The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1850-09-17
A Fortnight Later from California.
Two MILLIONS or GoID

Two weeks later news is received from
California by the Steamer Panama, arrived
at Panama from San Francisco, August !,
and the Empire City at New York, Thurs.
day, from Chagres.
The Panama brought down from San
Francisco $50 passengers and over two mil
lions Of cold, Of which latter the Empire
City brought to New York over one half
The Georgia (not yet ariycd) will bring
the balance, rs well as the California mails,
from Cbagrrs.
The steamer Panama got the cholera on
bca'd by stopping at Acapulco, in coming
down the Pacific coast, and over .Gtjy Of her
passengers died from 1t before reaching Pa.
nauia
Gen. Riley. Ex-Governor Of California
is among the passengers by this arrival
The latest dates from San Francisco are
Of Aug. /. We quote from letter Of that
date:
The news from the mines is somewhat dis
courasing The rivers are yet too high to
worl, advan,ageously. and the Iaviues are
at work turning the rivers through the gold
regions, and we may expect good reports
from them in the course Of another month.
Claims ON the luba 80 feet square, have
ben sold rs HIGH as $1,000. The troubles at
he Southern mines, particularly in the
nciahborhood Of Sonora still continue.
The accounts of Inc murders committed
arc really irehtful, and the end is not YET.
The Mrxicans and Chians will he driven
from the digging and armed forces haze
been organized to carry such proceeding
into effect.
At the Mormon Gulch, the foreigners
have received formal notice to leave III. a
week. Tie fact is settled that the Ameri'
cans and Foreigners cannot work together
in harmony, and if either party must snc-
rumb, the side to which American sympa>
thy will be given. cannot be doubtful.
There are those who trace all these dis
tnrbances to the foreign mining tax, so cali
ed, imposed by the last Legislature. The
Foreigners resisted the payment Of the tax
$50 per Iuonth-and in consequence, wher'
ever they had good claim, they were dliv-
en- away b. individuals who urged tie non
payment Of tax as an excuse for such pro-
cecdings.
Murder of Americans followed, and the
offence was charged to the MeNicans with
out attempting 10 designate the actual per-
pclrator. The fact has been proved that a
mong the recent emigran,s from Mexico
came many Highway robbers Of that contry,
and | am disposed to believe that most of
the robberies and murders were committed
by them.
The chief of one of these guerilla bands
is now in prison in San Francisco.
The prospect Of large business this fall
is encouraging. Workmon are engaged in
grading and planking tie streets, IN view OF
the rainy season.
Artesian wells, and reservoirs have been
made, and fire companies formed to aid in
preventing the spread of conilasrations;
and in fact everything looks cheering.
The subject of the Government reserves
is beginning to excite ve:y general atten-
lion, and has found its way into the courts OF
law.
The ship Carthage had arrived at San
Francisco from Liverpool with the new
Custom House on board, 1t is made of
iron.
Meetings have been held at Sacramento
| for the relief of the overland emigrants.-
The Placer Times has been enlarged.
The markets at San Francisco hare a
general upward tendency, there being no
elut of any commodity. Flour had H. par
| lculhr risen.
The steamships Georgia and Cherokee
arrived at New York on ON Friday morn
ing, the 9th, bringing nearly two millions OF
gold dust, and the California mails. The
empire City brought only 100000 and not
Il million as was stated.
Among the cholera victims on the Panama
was VIM. Taft of Brattleboro,
The news from the mines is generally
good a company of seven men took out
in one spot, in Murphy's diggings, $4,000.
They were occupied seven weeks. Another
company of six took 2 pounds in one week.
| A lucky man on the head waters Of the Mer-
cedes has found lump weighing So pounds,
nearly all pure gold. the yield is greater
than during any previous season, in the
Southern mines, A company lately return
cd to Sacramento from the North Fork OF
the Yuba, consisting of seven men. They
had been engaged since the 10th of April,
and returned with $4,000 worth Of dust
having made an average. for each man, OF
$40 per day.
Accounts from nearly every quarter rep
resent the spirit Of AmeIican miners to be
goadod 10 desperation by the lawfes' acts