Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1851-09-12
LATEST FROM CALIFORNIA.

LATEST FROM CALlfOhhlh.
Steamship PromeIhcus. Capt. Churchill,
arrived a, New York on Thursday morning,
with g75 passengers, with $4,000 IN gold
dus, consigned u Thompson aud Hitchcock,
$50, 900 In the hand, u passengers, Il was
guessed. The OrgOu which len San Fam
cisco Aug :, :, reported to have two mil
lions IN board. The Prumethcus stopped at
San Juan. Nicangui, Aug 10, and took the
passengers of the steamer Independence.
During the stay u the Independence pass
enrcrs At san Juan del Norc, a carPct.bag,
containing $1,000, was stolen from a man
named Scldcn GoG, Of New York.
Buancs. in California was rather more &C.
tive. and The burnt district ofthe last great
fire has been nearly covered With new build
tnrs. There are abou, $50 substantial brick
house, 10 san Francisco, nearly all Of which
have been erected since the Gre 10 May, and
extensive preparations are IN progress for the
manuacturc Of brick and quaDing stone, 10
dll numerous contracts Of this kind.
Bclcher Hay, the Pugllis,, has been acqaii-
ted The vigilance committee have done
their work 90 thoroughly that crime In all rs
form, has been greatly restrained, 80 much
80 that ,hc cells Of the city prison were entire.
ly,arl0i
No great outrage has occurred 10 height.
en- the c1citcmcr, IN the public mind The
prrvious excitement has ahatcd under the
amended criminal code, which allows the ju-
~ discretion to punish either with lmpu'.
onmsrt or death, those guilty Of arson, bur.
rIary, robbery, sc. \ f,a trials have been
had. Among the most conspicuous is case Of
Robinson, G.hson, and Thompson, convicted
NJ Sacramento Of The robbery II James VII
son. md condemned iu death
Tho four candidates ior congress are can.
,assing the state, and the several couu'io,
are holding conventions TO nominate candle
date, ior the legislature. The southern cuun-
TIES It'll Talk ola division.
The reports from an lhc mininr districts
are more favorable than At ans period during
the present year, and ,hp shipments OF gold
for Angus, and September will doubtless eN-
crcd lho.c Of ans prryion' months. The uu.
prrccdcntcd l9v stage Of uarcr IN all tho rv.
crs has been especially favorable TO cnierPn.
81, of the fr,t class many dammIag eumPa-
ME-, are II work iu ,hc brd' IT the streams,
which have BEEN exposed lor miles, lad some
rish deposits have been struck. and there il a
rm,recl Of a arhsi OH Of she river for the
next three mouths. The canal projects, a,
fret on limited scale lul successful, have
been undertaken on large plans, aud with a
heavy capital. That So turning the South
Furk ~ the ANbucln several mikes through
the bills, 10 tie valleys and gulcie, about
pIlccrnlc, is the most gigantic, and the
company is about to be organized, with such
confidence, that stock from a quarter 10 half a
million will be readily taken by the miners m
that vicinity.
Mr. Carlton, lately returned from Wobun,
Mass, says lha, the prospects Of the miners
here are much better than cycr-some side or
bank dgginrs had bcrn worked this summer
that welded abundanty. The dammlng com.
panics were 10 commence IN ihc hcd 81 ihc
rrcr about Ihc l., Of September on the North
Fork.
The u. ;. Company have undertaken an
enterprise which deserves the greatest credit
They have nearly completed rosk-eulIInr
onc.fourh Of mllc in length aud twenty feet
deep, which is To direct the entire river from
It's natural coursc, aud b. one Of tIte greatest
works ever undertaken IN California.
At Salmon Falls the ryor runs through a
deep clasm in the rock, and above this the
nyer has boeu turned by heavy stone dam,
and will doubtless prove . profitable invest
ment.
Gold mines are now worked 10 Carson's
valley, on the easlsm decl,ities Of the Sierra
Nevada.
business ia Marysville has improved, and
the merchants are now doing a douishing
trade.
Two companies Of overland immigrants
have arrived in the mines from Illinois, Mich
igan aud Wisconsin.
4 fire at Sacramento city on July 10th de-
siroycd eight houses. Loss small.
The crops IN Oregon are very promising
The Indian war has been brought to a close.