The Coast Suiivey,. At the meeting
ofthe Directors ofthe Philadelphia Board of
Trade, strong resolutions were adopted,
commending the present plan of conducting
the cosit surveys, and dopricating any
change In them.
The editor of a newspaper at Perth being
challenged recently, coolly replied that any
fool might give a challenge, but that two
fool, were needed for a fight.
Katarr II.MoaraijlBg (or Callforuluas.
Capt. V. William l'htlps, formerly ot
Boston, and a man of unimpeachable char
acter, has j'ist arrivtd iu that city from Ca
lifornia, ami gi, is the following account of
things in El Dorado :
'Cptaiu 1'. hi iocs a ipiantity of the gold,
in grains, in icules, and in lumps the hug
est of the l.itl. r weighing about au ounce
and a half. The uinouut of the cold
brought by him has been much nviirAt d in
the published accounts, thouuli he blinds a
coniidei able quantity mile h less, how ever,
than the lowest amount stated.
