New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-11-07

bell states to Us that, within a few days, party
who had constructed q wing dam a. point called
Smiths Bar. took out 81 900 per hour, and even
then were only partially able to operate tom the
derth Of water in which they had 20 stand
Opposite StTinstowu, on the Middle forh oil
Feather. claim belonging to Messr5. AcC ne
and Montgomery has yielded $1,000 per day tar
weeks past
Specimens OF the quartz vein. from near where
it intersects the Feather River were shown IS
YESTERDAY by Mr. Pearson, who has L7cated upon a
claim in that nei1bborhooI. boy had succeed
ed in obtaining $500 in gold by pounding up the
quartz with common hammer
The Coyote Diggiugs, at and about NeYada
CITY are attracting probably the largest crowds Of
the new arrivals IN tie mines as well as large
delegations Of those who belong to the migratory
ranks lines
News from the -starvation-C
Indian Depredarions 900 Persons yet
beyond the Desert.
We are indebted to Hawley K Cos. Express
for the Sacramento Transcript Of yesterday, con
tanning two letters from Capt. W aldo, one writ
ten at Great Meadow, HUMBOLDT River, the other
dated Truckec River, Sept. Is.
He states that the Relief Committee have not
a single pound Of -four east Of the Mountains, that
he entered the Desert on the It'll inst. met two
men who had given up to die from starvation;
same day two men died from starvation on Car
son Desert: that those with wagons have no food
but their poor exhausted animals that io0tmen
subsisted on the purified flesh Of the dead ami
mails along the road. and disease and death are
consequently sweeping them down.
The Cholera made its appearance on the sth,
and eight persons out OF small train died OF 1t
IN three hours The Indians take every adyan-
tage to steal their animals, and thus many are
left more than six hundred miles beyond the set.
Elements Fighting between them and the emi,
grants occurs almost daily. Twenty thousand
persons are vet bcyond the Desert OF which num-
Der fifteen thousand are now destitute OF all
kinds Of provisions. vet the period OF their great
est suferpg has not arrived. IL VIII be lmpos
siblc for ten thousand Of this number TO reach the
mountains before the commencement OF Winter.
From the Truckee to the head OF the HUMBOLDT
the cholera is killing them off; the sick surround
the Truckee Station unable to proceed. Capt. W.
was about starting to try TO persuade such as are
from fonr to six hundred miles back to return to
Salt Lake He calls for 10000 lbs OF flour for the
Station at Truckee and the same amount for the
Summit He SAYS that those back several hun
bred miles lrlll DE by starvation unless relieved
Wen regret cur inability to give as mach OF ms
communications as we could wish. He asks tor
contributions and offers TO the City Council his
claim to $4,000 worth OF property, if they viii
forward that amount in flour and articles Tor the
sick to that place. His report is fearful a black
man from Boston rode express 100 miles with the
information Cannot something be done here To
save tie lives OF these our coantrymen and
friends Many of them are women aHd children,
widows and orphans tlrer husbands and fathers
NV no ''',' ~ Alto California, Sept. ol