The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1852-09-02
rxyELyE DAYS LATER FROM CALL
FORNIA.
Arrival Of the Falcon,

with dates from San Francisco to the 3Oth be-
mo twelve days later than the advices per
Northern Light at New York.
The Falcon left Aspinwall City on the 10th, and
has made q very fine run.
The Falcon brings 200 passengers, and $780,
900 in specie.
The Falcon reports that the steamship Ore
yon had arrived at Panama, with 500 passengers
and 50 900, 900 in gold dust 'on freight The
oreoon has on board the Pacific mails.
The Ohio. with the California mails, 800 pas
sanqers. and the treasure by the Oregon, left
AspinwaIl, for New York, on the same day that
the Falcon sailed.
The United States Commissioner for locating
Navy Yard at San Francisco is among the
passengers by the Ohio.
The health of the Isthmus was greatedly i'm
proyed The cholera had almost entirely disap
peared. Now and then an isolated case was re-
ported.
The Panama railroad was doing very profit
ablo business.
Mr. Rice, the American Consul at Acapulco,
after being subjected to new indignites, had
left for home. He intends to lay the whole mat
ter before the Government.
Robberies on the Isthmus are of very fire.
ouent occurrence. The authorities make no eff
fort to prevent them.
The general intelligence from California,
though interesting, present no features of stri-
king Importance.
The accounts from the mines were of more
favorable character.
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the greatly advanced rates cf all kinds of prov-
sions, and the immense numbers of persons
seeking treasure there, d not average a yield
hardly so encouraging.
The high stage of waters had materially Civ
en- way, and the prospects of the miners in the
river beds very promising.
Taking all things into consideration, the ac
counts from the mines are very satisfactory.
The turn out of the precious metal during
the next four weeks will doubtless be very hea-
Wy.
Several new placers have been opened by wa
ter companies organized for the purpose.
The emigrants from across the PLANES were
arriving very fast in good health and spirits,
Notwithstanding they had met with many almost
insurmountable difficulties.
The Chinese emigration continues ON quite a
large scale. No further resistance has been
made to them on the part of the inhabitants
The troubles with the Indians were almost of
a daily occurrence. They are growing more
boder and have committed several additional
cold blooded murders.
1t is believed that the Indians were about |
waging general war against the whites in the
more thinly populated settlements.
A dreadful outbreak had taken place at Con-
ira Conta, between some of the miners and some
Mexicans. number of persons were severely
injured, some of them fatally. Sheriff John
son, who endeavoring to que1l the disturbance,
was shot dead.
The plans for supplying San Francisco with
good and wholesome water were progressing fa-
voraby
In the city of San Francisco a better feeling
prevailed among all classes of citizens. Siren
uous efforts were being made to better observe
the Sabbath by closing up the stores on that
day
ised an abundant harvest.
The movements in favor of establishing tele- I
graph lines to various points in the State were
likely to be very successful. A number of mer- |
chants had subscribed literally to the stock.
Everything in the Mariposa district was qui-
ct
The accounts of the state of trade are hardly |
so favorable as noticed on the 18th.
Speculation has in some measure subsidized
owing to the increased arrivals of all description
Of goods from the States.
FROM AUsTRALIA-The advices from Sydney
are to the 3Oth March.
There was speedy prospect of the indepen-
dence of Australia being declared.
Emigration thence from California was very
great
Immense floods had occurred in the Australi-
an gold mines, doing much damage
FROM OREGoN.-The news from Oregon is
only of minor Importance.
further election returns leave no doubt of
The Democrats having carried the Legislature.
Breadstuffs were active, and -four and wheat r
mad both advanced.
The gold mines were yielding moderately.
SANDWICH ISLAND NEws.-Our advices are
one week later, but wholly without interest
The markets were dull.
FROM THE SOCIETY IsLANDs.-We learn from v
'ne Society Islands that the French were quite q
oEefoearing in their actions and that they pro- t
nloited the protestant missionaries from preach
ing until they had submitted to the authority =
Of the government.
iHE FLORES EXPEDITION report of the
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