Daily Richmond times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1849-1850, 1850-11-08
LATEST NEWS.
BY LAST EVENINGS MAILS.
ATE NEWS FROM CALIFORNIA.

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The steamer Empire City, from Chagres, ar
rived at New York "Wednesday morning She
left Chagres on the 26th ult., at 10 o'clock A. NJ
The British mail steamer Midway, Capt Sy-
monds, left for England at midnight OF October
18th, with two millions Of treasure.
The steamer New Orleans arrived at Panama
on the 22d of October, from San Francisco, hav-
ing made the passage in seventeen days. British
ship Eucador, from San Francisco, arrived on the
10th of October, after thirty five days passage.
The steamer Oregon arrived at Acapulco on
the 7th of October, days from Panama, with
the news that California had been received into
the Tn on. There was great rejoicing on board
Of the steamship
By this arrival (says the N. Y. Commercially
we have San Francisco papers to the 9th OF Dc
tober, twenty days later than our previous advl-
ces direct, and eighteen days later than those re-
ceived at New Orleans by the Alabama.
This is the shortest arrival we have yet had
from California-our San Francisco papers being
only thirty-two days old
THE FIRE.
Our San Francisco correspondent, in Il brief
note written on the 18th of September, the day of
the fire. says:
81 have but a moment to inform you that San
Francisco is again scourged with fire. The alarm
was given al o'clock this morning, and netwth-
standing vigorous efforts were made to stop the
progress of the flames, they were of little avail
until one hundred and thirty buildings were de-
stroyed. The loss exceeds three hundred thou
sand dollars.
OF the Pacific News office, not fragment re-
mains. Types, books, presses, paper-all gone.
The building in which the "Picayune news
paper was printed is also in ruins, but the ma
ferials of that Office were nearly all saved.
ssIn great haste, ]. A. L."
OVERLAND IMMIGRANTS - The papers contain the
most deplorable of the condition Of the
land immigrants. A statement from Col. Waldo, who
is out with relief expedition sent to their assistance
says
Ihave met with but few who have any provisions at
all except the poor animals which have worked from the
States. Footmen,s " hmprise nearly o4e-fonrth of
the number now on soad, are not blest even with
subsisting on the purified flesh OF dead animals which SO
abundanty line the road This has producedthe most
fatal consequences. Disease and death arsnow now
1 ing them down by hundreds.
"It appears that The Judgments Of Gs have pursued
them from the time they set out up present hour.
| First Cholera-hen starvation ar, starvation,
and cholera. N % one now unis I'D, but OF bread.
| This is the cry OF ALL
| 'Soms noble fellows have already persisted Tor wan
Of food Others are eating cattle that they have oun
dead by the road side, which have died By The double
causedsease and starvation. The most common food
used for number OF weeks has been lame aud wori
down cattlewhich, it every particle Of fallow was
eaered cut, would not make one candle! Others have
8es their dogs and horses
Money, teams and parts of teams, have been stolen
BY the Indians Many emigrants have been killed oy
be Indians. Others robbed, and even killed some of
he Indians, you there remains brotleffy eel
hgs the road between the red men and the whites
FrcHa the best estimate r.iy own, and from olheTs
that daily overtake me. here $3.50: be some fifteen or
Twenty khoGsanu souls yet behind saeded BY various
causes and naiess somss rsndered ~
your great and God eatefprs q gae
cut off by the Indians, or pes SS 49, ~ 81 tse
4 East OF the Mountains sss ssa
h The Alta Californian Of Octobei ~ ssSs
h A gentleman who has already done
service" came down to this city on We IN ssSS gss
represented the exigences of the case to III
4 the Collector ofthe port, and we are reioiced
4 that that officer assumed the responsibility and 81
his willingness to turn over to Gen. Smith the sag
| 100000, to be dsbursed by him for the relief
suffering immgratio6, asssmiag the responsl
i rsfaEs Oh IerH yernmeIl fof alS same.
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