The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-06-01

/ lth Of May, Vera Cruz on the iIth and
Mobile on the 2lst He reports having
met with companies continually during his
overland Journey The road to the Pacific
is lined with them and they are ALL so far as
he saw, doing well. Capt, Hutton's com
pany sailed from San Bias in the Cayuga,
Api 10; Capt Earle's was at Guadalajara
on the 10th. There were four or five yes
sells at Mazatlan and two or three at San
! Bias, for California The price of passage
varied from $50 to $3.50, according to the
accommodations. Mr. p tells story Of .
cabin-boy who deserted one of Hargous',
ships at Vera Cruz and walked the whole
way TO San Bias, where he arrived safe anG
sound, on his way 70 California
4 We are indebted to the courtesy Of Mr.
Parrott for much new and interesting inior-
nation concerning the mineral wealth OF
California. His visit to the pacers was UNI
dertaken for the purpose Of informing hia-
sell on these points, and his revelations are
even more astonishing than any winch have
previously reached us In all that concerns
the digging Of gold, he fully confirms all
/ former statements The limits Of the placers
toward the South are constantly being ex-
tended BY new discoveries; the Northern
districts, owing to their remoteness from CIV
ilization, have not yet been fully explored.
The earth in some places has been dug TO
the depth OF nine feet, and the proportion of
| gold found to be quite as great as the anr-
face The richness Of the dry dggngs is
in some places almost Incredible, Mr. Par
rott estimates the amount of gold which will
be obtained, the present year, at thirty null
lions of dollars.
But the riches Of California do not consist
in gold alone An the precious metals are
there found, in greater or less proluslon, as
well as the ralest and most valuable Jewels
Two mines OF silver have been lately discov-
cred, one of which 10 known to but few per
sons, who jealousy keep the secret Plat-
mum Is also known to exist in considerable
quantities A rough diamond nearly the size
Of hens egg has been found by one Of the
miners in the Sacramento Valley. General
| Vallejo, who was Mr. PARROTS informant
says that it was brought to him by the finder,
who demanded $4,000 for it. Emeralds
Of large size are, frequently met with, but
their value is scarcely known Three OF
four new quicksilver mines have been dis
covered, one Of which, a very rich deposite,
lies between the valley Of Santa Clara and
San Joaquin. The Forbes mine, however,
is the only one worked as yet The extent
and value OF these quicksilver mines is not
equaled by any other locality in the world
Beds of coal have also been found near the
coast, but cannot Of course be worked under
the present state of things
Mr.. Parrott informs us that in the Sierra
Nevada, to the northeast of San Francisco,
there Is volcano in active operation. On
the Sd of March the heaviest snow storms in
the memory Of the inhabitants took place.
There are but fifty women in the town Of
San Francisco, twenty Of whom are Ameri-
cans. The arrival .! ship load of female
emigrants would be cause Of public reioic-
ING, and all the single ones would receive
offers before they landed Mrs Ward, of
this city, while riding in the vicinity Of San
! Francisco, was thrown from her horse and
injured.
The price Of lots in the town is, as before
stated, enormous The sales take place, how
ever, with little regard to the title of the
property, and as there are two or three sep
arate claims upon great part Of it, this may
lead to great difficulty in the future Some
times the same land is sold to different par
ties by two Alcaldes
The U 5. sloop-ol-war Dale which sailed
IRON San francisco Tor the United States on
the goth Of March, has 5000 900 in gold
dust on board
Nearly the whole Of Captain Suffers
10000 bushels Of grain rotted in the field,
for want Of hands to harvest it. The price
Of flour at the diggings when Mr. Parrot
LEFT was So per h. though at San francisco
II was down 10 $40 pen barrel. There was
not much sickness at the Giggings except
scurvy and a few cases If fever There was
also some scurvy at San Francisco, owing
TO the want OF vegetable food, the cultivation
Of the soil being entirely neglected
A Boston man named Tyler, son Of a Bos-
ton auctloncer Of that name, purchased sort
Of shed, and started the first auction store IN
the place. The novelty Of the thing at
tracted crowds, and he soon did very pro-
ltable business. Two or three Peter Funk
establishments soon started upand entrapped
many Of the green miners who came down
from the digglngs SO fast is the progress
OF civilization in California
W. shall endeavor to give farther partic-
uIars m day or two. Mr.. Parrot, WHO
has spent nearly twenty years of his life on
the Pacific Coast, displays thorough know
ledge oil the condition Of California and an
entire confidence in the vast extent Of her
mineral wealth. He has prepared, for the
use OF the Y. ). government, we believe,
the most complete map Of the Gold Region
which has yet been made He tells US that
some years ago, he was offered the whole Of
the ground now occupied by san Francisco
for about $4,000.
There was at Panama rumor to the effect
that mutiny had broken out on board the
Ohio and that several men had been execut-
ed, but neither Mr.. Parrot nor Lieutenant
Beale gives credit to it. Gen. Smith is at