The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-09-16


he best French d ctionary, died on Friday last.
Mr. O'Connor, ,iishop u Pittsharg, ID the United
States, is now III Paris.
Prince Kalmacki Ambassador Extraordinary Of
| the Sublime Porte, has returned To pAyis.
General lIaynau arrived this morning from Brus-
sells. and stops a. the 4otel des Prince.
Tho telegraphic dispatches received last night,
! and published IN this mornings hoslieG, are all
relative to the desires expressed by HE comuitce of
General Council Tor the promotion Of Louis Napoleon
to the Empire. 3. II. Il.
California Msnin, Intelligence.
She miners of Wet Gulch generally doing
WE'LL rs the water holds ont good. One company
of Americans are making good strikes, and the gold
remarkably coarse They have taken out u lump
weighing thirty six ounces.
Immediately below Harris Bar Accompany ia about
flaming tie river, and have their works nearly
| pleted Below this company, again, Mcssrs Robin
| son Cole, Lawrence & Co humpg the bed Of
the river FOR some considerable distance, and will
be enabled to sc. into the river in very few days.
They are sangGine Of taking out q large amount Of
gold. as the banks have all paid wen, Lrd as far
they have gone into the river, obtained rich pros
peet.
Clinton still holds it's good reputation az mining
camp. The miners are making good wages. II is
expected that this branch OF the sOutb fork Of Jack
| son will continue flowing throughout the summer,
thus securing constant employment TO large num-
| Der OF persons.
The miners in Soldiers Guch ere busy clearing
of the earth with which some OF these claims have
been overwhelmed since the great lan1 slide which
took place there during the past winter. This vast
mass Of clay covers some Of the richest claims
| in this very rich guch.
Two men near Greaserviile took ont over $500
| from their claim on the 20th Jaly. One piece
| weighed nearly q pound, and contained scarcely
any rock. Miners generally in this vicinity are
doing well, many Of them making from $40 to $50
| per day.
The waters have greatly abated, and the bars Of
the San Joaquin seem disposed TO exhibit their
| golden surfaces. There are many at work on the
north side OF the river at present. with very good
results, though the cream Of our Giggings is yet
| deeply buried.
party Of men took out FIVE pound piece ON
Woods Creek, in bank which was abandoned last
winter Right near it, IL man took out ounce to
pan, where the ground had been tommed over
Two pieces of gold, one weighing $50, and the
Their $50, were taken out at Pine Log Crossing,
ust above the camp. The water on that branch Of
the Stanislaos is now pretty low, and the miners
are digging in the bed Of the stream. There is a
camp OF about five hundred persons there, who nre
nearly all making good wages. Gases OF individual
| good luck are constantly occurring.
! The miners Of san Gabriel meet with uniform
| success, making fair wages. No large hanls have
been made s. per day being the average yield
Specimens Of quartz. presenting rich appearance,
| have been exhibited in Los Angeles TDey were
found about twenty miles from that place.
| Texas News.
by the arrival Of the steamship Louisiana. at
/ New Orleans we have received dates from Calves
ton to the Sd inst.
most cold blooded and atrocious murder was
committed in Austin on the 10Th ult. by Blake II.
Thompson. The name Of the murdered man was
William Finnin, and there does not appear to have
been the slightest provocatien on the part Of the
latter. Thompson is said to be gambler, and
man Of desperate and reckless character. A meet
ing Of the citizens Of Austin was held on the occa-
sion, and 81 900 subscribed for the apprehension of
the murderer. The Governor has also offered $500,
and the brothers Of the deceased $780, makingi all
| $1,000 reward.
The people in Peters Colony arc becoming quits
calm again. They have concluded to resort to no
more violence but await the action Of the Legisla-
tnre. In the meantime, no location can be made in
the colony and there isso much uncertainty respect
ing land titles that it is feared few improvements
will be made, and few emigrants will be induced to
settle there.
railroad meeting was held at Fairfield, Free
stone county, on the Sd ult., snd delegates were
appointed to represent that county in the Palestine
Convention, to take place on the third Monday Of
this month
The Southwestern american Of the 18th ult. says
the sum total Of votes returned up to that date is
follows:-For Attorney General-Jennings, 5,S7;
snyles, a;546; Hamilton, 2, Isl and adds There
is no doubt Of the success of Col. jennings y
The Trinity river is now said to BIO full The rise
comes from the up country and the Leon Pionee,
says il is expected to be Of considerable duration.
There is even n prospect of an overflow. The Bra
zos river was also very high.
The San Antonio Ledger has q letter from Mr.
Jesse Stem, the Indian AGENT which states that the
late report of Camanche depre iations at Fort Gra-
trary, he says the several tribes Of Indians on tho
line Of our frontier are quite pacific, and have been
so for long time.
The Houston Tdcgraph learns that the Inians on
the BRACES and TRINITY are all friendly. The Ton
kcwas sre residing near Fort Balkn@p, and arc in
such state OF restitution that they are rather OBJ
Jects OF commiserGvion than OF terror The Wacoes,
under Jose Maria, have removed below the old vii
lage, and are raising corn short distance from
Torrcy's trading house The Reaches snd their
kindred tribes still residing Mt the Old village,
ligh up on the B!azos The Lip ans have removed
to tho Colorado
man named John johnson wa found dead recently
on the shore Of Galveston hay. opposite the city
tiencman named Napoleon had been arrested, charged
with the murder.
The hnntSre Item announces the eecspa from The pen
fcntiary of Ed o. Gibson, convict for stealing,
and also Wm Robertson, convict from Naoogloches
Arsvard Of 500 is offered for them both loo tor
either
The Auttn papers announce the death Of Mr. James
Moore, IN old Texan and q worthy citizen.
The reports OF the crops throuJ the STATE are fn
vorable The worms had done but Little damage and the
prospects for corn, cotton sugar were never more
GER Tersifsr r. smith arrived at Ind'anoa On the "a
pet In the Louinua The citizens Of that r.sce has
rendered him piIncntary ball and suppey wh,cls
was to have of on the evening of the 3d.
The commander ono of the new companies II Tox,s
Rangers has been given to Mr. G. X Lewis e1nr az tn
Corpus Christi Jcieg.
Tile Sontag Serenade.
NEW YORK, September IT. 1852
To JAMES GoRDoN BENNETT, ESQ,
EDITOR OF THE New YoRK HERALD
Dear Eir:-ln your valuable paper Of this morn
ing see report of the screnade given to Madame
Henriette Sontag last night, in which appears q.
list of the different singing societies belonging 10 the
New York General Smpgerbund. Az a small mig
it. by stating that the name Of society, called
.sHarmoniao has been omitted AS the ipe,nhers