received
NV Dl-CuVrUIr, OF GoLp.-S c,ca
E'hutlhrht engaged IA mining upon one Of
the northern rivers, la their lNlJ uruuns ~
the eel ih"ut mountains daring the past win
ter, came upon aNciu ui quartz. whore ID,
purc ore wv Observed IN threads and SHIN
glc., beautiful To look upon. An cNamina
ton iaaL place, ,li,,.iir lt,,ii,- v,tis,y.
portions Of the rurk, aud such rude int a,
were a. hand were appicd,wth IN TIu,t vat.
iIpinS and Gwen astonishing results III,
vein IL about thirty feet Wide. aud la som,
portions 50 rich ~ 10 produce dollar Ia an
ous'r ot rock \ piece was knocked oil
weighing l. pounds and submitted Ia the ar.
ta.-'. Of h"ot IN blacksmith. forge. whcn the
muouut "i $50 was -mcltrd from the rock -
Not hat of what % couLdnod could hc 'got nui
in .Fti n wav. Orl,"r .po. imous have ,iold
80 ""'n % d"llar in two dollars Ia a pound al
the ro,..k, aud the quantity Off Il represent
/ 'd 1' literally mrNIlu.uhlr.
Com MNrs ~ OurGoN Information
from porlyrily authentic source has reached
US at the discovery of rich gold mines near
the northern boundary of Oregon. distance
| OF not over three hundred miles from Pacific
/ Iiiy nt me mouth of the river Parties who
lad been out Ia that region state the 0rerdg,s
p'rdl"m amnunttu each man ~ Twenty-Five
dollars; aud no small degree of excitement
prevails among the Orcpuniau- On the subject.
ana the stocks of PROVISIONS Sc. in the mar
krt h1d hrcu t1fcn mp ON speculation. in am.
tlrlpaton at an increased demand for lhcncw
plHvvTs.