The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-12-03

MY con'sin; Inc goio mns o.'r,o', - ts.sI
watn .ns whole OF when yislds tnis prsc.oss a.
ne mineral procured In ainsrsnt xAyS Out Iucn .ns
found II IA a rich on the surface "a anv place and
hey have no where gone more than SO feet In DEPTH
he coil at that depth being OF the came kind In some
places 1t il found in nint rock which IL and
he mineral gathered with quicksver and At one place
nne for washing It 10 often found In large Jumps
largest yet found weighing seven and three quarter
pounds IL Il common TO ind ID is 90 or 30 suncss and
considerable silver ia mixed With all and some.
,oppsr yeis or load A. We say In the States |
IS here called Q hslo, some of which are deposits,
forming strata Of rand, gravel dirt aud gold There
ID no regularity in mining, the winter season be-
Ing the time prin oipaIy devoted to It, on account
year The plumber Of hands engaged varies very much
seldom exceeding 60O and as low in the summer ss 20
or ~. The miners receive . certain amount money
their immediate wants are supplied The town Of
Pacers is small dirty, ibuilt place. Furnishing
few merchants who interested In the mines buy the
gold procured and trade with the washers and work
mon Besides gold there rich vein Of copper In the
mountain which be traced entirely through but 1t
has been worked though claimed a. private pro-
perry The road from this place to the town is good
one for wagons and s the to the river from which
the mines are about the distance they from
here The mountain Is covered with pine timber
road passes by acsrs fron this to Persito valencia
ana Tom, on the river, TO Albuquerque, whore prov-
sons can BE- procured and which IA the richest and best
cultivated part Of New Mexico In the hands Of enter
Prnng cspitahats tney would, no doubt yield large
pronts ana amounts the only difculty being the
procured BY sinking shafts and using small engines to
pump Nup.
AFFAIRS IN CALIFORNIA.
TFrom the C california star lime 10
We vet have a military governmsnc and little elsa
ana WIN large Indian population Idle and thievish
".u ~ equsy uha6eoaoIe anu oisnonee. lower ordst
y, sh h.nmt wwua nos comPsln Oh 'ne mere isct
=. sS ypI oouaoa o,ss sns elmlne, our rulers
woua ensoe US 70 pfoteot lie and property ana TO pur
sue Inc OF our own IN the man
seemed to US from the beginning, that have had in
sno ~ VI sIs hofe eHher sur priSing
want o. anowsoge IN ov Affairs or IN unparalleled o.
80 $50 "a - 49, ouxns " 20 oone OF ~
M 70 Csnornis mere camp ior tne as
play % mn.S.y Ghnisnsnoy-the yes" and no OF the
s.h .. 'Ioo 70 oi every 'ussive innuspce
Of tnoas Jaws ana instut,on' which cviiization has
o. ou aro n~uo n00essafy W numsn COMFORT ana ao-
.s ,Whn NJ vor,d ..b 49,. M. ~. ala ..,s,. 80
M.",n11 r..,.bshsI xWS nos INC TS 'il9unss o.
s soA'oV -, WY are ths Ishu OF men tri-
neu , wu - ~ t . VINO mas sns rsnS, military
"a %ooa 20 ps"t1on LOT sny tning Just now-ws may
Nv o. o tht Nv ~o vii wiz iol sns leaoing OF
Sssdn ,h;ch M s o.a I'LL un Sn sns ,Grmg 81
tn. .,~-n,ns~t - ~ IT;.S ett - nu JussiIs'
$500 W.T. IL =. "o Su.o 80 o's.oo ~ pPel LII
.Us "i1;y We oAPo0s i'o.a oSI ne~ governor,
60, wasor ~s .ra ;ncpsJ 20 H.. ."nSd.ns
.1 iS, e ,nonsa 20 p.soe commence ne
sn 49,. ~asSt TWso.oS" C. 0 veu w. uo wiz,
great sooa 70 CshtSrnis God speed him IN that way
, W.otp. W """s n~s Doon uono-"o VIII noPo 'or
AZ .ssswhis,. ~ or- c,t;,.,. -. h.,a T., o., r
,.nn ~ TmS.ds , our ,.s Va nS.a IN San
OK
npg TIL; @ "a ~ s sna reI.et seers
49, - 49,. ,rso. ~ ~ P ~ .L VIZ - -,
C Fremont in the ospso.ty Of Governor Of the Cali
,;rant: ~ tbs r;ti.sn ~ a.. Eenpsc" ~ r,.so ~
ths condmct ~ that osscsr whns IN thss sountrv
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PEN AND INK SKETCHES OF CALIFORNIA
From the Detroit Advertiser
Weare permitted to publish tn: following private let
to California In Col Stevenson New York repime emit
II will be seen that this Csfornia Ell Dorado l. subjsc
IDENTIFY not seen 1t In it, best sunshins The letter vii
be found interesting -
SAY &c c.,;f AI: nn. 20. ,s,S 49,
have bat little Of the country myself; but have
couvsrssd much with various persons, some Of whom
and do assert, that California, taken altogether Ia
most miserable, God forsaken country the Jumping on
place. TT only for Mormons, Millsrtes and
1t has been most Aagranty Ipisrepresented-
villauousy bslisd This climate, II healthy, which 10
questionable is excessively dissgreeabls about here on
here steadily trade wind, and more violent The
10 often heavy that water drps from the roofs
nit raining and when coming the HILL it looks
more like snow storm than any thing else Overcoats
and apnels are worn the year round; clothes
are wholly useless From sunrise till 10 A. NJ. It Is uau-
either Of which .rs more than any weather
ever saw In the States. 30 much for what country
have seen about San Francisco the American Italy
foolish liars have called It, The Bay Of San Fran
CISCO as regards commercial purposes, merits all tina
the most enthusiastic have said Of 1t. 1t Is, pro
Daddy, tus uHess Usy III tns Woriu anu " 0One nal
save California from utter condemnation Othei
parts Of the country are more osctonsbe even thar
this some or the heat other: for the total alb
sencs Of moisture and all OF generally for the want
tlabls land Oh now the smigrents who come hithsI
will be disappointed wish they Gil knew what know
1t would save many one from much misery snd suffer
ing-ths which WI, surely follow any attempt to ,sttls
here for agricultural purposes Speaking OF game here
have been out hunting twice; the ar.t time shot
rattesnake OF the ana most vsnomous kind and
the last time va; chased nome y acoussr or puma,
species OF tiger eete zoo tnok ior comfort around
here One OF them was Killed mere last week, which
measured fsss ~ nones rom UP OF nose TO tip OF
tall They are touna Ice. long ABOUT mere and are
more ferocous tAan tns erny DEAR Inc natives call
them lions Inc CsnIofn,sns are dTty hsy, nlthy,
Ignorant despicspe people put OF All their vices that
Of lazness drst foremost and from which
result all their other as white man
would take them but which they In blissfu ignorance
do not consider 90 inner breed OF COWS never saw
nor larger droves but they are too lazy to
milk them, 80 that We can barely get milk enough for
coffee, even 1t per quart ths only price Butter 10
imported and sells ct A. pound But notwithstapd
their lasiness on horseback question any people
the world can excel them u not born they are steast
brought ON horse They never 30, II not more than
ten PAGES foot and they will ride horse In any shape