, 1862-08-28
ICozrefpo1deEee Of the Chicago Ttih1na.

lCosrefpoaderce Of the Chicago Tritane1
SAN FRASc1Eco, July 20, 1861,
The extraordinary rise in the p5ice Of gold
in New York, has stimuli Ated IL immense &C.
tiyity in the shipments Of treasure from this
port, the large increase in expectations demon
stratipg the fact that California has on hand
EifGe surplus Of coin and bullion, which tna
prospect Of profits. beyond .he regular tstwo
per eent. month"; calls from it's coIf.rs.
Il Is expected that the deficiency in our
circulating medium will be made up by the
Introduction 1t I1easury Demand Nutrs -
tue prospect ofsuca : suos :itulion Of paper,
;or Il ha1d luuney currency, is NOT ut al ayres,-
able to Calnornians. They dislike the idea.
not SO much from lack of patriotism, as from
an unWlli1ngnesE to have our hard InoueY sfs-
tem Which IS Lever ut 8 discount, give way
for paper cir2rli'1on, which however sound,
i liable 10 dep.eclate Under roe heavy tra5-
sure Of la,iuIul u.=sster, or extensive mpce-
taFy deranSemca1s- The latest excitement we
have had was ! 6tampeGe Of prisoners from
the s.ate lsrisun, ut San Quentin. About 200
OF tle pr'huat rs, oFerpoa erti the gulrd AID
mauetEti; escape, they lett for the n:ouuta:ns.
taking with them LicuI. Governor Cae1tis,
1e4o is by law the Resident director OF the
Prison. They We're pursued BY rue ri:iztns
and guards rho were Obliged to refrain from
firing upon theIn, as the run4uays, eon5picsl.
ou5i, paraded TIT corpul5n5 figure OF the ua-
AO1 AuAtS SofIAAN1 Ill tIClf 1E.-f+ " "u3C4 EHGEI-
ua'ly covered t!itir retreat. as the pursuers
dared lot fire lest they should, bS placiGg
an additional amount Of l-aa il the governors
hcsd, crea q vacancy III Ills ottlte Thlc1 Ii
might be ditilcult to till, on account of the
ws'l known aversion Of California to ,L-ical
a7va1 cemenl{:) In order that the governor
snoulu Lot tan il his responsible duti-% Vi van
guard, ILLS c5piiye with y afreIdllless .:f>:tiy
horrible out Of secessia, probsd lis Fear, with
sDarp khlyes; spec:es OF turture wliel hht
yery e3hiIiratinE effect On The 'srectine'' LII
tefin]g. promoting his activity.
e7AHfe, and the facs that the governor WAS ln
such perllons condition, tue military aud the
police paired 10 the bCsne in the ui5n5, they
tuu.d Mr. Cnellis safe--he was suffered to es-
cape, after hsvibg been torcsd to walk several
mil. 8, and wade nun o.r Of creeks and
sloughE, be became satisfied that he could not
ravlga1e; and th= darhuess obyiating the re-
ctssity Ut Keeping him along as pr5trcssva,
he became al inCumbtran1t, so tnty let III Il
slide. Subsequently,, the ruraways iFe:c ell
cap!u1ed but 5ourt:ep, Eeveral were killed
outright ey their pursu-rs, and quite a num-
aga;n at Sali Quentin; the governor has ne .rl7
recovered, With the exception that he rarely
si:s do zn-:. standing Position suits him De:
ter. Senator Latham is here laying the wires
10 secure re.tls ciion, his principal com psti-
tc.s are Hon T. e. Phelps. present II. C.,
Stanford is considered out of the rlng, ha9.
Ing sucerets d in his brief administration in
D,aking h;mtelt exceedingly Unpopular. Nat
SO much from any uveri msdeeds as fro In
evident inespaciiy. Parks is Tie business
sgtnt tor Fremont, and expects to carry TIT
| by lavish expenditure Of money, he is IN il,
tense Republican OF the old taslioued Kind, il
| man ot great energy, and mediocre abilities
| Many lAink he is only ru1in;ng us q sto j.
| p1Geon OF Fremont, and that if ne can securs
| tie legislature he will turn the votes oye
| to the "PathGnder, but p,liticilut
is 60 unpopular in this State that no amoaa
| Of pressure cuuld secure his election. Other;
! Eny That Parks is striving TO get to the Seua.t
| Tor the purpose Of aiding in the BertlemenI o
Ffen outs accounts growing out Of his cam
paign IN Missouri, and point to the fact 1ha
| a. A. Seloyer, one Of the "Caliiornfa gang, ,
has returned to this State with his pocket fal
Of rocks. for the purpose, II is supposed, o
siding Parks--as confirmation Of thei
| theory the Fact probably j., thas Pars
thinks he has as good right TO q Seat in tn
| Senate rs "any other mar" aud Us he ha
| Weasth, i willing to ezpend it in that enter
| prise. The result no man can tell; mone,
/! goes great Ways in this specializing State
and The victory will likely perch upon tn
! banner of the man VINO carries the longes
pure.
The papers say that large overland emirra
tltn from the west is on the Way, portion @
Which is bound tor sS4lmon Kiver.h Il is t.
be hoped that they will arrive at their dest1na
ticn in time to cume through 10 this s sate, 70
If Ill accounts are correct, they will be DIS ~
!; poiLted on their arrival thtre, AID il com
p.lIed to winter in that eg:on they will 1nevi
tably experience great suffering.
These mints are OF Very small sxtent, no
exceeding two or three miles square OF pay
Ing djggings. TIE Powder River is p=rlec
hun bug. I can truly say that California
the Only place on the PacIie coast &c ali de
sltat]e 10 emjgrate to. Oregon aud Wasao
present fair inducements for permaleat ss,tle
mtIt, but the cliuiu'e OF California renders
every way superior as 4 place Of residence
while o her advantages are uusurp 4ss:d
Thote who have mean5 to purch ass farms u
engsge in business will not oe likely TO RI
fret coming 10 this St4te. Those VINO hay
10 ult:a1Is Lad hetttr STAY al homo