Daily Richmond times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1849-1850, 1850-06-12
From the N. O. Picayune.
ATE FROM CALIFORNIA.


BY the arrival of the Alabama we have receiv.
ed San Francisco papers to May l..
| Col. Geary, the Democratic candidate, is sup
posed to have been chosen Mayor, and Mr.. Til
ford Recorder, at the election which took place or
the 3oth April. About 1000 votes were polled.
San Francisco is progressing in all the requisites
of civilization The hand organ grinders and
monkeys had arrived at the last dates.
The Pacific News thinks that the population of
California will be doubled during this year. as i'm
migration continues to flow in with constant and
increasing force
The latest reports from the newly discovered
Trinidad Bay are extremely encouraging. Capt.
Kemp, of the bark Hector, reports that the tim
Der on the bay is the finest he had ever seen for
building purposes, and for the spars OF vessels
He thinks the harbor the finest on the coast, with
the exception Of San Francisco and San Diego.
A Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons
for the State of California, was organized and con-
sttuted in Sacramento City on the 10Th inst
GOLD AND SILVER MOUNTAIN.
The Pacific News of April 80 has very sin
gular article in relation to an alleged discovery of
a mountain composed entirely of gold and silver,
The first mention made of this most marvellous
of natures productions, was in letter written to
the N. Y Commercial Advertiser, which at the
time was thought to be clever parody on the
wonderful accounts from California. Subsequent
ly party of emigrants fitting out for spot about
sixty miles east Of Pueblo de los Angeles, having
heard the existence of large quantities of gold
in another direction, changed its destination We
continue with the relation given by the News:
The route lay in northeast direction from the place
of departure and full of difficulties. Striking the Ma
hahve river they followed its course some distance
crossing and recrossing necessity compelled some
days often fifteen times leaving it where makes
bond fbao fhnoct yarHt bp
it empes. Obstacles were encountered at various parts
of the journey almost surmountable, in the shape OF
mountains of rock which they had to climb, and noun
tains of snow which they could not avoid narrow
gorges through which they had pass, and still mar
rover cliffs, along whose crests nothing but mule
could pass with prospect OF safety, and where the
slightest ms-step would land rider ana an hundreds OF
feet below but they pushed on about 23O miles from
the Pueblo, the point for which they started. Here,
among the eastern spurs OF the Sierra Nevada, they
found the object OF their search-gold-and silver too
and in such quantities they had not dreamed Ola
perfect mountain of rocks with silver and gold mingled
and comminged in solid masses, weighing from one to
many tons. The quartz proved to be exceedingly hard
to such degree that, during their short stay, all their
starting, completely worn out in the operation OF
drilling and blasting
The strangest part of the whole discovery is yet to
quartz, have the gold in the south end and the silver in
the north end. No exceptions were found in their ex-
amnatons, the silver being the most abundant of The
two In the words OF the person who was the spot,
there enough silver there to sink every ship in this
harbor."
Possibly some may look upon this account as Jest,
and, so far as the practioabily OF putting the discovery
to any use at present is concerned, it is So All the
water to be found for miles and miles around is highly
mpregnated with salt or saleraus or both. Not
single drop of water free from or the other OF these
properties did OF the party obtain during the ten
days of their stay. The whole region is a perfect
waste, and disease and death must inevitably follow any
prolonged stay On their return they met large com
difficulties and dangers Of further prosecution OF the
expedition induced about two hundred to turn back
fifty went on
The gentleman named from whom these facts have
been obtained, now in this city, with specimens in his
possession, brought from the mother mountain They
the most singular and beautiful we have ever seen
and need only them, and hear him. to Do con-
vinced that nothing has been told but the truth.