The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-07-13
FURTHER NEWS FROM CALIFORNIA

FURTHER NEWS FROM CALIFORNIA.
About Placeryile the Herald states that the
demand for water il rapidly on the increase,
the effec. of its introduction creating new
order of things in that, as in other districts,
making the dry season the best tor miners
New diggings are daily brought into requIsi,lon,
and the augmented piles of dust show the fec
undi,y Of the pl,cers in Eldorado County.
On South yuba, new diggings have been
discovered, called Brandy Fiat, where three
men took out with long tom on the 18th, $3.50
and in the next day 440. Other companies are
averaging twenty dollars 10 the head.
From Pitt River in the north, the State Jour-
nal learns that miners there are getting from
SO to SIG per day. Provisions cheap and In.
dams not troublesome.
The Sonora Districts are represented favor
ably. Miners on Woods Greek, Dragon
Gulch, Shaw's Flat at Springfield, Raw Hide
Ranch, Douglass Flat, Murphy's Camp, VISITED
last week by the editor of the Sonora Herald,
were found to be making fair wages, and many
could be introduced.
DR.. Frey, from Rattlesnake Bar, on the
North Fork of the American, reports that the
immense fiat along the bank of the river has
been completely perforated with cayote holes'
developing rich diggings from the surface TO
depth Of forty feet.
The Columbia Gazette, of May %, says
We still hear Of the continued success OF the
miners in this immediate vicinity and the neigh
boring camps, and on few good sized cAtSPaS
| being taken out by some of the lucky homores
| In.the show case of julius q Co. there can DC
| seen pieces of The yellow metal, all the way
| from five to one hundred and sixteen ounces
| We have been shown Jumps OF ~, IA, anc
Y0 ;,,Co Of
OF g., all of which were taken out in one day
this week, in the neighborhood OF Columbia.
| In q few rich holes, in the Main Guich
| in sipht of our office, a lump OF pure gole
weighing so ounces and ii dwts., was iound
Other claims on the Gulch are paying goot
wages. :.
| At Spring Gulch, as we are informed by
friend, the miners are doing as well, il not bet
ter, than any otner locality around Colum'
bia
A piece weighing eight ounces was taken on
at Yankee Hill, last week, and the miners gen
orally, at this rich spot, are doing some, II no
more
| At Springfield, last week, an lrishman picke'
up sscrathur," which weighed nineteen oun-
ces A valuable animal, surely.
Saw Mill Gulch, near Springfield has provet
| to be very rich, and several companies, OF tou
men each, are taking out from one to lou
i pounds a day.
Al Mu,phys, friend who was there las
| week informs that Turner and Knapp took OF
in one day, $40, and the next, l04 ounces, AM
another 81 ounces.
4 Two good Jumps weighing, one "a ounces
the other 65 ounces, were taken out last weel
| a short distance from Columbia.
/ Sandwich Islands dates from Honolulu, ar
to April Both. The Argus says:
Il iS a
saw that twenty vessels leave San Francisc
monthly, for China or Australia; and were GU
| port charges repealed, or reduced to merely
nominal figure, they would all touch here TO
supplies and estimating the expenses OF eac
vessel and passengers at $500, they would leav
$72, 900 yearly, to swell the national capita
whereas nov, neither the Government nor thu
people receive dollar.
The first steam engine on the Hawaiian isl
ands, was recently put into operation. 1t
used by flames g. Johnson, for saving an
other purposes in connection with their ship cal
penters establishment.
Mrs. Evoy, Of Briggsvlle, says the Shas.
Courier, an old lady Of 80 years, was robbed c
purse containing 81 800, while riding in
stage on the fehana and Marysville road c.
the 25tb The passengers being informed {
the loss, all agreed TO get out and be searched
Col Harper, threw off his cloak, which wa
picked up and found to contain in side poke
the lady purse with her name marked on i
The parties proceeded to Neils Ranch, wher
Justice Wright had hearing of the case, an
committed Harper to Jail for further trial. Th
case is still involved in some doubts, and the az
cused may not be guilty.
H. B. Livingston, of the Sacramento Uniol
we regret to learn was thrown from his hors
near the residence of Col Zabriske, on Sa.u
day, and SO much injured as to render him In
I sensible for some hours. He was discovered b
Col. g., short time after the accident, and al
=, peared lifeless, but has revived under the a,
tenton of DR.. Morse, and is out of DANCE
, On the 18th of May at Sacramento. numbt
of citizens and visitors in town assembled
express their admiration of the late Hon. r.
; Tompkins, and of the present Secretary {
, War Col jefferson Davis. 1t was resolved
present to Hon Jefferson Davis a sword of Ca
iifornia manufacture, with set in its hilt to b
selected from the gold bearing mounta of CT
Iiforna ssas he rlsked his life to obtain them f,
the IT, S. of America
The firm of VIM McNulty g. Co, in Sacr;
mentp, has been compelled to suspend. The al
sets are said to be sufficient to meet all liabil
ties. but the disaster of the November fire, an
subsequent interruptions of business from til
floods, render necessary the step they hay
taken.
Placerville is about having protection again
fire. The citizens propose shortly to constru
a capacious reservoir to supply enough watt
prevention against FIRE. as well as for domest
uses Fountains are pictured by our cotempt
rary as already playing in the Plaza Of ancie'
"Hangtown.
A grizzly bear was killed short time sine
; on the South Fork of the American Rive
; which weighed nine hundred pounds.
Frank Pierce is the name of pretty steam
er plying between Stockton and the Rancho
along the San Joaquin. Her freight will be tt
|, fruits Of the farmers on that river.
Labor continues in great demand at Place
vile, to work on the canals and fumes.-Tean
are also in great request. The Nevada Journa
d estimates that 400 Indians have persisted fro
the ravages Of the small pox, in that county, d,
ring months past. But few whites take ii
int ection.
The Sacramento Union announces the re
ceipt of a new Napier power press, by the clil
per ship Oriental, and has the machine rul
+ ming.
j well known German citizen of San deg
had offered to assume and TO pay off the labil
ties Of the town and give bonus of $4,000 f
the privilege of so doing, provided the tow
give him in return all unsold lots.
The Supervisors of the county are activel
engaged on the new road to San Bernarcin,
and are assisted in their labors by the Nor
mons,
| SPICES, STARCH e. SOAPS.
4 II HAVE now in store full supply Of Peppe