Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-12-03
CALIFORNIA NEWS.

Inc lasL mali from california brings San Fran
cisco papers Of the lst November. The following
summary Of news is extracted from the San Fran
cisco Herald of the latest date
The mining Intelligence from all sections Of the State
is very encouraging. Mining water companies have ra-
pdly increased in all quarters millions dollars have
been invested in these works. and the water is conveyed
through the mines in every direction convention Of
the companies has been recently held and memorials
now in circulation praying Congress for certain privileges
not at present enjoyed Instances Of individual
are as numerous as at previous period On part
OF the San Joaquin claims paying from SIS to Sl70
per day. Wages are good, and laborers in demand at
$50 per month aud found At Parks Bar on the Yuba
claims are paying much aud in instances more
than formerly One quartz mining company, in Grass
Faey~took out in ten hours, from tons Of
rock lo99. In one day the of $40 900 was taken
from the Union claim Feather river near Bidwell's
Bar New and productive diggings had been discovered
near Searss Dggngs by green hand from San Francis
CO. company of five men have recently taken out be-
tween $3.50 and 900 the South Fork of Scott
river in the extreme northern part the State At Lake
Valley, the eastern line of the State new diggngs
have been discovered.
The Sonora Fillibusterng Expedition has attracted
considerable attention. portion of the party about
seventy started the night of the 18th the barque
Caroline. One hundred and eighty others were after
wards taken out to her by tug boat Nothing has
been heard Of them since they left On the DIST the
steamer s. b. Wheeler previously engaged in the river
coastng trade of the Sandwich Islands Another report
said that she to take part in the fbusering expo
dton. On the 9th the steamer Goh took lG0 passen
gers an unusually large number for Los Angeles and it
is reported that these portion of the party. 1t is
expected that the expedition will be complete failure
and the people generally have but little sympathy with
The Indian war in the north, although terminated is
still the subject OF comment several outrages by the
whites having been committed 10 violation of the treaty
The United States troops remain in the neighborhood
The new State hospital at Stockton has been completed
The question Of another removal Of the State capital
from Benicia to Sacramento is attracting attention
The immigration into this State and Oregon still con-
tnues although it may be said to have nearly ended
There has been suffering from scarcity provisions
The immigrants found the Indians very troublesome and
dangerous.
Two steamboats, were blown up on the river between
San Francisco and Stockton, on the same night
panied with the loss of several yesthe American Eagle
and the Stockton The accidents attributed to mper
fectons in the boilers. Col Hays Surveyor General
Lieut. Beae, Superintendent of Indian Affairs, Major Ca
perton and several other gentlemen were board the
American Eagle at the time, and narrowly escaped
Last week the St Francis Hotel, the Of Clay
and Dupont streets destroyed by fire. and unfor
tunate individual consumed
The Fund Commissioners of San Francisco more
than prepared in advance to the interest falling due
the lst of November instant the bonds Of the city
The sum of l43 been realized by the sale OF the
ctys interest in small portion of the Government Re-
serve.
The Magnetic Telegraph is completed and in con-
slant operation between this city and Marysyie through
San Jose, Stockton, and Sacramento. Other lines
also in the course of construction
The lumber production of Oregon and California Is in
creasing at enormous rate.
The work of building in San Francisco is carried on
without abatement The improvement Of Sacramento in
this respect has also been wonderful The streets of San
Francisco undergoing thorough repair and the Sacra
mento levee has been placed in such condition that
future inundation is impossible.
The clipper ship Gazelc sailed for Hong Kong yester
day afternoon She carried three hundred and fifty re-
turning Chnese in her between-decks We understand
that large number of these returning Celestas
home by their countymen here having been
full in the mines Some of the passengers however
Chinese who have accumulated little money during their
residence amongst u.s. and think they enjoy better
in the fowery land than here Under whatever circum
stances they return 1t is pretty certain that the stories
they Will tell Of this great country will induce
here for every who goes back.
number Of miners have returned from Australia and
all agree that does not equal California for the richness
of its placers and far inferior of the enjoyment those
popular rights which dearer to the American than
gold The emigration from here has ceased entirely
II said that several parties organizing in the in
terror to visit the mines the head Of the
The Land Commission has been very active during the
fortnight and have decided fifteen cases. They have de-
cded nineteen in all of which ten containing 900
acres have been confirmed and nine containing 26l 900
have been rejected The rapid dispatch of bust
gives general satisfaction and tie majority of the
people believe that the Board is governed in its decisions
by sound law and just motives; though of those
interested each sde both settlers and Spanish grant
holders, have found fault with the decisions The whole
State looks forward anxousy to the day when all the
land titles of California viii be permanently settled and
from that day the permanent prosperity of the State will
date principal cause ofhe emigration from State
is the insecurity Of the land titles
Among the items Of from the interior will be
found the usual number of casualties murders and other
outrsges. has been hung by lynch law in FL
Dorado county. shooting affair took place between
woman and a in the county, in which both
woundedthe former receiving three balls and the
latter las is supposedly fatal wound In San Louis Obs
pc the Jail entered by Infatuated mob and another
hardened criminal hung by them the oist Of the prs
riot occurred in Ell Dorado county in which some
thirty6ye or forty engaged pistols knives,
clubs rocks and other missiles freely used and one
of the parties dangerously wounded In Sacramento
woman named Mary Lee murdered, through jeal-
ousy, by another named Ida Brewer In Tuumne
county deperate fight took place between Next
and Chenos at fandango house, in which several
wounded and Chileno killed. In Calaveras
county fight occurred between Chileno and Italian
in which the former killed. In Marysyie a Next
hung in efgy in Sacramento for attempting rape upon
little girl In fracas between Boxer and Deany, in
Auburn, shot through the arm, and the other
stabbed several times. VIM Bayley killed at Mo-
quolumne Hill by the accidental discharge Of his gun.
Several inquests have been held in San Francisco.
NAvAL-The sloop- war Saratoga at Shanghai
the 26th of September last The steamer Powhatan
at Hong Kong the 25th Of August the Missis-
ppi at Macao September 1st and two of the ships Of
the East India squadron (namcs not mentioned