Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1850-09-07
LATEST NEWS FROM CALIFORNIA.

The following letter from the correspondent of
the New York Commercial Advertiser gives an
outline of the news from California:
sSAN FRAScIsc0, AUsusr !, 1850.
"The Panama sails this evening with $50 passengers.
There also large number of applications for behs
which could be supplied The amount Of gold dust sent
by this steamer is large, nearly two millions of dollars
freight and in the hands of passengers.
The news from the mines is somewhat discouraging.
The rivers yet too high to work advanaseousy and the
ravnes have not dried up Companies of miners work
turning the rivers throughout the gold regions and may
expect good reports from them in the Of another month
Claims the Yuba, thirty feet square, have been sold
high a. $4,000.
"The troubles at the southern mnes particularly in the
neighborhood of Sonora, still continue. The accounts Of
the murders committed really fghfu and the end is
yet. The Mexcans and Chians will be driven from the
dggg and armed forces have been organized to carry such
a proceeding into effect
cat the Mormon Gulch the foreigners have received for
NAL notice to leave in week. The fact is settled that the
Americans and foreigners cannot work together in harmony
and If either party succumb the side which American
sympathy win be given cannot be doubted.
There are those who trace all these disturbances to the
foreign mining tax, called, imposed by the last Legsa
The foreigners resisted the payment of the tax $2O
per month"; and, consequences, wherever they had good
claim they driven away by individuals, who urged the
nonpayment of the for such proceedings
"Murder Of Americans followed, and the offence was
charged to the Mexicans and South Americans without at
tempting designate the actual perpetraor The fact has
been proved that among the immigrants from Mexico
many Of the highway robbers Of that country; and
disposed believe that Of the robberies and murders
were committed by them. The chief of Of these guerilla
bands is in prison in this city.
The prospect Of large business this f, encouraging.
Wokmen engaged in grading and planking the streets,
in Of the rainy Artesan wells and reservoirs
have been made and fire companies formed aid in prevent
ing the spread of conaagraion and in fact every thing
looks cheering"
The Pacific Ne,cs, prepared for the steamer,
says:
"Snce the sailing Of the last steamer the condition Of tie
overland emigration taken the strongest hold of public at
tenon The immense crowd who coming to California
by the of the plains beyond the capacity Of that region
sustain their teams and toward the latter end OF the Journey
when within about three hundred miles Of the Pacific side,
abou. the Sink Of May river the teams have given out and
there will be utter inability the part Of 70
pass the Sierra Nevada, unless assisted from TINS slde ms
already prepared be done by private enterprise and mere
is no probability of fatality from desuon before the end of
the journey is reached.
Another prea, object of public interest has been the great
number of murders and assassnaons which nave taken
place in the San Joaquin mnes most OF which have been
to the foreigners Of Spanish descen and but one opn
ion expressed viz that they shall and must quit the coun
try or abide perhaps consequence Meetings have
been held to that effect, and Of the first citizens Of the
country are appointed to the undertaking carried into
eject.
"The foreign miners tax has worked well, either COM
mailing alien. 10 nav for their intrusion upon treasures
or compelling them to leave the placrs for daily aiv
ing fellow citizens.
"The mines yielding largely at present, but there is
associated labor in the forming of DAMS &C. than for
mey as isolated enterprise has not been successful
heretofore The gold region has scarcely been scratched yet
bot the surface Of the richest pacs has been specifically
dug OVER although not 1.-THE of the mineral depose has
been extracted.
ga settlement has been formed at the eastern side of the
Sierra Nevada in the upper end of Carson Valley, BY the
Mormons and from its agricultural capacities is likely
flourish, although the gold that side has been found
in great abundance. permanent settlement there will be
Of great importance to future emigration overland they
will be within short distance of that DESERT where ell real