Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-04-02
FROM CALIFORNIA.

The California intelligence to the lst instant
brought by the mail steamer Georgia, presents nc
new feature
The Legislature of the State discussing the ques
ton Of Convention for the revision Of the Constitution
The steamer Monumental City left San Francisco for
Australia the 10th utimo and the New Orleans to
follow on the 9th of March Numerous sailing vessels
were also about leave with passengers from the mines
Dates from the ella river to the 18th February had been
received at San Diego. The Indians were quiet
Aubrey the Santa Fe trader had arrived at Fort YUMA
with four thousand sheep and lot Of mules and horses
The town of Marysvie has subscribed $3.50 900 for
plank road to Nevada.
The city of Sacramento is taking to ensure
the building of railroad to the mountains
The noted robber Joaquin continued his depredatons
the Sacramento. He had robbed a Chinese camp Of
$4,000, and committed several murders.
The citizens of jackson have hung Mexican robber
and the citizens of Mud Springs have hung three Chinese
robbers.
The arrivals of all staple merchandise had been quite
heavy at San Francisco but, with the exception Of
-four and grain, the demand had kept pace with the i'm
ports The imports of flour for the fortnight foot up
900 barrels making the stock So 600 barrels and
ing prices to give way still further, entaing loss
on the first cost and charges The prices range from 80
to $1O50.
The dates from Panama to the 10Th instant. That
place is reported to be healthy but is said that immense
numbers of passengers dying the passage up The
steamer Winfield Scott had lost forty and
the steamer Golden Gate twenty The shipofwar
Portsmouth shortly to leave Panama for Valparaiso
The Alta California of the 1st of March fur
nishes the following summary of mining ntelli-
gence
The news from the mines is encouraging. New dig
gings have been discovered about five miles from Sonora
in the of Curtisve from which $50
of gold taken by Mexcans in two days. One
piece of quartz found which contained four pounds
of gold Rich placer dggngs have also been discovered
at Jamestown from which high eighty dollars to the
pan have been taken out lump of quartz has been
taken Yankee Hill weighing PAT ounces and
ly all gold valued at 81, 200 This Yankee Hill claim is
said to be very rich.
The miners engaged in the Tcknor and Guch Flat in
the vicinity of Michigan city, taking out vast quaint
ties of gold and from present appearances the dggngs
Of Ground Hogs Glory are also paying Well At the Fo
rest m five miles below, the miners are taking out gold
by pounds This region of country well supplied with
water by means Of bitches from Valcano Canon The
Vacano and Todds Valley canal is doubtless the best
stock in this mining district AT Stringtown, Ma
rysvie, mines have been discovered to very con-
siderable extent and large numbers of miners profit
ably employed averaging from eight to twelve dollars per
day to the The only mining heretofore done at this
point has been river mining but these newly discovered
dry diggings open up and rich prospect to the
SriDgtowners Water in sufficient quantities to ten
toms has been brought from Oregon Guch and PowePs
Branch, the former from distance of and half and
the latter mile Sringtown is the centre or business
point of population Of five six hundred miners, and
is in most fourshng condition. 1t has five stores one
blacksmith shop, and two boarding houses. Money is
said to be plenty and supplies abundant at Marysvile
prices, with transportation added
The miners Feather river in the vicinity Of Long
Bar and Oregon Gulch, doing well. Many claims
which have been re-worked pay well they did in
lS49 The gold prospects about Nevada and Grass Val
ley are reported being uncommony fattering So with
saw-m enterprises. Reports from Shasta and Yreke
state that the miners well repaid for their labor Three
men took out 900 in week near Yreke At Ora
mite Valley, Single Creek, and Tunnel Hill, Coloma, the
news is of the cheering character.
Provisions still high at the mines. Two companies
have been formed for the construction of plank roads be-
tween Sacramento and Nevada and Marysvle and Ne
yada.
The FL Dorado News states that large quantities of
gold coming into Placeryille On average about
seventy thousand per week purchased by the
regular dealers in gold dust
The San Francisco Transcript says that placers
have been discovered the headwaers of Ana and Santa
Cruz rivers in Los Angeles county, and that small vein
of tertiary coal has been found the Senas river Santa
Barbara county.
A mine of copper had also been discovered in Santa
Barbara county, and specimens from it had been brought
to San Francisco for the purpose Of analizaton They
found to contain about A. per cent Of "copper" II
per cent. Of silver, and or per cent. Of gold.