Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1854-09-16
CALIFORNIA INTELLIGENCE.

Eson cha San Frsnciseosp papsssSp3 tho l6th ulst
mo We obtsin the following SUMMARY OF the lases
news from Catifo-nia
To-day two steamers leave with the fortnghrs new,
for the Atlantic States Although the is interest
ing there has been occurrence since the last steamer
sailed of q particularly remarkable character ...
In our own State public attention has been in o
great measure engrossed by the preparation for the
coming election The Congressional candidates nominal
ed by the majority wing Of the Democratic party are now
engaged in canvassing the State in connexion with their
opponents, the Wing nominees. Messrs. LATHAM and
MCDoUGALL, who renominated against their will by
that portion Of the Democratic party who advocated the
election Of United States Senator last winter,
peced about the last of the month"; and their withdrawal
from the contest it is anticipated will Immediately follow.
Their names have in fact, already been withdrawn by
their friends This will leave but tive sets Of candidates
in the feldthe regular Democratic and Wing nominees
Many of the counties have already made their nomina
tions although have not yet been perfected In
number of counties owing to schism IN the Democratic
ranks produced by the attempt Of last winter to bring
the Senatorial election two Democratic tickets in the
field and the Wings consequently greatly encouraged
The operations of the Mint since the departure of the
last steamer very encouraging The amount of coin
age for the month of August will be at least double that
of the previous MONTH and this will be greatly made
1 ouate to the demand for coin
From the mining sections of the State have the
usual Intelligence of lucky strikes, big Jumps &c., and
tis f1irly presumabe that miners doing well
ne usual at this Of the year The scarcity of
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greatly curta the records Of this branch of industry
The average amount Of gold produced the present
thought viii be fully up to that of last year. if it shall
exceed it, though the expectations of the precious
metals must show material falling of. The low price
of merchandise and the coinage of gold among US must
lead to the latter result
The agricultural interests are much depressed Alum
dant crops Of the cereals have been raised bat the
rity of our formers labor under monetary eabarrass-
ments. Most of them, being beginners, have ex-
pended all their surplus capital in opening farms, pur-
chasing farm utensils, &c. in anticipation of being rem
bursed by the sale of their crops The existing low prices
however, furnish them little nducement to send their
products market the current rates scarcely meet
the expense Of gathering sackng, and transportation
Such able are holding for better prices. &
OF actual incident we have little indeed to record The
town of Bidwe in Butte county, has been destroyed by
fire. and Marysvlle has been visited by another
confagration. e'S a5
Immigrants were fast arriving at Carson Valley the
Goth July. Live stock arriving in large numbers
and looks better than at any former The immi
grants report grass plenty and health good.
During the first seven months of the present year
persons have reached our State by sea- and
have taken their departure leaving US nett addition tc
our population seaward Of 958. There fea
connected with the movements Of population worthy
Of notice Thus, during the time mentioned the number
OF males that arrived $50, the number that le
or in other words, the departures amounted tc
about per cent of the arrivals while Of females
1898 arrived and only 6i9, thirteen per cent took
their departure The tendency of this is to equaze the
sexes In TINS Stae matter Oh VITAL moment essential
our prosperity and the permsnence and ameoration
society One feature observable in this ebb and ow Of
population is by means satisfactory or the 10 95s
Of arrivals departures S5ll or
per cent, Chinese We have the mortfying spec
tacle of Gas of white inhabitants leaving for the
Atlantic States and Europe, and 9247 Chinese arriving
to supply their places There full Cinnamon enough
now the way to this country, awaiting shipment
the other side of the water to ounumber all the Amer
who will probably leave US before the end of the
year Such substitution Of the old and stagnant blood
of Asia for the energy and vgor Of Young America is work
ing serious injury to the State.