Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-06-29


"We learn by passenger in the schooner
Jane, arrived yesterday in five days from fiava-
ma, that vessel arrived there on the 18th inst.
from Omoa, with three Commissioners tor Qua
tamaia. with full powers to restore the Govern
meat of Central America to the King OF Spain.
They had not landed"
The foregoing was received in slip from Sa-
vannah by the mail last evening, and, 1t true,
furnishes a most lamentable commentary upon
the tends and partizan contests, among the sese-
raj individual states of the Southern Republics,
which have heretofore prevented any thing like
strong union with them, even for their own con-
venience and safety. We incline to place no
confidence in this report, although deputies, 1t
was said, came to our Government, year or two
since, with proffers to yield their sovereignty,
trade, &c. on condition Of protection to them and
their interests. Charleston City Gazette.
Custom House Seizure.-The American schr.
Elizabeth, Brayton, master, which arrived on
Thursday from Halifax, has been seized by the
Collector Of this district, for violation Of the
law Of the United States prohibiting American
vessels from bringing greater number OF pas
sengers from foreign port than the proportion
of two to every five tons of her measurements
only a. tons. The law imposes penalty of
number. British vessels may bring as many as
their owners deem proper. Boston .Adv.
From the North Carolina Spectator
Extracts of letter from gentleman lately re-
turned from visiting the Georgia Gold Mines
and who received the pleasing intelligence from
q H.. tnp,Iaut of Mr. Nine
.CMonday morning, (2Sd April,) we discover
ed and opened E VEN exhibiting every appear
ance Of being the identical one which produced
the suld found at this deposit. In one day the
labor of nine hands and one common rocker pro-
duced upwards of 700 dwts. washed from por-
ton of earth aud gravel taken from the lower
side of the wien; considerable number Of pieces
ware found weighing from one to seventy penny
weights, and one specimen OF 344.
Ii has continued for several days to yield at
nearly the same rates. and, yesterday, yielded
$50 iwts "a space of 10 feet square producing
nearly 100 dwts. We continue to work parallel
with the vein which is nearly six feet wide, and
have no doubt that in two months eighteen
hands will obtain $4,000 dwts The vein being
sufficiently decumposed and the gold in masses,
a penny weight to the painful Of earth and gravel
has been repeatedly washed out. section of
the vein by feet and one foot deep, yielded
1l9 dwts."
"a few days after I received the brilliant
news, l went to see Mr. LIQUIDS mine; the day
previous TO my visit 100 pennywelghts were
found by the nine hands! One piece. mingled,
moderately, with vein stone, weighing 500, and
many from so to 80 dwts. The specimens are
exceedingly brilliant, IN some instances. compos-
ed exclusively Of gold and quartz. in others. gold
quartz, and partially decomposed field spar.
s. In that part of Georgia there are many rich
deposits, but none at present, in operation. com.
parable with Mr.. LIQUIDS. The same region
abounds likewise in veins, some Of which exhibit
very faterins indications. In Habersham coun-
ty the England and the Collins, and in Hall
county the Shobert and Ellrod mines are the
most prominent. Habersham and Hall lie in the
fork Of the Charlottesville and the Chesatee RI.
vers: the latter forming their western boundary
and separating them from the Cherokee lands,
which have produced SO much of the precious
metal. An enterprising company is now erect
inc dredging machine Of four horse power, to
draw up the aurIferous sand and gravel from the
bed of the Chesatee, which, Welding not only pa.
,cles but masses of gold, is richer than the famed
Pacolus of antiquity"
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