The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1850-11-14

formed al ConstantlnoPIe for towing yes
sells through the Bosphorus and the Oar
danelles. The capital is TO be gI50,0O0,
in 500 shares of ygIO0 each. The Sultan
and most Of the ministers are on the list.
Summary Of News for the LaSi Fortnight
Before this mail reaches the United States,
the intelligence will doubtless have been
received of the fourth confagrat,on which
has visited San Francisco with me
months. The disaster was fortunately
confined to a portion of the city ~uere
little business was transacted, and the 10 :
is consequently less than il would other
wise have been. The fire ragged for about
three hours and half, and destroyed one
hundred and fifty houses; the actual loss
being not exceeding half million of dol
lars. There Is every reason TO believe
that il was the work of an incendiary, al
though, if so, the perpetrator has contriyed
to escape the vigilance of the police.
The intelligence from the mines is of a
mixed description. Wherever the streams
have been damned, plentiful yield of
gold has been the result; but several of the
dams have recently given way in conse>
quence OF the rising of the waters, and the
labor of months has thus been rendered
fruitless. Collaborating quartz continues
10 be discovered, and ihis in the end will
form the great resource of miners, when
surface gold fails.
/ The news of the engrossment of the
California bill in the Senate, produced.
on its receipt in this city, the liveIiest
emotions of iov, and the hopes of the
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of hearing by the next steamer, of the ad
mission of this State into the Union.
Should we receive this joyful intelligence,
there is no doubt that business would
! forthwith revive, and an immediate i'm
proyement would take place in the condi-
! ton of the country. At present, want
of confidence causes everything TO remain
in confusion, and the embarrassments N
our business men are attributable in no
small degree, to the perplexing suspense
caused by the delay of Congress 10 admit
the State into. the Union. Our greatest
trouble would vanish on our admission,
and it is generally hoped that Congress
viii not adjourn without doing us Justice.
1t would be a terrible disappointment il
The next news should prove unfavorable
Il The coming elections TO be held on the
seventh Of October, excite much greater
interest than was anticipated. The can
dIdates for the various Offices are almos
Iinnumerable. The tickets made up ir
this city will be found in another column
:, Indeed the all-absorbing question of the
j. admission of California is lost sight of fo
the time being, and every body Is anxiou:
as to the result of the election.
Tho in fbiS ora o-o
crossing with much spirit, and il is hopeC
.. that by the commencement OF the rainy
! season the streets will be substantially
planked. Several of the lhoroughfares
are already laid with plank, and sewer:
have been constructed, running from the
hills to the bay, so as to carry off the
, water. The district burnt down twc
weeks since is already more than hal
!; covered with buildings in process of erec
: ton, and before the departure of anothe
> steamer il will be nearly all rebuilt.
The accounts from the overland emf
: grants furnish narratives of suffering of tn,
/ most painful description. The expediency
Fl of making a requisition on the Collesto
, of this port for an advance of one hundret
! thousand dollars, has been suggested. ant
| it is probable the citizens will resort Il
. that mears of alleviating the terrible dis
,ress of which the accounts reach US da,
: by day. The resources OF private benev
olence are exhausted, and it is but righ
the government should afford assistance
f A report of the existence of cholera i
I our midst prevailed in this city some day
v since, but we rejoice 10 say there was n
5 foundation for the rumor.- San FrdaciSc
q Herald