Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1850-06-29
THE NEWS FROM CALIFORNIA.

| The advices from San Francisco, brought by tht
| Crescent City, are to the 18th May. The reports
| from the mining portions of California continue t
be favorable, and the general health at the Placer
was good.
THE FIRE AT SAN FRANCISCO.
We extract the following from the Alta California, show
ing the extent of the conagaon which occurred at that city
on the 4th of May
About four o'clock this morning the alarm Of fire was
given in Portsmouth Square, and flames seen issuing
from the building known as the United Exchange Be-
fore many persons had collected the entire building was
veoped in flames which communicated with lightning like
rapdiy the Phenx Exchange, toward Washington street,
and to the Empire House upon the Clay street sde Alarm
and confusion prevailed all Sides and all the efforts which
could be used check the flames utterly utless The
flames spread Washington street and caught the build
ing upon the opposite and also the s. A. Wright Hall
What little assistance could be offered toward checking the
flames was of no avail and the huge flakes Of burning mate
rails which waited by the breeze and fell upon the
rounding buildings, rendered their destruction inevitable
'The entire block between Kearny, Clay, Washington,
and Montgomery streets entirely destroyed, with the ex
ception of Duboiss banking house and Burgoyne Co.'s
The books money! and valuable papers almost all the
camille houses saved Upon the north side Of Washng
nearly all the buildings consumed to Mont
gomey, including the large brick building occupied the
National Theatre. Taking backward course, the flames
spread Washington and destroyed the Bella Union,
Haley House, Washington Hail. St. Charles Hotel, Alta
California Printing Establishment Frazers building, and all
the edces up far Dupont street, sweeping through to
Pacific and going down again to the lower corner
"The loss Of property very great varousy estimated at
from three to fire millions Of dollars.
At the latest date (May 5h) the work Of reconstruction
was going on bravey already fortyfour houses
were in progress of erection Of equal dimensions with
those that destroyed and few nearly completed In
few days expected that the wreck of the cOnfa
he nd n stipeO of
vasation remain
FROM THE GOLD REGIONS. .... ."
The Pacific News of May is mentions tina, Of gold
and quartz weighing fifty pounds found MaPosa,
and sold for sixteen hundred dollars In the paper
letter from Yuba city, from which the following extract
"According to the extensive preparations making
there will be gold taken of Feather alone this
season than from the whole Of California during the last
Nearly the whole river and its branches claimed by com
panes who have made preparations large scale for max
ing dams the French method, which is by filling sand
bags made of drings about yard square, This makes
good dam with tenth part of the expense of the old method
and time Of digging race"
The miners in the village of Auburn, the North Fork,
ire doing remarkably we E'.<..
''The ravne running through the town is being dug up
to the doors of the stores Six men, working lead IN
of Mr. Houses store took morning last week $500
gold and have averaged 500 each daily for the last
week. The ground under this store undoubtedly very rch
the largest days work interrupted only from the fact
hat the proprietor of the store claimed right the land
which his building situated One party in the ravine
he village took out 81 900 on Wednesday last
The Stockton Times furnishes the following items of intel
igence from the southern mines
stMr Peter Mahan of Sonora informs that the placer
Columbia city (about five miles from Sonora not less
han three miles square. On Friday last Mexican found
lump of gold lying the surface weighing four pounds
seven ounces and Mr. Mahan has also in his possession
lump weighing seventeen ounces found the spot.
The placer has been discovered to be Of extraordinary depth
One large hole has been dug the depth OF sixty two feet
yet been reached Throughout the whole depth, from six
feet below the surface gold in great abundance has been
taken 1t is supposed that the whole Of this i'm
mense placer is of the same character From many holes
miners have taken out from four to five pounds of gold per
day. -. ..'.. '.' .,.. ~. .." @#} @. M
Severa and important discoveries have been made
the Mokeumne Out of hole three men in two days
took the Of S. 00O Some large Jumps have been
found, and nearly every man is making an ounce day.
large emigration setting toward the Calaveras mines,
among whom many from the northern mines. Near San
Antonio placer has been found, and here miners
making two ounces per day.
"Muphys new diggngs on the Stanislaus are yielding
WELL All persons who work are making ar average wages
Recently, in the Mariposa country, lump weighing
pounds found just below the surface Of the EARTH
FROM THE TRINITY RIVER. s~
The schooner Ryerson arrived San Francisco the
night of the h of May brings the latest intelligence from the
settlements in the vicinity of Trinidad Bay. The Alta
California says: ... .a., H.. .
By far the interesting intelligence by this arrival is
the discovery Of very rich gold mines in the vicinity of the
upper bay Mr. Buitt of party who made ex-
poraon Of the between Trinidad and Point ST. George
and entered river which they supposed to be Trinity river
about fourteen miles the southwark OF Point ST. George
and twenty to the northwad Of Trinidad The river empes
the from the eastward and is quite formidable
stream having three channels all Of which navgable
being broad and with abundance of water To the east
ward long sandy beach running about northwest and at
the terminus Of this, land spit makes westward d
recon Between this and the beach point, however, is
channel nearly hundred yards wde with nine feet of
The main joining with the upper northern bank of
the river is bold and rocky Almost in due north line from
the seawad point of the land spit rocks visible above
high water and between them and the is the third chan
mel In the main channel there is fifteen fathoms of water
Upon the main bank of the river the NORTH but short dis
from the mouth Indian village, another one
upon the souhery side The of the river about
six miles hour. Mr.. Bult, with small party in whale
boat explored the river for about forty miles, until they came
to rapids having about thirty feet fall in one hundred yards
They assisted in their upward progress by the Indians
with their canoes The tribes appeared numerous but were
quite friendly The party three days and half in
cendng to the rapids The country represented as very
broken and Astounding slate rocks with quartz Gold has
been found in abundance several points this in
dry dggpgs We have seen sample Of the gold taken out
about fourteen miles from the mouth of very fine character
nermxed with come other metal the character of which
able probably platina party Of forty
had left Trinidad for the mines and located at spot
where they had found good diggings. portion Of them
had returned for provisions Mr. Bullt himself has
down for provisions and other necessae and intends
ing Immediately to his party in the diggings."
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