New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-02-07
CITY ITEMS
TrEspAY. February {


FRE-Feb. s-The building Nos. and :
spnoc.s; occupied By solomon Ludwig varnsher and
poather Mrs Bins gimp and fringe manufacturer Mr.
WiDterbotton, stove dealer. and Msssf' kdsoock &
Co coal dealers was discovered to be on FIRE about
o'clock last night But little damage vas done osiore
the IRE was extnguished.
LETTER FROM The PoPE.--A letter from Card
nal sooLIA 70 Bishop HUcHEs was read last nigh, be-
fore the Common Council. Il expresses the grsiiacs-
ton Of the Ponta tie appointment Of Mr. MARTIN as
Charge dAHares to Rome and deep regret al ai' unez
peeted desth Cardinal 8 announces the probability
OF prels,e invested with diplomatic character beng
sen, 10 ,als country In the .xising order OF things
such an appointment scarcely possible and Is TO the
future-chi 10 ga
BRIG CoLuMBUs-This vessel on Saturday car
red on, fne party Ct spiri ed young men from our
City and is vicinity under the conduct OF Mr Anthony
L. Bleecker bound for Vera Cruz and across TO Mast
Ian by the way Of the City Of Mexico, and thence up
tho Pacific to San Francisco. They left the dock in
soutns, At r. NJ with a fine ssterly wind amid tie
cheers OF numerous friends WIN, lined the sides aud
rigging Of The Adjoang vessels The let OF the cabin
passengers composing the party VIII be found IN an
other column
| OvERLAvD PARTY.-A comps ny Of 60 have lett
this City within day or two, 10 NEE: al Pittsburgh
and form an overland party 10 Calf crns ~ way Of
Fort smith Arkansas and Passo del Norte.
THg GOLD REGIos A HUSDRED AND THIRTY
YEARS AGO As everything relative - the new Fl Do
RADIO is Of interest we have copied for our readers the
following extracts from huge folio in the Library Of
the Y Historical Society, entitled cept shelyockes
| Journey Round the World published in LoudOn 10
l7is with many other notable voyages in two yos folio
Capt shelyocke was at Puerto SECURE the coast Of
California In l72 whence he sailed 10 the East indies
Canton &c. lie says
"Aiter making stay 10 California and having 30
thorough an Acquaintance with ts Inhabitants u IL but
natural for 10 attempt others nave done u give
some Account Of H. the rather because great Things
have been expected from perfect KNOWLEDGE oil us
Extent and Boundaries though. for my Part must
confess believe such a Discovery would produce lew
real Advantages. how much Satisfaction soever i might
| give 10 the Curious. The SpaHiarss whose Interest
and Opportunities greater than ours. or, indeed
than any her nation Ia Eropt have Of late especial
49, been extremely negligent IN this respect Their an
nual 4capuioO ships often Obliged 10 run into hlgh
IAtitudes for the Benent Of Westerly Winds and 10
doing this have sometimes had SOundnes 10 their Pas
sage which certainly afforded great PROBABILITY Of
6ndog Land tho never heard. that they pushed any
| such Discovery However. Ter this, aud many other
Reasons inclined 10 think. that Am0icd snd 3sia
AT joined by some Tract OF Land tn the Northward-
| Leaving however, these CODectures 70 be supported
or Confutsd by future Discoveries shall conhne my
.
known for the Information OF the present Age and o'
Posierty The Eastern Coast Of that Part Of CagvH@
which hsd a sight Of appears 10 De mountainous par
rem and sandy. aud very ike some fsfn Of feru but
nevertheless the Soil about Puerto SeRH0. and very
likely in most Of the Vslleys) is - rich black Mould,
which as g0r turn fresh up 10 1e San appears as y H.
,ormhRled Nth G0id-dsa some Of which we endeay-
! Gree 10 wash aud purify from the Dirt but though
we're little prejudiced against the Thoughts that It
| could be- possible that this Metal should be 30 proms
cuousy and universally mingled with Common Eafth'
We, we TO cleanse and wash the Earth from
| some OF IL. and the did, the more dppeGred
IKE Gold In order to be farther eatished brought
away some OF IT, which wa lost IN our Coniu,iODs at
Cbisa But be that il wll II is very probable, that
this country abound5 in Metals OF all Sorts, though the
Inhabitants had Utensils Ornaments OF any Metal
whstsosvor. which 10 no wonder, since they are per
| ccy ignorant Ia all Arts
| He then proceeds to detail of his impressions OF
| the People and Products OF the country.
This with other old de, make it clear that rich
accession OF gold lie no discovery Perhaps in Capt
shelvocke's day the famous Mississippi Scheme" of
John Law dimmed the glitter OF the Californian Pa.
| GERS
| CA1IFoRNIA ExPokTs.-We have been greatly
edited concerning the character Of the supplies taken
out 10 the Gold Region by emgrants from this port by
the following tsbhe which copy from the Dry Goods
4 Reporta. We know not whether the goods were
according the wants of the gold hunters the
expected demand Of residents In California but
10 tauly the proDortionse OF different articles
taken IL curious If Characteristic Thus 1t will be
seen that $40 barrels Of and COL Of brandy
taken aud scrs packages of books s73 gold washers
and AZ plows-l OF musical instruments snd 25i
packages Of medicine--3s boxes Of pipes and hogs
heads II bales aud 1872 packages of tobacco of
umbrellas and "a casks OF crucibes2 frames OF houses
and o. packages Of clocks But here is the list
braciug the exports to California from this port from