The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-12-30
COMMERCIAL.


NEw YoRk, Dee 27-wednesday, p m.
The gold fever continues to affect The several markets TO
considerable extent Although there may be less central
excitement in relation TO the mater there mehod
cal enterprise Instead OF without hurryng
of individually without matured plan, the great Amer
lean principle Of association Is being extensively APP
Piled, and persons with means, aud OF high character
combine 20 insure success There great variety Of
ways for the formation OF companies. Thus there
parties who, in the of the copper Mines form
companies under some outstanding State charter, and
then fit out vessel with every possible convenience.
such large frame house, india rubber ters every
variety of tool and machine necessary thorough and
scientific work, and well provsioned. They seek as
great variety of mechanics possible, requiring
money, but that each shall give responsible security in
5000 These are 10 work the mines sharestha Is, all
the gold dug Will be divided one-af the CON pany, and
half to the miners, whose half will be- charged 800
for each passage Another plan is for parties of (a)
forty persons OF all trades, and physician, TO sub
scribe $500 each, buy schooner something like
Baltimore clipper of perhaps $50 tons, with frame.
house, machines TOOLS goods tents and provisions, with
the purpose OF ascending the rivers gold gons
as possible keeping the vessel for magazine and depot
Inc comp to work In relays and divide equally, all be-
ing drilled 10 the of small for mutual deie nee in
case of cnrnulating difficulties there. Companies of
these descriptions, from this aud other cities wilt be the
most effective ofm that the gold enterprises will take In
the mean time, goods IN very considerable quantities,
both ordered and being consigned there Thus, a we'll
known Boston frm has agent there who has already
sent $40 900 OF gold which is the way and who
worm oil OF specihed varieties and
the demand for goods generally for that destination
good Liquors in particular, shipped Among others
vessel at this port has $1,000 gallons under matches
and on Boston aud other ports quantities are
also Many of these Common sprts) are packed
in bottles IN cases. Tor convenience OF transportation from
the port TO the mountains as heavy packages will not
easily be transported 1t is usually the case that public
magniies the facts under such stances hut
appears that private letters parties having direct
interests there fully bear the statements publicly made
It stated that in addition god the geological conform
alton of the country corresponding in regions that
of the only two diamond countries in the word-vz about
Goconda, in the Indian peninsula and in the district oil
5eo-do Fdo in Brazil, (te latter discovered in I728)
promises supply those gems. 1t is solid abe
omerae, consisting of feruginous sand, which encose
fragments OF yellow and Blush quartz and grains of gold
mixed with oligst iron There should be attention
directed this fact, bearing mind better chances
of discovery will exist.
The towards California has greatly enlivened
Otherwise usually dull season. The mponaions this
do thus far in December, vary much from those
e respondng season last although they great
less hsn in the period of 1915, when the present
tariff into operation For the three weeks of Deem
Der, they have been as follows
Imports and duties for the port of NeD York