Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1851-11-18
LATER FROM CALF ORNIA.
With $4,000 in Gold.


The new steamer Daniel Webster, from San
Juan, arrived last night, with San Francisco dates
10 October 10Th. She brings about 400 passen-
gers, SLY 900 freight, and about $500, 900 IN
the hands of passengers.
The Daniel Webster sailed from San Juan,
Nov. 9th, with the passengers from San Francis
co by the steamers Independence and North
America.
The steamer California sailed from San Fran
cisco on the 18th, for Panama, with the mails
and 81 900, 900 on freight, and about two humid
red passengers.
The mining intelligence by this arrival is Of The
most satisfactory nature. The weather had been
unusually favorable, and the yield of gold from
the different sections of the mining regions, was
steadily on the increase. New, and most extra
ordinary discoveries OF gold, were of almost daily
occurrence.
The project of steam communication betW cen
San Francisco and the Sandwich Islands, seems
likely to be very carried out
The steamer Miner was burnt to the waters
edge, near Sacramento, on the l4th Captain
Clark and a fireman were badly burned, and one
of the passengers, named ID. Brown, was burned
to death.
Thomas ]. Davenport, of Massachusetts, with
six other persons, had been murdered by the Port
Oxford Indians.
The San Francisco Picayune of Oct. I4th says.
The Southern Convention for the division of the
State is to be held on Mon lay next, the Goth inst.
Those favorable to the project have length united
gales to assemble.
Some idea of the traffic between San Francisco
and the Southern mines may be formed from the
fact that there this moment ten steamers ply
ing between San Francisco and Stockton. There
are ten, also, plying between San Francisco and
Sacramento. In the elegance OF their accommoda.
tons and the Injuries of their larder, they might
compare favorably with any passenger vessels in The
world. There are ten other steamers plying from
Sacramento TO different places above that CITY. One
year ago there but steamboat in Oregon
Il e Columbia; now there are eleven STEAMBOATS, of
different kinds running in the Columbia and WilIem.
cite Rivers, not including the Pacific steamers. Sea
Gull and Columbia, running between Oregon and
California.
Stockton, in the early part of this month, became
the scene of outtages Of similar character to those
which, some lime since, dlsgraced San Francisco
On the Sd INST, three men we're shot in the vicinity
OF Stock on; on Saturday evening an attempt was
made to shoot two others, without provoca ton; on
The same night, Mexican Was most inhumanly
butchered IN a house in the outskirts of the city;
and on Sunday morning attempt was made to
shoot a gentleman for no reason that he could iinag
agine This is most unprecedented state Of things
in that city, and has excited considerable sensation
in the community.
The Mormons have at length taken possession oil
the rancho ofSan Bernardino, Los Angeles, for
which they paid 100000. 900 was paid down
and the remainder is to be paid in two equal annual
payments, 1t is said to be their intention to build
great city there, and railroad to Salt Lake is con-
fdently spoken Of 1t is also said, that the heads
OF the Church in Deseret have given directions TO
the Mormons in Europe, that all the emigrauts to
this country must, in future, by the way of the
1sthmus OF Panama to San Diego.
Tne population of San Bernardino is to be in
creased by five thousand within the next six months
1t contains within its boundaries more than eighty
thousand acres OF excellent land and great part Of
which can be irrigated. The Santa Anna river runs
through lt furnishing large and unlaing supply of
pure water, and having excellent mill seats. The
mountains near are covered with pines sufficient to
supply with lumber all Southern California for
years.