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.'J. - ;Vi..'Cv",' ' -.;" : ."'' 'i'-.-Vk" -. ; .-'"', "''.. '. ; ' ",- r -'--'i -" jetortj) Cirofiaa-s-pMo til foWtcHf ttuaf-, moralanD pbncat Kourfs(--tIjc lanD it .oai; fitti anarL'C jjsrrtir cf oat affection?. r ; " Til OS. j. LEMAY, Editor sod Proprietor. 01 f UEE POLLARSs YewvlnCiit X ht IG lit X . C . ti 14 DXE DA V XA N . i, 1 J 9. VOL 40. Se-re'arv ofWtflsfand eomuitioii aied w T life Prwr !en.i;.8:.'M.tg?:;' i the foltowi vifli'Trfrom Col.Mason, the Miliary Co .t - GaY.PORNIA. Amon" t!e documents received by the I'll W 11.11 win? otii mandan'tof California, who presents me fullest description we have seen el mo go placers'' of Ihat r. d'ori.,. '., SiR:--l have Vm- honor "to "' inform on "that. -cconipioUl ''J Liet.a.JV.. T.Siipr nan, 5d artillery. A A AC'eneral, 1 s-Urt. sdf es tb 4 -"ah oiuune tail, m i ' through the northern', part of Cab'fornia.-1-M f principal purpose, however, was 'o, ii-ii ih n.-ttlv itlgcoveired rld -placer" in tho vullev of the Sacramento, i nau proceeded about forty mile?, when I was overtaken by an ej.wcS. -hrjontg me In ielligenca of ihe am' at Mon'erey of the Unitsd State H'P nramimtr brkk nnd Li'eut, QiilJlurtrm, to eryj rt was-entiniated thl upwards fttXaar thoumm! neiinle were emnloved. At ib? null tln-re is a ' fino denosit or bank of alooirof war VMrr'n. ft hh order to take ; tineeneyv I ltll " aphre " tin exeriwn gravel wlicli the people respect as th prop-J thai vessel' to the Li 'Paz.. Capti.JLon': apprehend an. p-iuish deserti-rs; I ui I .be erty tf Capt. Sutler; atthoOh he pretendc; WmiB to ino ihat ilie Mexirari Congr- bs ; lieve nu time in ihe hUtriy of m.r iwtty i't... ;.,,. ,-n, it Wnnt.l nAfteile '. hd' uiiiirtirned viikoui ratifvin? ilifrSreatv '. his presented sue h teinntaiions to ill-' rt as atisfied with thjs simple pitunice of a pre-.f peacej j.Ltie had Jei efs for me fryrrr now exist in Ca'ifoTniaj The danger Jf em had ravy.viho hnd jns.rarriveil at Sn Ttm -1 1 ifferVoii to my ordf,rS of ihaS.ldtcf J.ii'yl fi 'or Ic-ivinff ih njti e.f tiiinrs. t wil I IgiinitinLilrted ' ami tlielr fii'l.ti b eisco nom iviazauan, anu H crew ior mc ii.iiiim iuc uuujhi-ii hi turn wir. rn-i ntrmiiiu, irtm vn j rf lurn ifoni it; cmip- r-inteiiiiT, I IcopIw"! at WwAltno.ler. liie quicksilver nine, cf Mr AUxaiider . J"'Ar be, CMihul f her Hfil'i'niiic Majesty at IVpie. Thi inine.is in a i pur of mountain. we tiiMUnd fe I aliove the level of t!e Iav if ption, on account of the mii1 wlitcli lie ; Coniodore- Jones, nd that hu 9rders- wert''7pf.reireiis6ivTa.'iiint;" ahiTtfe prnSpeef (prrj?etr-Frt Isnr, itrrrt lSTirsanrin a mn,fierrf' J buituhere at cniiden1tf en!. i-.'Wiait ujih tho Watren on or- lu-lnfe th hfeh- agps-cer'tiiuj pay aiidbuAinreaare.Uliiee-tiaii.ilbiu the PiiBb och in '.? Imul twelve Hjie .- . I In oie liitmiiai ) mini's con wi ptrt (! in i pro . ' 1 ove -nielli thp Itnr Shu- I returm-d 1 ' al.once to Monterey ahd despatched wj. a' buiinesa wns most Important, nod on 'he 17fh rcitumed my journev. We t a'-lied Han rranrisco on the 2,0tti, and fpundll-rfi u e n..nrl' alt. its male inhabitants hftil laralintl it &n Kvirjr 'near, the inil'. and in- COih of Julv.: In consequenee of these, I i tiifles, as raWm? t the f.ird him that tnany..,' -persQiis ere; cm-' deteniiintcd to return id M(nt.i;Tev, ami ' earn in oit m.aa'.jb in double o p'oyed aboveliiid" bi Iqw him; ilW tfiey arcorJiiiely'Hrnveil tfieT' on tTlh nf diVr's pyjanil nHnwfice ff a nxintti, and twoil tain maehineaas at the lower waih-! Jul V.' Before ieavinir Su lt r'g I smiled , ev. n Ihe pay Qf'a lieuttuiant or aplniii ( an. it'iM, and that their aueeesa was about, the myself i hat gl I exis'ted in ihe bed of.ihe ! not hiiea servant. . A, carpenter otittTlgtrr' JMagMJd44,o.lmi4.. '"t oiler of Jo's than nfteen oi of giild pef man daily. Thiotd,rm, is ' mimy 'of ihe Vinall stiea ins that lie between ! twenty dollars a "day. Could any :em in srales a lilttr ctfrser than those of the ; the Iniierartd the Ameiicnn folk; hIiu, iba birtaiion of afTjirs try a nian'a fiileltt'y more lower mines Vrom the m'dl Mr Marshall h had been found in the Consumnies. to : than thin and f le.itlyihinh fOrrre r.ttraar KuKledme up lathe moantain on the oppo- ithe south of the . American.fork. In each j dinary mark of "InvOrsbTittle-civeft to ile or north bank. of the south fork, where, of these MVrania the gold i found in small those soldiers who remain faithfiil to their in the Dedof 'small aiieams or ravines, now . aeates, whereas in the intrrvening inoiin-.j fli? throughout this ti mptin? erwii'. No dry, a-? rent dent of eoarse gold has been l.iinH-ii oectirs in coarser hnnps. ofR-er can ii'w live in C!Turn'a nni u ITrrfri-tliere'ss'Vral jw?tiesatwork,i AlrJiini'liit, w hose rancho is three iniles ' pay. ni-.ney has mi utile value; the priees. all of h;im were duina very well; a ereat above Suiter's, on the noult tile of ihe A-' of "necessary Tifii les of elo-.hmj and snb- tflV snetimeiis were shown me, some as mencan torte, employs aooui tiur imnans i-,u u. . n,c ay i-xonnmiii, ami oi warllien olmnrt dt serwd- 0u the eveniop of the 54th, the hordes or the escort were v A,nel lo Saunokto in. a laiineh anil on ie. folio wi'mi-day we resumeU tne journey j byjy.ay of Bodj:g'taruiOn(Tm ?1 of Jidv. Along thewiioie rout?. idl- fi'j8 ' wheat were open the TtnfhrV . .to canie wssJe At tier's then t - lupins irniTit " T-r- "Hpil -bttstfiMs-, Junciics Sin V ircargoes at the river, .ejedisoharatng . mU heavv o four'-or five ounees in weight, and on the. norih fork not far from it junction : tl.nt tn hire n Took u sejvun't hits bcentne I sf ud tliree pieccslabelh'd No. '5, present- , 'with the mnin ctream.. He. bad been tJl-4 an iinpissi)iiiH , save Jo lho who are by a Mr. Spencp, You will, perceive thr gaged about five weeks wbe.n 1 'saw him, earmngfcom Thirty to fiTjy dollars a d,Vy. some ol t!fe specimens accompanying this, and up to that time' his Indiant ued. eim- ''I'his slate of jlilugs cannot In'sT fire er, Imfil ni -liunirnllf ni..rp nf nnni-;- thai il. ' nlv rliisclw nnvrn willow haitkeu. Ilis ' Yet, frum ihe freopranhhral nosilion of ( nl- ... n 1 ' I'" " " ."- - , . ... , .. - I rj n i i- rone to tne lutnes. i nc " - "-furuee is lou-'Ji'. asul ewilentlv nioolJed in : net prnceeua -wluen I saw) were annul nouns, nnn ilp new ciira tei n n:.s assum i mo!th 'before wis'so biMjr"! thtniiig. t.e gyjr a f(.,-. This go!! cannot". 1 1 6,000 wnr:o of eo'd. !! slnuyed me hae-been carried .far. by water, but mini proceeds ol Ins last weeU ,ork lourttn have reinaiind where it was fnt 'deposited pounds avoirdupois of clean-washed fold, from the lock that once bound it. I in-j The principal pinte at Sutter's fm i (thai quired f-wftny .peoplo if they had encoun- of Hrannan & Co.) had received in pay lered the i i i e lal in" its' Itiairr.; but in erery-fflent lot -gund iSifiVa w.ui.Ui.al U113 g'.0. .ft8w ftV . 7 jbeCPt' Sutter" liffirTO mores, a hottl. &-c- vapv. . . i . iu iwo mecn.iiii.n i.. -i7-----i j...:,:- . , u.U-lwt-JVJMiin-.l'e . inaiavr biiu uiu . ? i- Jr on .... . . ... "i .. ,i. l lara a daV. ? .-chants pay him n monthly rent -i-aL u . i . .k:i. f . there, a two i- u.. :., f,iri was rflilteu as a t Hiorv in u in ihe gold was invaiinoly mixed wiih washed Oiher merchints Iwd also made fex tensive gra i'el, or- btdged in tbe f reviews t 4llier"aa;le t Large qaantities of goods we re .form I gold in greater or 'es qunntiMe ia-iniSlm, heretofore so poor and degraded, tbe-wwwsTmTrtgiillies or ra become cOiis-iifheis of the occur on ihat mountainous r don.. iluxunesol hie. 1 belore mt-nlionrj thai Qtt Jjjc?th of .. July..1 .left t.h4 . niillt and , the. greater part of the fanners and ranche- crossed liasriiaLL,tri!am-pyi--iirt ti'e American, three or four miles trom the .tninest- This iunt the case with Captain saw-milt.- I t"V !''? t'lm j"""' jf..pltfniJT-- Ji-JiA-.jt;-.iiir,.i;lllly flai typing Iuk -4VW4-VwAk44aUaae n. r. I. ...I 1 ; t. i: ! I. I .-. S Atihn urgent olTeila'ian;Tif many C;'n ; :f- tlenien, I delayed diet to partieipate- UuhO j,y this compfltiy, d as a minih? country,' prices of labor wi always lie h'igh, and will hold out teinpU lionf to di-seit. I ih'refore have to report, if ihe (jovcrnBient wish to pn t etu descr lions heie oh the part of n en, and to te pn v Siit- &i---Co. Tcy had ..-.aboat- ibm.y-.lmliani.iaalrfady-Worfjiiit .Suttfr'a, :W-abatrel," employed,' "wiiotn tffly pay in' MereVant'.' at'd soon w ill be ? fifty. Unless large ijuan, diso. They 'are getting go'd-of a character tides of bread siufTreach the coiiinri, much 'Mp!I.TlfW-loiinrTii': flW$mToi)ii:iil s'lilaVrtng'Vt "doubtless IU "iifficipnl minrLiilaa n .nullify naw nTilp In tv.ir n. hirrn'- firlep il n hpli. pail ul i .'ii' I'is. rriTTT tmiJi be-iiicres-d -'-very "inaw-'ifally."'" ifu'r.". Until. iT IHe votii!m;eifkiTif ffffiTatT service, disennrged in this c.mviiry. shoul I Ri pi'rinit'eTnt once to loeate tbt tr" land .wa rs'n't'i 'nvtTiegbTT'oTKPt: vale letters have gone to t&e United Mntes-: girirtTr arrirum nf th VfMt qft-aHiWy of guUl recently diseovefed, .cn.d it may be a malUr of snrprisf why 1 hare marie no report rni hi i subject at an earlier d iv. 'Hie reason is thai I cotrd not bring" nivself to believe the reports '.hit I heard of the wealth of ....... . t. - "ie go'u oistrrcit, Titttti l ..vttiteu n rnynt. t have ho hesitation in satns ItfaT ihr-fff li' more gold m the conn ry draTtved" by occurs in n I iftje i ein dipping at a sirong artg in lUti ,m ( -Mexicau tuiners axe employed in t-4 iiiij il. y drivmif diafis and pal-rni s atrmi su feet by si vi u follow fug ihe vri:i ' Kii:sofrock an I oreaire, r movt d on the hack of Indian-?,' in' raw hide sack. The ore is'rhen hatiieil in an ox wagah froJljjheiiyiiitll f ?the mine down to ii vall- v well snnp ;eil Willi wood mnl waler.in wlii' h the Airiiaees sfe situ ited. I'he furnaei s are, of (he -simplest eouiruc, Unti-i-x iCjlv r.i'iiuion liati" n'eir, t: pi erown of wIih Ti iH ineued a wh der'g try ing kettle; pnn'her invertett l etlte forms ihe. I- fun a hide in the lid a- snirl brick hannel leads to an apartment or t h.nnher 111 tne li itioiu oi wiueu i inherit a srnaii roi) kettle, This Chunber tut a thim- nev. - - Ii the morning of ach day-Uie kettles ire li'hd with the mineral (broken in nnll pieces) mixed wi.:-h lime; ii'e U thf u apdi- d and' kept up all Ja . live mercury- in volatilized, passes into-the chamber., end (lows into the tftit .prepared for il eonden nr the mercury- tberrh- I t u.t-fni,tilte ctdubiration f oo national an " fofviefsary "at thai Tom biit eft the fifth ra '' " sumed the journey, and proceed Jwcnty T - r: five roilea uy tW-Americas fork to a.point 4X-toUtjiaw known as the Lower Mines, or J. ...L....... . ... :.l. Anvaaa lentil and nriisii 7 VHCKiy sircyn iri-BH..- - nrHnrst a ' staro was feCld, and eeeral ' boafding 'ltnt.ie i-pSraiioii:TbEay -. wks intxiiisivelv hot, yel about two hundred . men weteat woikTnddi"6 lull gTaTe ortrie - un, aWa.fo gol-ritJi' some with close woven Indian baskHs.ut .v.- ,.i'n.rtliad a rude machine, known iU cradle. Thiff is on lockers, six or ri1ti feei long, open at tlie Toot, and at lbs - hel--Wmirraie tnr!i:'.,M;, loth i rounded with amalf creefs natfed a. - cross. Four mfnar.,,r" close by tho lire airij-alio tne r csrri.es vu the cradle; a third gi?s ?vHf nt ,rofklu: motion th-ii ni&chine; whilst a fourth The sei e. keeps the r.oaise stones from en- lering the cradle, the current of iter wash, esoffll.e enithy in-atter. and this g.'avcl u era lually carr.ied out at the foot of ihe ma chine, leaving the gold mixed'widi a fioa black atid.tibi".t!i.8, first elects. -".The amid and gold mixed together are drawn ptTtbiouah augur holes in o a pan below. are dried in the mfn, ana altcrwaras s-pa-nled by blowing offi-he sand. A party of four men thus employed at'helow.er mine?, nveingeJ one hundred dollars a day. The Indians, and thine Who have nothing but pans w wilUw - ba-keU, gradually wash nut the caith -and separate tin? gravel by. ' hand, leaving .nothing, but the gold mixed with sand, winch "is separated iir the man " ner before uoserined. 1 he gold in the lovr vr mines is in line acalcs, of whih I send evetul speciincna. As we a cnade t the south branch of the -American Folk, the countiy became more ; proken "fid ''mountainousand at the aaw ' mill, 35 mi'es above the l.iwei washings, - "or 5i) m'les frrtm ttltei's, ile hills ri-'e to "ab iut IbOO feet above the Ieel r.flhS Sac , -ramerito jdainf - llrre a .species of pine ot ' enr. which led t thedi'soovery of )he gold Captain Siittei, feeling' the ?rct , w.ant of , luni'ier, conn acied vrh a Mrv,Mars!ia)l to build a avr-mill,t .UutptaceT 'It was erect ed in the cour"se fit tl) past', winter and t spring a da hi and face constructed; but WfTdyrrtHr-sprriii Tvfll bringTrom Chili mpfltitr. pf their go'4r -From this .and Oregna a tdeniful supply for tlto po.;nt, we pwcemled up tnJ JMfpaW t - - eight jni?e. wbcrir vre fonnd great iwSnv 1 -Tba-mosJ mJrato csiiraaLe I.rculd ob people aodlndianr sonie rngajed in tho ' tain from men acquainted w ith ihe subject, bediif ffieslreara. andrtlf in the m:dl , wsw that upwards or Tour tirnoKtrndnten side valleys ttieTT put into ft. These Inter . we're woTKTiigTn tTTc'gtFul t ricfi , oTwljorn are exceedujfrly ricb, anJ tvsrrotiiKes were mole tharroun'-half were Indians, andlbaT corrsider.d an ordinary yield for a djy'a.frorn$30vWrj"to f.50,000 worth of gnd .work. . A frnall .-gptter. not more than a.J'if iiot more. Was daily nbiahied." The en. hundred yard lw by four fet wide and-, tireigold dJauicb widi very few expectjon? tWjgJitJhree eeLdiep, was po.nted out to ol some grants mane some year"? ago py Sacramento in d San Jonqnirr -rivenr -then wlil pay the coat of the present war wi Mexico a hundred tunes over xo cnpi Ull is required to obtain thi? gold, as rthe la by i eg aiit.iiojbjg,bi.U xjjJirAsu! ili.ivel and tin-pan; with which to. ditr n: wash the gravel; and many frequently piij. gold out of the rrvyicos of 'rocks lyitli theij. fHcfiTbTTnionTt petcea from one to- ix ins as the onY whcrelAvT3iT"v1T -be hv(trli"iUfiuuLjfcksjuiiJj!jday Dalv and Perry McC con had. a short time longing tu the L'niu d Slates. It was a before, obtained $t7 ,000 worth of this gold. rnatier oT tcrieus reilectiob wlib nieT'liow' Captain Wtbet mformed me ihat he knew . I could secure to the (Jovernment certain that these 'Iwovmnu had four white men and j rents or fees for the privilege of procu ing about a hundred Indians, and that, nt the j this gold, but upon considering the extent end of one wek's work, they paidVu tneirjof couiUryv , die character of.the people en party ."aiVJnad Telt'' glO,1100" 'OiriVrf this4 gagel, and -the-smaU watLeicd Xi-uxeai .my. rto'ld. Anoihr small ravine was shown command, I resolved not to interfere, but - - (-ii ii . , ... :. m .1. f i i. i :i i7Troni-snM"r!rti uecn laKen-Hpwaru oi : wi-pijjuii.8nLJ.uiJ"j $12 000 wonh of gold. Hundreds nfsim-jand ciime should eill for inteiference. I Ho -Bflees. - --A-lr. -Dve.-a jjcntleman reiSincr irLMon terey l'atid wormy of every credi',' has jeM ifturned Irni l eather r.ver. lie tell. nu that die company to which he belongi J, ivetrire of filiy Indi us, ( washer. )and ihat their gross product was two . hundred an 1 sevfnty -three pounds of gold' fli? share one sere.nlh,) afpr payintr nil expenses a twut irnrly-SHven- potinds, w itlt In brought with hiin and e.n,bised in -Monte rev. l see no laboring mn from the mines who does noi tdiow nli Two ihreeVi four pounds of gold. A soldier nf tb a rTiTTeTy "Tiilnpai i' 7 TlTTI Firt e?e"aT1vThxr a i r r is ti ? ' f)'U(ing vttit; I made lastsprinsr, -for croached upon, ii is for'iheui to, iirtel trin tlA nnnie id ueysnie of redrjs, v c.i n'only suggest and advise., ATe aro on tl theatre .4 act ion ti le imt mini of tl e. a r.nning iich'oufhiictit m it'th Jinve brn- ing on upon tlie tihui f the t e.re.huldttijr ' J rr -7-7-r-l - . a I. i - i ine, Tomeurro; v e rrc iiirin iilain'vTTwa Jeti ihriii l!i lV; they -mi asnaa'rTi rat io antr a'..iiiiiii: l- r wtm Imn-erjn tft.U : propositions which have, Wih;u i Irtr dv9 pl, eilllniaided 4lm supj oh of ho l.o.i r !l ne 'of Con gi ess, would: even ihn.-e years an have heen t'itfrjled by pry rcpeetahle portion either House.. . -We are in;ihe midst of events scflly of less iiiiport t-han tlio-e of our revolutiona ry era. T1 e qnesion is.ar tee to -boW . our position" hi this cpnfederucy upon the ground ofequuls, vt ere we to yontet l our selves with tlie condition'of colo-iial de. pendenca . - i "Sir, u ,wi'l be worse than "coloninl d pen deuce; ,f"i who would not piefer in be taxed and g m rued, Without pretenre fjf representuiion', than, utid' f tfis forms oT r'epreseniatin-1, to be grevioti-ly oppress U by 'M'nMist's over wliich we b,iive no con trol, and ncainsfw hich - tmr remonstrmces , are una vailing. Il is undeniable tb il'ihe cu- Lcmachiiie'nU upon our rights have been rap id and ularmmg. I bey must be met, F eonceive tiia't no Smi hern man can , erjtcnain, for one momant, ti e idea of latiin submission The. action of ihe-Komh tniiKt, be united, temperate, bu? dtcid- d our po- sl : iijus ititistbu taken delibfiaiH'.y, but held ST very- hJiiirrdr" -NVe wsye-.tia-- witr-of eg-' ync1f-rjTpnii-Wert''tri o'pefmTr.iTrtWUr in die tw o days I was there Coll potinds. o an, ,tninn and t'overninent of our fathers. Qiiieksilvei -v.orth a Magadan 6t 80 per We ak trafNr.tberii brethren t&. teatu p'OHtrnl-' "Mr wa'mfnybaw." whicboue-- itar ravines, to all fiapearaocer,. are as vet t was surprised to. learn that crime of any iin'oiicher.' I ,x;ould - not have credited kind, was veiy uiif.equent, and that no tliel' repotls hd4 ot-cen," in the' bn-Uiefa..ocrt4jbju'fjefvJad ..be dance of ihe precious melat, evideiice rsftheir the gojd -districts', - All--lie- in te'ntsV in truth. Mr. NeliKti. an agent of Conimo- bush arbors, or in ti e open air; and men dofo 'StoVk'oii, had been at work ahout have frequently tdjinit ihei- persons thoiis-iIii-pr weeks in the neiirliborhood. mul auJsi of dollars witrilr of thi irold; and it ,,how!d me, in hnjs and bottlen, over S2,0lKl was lo'ine a matter of surprise that gal during a whole enir.-imen. d live . years.-r-woi'th' tf cold; arid- .Mr." Lymao.a.gentle- peaceful and quiet a stale of things should i I hese. statemeiits appear incredible, hut maaofe'i'Cfttioniind worthy of every ctcdil,- continue in exist Conflicting claims to 1 they ar true. : '. ' . said that -he had been engaged with four panicalar spots of gr und may caiue col-I Go d is also believetl tn exist oq the. east with " mechine. on the American listons. but ihey wi I be rare, as the ex'ent ! eru t ape of Ihe Sirta Neva Ja: and when . . ... . ... I r . . . - , -. . . ...l . . :,,! . ii fnrk is( below sutlers pull;-ihat lllev oi couniry s so treat, ami tne goal so -a- L ai in- m. lus.jwa iiiiurmea ov ait inteui-. III laial llln lliarc w.uaill uuuuuihi inm im in in arm nu ic la iu.iluiK 'v"'1, , ihi'i w in iui,,i.,i5;tTi eo frqni thH mines, havintf Iwen absent on furlough twenty days; Ho made by trad ing and working during that time 91.11)0: ten or idi veil das, leaving but a. week, m wl.ich lie -made a sum of money greater that he receives in pav, clothes. t4nd rations worked eisht days ihe'rateoTfTJOl rrs weie doing jiiy;uui nenrin uiai uiu. b -iter at v etier a place, they had reniBved lire, and were ihen On : sjpps iinyNkbe devised to coJ the point of resuming .-rations. I might for the longer -it is iklayed the enough for nil-. SiM the -UvFrninent is entitled lo rents for this land and iminuliale 10 coJfeeJMibeifi; it llio nmrn H i f. point cl resuming .oi"i"""nu. ""s1 ' V' " m tellofhundrydsofsimil.il instances; hut. to ucult it will Dec..me.. Uue-plan l woutu illustrate how plentiful the feold was in the- s"-iggf st 'is, to send out from, the United pockets of common laborers, 1 will .neniion ; Ststes smveyors with h'gh sa'anes, bound a simple occurrence which loo place in : to serve specified periods. . my presence when I wasat Weber'' storei j A superintendent pr be appoin'ed at Sut This storeys nothing but an arbor of bw?h-i (er'8 Kort, with power to grant licenses to e, under which iiej.had exposed for sale ' work a spot of ground say 100 yards goods and groceries stated to his rusromers. J fQiire-rfor one year, at a rent of from 100 A man came in, picked up a bo of Scidliii , m 1,000 dollars, at his -discretion; the sor- ihe Great- Salt l.nkp by 'seme of his frale'rU- ity. NearU a I tfie Mormons ate leaving California, to go to the itait Lake and this ihey surely wctil.d not dor- unlei-s i'ley were sure of Gliding gold, there in the same a'!nridance as they now do en the Saciament. . . The trotd "placer" near the misMon of San Fernando has lung been kriii'w n, hut hVbeeti liwle wrought for grant of water. Vtiis is in a npur'Hlinl jfiuls ofl" from I .he Kierr-Nndiu fsr Fretflont'H in'ip,)' li e same in which lh present mines occur nnproiing and Uuil lie can allm U lo keep Ilia people emp'oyed eyen.tn thcftL C.X raoxdi , mry times. I his mini , is very, viiuabfe. iif iise'f.mn! bee ume tl more as- nict enlry ' is eisiensTvely-'used "in dbtaiiiing gdd. It is not at present tiseil in la1 Hiirui.-x for that purpose, but will bo atsotne future pine; "N fieii Fwas ' at this mine- Let. spring other -paitie were eiigBged in soarcbing f Tfvein"si but roue have been I iee4 vet t-d tba4ra oria - i ollut V 1 1 1 g . 1) p ,.iB N iihough the rar h'io that whole range, of hiiU is I iTi? fi ' v discolored, ' indicating the res-c-ice of this ore. t Fend stve'rul beau tiful .ec-iens. .'P-hipetly. klicJc.' .T h'b amount of nuick silver ilt Mr loibes v;.!s on tlie loth of . July was' about 2,500 pe-uud. -. ;r" : . I. ,'- ". . 1 enclose you here.w'itii sketches 'of , the ountry tluoirgh , wliich 1 psrsscd indicating iht? noaiiioK6lih ,niH. ed llo t.,ptsrr.i('h of ihr'iioiitiott in -tb kinity of 'tho&e T vuttctl. ?mh of tl e s,n cimens of g'dd ncCompa .iVii.g this u'eie pi"sentcd lot transmisioti 10 the dt'partiuent by iliie gentle men nemeit UelllV. 1 lit' lUllllUeiB till III" 111 Jir l.ri ilH' cal skf-tch i'ortcponding to' the label? of .he respective sp. cimens, snow Irom what part of the gold region iHey were'oblaiocd. 1. t aptatn J. A .sutler, 2, Jdin Sinclair. . -ar- Wittiain-ttevTir; Rve.-- KifbyV-Irr. Binnelmrd. Lwi Fifiejd, FraiAlm U, Aiy TrrsT-M-orinon diirings, 4. Charles V. ter 5. Ri.Gert Spt'ttce, 0. S'inot & Co. .f fiotwrl -liv -rveligbi--'" ti C. E. Picket, American Toil: Co Iftir.lica. . . D. Fs. C. Ken.ble. 10 T. XV. (ircen, from San Fernando near Los- Angeloa ' A. '2 oa. purclirisfd from Mr. NeligJi 15. Sand found in washing gold wbich contains Sinai particles. .11. Cuptain Fiishie, Dry diggings, Ve bf iV Cieek. . 12, Consiimnp', '45. Consumnes, H-irtwell's ranch. -,- 1 have the honor to he your most obedi entvBervMiii.' j If. II. Masqk, V C'olond Hr$t f)rrifoon Cvnimtuuling. Llrifl ticn. U. JaKs, d : c. j fathers held. Mnd, without securing which -for tbek duldren all know tliey would mA. nave entereu into mis union.-- a ueso a m nt.fttml attii- Ii appears lo m-fr4i,er that we--wnn- are here -on. tlie theatie nf action, sho.il, I address our eonstii'uetrt of iht! slave ho'.: ,-,g Statf S, br.iv(iy.n.d iic.ruiratety pnttrii 'J progress of usurpitlion an4 ggii-ea.- nt: v veiht!iit . ihe (lssrTTincn- "r -o v and leave. uiJi.irj.eiibaodst Jkuu ,r'v,; 'JJ-i proper line of anion. W'hit tht vtJO. lJ be lt is neejlless ftcre to cirrus"- . ( ever ilji", il abstild be temperate, n,o decided. :: ,; .., Ilavina expiessed these views, I In to say that 1 make no objection u t'e n-. tiqn of the gcfiteman from (If or;ia ( . 1 . Stepherjsjf to refer the whole maiir .l i a select eommiHe-,. lo consider nnturely i repoii to a f.iiet frieetipg but 1 woj... rather .prefer" an est tier dy than 'he llili . of Jananrv. I am.abote ail. lot union, )u I 'mmy"ah'TiIuionoh- h"STCrt of the !on ti- Mr I'endk-ioii'a n marks (which v, rra i"iTa"ne""soTTiH time previenrrdy u. A! r.'Ca1 houn's) wdSelso ur,oerstoad to have !een very sensible and eirecliv-,. He exprej nffpred on ounce of gold, but Cant. Web er told him it only cost fif y cent, and' he did not jh to sell it.' The man then of leredan ounce and a half, when Cant Welt er hail to take i'. r'riie psiees of 'all ihini-s are hi"h, and yel Indians, who before hard ly knewwhat a breech cloib was, can now If'ashitiglon, ahiiigJun. Dtr. '.5. 1818 In m) letter of -yesterday I alluded very bri (1 - to the r re ai k s of . M r ( i I! 1 1 1 u n , a t the inteliiig of Southern- memhers ' f fie two Houses iin Friday evening. To-d.y I mi enab ed lo g've you !r.M"r. elaborine -repot t, wliich may be relid upnti ue'subv suultial.y torreet. lie said: - ; 1 i he resolutions - f the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Haylyjaie good, and, eon I . Cuer,VSla. Jo w-h.t w.,W and deeper f '. , He effected bis purpose, and a large bed r ' L' inudaJ giMj niUoUunc f ihe wee. One day Mr.-Marihatl.iss he ""' "l;u"ff nw.oifr directly W. the race wth rsirong was WarUirtg down ia thi deposit of hind, nh'rvfd' aoina ff!tenn? oakhdjs 0t Is - ,MfQtf$$b',&' fv. examined -th-i'sMT became. satisfik-d i f Up ir value, IIi:henlwctld the fwt, told Opt- Sutter .' hi disccrieiv, snd they airreed to keep . . i - -H -V ? powders, anil asked iu price." Copt.-" cb-r Ttf ,t(ir( t,, rnea-ure ihe groUod and p'ace j Theie is, therefore, every reason to believe, er.lold him it was nbt f r ia"e. lie man 1 ,ie rtM1(0rjn possession. A better plan, j that in the intervening spaces oftye hhn- hqwever, will ue, to nave tne msirirt sur-1 ilred miles entirely, unexplored there must veyed and sold at public auction to the be many hidden and rich 'depositeS-1.. Tiie hiirhesi bidder in small parcels say from i "placr" co!d is now substituted as the 20 to 40 acres. In either case, there will j currency of this country: in.trade it 'passer b many intruders, whom for years, H will i freely at $10 fer ounce: -as an,, srucli of jsideraimg the length ol time which he pas be almost impossible to exclude. '. commerce its value is not jet fixed,''! he i had to prepare them, dohim great credit: The discoveries of these vast depos'tes , only parebase I made was of the specitneni l.ut tney are noi pet leu. - i m-y are, jie- of c,ml baaeiOiri'lv chajiged thi character ; No. 7, which I got of Mr. Nelih at '8i2j (ecrtve m several patueawrs i am.uiere of the oeopJe of' Upper California lis Ttbeonnce. I'hstia abouttbe prestmt'easbrAire.Wunw -Uintt t.fltrfejsiAbejition oeople belore engage" m cultivating tncirifmuy m im! vimiiuirji'uugii h mm fiv. v...... small natchrs of groundand gnartrfng their! sold for less, The grt demand for ond phens.) .Another tonsideratmn strong ly when thl-waWr-4at -oa the wlieL: tbe -r t buy t,e most gaudy tlressea: jau-race " , f, ie t a H TheoUn.ry on either side of Weber's m.'t tf.e.w,tcr V scape w Rh T ',V creek is much broken nn by hills, and is ''Wr rSi'J lfctm in every direction by small nireaTs cr 'ravines, which( contain more or IJ. rhoe that have been wnrgea scrnu hed; nod although lhous--l ounces have been earned away, I do not consider fiat serims imprcsaioni t... t ' . .'I--. .1-.. iVfi.... 1 nas ueeir nuioe jipuii mc wijuir, ivv J da was ile'velopioa heW and richer deposr- lies.Tsbd the. only imprcttibxCieuBedo he, I that ihe metal woujd ie t')unu in men abundance as serious (yto depriciate its yal- -riMHlietOLiULiyLJL tet ur nea to me 10 w er mines, and on th.. following (fay tp Sut ter'a. wher'ce on the I0ih-l was rnating nrcparatioas. for" Visit iVih . Feather, v m as Jjniishcd. It boweeri , tft .jut.-aiiT sjurad jike magio. Ilemarabie mwt.fu '. altemifd the labors oftlie Mist- xplorers; wA in (ew Weeks bundretls of men' weie ..;'- ir-n ihrf tvr.-At ihfclwe ofmy iaiubtr jitsr oHjfe-tUrtrce ropndis afur ia 4iscor, herds of rattle and norses, nave ai,gono 10 tfre mines, or are on their way thither Laborers of everv iiado have left their work benches, and ludesmen their sops Sail ors deert tberr sh'ps as Soon arthey arrive on the roast; and several vessels hae gone and provisions, made by this sudden de velopmrnt of wealth, has increased t'ie aJy impressed with tlie nereBsity of hanmv mount ol commeice at can tancisco very mucb-axd it wilLcniinu to increase, . ' I would e ommeml'tbat s mini ba-els- kaldished-at some vliihle .point of the in n wiili hasdlv enoiiirh bands to. furl's" ', of San I-rancisco; and'thii machinery - - J' - - o . . - . ,. , - .-. . ', , I i sail. Two or thwe are now at snefror in I ail me nece-saTy apparatus anu wowinn. ' . . . . i f l. .. n , , l k ir A rl'liuA unrtiilan mtiul San rrancisio, -w-Hn no crew-tm -ormra, -iu a"-!" j ... M.v Hii.. mo. have taken nlace frorrv i be bound by high wages, and eyyn bonds' arrujons witiun the intluence ol tnese , 10 serrc . wtir lamou, o.., n " !- V-sVo'vl-V'. -i '',,-i a.e:,l-A'-iw-'l-.4i-'l: m nes: twenty-six soldiers Have Ueserteu T-wnmo puunnv ue u.u,ru v ,001 K- rvvftsnwmtf SrMmw&dttf font from I inf to the mines ss soon as they arrive in that of San Francisco, and twenty four froin sdopted. Yuhah. and CeaTri'vers when I" received a VV.' r--.-. a t Tj.n IT 'S' letter irum viiiiiiinti -", ii....!"... p!. r,a .i,tK itoni.ar-Wtfold to the smbunt of many millions of it .n u.rti.ni..ir ihaT Vreat iianer extsd lr w,lt pas yearly ttfotiter- crmwriee to ItiVt life garrisons iroiiid Un in body; and ' paricb tVir merchsnta wni eapitaHsis.-.J ft impels to the same course; I am iboriugJi-4 sed '.his general acquiescence m U resoTu. lions of his rolb agu (Mr H iyiey ) He did not so well, howei er, ake ti e express; n in -them '.'measures of retire.-," , 'i list acem- ed ro' r-orrreinptate J that -tb-f tmrh : -nhi - wait until the wronirshad been coos:j:j. mied andAlifin-U-ndetiakelo re kit thtin- Ile pieferred- raiher measures ol "noucd and precau'ion." He v'as wiilin!; ttt oucn to lay down a line, and let their Jfortbern ' brethren Know- Sbat tliey- inost rm- irsos cend it. He subsequently, however, ac qtiesi ed in the proposition cf Mr Stephen. The subs'ance of Mr. .Foote'a rcnwLs was, I am informed, tlictbe wasvready fur insJantaneous action., and was willing t once to vote on tlie resolutions submitted by Mr. Bay'ey. ' The only point of lifference betwero the.membrrs in ihe ilMctission, was us t whe'her this ws a proper lime for any action. " Seine held tlrat Ihe South shoul ' wait until die measures lately llirefcteneit should become laws--lhat they- ortijht "in lo resort to all constjiffttiiriat means ofo position to defeat, those "mcBSorr . I f n i these' should be unavailing,-then ihe .tuirM -f - r separate action on the part oi the Sou .1 would have arisen. ' v . Others held on the contrary, that setiii-t now. in thii form of precaution, was advisa ble. . It wot'.ld be well, saiJ they, to lo ' uown the line beyond which they shout I conceive it wrong lo submit t the aggre- sions 11! the majority in order thus to wa-n their northern brethren against any asere . jji.oii be ond ihat line, If afterwards the v resolved to make that aggression, the fespor, sihdity of the consequences would be their. I ho !outh, tri that case,., would hsvecore- every jhieg in ilteir power to avert any (jriiMI8'.-4lisOnl. , - -rw - -- . '- All sides, howetf r, held tl.st when th" . -. .' ' 1..1 a proper time oit-iiim arrive, , ii it rjad not al ready arrivd.ihe.Souih take - linn and. decided measures to' niaintain iis Const. iu. tionai lights ' " . " ' pious and united action, boih on our part and. on the part ol tbe bouitiern commu niv. ; j ' , ,. e pay am opposed, However, to too gre-it oe r, and j lay, and Consequently wofild prefer ihat ihe committee should report at a meeting to be held on the lOth 'msiead of ihe J5ih of January. 1 Tlie Legislatures of Severs! of the Sotitherrt Statesare iiow in sessnmi and it! weliMbeWert tbaithbe-re snhiM reach ihem in time, to be acted uponby tbein before their sdjournment. , TtTrisider'.iliB'' sihlress. indiretvsil WVhsiever etun- is. l-kn Wau'l-rsiocef d fiQtn tbe slavehelding Ststes K the Con Mr. .flasEtyof pfew York, a -membr r bfahAUiiiis-d" Ueprecntatvi t makes fre. quent complaints, of loss of time by th - House in the despatch of business,. He has also' published W. tablegiving the nam -of every member of Congirps, aod showing tfieamoiinto1' mil'eage, drawn by eneh,' a -. : : siatemeht of h"tl vouip he due if 'faeh -irsvelledby th? tbprtesti post rent,' Tbe V-diff-renee amounts to mofethan sixty thous' aait duIliijasK-s:i-,,?-4 Vn' nn nf boots and sl oea mamifarliir- BinJiops..'X.d"lj-r. in 1317. ai'rctjtoeii I--,,- - - . - ...... .. .... ipiUloJiirLaQJiaifr,, ' -"-swc-iW-wn-alMKlwfla, ---ii..W4lV''-
The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, N.C.)
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