The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-01-17


ifIeep Thousand feet altitude from tns sea
But cir do not ike the system Of this bill Ismtn
svor o. rsvsgpe tnsss mines ana apis nav. th
sid animals scratch it out that we mshs % rd OF
this gold the sooner, and that the HABITS aaa eenSs
of his gsmbing pursuit m< hit be suppressed tbs
gold fty.r-tkis destructive aud runous deliriam,
mig be done away for 10 the way OF productive In
dustry nothing regions will bel dons till this
%, stle nee s extinRusb.d He thought the Executive
Department had become infected with this psrutcous
In recommending tbs sale OF tosse gold landsin
smal drblets as II the most enormous
to follow the system. He vas for giving encourage
mspt the diagers whsther from tbe United States
does not eat his gold he does not keep It; it
gees to the industrious country, wherever 1t is.
provided they keep small bank notes out Of
rsvasipg these mines and Of giving permits to ravags
them, with NO other gold regulations the spot than
ing each other on the head aud to keep them out Of
each others holes. TIA ha. ha y He would just
follow the natural current and not attempt to stop It,
make head against It, He was against any rystem by
which the natural system would be robbed Of It's
sghts He was against putting sstihosl capita!
dlgpers He would establish fee smples to the
cusion Of the worker. He would sell lots to keep
in. He would give permits to the diggers AID
let them ravsgs the mines as fast as thsy
could He wa: also opposed to the folly of the proy
sons Of the BILL requiring oshs and securities of he
surveyors and employees In the surveys Of the gold
lands and Of fixing penalties upon them Il they de-
teTt tueIT uuty lub WAb Dut auOtuer mbteko ot "
system founded upon mistaken basis. 1t was all par
fectly futile. The idea Of providing securities aud
penalties to keep men in office was new thing under
the sun. And the mileage System to the surveyors nd
employer reminded him Of the mporta which the
House attaches to the mileage system some persons
ndulgipg the idea that was key the
ton Of the Union. But suppose you allow these
veyoIs of the gold lands who to lay them out in
lots for 'ae, an average of ten dollars . mile do
you think 1t will answer the purpose to keep
them at their work? 1t may do where the gold lies
thin, only two or three inches deep; but when it
think ten dollars fifteen doIlsrs mile, will keep the
surveyor, at their duty! No, sir. When the gold
comes to be leg deep they will come to a halt. DO
you think they could walk 1t! All these oaths
all this swearing and securities and pains would fail of
their object If they good place for gold
pick it up sir just as turkey hen with her dozen of
young ones, when she comes to ant hill. commences
scratching and never stops scratching while there is
ha ha all over the Senate and galleries. Mr.
Benton proposed to recommit the bill, with in
for surveys Of unspproprated lands for grants do
nations literally to settlers for permits, without
boun daries to diggers for gold land recordr at
got from Mexico and not to disturb individual rights
or private property and to provide further that the
rights Of property and labor. MIR. Benton spoke
in detail upon these several propositions urging them
., comprising the only feasible plan for Califor.
ent he enlarged upon the unjust and prac-
iicable provisions OF the bill He was In favor of
i, liberal grants rd. Of land to the settlers in Col;
IT, Dnessee, he had advocated liberal grants to
the ietters in that State and now ths chill dren
grand children Of there Ten settlers
appealing to him from California, to remember them
be did their fathers and grand fathers And he
favor Of ibeI grants them $40 acres to each
head Of family, $40 to each boy there eighteen
and aler proportions to the younger children
He moved that the bill be reoommittsd, with the in
structions proposed
Mr. BRxEsE said that as the Senator had not only
through with his objections to the bill with great
at length, it would require time than the rem
papt Of the day to show that the Senator mistaken
in many of his positions and he therefore moved that
the Senate adjourn.
And the Sc nate adjourned
I'VE must ask the indulgence of the reader and Of Mr.
Benton, for the very hasty and scanty outline Of his
long and interesting speech to- day-equal to six
eight columns Of the Herald
New Discovery OF EMERY.-The following ex-
tract Is a translation from late number OF lead
ing French scientific journal, (Reuue Scientfque ct
Indnstr'eae,C by Judge Melgs, OF the American
used in the arts, and It's known localities so few
and limited, that the discovery OF. any new loca-
ton from which 1t may be obtained, is matter OF
considerable Importance. Ii some one of the nu-
merous vessels now bound to California for gold,
should sail on the other tack, and go up the Me-
and procure cargo of emery, she
might make a more profitable voyage than many
OF those are likely to do which are bound, with
such high hopes and expectations, to the gold re-
glon. The extract has an interest, also, from its
historical and geographical associations -
Last year, while returning to Constannople by that
part Of the province Of Adm which embraces ancient
Csria NJ de Tchihatche discovered considerable de-
pote of emery. In the valley and gorges of the
tsins which lead from the village Of Eskhissar (he
ruins Of ancient Sratonce to the suburbs of Melussa
(the ancient Meus) and from thence to the lake
Akstchai situated short distance from the mouth Of
the river Meander. where the border Of the sea
some ruins Of ancient Metus may still be SEEN large
blocks Of emery are found ipcumberng the surface.
They seem to have fallen from the TANKS and submits
of the mountains Latmus and Grium We discovered
similar blocks on Mount Gumuchdagh-the Thorar
Mons at the foot Of which the supurb ruins Of the
city Of Magnesa. This emery region extends nearly
thirty three kilometres in length and about four In
breadth.
Emery hitherto considered o rare and precious
miner al, and came almost exclusively from the East
Indies. Europe possessed only mine, thas of the
island of Naxos badly wrought by the Greek govern
mept The emery thus obtained commanded from 500 to
7C0 francs per ton In order to keep the price the
posefsoIs of the mine designedy furnish but twelve
hundred tons per annum while the mine could pro-
duce double that amount.
GEN. QrITMAN's SERvANT-A HERo.-The Nat
chez Courier, in recording the marriage of Henry
Nichols colored man, belonging to Gen. John A.
Quitman to Of his masters female servants few
days ego, rays =" Henry Nichols, by the name and
style OF Harry. has been the faithful and confdng
body fervant Of the General for the last Is years