The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1851-12-17
FOREIGN NEWS.
State Of the Markets, etc.

Il NEW YORK, Nov 90.
! The Steamship Cherokee, from Chagres, ar
i rived this evening, bringing dates from Sal
! Francisco to the lst of November, the Calf,r
MIA Mails and 900 passengers. She brings ais,
$I,9o2, GOO on freight, and $3l3,000 in the hand
1 of passengers
i The news from Caf'rnia possesses no fea
turc Of special interest beyond the continued
increasing yield Of gold
The following are some of the principal con
signnents of gold by the kec:-Adams
q Co, S590000; American Exchange Bank
$3.50, 900; Beebe & Co, $l60,009 Brown
4 Brothers q Co, $50 ,00o; Camman, Whtehousc
4 & Co, s3s,0n0; Grinncll, Iinturn & Co, slo,
900; Hodge & Co, Ss26,000; Drew, r. bisot
& Co., $4,000: Spatford, Til!eson & Co
! $50 600; Z. 4 Dclano, $4,000; Rowland &
4 Aspinwall, $27,000; and Weeks, Kelly & Co
/ 1000
! The establishment Of fine Inc Of steamers
! between San Francisco and China continues to
be seriously and very earnestly discussed 1t is
proposed TO make Honolulu, Smith Island, the
/ North Ladrone Island, and the north end OF La,
coma, the supply station for coal, the running
distance being less than 900 miles
| The U. S. storeship southampton, with Gov
crnment stores, arrived at San Francisco on the
18th Of October. ~
| In respect to the charges against Capt Wa
terman, ofthe ship Challenge (noticed more at
length in our New Orleans despaich) most OF
the California papers throw doubts upon their
correctness, especially the reports of the deaths
among ahc crow ra t.ssa.
The Courier however denouncSe Cant Wa
| terman in the strongest terms, and demands ia
! know the fate of nine of his men, four of whom
it is said were shaken from the mizcn top sail
yard into the and drowned. Five others il
is said died of wounds and ill-treatment.
/ Captain Waterman went ashore before the
vessel got up, and has since remained concealed
Rumors of his alledged cruelty to his crew had
reached the city before the vessel had got to her
wharf, and great crowd had assembled there
4 which rushed on board of her as soon as she
! touched. The mate had eff" cted his escape
from the vessel in boat, but was pursued, and
came very nigh being captured. The Courier
of the lst inst. says, IL was reported that he had
been arrested on the night Of the 3Ist inst
| The Herald and Ala Californian, without even
alluding to the reported deaths, ssys they have
been assured that no more punishment has been
inflicted on board than was absolutely requisite
to maintain discipline.
Many of the sailors were in bad condition,
and had employed counsel, and lodged their
complaints before the judicial tribunals
tinue most satisfactory, and con slant new dis
ccveries of gold are being made
The yield from every section is largely on the
increase.
The weather continues as favorable for nfi
ming operations as could be desired, and should
the rainy season not set in for some weeks to
come,, the yield would largely exceed all for
mer estimates. The statement in a despatch
from New OrIeans, that the rainy season had set
in, seems altogether gratuitous.
The agricultural interests in the various sec
iions of the State, were highly prosperous, and
the yield abundant.
The question of the division of the State was
daily assuming increased d Importance, and en-
listing iniis favor the influence of many perma-
nent and influential citizens.
The division Convention met at Santa Bar
bara, on the 2Oth of October Don Jose Anto-
MO Carillo, of Los Angeles, was elected Presi-
dent, and the proceedings excited wide interest
There was great divers y of opinion among the
mcmbers of the convention, and after a session
of three days, they adjourned, after adopting, by
small tnaiories, several resolutions, one of which
designated the line for the Southern territory to
commence at point not father North than the
North Western line of Santa Clara county, nor
further South than, the Northern boundary OF
Monterey county AE %# s- A