The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1853-02-26

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sdslrAia. J. r. Mekhstsy. U. 8. n, co.,
saa1ss, arrived hses u eight O'CLOCK. 10,
svssiag. having lon Aspinwah on ne 2
iaseaaG Sas brings The Govsrnmsas mail
and California datss OF tbs 18th ult,, aGtss
thousand dollars worth Of gold dsss. o.
freight, and one hundred and eighty ~,
ssnEsrs.
The Pacific Mail Steamship, Code,
Gats, reached Psnama on the 2Sth ultima
with siz hundred passenger, and o.. 100,
COO in gold dast.
4 The health Of the lsthmus was consid
cred good.
The valleys Of The Sacramento, and Sat
Joaquin were still footed. Much dsmsu,
and Inconvenience had been sustained b,
tho high water. Flour was ve,y high, DO,
ing from e3i to $50 per barrel. Their.
was some suffering ia the mines. tho road.
being. in places impossible Ii Is said Il. a,
one dol'ar's pound had bean paid at ii.
minss for flour.
II was estimated that the Ohio, Philsdsl.
Phia, and Uncle Sam, landed sixteen hun.
bred passengers At Aspinwsll. for Cslifor.
mia.
The Legislature met on the 3rd uIt, bu,
up tc che sailing Of the steamer, nothing oi
momsn: had TRANSFERRED.
The elapsed portion Of tho present win.
tor had been characterized by u severity *.
eeedi"g that Of tho corresponding period in
1870 Those who tidsd through that squs.
Gus season, have had to modify their con.
cep,ion Of a Californian winter. The 70.
suit OF this unusual rigor, more melancholy
to relate, is long catalogue OF diseases.
comprising the loss of many lives, aud the
destruction Of much valuable property.
Accounts Of = heart moving characte,
from various quarters. mostly the remot.
samps, represent the dsstitution 40 not con.
lined to solitary and scattered instances,
but a. affecting bAIsfully, entire communi.
ties. Famine has done it, fell work within
the snow beIagusrsd gorges Of the nouns
tains.
The immense quantity Of rain which has
fallen, swelling by its own volume and the
wash from tho deposits Of snow upon the
higher land, the river and streams, has oc.
essionsd trsshsts that have carried before
them bridges and fsrry>boAts. cattle and
houses. and have proved. in . number Of
instances, destructive OF human life. Tbs
low bottom lands have been extensively in
undated. all traces Of tillsge oblitsrated,
improvements carried of. and agricultural
operations retarded. The roads, IN some
places impossible, have every where through
the interior been difficult TO travel, by &C.
eumulations Of mud aud snow.
From the encampments about Nevada,
from Angels and Murphy's, = number OF
miners, necessi.ated by sheer hunger. have
into more favored localities, aban.
don,ug the modicum OF provision left to
them for tho sustenance Of tina females and
the sick some, in attempting to fiss the
appalling presence o. famine. have pershed
by the way, sinking exhausted from ema.
citation aud fatigue into snowy sspulchres
others, more fortunate, securing in the
timely shelter Of some ranch, mn escape
from impending death. Where i. WAS i'm.
possible. by the ordinary means to trans. !
port food, bands of energetic minors ear
ried upon their backs packages. in soms in.
stances of = hundred pounds OF flour, dis
isncss Of sixty or seventy miles. A squad
Of Cinnamon were observed tramping, in /
single file. irsighted with rice in mats, sus. |
pended from long bamboos, borne on their
shoulders.
Small pox has prevailed in Calsverss
county, on the Consumes, and IN other
sections, with some fatality. Temporary /
hospitals have been established, and the /
sick cared for ~ well ~ circumstances per.
United
Tn. proprie,y Of holding a MinerA Cons
ven,on is being extensively discussed, but
the period and the place have not yet been
decided upon. The object. discussion OF
various questions connected with the mine
raj lands.
The pilot boat Sea Witch was lost on tho
S,h ult. The crew saved themselves in =
.mali boat.
The steamers j. Brsgdon, and Comsn>
che came in collision near Bsnlcis on the
night Of the 9th ult., when the latter boat
sunk, in from twelve 10 tiltven feet water.
Ten lives were lost, among which ws'.
Mrs " intsrs, and enc OF her children, and
Mira Ba,ker-the former WAS the vile Of
merchant doing business at Snake bar, the
other the wife OF Alderman Barker, oil Sac.
ramento city.
The Relief Committee OF SACRAMENTO. I
have disburscd bounty to more than 'n
hundred destitute persons, OF whom two
hundred aud sixty seven were women and +
children The committee have remaining. [
unappropria,ed. s3764, and As""s'dsrAhl'
quantity OF merchandise.
Ihs u non says the water in the Consnm'
nss river and valley, is higher thu" It ws'
ever before known. and has destroyed =
great dsal of property. A gentleman
na,sed two hundred wagons, most oil which I
we're stuck last in the mud between JACK |
son aud Sacramento.
Ds.ss from Nevada to the llth ult'ms,
s,ats tha. the stock Of Hour WAS then COM
pls,.Iy exhausted in that city. Add to 'hls
ihs distressing fact that the extensive MI
ming region around Wxloups, about twelve
milss east Of Nevada, which 10 entirely Do,
pendant on that place, 10 without : pound
OF provision, and can get no supply OF Hour
from Nsyada. and that mi"ers. al place
called Red Dog. were actually sustaining
Themselves upon sersps which they had
previously thrown sway-a"d the picture
10 gloomy enough. Al Nevada one o. we
bakers went To another for Loaf Of ofesd