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teiten, V. 3. N., it morning. Sbo oa her yoysgeua to the 21 ih c*t.New Orleans i lo be no better at Suave**. The and great aiaim tioo.jr of tbe “Pica-f I be Time*,’’ »• tout type.* creva*se to be geablc. It bad boars. Phdlipa d is utterly tm-ndges being all rukeo out io the one ot his chil-10 died ut it. ic same activityStale*. With bis party Col. Mason would also return.OM TEXAS, tos Santiago, nr-She briag* the had arrived at to had been nl-cnanr.he Indian*, ►t startling bar-ne.1 bad been m-d passenger* till ortation wagons, e, itad also been was no force to there being no a loss of property lost 70 horse* — the women andider at Malamo-ril authorities of us mourned dralt; van ready to fur if authorized l»y part meet to cross In a few hour* appeared un the ng permission toin in the valley of extreme ngi-n Western Tex« j. Berry and hia y the Indiana.— yond lire haciec-ti murdered but3an Antonio am of deaths is not oken out in tbe tho Qaartermas-a, urhem manystoh. May 30. SHIPWRECKS INADA. ed bringing ae-7th u!L Rosa* agreed upon ara have been lost ws of which areing out 131 pas-; Bishop Portier, Baltimore; Mr. on, S. C. TbeIressed letters to tration, there are , who ore disap-cceiving no an-i reflection willFarther Csilfarnl* Partienlsr* --Diamond* and KnsraUUi Fonhd-Wo learn from the New York Tribune, of yesterday morning, that Mr. Parrott, our consul at Maxallan, is now in that city, having ten Maxat-lan April il, and come overland through Mexico He reporta having met with companies continually during bi* overland journey. Tbe road to the Pacific t* lined with them, and they are all, so far as be saw, doing well.There were four of the vessels at Mazatlan sad two or three at San Bias, for California. The price of passage varied from $D0 h $AA), according to the accommodation*-Mr. Parrott's visit to the placers was undertaken tor the purpose of informing hiroself, and hit re vekitions are even nure astonishing than any which hove previously reached us.Tbe limits of the placer* toward the South are constantly being extended by uew discoveries, the Northern districts, owing to their remoteness from civilization, have not yet been fully explored Tbe earth in some places has been dug to the depth of nine feet, and the proportion ot gold found lo be quite as great a# ou tbe'surtaer. The nr tineas of tho dry diggings u m some places almost incredible. Mr. Parrott estimates that the amount of gold which will be obtaiued tho present year, at thirty million dollars.But the riches of California do not consist in gold alone. All tbe precious metals are there found, in greater or less profusion, as well a* the rarest and most valuable jewel*. Two mines ol silver have been lately discovered, one of which is known to but few persons, who jealously keep the secret Platinum is afoo known to exist in con-siderable quantities. . , ,A rough diamond, nearly the sue of a ben * egg, has been found by one of the miners in the Sacramento Valley- Oen. Vallejo, who was Mr. Parrott’s informant, says that it was brought to him by the finder, who demanded $180,000 for iL Emeralds of large «ize are frequently met with, but their value is scarcely known. Three or four new quicksilver mines have been discovered, one of which, a very rich deposit, lies between tho valley of Santa Clara and San Joaquin. Tho Fotbes mine, however, is the only one worked as yeL The extent and value of these quicksilver mines ts not equalled by any o.het locality in theworld. , , , ,,Beds of coal have also been found near the coast, but cannot ol course be worked under the present stale ot things.Mr. Parrou informs us that in tbe Sierra Nava-vads, to tho north east of San Franciaoo, there is a volcano in active operation. Uo the 3d of March the heaviest snow storms in the memory of the inhabitants, took plape.There ore but fifty women in tbe town ol »an Francisco, twenty of whom are A roorican*.; Tbe price of lots in tbe towmc*, ua before staled, enormous. The sales take place, however, with little regard lo the owner of projierty, and as there are two or three separate claims upon a great port of JL this may lead to great difficulty in the future. Sometimes the some land is sold to different par: lies by two Alcaldes.The U. S. sloop of war Dale, which sailed from San Francisco for the U. States on the 20©of March, has $200,000 in gold dust on board.Nearly tbe whole of Capt. Sutter’s 40,000 bus. of grain rotted in the fields, for the want uf somebody to harvest it. The price of flour at lire diggings when Mr. Parrot left wo* $3 per lb, though at San Francisco it was down to $10 per bll.— There wos not roueh sickness at tbe diggings except *curvv aud a fe\y casus of fever- There W also some senrvy at San Francisco, owing to the want of vegetable food, the cultivated of the soil being entirely neglected.greally rntimncn I valid*, who intend itig lummrfAll the prcvaiUn will emk»*w io k iu«»t bo* woo ihrc jtaitruU that ctnraIn ontri to unde pruvtde thrtiwiv cotion *heet*. litre and *ix towel*. 1 j ut? dintlmprthttpand sopefiontT o( t-ver brought m fum, loog and n lorerosn in the ftrondwewd. bond tec led tbe Pt*no« lent which, unqtit tatioa of being lb Ptano/ lo be got i mg. rome* wiih I t® jiroTetneni in tbe hi s»t once Ih brought out. Tt • lock on band, (a: urable *s»o rutin. I,e *oid at ititnuii tin/ term*S B - The ftuho u*« trout ) I toSt. Louis,—The St. Louis Republican of May 2D, say*rPreparations are making all over the District to commence work on - new bpildlngx, and it will not be long before many of thorn are under way.ja4 «lC1JDKK—10 bid / tyMACKKUKti JU do do Nu •petition, I inti tugja4Fink toon avintage*, nt from Bordeaux, . j#4/IbUfV- Wi tiblUr j«4 J HiHahdwart^ *ale i*yB~~ OTTl.K COI jat _SALTPETRE' ja« _Doctor ro*■apply juft jut ___rpHK USDII o«hco of Alt nut., where he v to him Alter is all delinquent*.Thk santloiniug info death* that ©ces the diseases, snlt; fully rcqaoai th' Cnnuniltee Root Of each wcok.Mbs marvannoapcirburgh, thai *he ' at APOLLO HJ lug. Juno 4th. cc rompo*tlloa*t h cdvorsicd Opat l’rof Kahtmc! will he one of ( rtsre.IO* Card* of a gentleman am •ic Store* and aTYRyos. Ac. I Iodide i*Ot sulphur, Whit* eelved and for *STABCH—10JuSBUTTER—1jut!1 KANS-20115 m. ...TJACON-3*
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Pittsburgh Daily Gazette
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US
Mon, Jun 04, 1849
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