Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-08-14
California News.
Blythe STEAMER Empire City'-tle I

ayyiral at N7o York.
San Francisco, July !, 1851.
The Bankers are doing n very profit
able business ut present, leaning money at
4 per cent, per month, on rood sccuri-
ties.
Best gold dust has again advanced 10
Sl6,50, and with it Exchange upon the
Atlantic Cities has risen to 9 per cent, pre-
MUM. Tho United States Assay Office
has at last resumed business, and is now
in successful operation in its new brick
fire-proofbuiding.
We had an arrival from Boston this
week, Off cargo Office, and stored with it
$50 bbls. Of Baldwin apples, nicely
picked, and each apple carefully cnvelop-
ed in paper. Notwithstanding their per
ishing condition, flavor gonc and many Of
them decaycd, and none that will keep
sound fortnight, they readily found pur-
chascrs at $50 per barrel in parcels often,
or. S35 per single barrel. They are re.
tsicd about our streets at % cents each
Tor those that are sound, the others, 3 for "A
quarter. according to the number of"specs. -
In the city OF Sonora, worthy citizen,
Capt. Snow, having been brutally murder
dcrcd. and two of the assassins having
been taken few days afterwards, were
tried and hung by the populace, and bu-
RED in the grave which they had dug for
their victim.
A shocking affair occurred in this city
on the night Of the great fire. Lewis Pol
lock was shot dead by Samuel Gallaher,
having been provoked from his bed and
killed while undressed
Accounts from the mines and placers are
very encouraging, especially in the rotten
quartz digging.
A horrible murder was pcrpetratcd at
Sonora last Friday, by persons who took
offence at an article publishedin the Sono-
ra Herald. They repaired to the editors
lDr. Gunn's) room, dragged him from his
bed, shot him through the head, killed two
other persons connected with the office,
and wounded or killed three or four other
persons who went to their assistance.
A LARGE CARGO OF CuINEsE.-The
British ship Henrie'tc, Capt. Oats, was en-
tered at the Custom House on Tuesday,
She is last from Hong Kong, and brings
1913 Crnese passengers, u list of whom is
before us. Ie gods! what a collection Of
Amungs. and Atings, and Achoys! Ofthe
223 names, 100 commence with the letter
A. usually terminating with a G., or Y +,
andinevery instance two syllablesin length.
The greatest lump of pure gold ever
found in California was taken out by
Messrs. Brown, Beach & Forcts, on Scott
bar, SCOTS rivcr,) within atew weeks past
the value of which is S3l40. Our infor-
mant, who has cxaminedthe specimen, pro
nounccs it by far the most beautiful he has
ever seen. There is not particle ofquartz
mixed with the gold, and the entire lump is
free from spot or bcmish
One Thousand tenemcn,s, comprising
nearly fifteen squares, were consumed by
the late fire in San Francisco. Hundreds
of buildings are already going up in the
place ofthose consumed.
1t is matter Of profound mystery to us
all ,cheye the money comes from to defray
/. all the losses. and enable our citizens to
commence rebuilding. even before the last
dying embers are fairly extinguished; but
such are the characteristics of our people;
and on every side we see new buildings
going up by scores, some of them intended
to be hre-proof edifices, and very costly
Notwithstanding the immense consumption
OF lumber, prices do not improve. Even
now 1t Will not bring freight and charges