The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1850-07-06
Fton Me Msm orIenn. Fleaul.ne.
ATE NEWS FROM CALIFORNIA.


from Havana the Goth having left Chagres on
the 18th inst. The Falcon brought ninety.
two passengers from chaqrep, one tor Havana
forty-one for New York and fifty for New orl- |
cans. The steamer lsthmus arrived at Panama
on the llth inst, with the mails and 60 pas
sengers.
AtHavana everything appeared quiet when
the Falcon left. The Ohio sailed for N, York on
the 18th and the Georgia was to leave for Cha
gre5 on the evening of the gistinst.
The town Of Stockton is said to boncreas-
dog rapIdiy. 81
Another new placer has been discovered on
The Stanslaus, which is found to be wonder
fully rich in the precious melaE The place
has not been worked more than month, yet
several men have made from ten to fifteen thou
sand dollars. One man who had only been
sixdays at the mines took ont sin hun-
dred dollars, which, like good, dutful hus-
band, he has sent home TO his better half
These diggngsaresonly forty miles from Stock
tom II is said that the water IL nearly ex~
haused, and thatthe miners will be compalled
to leave. @
On May 9TH murder was committed in the
town of Sonora by a Mexican. Two men and
a woman had been living together for some
time in tent, but on the 7th Of May, incited
by a jealous feeling, one Of the men shot the
other through the heart. Tie brute then at
tackled the woman, and so seriously injured
her that her life is despaired Of. The murder.
erhas been aPprehended.
Tho non-arrival Of the Sarah SAM had ocr
casloned some uneasness, but the Alta Cali.
fOrnia thinks she is detained by the quantity
of grass and barnacles which attach themselves
to iron vessels in some atitudes in The Pacific
frequently reducing their speed from nine to
four miles per hour.
Tho whale ship Margaret Capt, FaIes, was
lost on the 9th of February at Haineu, one
Of the Society Islands.
She had on board 2,4OO barrels ofoi, which
which was all saved. Two Of the Margaret's
crew were drowned.
Tue latest news from Trinidad and Hum,
boldt Bays is encouraging. Rich gold mines
had been found inthe upper bay. A naviga'
Bile river, with three channels was discovered
and explored about forty-miles, where rapids
were found. The Indians were quite friendly
Gold was found in abundance on tais river
intermixed with some metal thought to be pia
tinum.
The miners in the village Of Auburn, 'neai
the North Fork, are doing remarkably well =
The ravine running through the town is being
dug up, even TO the doors of the stores. Six
f men, working a lead in front of 3 Mr.. House,
store, took out one morning 5000 in coars
gold, and have averaged 500 each, daily.
, person is taking daguerreotyPe likencsses
and also views Of the Ravines, with miners a,
work, aud is making his fortune with grea
, rapidly.
The irN session Of the begsture Of Cali
r fornia closed its abors at San Jose on the %
S Of April 1t commenced on the 18th Of De
3 cember last&was in session 1913 days, ar
passed l43 acts and l8 joint resolutions.
From, the Alta California May 1871.
r A WFUL CONFEDERATION IN SA N FRAT
I CISCO
Q Immense Destruction Of Property Three H,mdre
i Buildings Bmned.Loss estinlated at near
= S4,OOO,OOO- Loss Of Lije-.4ncst ofSuppos'
}, Ipcendianes,
This morning we were visited by one
those calamilous events which bring ruin an
devastation upon hundreds destroying in
: few brief moments the accomplished gains
" months and years Of toll and enterprise. TT
effects Of the great fire in December last ha
passed away, and with it the sense of dang
. from the dovouring element, which was the
uppermost in the minds of all.
= About 4 O'Clock this morning, the alarm
fire was given in Portsmouth Spare, and fam
10 were seen to issue from the building know
p" as the United States Exchange, Before mai
Z" persons had collected the entire buildings W
!" enveIoped in flames, which communicated wi
Ighlhng>hke rapidty to the PhGnx b
;" change, towards Washington street, and to
Emppe House, upon the Clay street side
~ Alarm and confusion pervaded on all sid
a. and all the efforts which could be used
" check the flames were utterly fruitless. 7
y scene was animated beyond expressions, a
hundreds were seen huryng TO and fro, G
deavoring to clear their stores OF goo ls, a
- convey them to place Of safety. The fam
=, " spread across Washington street, and caug
u the building upon the opposite corner, and a
o- the S. A. Wright Hall. What ltttle assstan
could be offered towards checking the Aam
- was OF no avail, and the huge flakes of bu
=. ing materials which were waited by the bre
- and fell upon the surrounding buildings, r
n dered their destruction inevitable. The ent
block between Clay, Kearny, Washinaton .
On Montgomery streets, was entirely destroy
- with the exception of Duboise's banking ho
-, and Burgoyne & Co.'s. The books, moi