The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-09-07
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From California 20 August l.
The steamship Prometheus Capain Churchill, arrived al
New York Thursday morning. WIN 2l5 passengers,
with $4,000 in gold dust consigned 10 Thompson
Hitchcock and $3.50 900 in the hands OF passengers. IL
was guessed The Oregon. which left San Francisco
August 7, is reported 10 have Two millions on board
The Prometheus stopped al San Juan. Nicaragua, Aug.
49, and took the passengers OF steamer Independence.
During the stay OF the passengers OF the Independence al
San Juan del Nore, carpet bag containing VI 600 was
stolen from named Selden Gof, OF New YORK
waiter al the hotel, who seen near the missing
money. was suspected. and without delay short invesu
CATION was had. ana the prisoner was Ia 70 ne M
guarded by two CaliiornaDs. and followed " 'hiu
bearing long coil OF rope Arriving at the place ap
pointed Tor the execution, the moose was aae any au
ased to the prisoners neck al s ' ewes were blinded
his hands tied and he was tod that ne hau oh'y SIX
minutes TO make his peace WIN God lie knel. ioI mo-
men and then rose TO his feet. Aier choking nm Tor
some time without getting any confession as to where he
had hid the gold they released him. The police at,
ismn,ed to interfere and arrest the rngleaders and aid
was sone ht from an English brig. of-war. which re-
fused The Pfometheus was searched; but the affair
ended without their making any prisoners.
A vote of thanks was rendered to Capt Wakelnan, OF
the steamer Independence, upon her arrival at San Juan
del Sud- The passage to Virgin Bay, good road,
made in five hours, thence across the Lake Mica
ragua in twelve hours and down the river in sixteen
hours, running time, TO San Juan del Norte. Another
steamer has Just been completed to on the river be-
low the rapids
Business in California rather more active and the
burnt district" of the last great fire has been nearly
covered with new buildings There about $50 sub
stantial brick houses In San Francisco, nearly all OF
which have been erected since the fire IN May, and ex
tensive preparations progress for the manufacture
of this kind.
Belcher Kay the pugst, has been acquitted. The
vigilance commute have done their work thoroughly
that crime in all its forms has been greatly restraned-so
much that the cells OF the city prison were entirely
vacant
No great outrage has occurred heghten the excite
ment in the public mind The previous excitement has
abated under the amended criminal code, which allows
diSCreuOn
or death those guilty Of arson, burglary robbery &c
few trials have been had Among The most conspicu-
ous is the case OF Robinson, Gibson, and Thompson,
convicted at Sacramento of the robbery OF James Wilson,
and condemned to death.
The agriculture OF California is becoming source Of
wealth 10 all who peTseveringly engage in il. The
abundance with which the fields laden is enough to
encourage the most skeplca, but the uncertainty about
titles is keeping many from going on and making ex-
tensive Improvements. II is estimated that there
already 900 persons settled and devoted TO agricultural
pursuits In Santa Cruz the crops universally heavy
The wheat could not sustain It's own weight, bearing
four heads 10 the ounce, and will yield one hundred
bushels 10 the The potatoes growing in this valley
are very fine and large, weighing four and five pounds
each. In San Jose the squirrels and gophes making
sad havoc with The IN many instances destroying
whole fields. The gopher burrows three TO six inches
beneath the surface, cutting of all vegetation found In
its path
The four candidates for Congress canvassng the
State, and the several counties are holding conventions
to nominate candidates for the legislature The southern
counties still talk OF a division.
The Indian hoGlhties have ceased in the southern and
eastern borders and broken out the northern frontier
a military expedition, nnder command OF General Nj
Esel will accompany the Indian commissioners III their
tour OF negotiation 10 Clear Lake. thence 10 The
OF the Sacramento, after which they will proceed Ka
math iyer The hostile Indians on Rogue's rver have
been dispersed but subdued Navigation the upper
rivers suspended on account OF the low stage OF water
The reports from all the mining districts ia
vorabe than at any period during the present year. and
the shipments OF gold for August and September will
doubtless exceed those OF any previous months The
low stage OF water in all the rivers has been
especially favorable to enterprises of the first class many
dammlng companies are al work in the beds OF the
streams, which have been exposed Tor miles, and some
nch deposes have been struck and there is prospec, Of
further fall OF the river for the next three months. The
canal projects al FIRST limited scale and successful
have been undertaken large plans, and with heavy
capital That for turning the South Fork of the Amer-
can for several miles through The hills, TO the valleys and
guches about Pacerville, most gigantic, and the
pany about 10 be organized with such confidence that
stock from quarter TO hall million will be readily
taken BY the miners IN that vicinity
The miners at Mississippi bar principally engaged
IN carng dirt from The higher table land bar the
Iver, and then washing it, which pays fair profit AT
Beas bar great improvement has been made since last
year. Mr. Carlton, lately returned for WobuIn Mass ,
says that the prospects OF the miners here are much bet
Ter than ever: some side bank dggings had been
worked this summer that yielded abundanty. The dam
ming companies TO in the bed OF the river
about the LIST OF September on the North Fork.
The United States Company have undertaken enter
Prise which deserves The greatest credit They have
nearly completed a rock cutting fourth OF mile in
length and twenty fee, deep, which TO divert the entire
works ever undertaken in California. AT Mormon island
a continuous has been dug for mile, al es
mailed cost OF 100000 Al Negro bar the is turned
for one mile. The method OF keeping the bed Of the
river dry after turning the is by the OF the
Archmedean pump
At Salmon Falls the river through deep chasm in
the rock and above this the river has beeDtumed by
heavy stone dam, and will doubtless prove profitable in
veAiment
There is an increased confidence in the ultimate sue.
cess OF quartz mining, and the belief every day becom
ing more general that this will become the great and per-
manent source of gold.
Gold mines are now worked in Carsons valley, on the
eastern declivles OF the Sierra Nevada.
Business in Marysville has improved, and the mer-
chants are now doing fourishing trade.
The public buildings a, Vsaio were TO have been
menced the 18th OF Augustine contracts having been
made to that effect.
Two companies OF overland immigrants have arrived in
the mines from Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin.
hre at Sacramento city on July 10th destroyed eight
houses. Loss small.
The crops IN Oregon are very promising. The Indian
war has been brought TO a close.
Late from Oregon.