The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1850-05-28
CALIFORNIA INTELLIGENCE.

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day, with III passengers, 20 of whom were from
Kingston, and the others from Chagres, and $780,
600 in gold.
At Kingston, one of the passengers lothian B.,
Pratt of Worcester, Mass, from California who had
been suffering from fever, and was derious at
times, since leaving Chagres, was drowned. His
body was found floating the water, and a coron-
or's verdict rendered accidental drowning -
There is also missing another passenger, named Alb
ner Moulton of Massachusetts, [of East Brookfed
IN this county,l who 1t Is supposed met the same
fate.
large number of persons were at Panama,
awaiting the arrival of steamers to take them TO Cal
ltornia. Great speculation going on in tickets
and letter informs us that 1920 to 1890 had
been paid for a first class ticket on the Columbus
Panama and Chagres.
Steamer Tennessee, Cole, arrived at Panama on
the 18th of May. She left San Francisco, April 81,
and brought $5S8,000 in gold dust on freight. and
1872 passengers, and the u. S. mails The Tennes-
see arrived at San Francisco April IA, from Panama
with all the back mails from the U. States
letter of April 20, received by private hand
states that the prices of gold dust were at $I9 to
Sfl7 per OUNCE and that dealers had begun to anal
Use the article and to act with more system in re-
gard to It, Assorted cargoes of goods, with proper
management, paid good profit The letter further
says:
Business has been dull for few weeks past. but
Is now somewhat revving Immense quantities of
lumber continue to arrive, and quotations are merely
nominal, and 1t is selling auction at about half the
price of freight. Ready mhde houses are the same
A little more activity exists between here and the
mines though shock has been given to business by
another flood In the Sacramento, which has partially
overfiowed the Sacramento City, and other towns on
| the river. We have had some small failures.
| The following is distracted from the New York
papers:
Two vessels from the new settlement. at Trinidad
Bay returned to San Francisco on the 10th of April
and reported that regular government had been es-
i tablshed there. 1t was called Warnersville There
had been no trouble experienced from the Indians in
! the vicinity.
| VIM. R. Wocott of Watertown, Mass, and CAL
vim Blood and Ezekiel Upton of Waltham, lost their
lives by drowning among the breakers, in attempting
to make landing. They were passengers by the
| Oxnard to California
Leuts. Richard Nj. Bache, and Robest L. Bache,
U 3 N, Lit. Browning, U. S. NJ. Jno. H. Peoples,
W. w. Cheshire, and John Purdy were drowned by
the upsettng of boat four miles below Point George
LII. Richard M. Bache is well known as the COM
mander OF the steamer Senator, in her voyage from
New ork to San Francisco, and was universally es
teemed as a skilful officer and noble and worth,
gentleman.
H, B. NJ. steam frigate Driver arrived at Sar
Francisco on the 18th of April, and was to remain
there about ten days. The store of Coverings &
10 Hogs was robbed of $4,000 worth of iewelry on tn
s. 18th of April bill Incorporating the city of Sar
francisco has passed the Legislature, and been sign
l. ed by Governor Burnett.
Of The Pacific News of the 10Th says
J.; The merchants and traders of this city held
meeting on the evening of the 4th inst to take int
consideration the of Quicksilver gold and Cali
tornla COM as currency. They finally decided t
take neither, and raise dust in its natural form
le $l7 the ounce. Up to this time, however, the mer
chants generally have failed to act up to the resou
e ton. A Chamber of Commerce has been establish
ed among us, from which general benefit is antic
l9 ipated TO all classes of traders.
is Rents continue to fall, but they have large mar
I'd gin yet destructive fire occurred in Sacrament
City on the 3D. inst Estimated loss of property $65,
000
IN Col. John c. Hayes, better known as Jack HAYES
III was elected Sheriff of the County of San Francisc
lie by an overwhelming majority.
at There is no material variance in our late account
"A from the mines from those of our last dates A
: who work, and work understandingly make fai
wages even for California, though they must neces
sarIly labor under great disadvantages until low wa
!, ter times. Emigrants pouring into this city, au
: TO the mines, IN constant stream. Our Legislator
&c will close It's session on Monday next They hay
idu W CohineiCe ut inc PRIMARY elements OF legSla
= ton, and build up an entire system of state govern
3 ment from the chaos around them. They have j
most cases given general satisfaction, and deseryeth
thanks of their constituents.
! The Sacramento. The melting of the SHOWS o.
l. the Sierra has poured down mighty volume of wa
If tiers, swelling the Sacramento and tributaries to Al
4 unusual height for this season of the year At th
last accounts, the water had been steadily rising
though slowly. We are informed by CAPT VaI
Pelt, of the steamer Senator, that but for the ndeG
tigable exertions of Mayor Bigelow who has aboret
: night and day, the city would again have been sub
merged IN the whelrfing floods.
DroWned man named Brady was knocked
. overheard from the schooner "Ovia''by the swing
ing of the boom, and was drowned. in Suisun Bo1v
on the 9th inst. MI Brady was from Medford Mass
> Monterey, 18th April. A company of infantry
under command of Lieut. Derby left here YESTERDAY
to explore route to Kings River and TuIare Lake
with reference to the ultimate establishment Of =
: permanent military post there
Quotations ofgod dust April 2O-Forcoiu per ounce.
10 rs SIG, in trade,$l6. Exchange, at 10 70
: bays, par; sight, per cent--.4lta California.
CT We learn from private source that ,,b;I, :.