Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-05-01
LATE FROM CALIFORNIA.

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The steamer Noahen Light, from San Juan has
arrived at New York with accounts from San Fran
cisco to the LIST instant
The news is of less than ordinary interest We
extract few items from the New York Commercial
Advertiser:
The damage occasoned by the late food was not as
great at first supposed The roads had again be-
passable and the communication with the mining
districts which had been temporarily interrupted by the
freshet, resumed. spell of pleasant weather had
the heavy rains but at the atest date
had again begun to fall and the indications that the
rainy season was not yet at end.
The accounts from the mines generally very avora
BILE, and the gold dust was offering more freely
The Sonora Herald records the finding Of lump of
gold weighing four pounds four ounces by the United
States Company, estimated to be worth 1855.
The Shasta Courier reports rich discoveries of gold on
Rouge River the Oregon TRAIL and about five hun
dred persons had left with the intention of engaging in
mining at the new location The paper represents
that the average result of mining in that vicinity
ten dollars per day for each man engaged.
The miners in the gulches around Aqua Fra Creek and
Mariposa River have been making good wages and an
occasional lucky strike, since the rain.
Meetings had been held San Francisco in behalf Of
the shpwrecked passengers of the North america
and committee still busily employed in obtaining
subscriptions in provisions and money Forty barrels Of
provisions and two thousand dollars had been dispatched
at Acapulco to be distributed among the needy and des
ttue passengers Further collections to be for
warded and ship had been chartered bring the pas
sengers from Acapulco to San Francisco
The Common Council Of San Francisco have passed an
ordinance prohibiting bull and bear fighting within the
municipality and forbdding bands of music paradng the
streets Sunday for the purpose Of attracting notice
such exhibitions
The advices from San Diego to the 23d of March
Lieut. SwEESY, accompanied by brevet Lieutenant and
Assistant Surgeon with hundred and thirty men, left
San Diego the 9th for the post at the Colorado The
San Diego Herald says:
"a wagon train came in from the post few days since
the transport schooner Nevada which left here some
time since the Colorado with supplies post Maj
Heinzelmen WIN be obliged 70 to mule steaks,
unless he gets supplies from this place very shortly up
wards of thirty mules belonging to the last train which
came in, persisted on the Desert
| The military post at Chino, under command Of Capt.
LOWELL had recently received accession of sixty
from San Diego.
The United States transport barque Anita arrived
San Diego the 18th Of March, remain there till
the return of company of dragons and companies
of infantry from the Colorado which are to be sent to
Bencia.
The damage by the freshet in the vicinity of Monterey
very great. The crops the Salinas and Payaro
rivers with but few exceptions, entirely destroyed
and many dwelling houses swept away. Many Of
the rancheros had lost large portion Of their stock The
loss Of human e far known, confined four.
Regular communication has been formed between China
and San Francisco and Chinese emgrants arriving
out Commercial letters from Canton Of the oath Of Feb
ary state that sixteen vessels had recently sailed thence
for San Francisco, all filled with passengers and that
several other large ships had been chartered and pre-
pairing for like voyages.