American telegraph. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1851-1851, 1851-04-09

the particulars prought py tnl5 AAornmgb mali
from the north. M#8 II
She brings one hundred and sixty -one passen-
gers. She has no gold on freight.
The steamers Empire City, North America,
Mexico, and Pampero were at Chagres, waiting
for passengers.
The Falcon sailed with over two hundred
passengers in the cabin. The steamer Saranac
sailed for Pensacola ON the Sd of March.
An extra from the office of the Panama Echo
announces destructive fire on the island of
Tobago. Among the buildings destroyed were
the Tobago and New World hotels
The Museum hotel, at San Francisco; also,
the New Bedford hotel, Shamrock House, and
other buildings, were destroyed by fire on the
I'd of March. The loss is estimated at about
$4,000
Mr.. Winchester, editor of the Pacific News,
has relinquished the charge of that paper,
owing to adverse fortune.
The dates from Oregon are to the 22d of
February. The news does not possess any i'm
portance. +, ,
The Legislature had adjourned, having es-
tablished the seat of government at Salem.
The Governor, however, refused to sign the act.
The weather in California has been fine. Ca
nails have been dug in the northern mines, con-
duits made, and mountains tunneled, where
necessary, to direct the water from its natural
channels.
New diggings have been discovered in SCOTS
and Klamuth rivers
Quartz rock mining and crushing by ma
chinery is being prosecuted with great vigor.
A new feature in the business of gold mining
has been introduced, in the shape Of dredging
machines, which are used where the water is
too deep to allow the earth to be taken from
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steamers have been engaged for short time
past in dredging the bed of the Yuba river.
The companies which own them are distin-
guished by the names of the boats which they
own-the 'sPhoenix' and the "Linda'
are expected to be very successful. The results
OF the first efforts which were made were quite
encouraging, and have induced other parties to
enter into similar enterprises
The steamship California left San Francisco
on the 9th, with large mail, and $750,0OO in
specie
After one hundred and forty-two ballots the
vote for United States Senator stood as follows:
Col. Fremont, Democrat, 8; Col Weller, do,
Is; Col. Geary, do, l; Thomas Butler King,
Wing, 20.
Emigration from Sonora and the northern
States of Mexico to the mines has already COM
menced. The emigrants generally bring their
families with them.
The questions concerning land titles will be
thoroughly discussed during the next political
canvass.
/. SACRAMENTO NEWs.--The transcript learns
that party of miners had had a brush with the
Indians few days ago, on Silver creek, near
the fork of the American river. The whites
came out Of the fight unframed, killing three
Indians III a'l .asf
The Times states on the authority of q gentle
man just from Readings Diggings, that large
number of miners have persisted in the snow on
the mountains. The snow had completely COW
cred men as they were crossing the mountains.
The miners were doing good business upon
the American river, near Auburn. t
A California lion was shot some eighty miles
above Sacramento, and is being exhibited at the
Crescent City Hotel. A man named Chase, who
was engaged in mining ON the North Fork of
Yuba, realized, in less than three months, over
81, 900. -a,
A genuine ruby had been found in piece of
quartz taken from the Union Quartz Rock noun
tain, four miles from Nevada city.
FROM PANAMA.-By the Georgia we have adj
vices from Panama to the Oath of March The
frigate Savannah was to sail thence for Tobago
in few days 4..
FROM VALPARAISO, CALLA0.-The Dadalus
was ordered to be provisioned for 20 months,
being destined for Behring's Straits, in search
of the Plover and other vessels connected with
Sir John Franklin's expedition.