Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1852-04-17
CALIFORNIA NEWS.
ARRIVAL OF THE
Ell DOR A DO.
TWO WEEKS LATER FROM
CALIFORNIA.
ssoo,OoO IN GOLD.
Interesting Intelligence = Great Inundation
and Distraction of Property.
NEw YORK, April 10.

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New YoRK, April H.
The steamship FL Dorado, from San Juan
and Chagres, with intelligence from Califor-
mia 10 the 18th ult., arrived here this alter
noon al five o'clock, having come up TO
the city unannounced, owing to the dense
fog.
The FL Dorado brings 100000 in gold
dust-of which $780, 600 is on freight, and
the remainder, Sl5o,ooo, in the hanls OF
passengers
The passenger trains on the Panama Rail
Road are now running from Aspinwall 10
Buena Vista. The trains start Immediately
on the arrival of the steamers and passen-
gers leaving Aspinwal in the morning ar.
rive at Panama at midnight
Aspnwall is beginning 10 assume the ap-
peardnce of a thriving city.
most disastrous flood had occurred on
the rivers, and the city Of Sacramento, Ne.
vada and Marysvie had been completely
overhowed, causing frightful destruction Of
property.
The loss at Marysvile is estimated a,
$4,000. AT Sacramento, the embankment
gave way, and the food washed through the
town, carrying off into the river a number of
houses
AT Marysvlle, all the stores were sub
merged, and large quantity of goods were
destroyed.
AT Nevada, two quartz mills the theatre,
the Empire Hotel, and several dwelling. .hou-
ses were swept away.
The bridges at Salmon Falls and Cooma
were carried off, and it is thought tina, every
has shared the same fate.
The country between Sacramento and the
mines is impossible. The Hall Of The Le-
gislature was surrounded by water, and the
members could only reach it by boats
Nearly all the houses on the Marysville and
Sacramento road foated oil, and many Of
the finest brick building in Maysville have
been rendered uninhabitable
The damage at Sacramento is estimated
al $4,000.
The crops, it was thought would not be
materially injured.
Many lives had been lost along the rivers
and the destruction of cattle was very great,
At the last accounts, the water was rapid
ly snbsiding.
AT San Francisco an expedition has been
projected TO 90 TO a newly y-discovered gold
mine on Queen Charlotte Island.
The Indians are sill giving trouble. A
party attacked Cark's train near Sacramen.
TO- and in the fight that ensued four of the
indians were killed. The party of whites
in charge of The train were forced TO aban-
don their goods. Two Indians were after.
wards taken and hung.
Immense quantities of snow had fallen in
the neighborhood of DownevIle.
The intelligence from the Mining Districts
was not favorable.
A detachment of United States troops
from New York had arrived there.
LooKING-GLAssEs FOR BIRDs.-A cores
pondent of the Gardeners Chronicle says:
"The following plan is perfectly etfica.
cious for soaring birds from fruit and other
produce. One of my servants having by
chance broken looking glass; it occurred to
me that broken pieces suspended by
string, so as to turn freely in every direction
would give the appearance of something
moving about which would alarm the birds
accordingly tried the plan, and found that
no bird, not even the most foolhardy of
them, dare come near. They had attacked
my peas; on suspendng few bits of the
iooking-gass amongst them, the marauders
left The place. The tomlils attacked my
seckle pears, to which they seem very par
tail A bit of looking.glass suspended in
front OF the trees put sop 10 the mischief.
My grapes were then much damaged, before
they were ripe, by lhrushes and siarlings
piece Of Iooking.elass drove these away,
and not grape was tonched afterwards
had before tred many plans, bat never
found any so elTeclual as The aboye.n
The Spirit of the Times says, on the sub.
ject of racing time :-''No horse ever went
mile within a minute, although it has been
alleged of the Flying Dulchman. Such
feat is impossible, for it would require a
horse with stride of ninety feet, and per-
form il once every second. The best time
ever made was in four mile race BY
Fashion. The lime was minutes and
SSd seconds.
A MEDICAL writer in England is endeav-
oriug 10 prove that salt was The "lorbdden
fruit" and that if it was no longer used by
human race, "lheir beauty, bodily perfec-
lion and power of mind" would exceed any
era before known in the world.
OuE friend Prentice is getting up new
kind of sheep, that will take TO waller like
NewEnunlland don The breed is a cross