New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-04-06

While san FraDcfsoc aDd ceTsmco,c S"y -
increasing steadily BAT rapidly IN extent and PsPe
sn,n. the hving nde roIias sp toward the m'an
tains opeaing and fast bringing into importance
many new cgses and villages. and tbose who have
hsi shrewdness eDcGgh 70 iorssee the reselt ana
acquire the best nteS VIII maize immense brtnnes
Toyn.buidinS vii be o<erdons and thsasaDis
l,se their Money, who are induced 10 Rvest IN
place. never designed by Nature U the currents
Of trade ~ De ANYTHING bot wilderness cattle
rsstsrs, hat meantime where basiness and travel
con-ensrsts. there vii spriEg ap. with magical
growth towns that vii astonish even CaaSsnians
hv their prosre. and substantial advantages
Lsa season ". .u&cien, 10 bald this city, ard
increase q. population from 5000 - $4,000 aud
~ erect Sacramento and S.ocktos into eourshins
towns few others were laid Out on maps. but
thst vas shost sl THIS year. further up the oo1n-
TN. several new cities have been comDeDced. cue
II whch-Yaba City--bds fair "a become town
numbering Is inhabitants BY thousands In few
months This cigs 10 situated on the banks u
| Feather River opposite the mouth Of the Nuos al
the head Of navigation foe steamers OF hight drsasht
and a. the Confluence Of tvo Of the richest running
streams IN the Northern valley. The country y
one Of the lovehest IN ts aspect aud scenery thar
have ever seen the groGnd iertlle beyond meas
ure. and high we the freshet thai 'nsnSsts the
o~er lands q vii b. the depoL from ia natural
position a. the trade Of the minis regions beyond.
where a hundred Thousand men may and profitable
employment, snd IN agricultural resources the
valley cannot be exeeled The Homestead Farm
Of Old Capt Suffer Is located on Feather River
| - N,k IA a IN
and worked mostly by Indian labor
In the southern valley the new City Of Sas
Jlaynir. slso at the head ~ navigation. two mles
below the m,uth Of the Stan.ssu. will run 9
hard race with Stockton for supremacy. Il IS
h1und eventually to be ine town II has been
opened 10 the public but lew weeks. and already
numbers over hundred houses
have Just been shown lump Of lava, taken
from the base Of a mountain near the MariPosa
which was full OF scales Of gold visible n the eye
aud Of considerable size. There ara traces OF vol
canic matter ia large region Of the country, and
these specimens are sand 10 be very abundant
shall visit that region this Summer, and examine
into the startling accounts have heard from them.
The specimen exhibited in oar Office to day W"
about the size OF an egg, Ot singular formation.
and brought down by miner. who had wintsred
m the region when found mean To procure some
OF these god rocks and send to you. at the earliest
moment
Mr.. f A. Bonnard. formerly one Of the publishers
OF the Sunday T,mes, in your City and who 10
engaged in this Office made visit two weeks ago
10 the Georgetown Mines. between the South and
Middle Forks Of the American River While
-. L Ia nut IN az
pounis Of pure gold in Jumps from grains 10 ounces
and Others in the same vicinity were doing nearly
IS well These men. the week previously. TOOK
| out thirteen pounds in single day. Os all tia
rivers We have reliable accounts OF increased pro
duosivsness, as well as the opening Of new p'desr'
Yet as have said before. all are not-and vii
no. be- equally successful, for all are not equally
constituted 70 endure the hsrdshiPs TO DO encoon
tered in gold digging | tried il for i've months
md have some experience IN that matter. am
confident however, that double the gold VIII BE-
| secured this season that was obtained last
We have now rapid communioat atoms BY excel
lent steamboats, with the towns up the rivers,
though the are IS rather salty to the new ncomers.
10 pay s25 beside extras for TIP To Sacramento
City, a less distance than from New.iork to Alba
nv. knocks them into speechle. sstonishment la
this way the novoiate begins 10 learn something
about aliloruia prices Board IL up 10 s2o week,
but falling
IA rents there will be large reduction this year.
several hundred having now no occupants They
are mostly those sent from the States, and both
| small and lnconvenien
But my time 10 up and must hasten TO
find some h0p,6rs who will take my package
through to you 20 I will only remark, that the
| Paci6c Neps will commence daily lssus on tho
9Th OF March, making three dAiies in this city. al
pros pering and bid you good bye Nv