Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1848-12-22

] dred vouno ladies are advertised for immedi-
Eatelv' TO set out for the placers." They
must be respectable-so says the advertise
sment, and steady employment will be guaran-
steed. Passages all 10 be paid. Seamstresses
] and tradesmen preferred.
The New York Sun, after specifying seve-
raj associations of capitalists and others in
that city, gives the following new features:
GA company is about being formed in Wall
sstreet to send out poor men on condition that
1 each person so sent shall remit to the compa-
] ny the gold found it shall then be by them
sdivded into two equal portions, one OF which
sshall belong to the family of the emigrant, or
Sbe placed to his credit, and the other half shall
lifelong 10 the company of capitalists advancing
the means to send out the emigrant, and sup
port his family until remitances can be made. y
The two annexed paragraphs are from NJ
! York letter of Wednesday:
I - The wife of one of the California vo!un, II
steers IA resident of this city, has Teceiveul
FS1O 900 worth of gold from her husband du-
g Tho Crescent City steamer has been putt
lin the berth for Chagres, and will probably bel
Phi Il is calculated she will put her passen-
soprs on board the California al Panama, on!
ethe 5th January"
Tbp Tribune adds mo less than four
Vessels are being fitted out at Sag Harbor, and
eit is calculated that more goods will arrive I'M
SCalifornia in the next six months than will
ssuppIy the inhabitants three times over"
THE GOLD AssAYED-ExTRAoRDI PU-
'RITY.-The following letter from the Director
Iof the Mint at Philadelphia, to Secretary Wal
,ker, showing the assay of the California gold,
we find in the Union. The gold assayed yield
fed S36, 1872 The purity is extraordinary, the
sgold-dust yielding 90 90 pure gold the melt
led gold yielding within $1,000 or six dollars
Bin the one thousand dollars, of the mint stand
ard of 900. This far exceeds the expecta-
stons of the most sanguine, and places the ex-
Etraordinary purity of the gold beyond contro-
sversy
MINT OF THE UNITED STATES,
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. II, 1848.
SIR-On the 9Th instant, we received, as |
have already had the honor to inform you, the
First deposte of gold from California. 1t was
deposited by Mr.. David Carter, who brought
sit from San Francisco by rhe Isthmus route.
Kit weighed 18O4.59 ounces troy; of which
s1423 80 was from the lower surface mines,
BAND 70 from those at Feather River. On
1 the 9Th inst, another deposite was sent by the
RCcCIcldTG Vi w oil w IIlCA " llCO go OullICS
The gold was Of two sorts IN external cha
sracter, though apparently not different as TO
squality. The first, from the dry diggings,'
swas in grains. which averaged from one to
1.-TWO pennyweights; the other variety, from the
sswamps or margins OF the streams, being IN
small flat spangIes, Of which, on an average.
Hit would take SIX or seven to weigh one grain
10: these by far the larger part Of the deposite:
sswas composed.
q The gold was melted in six parcels, and the
Gloss by melting, due to the earthly and oXida
kble matter which disappears in this operation
Saveraged about 1-3 per cent. OF the original
sweight The loss thus reported is moderate
I land shows that the gold had been carefully
{ washed.
! ASSAYS of the melted gold were made with
ggreat care, and the result showed a variation
lin fneness from 892 to 1877 thousandths; the
Beverage of the whole being 1874. This is
Sslightly below the standard tineness, which
Bis 900.
The average value per ounce OF the bullion
ssbefore melting, is SIS 81; that of the same III
& bars, after melting, is, Sl8 so.
g The whole value of the gold in the two de-
s2posites was $50 1872, besides few ounces re-
aserved in the native state for the Secretary OF
aWaT, at his request. Very respectfully, YOU
Sfathful servant.
q R. NJ. PATTERSON, Director
4 THE TARIFF QUESTION.
8 In the House of Representatives on Monday
Sthc 18th inst Mr.. Eckert, Of Penn, submit
81 ted the following resolution:
a Resolved, That the Committee of Ways ant
IMeans be instructed to inquire into the expe
&diency of reporting tariff bill based on TIT
&principes of the Tariff of 1912.
81 The resolution was agreed to, under The
Cooperation of the previous question, by the fol
Glowing vote:
8 Yeas-Messrs. Abbott Ashmun, Barringer
3 BeIcher, BIackmar. Blanchard, Boyden, Brady
81 Buckner, Butler, Candy, Chapman, Cooke, Col
sIamer, Conger. Cranston. Crisield, Crowell, Gro
Eszier, Dickcy, Dixon, Donnell, Duer Daniel Dun
Ecan, Garnet Duncan, Eckert, Edwards, Alexan
Sder Evans, Nathan Evans, FarrelIy, Fisher, Freed
aIey, Gaines, Gayle, Giddings, Colt. Greedy, Greg
s.ory, GrinnelI, Hale, Nathan K. Hall, James G
B Hampton, Moses Hampton, Haskell. Henry, Ella
GB. Holmes, John w. Houston. Hubbard, Hud
EYson, Hunt, Charles ]. Ingersell, Kellogg, D.
s. King, VIM. II. Lawrence, Levin, Lincoln, MclI
Evane. Marsh, Marvin, Morchead, Mullin, Nelson
EENes, Newell, Outlaw, Pafrey, PendIeton Pol
Elock Preston, Putnam. Reynolds julius Rock
sswell, John A. Rockwell. Root, Rumsey, st. John
SShcpperd, Sheriff. Sylvester, Slingcrland, Caet
BIB. Smith. Truman Smith, Stephens, Strohm, Tall
B madge, Taylor, Thibodaux, Richard w. Thomp
son, John B. Thompson, Thurston, Tuck, Var
MDyke, Vinton, Warren, White, Wison-96.
q Nays-Messrs. Atkinson, BayIy, Beale, Bedin
Mger Bingham, Bocock, Bowdon, Boyd, VIM. e
8 Brown, Charles Brown, Albert G. Brown, Burt
8 Cathcart, Clapp, Franklin, Clark, Howell Cobb
wv. r. w. Cobb, Cummins, Daniel, Darling
. Dickinson, Faran, Featherston, Flournoy, French
SFulton, Goggin, Green, W. p. Hall, Hammons
HHaralson, Harmanson, Harris. Henley, Hill, Isaac
EE. Holmes, Inge, Iverson, Jenkins A. Johnson
81 H. johnson, r. w. Jones, ]. w. Jones, &. w
s. Jones' Kaufman Kennon, Lahm, La Sere Sidney
q Lawrence, Letter, Ligon, Lord, Lumpkin. Lynde
NMucay, McCle and, Mckay, Job Mann, Meade
MILLER. Morris, Morse, Murphy, NicoI, Peaslee
Peck. Petre, Petit, Peyton, Phelps, Rhett, Rich
ardson, Richey, Robinson, RockhiIl, Sawyer, Smart
kRobert Smith, Stanton, Starkweather, Chas E. Stu
gsart. Thomas, James Thompson, Robert a. Thomp
Eson, William Thompson, Tompkins, Venable
Wentworth, Wick, Wiley, Williams, Wimot
q Woodward--93
Il Visat to Gen. Tayor.-The 30th ult
Swas the time appointed for the executive com
rs, ittoo IF tho CootroI pCurb op1 paoJI- CI,l