The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-12-12

f sand. Surprising twenty thousand have returned
home during the present year, (and this is said to
e be liberal caculaton,) two hundred thousand
t Americans remain in the country. If asked what
a is the condition and prospects OF this large num-
= Der of American citzens, we would say "most de-
pIorabe." The forty or fifty thousand who have
been engaged IN damming and turning rivers, dur
= ing the summer, have been almost universally
5 disappointed. Having lost the labor Of three sum-
mers and the means they had previously procur-
ed, thousands of them reduced to want, and
involved in debt for subsistence, etc.
Those who engaged IN the dry dSgIngs,
depots, ETC., have also been unsuccessful during
the past season.
> 1t was the general opinion of the miners last
mentioned, that not more than eighty or ninety IN
r every hundred had realized money enough TO en-
nbe them to return to their famlIles and that not
= more than one in twenty has realized dollar clear
: of expenses during the season.
r All hopes of making fortunes IN California are
lost sis hit of in ninety out ofs hundred,
y and the almost universal feeling is to get home
r And it is truly henrt-rending to witness the gem
r eral despondency which exists among the mIners,
and to stout hearted ana brave men Sneu tears
at their hopeless condition.
We have deemed it our duty-a duty we felt
due to the American people-thus honestly to pre-
sent for their consideration the foregoing facts,
leaving all to act according to their own Idgments
in the matter
f The privations experienced by many of US on
steam ships and sailing vessels going and return
ing from California, have, in many instances, been
aImos, nsupportabe. There is a great want of
attention. on the part of masters Of vessels to their
passengers We take pleasure in stating, how
ever, and we do it with fesngs Of gratitude, that
we have found no cause of complaint on the steam
r ship Alabama, either in the steerage or cabin
e We cheerfully recommend the Alabama as a
r steady and safe boat, and Captain Foster as an
t able commander He was kind and considerable
to his passengers, and perfect gentleman in his
I department.
Here follow the names Of fhy-nine passengers,
;. WESTERN HOG MARKEr.-The ST. Louis In
tellgencer Of the I'd ms ant says that 1t Is gener
n allv conceded that the hog crop will be one-thrd
less this wear than it was the last. 1t says that
J., but little has been done, and the prospects gloomy,
Il the whole number Of hogs killed does not yet
II exceed 8 500 head; and the whole number in pens
v on the lst, was not over 1000. The whole mum
Il Der contracted for only, as yet, about lS,0OO
n head, and the whole business for the season, at
o hat point, is estimated at less than 900 head
y The price of hogs opened at St. Louis at So %
= for No. !, and has advanced to S3 625 for hogs
" Of 900 lbs.
IF On the upper Mississippi, at Quincy, and
'. points below the rapids, at Boards Town and
n other points on the Illinois river, and other hog
o. raising sections Of the West, says the In'egencer
will fall at least onehrd behind the hog crop o.
a. ~
Of Louis to the % instant, Of pork 81 casks, l2(
ne bills; of beef l. 1875 tierces $3.50 bbs. The sales
is are Iight-S7 to 81 25 is offered for prime, and
re 50 rs to SO for mess.
re At Louisville, on Wednesday, all the houses
N were Strengthening about 100 were killed. The
he prices are huctuating-500 choice hogs were sold
|. at "a 90 net; 1000 head at 50 IS net.
10 The pork season commenced at Indianapolis
the present week, and prices are stated at about
d 50 J0-Cincinnah Gazette.
!, From MEXIcO.-A correspondent of the New
al York Tribune, writing from Mexico, on the 4tl
At ult., gives these items Of intelligence.
fl scandalous affair took place on the Goth ult.
t. in the antroom Of the Chamber of Deputies Ii
If appears a Deputy considered himself insulted III
p an article published some time since in the Til
f. NonAo and challenged the author of it, who &C
cepted, and sent his friend to him to make the lie
cessary arrangements, during the progress o.
which an alteration ensued the Deputy receiv
ed a blow, whereupon he drew sword from his
cane and stabbed the other. The Chamber con
!, sttuted themselves into a grand jury, and bill
l, Of indictment having been found, the was
~ passed to the proper tribunal. The Deputys name
" is Garcia y Garcia.
5, The diligence was robbed last week within the
IL limits Of the city. At the time all those who
found themselves the road in the neg hburhooc
- were also robbed.
H. There are at this time many Americans here or
le their way home from California via Acapulco
ct California are extremely cautious how they pac
confidence in strangers, yet, strange to say, whet
they arrive i'll this country they trust to the frs
u. sharper they meet the road, and allow them
w selves IN many instances to be guided by them
,e The consequence is they get taken in. One o
AZ these was robbed few days ago Of 81, 0O0 while
,e coming from Acapulco by foreigner who fell in
20 if by accident, with this company of travellers
&c the fellow representing himself as holding an Of
- fee under this Government. He was arrested i'm
pIa oil n in at 10 in
stance of our Consul, (Mr. Black y to whom tn.
~ case was made known, and by the incessant per
e. severance Of this gentleman and the urbanity anc
H acueness of the Judge, (C"ntreras,) he confessed
- The whole matter, and was made TO give up all ht
:, had not time to squander away, which amounted
10 to trfe 81 900. 1t appears the other hal
:: had been given to an accomplice, who still re
~ mains on the road. The Judge is determined t,
" make an example Of this fellow, and has also tax
10 en- measures to have his accomplish brought to
- Justice.
V Endeavors are being made to form a company
~ to place magnetic telegraph between thus city
u and Vera Crnz, the stock to consist Of 800
u shares, at 81 ,0IO a share. Wires have been plac
u ed from the palace to the Mining College, and is
e. said the experiment has given great satisfaction.
- A bill has just passed the Chamber Of Depu.
:, ties, having previously passed the Senate, permit
u ting the introduction of(oregn corn, paying duties
" at the rate Of rs cents cd,ga (tour bushels and n
y" half English meusure,) into the ports OF Tampico
y and Matamoraa. The bill passed the Chamber
y this dav tomorrow it must receive the signature
; Of the President and it becomes law Of the land
1t would be well to remark that this privilege does
not include any other kind Of grain or flour ex-
cept corn, (maize.)
AFFAIRS IN CUBA.-GEN CoucHA's ADMINS
rRArroN.--A correspondent of the New York
r Tribune, writing from Havana, Of the new Cover
y n or Of Cuba, says
+ General Coucha mas, however, taken far more
ala cd he nd Or
f eminent than his predecessors have been able to
j. do, or felt, perhaps, inclined to adopt, from the
II pressure OF those necessities flowing from empty
: pockets, against which all men strive. One Of his
first acts was to decline certain renewals Of il
y censes, which makes " retrenchment" from his
. prospective salary of $50, 900 in the first year.
Other like measures, which bear Immediately up
the industry Of the country for their benefit, by
= saving them from what seemed but eXaction to
hII the pockets Of subordinate officials he is in the