New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-11-15

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The rulch has been x Ell dug up for the large lump.
bat there mus. sill be sres; wealth in tbe ea-tt
AID sani. and several operators only xsit .or tee
We. sesson q work : u systematic manner
Dr. Gillette estimates tnat about 1000 pound,
more than 100000 nave been taken out within
SIX weeks Those Eho a-e noE there. working IN
the DIV sl-f. 90 not average more thsu o. dsi
have been up in tie rsvines, To- aboa, two
nj ss. looking FOR game. Il was TO ate in the
day for deer, and We saw but che antelope, which
fed Ike the wind over the top cl zee mountain
s.a-tc9R Inc hare, similar il appearance - the
Es-o1saD. but OF larger size. A nan riding Down
the trail from the Dosbie Spring, told 2: be lad
counted seven deer early in the morning, beside
Numbers OF ante'opes and Par,ridges. The grizzly
bear and large mountain wolf are frequently seen
Ia the more tn.ckly tinbered 'ayiaes. The princi
pal --oxth Of the mountains IS oak All tie Cal
fornia pine which rises Ike sPire 70 the hight OF
200 feet The uid0Es, or cones, are uu,h larger,
snl Of finer favor, than those OF the Italian stone
pine. rs fsr as could see from the rdyes which
climbed, tie mountains are as vel timbered as
the soil and climate viii slow. little move
rain would support as fine forests as the world can
produce The earth IS now baked 70 4 cinder, and
from II a. NJ. TO 4p. N. the mercury ranges be-
tween g. and 100. No change IS expected for {
mont IN 70 come. and 10 rain before the Ts: Of De-
cember.
From all I can see and hear there Is IS much
order and security here ts can be attained with
out civil organiz alton. The Inhabitants have
elected one OF :heir own number Acs,de, before
whom ell cul2rits are tried by Jury selected foT
the purpose. Several the.s have occurred, snd
the offending parties severely punished after a
tsi- trial Some have been whipped and cropped
or manned ia some other way and one or two Of
them hung. Two or three, who had stolen large
~. have been shot DOWN by the injured party, the
general feeling among the miners justify ug such
course when no other seems available. We
met near Livermores rancho, on the way e
s,orktou,a man whose head had been shaved nd
LIS ears cut of. after receiving Zoo .ashes, tor
stealing y- lbs. ol god. have Questioned the
miners to some extent regarding their opinion as
to the punishment OF criminals, and have found
all. With one exception, in favor Of the plan adopt
ell Mt S,ockton-thAt Of hanging every person
foaud guilty alter far sT.a..
may conflict With popular IDEAS OF morality
bat, reyefthelsss this e=.reme course appears to
have produced coed rs'rlts 10 fact, in a country
VI h1ut not only boi.s and bars but any effective
system Of lsw and government, this Spartan Sc
verify Of discipline seems the only security aga ns'
tie most fnshtfal disorder. am told that there
are nov few tbei,s committed, except some petty
ats Of larceny. Horses and mules are sometimes
taken. bu. the risk is SO grea. that such plunder
cannot be carried on to any extent. The camp or
tent held nyiolst, and like the pstrarchsl times
of Old, is cover Is protection to al Il inclose'
Among ali vel disposed persons there IS tscl'
dispositon TO make the canvas or pavilion OF
rough oak boughs as sacred as once were TIE pr
ta's of the Church.
It's impossible - write in csudFon and
must close. We leave on the 3lst Tor Stockton
| Pueblo san Jose and Monterey. Mr. Knight, ont
of the Oldest mountaneers IN the country, and the
| frat msn who followed Lewis ard Clark on the
Columbia River. vii join our party at the former
place shall be glad to exchange my couch OF
| the dlrirgtsble for one on the spacious earth
whore can turn without falling of p. 7.