The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1852-04-08
Two Weeks Later from California.

NEW 1 ok, March 3O.-The steamship Cres-
cent City, from Chagres, arrived at 10 o'clock
this evening, bringing 24O passengers, and one
and hal millions in gold dust.
She bings dates from San Francisco to the
I'd of March, being two weeks later than our
last previous advices
Among the passengers by the Crescent City,
are J. j. Clay Mudd and George Davis Dele
gates from California to the Whig National Con-
ventior.
The Crescent City's passengers made the first
trip oEer the Panama Railroad to Navy Bay
AL the passengers upon the Isthmus had
been taken off by the steamers Northerner and
Oregon.
The town of Downieville was destroyed by fire
on the night of the 21st ult The loss is over
$500, 900.
The proceedings of the California Legislature
possesses little interest, both political parties be-
ing busy with their State Conventions.
The Wing State Convention met on the 29th,
and the Democratic ON the 23d ult They each
elected delegates to the National Convention,
but left them free on the Presidential question.
The efforts to call Convention to revise the
State Constitution, were being prosecuted with
energy, and a bill for that purpose had been in
troduced into the House of Representatives.
Several defalcations have recently come to
light The Treasurer of Calveras county had
absconded, taking with him some S3U, 200, ana
the Treasurers of Sacramento and Toulumne had
also absconded, each with large amounts.
The Boundary Commissioner party, under
command of Major Bartlett, had arrived at San
Diego, having lost on their route all their ami
mails by death, and had themselves suffered the
greatest privations. Major Bartlett had him
self Immediately proceeded to San Francisco,
where he arrived on the 28th ult
The yield of gold from the mines has somewhat
diminished, owing to the scarcity of water, very
little rain having fallen since the sailing of the
last steamer
Crime is on the increase in all the more pop
ulous towns and cities, particularly burglaries
and robberies
The weather had been remarkably fif1e and
the Spring crops look promising.
The Legislature had recently held its sitting
in Sacramento The Fugitive Slave bill was
likely to pass the Senate, having already passed
the House.
Later accounts of the disastrous fire at Dow
melville on the 2lst ult represent the loss at
$50, 600
4 great project is on foot for the organization
Of company to turn the South Fork of Ameli-
can river.
A series of Indian atrocities had been commit
ted on Feather river, and some hundred miners
had executed summary vengeance and justice
upon as many of the criminals as could be dis
covered.
The steamer Ohio arrived at San Francisco on
the 23d ult., with the unfortunate passengers
from the steamer Mckim, previously reported
at San Diego. Some of the Mckims passengers
had subsisted on one biscuit day, for consid-
erable time before arriving at San Diego, and
had afterwards suffered extraordinary privations
The ship Pactolus, which left San Francisco
on the Sd of November last cas- not since been
heard of
The steamer Independence, from Panama, ar
rived at San Francisco on the 25th ult., with
large number of passengers.
The steamship North America was wrecked
on the night of the 2Sth of February, about 20
miles south of Acapulco. She had an immense
saved, but the vessel became a total loss.
A number of Indians had been arrested at
Onion Valley for numbering travellers, and sew
eral of them were executed.
The San Francisco Herald considers the mi
ming news highly favorable and says the miners
have adopted a method of separating the pre-
cious metal from the clay, known as sluicing,"
which will add largely to the yield of gold, and
give an impulse to trade.
Two Sidney men, supposed to be connected
with daring set of Williams, who had committed
numerous robberies al the Calayeras diggings,
were arrested by the people, and executed on the
spot.
The Whig State Convention was in session
three days. Its proceedings were somewhat
stormy. The delegates elected are w. F. Stew
Heath.
The Democratic State Convention was in ses-
sion four days. Considerable feeling and excite
ment prevailed at first, owing to there being two
sets of delegates from San Francisco. The Con-
venton elected as delegates Judge Lyons, Joshua
Holden, W. II. Richardson, and J. NJ Covarru-
bias. An attempt was made to instruct the del |
egates the Presidential question, but failed
Rain commenced falling throughout the coun-
Try about the time the steamer sailed causing
great rejoicing among the miners,
The steamer Northerner, from San Francisco for
Panama, had $50 passengers, and one million
i've hundred thousand dollars in gold