Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1852-06-26
CALIFORNIA NEWS.
- ARRIVAL OF THE
PORMETHEUS.
THEE DAYS LATER FROM
CALIFORNIA.
$500, 900 IN Specie.

s'uVed al New York, on Monday morning,
bringing dates f,om San Francisco TO the
2s'h OF May, being three days latei than
our previous advices.
The Promeiheus left Saa Juan on the l2ih
inst, aud brings 45o passengers.
In consequence Of the sickness of the
Porser' Of the p she brings very few pa
p'ts, and they contain nothing of special ii.-
teres,
The PIome,hrus brings $50, ,oo0 in goll
on freight, and about $500, coo in hands Of
passengers.
The steamer Albion was a, Graytown on
the I'd inst, and notified the authorities thai
the Governments of England aud The United
States guaranteed the Independence of San
Juan. The Commissioners proceeded al
once 10 Costa Rica and Nicaragua, for the
purpose OF making permanent settlement
of the boundary. A large party of AmeIi-
can ladies and gentlemen a, Greytown, TO-
geiher with the Mayor and authorities, judi
Ges and other funciionares, met and crle-
brated the Independence of San Juan del
Norie. b. Osborn, Esq, of New York, pre-
sided, and speeches wrie made on the lmde-
peudrnce oi San Juan del Nurte. The Guv-
ernmenls of The United States and Great
Bfitain, and The Commissions were severav
toasted.
The Plomcihcus brings intelligence that
difficulties have aIsen between the MrNi-
cans and British, at San Jose, Lnwer Caliiur-
MIA, in consequence of the persons and sools
Of British subjects The .loop Of war Swif,
was despatched TO investigate the matter,
and on h,r arrival, the Commander plu,rsi-
ed against the Mexican proceedings, and
threatened Il rupture between the two gov
ornmen,s.
The steamship Monumental City, arrived
al San Francisco, on The nth uli, from San
Juan. with $50 Passengers. There had been
gtea, mortality during the passage.
setiou. accident occurred 10 Judge Ilul-
man al San Francisco, On The nth He
was very severely injured by being thrown
from his horse. II was thought, however,
,ha, he would recover
The steamer Pacific, which .coanrc,ed
with The Pacific Al Sa, Jnan, was detained
at San Franci.ro until the ~ h, in consr-
Quence Of strike for waves among the fire.
men and hravers
The supply Of Provisions at the mines
continued very abundant.
Gold continued to be gathered in i'm
mrnsc quantities.
A letter gives The following description Of
block Of gold qrarz ON exhibition al San
Francisco.
The block Of quartz and gold exhibited a,
the store of MessIs. Case, ll,isrr s. Co.
was taken from vein in place, on Monday
,he i0;h inst, by DR.. n. Coukliug Job S
Hesrn, Christian Snule and John H. Kimhlc,
., volcanoviIIe, FL Dorando county, near The
trail from Georgetown, TO Volcano Bar. or
III. Middle Fork of the American river.
This blocks weighs li5 pounds, and the
geld in it 10 variously estimated by different
parsons =, from to IS pounds but no ac-
~ara,e tcsi having been made, of course The
'smennt j. quite uncertain. The vein from
which i, was taken has been opened in
several places 10 the depth Of Is feet in
one place 10 the depth of 25 feet, and in
another so feet, with a innnel cutting the
vein al right angles, by which il is drained,
ventilated and the rock carried out on a
railroad car $50 feet to the mill.
AT every point where the vain has been
opened gold has been found on the surface,
and more of it as we descend hr, this new
and nncommonly rich discovery is about
$500 feet from The deepest shaft on a ravine
running with the vain, and al level of
nbon, 100 fee, below The top Of the shaft -
Ut MAS discovered hy Mcssrs Saul, H"arn
and Kimble, while washing with "Tnm,"
snd ia now owned ny The "Vnlcano Quartz
Mining Company" and it j. proposed TO
erect powerful machinery a, the earliest
possible period
G. Ryckman, of San Francsro, il was
said, would receive the appointment Of
Flour Inspector
The markets generally were dull and
stock. unchanged.
Business al San Francisco has been limi.
ted and at MarysvIle quite dull, On the
18Th flour was firm, and sugar had an ur-
ward tendency.
From Shusta Fair, gold is said 10 be COM
ing freely.
S j. Springet, Of Kcuucky, committed
suicide, on the 10th, al San Francisco
Capt Tompkins, Of ST, Louis, was recently
drowned in Klamath river.
Present TO AN EDIToR. The editor OF
he New York Journal of Commerce has re-
.eivsd from Florida, four quarts OF mos mi
urs, in glass receiver or jar, marked
Preserved Mosquitoes, form Florida D
hey are specimens of The mosquitoes,
hich according 10 statement in the Jour
Il Of Commerce, thrust their bills through
old boiler, in which an unhappy Yankee
4 taken refuge, to avoid The enormous
osouitoes Of the everglades. The story
o. ina, The Yankee, on finding how mai.
,eod in the morning, went 10 work and
,ed all the bills inside the hoiler, when
o,o.ouitoes, taking the alarm, rose with
boiler. and flew off al a laundering rate
N. direction of the Okeeienokee swamp