The Sun.
London, England, 1852-03-22 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

thank you for the civility accorded by you to
me, which enables me to correct some gross errors of
the press here and in the United States, and to ex-
plain how and wby certain interests, guided by ignorance
and destitution of principle, have been errib!ed to poison
the public mind here, in a matter of no difficulty what-
ever. I desire, in as few words as I can, to state
Ist. That Colonel Fremont's title is just as perfect
now . as any man's title over is under a solemn contract
by competent vendors who have not yet executed their
deed or patent to the vendee.
2nd. That the tioal deed or patent must be preceded
by certain formalities (which are already done by Col.
Fremont), and those formalities will inevitably be fol-
lowed by the deed or patent from the United States,
confirming all that Governor Alvarado, of California,
and the Mexican Government, and also Colonel Fre-
mont have done to render the title absolutely perfect.
3rd. That the alleged sale by Colonel Fremont to
Thomas Denny Sarjent is not a fact. No sale ever
took place, but only an " arrangement," from which Sar-
jent hoped to be enabled to raise some money here to
carry out his sinister purposes.
4tb. That even if there were now a ratified sale by
Colonel Fremont to Sarjent (not a word of which,
however, is true) the lessees hero and elsewhere would be
as solidly established in their respective leases as if no
sale had taken place.
sth. That even if Colonel Fremont had already failed
to prove his title, the said lessees would under " colour"
of his grants inevitably be confirmed in them all by the
United States' Government.
6th. And hence the Fremont title and the Sarjent
title are both absolutely of no legal consequence to the

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said lessees.
7th. I put this matter in the strongest possible light
against Colonel Fremont, only to show that troublesome
people here, and a very few in the United States, talk
and write about matters not at all understood by them.
Bth. But I aver that no honest man, no lawyer in the
United States, no one at all acquainted with Mexican,
Californian, and United States land titles, the decisions
thereon, and the invariable practice and policy of the
United States' Government, can or do entertain the least
doubt of Colonel Fremont'a title.
9th. No honest man, no one in the least informed, can
doubt, and do not doubt, the great value of Colonel
Fremont's estate in gold, silver, quicksilver, and in other
metals, and in agricultural richness.
10th. As to British exaggerations on the subject, set
forth by hostile people here for mere stock -jobbing pur-
poses, Colonel Fremont himself (though confident in the
richness of his own estate) abhors such exaggerated
statements, the solid truth being quite enough for him.
11th, As to myself personally, .1 have great and just
reason to complain of the British public, to whom I
have for nearly two years liberally and often tendered
the fullest information on the whole subject, but
"squatter" companies, and companies well "forfeitable"
or "forfeited" leases have preferred to dabble in muddy
waters instead of crystal and pure streams. No one
oan be blamed for this but themselves, and their too
eager and careless stockholders, who, in many instances,
amidst a blaze of light from me, still preferred to deal
with such companies and persons as the Ave Maria, the
West Mariposa, and others sustained by the Stirlen'
clique.
12th. And finally, to this preliminary I have to add
that some reckless and ignorant pretenders here and
elsewhere, can easily write and publish anything for
their own sinister purposes; and so also iu the United

States to a small degree: I linow that a young man was
sent from London to Caliturnia for no other purpose
than to write letters in California, and to enlist others
there, so that,such statements should reach this country
for their own shameful and selfish purposes. Such was
the idle tale about the presence of Colonel Fremont at
the Mariposa when the sale of the one-sixth of
the Aqua Tria for the half of Colonel Fremont's
estate was most falsely alleged to have taken place
to Palmer, Cooke, and Co., which fact, of Colonel
Fremont's presence was impossible, as he was at the
time alleged quite 800 miles distant from the said mines !
And further, nearly all of the false statements about the
title, the small value of the Mariposas compared with
others, the tales about sales and leases, and other silly
acts, attributed to Colonel Fremont, were well known
to be very crude lies in the United States, but suitable
enough to answer purposes here.
The above statements by myself and the following are
only a very few of the facts in my possession to re-
establish confidence, and to disprove the cruel falsehoods
of the cliques in California, and here also, all of which
have had nut one common source.
I now proceed to notice a few things in California,
concealed there by the clique - this market, whioh
were answered promptly in CL,. ,:nia, and which, by
request of Colonel Fremont, tkr., • :ivy further shown to be
absolutely false through the y. asent article, which he
asks me to insert in your journal, with the hope that
other journals, regardful of justice, will also insert.
1. Dr. Trask.—This writer, in the Stockton Journal,
California, 13th January, 1852, in an article dated the
7th January, has made au attack on Colonel Fremont,
the substance of which is as follows, all of which is false,
1 as will be shown:—First, after an idle slur, he announces
the arrival of the Belgian Company at the Mariposas
and town of Mariposa, and states that their lease was
procured from Mr. Roberts, Colonel Fremont's agent in
Belgium—that the conditions of the sale were 4,0001. to
Colonel Fremont for an opened gold mine-30 men sent,
and machinery to California,—l,oool. of the 4,0001.. in
cash, the rest in instalments.
That 8,000 dollars were expended by this Company for
said purposes! that on their arrival they were astonished
to learn that Colonel Fremont had no such a mine in
the neighbourhood of the Mariposa town!! and that said
Belgians were to shift for themselves, and had expended
,a good deal of their money !!!
The whole of this is au unadulterated series of lies,
and, as a whole, it shows absolute ignorance of its facts;

the truth is as follows:
The lease was not procured from Mr. Roberts, but from
Mr. Hoffman and Mr. Roberts.. Mr. Roberts was never in
Belgium, all was done in Paris and in London—there were
no 4,000 L in the matter at all—no 1,000/. cash—no sale, bat
a lease; all was a Belgian afflir (as to the miners) ar-
ranged in Paris, not a word of truth as to instalments,
not a word of truth as to the 8,000 dollars, but the
matter was ably gotten up at a far greater expenditure
for the 28 men sent out, and for the 300 to follow.
Colonel Fremont at once gave them the kindest recep-
aon by his agent at Stcckton, not Mariposa town•
Colonel Fremont, ten days after the date of Trash's
article of the 7th January, states explicitly that he had
heard of the arrival at San Francisco of the Belgians,
that he bad prepared a very comtortable house for their
temporary reception at Stockton, would attend to their
comfort by a special agent at Mariposa, and place them on a
good vein—they never were obliged to "gift" for them-
selves. It is not true that Colonel Fremont has parted
with his gold mines in the said " neighbourhood," but
positively the reverse. So much, then, for this first
part of the Doctor's ridiculous statement.
But, second, Trask proceeds to state that since the
Belgian affiir a " Mr. Sat jent (who I was informed
• was the quintessence of villany') has negotiated a
sale of the same Mariposa tract to a London company
for 100,000 dollars, the falsity of which is evident upon
its very face." Now Dr. Trask appears as ignorant
about all of the Sarjent matter as he obviously is about
all of the Belgian matter.
The Doctor then proceeds to consummate the proof
of his ignorance and malignity by quoting a few lines
from the London Mining Journal as an exaggeration! !
Now. reader, that little article is as follows:
" The accounts from the mines continue satisfactory.

One mine in Mariposa, worked by steam, was realizing
from 600 dollars to 1,500 dollars daily." The Doctor's
sage remark upon the above extract is that all comp-
flies there are not taking out that amount weekly, but
that the machinery of two or three are under the :Mures
hammer. Now, what of that ? No one ever said that
all were prosperous ; but the real truth is that nearly all
are doing far more than even 1,500 dollars daily, or
9,000 dollars weekly oft, and with next to no machinery.
The Doctor then quotes some other extracts from
English papers about Mount Ophir, Kanyou Creek
Company, and says that the latter is non-existent—not
yet born!! " Oh! shame where is thy blush!" The
Doctor would not know that "Kanyou" probably means
"Carson Creek Company." Now that Company ac-
tually did take out quite 5,000 dollars a day, and more
too. It is born, and though I have nothing to do with it
whatever, as it is some 60 miles beyond Colonel
Fremont's Estate, yet fiat justitia rust crelum. As to
the tales published here about the " Carson Creek
Company," I confirm and deny nothing—that is not my
affair—but I know the vein to be rich, though I believe
small, and am convinced that large sums have been ex-
tracted from it, but not to the amount at one time stated.
The slanderous Doctor then proceeds to the great object
of his attack—viz., to mystify about Colonel Fremont's
estate as to its richness, but as to which he either knows
nothing or misstates abundantly, and most unjustly
ascribes British exoggerations to Colonel Fremont ! !
A .more modest man about his own estate never
existed, and as to his mint (myself)! every one knows
I have never written a line or advertised a word about
it until very lately, and only in sheer self defence; and
all put together as to its richness, not in extent the tenth
as much as the present communication.
Colonel Fremont and others inform me that Dr.
Trask is not at all to be relied/on in such matters. I
,now leave him in order that Colonel Fremont and others
may speak more authoritatively on the subject.

FIRST LETTER FROM MR. GOODELL .
San Francisco, Jan. 15, 1852.

Dear reply to your communication I can say
that I have thoroughly tested the quartz vein known as
the "Mariposa Vein" to the depth cf forty-two feet, and
found the quartz to increase in richness the deeper
down I went. I have crushed the quartz to the extent
of several hundred tons, and extracted the gold by the
use of the shaking tables, which were on the place pre-
vious to my visiting Mariposa, and were very imperfect
in their construction. I have also tested quartz from
many veins upon your property, and the results varied
from two cents to eight dollars and fifty cents from the
pound of rock.
The, vein known as the " Mariposa Vein," and upon
which I have been operating, varies hi thickness from three
to twelve feet, and can supply one hundred tons of
quartz per.day for years to come, without a question of
doubt. In my own opinion I do not think the vein can
be exhausted in a century. The veins upon your property
in the Mariposa and Agua Frio districts are numerous,
and rich in gold; and I am confident that large results
can be realized by a judicious outlay of capital and the
use of heavy and well-constructed machinery. If unfe.-
vourable results have emanated in working
on any vein
in the districts I have named, it is to be attributed en -
tirely to the light and imperfect machinery used, and the
limited amount of eapitat expended without a knowledge
of mining.. and machinery. In regard to the cxtent of the
quartz veins uponjottr property, I feel perfectly safe in
saying they cannot bo ezbaustocl in this century; With
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