The Sun.
London, England, 1851-11-20 00:00:00

AMERICAN NEWS,

ARRIVAL OF THE PACIFIC.
LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY ETENING.
By the arrival of the United States mail steam-
ship Pacific, Nye commander, we have received ad-
vices from New York to the Bth instant. She brings
45 passengers and 850,000 dolls. in specie. Among
the passengers is Father Mathew.
The screw steam-ship City of Glasgow, Wylie
commander, sailed from Philadelphia for Liverpool
on the 6th inst.
The steam-ship Ohio arrived at New York on
the sth instant, with advices from San Francisco
to the Bth instant, and 30,000 dolls. in gold• dust
on freight.
The steam-ship Oregon had arrived at Panama
with upwards of 2,000,000 dolls. in gold-dust on
freight, and 1,000,000 dolls. in the hands of pas-
sengers.
There was no news of importance from California.
The difficulties with the boatmen on the Isthmus
had been settled.
The steam-ship Prometheus arrived at New York
on the 6th instant, from San Juan del Sud and
Havannah, with advices from the latter place to the
Ist instant, and 600,000 dolls. in gold-dust in the
hands of passengers.
The steam-ship Independence had arrived at San
Juan del Sud, from San Francisco, with 150,000 dol-
lars in gold-dust.
The advices from Havannah are devoid of interest.
The United States steam-ship Caroline, from San
Francisco for Panama, has been compelled to put
into Realejo, unable to proceed, in consequence of
the vessel being i❑ an unseaworthy state and ma-
chinery damaged, and had landed her passengers,
250 in number, many of them in a dying state from
fever.

Under date Washington, November 5, it is stated
that Mr. Webster had drawn up some important dis-
patches declaring the policy of the United States Go-
vernment with regard to the right of search, which is
involved in the pretensions of England and France to
a right to interrupt American vessels on the high
seas, and visit and search them to prevent hostile ex-
peditions from that country to Cuba.
It is also said that Austria had sent a note to the
United States Government, declaring that it will look
with concern and regret upon any special recognition
of Kossuth by the American Government.
Accounts bad reached New York of the destruc-
tion of a whaling ship by a whale.
From California we have dates to the 2d ult. From
the Californian papers we extract the following sum-
mary of events :
" We have cheering intelligence to send by this
steamer in respect to both the placer washings and
the quartz mines round about this mountain city.
We can state with the fullest assurance that never
were the miners more encouraged than now, and
never was there a more reasonable prospect of a rich
harvest for their labours. Not that every company
or every individual is actually washing out pounds of
gold weekly. Many are scarcely obtaining enough
to pay their board bills, and yet they are well pleased
and feel as though they were fast accumulating for-
tunes. These are scattered all along the dry gulches
and ravines, throwing up dirt which they have tried
sufficiently to know that it is rich. When the rains
come, or the water is led along from the rivers by the
extensive waterworks constructed for this purpose
during the present season the miners will have no-
thing to do but wash out and pocket the gold. The
drains and tail ditches are now being made, the rocks
removed which cover up the precious metal, and the
earth thrown up to mellow in the sun and air, and
thus get ready for an easy washing. Piles of dirt have
thus been thrown up which could not be bought for
hundreds, we might say thousands of dollars—all the
work of two or three short months. In some places,
also, the hill sides are being dug off, where they are
connected with rich leads in the mountains, from
which, during the revolution of centuries, more or
less gold has been gradually sliding down along with
earth, loosened by successive rains and snows. At
Jamestown this is especially the case. The vast plain,
extending from Shaw's Flat northward, is also being
dug all over its surface and carted away. There is no
telling how rapidly fortunes would be accumulated if
a constantly running stream of water were present, so
that carts, horses, and all the concomitant troubles
could be dispensed with. Since the sailing of the last
mail steamer the result of the recent State and Con-
gressional election has been so far ascertained as to
secure the election of the entire democratic State
ticket and the two democratic candidates for Congress.
The democrats claim an average majority exceeding
1,000, but we do not think it will reach that figure.
The Legislature is largely democratic. From all
parts of the State we have the most encouraging in-
telligence of the success of the miners, and we hazard
nothing in saying that the present yield of the mines
exceeds that of any former period. The season so far
has been very favourable to the success of the various
damming companies throughout the State, and
the result has been large yields in that depart-
ment of mining. The prospects for the approah-
ing rainy season are still more encouraging. During
the dry season great numbers of miners, who have
not been operating along the beds of creeks and rivers,
have been engaged in raising dirt in the dry diggings
to wash when the rains afford them the requisite
supply of water. Besides a steady business is now
being prosecuted by the various quartz companies,
particularly in the vicinity of Nevada city and
along the tributaries of the San Joaquin. These
companies will be able to prosecute their labours as
well in the rainy as in the dry season. It may be
well to remark that the quartz business apcears to be
that which, to a considerable extent, is attracting the
attention of capitalists as a source of investment. The
extensive outlay fur costly machinery, in order to
prosecute this branch of mining successfully, neces-
sarily limits it to those who have accumulated the re-
quisite capital by other and cheaper modes of mining,
and to those other capitalists who are ready to make
heavy investments. It appears to be a matter of
debate among miners as to the comparative richness
of the northern and southern quartz veins. The
companies, however, established in either section,
upon an economical basis, are doing, so far as we can
ascertain, as well as the most sanguine could desire.
Many fail of success from the want of a practical
acquaintance with this mode of mining. From
whet we hear we are led to expect for the ap-
proaching winter a very large increase upon the
yield of the last. In the political world the great
point of interest just now is, as to who will be the
United States senator in the place of Colonel Fre-
mont. The democrats have many candidates, among
whom may be numbered Colonel Winn, T. J. Henley,
Colonel Weller, Hon. David C. Broderick, Hon.
Nathaniel Bennett—Colonel Fremont having retired
from political life, as we hear. These are all the de-
mocratic candidates we hear of. The capital of the
State has recently been removed by order of the Go-
vernor, from Vallejo to San Jose, the former seat of
Government. This was done in consequence of non-
compliance with the bonds of General Vallejo, as is
alleged, which were taken at the time of the re-
moval. The Vigilance Committee have, it is said,
disbanded, leaving in organization an executive corn-
miqee, who are authorized to call together the
members upon an emergency. The city is rapidly
spreading, and now presents that massive appearance
which always distinguishes a city from a village.
Many large and elegant brick and stone buildings
have been erected since the fires of May and
June. The burnt districts may be said to have been
built up again. Made is reviving, and the prospects
are encouraging. It is to be hoped that we may escape
the ravages of fire hereafter. Society also is under-
going great and gratifying changes. Every steamer
brings an accession to the number of American
ladies, and schoolhouses and romping children have
already ceased to be novelties in our midst. In the
line of amusements, theatres, bull fights, horse and
foot races are the order of the day. Indeed, the
Olympic games are revived, and men are likely to
resort to these amusements until the superior charms
of home attractions intervene as a substitute. We
must not forget to notice the gratifying fact that
horticulture and agriculture are engaging the atten-
tion of our people throughout the State. We think
the products of our soil (with the exception of grain)
the present year will nearly equal the wants of
our people. The choicest vegetables, in every
variety, are produced in almost every section of the
State, and our tables in this respect, as well as others
present a variety not unsurpassed by any state in the
Union. There seems to be but little doubt as to the
existence of valuable silver mines in California. We
have from time to time beard of discoveries in various
parts of the southern country, but the following
in the ac-
count,Stockton which we take from a somewhat lengthy article
Republican, is sufficient to settle the
question :—`Early in the present year the exploring
expedition left Stockton,
and we believe resulted in
t frequently found
nothing tangible, although Mr. H. W. Wallis, of this
city, showed us specimens from the region
Four Creeks, where ens
i
deposits
were found in incal-
culable amounts.
of i
n the
Indeed this is the form in which it
appears to us, silver is nlos
Ca-
lifornia. It is a kind of black sulphuret of silver, is
blackish, brittle, cellular..--affording globules of silver
at the blowpipe. ,
and it is also found
in Spaniards call it negrillo,
Mexico. The specimens large
10 to 50 in lO masses in Peru and
richness,we have seen have been of
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different degrees of
analysed
specimensse
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and
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varying from
wn by Mr. Wallis were
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Silver
Gold
Some four years ago, 'Mr. C.
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in the nei hb Gibbes, who has
neighbourhood of Mount
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been surveying
Diablo, informs us that_ he_ hadg discovered traces of
silver in that neighbourhood, though in 'Mud form we