The New York herald., 1849-02-12

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to the placer has reached its height and be.nins
to ebb, slowly though steadily Every launch brings
ts number Of the many that s not leDg since strong
in the determination to stand the tug ofsn nslsmsnt
eeseon.
The cool air ald water Of the north has In some
measure trsnquissd their resvs and fsvsrish minds
rem K. ssotiDs pursuit They viii w probably aed no
esuss to regret having yielded to the calm tssehinss
Of " sober second thought"
ARRIVAL OF GOV. MASON.
His Exoslsncy Col Mason, Governor Of California,
and cutie arrived here the 10Th instant from Fert
saeramsnto, New Hslvstia He ..ait. we understand,
psctsd at this port
One anwe informed BY sufficient authority, Ia
boring in the Mines took single handed with common
pick and spade In the space Of twenty days nearly
% sn 2, 10 mot
been the ses Of spades.
The United States store ship Lexington sails In
few days for the United States.
AURORA BoRRALIs.
y. n M s,s sb
visible In Ill their flaming spiendor
TOWN COUNCIL.
[Rsported for the Star Californian
The Town Council Of San Francisco, BY an unpar.
aleled unanimity, have sgreed to meet-no more.
OBITUARY.
Died In this town. ON Tuesday evening, 7th ult
Capt EliAb Grimes senior partner Of the late arm Of
T. & H. Grimes. sgsd 90 years Capt. E. Grimes
Sundrsd hui and eighty March 10th b. " W.. very en-.
last twenty years Of hi. s was resident in
Honolulu Oahu Sandwich Islands He was always
and his death viii be deeply felt and much ismented
by his relatives and friends.
MEETING OF KMIGRANTs-THE NEW ROAD.
We have received report Of . meeting held By the
with wagon party frem Oregon, travelling into Cali
fornia upon their arrival in the Sacramento valley
The meeting appears to have been called With an
object to obtain expression Of opinion relative to
the route taken this season by the smgrAnts,
headed by Mr. Lawson, across the mountains Of Cali
fornia. committee was appointed and report
sThs oommittes sppoinssd By sSs chair, to draw up
. statement Of facts, relative to the management Of
Capt p Lawson, in viewing out route across the
confederation of this meeting the following report
"Your committed would state that tbs wagon party
wagons and about t.o hundred persons into the
route surveyed by Capt. Lsweon on the Sacramento
and about fifty to sixty miles distant from said lake
That followed said route to within fsrty miles Of
Capt Law, and party Of emsrsnts from the United
States Win Six wagons A part OF tho party had
Up to the point where our rs p.rty overtooa Cap
Lawse party we had not seen any evidence OF any
work having been bestowed upon the road by the emil
grants From that point distance Of forty miles into
the valley of the Sscrsmento oil the labor performed
by party could have been performed by in
three or four days the obstructions to be removed
were principally fallen timber aud loose reck We
found the ascent and descent to and from the noun
committee eontidsr tho psss discovered BY Captain
Lawson Of the AZ est in the world, through noun.
tans extensive the one through which Il passes
In the opinion Of your committee, most practicable
road be made with very little labor through this
pass and that this route win prove Of lasting ssusdt
and from the United states ~ it has proved to as
Your committee think Csrtain Lawson entitled to tho
displayed by him in surveying the route Ysur sem-
mittee therefore, recommend tho adoption Of the fol-
Here ,it wss resolved to tender Captain Lawson .
vote Of thanks, which done, was followed BY three
cheers and the dissolution or the meeting.
OREGON
fFrom the Californian. Nov. IL !
The arrival Of the schooner Starting, Msndssy from
the Columbia river, affords few items OF Oregon mat
whose safety fears had been vas lying in
Bakers bay when the Startling Left She may be OK.
grafton from the States this ye.s amounted 20 .Sou.
100 souls in all. The Oregon rife regiment 10 now
trely extinct Gold reported to have been discover.
ed somewhere . stream called the Powhstan river.
Its existence, however, sppears extremely doubtful
writer In the Free Pres. questions whether bona de
settle the minds the settlers Of that country
by . "ssttler," such - the following
SOMETHING ABOUT GOLD.
By NO mineral substance have men been more de-
cevsd than BY iron pyrites. which very appropriately,
10 debcminattd fools goid"' When in pure state,
ts resemblance to gold In color b great that it s
wonder those unacquAinted with minerals should sup
pose 1t to be that metal. Yet the merest tyro in
ineraoey can readily distinguish the two substances
never This is an easy and test. Gold h beaten
cut very easily but pyrtss breaks with irregular fao
Let rs not forsake Q certainty for an uncertainty.
Whilst upon this subject, We would call to mind the
fact that where industry s joined With coon ,my,
sen.I.ly keep II; whilst .son. easy, 60 easy" viii
sypy to those who obtain fortune BY little no
SHOCKING MURDER.
From the Californian, Oct II
About the hrSt Of this msnth, . savage murder was
committed at Suster's raw mill, about ffty miles up
the American Fork Of the Sacramento. The psrticu-
follows - Mr. John X. Won Paster, an Amsrisan
gentleman, r. GENTLY from the Sandwich .lsnds to-
cd where ile.pirg in tie mill building, when druos
en- person named Peter Ray mend came into the build
ing and, in very noisy manner, csllsa foe some
liquor and ct the tame time enQuired for Won Ph-tsr
who arose and taking the precsuton to put his kuife
In his bosom, undertook to quiet tho man. and had
together, apparently in friendly oonvorsstiou. Mr.
Voh Pfstsr heard 70 ask II they friends,
the same momens spatched the kns from Ven Pdstsrs
bosom and stabbed him to the heart The murderer
secured and brought to Capt Sutters Fort where
he confined 1t the last Intelligence We sincerely
hope b. Will brought to justice.
This tragic STAR Uripgs very forcbly to mind the
present condition Of Cafornia,-wtnout laws, with
out any regularly authorized government power for
the protection Of life and property and yet bolding
out unparalleled Inducements ADDE'S, escaped
copvictf. and the Of the Pacific to come her
shores Under suoh circumstances all good citizens
fhould be united and finn in mutnsi prOtectloa aud
the punis hment of crime. else red murder will stalk
through the land and dire scenes be enacted which
shsll the future historian weep he ndites
the psge Of Califor MAS story.
MORE NEW DISCOVERIES.
From the Csifor ala n Sept 80
From highly intelligent oorre. pendent at Sonoma,
inform.d tbs. geld has been ound in the voi.
nifty of that place and ut Santa Rosa Quite number
Of men engaged in the profitable search of tho
al q. ~ ths sa;.,