The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-09-14
mays LATEHrRoM CALIFORNIA;

ANN lfl.NlN |INf lIfNN N1HINnr INA'NHN T.
hnr WhlHf ~ 10 n'rlu b. nir hrIufs up mails F.
The l'auIm hli arrived 10 rauaun with
-fFY wrrks lafrrurWs. nIir tppk fhr rbuIra
0n hpWl at Acapulco. and over forty of hrr
Imt'rngrrt died.
The California dates arc 10 August IT,
The Empire chs has on freight S1JG.UOn
aud about : 900. 900 Boo hands nf passrugors
matg ahom 10 Gen Riley, Lrf.uyouinr 0f
California The Georgia ias ono and % bali .
is.lllln ~ gold
kmsig ihr passengers IN tho empire city .
b. Hon saau MpllaHnrth, senator from Cal \
iuruil.
81. c.lmltrl dar GliJ died nj Cholera ou
rt l'ulul AmYul fhrm, tapt i. T. Man .
,ur.ior of Martha Nurl lrl and Capt Asd f.
hy. of N,slir. c.
IEr lnulW1 Nur nA- lIni rurYut COM
bog through l,Wu thuc-, report illr tIuT0-
ri road alMu.f IWprs Illp, moot pi lhr travel .
$40. utiul rho Cru'r- road
SIS FANurcu, Afg g.. The Panama Z
r1il- fhi- evening With 11n pa-rua~H IhrT /
we also q large number Of applicants lnr .
hnr'hs, which could not br supplied
Tho amount uf gold dust cont ly this sira-
m q E. large nearly tWu millions ~ ,lnliar-,
uit14ht Wd iu hauds oi pa#wigrrs, Ad-
,u'. q Co. i,irWVrl ~ 600.
The news FROM tllr mines r. somewhat Dis
,nuuWug The rivers mu SCI tno high tn|
work pdtuutp tcouslN aud ryur1 have not
dried up Compuirs OF mncrs are NJ work.
turning thu riNru throughout Use gold region
aud 500 uit rvprrt good reports from them ~
tir ruusr ul another mouth
Claims on lhc, Nula, tliriy feet wIuhf".
-i,-t.-.-l.'.. -Dld ~ hiali a. -2nno.
l.hr tnuldr- in the southern miura, phflii-
u.al, iu tho nriehlorhnul Of Sonora, eth
continue. Tho accounts oflhc muulcrf com
United Hrc really iiighthl,,anl the cSd y not
,cf. The Mrsicans aud Chilians viii be-
driven ttum the dippings aud armed inWc.
have bcyn organized 90 rnuy such proceed
iur into rncct
AZ the Mormon Gul,h. the iorcigcr have
received formal notice tp leave in one week
Iuc hrti- settled that the Americans nud
lord -urr cannot work together in harmony
aHd II either party must tu-rulnh the side lo
which American sympathy viii hc given cnn-
not be doubted
There are those who trace al these di.ur-
mugr. tu.tir foreign mining tlN, PEI callctl
imposed hy the li7t Legislature, The for
visuort resisted the payment If the taN, e2u
and iu consequence, wherever they had q
gond rlaim,thry were driven nwHy 10y iudiyid-
upl, who uygul-lhr non Nn,out ut thr iaN
~ nu cNru,c Cor such proceedings.
Murder Of Americans followed, aud The Of
Cucc was charged To- the McNicans, without
attempting tudc-igatc the actual pcrpctit.
tnr. The Girr ha, been proved that among
tho recent immigrants from MrNico came
many of hr highway r"hhora otIhat country
aud am dispo,cd to believe rlat most of the
robhcdc5 and murders were committed 10y
-th,tti,
The chief of one Of those gurilla bands T.
now in prison ia this city.
The prospect Of large business this fall T.
MuEkmcn- are engaged IN gra-
ding aud plnnking the streets In view Of
TIE rainy scasun,orcsinu wells aud reservoirs
have hccn made, aud FIRE companies formed,
to aid in preventing the spread of conhaGrs-
ton, aud ia fact, every thing looks cheering.
SAD CONDITION OF EMIGRANTS
The following is ancNtract iroma letter in
the Sacramento Transcript, in relation 10 the
overland clniuants;
.'rhr number now on The plain, j. various
!, estimated nt FROM 10000 tu 100000 souls
declined ~ this Eldoradn, the onc-half Of
whom will not reach here without suffering
aud uuc-quaricr without siihyisting ON then
animal. or enduring starvation. have seen
hundreds, more than 100 miles on the Other
side OF the sink OF Aj1ry's river that wrrv ont
ul provisions, or had but few pounds TO sus'
tain miserable aud wrctrhcd existence, with
animals that could never reach the Desert 10y
rrn-sn ot the scarcity of toragc Mary's river
j. six or seven feet higher thauit was even
known 20 hr before; the bottoms, whore the
difv frrTi lTf'Ti7s ;yirr,rr-i-.-ii4alX- luler
water. Not being able myscl'lnr several DAYS,
Ia ret grass on this side orthc river, hired
some Indians for = 10 to swim across aud ilult
.our over, 20 keep my animals from perish
ng. Had been entirely destitute ofmcnns,
p, thousands are, | would haze suffered IN
that particular in tho same manner. From
this circumstance alone it may Ice possible that
thrrr-iourths OF the animals now ON the
plains must perish from hunger, * the immi-
grant. with his sranty fare. must foot il till
life itself becomes burthcn. Those who star
ted late will fare still worse; rs the season be-
cumcs warmer, feed less, and. provisions .tor-
ter. ! saw one man with two small boys, / 20
miles beyond the Sink who had left his wac-
on and lost all his animals hut one aud all
the provisions he had was three or four
pounds of rice; another, with his wife and
children overlook scvcnty-ivc miles beyond
the Sink, with four horses that were lust a
hlc 10 move with the empty wagon, the wife
walking ahead, in the burning sand and
srorching sun, TO relieve the poor laden ami
tEals,that were destined neyerto see the sink.
saw, on the road side, whore slices had been
taken out of dead horses and mules, to appcase
the guawing appctitos of immigrants"
From DEEG0T. The dates from OTcE0n
are to the 2ist. The streams were 50 high
that satisfactory examination could not be
nIada.-lt-ly aS-t Thought however Lhat-tl.e
mncs would yield we'll.
The t. s. steam propeller Massachusetts
arrived at Astoria on the 3Oth of june, with
the joint commission Of army and navy OIL
Gers appointed to select positions for light
houses and Notifications. The Spectator says
it is understood they have completed their
duties ~ Puccts Sound and the adjacent
country is concerned and will now examine
the mouth Of the Columbia. There was album
dance Of water in the south channel.
ARRIVAL OF TIE CHEROKEE AND
g + Q RGIA.
NEW YoRN, Sept. 9th. The Cherokee and
Georgia have both arrived a: this port. The
Cherokee brings over one million of dollars
aud large number of passengers, -@
Among those who died Of cholera on board
the Panama, and on the Isthmus, were Capt
Ashhy, of Mystic; Capt g. b. Manchester,of
Edgartown; Capt Robinson, late ofship Loo
Choo of Boston; Mr. Nc Austin of Charles