The New York herald., 1850-12-09

The California and EuroPean News.
The arrival of the Empire City al this port, with
nearly two millions of dollars in gold, freight,
and with an additional amount in the hands of her
three hundred passengers, is well calculated to
sustain the tendency of many of our population to
visit the golden State, or TO enter into more ex.
tensve commercial relations with her people. Ex-
tracts from the California papers, in columns,
will supply all needful intelligence on the pros
poets and results of the gold.digging operations,
while publish some interesting estimates of the
number of persons now engaged in the mines Of
the country. In addition to this news, we publish
list of those who have died in California, during
the recent Iavages of the cholera. We have en-
deavoured to make the list complete as possible
and shall continue to make our records in this
department of intelligence full as the means at
our command will permit The cholera has been
most destructive at Sacramento City. The disease
having now subsided in Jamaica, appears to be
taking its march westward to California but we
trust that this frightful scourge Of the uman race
will soon have completed the circle of its devasta-
ton, and that California will be spared from its
blghting and malignant havoc.
The qualification of the people of California at
the admission of the State into the federal Union,
has been expressed by general rejoicing of the
people. They will now direct their attention to
the action of their Legislature with respect to the
| choice of United States Senator. The prospects
of Col Fremont are considered doubtful, and
several persons have been named as better fitted
for the station. The aspect of the Legislature is
democratic-though it is not quite evident what
turn it may take when the political elements are
fully resolved into their fixed positions. Had IN I,
people generally been aware, at the time of the
election, that Senator for Congress would have to
be chosen, very different result might have been
the consequence. There will be much curiosity
everywhere to know how Col. Fremont is to be
treated in the approaching struggle.
| In European intelligence, we add to our already
full accounts. Though we have not space to give
the numerous details of the preparations made foi
the Worlds Fair, yet we are struck with the mag
nitude of the designs, and the completeness of the
arrangements made, for this great festival of in
dusry and capital The English journals TEEN
with long descriptive articles of the various ar.
rangements made TO ensure the perfect success
| OF the enterprise.
We take occasion, also, 10 notice the fact, that
the discussions and investigations with respect to
the probable supply of cotton for England still
continued. The commission appointed to proceed
TO India, in order TO ascertain the prospect for
tending The cultivation of cotton in that country, is
about TO enter upon its work. We presume the
result will be the the last one, when four
American cotton growers were supplied by this
country, and wholly failed to give any comfort or
hope to the desires of the English manufacturers.
Connected with this subject, we must not omit to
notice the extraordinary zeal with which the Eng.
lish have taken up the cultivation of flax, with a
view TO suPersede their cotton factories, by the
establishment OF those for making linen. To this
point circumstances seem TO force them; and, with
no little sagacty great struggle is now going on
to supply from fields of flax that which the cotton
plantations cannot furnish. On this very interest,"
ing topic we shall have more to say; because, we
think, that, if England attempts to make monopoly
of the linen trade, she may meet with competitor
in the United States. We have population that
can cultivate flax as cheaply as it can be done in
Great Britain.