The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-08-04

Skreve, late of the bark Annetta, of Boston, sold
IN The Pacific, passed through.thiE city yesterday,
en- route from the Western shores of America to
Boston. Capt. S. came overland, across the 18TH
mus OF Panama, and was a bearer of dispatches
from our naval forces at Mazatlan TO the govern
rent, which have been forwarded to Washing
ton
We learn that Capt. S. passed Mr.. Livingston
and family. crossing the Isthmus, on the 2sth of
June. They were all well
Our advices from California, by Capt. S., are to
the Both of March. We have received, In addition
to papers and letters from California, the Jamaica
Ecsputck to late date, and some unimportant in
telligence from the Sandwich Islands.
Annexed is one of our letters from our Cali
iornia correspondent -
CALIFORNIA, March 80, 1913.
affairs in California Value Of the Country Silper
Mines &c, &c.
Private and public, religious and political affairs are
all right side up in California; and anon a rush
comes over the country from the Town of the Angels
and who would suppose false reports would originate
from there-that Bustamente other hero is on
the road to retake this department But the ma
trotsm of countrymen here and the state of the
natives cause these reports to die away Mexican
pronuneiamentos in this country, and the authors
caring out with few hundred horses belonging to
the Caornans, begins to be considered by the owners
Of Ranches poor business.
Gel Mason moves on slow and steady, cutting dow n
his expenses to small scale and keeping the country
in y good order possible Horse stealing. however
improves as some Yankees have taken a part in the
game improvement follows their actions as q matter
Of course Our governor has but few troops the War
rem is our squadron--yet our situation appears safe-
All our vess,sof war on this station holding pos
session Of the Pacific ports of Mexico. They will move
for California in june TO avoid the gales Of San Bias
and Mazatlan.
Trade is fast increasing with In 1S47 our i'm
ports exceeded the amounts of several ey6us wears
Nv IN bo
know their vaue the tide Of emigration has as yet
for the Oregon; in 46 and AZ, purchased large
amounts Of flour and lumber, and few other ar
ticles, they have cracked up that country m q ne
style In the fall of '46 the state of affairs the
entrance Of 80 many strangers the presence of large
squadron, consumed every article in the market
We therefore purchased -four and boards at the Ore
gon, this is now to stop Saw mills and -four mills are
rising in every direcion by next year the price of
lumber in California and the freight from OREGON will
be the same. Our farming lands fast rising in
value; house lots in towns 1000 per cent in value.
Thereare several young who arrived here in '46
that have made $4,000 TO SIS 600 in land specula-
tions. =.
Mines discovered in man places but quicksilver
Is to enrich California beyond all other mines. There
is one now in operation belonging to Barron Forbes
Co, an English house in Mexico. The worfmen at
this mine have only common try few and
crowbars and for few days past have bottled of $500
per day. ! presume the expenses less than
quarter. The ore is simple rock, mostly of red color
is merely broke and heated producing one fourth its
weight In pure metal By dropping a pinch
of it on hot iron, covering it with tea cup
two minutes the cup is covered with the
smoke. This being rubbed carefully by the finger in
some cases produced globule the size Of small pea
Almost the same expense and labor employed in Penn
syvania, in obtaining ton Of iron will obtain ton
Of quicksilver In California Neither you nor your
readers expected to believe this most incredible
story yet such Is the fact The obtained
at the Forbes mines, in one week, will pay for the
chinery When the expected works from Europe reach
this country, the tons Of quicksilver will show for
itself
Near the Pueblo de San Jose, an American has two
leagues OF land which cost him four hundred dollars
gentleman from Virginia, lately arrived here, has
purchased small part Of this land at We hu ndred dol
lars and should have quicksilver as he expects Is to
pay several Thousands more. There Ia a mining COM
pany established here who do not wish to CONNER nee
working their quicksilver until they have proper
machinery They not satisfied with the slow pro-
of Barron, Forbes Co.. who, however this month
make their first shipment to Mazatan Of thou
sand dollars. SO California this month makes the
first move towards shipping this all important article
TO work the Mexican gold and silver mines If the
present cost pair Of hundred millions OF dollars
or even million ounces, and the United States can
obtain tenth of this rich quicksilver that appears to
be scattered profusey about in this territory 1
think the Rothschilds had better enter into contract
with Mr. Polk to carry the on their own ac-
count, taking the tcnths Of mines for generation
or Two Tor their expense PAisAvo.