Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1852-1853, 1853-05-14
HENRY STANcILL, Secretary.

4rTiu1t Inc Dd1ltcL He0SteT-LGterJ from CALIFORNIA
-Totul Wreck q The s. s. LetOS-4HOre Gold. Src.
[ New ORLEANS, May 10. The Steamer Daniel
Webster, from San Juan, arrived here last evening.
She brings dates from San Francisco to the 18th Of
| April, being days later than The by
J the Ell Dorado al New Y ork.
The Pcayune has received full files of letters and
papers by this arrival. The Daniel Webster connec-
! ted with the steamer Brother Jonathan, which left
San Francisco the 10Th. She also brings about
200 passengers and considerable amount Of gold.
The most important news by this arrival is the
tai wreck of the steamer S. S. Lewis, belonging to
the Nicaragua line. 1t seems that she ran ashore
near the place where the steamsr Tennesse
was wrecked some time ago, and met sad fate.
A dense fog was prevailing at the time. Soon after
striking she went to pieces and sunk. being total
wreck and loss. There were in all three hundred
aud eighty five passengers on board at the time OF
The accident, and, far has been ascertaned, it
is believed all fortunately saved through the
almost superhuman exertions of the officers of the
boat and Others The S. S. Lewis, at the time, was
bound from San Juan to San Francisco, and had
! board the passengers of the steamer Prometheus,
which left New York on the 18th of March.
| The S. S. Lewis was built in Philadelphia in 1851,
and was valued al 100000. No insurance.
The general California is 5ut of little impor.
lance. Business steady and active--the mining
operations very prosperous. All kinds of produce
| were bringing good prices. Flour SO so to $II so
per Dbl. Provisions and groceries steady. -
SECOND DISPATCH.
The Picayune publishes full details of the news
from California, brought by the Daniel Webster
The entire trip from San Francisco was made in 233
days.
Another terrible accident had occurred at the head
of San Francisco bay, by which l8 pers ,ns in
stantly killed, and many others seriously wounded
The steamer Jenny Lind, formerly plying bet 1een
San Francisco and Sacramento, exploded her boilers
The plate OF of the boilers blew out, scattering
death and destruction among all on board.
Eighteen dead bodies were recovered and thirty
others dreadtully wounded by scalding, &c. Among
the scaided are come eight ten dreadfuly that
they cannot recover. The dead and wounded were
nearly all old residents of San Francisco. The
steamer at the time retuening from trip 10 AL
viso.
The passage by the house of delegates for the ex-
tension of the city front OF San Francisco has caused
intense excitement among the citizens who have de-
termlned it possible TO defeat it in the Senate, and
tor which purpose memorial has been drawn up and
very numerously signed protesting against the meas
ure. This, when presented, gave rise to long de-
bate; and the vote being taken, the bill rejected.
AT the latest dates it had been fully ascerlaned
that none OF the passengers in the S. S. Lewis
lost. Measures were taken at San Francisco for the
relief of the sufferers by the wrecked steamer nde
pendence. Up to the I4th over $4,000 have been
subscribed. The small pox rapidly increasing
throughout San FranciscO-Inany fatal cases were re-
ported.
The amount of gold: dustby the mail steamer Pana-
ma is computed at two millions of dollars.
The intelligence from the mining regions is highly
satisfactory. The miners at Columbia, Sonora, Ca
Javares, Dry Creek, Yuba, and Shasta were all
lively and probably working.
The flood at Sacramento subsidng.
Among the acts PISSED by the Legislature was
bill Incorporating railroad company. Also, an act
extending the provisions of the fugitive slave law
another year.
The California market was active than no.
ted by previous advces but the tendency OF prices
was still downward. Sales Ct GaIlego and HaxaI
flour at $40 60 for inspected super6ne. Clear pork
quoted at $685. and contracts concluded for delivery
within few days at $50. Mess beef, 1877 $50
with sales. Butter, 81 to 40 cents per 10. Groce-
ries generally without much change. The money
market easier.
There was speculative movement IN cheese
large sales at 20 81 Spirits tufPentlne ad-
vanced to 49, Sugar dull and drooPing-New Or
ieaus brown CENTS Lumber supported at previous
prices. Coal generally firm and in good demand
The money market had undergone but little
change. Capital was abundant and rates easy.
Stocks quiet. Exchange from New York, Boston,
and Philadelphia, and sight-drafts per cent.
The Gold Discoveries TN Ie1as.
New ORLEANS, Nav 8. Adzices from Galveston |