Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1850-12-06
Siftings from the California news.
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siftings from the California news.
From the Milwaukee Free Democrat.
Dr. c. N. Ormsby formerly of Ann Arbor,
is elected to the House of Assembly, in the Cal
ifornia Legislature.
They are now publishing six daily papers in
San Franeisco--more than there are in any city
in England except London.
The desperadoes are beginning to flock into
San Francisco from the mines, to pass the win
ter, and crime is rapidly increasing. Robberies
are frequently committed in open day.
A large number of Chinese recently arrived
at Sacramento.
Grapes in great abundance and of most excel
lent quality are raised in California.
| DR.. Hastings charged the Mayor of Sacrament
to City $4,000 for medical attendance, and DR..
Bowie $500 as consulting physician. 1t will be
remembered the Mayor lost limb when attack
| ed by the mob
Albert Clarke brother of Grace Greenwood,
now in California, and another young man from
N. York, were lately driven out in gale into the
bay of San Francisco, in a little pleasure boat.
! The boat first capsized when their provisions,
blankets, &C., were lost. The companion of
Clark, died from cold, during the night; bnt the
boat drifted to lard and Clark was saved.
The Postage Receipts at San Francisco, from
January, l849, to June last, were $773,o00,
About 1900 women are on the way to Califor-
MIA, by the overland route.
A society of New Englanders has been form
ed at San Francisco, which organized with 100
members.
The King of the Sandwich Islands has forbid
further emigration, of the natives to Califor-
mia.
A lump of gold weighing Is pounds has been
found by Mexican. 1t was discovered in a
creek.
An Indian, Of the Gray Head tribe, has found
his way to California, from the coast of Massa-
chusetts.
/ From the Alta Californian.
GOLD DIGGERs.-Just in front of our office,
not fifty yards distant from us, we can see and
count at this moment some dozen persons blow
ing away the dirt and picking up gold. The
winds have swept such portions of Portsmouth
Square are not occupied as lumber yards and
melon patches, pretty clean of the common dirt,
leaving the ssprecious dust" in the little hollows
scooped out by last winters rains, the hoofs of
animals, and other causes. There it is that our
city placers are located and our miners arc at
work. There can be no doubt of the fact that
gold is scattered through even the sand in and
around the city, as well as on the Yuba, Feath-
er, Tuolumme and other rivers. There seems
no other means of accounting for the gold that
is found occasionly on Portsmouth Square.
On Feather River, above Longs Bar and near
White Rock, Capt. Campbell states to US that
within few days, a party who had constructed
a wing dam at point called Smiths Bar, took
out $1,000 per hour, and even then were only
partially able 10 operate from the depth of water
in which they had to stand
Opposite Stringtown, on the Middle Fork o.
Feather claim belonging to Messrs. McCabe
and Montgomery, has yielded $1,000 per day
for weeks past
Specimens off the quartz vein, from near where
it intcrsects the Feather River, were shown us
yeste rday by Mr.. Pearson, who has located upor
claim in that neighborhood. A boy had sue.
ceeded in obtaining $500 in gold by pounding
up the quartz with common hammer.
THE NICARAGUA CANAL.-Very favorable ad
vices have been received by the Crescent City
from the Engineers employed in surveying the
route for this important work They report
that they have discovered line for the proposed
Canal only tOelue miles long, from Lake Nicara-
qua to the Pacific Ocean, and having no where
more than sirty feet elevation. This is much
moro favorable than have bsen hoped for, and will
largely reduce the cost of the work.
great number of passengers now take this
TUuto in preferences rs51inEg the Iothmus, even
| with the present want Of facility.
! PAHAMA.--There are veEY few persons at Pa
mama, and but few straggers on the road, who
have come by sailing vessels.
The rainy season is still in its haighth--the
roads horrible and seemingly impossible. The
river is quite high.
A great rush for homie 900 persons waiting
to get off, though the Crescent City had sailed
the day before full The demand for tickets was
high for the Pacific, he only steamer in port some
Storage sold for double price The rush was
caused by the numerous passengers by the Re-
ALTO route.
The steamer Pacific sailed from Chagres for
New Orleans and New York on Nov IL tn, with
near 100 over her compliment.
The New York Tribune gives the following
as its summary Of the latest intelligence from
California:
elias no surprising features. Things in the
New State pursue their natural course The
character Of the elections as detailed by our cor
respondent, indicates no more fidelity to party
names, han is to be expected in SO new and rap
i'd community. The news from the mines is
not calculated to encourage individual adventur-
ers, but yet the yield of gold is steady and album
dant. The richness of the gold bearing quartz
remains a matter of fact on the evidence of this
arrival, notwithstanding it has been loudly denied
by disappointed seekers The trouble with the
Indians are bad, but they cannot long continue.
The situation of the overland emigrants contin-
ues to be described as extremely dreadful Star
walton and disease commended among them which
shall destoy the most victims. A greater num-
Der of passengers are now returning from Cali
fornia than are going thither; the season of the
year has something to do with this, but not more
we think, than has the dissipation of all lu-
sions The bulk of the emigration to California
will hereafter be Of persons who go there with
out exaggerated expectations, and 60 to stay
Such emigrants are the best, and under their
hands, the almost infinite resources of that mar
vellous region will receive steady development,
and the growth of the State will be healthy and
permanent.
A Friend hands us the following, with the assn.
rance, that from his own experience, all it pur
! ports to be:
THE SECRET OUT.
Some one in New York is advertising a won
derful secret in the way of labor-saving mix
ture for washing clothes A remittance of one
dollar, says the advertiser will insure return of
! the recipe. Now we have the pleasure of pre-
Sentlnp our readers with the sflVonderful sncrot,