Weekly national intelligencer., 1850-02-09

be enabled laugh The elements The streams have
risen to great extent within three or four days "and
few of the sort should think would cut of all
communication with the mines"
We copy the following summary from the Alta California
Of the 3lst Of December:
The SHOWS have descended on the mountain home Of
The gold hunter and pick spade and "revolving old tin
PAM are with the weary limbs of the aborer in aurferous
sand ald up for the season. Winter has down, and
wild winds, and eet beating the rude heights of
the Sierra Nevada, if for the despoaton of its gteng
wealth there was fierce avenger the elements. The
streams rush swollen and laundering through gloomy and
rugged caon and all day long the cold rain drives steadily
down~arj borne from thick Of heavy cloud on the
blast from the icy North, holding forth scarce hope of ia
vorable mining weather again until spring upon the
lands and awaes blooming yerdure the
broad fields Of California
Operations not entirely suspended The American
river at the date Of last reports but probable that the
still more recent rains will compel those who have been labor
ing with such unmitgaed during the past months
to abandon the field altogether OF the various h dggng
numbered among the discoveries of the year just EXPIRED the
Georgetown washDgs which situated the Coumna
Mill of the South Fork, will compare favoraby with the
prolific and of any which the mines
have yet produced Good fortune has longest ared among
the many at work in this vicinity, continuing the
pous rains Of fortnight SINCE On Trinidad river the
the gold digger has been limited but Feather river
South Fork washngs have been worked with immense
This stream, together with the Yuba, Bear Creek,
and Dry Dgngs of that region, have been nearly abandoned
since the rains commenced consequence OF scany supplies
Of provisions and the difficulty there exists of epenshng the
in the present condition Of the roads, Our advces from
the San Jacnto, imperfect hcughthey be- convey intelligence
Of similar nature respec the distant sections Of the
pIacers."
The following Of disturbances the mines the
Caavess "a branch Of the San Josquin river few miles
| north Of Ssockton) Is gissn in eao Of the papers
son the might Of the 26th party of armed Chenos nnr-
bering some two hundIed attacked American camp the
Calaveras diggng consisting of about twenty persons Three
Americans killed. three others severely wounded and
sixteen taken prisoners The Chienos said they
acting under orders from the authorities and they took the
wounded and prisoners the direction of Slockton not
allowing the wounds Of the unfortunate be dress
ed News Of the affair had reached Stockton causing much
had started in pursuit Of the offenders and sup
posed many would follow. Our informant, in whom
have the greatest confidence appehensye that the out
will be the signal for general outbreak between the
Americans and foreigners in the mines We confess
without the fears, though trust the Americans
will only visit punishment on the real offenders"
| DESTRUCTIVE FIRES.
On the morning Of the oath Of December fire broke out
in Dennsons Exchange, San Francisco which in about two
hours destroyed property computed by the newspapers Of the
place 10 be worth at least 100000 The Pacific News says
that the fire originated from spirit lamp in The lower bar OF
Dennsons Exchange. There slight breeze the time,
and the fire spread rapidly from the United States Resauran
and the Exchange the Parker House, and but few
elapsed before the Ell Dorado in sheet Of ame
By dn however, Of great energy the fire arrested after
destroying many houses and large quantity Of merchandise
On the 23d December the Of Stockton visited by
quite destructive FIRE, which destroyed property the value
of about $50, 900.