The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-10-22

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The late hour At which the Crescent City arrived yes-
terday morning prevented US from giving more than
very brief summary of the intelligence. We present.
therefore, the most interesting items OF the news as
4 contained in the California papers.
4 Mayor Bgelow who was shot in the outbreak at Sac
amenios recovering. but compelled 10 have his arm
4 ampuiaed
The accounts of the overland immigration are melan
choly letter from Col JA Rasion 10 the committee oi
relief Al Sacramento City says that he 10 satisfied that a.
Be- destitute OFT of teams s and :nbsocs before reaching
Carson river They had been msled into roundabout
and difficult road. He says that most Of the animals on
this route pershed the desert and not unfrequenly
men, women, and children sank under the hardshps OF
the road and pershed for want OF water and food Those
who are fortunate enough oget over the desert will still
have TO travel nearly 300 miles before they reach Carson
yer. and but few will reach that point with any
4 10 purchase subsistence. aes
desperate battle had taken place between the miners
The Indians having been guilty OF many unprovoked
oursges and murders, the whites formed corps of rife.
men for their commoa defence While seven or eight Of
attacked by parry of hy sixty Of The natives. some
OF whom were armed with pistols which had been i'm
rode1y s1d .aem oy the whites Iae men stood .a.,r
lCaIa SangerD and some others who hesrd the 6rg and
rushed to their aid This little band stood their ground
tor three hours under terribly hot sun, and in most
dsadvan,ageous position, i At las, the Indans dis
heariened BY their sain etreated. Captain Sanger was
moraly wounded, and three others severey the former
was from Massachusetts and the latter from Maine 1t
Johnson started the next day with the entire force. and
completely broke up all the enemys villages or camps
and entirely routed the scoundrels that govern
ment aid will be needed at present.
From the gold diggings the reports continue encourag
ing. company on the Yuba had completed their DAM
and the FIRST day and hall . work. with the use Of
quicksilver machine, produced eighty pounds OF gold
Yet close BY these rich washngs other companies have
tailed to realize their expenses Some beautiful specimens
from the north iork Of the Feather river had been recey
ed at San Francisco They were brought by three men,
who took out nine thousand dollars in thirteen days. when
tne vein gave ouI
encouraging prospects exist The disgen struck
new lead which promises to be exceedingly rich One
piece Of quartz had been taken out which weighed
pure gold were extracted The first bushe or one hun.
dred pounds Of quartz taken out yielded about 5oo OF
Letters from the Mokalumns river state that the mi.
doing WELL and that several fine specimens have
been obtained from the bed Of the river Several compa
nes at work with quicksilver washers and yield
ing eighty to one hundred dollars per day The water in
the river was quite hghsevera feet higher than last
year at this season; is, however, falling rapidly now
The companies engaged 10 turning the rivers have about
enabled to work the entire beds That the bed OF this
river is rich with the is fact well known The
further heretofore that miners have been enabled to get
into The river the richer has proved and several com
Panes are now paying six and egh. dollars per day for
daily laborers
The Placer Transcript says that they led to believe
that there 10 very large gold bearing district yet almost
entirely unoccuped at the headwaers OF the Sacramento
The reports from the Trinity dggings show moderate
ReHeTdl
are there working General Lane and party from Ore
gon are doing well about forty miles from Readings
| ranch.
From the Stockton Times getthe following intelli-
gence During the week several friends have visited
with specimens taken from different veins in the southern
district One OF the most beautiful specimens was shown
to by Mr. Slwell Its intrinsic value 10 nearly four
thousand dollars the piece is pure gold, OF deep rich
yellow color II was dug by party in the rich gulch
aokelumne. From the same hole fifty pounds were Ia
MoaMos o1LcH.-We are informed by Mr. Jeffrey,
who has Just returned from tour through the mines,
that in his presence, before Coeerooks bowling saoon
earth The lucky individual had three pounds in hall
hour The race completed TO Por and operations are
and claims have sold at $500 cash
PINE CRossso-From this quarter the reports are con-
fcting general impression is entertained that the
are too deep TO be reached by the present work. and
that larger company must be formed any advantage
accrue from the speculation. On Saturday last two
miners showedu ~ pounds of godd part Of which
two pounds Der day. at the new dggngs near Murphys
called Douglass Flats, on the Stanslaus
The steamer Yuos on b Ssr pss.sfs from May:vs 70
broke in two, and sank in ten feet Of water II was
pected that the boat would be total loss
Henry Durable fell overheard from the same steamer
on previous trip and was drowned. The Sacramento
City says that he was Of the late Martin Durable,
Of New Orleans, who married daughter q Henry Clay
ss1 nv n the e my mil of Ii. ss.Sdhe "u ~
There arrived in San Francisco from the LIST OF August
10 the 18th OF September by sea- 5040 persons OF whom
81 females The departures by sea for the same
time were 4,672, all males
The foreign miners does not appear 10 succeed very
well as revenue measure. The Sacramento Transcript
| says
"We the collectors OF from gn miner.
of Yuba and Suffer have been ccessfu
We have the deputy collector from
Yobs and he speaks the prospects Of
rning much into the State treasury. We
informed that collector Richardson, Of Yuba county, n
tends resgning" Ha
The expedition which sailed in July last 10 the Ka.
maih and Umpqua rivers has returned TO San Francisco
Ii has been ascertaned that the klamath and Tiniy
unite and form the which discharges is waters into
the sea in latitude Al 81 NORTH and that there is river
ering 10 the description OF the klamath in AZ &c.
laid down in the charts Of Fremont and Wilkes
From this river the expedition visited the UmpQua,
which they found to have opening into the OF
nearly mile in width, with some three or four fathoms
Of wafer he bar aHd navgable about thirty miles up,
when il opens into rich agricultural district ~
In September panic in the money market led 10 the
failure Of several houses. Among them Henry NJ
Naglee, Simmons, Hutchinson, Co. Henry Howison;
and Farley, Johnson, 81 Co The names OF Gillespie Co.
included in the list but there was no foundation in
truth for the report that they bad stopped payment The
Alta California OF September says;
1--WE regret q at columns to-day contan the
OF the assignment of Henry NJ Nsglee
the oldest of bankers This,in connexion with tho
other stoppaRes and assignments which have recently bee
made, caused quite panic Yesterday, and there was
general upon all those having deposite The
hrs comm enccd on Thursdsy, and confined al
entirely The banking OF James King OF VIII
liam Tho drafts that banker were very heavy on that
day On Friday very little dawn from him, the tide
having eel against Messrs Burgoyne ~ Co and Henry NJ
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