New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-05-20
FURTHER CALIFORNIA NEWS
Items of News, PollrcaI. ninInE and Va.
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ln,eiieence from gre Salinas Plains. ps,.u-
teTey, states that tne lucisns have robbie -
ranches IN that vicinity and kiled three -
in attacking the town o, Ssn LUIS Obi,nS
rSncherOs between Sal AUto1io and g., 20
have been robbed C.. C.. tbcir horse, s,@ SO
rot now sufficient number u hunt tbei, c,,,s
The indians are nov assembled on ,be s,Is'S.
Plains snd are CONN tiiag dep'eds,ion. - ~
directions TIE people 10 that whole So
the country we very mach alarmed 81 -
almost destitute ct I-ns. a-e az the ner,y o,,sss
sayager.
MIR. Neitch has averaged Tor the Ia, =.
weeks $3.50, ct Antonio Canon. a poi,, -
the North Branch a. the American River. m,s,.
the hac cfome ltte som o - 90 FOR SIX wsss.
labor. General " n'iUore, with party Of e.,
were sversging go per cav Mr.. Tho, Wa,
sro partners TOOK OK io 40 DAYS sl75 NJ.
colo as previously sisted, IS cosf,e. lunps h..
irc been found worth SO. iPaci6. New,
The IraEscTrp' says that Sacramento s,
hesthy that the professional gentlemen havsr
work hard 10 Neep 4 patient do En opg enough -
make three visits This is toe casa in 49,,
every part Of California.
The number q. iet,er. sdvertled in the IA.
crGmfhf0 IraHscnl % &re i2,s0S.
The S0crGmtLt5 li.ts earns Tia. the NINA.
at the Oregon Bar sre paying well The pries
paid for claims are see
The Sacramento h on saws ths. the cayoa
lbuTowing) system %. mining hEs been atoHst
81 Georgetown with gres. success.
The bid FOR She 20 a.. t.ltracts a-c az quiet
low rate TIE bfsio- tte monthly mail rom sr
rsmeuto 20 SAX Lsbe Cits wss $4,000 per u
mum. and fsom Sacramento City 70 Co,oma s521
per snnum.
The Smith family aav, .-s letters adss-.il.
in the Sacramento pos. Office. The Browas a.
next in point order
The S0crGolaf0 IN IN learns tia, II Ft,.
patrick has refused sl.0,cC0 FOX his claim in Tia
Big Tunnel st Nevada. he prefers to work /
himself A. tho Sugar Loaf Tunnel in the Coyote
range, the wOrkmeu have penetrated % the 3epth
OF SEQ 'eet. GO'd is not abundant but silver Oie
has been found that ields forty cents 70 the pound
-Pfoyslons are 50 scarce az Rch's Bar, on
Feather River, that the price OF board has been
raised 10 $50 per week. IS per day FOR lapjacks
and picked pork is rather an extravaganza price.
"A piece Of god.besring quart, weighing $50
lbs has been taken 70 San francisco. Il is AbOu.
the size OF q half barrel Of pork, crystsllized
throughout and thoroughly impreSnased with the
precious metal
flee is n Tremendous rush OF miners to The
new plscers in the snowy Range, near the mead
waters OF Feather River The Sacramento Ifdg.
SCRIPT SAYS: Within the last month It has been
e.tim ated that Try Thousand persons have passed
BidWells Bar on tnelr route TO the Rlsh Bar,
" ich is located on the North Fork OF Feather
q stance is about seventy i've miles. Fourteen
miles above the former 0ar the bodies OF dead
mules are i'Tst met with aud from that on up the
road is literally lined ith de ad stock hundreds0
mules End horses which have persisted IN the snow,
having frozen 70 death Some weeks ago three
persons were frozen % death on this route, bat
no one lately, thatWe have sscertaned. The route
is entirely closed at this time. There Is asuti.
cieut amount Of provisions on the Rich Bar hs
the miners, but they are held ct high prices, mi.
j: impossible for any reEh supplies to &c. 10 Tor
several weeks
The market is elutled with all kinds of mer.
chaudise, and on this account goods OF every
character are selling AZ remarkably low rates 1t
is expected, however, that when communication
is freely opened with all parts of the mines, busi
ness will greatly improve.
The abundance of rain which has fallen d.
ring the last fortnight, has enabled the miners 10
v ash out the ore from tho earth thrown up during
the dry season. The rains have also been OF great
service to our vegetable and agricultural pros
poets IL is thought that az least eighth OF our
population during the Spring and Summer will
turn their attention to the cultivation OF the soil.
The receipts OF whs'isge for the Central
Wharf, San TrsnciIco, FOR the month Of March,
were 81 0OO
"A lake. called THE Mountain Lake, ia the
vicinity of San Freacisco, promises - supply
the grestest want OF the city-pure water. The
Aha CQht0TniG thus describes u;
IL is a body of clear pure water OF perhsPsa
mile in circumference, one hundred and hlSy'
three feet above the level Of the ocean, and per.
haps one thousand below the tops OF the sur
rounding mountains. 10 is supplied by springs
situated beneath the surisce OF the lake, the gra'
mite strata Of the neighboring bills forming q re-
seIvoir here where Sfeir contributions are gath
cred IL deDouches ir,O the Pacific, from whlcn
it is separated only by a narrow neck oil land,
through a pssssge almost suOteranesn, IN
beautiful stream OF clear frocksome wafer,
which tumblss IL cascades and sportlve jets over
the rocks and clean gravel until spOnting oul
upon The beach It IL drunk up by the ever thliy
Sand arc absorbing ocean IL lie Lake OF Como
In miniature, wasting lts twenty five mllonid
gallons Of the most pure water daily. The laAe
seems to have been placed there specalgp
supply ttis city with water OF quality superior
in purity and flavor to toe CrOton OK the Cochl
tuete. A line was dropped seventyfige feet mo
the cenrer Of the lake without finding bottom.
Tie country north OF San Francisco Bays
enc Of the finest farming districts Of CallomlI
a CORE spondent Of the MN California writes;
AHHALLY my farm, has under cultivation, i"
acres potatoes 30 do. onions, 30 do. wheat III 90;
barley, 10 DO. turnIps - 10. beets, cabbage ana
maize $50 acres For tensnts-Posatoes Ano
other vegetables % acres.
Independent Of this, there will be within & fH
cus Of fifteen miles from Port Bodegs no zee
than 700 acres Of potatoes planted ths seS'ou
besides 200 acres Of barley and wheat, ana soous
so acres Of vegetables. The whole quansHy
potatoes planted IN this secti0a OF country W.
amount 20 go acres which, allowing yleo !"
equal to that Of last years crop Ia AnnAyp.
ing ten tuDs per acre. NO will have an asgs5iS.S,
quantity Of $500 tUns, which OF itseli vii y a.
toward supplying San francisco market. 10 "
mona, Eapa, 5usun, Suscol and Pataloms, the'0
will DO large crops planted
ARRTtT OF sUPPosEy CUBAN OFYcEhs.-IhS
Savannah journals Of the 18Th inst, DiIns =.
counts OF arrests having been MADE OF STi - -.
1fvfgn,I. ,up,osed 20 be connected WIN INC re-