New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-04-16

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Nag SIR: When 'as' aiircs'ed you Oh Tue
.,,,uary. We bad been visited by a succession
~ ,aio storms during the greater part o.
.,l 10, som, time previous; this reH-
~ onr streets nearly impossible for man or
t.,amafte- Of c)ur g. nca-ly pat atop
| ,~.;,es.. especially among the wholesale deal
oo,,roissioa merchants, rs nothing could be
".,r,,d fom one point to another about the
w;,hon. mourning great expense and labor
.os m tic Sacramento and San joaquin
i.,,. and other taling poiots' were similarly
- with ourselves and doing very h'tc onsi-
o,;oq to the impossible oondllon OF the
'' .ssns 10 aud from the dicgings This
- ,h;nrs bqs been more sensibiy iep here
,,o Ior,e commercial houses, than among
-. as the latter derive their support and
.ost from selling 10 residents ID new corners,
rs5e he former depend mainly upon J'oDers ana
sbIt W.. ,,ade,z from th. up country towns. rom
- they get the most OF their god dust ior re
s,,.rcee Wit The exception OF ic" h0urs
-'l.ro had continue hne nd weather during
s.,rhoIa Of the past mouth, similar - the mjhlh
W .y in New YORK. the thermometer ranging
rom 4O' 10 Co.
'V S'.cs IN, fine weather has set n business in al
A. Easrent branches has besun gradually 10 re
.s..,tste and lhs Sc who have been waiting mere
80 vi seasOu 10 pass over are leaving daily
Sgkandreds Tor The goll resion, ana most OF tneIn
is,s.gnne low in funds aud very many OF them
isosD3ing entirely upon what they may diz to pu
Js.e food and other nscessarl"s The movement
:, op- wharyes and the tOlling OF the steamers
Nils about TO leave for the " El Dorado together
with the hurry and hustle OF pOrters snd passen-
GERS with bag and barsa c 10 EMBARK gives our
Dyn quite a City.hke appearance We nave
now the Senator, Hartford, MchiIn, FL D'raHO'
Mint Sacramento, Linda, and other smaii bteam'
es. beside feet If small sl'l'ns vessels running
% the different towns on our bays, and 10 thoss on
he rivera above. TIE Senator makes three trips
s.ch y,eel and | have been told by one oil the
ro-riotors tina, she as long since cleared befsen
der freisht and passenger mnfy frequently
,mounts to from sl2.0O0 u SIC 900 per TIP up and
down. WHICH she performs ln about Is hours run
MIN time. The steamers for the last three weeks
have had rich harvest, as they al leave in!i oil
teigbt. and are crowded with passengers for the
twas above, aud with ea-er adyeniurers oi all
netops and colors for the "digglngs" II IS estl-
mated that over 10000 cave left for the mines
daring the last montb.
The ogtsk rts OF the town, which month ago
presented the appearance OF an enramPmeLt OF
large army, has gradual dmhi- bed. and very
sensible difference b. the number OF persons IN
oar streets aud public places is peroepuble since
,be fac weather has set m.
Notwithstanding we pave frequently from 10
Yvesses arrive per day rom different parts OF the
rord bringing from l 10 500 passengers still, a.
ey viii remain here but short time, they tn1
bmpormy quarters N the numerous pubic lodS-
nghOusos, which have greatly increased IN every
part OF the town. These lodging houses, which
are generally built Of rough lumber, aud vary ~
sze from by 30 to % b, 50, one story high, are
fitted no with three aud tour er OF berths Isteam
boat fashion, on eac1 side, one above the Other,
and can accommodate from 20 t. 90 persons 10
Sleep for which they general y charge 81 per nj bt
each, meals extra, making 1t quite profitable
business This viii account IN some measure for
the extravagant rate of rents IN the central part o.
the town.
The constant demand herefor gold dust to sbipby
every steamer, and the small amount which has
come IN from the mining regions during tue Wc'
seasop has made it scarce, and ut high rates; out
rom information | have bad hom persons lately
hOm Sacramento City and Stockton, | learn that
business is fast revi,iag at 10th places, aud that
many traders from the gold region had already
srved there to lay In stocks OF goDds To send lor
ward as soon as the roa IL would permit cam NJ
These traders pay for v hat they buy IN gold dust
which, like the waters OF the mountain streams
nowng 10 the rivers Ia the valleys below, soon
hnds lts way to our town 10 replcnsh the S'orts
above. AS the nambcr Of diLgers will be greatly
increased this Spring end will need large supplies
We oolrlorward Tor brisk and increased trade
within sixty days from this time, and greater
abundance oil god than At any former peTlOu, AT
though there viii be more means here to absorb II
informed you ia my last that a lump OF gold
mixed with quartz, had been found IN the neg nnor
hood of Angel Creek, weighing "a lbs. o. ms
piece understand has arrived here, and has been
purchased BY the captain OF vessel lor some
$4,000 Another p zee has aso been found near
the same place, with considerable quartz IN II,
weighing over los lbs. Troy, but It is by no means
considered SO rich as the aforementioned piece,
still it proves the abundance # gold distributed
over vast tract OF country, and | am told by
gentleman WHO visited that region that the lodges
OF quartz rocks which are called BY the miners
the mother OF gold, las no gold is found without
this iudcaiion) may be seen there projecting from
one to ten feet above the surface of the earth, and
running for hundreds OF yards in line Until they
are lost in the rising hills, aud again making their
appearance in the valleys beyond, aud ON the sides
OF the hills for many miles together. am credlta-
bly, informed that in almost every instance where
piece OF this rcck is broken IT. some small or la &c
particle of gold may be seen embedded IN II. l
have seen very many specimens 81 this kind here,
sVuit pcitS much ICilcr tnah OtHtIS tic NO'oi VI
the quartz being q chocolate brown and slightly
mixed with the oxide Of iron, and similar TO the
specimen send you, and also OF an Opaque white.
In almost every instance where the gold in speci-
men is very rich, or plenty, the presence OF the
oxide of iron is strongly marked
The great quantity OF lumber and houses which
have arrived here aud thrown into the market, has
caused great reduction in prices and as the fail
IN price has very materially increased the number
OF stores and houses for dwellings, there are many
houses 10 rent, aud y, lower rates than heretofore
Rents must gradually decline with the increase Of
tenemcnts, but the prices OF lots sill maintain
ed, ami in some situations may yet so higher The
improvements and the lncre ase OF this town is
like magic than the work Of human hands, and il
Is absolutely necessary TO be posted up aud 10
have a knosledce Of what has been done or what
Is going on, to make the rounds of the iowa every
week. or YOU would hardly know where you are,
SO great are the changes in few DAYS. Although
sm daily "iooker ON ia Vienna and see evory
n"Vemen, .; tins great panorama, can scarcely
rculze this unexsmpled state OF things aud II the
gold fever continues to increase in the same ratio
ihis spot u seems TO mo at no distant period will