Glasgow Courier. — 1850-04-06 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

MAROS 19.—Since the last steamer sailed for there have been four arrivals of steam-ehips treat with California dates to Feb. 1 inclusive. The gold nit and lumps brought by these vessels amount to at-least 1,500,000 dollars, and it is said that, at Panama and on the way, at least as much again yet to be forwarded. But, learn that quarts rocks, containing gold and auriferous dirt, as in California, have been found in abundance on the Isthmus of Panama, and that the attraction there had been sufficient to induce many emigrants to California to remain at that point of the route. I may as well add here, that till within the last fortnight three large steamers have sailed for Chagres, out some 1,400 passengers for San Francisco; the Georg. alone had 650. There are besides numerous vessels up for the same destination at every port, and I yesterday morning counted eleven along the wharfs of the Delaware. The golden emigration will this spring be greater than ever, notwithstanding all that we hear about floods, mud, hard work, emaciition, starvation, sickness, and death. Friends from California inform me that not more than one person in ten can be called lucky, an 4 many of these afterwards get fleeced at the gambling tables of San Francisco; and, by the way, he adds, "the mud in San Francisco is waist deep." Women (especially Mexican) gamble there as well as men; and a letter-writer speaks of a h Yankee girl who won her thouauds." One gentleman informs me that " the merchants get moat of the gold-dust that is brought home, the diggers being little more than their purveyors. The market is fast getting glutted with all kinds of goods, many lots being spoiled by exposure in the rain. There are people of all nations besides Americans, especially Peruvians, Chilians, Sandwich Islanders, Hindoos, Chinese, English, French, Italians, Spaniards, and a pretty strong delegation of convicts from New South Wales." The flood at Sacramento city had been quite as disastrous as described, while the deluges in the mountain valleys had been terrific, and some of the miners had probably been swept away. At San Francisco there had been three suicides, and in the mines two murders reported. The conflict between the Cbilians and Americans near Stockton arose from an attack by a large body of the former on four of the latter, who had commenced working at the "diggings" previously occupied by the Chilians. Two or three Americans were killed, and when others came up several were killed on both sides, and many Chilians were taken prisoners and marched into Stockton. It is thought that this affair will produce a feeling that may lead to an expulsion of all Chilians from the country, especially as it is rumoured that they have formed an alliance with the savages be %like war on the Americans. The people of Becralisioalo intend throwing up embankments to save their city froth future inundations. The miners are still at work. at what are called the "dry diggings," and have continued to labour there more or less throughout the rainy season, with tolerable success. On the high lauds there has been snow from one to four feet deep. It is a very strange thing that with all the gold-finding money is worth from 15 to 25 per cent, a month in San Francisco. The California Legislature has authorised a loan of 300,000 dole. for temporary purposes. Her Britannic Majesty's ship Asia, 84, was off Panama at the last dates, and a French frigate, La Sarieune. Six more men-of-war were expected. P.S. In round numbers the whole amount of gold dust received thus far from California in this country is 13,000,000 dols., of which about 9,000,000 dols. have found their way to the United States mints.  -f• •  there is farther, we