Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-12-31
A FORTNIGHT LATER FROM CALIFORNIA.

The steamship Northern Light arrived at New York on
Saturday. from San Juan, with San Francisco papers
the LIST instant
She brings million and half of specie and upwards
of five hundred passengers who have made the passage
from San Francisco New York in less than twenty
three days.
The following is extracted from summary of events
in the Alta California Of the 1st instant:
The pastfortnight has been very important one for
the miners The rain has filled the guches and raised
the rivers and the works of the dry closed
The diggngs in the river beds have been abandoned
and in many valuable DAMS fumes &C. have been
swept away, although the rise has not been great The
miners look back upon and their profits and
losses for the last six months
The shipments show that undminshed amounts of gold
have been produced yet many Of the dggers complain
that they have spent much money in canang machinery
&C., and have made little.
The fumes which have not been carried off are being
taken down, to be used next year.
The miners pretty well prepared for the winter
and if be favorable the golden harvests will be richer
than
Some miners having good prospect for the winter are
preparing for next summer. Canals, to be finished by
June, have been commenced the North Yuba, Middle
Yuba, and North Fork of the American river
Many similar enterprises have been planned and they
will have very important effect the prosperity and
produce of the mines.
New diggpgs have been found in number of points
but nothing extensive.
Near Minnesota, Sierra county, the tunnels pay very
we'll lead two hundred feet wide, evidently once the
bed Of stream, has been found under o mountain and
Dix hundred feet above the level OF the Middle Yuba
by. In this lead found the remains of trees some
rotten, others petrfed, others changed into mineral
resembling sulphate of iron.
Several valuable quartz veins have been opened in FL
Dorado and some discoveries have been made in Gala
veras which, it is thought viii rinse the latter to high
position among the quartz counties.
FROM OREGON AND WASHINGTON TERRITORIES.
Advices from Oregon and Washington Territories are
two weeks later, to November IA.
Immigrants by the route over the Cascade Noun
tans had suffered very severely.
There had been renewed troubles with the Indians Of
South Oregon.
Governor STEVENS expected at Olympia, Washing
ton Territory the 10th of November and would mme
diately organize Territorial Government.
Commander ALLEN of the United States surveying
steamer Active reports having arrested the principal
dams engaged in the disurbancesn Washington Territory
SANDWICH ISLANDS.
Two weeks later intelligence had been received from
Honolulu, viz. to November 5.
During the fortnight ending that day 112 whalers
had arrived at Honolulu, Lahana, and Hilo
The whaers arriving all American, except three
Bremen, three French, and one Russian.
Eghtyseven whaers remained at Honolulu on that day
and fifteen merchant vessels.
The smallpox has abated at the port Of Honolulu but
still fingered in the rural districts Of the island
During the week ending November 9TH there were new
in Oahu, with l0l deaths and five new cases were
reported at Hawaii Total number of cases reported To
November 5th 60l5 the total number of deaths for the
period, 1926 Total number of persons yaccnat-
cd ut the vaccine establishment at Honolulu up to No
yember 1st 2,946.
The political ferment in the islands had completely
subsidized The policy Of system Of now oc
cuped the attention Of the papers and principal