The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-02-05

pearls has ndered California 90 famous that
tin uatsd by avidity after this trss,urs have visited
still continually rs.ortins hithsr With other view
than that Of snrchiDg themselves by these pearls-
The oysters in which they found lie In great num-
bers banks in the gulf and commonly called hostiss
affords very rich pearl fisheries where in three or
fstboms the hotiss beds Of oysters, may be
:sp plan they On the Of
to throw the oysters into the nre BY which means the
pearls for they used only the nssh Of
the nfh but the svidty Of others hes nicstsd
Its fame to this simple peoples who eager
to get, and careful to keep, what they have
highly valued by foreigners This fishery Is carried
by divers; but tho water In the gulf Is not very
deep 1t 10 attended with much ess labor and danger
.hsn those the coast Masbar and other parts Of
the East Indies. We may judge from the narratives
given Of them Great resort to this fishery
from the continent Of New Spain, New Gaioia Cuhs-
committed by the adventurous, to sstate possible
their oovetous temper, have oocasioned recprocal
of1chss, that bsns Of sOsisty performances in the
human breast.
MINERALS.
We have only room to-day for the following ex-
tract respecting the minerals, and as it is titbit,
we reserved it for the last =
We have not hitherto had any particular account Of
that the Sierra Pintads probably whati
the Sierra Nevada-Ea N. H and other parts
appearances Of gold and silver mines Capt WOODS
Rogers rays some Of his men saw on the ooat Of
California several heavy gttsripg shining stones which
they imagined to contain valuable metal but 1t
was then too late to search for them carry
them on board for further examinston 1t Is indeed
in California the opposite coast in the province Of
Sonora and Ptmeria are known to abound with them :
net from the garrison Of Pmeria the ore Of
which, with little labor, yielded 30 large quantity
Of silver ar surprised the Inhabitants Of New Spain
mipe or treasures hid by the Indians Some have
also been discovered which contain veins of other
metals rock salt 10 also found here, Of wilderness
equal to crystal and samples Of have been carried to
Mexico.
THE PROVINCE OF SONORA, MEXICO.
The province Of Sonora lies east Of California the
gulf ofthat name running betwixt both and thus %
province Of the spanish donations In Ameri.a along
the coast of the South for though that Of New
Mexico, which lies northeast Of Sonora, be in higher
latitude than this, 1t 10 q province all sides envi-
roned by land without any Issue to the sea The 60
vernment Of Sonora reached northward from the mouth
been the and the terror Of the whole country
ITS SILVER MINES
Sonora may be said the time be one Of the
poorest and richest provinces Americas and Of the
world Besides its futfuness in all sorts Of useful
vegetables 1t Is everywhere full Of veins Of silver
and minef and Of such richness that what relsted
Of some exceeds all credbiity and II the allegations
be depended Potosi and the other Mines however
rich are no longer to bs principally admired Sonora
enero1De mountA1ps, wanting very little OF being en-
tirsly composed Of msssy oliver. Several Spanish
families In different camps settlements, make
siderable advantages of these mines yet IL this pro-
vince one Of the poorest and In the whole world there
10 scarce more manifest proof Of that truth, though
but little attended to that the wealth and power offs
State does not consist in gold silver gems and the
noble metals but In the number and industry Of its
Inhabitants well cultivated SOIL graziery and Va
riety OF manufactures for consumption and exports
tion, and the exact Administration ofjustics.
EXTRACT FROM CAPT. WOODS ROGERS DESCRIPTION
OF CALIFORNIA, IN ITO.
In some OF their necklaces observed two or three
large pearls and our Spanish prisoners told that
they found great many In the gulf of California,
where the missionaries settled they added that
the internal part Of the country far the CONT
nent Of IL very fertile and pleasant Astounding
In horned cattle and al kinds OF provisions when
We we're standing OF to sea, Of people tod
they had stones remarkably heavy and of gilt.
teripg appearance II they contained some kind of
metal but their Information given too late 9th.
erwse should have taken some Of them on board for
making experiments on them
This book Is full of instruction and entertain
ment, and Is interspersed with very judclous and
sensible remarks, which appear to be dictated
with the greatest attention to exactness and vera
city. We may probably make some additional
extracts on future occasion.