Mississippi palladium. [volume] (Holly Springs, Miss.) 1851-1852, 1852-04-29
Two weeks later from california. .--.Ar-
rival of the Steamship Ell Dorado.
New YoRk, April I3.


The steamer Ell Dorado, arrived at 5
O'Clock. She brings two weeks later
news from California. and S500,O00.
The steamship Sierra Nevada was to
sail soon for lhe United States. The
steamer California arrived at Panama
from San Francisco, with the mails.
The Tennessee was to leave San Fran
cisco on the 18th, for Panama. The
Ell Dorado was detained at Aspinwals
for the mails, which the agent refused
to deliver; they will come forward on
the Georgia via Havana.
!! Passenger trains are.now running on
the Buena Vista Railrbad; they depart
on the arrival of the steamers at Aspin-
walls in the morning sad arrive at Pan
anna at midnight.
Much distress continues to prevail
among the passengers of the North
America at Acapulco; most of the fe-
males We're taken on board the Pana-
ma, the remainder had no means Of lea
wing, no ship having been sent TO their
assistance. The Pacific stopped there
but declined taking any on board as she
was crowded. The news from Cali
fornia is uninteresting.
A most disastrous flood has occurred
on the river cities. Sacramento, Ne
vado, and Marysville had been over
flowed, doing dreadful damage at Ma
rysville: the loss is estimated at $780,
900. At Sacramento the embankment
gave way, washing off several houses.
At Marvsville all the stores are SUBJ
merged, and large quantities of goods
destroyed. At Nevada, two quartz
mills, the Theatre, the Empire Hotel,
and several other houses swept away.
The bridges at Salmon Falls and Co
Iona, were swept away, and no doubt
every bridge on the South and Middle
Forks shared the same fate. The
country between Sacramento and the
mines is impossible.
The legislative halls are surrounded
by water, and the members reach them
in boats.
The damage at Sacramento is esti-
mated at 100000.
The crops are thought to be much
injured. Many lives lost. Greatquan-
titles of live stock have perished.
After the sailing of the last steamer
the markets steadily improved until the
occurrence of the great flood, which
caused almost an entire suspension OF
trade.
The correct amount of gold by the
Ell Dorado is S6S0,O00 on freight, and
| SS50.OO0 by passengers.
An expedition is projecting at San
Francisco for the new gold regions at
Queen Charlotte's Island.
The Indians continue troublesome.
A party attacked Clark's train; in the
conflict four Indians were killed. The
whites abandoned their goods; two In
dians were afterwards hung. Immense
quantities of snow fell near Downen-
vile. News from the mines is unfav-
orable.
The advices from San Diego Angeles
, are to February 2Sth, and contain no.
thing of interest.
5 Stockton and San Joaquin valleys
: suffered much from the flood.
L A large amount of business has been
done by the Legislature, chiefly of a
: local nature.
The House reported unfavorably up.
: on the subject of dividing the State in
: to Congressional Districts.
The Fugitive Slave Bill has been re-
{ ported back to the House.
l. The joint resolution requesting tht
;. General Government to supply the
: State with arms passed the legislature
= The waters have completely Subsidee
. and the roads are again becoming pas
I sible. The flood was higher than ha
been known for years, not only in tn
! northern mining districts, but in tn,
e agricultural counties at the south.
. The abundance of rain has given al
n impetus to mining operations, and it i
II thought that the loss of property wi!
be more than counterbalanced by tn
" advantages gained from asutfcentsup
'e ply of water.
!, The effect will be very beneficial f
- agriculture. A large extent of the fl
!, !, nest land, parched by the long drought
!. was too hard for cultivation; now i
= will yield readily to the plough. and say
: from ruin many farmer. In som
7 places where the seed was put into tn
. ground, the rain may prove injurious.
: By the last accounts from Panam
lo there were four steamers in port boun
a for San Francisco, "Winfield Scott,
California" Tennessee" and "Ne'
Orleans,'' which is more than sufficien
to take all remaining passengers on tn
Isthmus for California. There wer
also three or our clipper ships boun
for San Francisco.
u CHINA.-The loss by fire at Hon
: Kong, on the 29th December, amount
: to S4,0O0,00O.
Of Mr. and Mrs. Goldschmidt.
n The d;StinpuiShed SmediSh Son0s